For the Record-ing

So, how do you top a blog about drugs, murder, guns, and banjos? I had a somewhat less exciting week, and that is A-OK with me. 

I’m still trying to deal with some stuff from Monday’s events but it’s mostly behind me at this point.  I cannot possibly express how much I am blown away by the support I have received from people around here, and back home.  It truly amazes me how many people have helped me during this last week.  The only thing I can do is say “Thank You!” and know that someday if any of them or anyone else needs something I can provide I would do it in a heart beat.  As a songwriter, everyone is expecting a song out of this, and I do have one coming.  Not exactly what you might expect seeing as drugs, guns and shooting is more of the rap scene not bluegrass.  But I got a special one brewing.  Now it’s back to the music! And what I am doing here in Tennessee in the first place.

Andrew and I have been writing and recording music.  I could write a whole paper on recording.  Recording is a long process and much more complicated than what I used to do on my own.  It’s also much more rewarding when done right.  For the first time I am writing songs, that are really GOOD!  The other day we stayed up till about 5AM but we finished a song and I like it a lot.  The coolest part about it is that, it is honest, and it is clearly a song the two of us wrote.  It’s also really cool to start with an idea of a song, write it out, and get it recorded, then listen to the final product. Although, we don’t have final products yet, like I said, it is a long process. 

We have set up a recording studio in the McBride’s back barn room.  Everything we’re recording is through Garage Band on my laptop, so nothing out of control, but it sounds good.  I have some really big goals, but they are starting to seem like they could be really realistic goals.  We have a list of songs that we are fixin’ to record, and a few others to be written.  And now we need to get them in recording.  After that, we put it on a demo CD, and try to sell it around as well as selling ourselves at songwriter nights and music bars.  Sounds simple, but we have a long way to go.  The exciting part is, I am one step closer, and I am actually doing musical things, besides practicing in my room and working all week at an un-rewarding job. J