I broke The River August 4, 2010
Dwarves sometimes look at impressionist paintings… Somewhere in Paris in July… They dream of holidays and new places to visit whereas they’re trapped in some obscure shops…
I didn’t feel that way when I shot this picture, I was starting my holidays. Working on the EP. I actually roughly recorded all the 5 songs the first week, in order to get a good overview of the overall sound. I then put them into my iPod in order to listen to them the second week, when I was not home. It was wise, it allowed me to have feedback, and more ideas about what to do next.
Almost a fish in the sea, that third week. I properly recorded the good parts, in order to have solid drums / bass / guitars. Then I could start arranging the songs. Ghostly Female Faces is now done (except for the vocals, I keep them all for the next step), as well as Broken Windows. Still have to work on A Useless Tale and For Obscure Reasons, which are quite good already, I even wonder if there is much to do. Soft arrangements only.
The problem came with The River last sunday. I started arrangements and felt it didn’t work. I finally started to work on it all day long. I even considered a simple piano version. I actually broke it, shortened it, got rid of some part in the middle and in the end, programmed a new drum loop, got rid of the guitar and started with a mellotron track directly, just after I cut and pasted bass clips for a new bassline…
I’ve been afraid the song was lost, but I’m really satisfied with that new direction. It looks like I’ve got now a rough version of the final version to come, arrangements included…
Well, the release date is still planned for mid-november, and I still expect to finish the EP by the end of september…
Hey don’t you know I’m now on facebook ? well, I’ve got an active musician page, now, and a user profile page as well… I’d love to meet you there if by any chance you’ve got an account.
Talk to you soon… I actually shot lots of pictures when I was in south west of France… I keep them for the next posts… Cheers…