Sunday, July 01, 2007

July 1, 2007: Lightning And Other Things

No one ever said it would be easy. And no one said it would be fast. But one thing for sure - it's definitely fun. Over the last couple of weeks, we recorded and tweaked a new version of Lightning, which has evolved nicely into a much faster 'snappier' version, complete with a David Lindley-ish chunk at the end of the song. It's fascinating how a song can morph over time. Our next task is a Thursday session at Alan's studio to touch up and remix the three songs we have been working on, Bad, Bad Man, Rhythm Of The Radio (Favorite Position), and Lightning. The goal is to walk away from the studio with all three songs finished, which would certainly jump-start our efforts to put together a CD of original songs.

We've already starting working on the next song, drummer Bob's Hold The Phone. This one is a funk tune, with Bobby Delicious 'chatting' over the rhythm. Lots of room to improvise and be creative with this as we transform Bob's concept into a finished song.