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“Piltdown”
Friday 30 June 2006
The song-a-day revival continues! (It’s an occasional project / working method I started a couple years ago - here’s the little manifesto-to-myself that I wrote back then.)
Feels good to be back in the saddle. Here’s the latest piece, working title “Piltdown”. Curious little one minute boogie.
2006_0629_piltdown.mp3 (1.1 megs)
Working order: drum loop - guitar - bass - lyrics/vocals - new drums. The guitar playing is definitely very David Byrne.
I haven’t been letting myself get away with just sketching in “la la la” melodies instead of lyrics. And I notice my subject matter (if you can call it that) is shifting a little bit too… though some themes continue to run through almost all my songs.
Also, from earlier in the week, a little snippet of me messing with the Filter Queen, using it on everything in sight:
2006_0626_glimmers.mp3 (700 k)
Today’s bon mot — “Like a fish in the headlights.”