Finding the Rhythm

I am nearly always working on music in some way or another. But without a specific remix project in the queue, and a desire to perform a song myself, a couple of months ago I began the search for a song to work on. Originally, I was thinking of going the route of a 70s or 80s cover song, and I’ve been listening to a lot of music seeing what might work for me that’s not already been covered once or twice (or more) already.

I happened to come across a song that I really loved that isn’t a 70s or 80s track. While it’ll be a cover, the song is one that wasn’t a hit, and isn’t well known. For now, I’m going to keep it under wraps; it’s really not relevant for this series of blog posts anyway.

But part of that last sentence is key here: this series of blog posts. I decided it might be fun to document how this project unfolds, and I’ve created a new blog category for it. So to see all the posts in this series (for now, just this one), click “Production” under the categories heading here.

So late last week, I went into the studio to record the lead vocals for it. Across three days, I did a number of takes as I tried to figure out how I wanted to voice it, while sort of working through my own timidity. I ended-up on Thursday with a couple of consecutive takes that each have enough of what I want that after some cutting and blending of the two, resulted in a vocal track I can work with. I’m not sure it’s the final vocal I’ll use, but it’s sufficient to start building the rest of the song around.

At the moment, I have a simple percussion bed in-place, the vocal, and I’ve started work on some of the arrangement. So far, so good.

So here we go. Post #1. I have no idea how long it’s going to take to finish this project, but I will keep the blog current with progress reports. This should be fun… It’s a great song, and I’m looking forward to seeing where this project goes.