To Be Honest
I wrote this song while I was listening to the Arcade Fire a lot, but I didn't quite get the lo-fi sound they've got... so I'm actually thinking about running some of the orchestral sounds through a distortion box and making it 'dirtier' sounding.
I also noticed that I have a habit of writing long introductions with a bit of singing, then increasing the tempo/volume of songs. I'm not sure if I should do this all the time...
Lyrics:
To be honest, it's been quite awhile
Since I caught your face
In this old rundown town.
To be honest, I'm not growing younger
And it seemed much younger
When you were around.
I actually have some vocal tracks during the main part of the song, but they sound terrible, so they aren't included in this mix. I'm also planning on changing the effect during the intro... I was trying to be Elliot Smith, I think.
I meant to cut the guitar track short, but I guess it does give you an idea for the next chord progression.
Does the song work without a drum beat and just the occasional percussion, or should I put something in the background?
posted by Daniel Kearns at 5:18 PM
2 Comments:
Initial thought is just a reaction to the question about drums.
As is, it seems to me to feel just a bit rhythmically weak.
However, I don't think you need drums to do that.
I suspect (and I could be wrong) that if you give the strings a bit more attack and a faster cutoff, it'll give more of the chop effect that could give some nice rhythmic definition to the song, without needing to resort to a drumset.
I think that'd be a good thing, because stuff without drums is fun, once in a while.
Just my two cents.
On further reflection, probably you'd want to pull the strings up in the mix a bit, too, for my recommendation to have a prayer of working.
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