Elvish Bastards
Thursday, March 24, 2011 I'm working on a song now, I Wanted You To Know, which wants to be overdubbed like crazy... it's just ASKING me for layered acoustics and electrics, some horns, and most obviously tons of vocals... In fact, it won't SHUT UP.
But I decided, in this phase I'm neck-deep in, that I would ignore the little elf voices in my musical head that are trying to get me to start making those overdubs. This is extremely counter-intuitive for me - I, like every musician and songwriter, have self-esteem issues. My issue is my voice. Long story which I'll save for another post down the line, but I tend to want to crowd instruments around my voice to shift attention elsewhere.
Not this time.
I started I Wanted You To Know as a keyboard track, then overdubbed the drums and final vocals. Now I've decided - that's it. Right there. Not even bass. I will leave the song and my voice alone, and let it hang its balls right out there for all to see and judge. Big step for me. And the elves.
Below is a clip of an awesome Bosstones track, one near and dear to me. Speaks volumes on my life.
