Seems like the chorus has a mind of its own and has settled out into something like:
Let me be
Set me free
Let me be me, oh please, please
Please, set me free
though we’ll see what happens once the Kincaid get their greasy mitts on it.
Down to the Mountain
· Down to the Mountain, long story short, Music, Musicology, Songs for BeginnersThe chorus have evolved a bit, and the arrangement is getting baked in. Will record a demo soon so here’s a snapshot of where this song is at now:
Giving Zoo Wolves Lessons in Music (again)
· Giving Zoo Wolves Lessons in Music, Layers of Meta, Music, MusicologyStill figuring out how many verses and the verse-chorus cadence here:
Giving Zoo Wolves Lessons in Music (dance mix demo)
· Giving Zoo Wolves Lessons in Music, Layers of Meta, Music, Musicology, Songs for BeginnersFor odd reasons. was tuned to about A 415 when I recorded this. This tune was inspired by a New York Times article from the 1910s:
Memory Lane (demo)
· Layers of Meta, Memory Lane, Music, Musicology, Songs for BeginnersOnce I feel a song is written I try to record a demo without getting too hung up on the instrumentation or even the full arrangement, to help communicate to other musicians primarily how the song goes.
This one has a lyric shared with me as part of a large set of song lyrics around 2010, or possibly earlier, by my old old friend, brother, and aspirational writing partner Peter K. Hirsch.
I could hear in my head how it should go but at the time did not have the chops to harmonize it, let alone figure out a way to play the bridge.
Now, I’m hoping to include it on my forthcoming album:
Memory Lane
· Layers of Meta, long story short, Memory Lane, Music, Musicology, Songs for BeginnersHere is the first song in a five-song mini-concert recorded last month and initially posted on ye old booke of faces. This one has lyrics by Peter K. Hirsch:
Next up, a bit of early 20th century science history, “Giving Zoo Wolves Lessons in Music.”