Before Record Time kicked off I had a think about what to do and how to approach it. I came up with a target to do 7 songs - one for each day, but not necessasrily written and recorded in a day. I then fell completely unawares into the classic concept album trap by obsessing about the number seven. Deadly sins? No. Dwarfs? Hmmmm, no. Ages of man? Ohhhh, yeah that could, ur, no. Wonders of the ancient world? Yes! Quite an IMLish approach but I'm hoping familiarity will make the process easier. The only trouble is that if I don't finish, there will either be a gaping hole or a couple of very short songs of extremely questionable quality about the Colossus of Rhodes and Great Pyramid of Giza. With that in mind, as a strategy I've decided to get each song recorded as quickly as possible with just a central acoustic guitar or piano part and the vocals. Once all the songs are down in that form I'll then add as much instrumentation as time allows and just constantly mix as I go so there won't be much to do at the end, well hopefully.
Day 1 progressed pretty well: I got the core ideas for six songs and started reading up on the Wonders. So far today (day 2) I've finished my reading and gotten angles from which to write the lyrics to most of songs. I've paired up each Wonder with a song idea (only the pyramid remains songless) and started to pen a few lines about the Lighthuse of Alexandria. Tonight I hope to get the central parts recorded and the lyrics written for 2 or 3 songs.
It's interesting to see where people are working so to continue a tradition set by the previous two posts here's my hovel:Good luck to you all, I'm very excited to hear the results.
Your place is so neat!
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