Omg, I’m barely awake writing this. I was hoping to post a new song over the long holiday weekend, but the project got stopped up like a monumental turd in a low tide toilet bowl. What happened? The…arrangement? Composition? Presentation? I’m not sure there’s even a word for it.
“Clap For Yourself” practically wrote itself. Sure, it starts off campy, but it reveals a deeper message as it progresses. “Dig down deep inside. Find your inner pride. Let it rise up to the surface, get goosebumps when you feel your purpose……” It was also born from a place of authenticity. I clap for myself when I train for long distance races; I find myself miles from home with nobody to cheer me on. As I wrote this song, I fought off many self critical, creative murdering voices and let the song express. I actually kind of like it. I wrote it on my acoustic, but heard flailing guitars in my head as I practiced until I was fluid enough to record.
And then I broke out the ole electric axe, and recorded, and re-recorded, and erased and re-recorded, repeat, repeat, repeat…ahhhhhhhh.
I’m dumbfounded.
I don’t have an answer yet, only to say that I’m digging this dance music version. Oh, it’s messy as hell, and where the rough, pitchy vocals may have worked for a distorted rock song, they will have to get re-done. Also it’s going to take much more work then I hoped, because “computer music” is a new instrument for me.
Well, thanks for reading. It’s one thing to finish a song, and quite another to get it ready for my blog. I didn’t want to wait that long to post again. Good night. I keep waking to find my head draped over the computer keyboards and my chin soaked in drool. Hopefully I’ll have “Clap For Yourself” posted sooner than later. xo, Fala