Last night I added a first vocal draft to the song previously known as “Airwaves“. After finishing the first lyrics I changed the name of the song to “If You Don’t Know Why”, but I’m not sure this name will stick around.
This is a very rough recording, more of a vocal sketch really. This is something I like to do to give Anders the idea of how I envision the vocal sound and feel for the song, and then he usually thinks for a while, works his magic, and it comes back sounding really great. :)
There are a LOT of words in this song. Perhaps too many. I want to figure out a way to make the verse more interesting, either by adding another vocal track, or coming up with variations on the song melody. Anders suggested taking out every other line of the text and replacing it with an instrument “response”. I’m not sure, but I think something needs to happen to keep it from being boring.
I was trying to hold a specific image in my head as I wrote the lyrics, as is my current way of writing, but I kind of ran aground when I had no more ways to describe the scene, so the lyrics will most definately change over time, whether or not we take out lines.
Also, this mix is very strange. I did something weird with the compressor and as a result it all sounds… strange. But it’s a work in progress, and everything must be put on the blog – as bad as it might be! :)
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I really like it. And Max says, “again Pappa.”
I don’t really think any lyrics should be taken out. I think it sounds great!