I need a break.
My previous post, Another Memorial, got me down and I still feel like shit. Many of the truths I believe are crappy, but I know that the world sux and I put it out of my mind and laugh and live my life. But after writing something like that I can’t forget it easily.
Making music has always been good therapy for me, so this past week I fired up my home recording system, which is basically just a PC with some special software on it, and recorded a song, just to get my mind free. I started from scratch, and I played and sang all the parts, except for the drums, which I sequenced. Extremely careful readers will know that this is a song I wrote a long time ago. I just thought it would be easier to (re)learn the recording process if I already knew the song.
It’s just an experiment, folks, but I have posted the project if you’d like to hear it. Just click on one of the buttons below. Both files are MP3. The low-resolution one is 2 megabytes, and the high-resolution version is 4 megabytes. Either of them will take a while if you’re on a slow connection. Sorry, I just can’t stand to make the sound any worse by compressing it more.
June 6th, 2005 at 6:11 am
That was so fun…still tapping my pen on my desk, shaking the feet. Right on!
June 6th, 2005 at 6:04 pm
Now that WAS fun. Talent just pouring out of those finger tips.
June 7th, 2005 at 5:09 am
BTW…awesome profile pic! I like this one…it’s crazy. LOL
June 7th, 2005 at 6:47 am
Now I want a beer. I’m impressed.
June 7th, 2005 at 9:13 am
I agree w/ all else, that was fun! You sound a little like Joe Walsh (”Life’s Been Good to Me So Far”)….I also LOVE your new profile pic…I don’t like ‘depressed Larry’ from the start of your post & I’m so glad you put your song at the end to pull me out of the funk I was in after reading about your depressed state….
June 7th, 2005 at 9:51 am
I agree: good photo, good song. Hey, was that a picture of you naked? Wow, you sure have a big–shadow!
June 7th, 2005 at 10:21 am
Those who liked it - I’m relieved you did. I tried really hard for a really long time to sell my music. Now I’m ready to give it away.
Next, I have to write a 21st-century protest song, to stop this guy from whining.
Adreeyin - This one was fueled not by beer, but by Black Velvet. Still, I’ll join you.
t1 - I don’t stay depressed long. You know what will cheer me up, baby.
Ron - Not naked, but before the picture was cropped, you could see that I had no pants on.
June 7th, 2005 at 10:44 am
Larry, you got the goods.