Delusions in 7/8

October Nights

After a few sessions of hollerin' on the rawk songs, we took a bit of a detour tonite, focusing on some mellower fare. Final vocal takes on As Old As We Are and Simple Questions were laid down with relative ease. As Old As We Are is probably the simplest tune on the record, so it didn't take long to put some guitar overdubs down and come out with a pretty much finished product. It sounds nice. Sweet.

I wish we could've worked more on Simple Questions (I hate this title, by the way, and may change it) but it was late and the guitar part it needs is from my original 4-track demo (from around 2001 if you can believe it) and I need to consult the original. It's a good part and I certainly couldn't think up anything better now, so gotta make sure to get it right. Part of me is sad the original, scrappy demo version can't go on the album. There's a nice spontaneity and spaciness to it that could never be reproduced in the studio. Oh well, save it for the boxed set, ha ha.

I've found that I'm not that interested in listening to other music while we've been recording. I mostly just listen to our stuff, looking out for fuck-ups and plotting arrangement ideas. I wonder what other people do. Maybe they try to avoid listening to outside stuff so as not to be unduly influenced. I doubt it has too much of an impact anyway. We listen to so much music, and have for so long, that it's all in the bloodstream, part of our chemical makeup. For no other reason than posterity, here's some of the stuff I've had in rotation...

Twilight Singers "She Loves You" - I love Greg Dulli and he's a good inspiration for the rawkus numbers.

Bloc Party "Silent Alarm" - despite the hype, I really like this album, and it's got great energy throughout, a good way to pump yourself up.

Boards of Canada "Geogaddi" - just a great record.

I am very tired and need to sleep.

posted by Khmer Rouge @ 11:54 PM