It’s official. On Saturday, we record a rough demo. You will have a song next week. Now… which song should it be… ? Hateful? Ain’t Never Been to New Orleans? Nobody Again? Riot in the Miskatonic Morgue? Hm…
The Awful Lot has four songs under our belts: Ain’t Never Been to New Orleans Hateful Nobody Again, and Riot in the Miskatonic Morgue We have a fifth song that needs final arrangement and lyrics, tentitively entitled “Victimless Crime.” We’re working on that this weekend. We’ll also be working on a cover of the Blue…
and I were going through an arrangement for our first cover tune. We both have the same attitude regarding covers: if you can’t add something new, if you can’t say something new, if you can’t do anything new with it, you should leave it alone. Yes, I’m looking directly at you, Michael Bolton. Trent Reznor’s…
ME: We sound like Black Sabbath’s punky kid brother. JARED: black sabbath’s bratty kid brother, the one with the skateboard and slingshot. — Yeah, we sound something like that.
No kidding. And to top it off, Jim Friggin’ Steinman is writing all the music. If you’d like to hear what it will sound like, you can check out the demo for Joker’s Song, “Wonderful Toys”. Insaaaaaaaane.
For the blues song, we should use a Bo Didley beat. (Just so I don’t forget in my half-awake haze.)
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