That drum loop kind of sucks but in the end it’s kind of cool I guess. Back in 2017 this was supposed to be the opening track of an L98 EP that, in the end, never happened.
And today's throw-away track is?
I had a barebone project that I abandoned from November 17 that consisted of just a few bars of two guitars. I intended to try and come up with something new but I had to deal with some plug-in issues - so I figured I’d find something else to work on after… Didn’t have the energy to start something from scratch. In the end I had no idea where to take this and just faded it. Doesn’t really feel too great but I can maybe use it as a sort of interlude. I don’t know.
*Of course now I have an idea on how to tie it up.
Fayedun Away
I recorded this back in 2019 after I watched Bonnie and Clyde with Faye Dunaway. Actually, the bass is from a very shit attempt at covering Jane’s Addiction’s “I Would” - it was horrible. But at least I was able to turn it into something descent by redoing most everything else. Still haven’t found a use for this.
New music coming soon...
I think I put off finishing these two cos EP’s long enough. I move to southern Oregon (from California) this Friday and once I’m over the stress of all this shit I’m going to finish editing and mixing everything. I can still get the first one out this spring which is what I wanted to do. First EP will be pretty low key while the second will be more lively. I look forward to being done with having this stuff hanging over my head and having an empty canvas again.
The version of “Inside Looking Out” above is the initial mix I did right after tracking it.
I haven't written or recorded anything original in 13 months!
I’m washed up. Perhaps it’s over. Or maybe I’m just over it. Or maybe I just needed to stop for a while. Who knows. Here’s the last thing I “wrote” and recorded - tracked August 13, 2021:
Just Like Heaven instrumental
I’ve had Jazzmaster and Jaguars before and there was always something I didn’t like about them - one thing being both the bridge and trem. Sure you can get a Mastery for them but they’re not cheap. I’m also not a fan of curvy fretboard radius like 7.25”. I remember my Jaguar used to cramp my hand up after a while. Anyways, I always told myself that if G&L ever did their take on either a Jaguar or a Jazzmaster I’d buy it - and it happened. I am pretty firm in the G&L camp and much prefer their stuff to Fender’s. I think these hit the market back in 2017 and I just wasn’t itching for it then, and then covid happened and the fucking market went sideways. All of the sudden the hidden gems that G&L’s were weren’t so hidden anymore. I let a few really, really cool Dohenys slip through my fingers on Reverb; one was olympic white with a maple board and blocks, another was glaxy black and has an ebony board with no fret markers. Fucking bothers me that I didn’t buy either. Anyways, once prices on Reverb just started becoming stupid I told myself that should an American Doheny be at or near the $1,000 mark I’d buy it… And it happened. This one I think is from 2017, before they began doing the Fullerton Deluxe thing - such a great guitar - even with the new latest neck shape with the 9.5” board (my Fano had me already adjusted to it - but I really can hardly tell a difference between 12 and 9.5”. I love the trem on these - the same I have on my Legacy and SC-2 - they are just solid. But, while this can cop traditional JM tones, the real asset on this thing is the tone controls. G&L’s passive treble and bass (effectively one is a treble cut and the other a bass cut) are criminally overlooked… I wish they’d even put them on ASATs. Another thing this guitar did was made me a massive fan of Hipshot locking tuners. I had some on a Hagstrom (with Imperial buttons - really cool looking) which I gave my friend, but these open gear locking Hipshots I put on here, complete with more vintage looking buttons, won me over - and they have a universal mounting bracket - meaning you don’t have to drill since the mounting plate locks them into place. Anyways this thing is now one of my favorites.