Sunday Sunday Sunday!

Long long day. Got up early to finish some lyrics for a song called ‘Anymore’. I had several different lines and finally was able to shape the best ones into a good bridge. Got to the studio at Noon and started with backing vox. Paul and I had some fun overdoing or ‘YES-afying’ some of them for ‘The World’s Ventriloquist’. 4 part harmony staccato, falsetto punches. I doubt they will make the cut, but I’ll make sure I burn a copy of the song with them for a bonus track on this site. Mark Pittman will shoot me if I leave them on the final version.

Eric stopped by to finish his last lead guitars for the remaining coupla songs and sang backing ‘bahs’ for ‘Anymore’. We then took a late lunch break and consumed massive doses of cholesterol in the form of mexican food from Blue Goose. Even though the studio is a long drive away, the number of restaurants in nearby Addison is staggering.

We returned a bit too sated. My next batch of backing vocal flubs caused me to meltdown a bit. Was unable to sing a part on ‘Little Doll’ correctly. I eventually settled down and nailed it – but the self-deprication was in full effect by that point. I think Paul has grown weary of my repeated requests for God to damn me. Thank goodness Holt came in to relieve me of my recording duties.

Chris took care of about 5 keyboard parts, playing on a beautiful grand piano, rhodes and a vintage Hmmond B3. The songs are coming together and we’ll have a ton of parts to choose from during mxdown. ‘Little Doll’ in particular was quite nice and I got all goose-bumpy during his rendition. I think he broke his wrists during ‘Ventriloquist’ – a lot of bang bang bang bang bang bang chords to play.

Just a couple more days remain to finish about 3 backing vox, one guitar part, percussion and hopefully a few cool science experiments!