It’s RECORD STORE DAY all over The US and the release day of
the magazine “Beyond The Labels”.
This features a number of independent artists and gives you FREE downloads of live tracks from all of us. Read more and download from this link.
The free downloads from me are “My Mirror” live and acoustic and the performance of “Count To Ten” on the tv show Ina’s Nacht as you see it in this clip.
3rd day of working on the same lyric. A lyric that should be straight-forward. Few words. Simple message.
And yet I can’t get it right.
Yesterday afternoon, long out of patience, I managed to finish it with a fairy tale approach, inspired by a Yeats poem. I was so happy. But in the evening when I attempted to record it, it sounded completely wrong. Like a Sting song from the 90s (no offense). So it’s back to the drawing board this morning.
I hope I don’t end up too angry at this song!
It’s certainly not the first time a lyric has put up a fight. In fact, quite a few of my lyrics have probably felt like somewhat of a compromise when I wrote them. Like, I couldn’t get it quite right. But with time I usually forget and can’t imagine the words any different.
I keep telling myself that OF COURSE I’ll be able to finish this song – and all the other songs that still need some lyric work – in good time for my deadline. But actually, “A New Situation”, back in the day, was recorded for “Count To Ten”. But I couldn’t finish it. Should’ve been simple – but it wasn’t. Came out almost 2 years later.
Helgi is writing string arrangements in the studio.
All is quiet…
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