Comments on: Secret Book

Secret Book

saulgoodman — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:28:11 -0800

An instrumental, rough mix of yet another track from Tangemeenie's work-in-progress, "The Gilded Age." This one takes a low-key, folksy kind of turn.

My wife Lori will be adding vocals to this song eventually; the lyrics are in the can already. In the meantime, this version is just two acoustic guitars and a bass banging it out. (Kind of has a Kings of Convenience feel to it.) There's a special spot in my heart for this particular recording because it was the last recording I managed to make of my old acoustic guitar (the neck of which my son Ander accidentally broke a few months back). It's also probably one of the best recordings I've managed to get of an acoustic guitar, IMO.

By: thepressdelete

thepressdelete — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:32:11 -0800

I really like this. I'm so jealous of how your acoustic sounds.

Great layers, great song.

By: Corduroy

Corduroy — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:05:34 -0800

Wonderful, really full. I'd love it if you posted either the lyrics or the final of this song. But it's awesome as an instrumental, anyway.

By: BrnP84

BrnP84 — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:42:06 -0800

I'm kinda drunk right now but i can dig it

By: ORthey

ORthey — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:36:21 -0800

Well I'm totally sober and I love it. This is gorgeous. I can picture it over a movie scene of two characters driving down a lonely road who've been through a lot together.

Did I mention this was gorgeous?

By: saulgoodman

saulgoodman — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:22:01 -0800

Corduroy--I'll post a follow-up when we finally get the vocals done (could be a little while though; i've got about three our four different pots simmering right now). h

Thanks for the feedback! Like I said, I've got high hopes for this one.

By: that girl

that girl — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:02:58 -0800

This is pretty totally awesome.

By: edlundart

edlundart — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:44:31 -0800

Yeah, that's a really nice recording. The melody seems promising too, I bet it will be a very good song with vocals -- it's already good as an instrumental. I dig the bass. And that ending is beautiful!

By: melissa may

melissa may — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:39:50 -0800

Ah man, this is a crystalline recording and so very well played. I'm looking forward to hearing the vocals. That poor guitar -- !

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:20:04 -0800

I was gonna mention how good it sounds, then I noticed everyone else did.

If it serves as consolation, I suspect that if you gave my guitar the chance to choose between recording one last time with such a great sound, or living a long life of poor recordings, she would choose the dignified option. Poor her, she won't have that option. But your guitar will be forever young and shiny in the minds of those who hear this.

And yeah, please post the version with the vocals when it's finished.

By: saulgoodman

saulgoodman — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:45:26 -0800

And that ending is beautiful!

edlundart: thanks! that part was a nice surprise for me because i wrote it on the fly during the recording process (the rest of the song had been mapped out in advance).

thanks micayetoca, melissa may, and others for the consolations on the guitar--it was my primary instrument for one decade and the better part of another, so i'd gotten quite attached to it. i'll definitely post with a follow-up once the vocals are done.

By: nicolin

nicolin — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:52:50 -0800

Playing and composition are both great, thank you !

By: snsranch

snsranch — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:46:05 -0800

Hey, this is fantastic, saul!

. for your guitar.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:06:49 -0800

Great as is, but I'm really looking forward to the vocals. Cheers on the project!

By: numinous

numinous — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:15:09 -0800

i love love love love love love love love this. thank you so much for sharing.

By: alicesshoe

alicesshoe — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:46:01 -0800

Agreed, very nice and looking forward to the addition of vocals.

Sorry to hear about babies, no more leaving guitars lying on the couch or such eh¿
C'mon, you've wanted another guitar in any case./ or so you may say to yourself.

By: saulgoodman

saulgoodman — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:23:50 -0800

C'mon, you've wanted another guitar in any case./ or so you may say to yourself.

Exactly. Incidentally, here's the new one I picked up. It's a big change from my old one, but so far, I love it

By: saulgoodman

saulgoodman — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:24:50 -0800

btw--lori finished the vocals for this recently, and i plan to post the latest iteration here and on the tangemeenie blog soon...

By: !Jim

!Jim — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:27:41 -0800

I love this. Also, this is far more compelling than KoC (who I like somewhat, but not a lot).