Letter & line

For the two chord challenge, though a bit of a cheat because it's more like two notes...

Another autobiographical number. I was writing a letter in the hope of coaxing an admired acquaintance into becoming a friend. Apologies for the hiss, the compression is a bit harsh.

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posted by freya_lamb (4 comments total)

Real nice. You really got a lot out of those two notes (although isn't the very first note you play different than the rest? Cheater! ;)

Can you post the lyrics? There were some really great phrases. "What shape hammer would hit the nail"? Sweet.
posted by Corduroy at 11:04 PM on April 12

"The newsflash is old news now" is an other one. What do you use to record? can you record multiple tracks or edit them?
posted by micayetoca at 9:33 AM on April 13

Thanks Corduroy. I have no idea about the first note - you have good ears! Lyrics were:

I'm all about the entry point
but I think i missed the chance to tell you
I'm ready to report but the newsflash flashed out
It's old news now

What if I wrote it instead?
What shaped hammer would hit the nail?
What jaw-drop wicked turn of phrase would resonate with you?

So deep breath, letter and line,
Deep breath, letter and line x 2

I'm attempting to backtrack,
With a cack-handed rack
I had a seven-letter triple score
But it feels like I'm losing

Shit! I've gone awry I'm confounded again -
It's so hard to ask you to be - my - friend
So deep breath letter and line
Deep breath, letter and line x 2

It's like I'm twelve again and tongue-tied
It's the playground mash-up of a nursery rhyme
It's the pit of my stomach at testing time
I just can't get the words right!
If I wrote it instead
With a pencil, with lead
Would that lend gravitas to,
to this simple request?

Would it?

Deep breath, letter and line x 3

Ok I wrote the letter but I threw it away
There were too many adjectives,
too many ways
How do I say it?
What do I say?
Oh. Just, that, I think you're great!

Deep breath, letter and line x 3

Thanks for your time.

The rack reference came from the fact that most of our interactions were conducted via Scrabulous...*sigh*

micatayoca: I use the mic on my laptop and the windows sound recorder thingy. I have got Cool Edit and can do simple editing but I find multi-tracking hard because the sound bleeds across the tracks and it gets muddy quickly. I also mostly improvise so planning structured tracks is a bit daunting, but I need to improve so I'll try and post some examples.
posted by freya_lamb at 11:48 AM on April 13

I only asked because in "marriage song" the first few times you moved your hands on the fret it sounded like you were beating on a piece of wood, and it "suggested" that a little extra element like that would suit this lo-fi recordings. Not that you really need it or anything, I just thought of that when I heard "marriage song"
posted by micayetoca at 12:09 PM on April 13