Comments on: Miss Me in the Morning

Miss Me in the Morning

chococat — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:28:29 -0800

A second pretty much complete song for the RPM Challenge. Fancy ears will be able to pick out my attempt at learning to play the Cuatro that was hand-delivered to my front door from the awesome and amazing Micayetoca in Venezuela.

By: ageispolis

ageispolis — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:34:44 -0800

Hot track. This could be a hit!

I wish Micayetoca would hand-deliver me a cuatro, you lucky devil.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:07:19 -0800

That was a beauty choco, I'm rootin' for ya. And yea, mica is one cool cat.

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:28:26 -0800

Lovely. Did you do this all by yourself, or were other musicians involved?

By: chococat

chococat — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:35:33 -0800

Thanks.

Just me, for better or worse.

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 06:17:04 -0800

pretty much complete

Pretty much, huh? Had I recorded this song, at the stage it is now I wouldn't be able to believe how good it sounds. If there was the ability to post threads in MetaFilter Music I'd try to encourage you to post one on home recording. You get a really good sound. Do you use a multi-track studio or a computer?

That's for the recording, now, in terms of songwriting... what can I say, I'm a huge fan. I love the sort of 70s sound of this one. That and lot of other things. Oh, I could go on and on and on. But I'll leave space for the others. Great song man.

By: AgentRocket

AgentRocket — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:08:23 -0800

Great stuff, chococat. You are a real talent.

By: melissa may

melissa may — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:06:28 -0800

It's a beautiful song and micayetoca is right: you've got an amazing production talent and it would be great to have a rundown of your gear and methods, if you ever have the time or inclination. The Cuatro sounds great -- and how great is it that this place and your music made you guys collaborators and good friends? Pretty great.

Thanks for posting the song and good luck wrapping up the RPM challenge, chococat.

By: nonmyopicdave

nonmyopicdave — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:23:32 -0800

Love it!

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 09:40:11 -0800

This is phenomenal.

The string work is beyond reproach. Technically solid, of course, but with a real feel to it. An emotive paintbrush of music and lyrics. I'm quite serious.

Speaking of collaboration, I think this track would be perfect to strip the percussion off, send to flapjax at midnite, and just let him go all central american on it.

If I heard this track rife with guiro and timbales it would be magical.

By: frecklefaerie

frecklefaerie — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:23:28 -0800

I love it! I downloaded it!

By: sveskemus

sveskemus — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:49:43 -0800

Fantastic! I love it!

By: Rock Steady

Rock Steady — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:27:34 -0800

Your shit is so good, I'm beginning to think you are some kind of hoax or scam. Can I buy a CD from you in any way?

By: chococat

chococat — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:07:28 -0800

Rock Steady, that made me laugh out loud.
I am a hoax.

My email's in the profile.

And thanks everyone.

By: TwoWordReview

TwoWordReview — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:16:04 -0800

Man, how'd I miss this one! Fantastic stuff!

By: By The Grace of God

By The Grace of God — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:53:59 -0800

Oh, will you stop writing songs that make me cry. actually, please don't :)

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 14:29:31 -0800

That was most excellent. Great work!

By: ORthey

ORthey — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:58:55 -0800

Dude, this is really fantastic. It should be in a David Lynch movie.

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:53:12 -0800

The arrangement is really nice. Great electric guitar part, great tune.

By: edlundart

edlundart — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:46:51 -0800

hey chococat, this is really great stuff, i love the all the string instruments/arrangements. It must be the cuatro that is providing that extra bit of magic... it's kind of like it's casually raining notes that just happen to be perfectly placed, yet there is no strain to be observed anywhere. micayetoca, do you build or sell cuatros...? Or what is the story about the acquisition of the instrument?

By: disillusioned

disillusioned — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:16:44 -0800

Oh man, I so want there to be JUST a bit of bass to some of the downbeats...

Incredible.

By: chococat

chococat — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:32:50 -0800

edlundart:
After I helped micayetoca out on his song, he sent me an email asking for my address because he wanted to send me a small package with his friend who was coming to Toronto. (I made some dumb joke about drugs or weapons and a stranger bringing me a package from Venezeula.) So his friend shows up at my house with a cuatro in a nice little case, and in the pocket was 2CD's and a tuning and chord chart that he'd made. Great, eh?
As for the playing, it was anything but effortless, I don't even know how many takes that took, as I couldn't seem to keep it in tune after I finally learned how to play the right chords on it.

And thanks for all the niceness from everyone.

By: edlundart

edlundart — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:20:25 -0800

Wow, thats really cool. Thats some gift! Thanks for pointing me to I Shine too, its a beautiful track as well. I recommend it to anyone who missed it!

By: phrontist

phrontist — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:23:15 -0800

I love this.

By: phrontist

phrontist — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:25:45 -0800

Oh, I could totally go for some crazy surf-rock reverb playing on the electric guitar parts. There is a bit now, but I'd really play that up.

By: frecklefaerie

frecklefaerie — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:20:11 -0800

I've now had this song in my head intermitantly for the past three weeks, and today it is full on stuck, and I don't mind.

Brilliant work.

By: tihleigh

tihleigh — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:20:06 -0800

All I want to do is play this for everyone I know. It's 1am and I'm actually considering waking people up. I think they'd understand, don't you?

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:11:25 -0800

edlundart I didn't see your comment until today, and by now he answered. I'll just add a bit of color to the story. He says his joke was dumb, but it actually was closer to the actual plan. The original idea was my friend who took him the cuatro would kidnap him and smuggle him into Venezuela, where I could force him to be the vocalist of my band. We decided not to in the end, and judging from this song, it was the best decision.

All jokes aside, I don't make or sell cuatros, I only got it for him as a way of thanking him for his collaboration. He did save that song. It's sad to hear the cuatro is not working well, though. When I tried it at the store it used to go out of tune as well, but I thought it was the new-strings factor. I only had it for a day before my friend took it, so I didn't have a chance to notice the problem. Sorry about that.

By: edlundart

edlundart — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:28:03 -0800

Hey, sometimes it's worth the extra work. I have a lap harp that goes out of tune if you breathe on it. But I'm convinced it will totally make a song one day.

By: chococat

chococat — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:43:08 -0800

Hope I didn't sound ungrateful mica, I love love love that you sent me a cuatro. I'm still figuring it out and don't really know what I'm doing is all.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:24:44 -0800

That was really nice

By: nicolin

nicolin — Tue, 01 May 2007 10:46:51 -0800

hi chococat

good stuff, thanks

By: SirStan

SirStan — Sat, 12 May 2007 18:59:51 -0800

Amazing...

By: ceri richard

ceri richard — Mon, 14 May 2007 03:59:49 -0800

Another late one but damn, that was good, many thanks chococat!

By: John Kenneth Fisher

John Kenneth Fisher — Thu, 17 May 2007 06:53:16 -0800

Just want you to know, I just am getting around to listening to the podcasts, and I ran right here to find this song. Love it.

By: misha

misha — Sat, 19 May 2007 10:16:06 -0800

Wow, this is fantastic! You sound like a polished professional to me. Beautiful acoustics, smoky voice...cool.

Hey, can I put the (appropriately credited and linked back to your website) track on my blog?

By: chococat

chococat — Wed, 23 May 2007 13:59:26 -0800

misha, I don't see an email or link to your site in your profile, so...
Generally, when I'm asked if someone can post my stuff I just want to see their site first, usually it's no problem. Of course I have absolutely no control over this, but I think it's fair to ask.
(And thanks.)

By: spherical_perceptions

spherical_perceptions — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:52:43 -0800

Eminently pleasant to the ear. Thanks.

By: slightly ridiculous

slightly ridiculous — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:55:13 -0800

I was listening to my backlog of podcasts this morning and had to join mefi specifically to download this song. Good stuff.

By: haunted by Leonard Cohen

haunted by Leonard Cohen — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:50:40 -0800

Just flew in from the Thanks MetaTalk thread, glad I did. Favorited and playlisted. What a great story.

By: Stewriffic

Stewriffic — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:16:36 -0800

Same as above. This is the first song ever on MefiMusic I've heard, and holymolychristonacross i love it. I want to either dance or cry. Or both.