I'm getting ideas. About how my recent upsurge in energy and confidence, bolstered by my resurrection of the acoustic guitar and the purchase of a harmonizer, makes me think about re-recording all of those songs I wrote back in the 60s and 70s. I can do them so much cleaner than back then, with better vocals. And to start this new project off, I decided to redo NOTHIN' YOU CAN SAY, a song from 1966 written by my friend Albert "Mo" Moses.
It came out quite a bit different from the version recorded in 1993 and found in the Midnight Ramble for May 27, 2012. Is it better? I dunno. But from time to time I plan to redo some of the old songs.
Mo wrote the words, chords and guitar lick for this song and had a slightly different melody when he sang it. I used the harmonizer and it seemed to force me to sing the rap-like chant I came up with. So I added on more guitars and more voices to give it that "wall of sound" that I used to dislike so much.
After I've done a few more remakes, maybe I'll learn if it's a good thing to do.
Mo wrote the words, chords and guitar lick for this song and had a slightly different melody when he sang it. I used the harmonizer and it seemed to force me to sing the rap-like chant I came up with. So I added on more guitars and more voices to give it that "wall of sound" that I used to dislike so much.
After I've done a few more remakes, maybe I'll learn if it's a good thing to do.
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