Happy weekend everyone. Hope you have a fun and adventurous time.
Finished reading: Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy by Melvin Konner 📚
Simon Mayo not a fan of the current crop of AI generated articles 😂
Good morning to all. Hope you have a great day #GoldCoast
Community garden plot update. Really starting to take off now.
Lighthouse Song (Live Demo)
This is a live demo of a new song called Lighthouse Song. It was recorded in my old apartment just before we moved and the lyrics are a reflection of it being a turbulent time in my life. The song was recorded live onto my Tascam Model 12 and I am playing my Yamaha YC61. The mic is an AKG C1000S.
To create the file, I imported the raw tracks into Logic, added some compression and a little reverb to the piano and edited a small section to remove a really bad timing issue caused by the fact I was still learning to play the song while I recorded. The vocal is completely dry with only some compression added. I exported to an AIFF file and then converted to mp3 to allow me to upload it to micro.blog within the data limits.
Even though it is only a rough demo, I like the sparse arrangement and the somewhat loose tempo. I also like the descending motif in the verses and the way it switches to an ascending motif in the chorus.
One final thought. I was recording with the door open and I like that you can hear a bird calling outside. It was a complete fluke, but it really helps to reinforce the nautical theme of the song.
I look forward to recording a more complete version in the future, but think I will always have a soft spot for this original demo. Please do tell me what you think. I am very much an amateur songwriter, but I do love making something myself that speaks to me in some way. 🎶
Garden plot comparison over the last few weeks. 🍉 and 🌽 really starting to take off! 🪴
Good morning to all. This is a recent photo I took of an electricity sub station in our local area. Love the graffiti. #GoldCoast
Easy Beatles indeed! I can picture the 70s tv dance troupe jazz handing their way through this 😂 cabel.com 🎶
Loved this post. “Whatever you’re working on right now, whatever it might be, I ask: try to leave a little space for a courtyard.“ The Courtyard – cabel.com
Now listening: The Rest is History: Æthelstan My biggest unexpected take away here was that my old stomping ground of Glasgow was formally a Welsh speaking state (Strathclyde) during Æthelstans reign. 🎙️
Now listening: The Beths — Expert in a Dying Field Early start today and this is just the pick me up I need. 🎶
Currently listening: The Rest is History: Hallowe’en and modern paganism Was interested to hear about the history of Hallowe’en and to discover that we in Australia should be celebrating it on April 30th! 🎙
The Life of Brian
Finished reading the chapter “The Swish of the Curtain” from the Mark Lewisohn book “Tune In, The Beatles: All these Years Vol 1” today. The chapter details the early life and career of Brian Epstein. While Brian certainly had many triumphs in his short life, it is so sad to read about how tortured he felt about being gay and the shame that accompanied this. Even more sad to think of the innumerable others that must have felt the same throughout much of history. 📚 🎶
This is Andy. Andy is our neighbours dog who sometimes comes over for visits. He is a good dog.
Whale spotting, or perhaps it was a pod of dolphins.
Morning. One of the lovely things about living in sub tropical Queensland is the amazing trees. On my morning walks, I love seeing them illuminated in the morning sun.
A few weeks after planting our #CommunityGarden plot. We have lost a couple of beetroots, but everything else is growing well. 🍉 🍠 🌽 doing especially well.
Good morning to all. Thank goodness it’s the weekend.
Nice view looking over to Surfers Paradise taken on my morning walk earlier in the week. Hope you have a great day.
Song fragment 22nd of February
With my house move done and a basic studio set up, tonight was the first time I have had to just enjoy the space. This short song fragment is the result, mumble lyrics and all. 🎶
Good morning. Hope you have a great day.
A photo I took about a week ago on the #GoldCoast. I love the variety or coloured lights.
Good morning. Hope you have a great day.