This track is about my self-perception, specifically how skewed toward the negative it is. I also wanted to experiment with the classic soft-loud-soft dynamic. I had originally written a little lead guitar line that served as an intro, but couldn’t get it to gel with the rest of the song, so I replaced that with a simpler, 4-bar little ringing chord thing.
For this recording, I think I found a good balance between capturing the idea simply and getting something that sounds decent. I worked under the self-imposed limitation that I wouldn’t do more than would be possible on 4-track tape recorder. This allowed me to flesh things out a bit more, while still limiting the amount of time devoted to the recording itself. The basis of the track is the Hohner half-sized guitar with vocals recorded at the same time, with a ukulele providing some oomph in the choruses (and some mandolin-esque chopping on the verses). The other two tracks are devoted to some vocal doubling and harmony on the chorus, with a little ukulele lead part sharing that space. All the recording itself was done on my laptop’s mono microphone again.
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