"Wouldn't It Be Nice"

Backdated, archival post

[link to original on tumblr]

---&---

Last night I figured out the mandolin tremolos in "Wouldn't It Be Nice."  I'm not sure how many mandolins are on the original track (although I suppose I could look it up), but I have four: two for each part.  I put some reverb on my recording, which I don't normally do, because - despite having played mandolin for six years - I'm not very good at tremolos.

"Vega-Tables"

Backdated, archival post

[link to original on tumblr]

---&---

I knew it had been a long time since I workt on this project, but I was surprised (and a bit embarrassed) to find that the last time I recorded anything was in March.

A couple days ago, I figured out the bass register of the piano for the verses of "Vega-Tables."  I think I have the chords too, but I don't know the rhythm they're played in yet (and even if I did know that, I don't think I'd be able to play both hands together, at least not without a lot of practice).  I'm not sure of the specific phrasing either.

At the end of my recording, I added an extra E note (which isn't in the original) just to resolve it.