Right, so here I am...
Yesterday I went with some friends to the King's Head Knights Pub in the Exchange District of Winnipeg. They were heading there from the Festival du Voyageur. I drove there from home. I've purchased my admission button, and I hope to go a few times this week.
In any case, on the way there I was suddenly hit by inspiration. I figured out how I was going to write the first verse of my new song! I had already written most of it... but something was missing and I couldn't put together a good first first.
Anyway, I did it... but I was in a jam. I had a pen, but nothing to write on. I waited in line for 20 minutes to get into the Pub, which was PACKED because of the festival. And once I got in a scrambled to find a napkin. I felt I needed to get this written down before I had a few pints of Half Pint's Lil' Scrapper I.P.A. and forgot everything!
I found someones old bar tab bill on the bar, swiped it, and started writing feverishly.
So this morning, I wake up, pick up the acoustic, and try it all out together. MAGIC! I'm happy! So I run downstairs to the electric, and record a hasty rhythm guitar part. Then I record the vocals, set up the drums, grab my brothers bass and record a funny bass riff... then do a funny electric lead part with more or less the same riff only different...
And there I had it. I'm as happy as I'm ever going to be with it considering my recording constraints and lack of equipment. So here it is.
Check out WANNA BE:
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On another note, I got to see John K. Samson and Christine Fellows at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on Valentines Day. They were performing a free show as part of the opening of the Subconscious City exhibit, which is FANTASTIC by the way. Obviously, John and Christine were SPECTACULAR, and totally worth seeing.
I've got some pics of the concert on my Facebook profile. In fact, if you search for my full name on Facebook, you should discover my musician profile. My cover material is available there as well. I even asked John's permission to post my video cover of The Reasons, recorded on my travel acoustic guitar, and filmed in my back yard! It was -34 or so with the wind chill that day, and I was out in my t-shirt and jeans to make a video!
See what happens when I get a day off work!!!
Cheers,
Rob
PS... how do you get air time on here? lol
