my oh my what a sore head I have. I was instructed not to listen to any of the tracks for a few days to get some perspective, so I bought a new pair of trousers, a new toaster and then went to get drunk in a quiet pub. Then I forgot to eat, beat someone from Noah and the Whale at darts, and starting offering to make toast for everyone. All in all quite a success.
The last couple of days were much like the rest of the week – extremely successful – tho no doubt you’re bored of hearing me say that and assume it’s some sort of marketing hyperbole. The truth is I think it has the makings of a great record, but I really don’t know. Is the music authentic? commercial? both? is there a great single? will anyone like it? should I care? I can write a song and love it one day and hate it the next, so really my opinion is worthless and irrelevant anyway.
All I know is I’ve tried my best, although in the words of the great Sean Connery from the film The Rock – “your BEST?! Losers ‘try their best’. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.”
I’m going to allow myself maybe one more episode of House, then I’m going to have to knuckle down and start the hard work – coordinating overdubs and editing. Vocals, backing vocals, pianos, banjos, guitars, melodicas, percussion, violins, cellos(?), horns and whatever else seems like a good idea. Luckily I have an incredible team of people to help me, to whom I am quite unprecedentedly grateful.
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The first thing you'll notice is that I don't play guitar like everyone else - I tap it very fast with my fingertips whilst smashing out drum beats, and my guitar's on my lap.
Looking forward to hearing it! Sounds like you’ve had fun! If you want me to do do some guest BVs or guest guitaring give me a call.
See you soon
Sean
Hi, Unfortunate time for laptop to switch to another task; without being asked too! So that should have read…… Hang in there with the creative process, its those finishing touches, that will give your album the sparkle it needs.
I’m in the early stages of collaborating with a choreographer friend, we chat concepts for hours and then it feels like burn out!
Catch up soon
Gem x
Wow Jake, it sounds like you haven’t stopped since I last saw you!
You sound great, and I feel very motherly proud of you. (Is that a wierd thing to say?).
I hope I get to see you soon!
x
Rebecca
Literally can’t wait for this. But presumably we will have to for some time.
I found a live vid of Inside my Mind last night and concluded the lead fill is one of the best bits of lead fill I’ve ever heard. And its tapped. I can’t tap a… tap(?). Suspect this is partly to do with your Twitter declared i-phone proof right finger tip. I think mine sets off i-phones at 10 paces. I could be in adverts for Fairy Liquid with my right finger tip.
Er. Anyway. Love your stuff. Genuinely. Hope the prom queen does too.