Here’s an interesting experiment…
Your songs are in pretty good shape and you want to give them a test run for some people who’s opinion you truly appreciate.
Put a song on…and listen for the places where you wanna cough over it to distract your pal from hearing that part.
It doesn’t require much from your pal other than their valuable presence. They don’t even have to say anything! You’ll already know. Their valuable presence is what makes you want to cough over certain parts.
Here’s the thing about the cough…
The parts you feel the need to cough over are the parts the either definitely need to be changed OR definitely need to stay in there.
p.s. An extra little insight on this one…
Because I write everyday my brain thinks of and remembers ideas to write about more than it ever has before…and today’s post is a perfect example…
The idea of coughing over songs was something I remembered today from a short Oasis documentary that came out in 2005 (13 years ago) where the other guitar player says, “We wanted to make a record where we could play it for our friends and not have to cough over it”.
And all these years later, when I sat down to write tonight, it popped up. Wow.
That isn’t a salute to my brain, it’s a salute to THE brain (ie. the creative human brain) and what it is capable of as we’re willing to grow it.
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I’m always interested in your perspective, whether affirming or dissenting. Continue the conversation anytime: gabethebassplayer@gmail.com