Added some weird lead guitar parts to the Drive Home song, tonight. The parts are layered in an attempt to create manually-created effects. Hopefully it worked…

I tried using the Washburn WI64DL for these guitar parts, but I haven’t changed the strings on it (yet…) and I don’t know what gauge or type of strings were originally used. The strings feel pretty thin and sound pretty tinny, so I’m guessing they are probably 9s or something. Anyway, I just wish they had had a slightly darker tone in the end. But… that can still be changed with EQ adjustments later.

Added some pretend slide guitar sounds to a song, tonight. Overall, I think the slide sounds help gel the different guitar parts together.

I also realized why it is that some people double-track drum tracks, today.

It’s been a busy summer. I thought there’d be more time to get this Dream World project recorded and hopefully finished by the end of next year. But, a lot of things came up during the summer… and I’m only just now getting back to the Dream World project.

Been adding detailed drum tracks to songs 11-14 this past week. It’s kinda interesting to hear how songs sound when some drum parts are taken out. It almost seems that even when a drummer isn’t playing… that silence, too, is part of a drummer’s (or a composer’s) toolkit. I guess I’ve never really thought about silence being a musical tool, before.

Here’s the tenth chapter of the Dream World story…

• Chapter 10 (Lyrics)
• Free Download Link
• Table of Contents

Here’s the ninth chapter of the Dream World story…

• Chapter 9 (Lyrics)
• Free Download Link
• Table of Contents

Here’s the eighth chapter of the Dream World story…

• Chapter 8 (Lyrics)
• Free Download Link
• Table of Contents

Here’s the seventh chapter of the Dream World story…

• Chapter 7 (Lyrics)
• Free Download Link
• Table of Contents

Recorded vocals for two old songs (coming up on the third Dream World album,) today. The songs are At the Door and The Letter.

Recorded the rhythm guitar and vocal tracks for the twentieth song (Trying Times) today. It’s a really down-tempo song. Later, I ended up going back and re-recording the vocals for You and I (from yesterday.) Hopefully they turned out a bit better this time.

Vocals for Purple Folder and You and I should be recorded, now. My voice sounded really dry today, for some reason, but as it is already, no part of this recording project seems to be perfect.