Surprises

So, to start out the new year, I've been practicing and figuring out the arrangements to some songs. Not new songs, mind you, but I've decided to jump on the mission of re-recording more "fleshed out" versions of certain songs from A Song A Day I. You know, using the acoustic + vocal version that's featured on the album as a blueprint for something bigger, louder, and with drums.

In doing so, I've witnessed some remarkable metamorphoses. A song like "Alcoholic" has been transformed into something I consider "Pete Yorn and Phantom Planet on Bloc Party's dancefloor." Very very strange description, I know. In addition, a song like "The Vanishing Act" has turned into some long-lost Oasis song (a Noel-led track, of course), and "You Can't Give Away Your Heart" is just ready-made for Nashville, albeit with a lo-fi touch.

In the coming days, I'll try to jump feet first into such a task. In the meantime, I still have to plow through this next set of Open Mic Nights until the 20th. And, you know, deal with reality.

Cheers!

-Tyler