Shake Some Action! - the making of the third record » I Get Tongue Tied http://shakesomeaction.net/blog behind the scenes with SSA as they make their 3rd record Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:59:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 I Get Tongue Tied – Free Download! http://shakesomeaction.net/blog/2009/04/01/i-get-tongue-tied-free-download/ http://shakesomeaction.net/blog/2009/04/01/i-get-tongue-tied-free-download/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:53:50 +0000 Gary http://shakesomeaction.net/blog/?p=72 Well, here we are just a week and a half since releasing the first free download in this process, and we’re already releasing the second one! It’s a toe tapping little number called “I Get Tongue Tied.” Take a listen and give us your feedback. We hope you enjoy it!

I Get Tongue Tied

]]> http://shakesomeaction.net/blog/2009/04/01/i-get-tongue-tied-free-download/feed/ 2 Audio progression of song#2 http://shakesomeaction.net/blog/2009/03/29/audio-progression-of-song2/ http://shakesomeaction.net/blog/2009/03/29/audio-progression-of-song2/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:24:49 +0000 Gary http://shakesomeaction.net/blog/?p=67 I thought I’d throw out some mp3 samples of how song#2 has progressed. The whole thing started as a strummy little bit that I (Gary) had.  In fact, the way I was remembering the song was to call it “strummy.”

“Strummy”

I wrote some lyrics at this tempo and called it “My Pitiful Words.”  But, James thought the song would work better as a more uptempo number and did a quick demo so I could hear what he meant.

“My Pitiful Words – faster”

I took that and did some new tracking.  (see brief guitar video below).  Here’s where the track stands prior to vocals and flourishes being added. James worked his production magic and quickly gave me this version back:

“My Pitiful Words – fleshed out”

We’re rewriting the lyrics, because until James brought it to my attention, I had no idea that “My Pitiful Words” was a phrase that had religious connotations. So, once we’re done, the song will change titles at that time (same thing happened with our first track, which was originally called Wanted to Fly and became Touch The Sky). We should be able to release the new track relatively soon, once vocals are tracked and final edits/flourishes are made.

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