Found and then Some

  It was a nice weekend overall although I wish I had had more time to spend on music (once again).  The weather here hit 80 degrees which is quite warm for this time of year, and the downside is that it prompts the dreaded idea of yard work, hence some of my time getting hijacked.  I can tell you this, however.  The elusive last track for the jazz machine album has been uncovered and, not only that, I basically now have half of the next album as well, at least in rough idea form.

It's funny how this happens.  I actually "jammed" (if you can call it that, seeing as I'm completely alone.  Maybe brainstormed instead?) out around 7 new song ideas within seven days worth of time which is quite a lot, really.  One of them is pretty much what I was looking for; three others I'm engrossed with and therefore refuse to throw out so they'll be on the next album.  In fact, I even have them named and also working titled the next album title as well!  It's been a productive but strange week and I never cease to shake my head when this sort of thing happens.  It seems apparent now that I should have been working on instrumental work all along since I apparently have a plethora of ideas rattling around in my head.

The new track is called "Didn't I Tell You?" and has sort of an "Us and Them" vibe to it.  I'm also swapping the track numbering a bit, with this new track initially going in the 5th slot but it seems to make more sense in slot #4.  I pretty much blueprinted the entire track on Saturday and now I just need to listen to it back a few times, make notes, write down any necessary changes, and then prepare for the real recording.  I'll hopefully get it down on tape (er, disk) in the next couple of weeks.

I think I also finally made the decision to just stick with the "jazz machine" naming.  I wrote down a logo and such for the alt. named "Mystery Machine" and stared at it for a couple weeks but it just didn't flow as much for me so I'm sticking with the original naming idea.  I even have a couple loose ideas for the album cover which I'll have to start playing around with soon.

I also have about 3-4 other posts rolling around in my head so hopefully I'll get them typed out in the next couple of days.  As usual, my fingers can't keep up with my rambling brain.