Monday, June 27, 2011

Right Or Wrong

At long last. Here it is. It took him six months but Bluesman Jay finally wrote a song for the Calendar Project. Jay and I have both been submerged in our band "Spoonful of Blues." We have a big Fourth of July party we are playing so our attention has been divided. Lucky for both of us Jay was sitting on a gem.
He sent me a demo early in the month. I loved the demo but Jay wanted to re-record it. I disagreed. I thought it sounded very much like a Calendar song. Our weekends have been band rehearsals so re-recording it got pushed to the end of the month. With only days before the big gig and countless guitars to restring we were tasked with getting the song done as well. We had a great practice at the lake where the party is and decided to leave our stuff there. Jay went home with the best of intentions of doing the tune.
The next morning he woke up and went into his home studio, coffee in hand, when he realized he didn't have a single microphone in the house. That is when Jay made the executive decision to use the demo. All of a sudden in his eyes it was good enough. It always was.
He added the guitar solo and sent it over to me. I added the bass and backing vocals. I think it's a great little song and I love the way he sings it. It has been a treat doing the band with Jay. Maybe I can get him to play this song at the party.
Only six more months until I put the Calendar Project away for a while. I want to empty out my tanks. I have a couple of songs that I've been sitting on. I want to go out strong. After the Fourth all of our attention goes to sending the Calendar Project off right. I'm just grateful Jay had a genuinely great song that was tailor made for this. Well worth the wait.

Right Or Wrong

1 comment:

bluesmanjay said...

Well, for my 2 cents it has to be the best calendar song ever!!!!!