Blinded By The Light

I have more "favorite" albums than I can count. Some are my favorite because of the lyrical content, some are my favorite because of the cohesive mood they create, some are my favorite because they represent a certain time in my life of which I'm fond. There are two albums that I can remember as being my first "favorites" at the young age of 7: Beach Boys Greatest Hits (Vol. 1) and The Beatles 1962-1966 (red album). I loved listening to these albums in the backseat of my Dad's truck as we drove to visit my grandparents. What I love about these albums is the vocal harmonies that the groups created. To this day, my favorite bands are ones that incorporate the voice as an instrument and create layers of harmonies. I try to use 3 and 4 part harmony whenever I can in my own songs, almost to a fault.

This is a song I recorded in late 2006 using a Tascam DP01 digital 8 track and an Audix i5 instrument microphone. I did one take on everything and it's a little extremely embarrassing to hear my voice searching for the notes in the harmony. I was fascinated by dreams at the time and wrote a collection of 10 or 12 songs, called Waking Life Is, related to dreams I'd experienced.




"Suppose They Close The Door" by Sloan inspired me to use different tempos for the verse and the chorus. Of course, they composed a much better song, as is their habit.