I only had an hour in the studio yesterday morning but it was extremely satisfying and immensely enjoyable too. I was dropping in a mandolin track to the vocal, guitar and harmonica tracks by simply feeling my way around the melody and it worked well. Isn't it great being able to work on a pleasurable task? And writing music is a bit like writing words, somehow the thoughts in your head filter down to your fingers and, like seeing the words on the screen, you hear the melody coming back at you, picking out things you had never heard before. And then when the melody settles you realise what works and what doesn't, just like writing words. Its a joy to behold when it starts to come together. Then later, with a cup of tea, when you mix it all down, you can hear all the complementary parts - I don't quite say, 'hey, the mandolin player is pulling out a nice counter-melody...' but its nice hearing it coming through, weaving around the song itself, which just started as a groping around for words and a tune. Now now its Monday again, where did the weekend go, how did it go so fast, I nearly didn't get anything done - nearly but not quite. I love duets - and this is one of my favourites:
