I have the submixes sitting inside my computer now. Yes! And I dig how they turned out. As I turn my attention to guitar parts, I’m realizing that I have quite a bit of work to still do– I think. It’s been a little while since I’ve revisited the various musical scraps I have for guitar.

I was listening to Can’t Wait yesterday, and I started to worry that the bridge was going to be difficult to find the right guitar part for. Actually, the whole tune presents somewhat of a challenge, because it ended up taking its own direction. Now, I love the direction things went. I wasn’t at all freaked out that the song was morphing into something I written earlier (!) When it came time for guitar, I noticed the chords had changed, because the melodic nature of the bass lines (what I wrote about all last week) implied certain other harmonic movements. It’s possible to just stick the old chords on top of the new bass in most places– and that’s exactly what I plan to do in most places. Never the less, some new composition will be necessary.

hmmmm

And what the songs needs are riffs. I love those, of course, as a guitarist, riffs come as second nature. Lines has its own riff already, written specifically for Lines back in the days I was cowriting and playing small gigs around the city. Strange Trains will need a riff too, I think. I came up with quite a few parts for Trains just by jamming. Oh, and I’ve decided to nix the rhythm part on Can’t Wait (yes, even after 96 takes).

So I’m back in songwriting mode, feeling a bit of pressure from the schedule, but internalizing a lot of how this works and how it feels. My next EP project, pharma-cynical, should speak more clearly to me about what’s needed.

I also came across a Wired article on forgetting about Facebook and the other social networks and using blogs and various Web toolie widgets to create an open version of that same thing. It reminded me that I have to build this site out, and describe myself more.

But for the next couple of weeks, it’s nothing but riffs…