November 11, 2004

After a week off

The three of us got together a little over a week after our last show. Things have been crazy busy for me at work, Brett's wife has had surgery; it just wasn't a good week for trying to carve out some time for practicing.

Last week, I dropped by Shahin's place for a few minutes to go over a song that he has written. It's very Mediterranean Spanish in style, calling to mind a bull fight. That the good news. The not-so-good news is that it's yet another standard tune -- key of F, Phrygian mode, 100 bpm or so. I understand that it's a comfortable place for Shahin to write in, but we really need to branch out beyond it.

After going over it a few times, Shahin just started noodling around on his guitar. He was just playing an easy chord change (Gm to Cm and back again), but he was playing it in a very Americana folk style. So, Brett and I jumped in and we worked out the structure for a basic tune. For now, we're calling it Robert Frost. It's a very open, pastoral kind of song. I think some piano would set it off very nicely, building a melodic structure on top of the breezy chords.

Posted by Casper at November 11, 2004 09:34 PM
Comments

r u saying it sounded like Bob Dylan???

Posted by: han solo at November 13, 2004 03:09 AM

I would haven't thought Dylan. Maybe something more earthy, like Arlo Guthrie.

Posted by: Casper at November 13, 2004 12:14 PM