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Some folks on Songfight put together a songwriting contest called NUR EIN. It’s half Survivor, half Idol, with judges for the first few rounds and a jury-of-the-ousted for the finale. There are more details at the NUR EIN site.
This song is my entry for round one, “Pencil Me In.” (And note that the hand claps in the intro were a requirement of the contest …)
UPDATE: I subsequently re-tracked the drums for this and dropped the hand claps.
I also tried using the acoustic guitar as a rhythmic instrument, something I hear in a lot of alt-country tunes. Boosting that part around 8Khz brings out the sound of the pick hitting the strings which adds to the verses some of the high frequencies missing because there’s no hi hat.
We’re two of a kind, but we’re no good together.
It won’t be long
’til you change your mind, and leave me forever.
It won’t be long.
It’s not your fault
that I’m so awful
at telling folks what’s on my mind.
I can’t unsay the things I’ve said
but I should add in my defense:
I might have just been loaded at the time.
It’s ok if you don’t want to commit to us.
I don’t mind if you just pencil me in.
I know that I ain’t never been good for much,
so it’s OK, just pencil me in …
This entry was posted on Thursday, March 16th, 2006 at 11:03 am and is filed under Songs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the comments RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
3 Responses to “Wont Be Long”
Well, mandatory handclaps in a song is just about the stupidest thing I ever heard of, but your tune is great, Des.
Now there is a song here somewhere about a drunken fist fight?
Who needs friends…when I’ve got whiskey…
The contest was so sweet, so sweet, in fact, that it was actually no contest.