DAY 5: It has been vocals vocals vocals. The hardest (and most fun) part is getting into the right character for each different song. During "Highwaysong" I was dancing and shuffling around, being goofy and lighthearted. Then during "Letters" I almost started crying because of the loss in the song. For "Straight Up Crooked" I imagined myself with boots, a cowboy hat and a six-shooter. It is so strange to hear the songs becoming reality. Out of my head and into the world.
DAY 4: Back to work today recording Simple Man. More vocals today. I sang as much as I could, which ended up being three songs worth. My voice started to give out a bit while trying to sing "Simple Man". So we stopped the singing and switched to harmonica. We had to do a fair bit of futzing to get it to sound good. We tried a few different microphones and ended up with a (clean) sock over the mic. After our work today, we are approaching half done. Have to cut out early to go play a gig with Ida tonight.
