First re-write of the year – First non re-write of the year

Towards the middle/end of last year I finished a song, which was quite driven by a guitar riff, the style was rock with a twang of country, a bit too much country on reflection. I listened back to it and decided the country element was way too much for over all tone of the song. So I’ve kept the concept and the lyrics, the main riff and left the chorus well alone, but I’ve started re-writing the song, rolling off the country vibe. I’m still recording the demo versions with a Telecaster so it still has the country twang to it, and the main riff is hanging around so it’s more the verse section. That said changing the verse so far has impacted the way the drums work  and thus changed the song in quite a large way. So far I think it’s for the better.

As I sat down tonight re-listening to songs that where written last year and working on songs for this year I listened to one, a more slow blues based track and the positive side of this is upon listening back, I’m not going to change this at all, I’m happy with it and I think it’s the first track that’s made it to the proper demo recording process.

So far I’ve only made firm decisions on two songs, one partial re-write, and one firm tick in the box, time to go back to listening.