Neil Fein's Blog

Martha and Grazina picked me up at work on Friday. I left my car in the lot, and we drove up to Connecticut to visit a friend. On the drive back, it was late, late, late on Saturday night (Graz had to be back) and we decided I'd get a ride to work Monday morning, and just pick up my when coming home that day.

While in Connecticut, I was able to work on the lyrics to Woke Up On the Fourth a lot, and make some real headway on the bridge. (Saturday morning, I walked over to an echoey overpass and stood there on the sidewalk and wrote.)

Martha went to a wedding shower this Sunday. Having no car, I spent the day at home, and took another read of the lyrics I'd written up north. After I did some more work on them, I sat down and recorded the percussion track, along with a guide track--half-singing the first few words of each verse so I would be able to find my way later on. Just as I was recording the second take on the guitar track, I broke a string.

In the living room, I put the latest They Might Be Giants CD on and went about changing my guitar strings, finishing just as Martha walked through the door. I eventually got a decent demo on disc, mastering it directly to hard drive. Which was easier to hook up than I had thought it would be, thanks to OS X and a PowerWave

The demo of Woke Up On the Fourth is online; take a listen. Although think I already know how to improve the lyrics.