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After spending much of the afternoon finishing the demo Bruce and I did for Woke Up on the Fourth, the multitracker started giving me disc errors while I was recording takes, always the takes that were going well (of course).

I was able to finish most of it by 9pm. We had plans, so I left it as-is without the keyboard track. Martha had a headache, and we cancelled our plans for the evening (sorry, Anita & Memo; seeya tomorrow, though).

It seemed to me that the deck needed to cool down (it gets hot while recording) and so did I. I left the house with a book, and after picking up excedrin for Martha, I went to West End cafe in New Brunswick and ordered a double espresso. I came home a couple of hours later and laid down the keyboard track.

Here's an MP3 of the mixdown. (about 1.3 megs) There are errors in the recording, and the drums don't fit with the rhythm yet, but I think this is the feel I want for the song.