Studio Diary 5

Current mood:  anxious

actually i wasn’t in the studio at all yesterday. Allen had to get up @ 6am for a previous engagement and was pretty much gone until I saw him around 10 that evening at the bowling alley. The Western Sky was getting paid to do a show at a post-prom party here in Pen Argyl, at the bowling alley, and what an interesting experience that was. The last time i was at an event like that, was when I actually was 17. I must say I felt a little old this time around, so that was weird, everyone was sort of looking at us…and I also felt a little out of place, but that was pretty normal for me. Anyway the guys rocked it regardless, and we stuck around for a little bit to test our hands at a couple rounds of bowling. We didn’t get back to crash out until around 4am. As far as productivity goes, i stayed in all day yesterday working on lyrics and just thinking about the flow of the record. I’m undecided about the 3rd track we’re going to record, which will be a piano-based song that will close the record. I could go for the more catchy song or I could do the more adventurous song. Ideally I’d like to do the more adventurous one but I’m thinking about the flow. This EP has a lot of sunshine in it, and doing the more adventurous track would definitely take the listener somewhere new at the end. But maybe I like that. We’ll see. I also finished a draft for “Movin’ to the West Coast”, which will be the super catchy track. Check it: “movin’ to the west coast” i’ve got the sunshine heavy on my mind i could use a change but there’s a lot to leave behind i don’t have anyone breathing down my neck i’m just here to ride it out until i hit the deck it’s not a sure thing, life is such a tease everything is static and I don’t need no reprise another day gone by without a change i could use a moment now to take it by the reins this time i’ve gotta take a chance no, there is no other place for any other but me this time i’m gonna find romance knockin’ on my door in southern california Chorus: Oh oh, I’m movin’ to the west coast to where the sun goes down beachside Oh oh, I need a new beginning I’ve got a feeling, gotta make things right i see the tight rope shaking as i stall i can walk across but there’s a chance that i could fall i need to break through, rock it at the guns swallow all my fears and unafraid to take the plunge This trip is long and overdue why the second guessing? no time to be messing around I need a place to start anew somewhere i can let out yeah, i’ve gotta get out Chorus Repeat so yeah, I’m pretty satisfied with them. They’re definitely poppy lyrics, but they’re real and it fits the track. It’s about change. I’ll get Allen’s opinion on them today. Today, it’s guitars ALL DAY. I’m so ready to get rolling. Till then…