NOW WAIT FOR LAST YEAR
Me – vocals
Rob – bass, guitar, some keys
John – organ
When I arrived Rob had already laid down the bass and keys. The song already sounded vastly different than it ever had before. But this is a good thing on a song that’s been floating around for so long. I did a scratch vocal so he could do the electric guitar parts.
Then we did tracked the lead vocal. It took me three takes, which I realize now is nothing, but it’s a lot for me. The first take was alright, but we decided to try another one and keep the first, too. So we did a second take, at the end of which I told him I wanted to scrap the whole fucking take (it’s on tape). There wasn’t anything glaring on either, but I just didn’t sound like I gave a damn. I suppose I’m a bit preoccupied and I didn’t, really. So we tried one more, and I kept my eyes closed and tried to stop thinking. It was a much better take so we stuck with it.
John then did some organ work. It’s not too far from done, really, it needs some backing vocals, and maybe a few odds and ends.