And I don't miss the way that you smiled at me
Cuz I know it's gone
And I know that I'm not what you see
And it won't be long
Before it fades into memory
In era 1 I found lyric writing really really painful
So this is iteration 1 of writing something first and then turning it into a song
This feels so much better!!!!
G C G
Cornflakes, cafeteria, cappuccino
Dirt on my feet, dust in my hair
C G
Crumbs in the cracks of the chair
D
And I've melted three times in two days
G
From the kindness of strangers
D D7
Love sparkling shyly between us
C
Laughter
G
Not a thought in my head
C G
I want to see you again
C G
I want to see you again
Monday 2025-09-08
30 second song (“I mind”)
Really struggling to sing well lol RIP
Fun because I just quickly made the world’s most basic drum beat, looped it, played 3 chords
Spent like 5 mins playing around with the lyrics
I say I don't mind where I go
I've come to my senses
And I know
That I mind
Yeah I mind
Oh I mind
I like this! Simple way of talking about the like “oh I don’t mind living at my mum’s for 6 months, I’m not missing out on anything because I’m trying to build a good life” → “oh shit, community rules (Ship It Week log), I really should care less about how much money I have left and spend more time with people”
Alternative version (iphone voice note, acoustic guitar)
Total ripoff from track 2 of the new Wet Leg album, first line + general chord progression, feels great to have the permission to “steal like an artist”
Felt good to return to Ableton after 8 months away and still be able to slap something together!
Guitar effects stack
Now I have Ableton Suite (overkill, I should probably have just been a GarageBand boy until my production skills improved enough), I’ve got the built-in Ableton amps & cabinets
As my macbook broke, I don’t have any of my plugins and saved effect chains, which is kind of a bummer, but also kind of nice to start fresh and minimalist
Vocal effects stack
I just asked Google Gemini what the 80/20 effects stack would be
Quick trip-hop drums thing
Found a cool drum loop in Ableton, pitched it down at one point, kinda just a cool lil fragment, I’m not skilled enough to do anything with it but was fun!
