This was the sort of mood I needed to play with some folk guitar ideas. Although the comment I make in The Stuns Interview Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a5VpCVezL4 (at around 4mins 55secs) about making a folk album next was tongue in cheek at the time it is something I plan to do for myself over the coming year. I need to work on my folk guitar chops though. I didn't have an acoustic today, just an electric, but I recorded a bunch of ideas anyway. This was the one I liked the most. Notice the rain in the background...
Very rough indeed but I'll work on the idea and my playing. At this stage I had changed my tuning a little by tuning down the G String to F# as per the Bon Iver track "re: stacks" which I recently worked out. His music is a big part of my inspiration for wanting to record a folk album. Check him out if you haven't already. It's amazing.
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The rain's stopped now. There's no sound but the faint roar of jet engines in the distance. I might leave my rain on the roof recording playing on repeat...
If you like the sound of rain in LA, you'll love this song by Loudon Wainwright III called Grey in LA:
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Grey In L.A.
When it's grey in L.A. I sure like it that way
Cause there's way too much sunshine round here
I don't know about you I get so sick of blue skies
Where ever they always appear
And I sure love the sound of the rain pouring down
On my carport roof made out of tin
If there's a flood then there's gonna be mudslides
We all have to pay for our sin
And I suppose that they'll close canyon roads
And the freeways will all start to clog
And the waters will rise and you won't be surprised
When your whole house smells like a wet dog
When it's grey in L.A. it's much better that way
It reminds you that this town's so cruel
Yeah it might feel like fun when you're sportin' sunglasses
But really you're just one more fool
And I'm just a chump
And this whole town's a dump
We came out here to dump all our dreams
Of making it big but we're stuck in a sig alert nightmare
That's just how it seems
And I suppose Laurie David sure knows
All those cars we drive heat up our earth
And sea temperatures rise and those constant blue skies
And brush fires can sure curb your mirth
Brad Grey's in L.A. yeah OK I should stay here
There's no place that's better i know
For a wannabe star stuck in a car
On a freeway with nowhere to go
When it's grey in L.A. I sure like it that way
Cause there's way too much sunshine round here
I don't know about you I get so sick of blue skies
Where ever they always appear