Recutting Alleluia

So, for a long time, my internet connection was down tonight. After the boys went to sleep, I recut all of the tracks for "Alleluia". The only thing I left was the drums, which will be re-recorded anyway, by someone with more skillz that I gots.

Why did I recut everything? I decided that the track was too low for my voice, so I transposed it. I did it electronically first, so I could be sure that the new key would be in my range. It was, very nicely, and so I set about recutting all of the guitar and bass tracks. I'll have to clean up the timing, but I'm feelin' pretty good that these are keepable tracks. Changing the key also made the big climb in the last verse stronger, because it now starts on a lower note.

This is such a great tune! I could listen to it over and over and over! I know I'm weird that way when it comes to my music. It sometimes feels almost narcisisticccc (or however you spell it). There are two things that keep me from thinking it's so. First of all, I know full well that there will come a time when all I'll be able to hear every time I listen to it are the flaws and I won't want to play it at all. Another is the thought that, ultimately, if I don't like it, why should I expect you to?

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