We have demo. Putting Policy of Love to bed until I look to record the “real” version for the album. (Teddy, pictured up top, can relate to the policy and to putting himself to bed.)

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I had to cancel my plans to attend the Philadelphia Folk Festival. Missing Fest friends, but also appreciating taking care of everyone at home (human and feline) & managed to sneak in some time for recording.

After starting the morning with technical difficulties (missing DLL made it necessary to uninstall & reinstall my recording software), undaunted, I tuned my bass to the acoustic guitar track (I apparently did not make sure the guitar was tuned to anything other than itself) and recorded a track which I seem to have lifted partly from a Fleetwood Mac track – I think “Go Your Own Way”).

I then took to the mic and warbled some background which I pushed fairly far down in the mix. Not happy with them, but it is time to move on to the next track which most likely will be “Future Psychic Girlfriend.”

Here is the demo (from Soundcloud).

Been doing the only work on my album in my mind for quite a while. I had an idea for Policy of Love playing there which I’ve finally be able to get down on the hard drive.

“Make Love Policy, Love Making Policy” and the chords associated (A & G) have become an intro/bridge/outro. I mixed in a bit of the chorus (instrumentally) and I think the structure of the song is pretty close to where I want it. I think I’ve started to go in a Lou Reed-ish direction with it. Here is this morning’s take:

I also added a phrase/idea to the tentatively-titled “Dangerous”  (see Inviting All) lyrics:

“I’m having trouble understanding

Protect yourself

What do we really need to protect ourselves from”

Peace by Piece.

-Edicated