My semi-conscious, early-morning brain decided that it was going to be a morning to work on my music – so much to do.
Pandora seemed to reinforce as it served up The Spinners’ “I’ll Be Around” which I plan to use as a reference for the sound of “Fool Play.” (Fool Play Demo on Soundcloud)

I also got the following DM on Twitter from Exposed Vocals (https://exposedvocals.com):

“…do you have a quick moment to talk about your music? We’re publishing music reviews and interviews over on the Exposed Vocals music platform  and we’d love to do a feature with you if you’d like!”

I did a little research & it seems to be a legitimate resource for unsigned artists.

I said I’d be honored. Could be exciting!

This morning’s lyrical thoughts:
Addition to Policy of Love:
“Our past/previous policies
have made us enemies”

Seed for a new song – for the next album
“The Minimum – Wage? Effort? What can you afford ? Will it get you through?” Could be too much like “How Much is Enough”

Today’s studio work (not too much to report):

I finished the demo for Fool Play almost 2 years ago and have learned a lot since then (Fool Play Demo – Blog Post).

While listening to I’ll Be Around, I concentrated on the rhythm section. The percussion is somewhat spare. A cymbal hit, followed by the snare and bass drum together – I think – in the main part with some additional congas (or some similar drum).

A challenge is to absorb and use the feel without aping.

Had some technical difficulties getting the midi to work this morning and, after I did, drummed along to The Spinners track. I tried to loop a portion that I felt “kept time” – even applied quantization, but was unable to get a solid foundation. I have to come up with a good solution for percussion or this could take forever. Here is 7 seconds of drumming that I still don’t think is quite correct:

Sawing away at it.

-Ed It Tude