Flower Moon

Today is the flower full moon. Spring is in bloom.

 

Perhaps that has something to do with my exceptionally productive day. I read, graded and commented upon over two hundred pages worth of student research papers and essays. After that, I worked on a new song for a while. I had come up with a working chorus for it a couple of days ago, built upon a chord progression and vocal melody that I've been playing around with for a few weeks now. It's really fun to play, and catchy. It's been stuck in my head ever since I started working on it. I usually consider that to be a good sign.

 

The chorus that I landed on the other day seems to have stuck, so I worked on lyrics for three verses that logically lead to the repetition of those lines. After several hours, I have what resembles the first draft of another song. I'll post updates as I continue to work on it.

Speaking of which, Dust Jacket, which I recently posted, is now on its nineteenth version and counting. I keep re-recording the vocals, then re-posting the song. I'm still not completely happy with it, but it is gradually getting better. Once I have a full album worth of new material, I plan to go back and re-record all of these songs anyway, so it might be close enough for now. 

 

I also spent a couple of hours today looking up and practicing a bunch of kids' songs. I'll explain that some other time.