February - Burning Bridges
Ironically, though the song is called Burning Bridges, it has no bridge (Inside baseball singer songwriter joke).
9:30 p.m. - Studio time and no idea of a song in my head. But the chords come flowing quickly, as do the words.
10:00 p.m. - Piano track and rhythm loop are quickly done. I make the mistake to tinker with per-note editing, but without success. I have to simplify the piano part in the refrain to save time and nerves.
10:40 p.m. - double the vocals to make it more interesting, find some good bass layer
11:00 p.m. - Start getting creative with some other synth stuff to make the arrangement more interesting. But fail utterly, a lot of time lost in nothing Find one more layer synth and make it run through as simple as possible.
11:45 p.m. - Mixing
0:00 a.m. - Song is done.
Learnings:
Forget about arrangements, make simple songs and record them without bells and whistles