Heard “Florence and the Machine” on random shuffle during work today and got stuck on “Queen of Peace”. A song full of Waterboy-ish scenes and a great snare drum section. I had this song in mind when I sat down today. But in the end it turned out to be something completely different. That’s why I love writing novels and writing music. One Day One Song Challenge struck again!

Sat down around 6 p.m. to get an idea what would be in store for me. Had this structure in mind with a strong solo snare after the refrain. And a power refrain. Verse one and refrain flew from my pen quickly. Did some reshuffling and stopped for dinner.

9:00 p.m. - Found the last necessary chord progressions and wrote verses two and three. Don’t know where this anmial comparision came from. The cat’s nine lives got the axe, though. As did the worm.

9:20 p.m. - Recording starts with the drummer AI. I found the 2-down Motown beat and that was that. Did the piano chord progressions first, just as a base track.

10:30 p.m. - Basic recording done. I tune-correct some vocals and start tinkering with the horn section, take away a lot of other stuff to make the song airy.

11:15 p.m. - Mixing starts. Difficult this time as the production is a bit overloaded. Took a lot of compressor and EQ tuning to make the sound worth it.

11:30 p.m. - Mastering. First attempt ok. Song done at 11:35

Learnings: None, too tired today.