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in a way, lol... "Decals (I Dont' Know)" - the latest song i posted - is actually the longest song on the lineup that will end up being the next batch of songs. it's like LoL because for most of the rest of this next album (as of yet untitled) i have already taken your advice, RiotFlash, most of the songs are 3 or 4 minutes, moving right along to the next one ina way that i really haven't done since 'Manifest Destiny' days... these songs do tell a story, so may be using more sound effects between songs, with 'Decals' being the finale of the whole thing. Idk yet, to be honest. it might just be the songs. One of them, an update on an old friend, "(Old Wave) Alkaloid Chemoreception" should only be about a minute and a half, the perfect little punk song. so riot, i hear ya... i do. what's more i agree :) with this next album i'm bringing it all back to basics, to create a new wave grunge sound.
what i've been doing lately is working on a lot of the drums up front, using the bass synth (like in Decals) and piano synths and things as a guide. this process is allowing me amazing ease-of-use for writing and composing new songs at the same time (because a lot of my older material is what i've been recording so far - songs with more or less fixed arrangements), and doing the whole recording process in reverse with the drums first and guitars 2nd should allow for a better sound mix at the end of production, simpler too....
this next batch of songs will all have some things in common:
1) real bass guitar (instead of the synthesizers in FLP)
2) new wave grunge metallic folk electronic rock - one song, "Floodwaters" recalls spiritual folk songs of the 19th century, with 21st century post-apocalyptic twists
3) single vocal recordings, no overdubbed vocals, few (if any, ghostly) harmonies, to capture my voice as is, with little or no effects (like i probably overdid a bit on my previous album 'No Standard Model')
4) for the most part, single guitar recordings, so the guitar solos will stand alone against the drums and bass, sounding like live Nirvana or Rush or Dinosaur Jr - with the acoustic/electric luna phoenix plugged into a big muff distortion, makes the whole project taste like mtv unplugged meets superfuzz big muff era mudhoney plus jimi hendrix and some bob dylan mixed with metallica for a sauce over a 3-cheese nirvana/foo fighters/beatles lasagna... fucking delicious... so soon i'll be recording in earnest. it's just been recording tests so far. i hope you'll all be as pleased at the final results as i am.

btw i'm an asshole that dumped his girlfriend because i just couldn't fucking deal with it, but i'll still be recording the song i wrote about her, and "Floodwaters" which she was there for the inspiration for... if that makes any fucking sense
still finding myself looking for the perfect woman... not some fucking fling. not sex. not friends with fucking benefits. namely fucking.
i don't want a million women. just one. the perfect one.