New original - "I Don't Mind"

[CapM]

This song actually started out as an acoustic folks song.  But When I started adding electric guitars, those riffs seemed more interesting than the original riff, which actually isn't even in the song any more!  This was the toughest and most frustrating song I've come up with.  One major issue is mixing the guitars.  At times, I have 4 different guitar riffs going at once, and considering some are double tracked, I can have 7 guitar tracks going at once. Anyhow, I don't think it's my best song, but hopefully it's interesting enough. I have so many guitar tracks I was testing, I can't even tell you which guitars made the final cut.  I know the opening guitar is mostly my PRS HBII.  I have some Tele in there as well.  I used my cheap-o Ibanez bass through my GK bass amp.  All comments welcomed.

 

I Don't Mind

Did the world blow up yet?
Or was it just a dream?
I thought I saw it on the Internet
Man what a catastrophe!
They blamed it on my ignorance
They must enjoy the entertainment
But I couldn't plead my innocence
I must have missed my arraignment

Chorus:
I don't mind the weight upon my shoulders
And I don't mind the things life puts me through
It's just another day gone and I'm another day older
But I don't mind
I don't mind

I lost my job yesterday
At least that's what I heard
I didn't care much for it anyway
I was underpaid and overworked
I was home sick with my little boy
When they announced the corporate layoffs
Now I can't afford to be unemployed
With all these debts I need to to pay off

Chorus

I don't mind when things get in the way
I'll take the world on come what may
I don't see gray skies only blue
When I'm with you
I don't mind

[Nutty1]

This rocks! ????  

?Great job CapM, it is another hit! 

The blend of guitars is absolutely amazing. As always you have great lyrics and have sang and produced it brilliantly. 

It is another one for me to study.??‍?

[Blue Dog]

Pretty Catchy. CapM . Great work. I listened to the whole thing But ( I Didn't mine ) Cool Song.  

[IanD]

Love it Cap! Those layered guitar riffs sound amazing. Well worth waiting for!

 

Ian

[Mike Hoodenpyle]

Very well done, sounds great.

[DianeB]

Wow, Cap, that is very cool. Great playing, lyrics, and mixing. There's so much going on, it might benefit from thinning out a verse or a chorus to add interest when all the tracks come back in. ?

[Ice9]

Great stuff Cap

[gotto]

Great pursuit of artistic boundary pushing. Nice theme and vocals as well. As Diane suggested, somewhat busy with all the guitar work, technically well done of course. Lots of work went into this. It would be interesting to contrast to your folk approach. Thanks for sharing. 

Greg 

[Eracer_Team-DougH]

I'd like to hear the vocals just a little more up in the mix.. but that's just me.. overall sounds great

[CapM]

On 7/20/2018 at 3:46 PM, DianeB said:

Wow, Cap, that is very cool. Great playing, lyrics, and mixing. There's so much going on, it might benefit from thinning out a verse or a chorus to add interest when all the tracks come back in. ?

There's about a dozen ways to take any song!  In general though, if you listen to lessons online from mixers, producers, songwriters, etc., IN GENERAL you need to add excitement as the song goes along.  This can be done with more instruments, harmonies, different percussion, etc.  Not that songs can't thin out, but if you have a high energy song and you start taking stuff out, the listener perceives a lack of energy.  I could try to test it if you tell me exactly where you mean.  But basically at the end go the solo during the second bridge, I only have 2 guitars - the main rhythm and the high-reverb solo.  Then the final chorus where I have just 2 guitars.  Then the final outro I have 2 plus the ending fills.  So I guess I don't know where you mean!

[CapM]

On 7/21/2018 at 1:02 PM, gotto said:

Great pursuit of artistic boundary pushing. Nice theme and vocals as well. As Diane suggested, somewhat busy with all the guitar work, technically well done of course. Lots of work went into this. It would be interesting to contrast to your folk approach. Thanks for sharing. 

Greg 

Just for kicks, I found two old acoustic guitar tracks (from late 2015!) which is when I started this song:

This song has had so many things attempted via trial and error, then I'd table the project for 6 months.  Then when I did finish, I didn't think it was good enough to post.  I do post songs on some songwriters forums and I tell you, those boards are brutal with comments.  Surprisingly, I've received all positive feedback there.  Weird that sometimes you have a song you think is good, but it's really not, and sometimes the opposite is the case.

I'm trying to finish up a bunch of projects this year so I'll be posting a bunch more that I believe are better tunes than this.  

[Nutty1]

7 hours ago, CapM said:

This song has had so many things attempted via trial and error, then I'd table the project for 6 months.  Then when I did finish, I didn't think it was good enough to post.  I do post songs on some songwriters forums and I tell you, those boards are brutal with comments.  Surprisingly, I've received all positive feedback there.  Weird that sometimes you have a song you think is good, but it's really not, and sometimes the opposite is the case.

 I'm trying to finish up a bunch of projects this year so I'll be posting a bunch more that I believe are better tunes than this.  

Wow CapM, lovely bit of acoustic guitar playing there.

Your songs are of a very high standard. I look forward to hearing more of them!

Incidentally, what forums do you use to get comments on your songs, would any of them be appropriate for a beginner like me?

[CapM]

4 hours ago, Nutty1 said:

Wow CapM, lovely bit of acoustic guitar playing there.

Your songs are of a very high standard. I look forward to hearing more of them!

Incidentally, what forums do you use to get comments on your songs, would any of them be appropriate for a beginner like me?

Musesmuse and songstuff.  They also have areas just for lyrics, though I don't participate in those areas.  There's a wide range of people there, including beginners.  Likely over time you'll find people of like skillsets and post on each other's threads.  

[Nutty1]

Thank you CapM.

[gotto]

I really like the acoustic demo. I also really liked your final production . I hope I wasn't misinterpreted on my original comments. I have personally been moving my musical muse in a quieter and more "spatial " style so forgive me if my thoughts were perceived as anything negative. I was follower of the folk/rock era of the 60's and 70's, hence the slight shift in my interests from the being a rocker type to chasing the melodic and lyrical side of things , less production so to speak. I have always been impressed with your creative side as well as your great skills and vocal command (not to mention your production and mixing skills) and I would be a bit surprised if anyone in the songwriting forums would ever find criticism in anything you might have posted. I am and always will be a CapM fan. Keep "em coming.

Greg

Edited July 23, 2018 by gotto

[CapM]

1 hour ago, gotto said:

I really like the acoustic demo. I also really liked your final production . I hope I wasn't misinterpreted on my original comments. I have personally been moving my musical muse in a quieter and more "spatial " style so forgive me if my thoughts were perceived as anything negative. I was follower of the folk/rock era of the 60's and 70's, hence the slight shift in my interests from the being a rocker type to chasing the melodic and lyrical side of things , less production so to speak. I have always been impressed with your creative side as well as your great skills and vocal command (not to mention your production and mixing skills) and I would be a bit surprised if anyone in the songwriting forums would ever find criticism in anything you might have posted. I am and always will be a CapM fan. Keep "em coming.

Greg

Most songs going forward will have depth via use of keyboards, synths, etc.  This song was the function of being so long in the making, I'd come up with a new part that ended up being better than the original part! For instance my favorite part was the octave guitar riff in the chorus.  I ended up liking it more than the Fadd9 to C9 progression!

I've been at songwriting so long, anyone can say anything they like.  Music is very subjective and I don't take anything personally!