Mana (finally!)
KeithHandy posted in Composing, Old skool, Playing, Producing on August 26th, 2006
Maybe this is an exaggeration, but as a songwriter I think I have maybe three or four songs that represent some kind of musical ideal, and then three or four hundred songs that satirize the frustrating blocks between myself and that ideal.
(Thanks to Christy for permission to use these pics)
The irritable, short-sighted nitwit I was at 16 could not have written Mana. It came from somewhere, though, and I’m not questioning it.
What I recorded a few years later for the Open The Window sessions was the complete song; everything was essentially there. But when I pulled it out to remix it recently, it called for some overdubs — more than I expected — not to add new parts, but to reinforce what was there. I’ll talk about those in another post.
As with everything here, the mix may undergo minor tweaking, but this is basically it. Enjoy!
August 26th, 2006 at 10:39 pm
Great work, Keith. Thanks for taking the time to put these essentials together with remastering and whatnot. In anticipation for the rest of this restoration project I was reading over the list you put out a little while back, and I wanted to let you know that I’ve always enjoyed Slab of Clay quite a bit. One of my favorites from TFBD.
August 27th, 2006 at 8:36 am
You’re welcome, Jeremy, and thanks!
Slab is definitely one of the next priorities. It will be a bit faster than you’re used to, and have real drums.