We delved deep into the creative process yesterday. We walked over to our little rehearsal space and tried out some new songs. A couple covers (for instance "Sweet Thing" from Van Morrison) and a couple new originals.
We totally revamped a song called "Shadow of the Marigolds." It used to go one way, now it goes in a totally different way. I love when songs "materialize." Afterwards, you sometimes wonder how it all happened, and will it ever happen again.
I had been playing a couple of riffs, sort of stringing them together, thinking that they might add up to a song. Then Carla and I took her lyrics and started trying them on for size. Very quickly the words and music kind of fell together.
3 hours flew by. Almost felt like a blink of the eye. And we had a new song on our hands. We recorded it on the little digital recorder. It's still just a sketch and I expect it will continue to evolve. But a great start. And a cool sound.