Pamparo in Toronto

Wayne (worship leader/friend) and I, have been exchanging song ideas via email for the past month or so. It’s very good and full of fun but slowly I realize how much effort really goes into actually getting a song written and having it recorded. I guess I am just not one of those gifted individuals who would do 1-takes for a session but still … there’s a lot that goes into writing/recording a song.

Here’s a song that I have written many years ago but started working on it again. I wanted to record it to share with friends. My songs are very personal and it speaks a lot about my experiences. For this instance, I have written a song about thanksgiving because I was really thankful for what God has done in my life. Unfortunately, it is still incomplete and got ways to go …

- some parts missing, like the Bridge
- you can hear the click track quite loudly on this clip.
- does not have vocals as well. I am not a singer nor will I pretend to be.
- bass track is missing (muted actually, i need to re-record it)

Here’s the backing track: Thank You Lord
And link to the lyrics: http://odnalor.org/wp/2003/03/24/thank-you-lord.html

How about you? Have you written a song lately? Care to share your workflow and some clips?

If you have frequent this site, you will notice that I now have a logo on the header of the page. Thanks to a freeware product called Seashore.

It is not as robust as Photoshop or even Gimp itself but for simple projects, it is more than enough. And let me repeat this very important information, it’s FREE!

For a quick reference, here are some of the features of this product.

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Have fun and make sure to share your creation

Bleeding Red

I was cut and I bled green
For a moment that’s what it seems
I looked closely to be sure
‘Am glad to see, it is still red

… this is a very short poem that kinda describes what is happening with me for the past six months career-wise!