RBC #4, Half the way there.

The 4th installment, can you believe it? We're half way finished. I can't, guess I expected so much to be shut down, that I never really even considered what it would be like to finish this album. I was thinking about it toda, and I realized when this is done, it will be another record in the can that I've played bass on every track. Perhaps this record only exist on an MP3 play list, but it's legitimate to me all the same.

I know I really pushed the musician geek envelope by showing off my basses last week, I apologize for being so boring. OK this week we did another 2 songs, The Union Forever and The Same Boy You've Always Known

The Union Forever:
This is the first song I've done that has keyboards on it as well. Since the low end is somewhat covered I had to find another place in the mix for myself. Basically I just resorted to doing the best Bill Wyman I could come up with. If you will notice during the recitative section my bass line is very reminiscent of the intro to 2000 Light Years From Home. Big thundering bass chords in unison with Jack during the chorus, and then during the rest of of the song I just tried to stay out of Jack and Meg's way. Great usage of the tri tone or augmented 4th. During Medieval times this particular interval was known as the Devils Music and was forbidden by the Church to be played, and then whatever a thousand years later Black Sabbath make an entire career out of it.

The Same Boy You've Always Known:
I'm not sure what happened to me when I did this one, but it has to be the most noodleing I've ever committed to tape. I think I'll change my name to Noodles ...yeah that's it ... "I'm Noodles White. Ya know Jack and Meg's older brother?" I wonder what all of our siblings names are. That's actually a good trivia question, I should come up with some sort of give away just so I can find out the names of all of Jack and Meg's ... what is it 8 siblings? I hope there's a Peanut White in there somewhere, or perhaps Pigeon, Pigeon is a name Jeff likes to throw around a lot actually.

So I've been thinking now that we're at the half way mark, it might be a good time to take a breath and reflect on our achievements so far. I know that a lot of people have just now caught on to Redd Blood Cells, and missed the earlier installments. Instead of plowing ahead with next week's songs as planned, I would like to give all of our new friends the opportunity to catch up to the rest of us. What I would like to do is this: starting this coming Monday we will do a review week. Since there are 8 songs completed I would like to review one song a day, with the two most recent songs being posted on the Sunday. In other words we'll have Dirty Leaves on Monday the 1st of July and then Hotel Yorba on the 2nd etc. and then on to Sunday the 7th when we'll have the two most recent tracks. Then of course on Monday the 8th we will be getting back in to the thick of it with the ferocious We're Going to be Friends.   Got that..? OK mark your calendars cause you only get one day with each track.

Enjoy,
Noodles

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