far out!

The amount of people who have downloaded Olympian is astounding. More people have done so than have done Girlz! This is fantastic! If you’re one who has downloaded Oly, then I thank you very much. And if you’re one who has downloaded Oly and then listened to it, then I adore you!

So then, let’s return to that normal kind of post-update where song-sketches go on. Yes.

This, as of course this would be the place to start again, is an example of some strange energy (analogy, i’m not one to believe wholly in resonation [what?]) writing a song. The day was nice, I had a certain feeling of good romantic cheer in my bones, I picked up the guitar, and immediately started playing this:

2.24.08 (Sweet Girl, Ooh, too)

Yes, you can hear my room mate at the end walking in and saying “what’s this? something old? something new?” Then I stop recorded. It’s cool, bra, I got enough.

Also interesting about that is the little thing at the beginning, oddly similar to the line that plays though all of this later song, Ooh, Rode Off! See! More seeds, sewn. Honeybear just wrote itself. Phhht.

So about 10 minutes after I recorded that demo, I recorded the full song. This is the first time I’ve ever actually decided a part of the song wasn’t working and edited it out. I did a fantastic job (toot), which you’ll hear in May. But for now you can delight in the unedited “solo in a different place, with an extra bridge that ended up nowhere” version of Sweet Girl:

Sweet Girl (old)

Snappy alternate title.