"The Cove"

After those last two songs (and the first few recordings of "Watchtower," and trying to get "♣ Noise" and "Angels" started, and a bunch of stuff I didn't finish, and, you know, real life) I wanted to do a song that was just fun to play (out of anything this is probably my favorite song to just pick up and play). Ironically, I picked a song I previously gave up on for being too difficult. It's all relative.

It took me a long time to learn to write mandolin songs that weren't just variations on "Teardrop." By which I mean it took until I figured out this song, which basically meant figuring out this one chord. Which is more or less but not exactly a B minor. I think this song suceeds where a few of the other instrumental songs failed, in that none of the parts are inessential to the song, and they flow into each other without dragging or any of those weird pauses where I tried to figure out the next part. I've been trying to rerecord a few of the older songs, and this helped a lot with the new version of "Grace" (though I still haven't quite nailed it. There's a lot to get right and a lot that can go wrong). Speaking of "Grace," I have a sneaking suspicion that it's the only song of mine with more notes than this one. Of course, it's five times as long, so...

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