27 December 2003

i’ve been trying to work on more tunes with vocal tracks, as vocals seem to be pretty much the hardest kind of “instrument” to record. then there’s also the additional fact that while i don’t hate the sound of my own voice, i definitely feel uncomfortable listening to it. this is something i need to get over, and i guess there’s only one way to do it.

I got a lot of help on this matter from the TweakHeadz site. There’s all kinds of good stuff on that site.

anyways, this tune is another one larry hovish and i collaborated on. we kinda were going for an alt-rock kind of feel, which i believe we suceeded in. furthermore, my solo in this tune has a nice crappy-neil-young quality to it. okay, that was not intentional, i was just sick of protools, and i didn’t feel like doing it over again.

On a ghost train to chicago
Smoke billows through the air
The only light that's seen at night
Comes from over here

On a ghost train to chicago
I've got no place to go
Got no place to be
won't you sit down with me

i ride this train every night
because i've got no soul
on an eastbound train to chicago
i left her looking out the door

on a ghost train to chicago
i smelled the sweet scent of her hair
she fell off the back; i looked down the track
in the middle of nowhere

On a ghost train to chicago
Smoke billows through the air
The only light that's seen at night
Comes from over here