See Me Now

And the hits keep coming.    Mary got me the best birthday present a guitar player could ask for.  You guessed it, a new guitar.  I have only had my Les Paul kit guitar that I built back in the early 1980s.  Don't get me wrong, it is a wonderful guitar.  It has served me well and I love it.

I have wanted a Stratocaster for some time.  It has a glassy, slinky sound that my Les Paul does not.  The Strat has a very different feel than the Les Paul.  The Les Paul is a heavy, meaty guitar with a wonderful thick and powerful sound.  

I was so inspired by the guitar that I started recording about 9pm last night and didn't stop until 3:00am.  I then woke up at 9:00 am, had breakfast and resumed.  Twenty tracks later, I have the latest song from the album Year, See Me Now.  Don't ask we what it's about, it is what the listener hears it to be.  I like it and have had a lot of excellent input from Mary.  She is my muse and an excellent musical consultant. 

UPDATE: I spent a decent part of 4/3 tweaking parts of the song at the suggestion of my friend, Archie Waugh.  I brought the vocals up in the mix, added another guitar at the end, put repeating echo on the last "Real McCoy" and now fade it just prior to the guitar at the very end.  Next up... more vocals (this time female).

UPDATE 2:It now has harmonies on the choruses and last verse. I like it better and it may yet have more voices.

See Me Now

And here is the Red Tornado.