Cup of tea
By horatiuromantic on May 3, 2026 11:59 pm
Cup of tea! It's a cute little song inspired by a HUGE RAIN that caught me on the way home just now. I passed by a beautiful flowery tree in the crazy rain, and the blooming branches were hanging low due to the extra weight, so I had to hit the branches with my head as I biked under the tree. The smell was awesome!!!
I was on my way home from an open mic (CPH Listening Room) where I played a couple of songs, it was really nice to be back there after months!
It's a quick and dirty but surprisingly good sounding track. Started on it around 00:00 so almost exactly 2h of work from idea to final product! I wrote the lyrics first in about 40min, and I am sure I stole the groove from somewhere but idk where right now. Hopefully there's enough new going on in the compo that it's not totally plagiarism. In any case if it is, it's unintentional, but let me know if it reminds you of anything!
I tried to play it on acoustic at first, but then I figured let me go with electric. Messed around with virtual amps but eventually the best sound was from my Roland Cube amp, clean, plus a spring reverb, thru the line out. I thought I would strum it the whole way, but after MANY attempts on the guitar, I landed on this kinda bossa type fingerpicking (not sure what to call it) with the occasional strum when it gets more intense. I think once I practice there is a really cool thing I can do to play the melody on the low strings as I accompany myself.
I did takes of the guitar until it was good enough (2 takes stitched together), then the vocals, then the santana style fills to make it a little more full. The fills are literally the last thing I did 5 minutes before the deadline so I didn't even have time to listen back. I'm very happy with this composition!!! CRAZY that I almost gave up again on making something this week.
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