They Call Me Winner
By NWSPR on June 25, 2022 8:29 pm
This song is linked to last weeks The Hated sharing some guitar phrases I recorded intentionally to bridge into this week thematically. Currently I am quarantining in a hotel room (Kimpton Dewitt) in Amsterdam sick with Covid so I recorded the vocals using my cheap travel earbuds on my laptop. The rest of the instruments are virtual with the guitar parts I prepared in advance of my trip. The fever, sore throat, and chest congestion changes the quality of my voice. I left the vocals dry with some flange on only one of the four vocal tracks. All other effects are natural phasing from the cheap mic and multiple layers. At one point in the mix it sounds like I'm laughing in the background but it's actually a covid coughing fit during recording one of the tracks so I left it in as a souvenir.
This song is about an aging gambler that loses so often, he's used to pick winners by betting the opposite odds, earning him the ironic nickname. The instrumental bridge is the delusion that keeps him betting, followed by the slowly descending guitar chords dragging downward.
After the decision of the Supreme Court to reverse Roe v. Wade, I would naturally prefer to be working on a song that reflects those feelings but could not pivot that fast due to my circumstances. Hopefully next week. Would be curious to hear your thoughts on the subject though. Sad but not 100% surprising given the circumstances and trajectory of this country.
Hope you are all well! BTW, I will be fine. Wish I could say I was feeling better but by the time you read this, hopefully I will be.
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