Other Robert
Also Ran (2020 Version 2.0)

When I wrote this back in June I was really loving everything about it except for my utter shit vocal take. I thought it was the key. When I redid it this time I lowered the key a whole step and sped up the tempo for good measure. Now I can see that the key wasn’t the problem, the shitty singer was. The verses are kinda pitchy, wouldn’t you say?

I still love everything about this song (except for the shit vocal) but I think bumping up the tempo a smidge was a big help. I am pretty sure I like this version better than the first version.

The rhythm guitar tracks are my Gibson SG Standard into a Klon KTR and a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter into an AB/Y switch and then two amps, a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The lead guitar is the same rig except it’s my Gibson Les Paul Custom instead of the SG. The feedback at the end is the Les Paul into an MXR Univ-Vibe, a Wren and Cuff Tri Pi 70, the Klon KTR, and the same two amps. The reverb, delay, and rotating speaker were all added in the mix.

pour out a glass for the also rans
for it is they who stand for the losers like me
can’t you see

first day of summer and I
can’t seem to fake my way through
first day of summer and I
can’t take much more

its like a dream I once had
that I forgot by morning
I always lose the thread and
can’t seem to get back

first day of summer and I’ve
already given up hope
first day of summer and I
cut myself off

I let the mystery be
its way to much pain for me
I bang my head against each
wall that I come to