All we can say is thank heavens for GarageBand, ichat (with Zoom H2) and idisk!  With those fine tools, Didier and I are still able to work together on songs.  Yeah!

I usually record a vocal track in GarageBand then pass it via idisk to Didier.  He thinks about it for awhile.

Long ago I learned that it was kind of a waste of time for me to come up with cords because he always hears something much more amazing then the 12 cords I know

We’ll work with it on ichat, but the problem is the sound only goes one way. So, while I’m singing I have to watch his hands for the cord change, stop for a sec and listen, then sing again.  We use the Zoom H2 recorder to pick up his guitar parts so that when we say “hey that was a cool bit”, we can remember what we just did!

Then he messes around with the cords, sometime morphing the melody…sometimes too far.  With one song I  had to say “Woa, I’ve had this song in my head for two years. This is the melody I want.”  But that doesn’t happen too often. Usually his tweakage is really interesting.

Anyway, back and forth…pausing…clipping…tweaking…lyric rewrites…guitar solos and then finally one day “hey, you know I really like this song.”

And there you have it.  We’re looking at January to have the full length CD done with all the new songs.

A tasty treat indeed,

Jenn