Theres a lot of love making happening in this song. Its a clever song - not quite a guilty pleasure but not too far from it. The lyrics are soft hitting but just interesting enough to hold your attention thru the whole thing. Its varied - the opening in the beginning followed by a sudden tempo change and the rhythm changes suddenly as well back to a familiar pulse from the beginning part. Its also kinda simple with just one voice and instrument but the harmonies are not cookie cutter. Its a lot of things, and I think its a good strategy to try and navigate that narrow path where it grabs attention but is lite enough to let the listener go as soon as its over - and then makes you want to play it again.
I took another stab at getting real about editing audio with software and its still a nightmare. I'm going to have to buy a real program soon instead of clawing my eyes out w/ Garageband and dealing with the hard to find answers for Audacity. I think its mainly me though - I just hate clicking and dragging little knobs on a screen and being unable to ctrl Z backwards if I changed something I didn't like. Plus your ears get super fatigued and inevitably the thing you were screwing around with for hours will eventually sound like crap.
All I know about Grovesnor is that he's kinda an English underground indie electronic singer and this one is just one of the few songs I can find of his on the internet.
Heres the original on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_m8aLVpMxI
This one was also recorded on my new live Rode condenser mic.
This is also the first time I made an acoustic version that wasn't directly copied from someone elses acoustic cover.
Ishida