I thought this blog might be a good place to share some of my songs with folk who have an attention span beyond that engendered by TikTok, so here's a shot across the bows. An odd choice, since this barely qualifies as a song, but I wrote this as a mood piece during Trump's first term and if anything the mood has deteriorated during his second. He's besmirching Scotland right now with his fetid personality, hence the timing.
Mean Guy was one of a number of tracks I used to develop my digital production, and to get beyond the guitar in terms of composition. You can judge for yourselves how worthwhile or effective either mission was - as usual, I had no real thought for audience appreciation (sorry!) as I was chiefly entertaining myself.
The track, and in fact the whole album, could only go so far under my stewardship, so when I felt I'd done as much as I could I went to my dear chum and studio guru Marcus Samson Wright to get into the nitty-gritty of mixing and mastering. You can hear Marcus's own fantastic music here - you'll quickly see/hear why I seek out his advice. We had a lovely summer removing all the unnecessary plug-ins and effects I'd been slathering all over everything, and Marcus was, as always, supremely generous with his expertise, explaining his process in terms I could understand and bringing on my own skills better than a month of youtube tutorials could ever do.
Anyway, here's Mean Guy - I hope you enjoy it, and if you can identify the "One, two, three, four" sample (clue - it was a countdown before I sliced and diced it), you win 600 fictional points.
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