Nashville Dilemma

As mentioned in a previous post, I won the chance to record with a six piece band at the fabulous Beaird Music Group in Nashville. That’s great, of course, really great. Not so great is my complete inability to figure out what song to record. That’s where you come in.

The playlist below consists of songs that I think might be good candidates for the Nashville treatment. They are all produced as well as I can with Band In A Box. Take a listen to them and list your top 3 in order. Remember, it’s not necessarily the best song, and it certainly doesn’t have to be the best production. It has to be one of the best songs, of course, or it’s not worth doing, but what really matters is which song would sound great when recorded by a band consisting of bass guitar, piano, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar and drums. You don’t have to listen to all of them all the way through: 30 seconds to a minute might be enough to eliminate the weaker candidates. You might have to adjust the volume between tracks a little, as I have not got around to normalizing the volume between tracks.

Let me know your selection in the comments or, if you came here from the NSAI Charlotte Facebook page, you can post them there, if you prefer.

THANKS!

  1. Hello, Old Friend Gavin Sinclair & The Mysterious Beings 4:18
  2. Happy Ending Blues Jenny & Gavin 3:01
  3. Northern Summer Gavin Sinclair & The Mysterious Beings 3:45
  4. Diamonds And Dragons Gavin Sinclair & The Mysterious Beings 4:18
  5. I Don't Drive No Pick-Up Gavin Sinclair & The Mysterious Beings 4:02
  6. All I Want For Christmas Is Your Fat Ass To Be Gone Gavin Sinclair & The Mysterious Beings 4:14
  7. I Never Took Your Number Off My Phone Gavin Sinclair & The Mysterious Beings 3:47
  8. Good Luck Eddie Gavin Sinclair & The Mysterious Beings 5:19
  9. Nervous Breakdown Gavin Sinclair & The Mysterious Beings 2:30
  10. The Goat, The Gnu & The Tumbleweed Gavin Sinclair & The Mysterious Beings 5:12
  11. Gillian Gavin Sinclair & The Mysterious Beings 3:06
  12. Wild & Windy Shore Gavin Sinclair & The Mysterious Beings 4:09

3 thoughts on “Nashville Dilemma

  1. Congrats Gavin. That’s awesome news.
    My top three picks in no particular order (sorry my friend, it’s too hard to choose this late at night):
    Hello Old Friend (assuming the band you’re playing with can harmonize with you)
    Northern Summer for it’s strong chorus (the slide guitar could do the harp part)
    I Never Took your Number off my Phone (could be amazing with a good lead guitar and an intuitive drummer. It’s probably the best choice for a band to play)

    Wild and Windy Shore is gorgeous, but probably not the best use of a band.
    You could easily get the Christmas tune on a compilation album if that’s something that interests you then you should consider doing that one.

    I hope you have a chance to meet up with MAB and other 101/Junction Nashville locals.

    Cheers bud,
    Jen

  2. Thanks Jenny. “I Never Took Your Number Off My Phone” is getting a lot of votes from my local NSAI chapter too, as is “All I Want For Christmas.” Surprisingly (to me) you are the first to suggest “Hello, Old Friend.” The other song that’s got a lot of votes is “Happy Ending Blues” 🙂

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