Capture the Song
I’ve got a lot on my mind, so you may notice that I’m frequently publishing short little entries.
I’m still capturing at least 4-lines of lyrics to tape everyday, mostly with some accompaniment. Since I’ve gotten back into writing regularly, inspiration seems to come at odd times. Lyrically, I’m always prepared because I’ve got the tools. I am a little lost however when a melody pops in. I lost what I thought was a pretty good hook this morning because it came to me between the garage and the office. There was a time when I used voicemail to capture melodies and I’ve tried a little digital micro-recorder, but being a songwriter with a day-job requires the ability for me to very quickly capture an idea without breaking my context. Any ideas?
November 2nd, 2005 at 11:59 am
Drop it into a text file with Quicksilver… oh wait, you don’t have a Mac at work, do you?
Bummer.
For the times you can’t write: does your phone record video? That would be faster than dialing your voicemail. Most camera phones have a dedicated record key.
November 2nd, 2005 at 12:10 pm
When poking around on my phone for the quick access to the video recording, I found that I have a voice recorder that is 4 keys away: “Go to,” 1, 1, 1. I can record 3 minutes at a time, and probably even bluetooth them to my iBook (
provided I can get a converter for .amr filesUpdate: Quicktime will apparently read the .amr format) .