1. What I Came Here To Do
This song was the driving force behind me making this record. In it I found a story that I didn't know I had inside of myself and one that has taken me a while to understand.... It's about learning not to leave.
This was the first song we recorded and this goes back to July, 2013 (it was finished after the last of the solo sessions we did a year later in July, 2014). I used engineer Jerry Lejeune's advice for this recording and kept the studio session with the band to acoustic guitar and vocals. That way I feel I was able to get the focus on the feel and the vocals on this song in a way that I would try to emulate through the rest of the sessions. I added the electric guitars later and found that we had really captured the song's vocal quality and band presence. I was originally going to have a Hammond B3 on this track but the Les Paul kind of took over once I gave her a chance. Frank Kincel is on Drums and Lee Zeno on Bass - they nailed it, of course. I'm not going to be able to put this one in a genre for you guys so - good luck with that! Let me know what you think of it.
Come Back next week for another tune!
This was the first song we recorded and this goes back to July, 2013 (it was finished after the last of the solo sessions we did a year later in July, 2014). I used engineer Jerry Lejeune's advice for this recording and kept the studio session with the band to acoustic guitar and vocals. That way I feel I was able to get the focus on the feel and the vocals on this song in a way that I would try to emulate through the rest of the sessions. I added the electric guitars later and found that we had really captured the song's vocal quality and band presence. I was originally going to have a Hammond B3 on this track but the Les Paul kind of took over once I gave her a chance. Frank Kincel is on Drums and Lee Zeno on Bass - they nailed it, of course. I'm not going to be able to put this one in a genre for you guys so - good luck with that! Let me know what you think of it.
Come Back next week for another tune!
What I Came Here To Do Written By: Marty Christian
I could leave everything behind and start talking
about the past. But, I can’t get it off of my selfish mind
the things that I never could ask.
And it would be every day that I think about
trying to move on.
But that ain't what I came to do
That ain't what I came here to do
I came here for you
Just hold my hand, Baby, until it all washes away.
There’d be nothing I’d rather see then your smiling
face again. And I could tell you: “Don't you ever give
up on your dreams” and: “It’s not as bad as it seems”.
“You can just work it all out for yourself.”
But that ain't what I came to do
That ain't what I came here to do
I came here for you
And people will ask me their silly questions
but they wont know what to do when I give them my
simple answer that says “Go on, I ain’t got nothing
else to say to you”
So don't tell me I was wrong for leaving again
I know I just don't belong but I don’t know
any other way to live
That ain't what I came here to do - and I hope its enough
That ain't what I came to do
I know its gonna’ be rough
But. that ain't what I came here to do
I just came here to leave with you
I could leave everything behind and start talking
about the past. But, I can’t get it off of my selfish mind
the things that I never could ask.
And it would be every day that I think about
trying to move on.
But that ain't what I came to do
That ain't what I came here to do
I came here for you
Just hold my hand, Baby, until it all washes away.
There’d be nothing I’d rather see then your smiling
face again. And I could tell you: “Don't you ever give
up on your dreams” and: “It’s not as bad as it seems”.
“You can just work it all out for yourself.”
But that ain't what I came to do
That ain't what I came here to do
I came here for you
And people will ask me their silly questions
but they wont know what to do when I give them my
simple answer that says “Go on, I ain’t got nothing
else to say to you”
So don't tell me I was wrong for leaving again
I know I just don't belong but I don’t know
any other way to live
That ain't what I came here to do - and I hope its enough
That ain't what I came to do
I know its gonna’ be rough
But. that ain't what I came here to do
I just came here to leave with you
In the studio with Frank kincel
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Lee Zeno in the studio
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