Hungry Like the Wolf

Year of Kings. Day 282. I have an older brother. Older siblings are good for music education. He was crazy about music from about 12 years old, heavy metal, buying albums, singles, t-shirts. I wanted to understand it - this thing that was so powerful for him. Then one day I heard a song and understood. The song? Hungry Like The Wolf by Duran Duran. First song I ever bought.

Year of Kings. Day 283. We recorded 8 songs with Kevin Moloney in January. We need two more songs for an album. Kevin’s gonna visit practice this afternoon and listen to all the new stuff - so we can think about what would work to complete this album.

Year of Kings. Day 284. Kevin Moloney came by practice yesterday afternoon. We’re going back in the studio with him next Saturday to record two more songs for the album. We went in looking at “True Believer” and “Trouble” - and after playing through all our new songs we’re gonna stay with “True Believer” and “Trouble.”

Year of Kings. Day 285. I guess all albums, all songs, are about one thing: trying to figure out who we are. With music there are so many forms to chose from, an infinity of stories, a bunch of emotions, abstractions, realism, narrative, the unexplainable magic of a good melody or hook - but at the bottom of all that there is the question: who are we?

Year of Kings. Day 286. If song writing is figuring out who we are - yes - then each performance is taking a flag and putting it in the ground and saying - this is what I believe in, this is what I stand for, this is what I’ll fight for.

Year of Kings. Day 287. Kyrie and Merlin are working on a the main riff for “True Believer.” This is something Merlin wrote, both of them playing at the same time, that rolls over the chords, augments the Irish reel feel. Like a drunken Irish reel of The Pogues. You can tell a song is working when the whole band is so excited about it.