Do you ever hit that point of no inspiration? Well..... I can relate. I've been living there apparently.

So I have a bunch of ideas started that seemed brilliant at the time but on second glance.... what was I thinking?

I clicked into a new style.... bluesy and ... this came out in about literally 10 minutes. Even so, I didn't feel particularly inspired....



No Inspiration Blues



The band: all of 5 tracks. Intentionally it was kept pretty sparse. You can hear everything in it.

Upright bass 531.... which, I rarely ever use an upright bass

Drums.... jazz brushes...and again.... brushes? Those are for combing hair..... this actually sounded dirty and noisy but I realized on a closer examination it was the brushes being dragged around the snare head.....

Dobro....569.... more like a drone track in the back. ... Doing what it does

Vocals.... me.... and it was literally one take and the punches were to change the words.... certainly not for vocal fixes in fact, no melodyne was used on this track.

Guitar.... The Spark amp.... I just did a firmware update and waaa laaaa, I got several new amp models and this is one of them. It's called Fishboy and it is pretty sweet when you drop a couple of things upfront on the signal chain and don't make it too dirty. THe guitar is my Tele on the strat pickup.


Words of wisdom......


I've got the finest guitars that money can buy
I got the coolest tools anyone could possibly try
Staring at a blank sheet no ideas seem to come
Might as well just take my old black dog out for a run
Oh yeah, I got those no inspiration blues

I sit down and start to write another song
It's hard to find the words and I don't feel like singing along
That second verse ain't like the first one and the groove just isn't right
I reckon I'll got to bed and come back fresh in the morning light
Oh yeah, I got those no inspiration blues

Solo

Another one for the trash can, that old digital circular file
Maybe I will come back later and try again in a little while
That screen still looks the same like it did an hour ago
I know there's gotta be a better way, but Lord I just don't know
Oh yeah, I've got those no inspiration blues

Hope you enjoy it.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 02/24/22 10:41 AM.
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