Suicide Sunday

                                                    

I had recently recorded a brand new song at BOM Productions called “Suicide Sunday”. I wrote this one myself. It’s about a somewhat mentally challenged man who feels hatred towards everyone else and feels that the world is not a safe place to be in, and he himself feels like hurting someone. Though the words were meant to be more to fictitious than fact, I personally feel I can relate to it at a certain point of view. Especially during my teenage years, this was how I felt at some point when I became upset or depressed. Well I’m not mentally challenged or anything like that, don’t get me wrong. It just feels right to form together words that some people might be able to relate to. Isn’t that what song writing is all about?

Anyhow, this was the second song I recorded alone, without Epul or the band members. I was thinking about trying out new concepts and since this was also an experiment in my head, I thought it would be best to try it out alone.

The song has a grunge chorus and ending. I still don’t know why I sang the rest of the song with an English accent. Maybe it’s because I was listening to a lot of Arctic Monkeys at the time. So I went to BOM Productions on 28 March 2014 for the recording session. This time I came prepared. I had earlier made a homemade track-by-track version of the song using the Fruity Loops software to create the drum beats, and my cellphone is used to record the guitar, lead guitar, bass guitar and vocals separately. Which I later mixed together with Fruity Loops. So I brought the song to the recording studio. Much to my amazement, it really helped to make things easier for both me and Che’ En the studio guy. He listened to the raw recording to get an idea of how the song goes, and the tempo. Then he took only the drum track to be made as an effective guide for me to record the other instruments. First time in my recording experience, the actual drum track was to be recorded last. And also, first time indeed that I managed to record everything on day one except for the drums. I began with the bass guitar recording. Then I moved on to the rhythm guitar. I took a bit more time on the lead guitar because it was the only thing I didn't memorize and planned for in the song. I kind of went with my whims on that one. After that, just when I thought we were done for the day, Che’ En asked if I wanted to proceed with the vocals. Me, always happy to get things done as quickly as possible, I immediately agree and confidently sang the song part by part, up to the end. Whoa, that was quite a rush in one day.

So I returned to record the drums on the 1^st of April. I have been eyeing on this electronic drum that he keeps in the control room since the first day I came, back in 2012. So I asked about it and we both agreed to use it for the song. It records the beats in the form of Midi and immediately converts them to real drum sounds and other effects. Even more, you can edit and rectify it if there happens to be any mistake in the tempo and beat. But getting used to it was something else. There is like a split-second delay of the sound when you hit it. You have to adapt to that delay and adjust the way you play it. I had a nearly forty five minute warm up before actually recording it. I banged on the electronic drums to songs by Weezer, Blink 182, Nirvana and Green Day etc. I successfully completed the drums for the song around nearly an hour. After that, it was finally completed. It was unusually good that I finished the song on day two. That never happened before. So as usual, Che’ En had to do some final editing, mixing and mastering before the song could be ready. I then returned again on the 4^th of April to collect the CD and a softcopy. 

On another note, my wife gave birth to a beautiful little baby girl nearly a month ago, 21st of March 2014. Her name is Airis. I am now a father of two. I couldn't be happier in my life. But that's a whole different story which I will write about some other time.