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Third

Dr Wippit • Oct 10, 2012

Swimming in circular motion

Leaves dissipate in a trance

Do I reach back do I grasp at the past

Or can I just follow the dance


Seems that I’ve waited so long this time

And I’m feeling so close again

And I’m baring my soul again


Time is an absolute mirror

In time you can’t help but see you

Sometimes others eyes can be so much more wise

Sometimes we just hide from the truth


IBut I know who I am and I know what I’m after – this time

Give me this moment I promise I won’t hurt your pride


(please don’t wake up)

Am I just dreaming again


Take me this time to the pasture

Take me one time to the field

I’ve seen it so much even felt it I’ve touched it

It’s got to be real


But I know who I am and I know what I’m after – this time

Give me this moment I promise I won’t hurt your pride

Feels so close I feel strong again

No don’t let me be wrong again

I’m sure I was right the first time


 


This is also one of the first songs written for what would become The Kenilworth Project. For more on the beginning of The Kenilworth Project see Mama Baby. This was one of the first four songs that we recorded, and here again it was just Ben and I in the studio initially, and again Patrick went in later and put a much better bass line down. Also on this song I came up with back up harmonies in the studio, and as I hadn’t rehearsed them at all they were a little shake to say the least. This is where I found out about that thing they call “Auto-Tune”, and it doesn’t have to sound like Cher or T-Pain when you use it. The song is called Third because….well because it’s in three. And it’s not as heavy as the song Heavy Three which we were also writing around the same time.


Lyrically it is a theme I hit all the time, damn I sure have been trying to be a rock star a long time now, surely I have it coming. Musically it is also a variation on a common theme for me, and it all comes back to Alone Again by Dokken I’m sure. What’s different in this song is the little bridge thing in between verses one and two, which never shows up again. I don’t know where that came from, but without I think the song would be about half as good.


Like the other Kenilworth Project songs all I have to work with is the mix down, so no correcting mistakes. And here at the end of the song I’m reaching for a note that I might be able to hit on a good day, but it’s pretty evident that day wasn’t one of them. I’m not sure why I thought it would sound better if I tried twice, and then put the two together, but I can’t say that helped any either. The rest of the song though is definitely one of my favorites and most personal, and other than that two seconds at the end I’m actually okay with the vocals. And the guitar solo’s not half bad either.

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I started writing the song For Everyone about ten years ago. Like most of the songs I write, it started with a chord progression followed by a vague idea of what the melody could be. One day I was driving and listening back to an acoustic strumming the chords, and the beginning of the chorus just came to me out of the blue: When do we get to the part where we stop hurting each other? How do we get to the place where we stop breaking each other down? It had been some time since I wrote a song with a "message" and this one seemed to be writing itself. Suddenly, I felt this one needed to be done in a hurry and rushed out. I already had a couple of new songs close to the finish line, Yup and Paying for Lessons. Now I felt like I was close to getting an EP worth of material , and I wanted to get it to the masses. It didn't take more than a couple of days to get the lyrics finished, now I had a song I could play on an acoustic, but I wasn't sure where it would go from here. I brought it to the studio where my stepsons worked on music and asked if they wouldn't mind learning it real quick and putting down bass and drums, I was still just strumming an acoustic. I think we wen't through the song all of three times and I brought home the acoustic, bass and drum tracks. In the big picture, I wanted this to have electric guitar instead, so I recorded a kind of funky electric riff over the drums and bass, put power chords over the chorus, and then another track of lead throughout the song. The final touch I figured it needed was female backups on the chorus. At the time I was in a cover band and I got the female vocalist from Tastes Like Chicken to sing a three part arrangement I put together, and I figured it was ready for prime time. Since this was the song with the message I made it the title track of my EP, and I rushed it out to CD Baby and all the streaming services. You can check out that version here:

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The Covid Sessions - Episode 5

By Dr Wippit • 30 Apr, 2022
April 19th, 2020  That's right I opened the show streaming to the wrong page, the Tastes Like Chicken page. So nobody saw it as it happened, but there it is. The Dr Wippit page stream starts with Margaritaville, a better lock down song to be sure. I got in an original that goes back to Stalemate and one I haven't played alone before (Eyes Wide Open). The switch to electric is the first time I notice a thing where suddenly my petal is way down in volume and I swear I didn't touch it. I think I have that figured out. With the solo at the end it looks like at least the weekly pay is bringing back some old guitar chops. Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms (Wrong Page) Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet All I've Got to Do - The Beatles Mr. BoJangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Eyes Wide Open - Stalemate Peace Train - Cat Stevens I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Bobby Darin Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills and Nash Fall Down - Toad the Wet Sprocket Wake and Bake - The Kenilworth Project 867-5309 - Tommy Tutone Keep Your Hands to Yourself - Georgia Satellites
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