April 19, 2010
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Here’s “Carnival”.  I’ve thankfully grown out of my out-of-key falsetto phase, but here is clear documentation that it existed.  There’s probably not enough auto-tune in the world to fix it.

This song has two or three lyrical rip-offs from Buffalo Tom songs.  This is fitting, since it was Buffalo Tom that got me hooked on tremelo and using a capo on every damn song.  I’ve left the tremelo phase behind it seems, if only because I never have enough cables to correctly set up my pedal board.  Jim has tremelo in his line, but he uses it more sparingly and tastefully than I ever did.  The trem on this tune is straight out of Gibson Explorer, which is the main amp I used on the “Low” recordings.  Jim used his Fender Princeton, amongst others, just in case anyone is taking notes.

“I’m a haunted mind, that much is true…my moods change from black to brown to blue…but don’t be afraid, I’m never leaving you.”

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