We are all vulnerable to sickness, please do not alienate those who are sick. Extend your support to others in need of help through sickness and health.
Lockdown Session 5
Here is a tribute to all friendships, Touch Me I’m Sick by Mudhoney. Our project continues to be driven by our desire to always find a way to do what makes us happy. Right now, it is recording tributes to the songs we have carried through life and suddenly provides clearer meaning to us. We are on track for 9 tributes, please stay tuned….
Touch Me I'm Sick One, two Oh Wow Oh I feel bad and I've felt worse I'm a creep, yeah I'm a jerk Come on Touch me, I'm sick Wow I won't live long and I'm full of rot Gonna give you girl everything I got Touch me, I'm sick yeah Touch me, I'm sick Come on baby, now come with me If you don't come If you don't come If you don't come You'll die alone Wow Oh I'm diseased I don't mind I'll make you love me 'till the day you die Come on Touch me, I'm sick (Ah) I'm sick Come on baby, now come with me If you don't come If you don't come If you don't come You'll die alone
Our work is usually conducted in the same room, but with the lockdown we have been deprived this luxury. However, we are playing the hand we have been dealt. Each member is leveraging our personal studio to record our tracks remotely and pass them on to yield these finished recordings of Songs For Lockdown. I hope you enjoy them.
Stay well
Tom
Recording sequence for Touch Me I’m Sick:
– AJ recorded drums on an iPhone 8 Plus situated in the rear waste band of athletic shorts using Voice Memos app and texts track to Truk
– Truk slams the drum track onto 8-track digital recording console and records his two guitar tracks
– Truk dumps drum and guitar tracks to DAT and Tom picks up DAT tape
– Tom loads drum and guitar tracks to digital recording console and records his bass track
– Tom records shrieking vocal tracks through vintage Shure CX80G crystal microphone (see image below)
– Tom dumps drum, guitar, bass and vocal tracks to DAT and drops tape on Truk’s front porch
– Truk mixes the track
Signage for the single designed by the Thee Jim Cook
Yuckman of York mask by Karen and Chase
Photo by Karen
Mr. Yuck! Best one yet!