Cali Girl
by @lbrewington
Liner Notes
The SongSidekick Song Circle this week was to write a song with sparse lyrics, such as What You Do To Me by Teenage Fanclub, I Want You (She's So Heavy) by the Beatles or even Tequila by The Champs.
I chose the route of making the lyrics sparse to the line of non-existent and trying to bring the instrument to the forefront. To try to change up the sound (and make it easier) I used an Open G Tuning which I usually tune the Martin LX (small acoustic travel guitar). Also heavy abuse of reverb and compression.
I would normally not write a song like this, but this prompt pushed me out of that zone and allowed me to ignore the lyrics and incorporate this groove heavily, so bravo to the prompt and the all giving muse and also to all the sidekicks.
Despite not being a perfect take, I ended up really digging the groove and there is plenty space to expand and improve in the future.
#songsidekicksongcircle #sparselyrics #acousticonetake
Lyrics
open g tuning
g
intro
harmonics
lyrics
she comes to be in a dream
so sweetly does she sing
she's my callie girl
harmonics
instro
lyrics
she's my callie girl
she's my callie girl
harmonics
outro