I am entirely too pleased with myself

You never pray for peace; you pray for victory.
You never pray for love; you pray for abstinence.

- Timbuk 3, "Prey"

Sorry, the Prop 8 homophobes are getting me down today, so I was listening to this song again. (I really ought to listen to "Legalize Our Love" instead; it's more of a happy pervert sort of song. Gods, "A Hundred Lovers" is such a good album. Why doesn't everyone know about it? Why does everyone think of this band as a one-hit-wonder?)

Anyway, I thought to myself, "Self, the instrumentation on this song is pretty minimal anyway; how about it?" And then I discovered that it requires C# and F# chords, neither of which I have. But I do have C and F. So I think I've worked out an arrangement that I can (a) play on the autoharp, and (b) sing along with, even though it's all a half-step lower than the album version.

Yay, my first arrangement! *is entirely too pleased with herself* Okay, I know that's really not a big deal, but I can't play by ear for crap, so I'm pretty happy about it.

*eyes "Legalize Our Love" warily* I'll tackle the one with actual, you know, instrumentation later. But I will play both of these songs on stage sometime.

I am entirely too pleased with myself

You never pray for peace; you pray for victory.
You never pray for love; you pray for abstinence.

- Timbuk 3, "Prey"

Sorry, the Prop 8 homophobes are getting me down today, so I was listening to this song again. (I really ought to listen to "Legalize Our Love" instead; it's more of a happy pervert sort of song. Gods, "A Hundred Lovers" is such a good album. Why doesn't everyone know about it? Why does everyone think of this band as a one-hit-wonder?)

Anyway, I thought to myself, "Self, the instrumentation on this song is pretty minimal anyway; how about it?" And then I discovered that it requires C# and F# chords, neither of which I have. But I do have C and F. So I think I've worked out an arrangement that I can (a) play on the autoharp, and (b) sing along with, even though it's all a half-step lower than the album version.

Yay, my first arrangement! *is entirely too pleased with herself* Okay, I know that's really not a big deal, but I can't play by ear for crap, so I'm pretty happy about it.

*eyes "Legalize Our Love" warily* I'll tackle the one with actual, you know, instrumentation later. But I will play both of these songs on stage sometime.