I finally got myself back into the studio. I have been itching to work on a new arrangement of an old song. The acoustic guitar is supposed to be the foundation for the recording. I know how to play guitar. I have been doing it for a long time. This part is not difficult but I was never able to get a good take. I spent two hours doing the same thing over and over and over. A common practice in the studio is to use a click track. This involves recording the parts while a metronome ticks at a consistent pace. I hate playing with a click. I could probably count on one hand the number of times that I have successfully used a click track. It always feels fake. All of the life is sucked out of the song. I got so desperate with this guitar part that I even tried playing it with a click. It still wasn’t good. Another side effect of playing with a click track is that the incessant ticking ratchets up my anxiety. I wasn’t able to accomplish my goals in the studio and I am incredibly twitchy. This has not been the most productive day. However, I now have a great framework for what I should avoid doing tomorrow. Bonus: 100 Weird Folk Points to anyone that can guess which of my previously recorded songs this post is about. (I just made up Weird Folk Points, I don’t think they exist.)