The Year of Twelve Songs, Pt 9

Funny God

This Month’s Song: Funny God

I had fun with this little ditty, something I mostly wrote I don’t know how many years ago, but only finished off recently. It’s just me musing on the inscrutability of the universe, the consternation it causes us humans, and the interesting consolations we seek. All with tongue slightly in cheek. 

Performance & Production

Pretty much a warts and all deal with this one. I didn’t do much extra. Recorded the guitar part with two mics and treated them differently to get a fuller sound, plus panned them right and left to get wider. Did the vocal and the harp tracks separate and both are single takes, except one verse of the vocal needed a punch-in. I wanted to keep it sort of rough and ready like it might sound at a living room party that’s just turned slightly rowdy. ;)

You can see from the GarageBand file that I kept it simple for this one; The Taylor American Dream and AKG mics; Waves CLA Vocals Plug-in.

Lyrics

Well, God must be a pretty funny guy

God must have a different sense of humor

Life must be a joke that I might never understand

And God must be a pretty funny guy

Well, I never have been one to put much faith in God

But I understand that many people do

And someone’s got to take responsibility

For all the crazy shit that people do

And God must be a pretty funny guy

God must have a different sense of humor

Life must be a joke that I might never understand

And God must be a pretty funny guy

Well, if there really is someone who runs this show

Well, I wish he would explain what’s on his mind

Cuz sometimes this old life just seems to be so cruel

Well, I wonder if it’s even worth the time

And God must be a pretty funny guy

God must have a different sense of humor than you and I

Life must be a joke that I might never understand

And God must be a pretty funny guy (just sayin’)

And God must be a pretty funny guy (LOL)

And God must be a pretty funny guy (… yuk-yuk)

Gear & Software

Guitar: Taylor American Dream AD11e Grand Theater

Harmonica: Hohner Special 20, key of F

Plug-ins: Waves CLA Vocals; Waves Abbey Road Studio 3

Educational Resources: Colin Cross, TheBandGuide.com; Joe Gilder, HomeStudioCorner.com

Hardware: MacBook Air 2020, with AOC 27-inch auxiliary monitor.

Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Audio Interface

Sennheiser HD 280 Pro Headphones

Beyerdynamic DT900 ProX Open-back Headphones

PreSonus E5 Studio Monitors

PreSonus M7 Cardioid Condenser Microphone

AKG P170 Small Condenser Microphones (2)

Thanks for listening!