One of the issues I have with going direct to recording without ever performing the songs live is that the vocal melodies are never set in stone and the vocals can be a tad wonky anyway as I haven't sung them a few hundred times yet.
So as I'm tracking - and I did the song 8 times, straight through - I'm doing different vocal melodies as the thought comes to me.
Not unusually, as I'm singing the song more and getting more confident, the vocal melody tends to expand a little and go places I hadn't hitherto considered the more I sing it.
Then when I listen through the 8 takes, I realise that the best melody options are in the latter takes, but that's also when my voice is starting to give way and there are more likely to be strange creaks and breaks occurring.
So after an hour or so of auditioning the tracks, and comping things together, I decide that what really needs to be there for the vocal melody isn't actually in existence amongst the 8 takes, not only because of the aforementioned voice wearing out, but also because I don't like the tone I'm using so much - it's a bit harsh, and then also some of the lyrics are bugging me.
So, back to the drawing board on this one. Will attempt Take 2 of the vocals tonight after doing some rehearsing today.
That is, if the threatened deluge here doesn't take place. Hard to track when it's raining as the mic is under the aircon return duct in the ceiling and you get the tippy tap of even gentle rain on the tin roof becoming audible. There are times when I could track during the day - at least bits - but hard with GF downstairs working away liable to make noises, and she probably needs to concentrate as well.
No wonder stuff takes me so long to finish.
Sigh...
It was a good concept - perhaps I should dig it out and see if I can repurpose it. 
