Today while coming out of two days of misery from a bad cold, I decided to record two versions of a song I’ve recently written.
I don’t think it’s uncommon to have this happen but I can’t decide which version I like best.
The first version was recorded as the guitar was tuned in DADGAD , a D modal tuning mostly associated with Celtic music. Instead of the standard EADGBE tuning, the six guitar strings are tuned, from low to high, DADGAD.
The second recording is in the standard tuning and in the key of E major.
Corporation Blues in DADGAD ©2009 Hippiedog Produce
Corporation Blues in Standard ©2009 Hippiedog Produce
The recorder is my Edirol R-09 recorder, which is the most unforgiving tool I have.
This time I placed the recorder on a mic stand using the adapter and positioned it halfway between the guitar and my voice.
My readers can only be the judge if my cold and raspy voice sound better for this particular song. This was my intention and reason for recording when I was still under the influence of the cold.
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Corporation Blues
I work so hard for my pay
The harder I work the more it goes away
Oh’ baby, I got those Corporation Blues
No money in my billfold
I got those Corporation Blues
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Furloughs and wage reductions are on the way
Make my boss man’s boss men rich on their payday
Oh’ baby, I got those Corporation Blues
They’ll send my job off to China
I got those Corporation Blues
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The boss man won’t help me when I need to pay my rent
I don’t know where the money up and went
Oh’ baby, I got those Corporation Blues (yes I know where it goes)
Bonus pay for the bosses
I got those Corporation Blues
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Textiles, TVs microwaves and minivans
Engineered in America, assembled in Pakistan
Oh’ baby, I got those Corporation Blues
Rich folk get richer, working man get the Corporation Blues
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Oh I know its tough living in those foreign lands
50-cent a day and working hard for the man
Oh’ baby, they got those Corporation Blues
They got no money for medicine (Sometimes it’s No medicine for their children)
They got those Corporation Blues
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You might be black, white or any color in between
Corporations don’t care only when its green
Oh’ baby, I got those Corporation Blues
Greed is the motto
We got those Corporation Blues
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Words and Music © 2009 Hippiedog Produce
Photo by Janet Blackmon Morgan
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rlh
Nice playing, man. I got those bricklayin’ blues.
I think I like the DADGAD better.