One the most talented singer/songwriters I have ever had the privilege to work with, c. layne, posted “how soon i forget” to the garageband.com site (no relation to the Apple software) and it won immediate praise and has been chosen to be “Song of the Day” this upcoming July 25. I don’t really know the significance of this but c. certainly deserves the recognition. That and money.

c.’s home setup is pretty weak so I’ve been working with him to put his music into a setting that is much more favorable to his brilliant composition and performance skills. He sent me the vocals and some instrumental tracks for “how soon” a while ago and I disassembled it, added my (now) trademark funky pizzicato treatment and produced the version he uploaded to garageband.com. That version was done entirely in FL Studio (a.k.a. Fruity Loops) using various soundfonts I’ve collected over the years.

I also stole the vocal tracks and created the Russian chorale remix of “how soon” that closes my Chronic Dreams album called “How Soon (Minsk Mix)” which just goes to prove that a great song is a great song (is a great song) in any damn context.

N.B.: The streaming version of “how soon” on garageband.com is a Real Audio stream and really, really sucks. If you can download the MP3 I highly recommend you do.