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giggle, giggle

Yesterday I had a recording session with three neighborhood kids. I wanted to change the texture of a vocal melody in one song on the album and kids voices were perfect to lend an aura of sinistral silliness. I'm not sure it will do this (or what the phrase actually means), but the recording session was fun. Kids just know how to have a good time no matter what, it seems. They just couldn't stop giggling and joking and pushing each other around and generally enjoying themselves. In the midst of all that, they did manage to listen to me momentarily and sing a few takes of this melody. The first time was 90% giggles, 10% singing, but by the end we had reversed the ratio. I think I like the giggle take best, but in the name of preserving what I can of the melody, I think I'm going to layer two tracks together to get the best of both worlds.

I gave them candy for their troubles, and sent them on their way and they couldn't have been happier. Ah, the simple life!