Helps to Believe in Someone

Robert James

This is one of only two songs from this year’s 50/90 that was started on guitar rather than bass. It’s also one of three where the vocals were recorded on a day where I couldn’t sing in tune to save my life. It’s also one of three where the lead guitars were recorded on a day where I couldn’t play a decent lead to save my life. Still, despite all of that I like this one.

One other interesting aside. For this year’s project I’ve been using a naming convention for the GarageBand files as they are in process. The convention is “2020 5090 #” where # is a counter. The first song I started work on was called 2020 5090 1. What was the work in progress name for this one? 2020 5090 50. Its the 38th song finished, but the file name implies that there are 12 more songs in the pipeline which means there is a distinct possibility that 50/90 will be a success. Hopefully I didn’t jinx it.

The rhythm guitar is a Gibson ES 335 Pro into a Klon KTR pedal (gain set to 0, volume set to 10, boost bonanza) into both a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The leads are a Gibson Les Paul Custom into the Klon and a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter. The solo at the end also has a Dunlop Crybaby wah. The second (quieter) half of the first solo turned off the BLM and turned on a Mooer E-Lady flanger.

Chrous
Helps to believe in someone
some one besides your self
helps to put trust in someone
have faith in someone else

Verse 1
Give and take
with a little trust
goodness sake
simple readjust
Don’t take it for granted
Look around
this is what you want

Verse 2
do you know
where I’m coming from
is it so
you don’t need to run
Please take me for granted
it is true
I am here for you