Recording a Pixar-Inspired Folk Waltz On Cassette // Tascam 688

The music was inspired by European waltzes, Pixar music, and robotic rhythms (I nearly called it "KrautWaltz"). https://linktr.ee/sleepingorchard
The lyrics are a poem I wrote at work, with a chorus added. I used my analog drum machine as the rhythm section, directly into the cassette recorder and then recorded guitars and vocals on top, using a Shure SM58 and my WEM Copicat tape echo alongside one of the lead vocals. I would have added more, I would have used different instruments...But I have what I have and that's all I can use for now until the next "Marketplace" outing.

Lyrics:
I’m the captain of a ship in a world of just dry land.
I’m a solitary brick in a wall that can’t withstand,
The wailing winds of winter nor the resting of a hand
I’m the ever willing soldier in a rank without commands.

I’m the writing on a concrete wall that’s due for renovation,
The ancient oak tree waving in the path of excavation,
Subject of a king who’s lining up for execution,
I still enjoy tradition in a world of revolution.

Come to me now, I’m taking requests,
We’ll soon figure out whose technique is the best.
I’ve been preparing this party for weeks,
It’s time we bowed down to the ghouls and the geeks.

I’m the fifth side of the pyramid that lasted all the ages,
I am the low-skilled dreamer ever flicking through the pages,
I am the seventh loving son born to father’s name.
I am the Disney remake of Citizen Kane.

Try not to step on my shadow, a black hole of shameless regret.
Come see the withering willow, and dream how much worse it can get.

Come to me now, I’m taking requests,
We’ll soon figure out whose technique is the best.
I’ve been preparing this party for weeks,
It’s time we bowed down to the ghouls and the geeks.