John Lennon recorded 6 different demos of his song “Real Love”. The three remaining Beatles, years after John’s death, got together and compiled one coherent song from those demos and original music they recorded in accomaniment.

It was comforting to hear that even a musician I respect as much as John Lennon had trouble writing his songs, re-writing and re-recording them time and again and even forgetting them altogether at times.

I’m working on a cover of “Real Love” and I thought it might be fun to share a little bit of the process with you.

Real Love (Cover) 6/20 by loren radis

Above is a super rough recording I did to lay down some of my ideas. The click track is in there (Just a simple drum-beat) and my scratch track (a quick demo take usually with one instrument and a voice that helps you keep track of where you are in the song) is in there too. This is the very first recording, a groundwork to build off of. More than likely none of what’s in this version will be in the final. If you find that interesting then that’s awesome.

I’ve got shows coming up, I went from none to 3 in the space of a few weeks. They’re all Farmer’s Market shows, I’ll be playing at Farmer’s on Chorro Street on June 30th, July 7th, and September 1st! They all start at 6:30pm, they’re all free, and they’ll all be awesome. See you there!

Thanks for reading,

-loren