theres enough material here for a small album
i mean how long did it take you to write and record 'kurayami town'
Lyrics: 20 minutes + 10 minutes polish
Music: 10 minutes for the chord progression; 10 minutes for some of the accompanying melodies; 30 minutes for the bass part (I suck!) and 10 minutes for the drums
Arrangement: 30 minutes worth of research, just listening to arrangements of similar songs, 5 minutes worth of actual arrangement
Practice: probably 60 minutes worth of vocal + guitar practice over a week; 60 minutes of drums, probably 60 minutes on bass.
Recording: I did several recordings. 2 scratch recordings in the living room. 3 scratch recordings in the studio, just feeling it out. Then I performed the actual parts with one of those scratch recordings. Total time recording: 4 hours. I did it all this past Sunday, including mixing/mastering. I recorded a good scratch, then overdubbed the drums, then the bass, then the guitar, then the 2nd electric, then the acoustics, then the vocals, then Sass' vocals.
Mixing/Mastering: 60 minutes total.
Looking at the actual time: probably around 10 hours total. If I got paid for stuff like this, it'd be like $500. Commercial jingle and songwriters get paid like that. I know guys who make a lot more than that.
But I love you guys so I do it for the laughs.