"How We Were Before"

Backdated, archival post

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I'm glad I decided to record these songs on the anniversaries of their original recordings because the older versions I did (the few that there are) have a lot of errors in them and aren't the best quality.  "How We Were Before" is a good example of how bad they are.

I discovered that if I use a thinner pick with my twelve-string guitar it sounds better.  Still, I'm not sure that this guitar part is super accurate.  I'm pretty sure of the chords, but the arpeggiations are something else.  A few months ago, I figured out a way to play it that emphasizes the chromatic phrase in the chords, and that's at least close to what's in the original.  I should really split the version on The Decca Stereo Anthology and study the twelve-string part.