Orla Gartland

[writing something every day] day 6: no tarot card

Added 2025-12-07 19:25:43 +0000 UTC

AND SO WE CONTINUE ON. I'm enjoying this

hey SDC : ) uploading 2 of these today as missed posting yesterday - I was flying to new york! (chic)

it's cold but sunny which I really like

another 'slap on a beat and jam over it' idea for you here. I really can't recommend it enough. also jumped on bass for this one.. I'm as much of a bassist as most guitarists who pick up bass are but it's great writing tool

I say this a lot so forgive any deja vu but my favourite thing about writing on bass is the ambiguity between the major + minor! leaving space for interpretation there can lead to some interesting moments (vs. writing on guitar/piano where you're giving yourself a lot more chordal information to factor in which in turns affects the vocal melody you end up writing). similar to writing with drums, bass also usually leads to me writing more rhythmically

feedback welcome in the comments, if anything comes to mind for you

lyrics:

no tarot card could tell you this

is not the future I predicted

do you think I should be grateful?

see back then I was barely there

all of the roads led me to

staring at your face

across the table

come as you are

see I don’t bite

but you make me angrier