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Singled Out: Jacob Hungsberg's Foolish Things

10/20/2014
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Today indie folk rocker Jacob Hungsberg tells us about the song "Foolish Things," which comes from his most recent EP release, the "Trade Winds EP". Here is the story:

I started writing Foolish Things over a year prior to releasing it on "Trade Winds". I wrote, and recorded a soft demo version of the song and put it up on SoundCloud. I asked followers and listeners to comment on thoughts and suggestions for the song as it was. After a week or so, I collected all the input and went back into the studio and recorded the official track. There were a couple of suggestions that I used, and in-lieu of receiving a cabasa as a gift, I added that in small portions, re-recorded vocals and re-mixed the string and piano parts. I tried not to listen to the song for a week or so, so I could come back to the song with a refreshed perspective. I re-mixed once again and then mastered it and that's the way it is today.

Lyrics were formed from a relationship I was in for a while and after enough time I started asking myself why I was spending time with this person. Spending money on dinners, trips, gifts etc... and thinking about all of the time that I spent with this girl that I would never get back. Foolish things in my mind. It was my own fault that it dragged out as long as it did, and my own fault that I didn't get out of the situation earlier, but it ended up being great material for a song. Generally I don't write personal songs, but I figured this would be a great opportunity.

I recorded the acoustic parts with a D-15 Martin acoustic. The string and piano parts were grabbed from a KORG, while using Neumann and Electro Voice microphones to record the vocals. I use Pro Tools software with a smaller 003 Digidesign interface, all within a home-made studio in Loveland, Colorado. Thanks for listening to my story!

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself right here!

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