I finally put in a few hours to finish mixing my recording of this Muddy Waters classic. It was my first attempt at “The Blues” and overall I’m pretty satisfied. The structure is simple enough (compared to, say, Jazz) that my limited piano skills were enough, and I think there are a few moments where the emotion comes through nicely. There are two things I would change if I had the time. First, I would transpose it down a tone or two, as I was straining a bit at the upper end of my (one octave!) vocal range. Second, I would have paid more attention to being strictly rhythmic. I wanted to tack on a drum track for a bit more “pop,” but the rhythm was too messy for that to be possible.

As a side note, despite my relative lack of natural vocal talent, I was recently pleased to learn that I am a better singer than both Britney Spears and Enrique Iglesias, which is nice.