Letter to Julia 20121211

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

Hi Julia!  My love!  Are you feeling good?  I'm reprogramming Shadowplay TV right now, and snacking on fried peanuts.  I had fried chicken for dinner which I bought at the night market, and my Dad gave me some fried noodles.  I'm pretty full.  Alhamdulillah.

I'm reworking "Revenge" right now, and it's a pretty long song.  8 minutes and 32 seconds.  The original version is already very good, at first I didn't want to rework it.  But I know I can sing it better today insyaAllah, so I changed my mind.  I originally produced it in the summer of 2005, in the blazing heat of Phoenix.  It's definitely a desert song, kind of country hip-hop, with tribal drums.  There's nothing wrong with the song, except that I'm sure I can sing it better.  The problem is that the instrumental track I have is missing the slide whistle part, which is an important element of the song.  Nobody takes the slide whistle as a serious musical instrument except me.  It's considered a toy, and only used in cartoons and comedies.  But it can be played very expressively, and I managed to get a very haunting take.  But the take is lost, and I can't find another slide whistle here in Perlis, even at the toy stores.  Oh, lament!  Who out there hears the lament of a musician without musical instruments?  Oh, oh, oh!  I need a set of drums, I need a tube stack, I need a mixer and microphones, I need a slide whistle, I need a whole lot of stuff!  Ya Allah, please help me!  Anyway, if I can't get the slide whistle, I'm going to have to use a slide guitar, which I don't want to use, because the part is written for a slide whistle.

By the way Julia my love, you must stop offering love to your enemies and to God's enemies.  If they had the chance, they would lead you to ruin.  It should be obvious to you now who your enemies are, so just stay away from them.  Do not offer them love, not even in secret.  They had their chance, now leave them alone.