Stories Behind the Songs: “Getting Ready”
“Getting Ready” was really the first short “link song” I wrote for Transposition; it was created to show how the events in “Simone” led to the subsequent scene “Onstage”. The version that appears on the album is nearly identical to the demo recording; I thought we might come up with a full band arrangement, but adding other instruments seemed the take to song away from the feel I wanted to capture. Anyway, I think the simple voice-and-acoustic guitar arrangement conveys both the anticipation and isolation Jack(ie) feels. Obviously, this is the second of three songs on the album on which no other musicians appear.