April is music month
I've been telling myself that the first month where the weather permits, I will set myself the task of writing and recording some songs. Three seems a reasonable number.
Today I started, and I'm not displeased with the results so far. Even my singing isn't as bad as I might've feared (then again, that's not saying much). The first song has as working title IVORY TOWER.
Here's a crappy sounding mp3...
Here's a much better quality (but much bigger - 6.7MB) aif...
Lyrics
YOU FEEL SO SMUG
IN YOUR IVORY TOWER
THINKING ALL THE WHILE
YOU'VE GOT ALL THE POWER
(BUT) I CAN TAKE IT AWAY (just as fast as it came)
ALMOST ANY TIME I CHOOSE (then there'd be nothing more to lose)
AS FAST AS IT CAME (i can take it away)
THEN THERE'D BE NOTHING MORE TO LOSE (almost any time i choose)
PS: the drums are a GarageBand loop, the rest is all me. Once the song is finished, and I have practised my drumming, I'll lay those down as well...
posted by Platypus Bill @ 12:27 am
8 Comments:
Love it. You got my vote!
Go Go - Give me some more
Is that wind powered or nuclear electric guitar?
It's driven by the divinity that lives inside all of us...
yeah - yeah - yeah (The Beatles)
I get it - electricity - electric.
Laid back >>>
Multiple guitars >>>
Always great: Stones, Ash, ...
Going goin gone
Who am I kidding, that singing was awful... Strange, though, on Saturday it sounded okay, then on Sunday I wasn't sure and today it sounded plain awful. But I think I've figured out why. I think I naturally sing about a semitone below where I want to be. So all's I got to do it try to sing a semitone above where I think I should be and I'll be right on target. Easypeasy.
semitone - radiosonde - tracback pings.
Ok your vocals aren't 'perfect' but the lyrics are.
I once did a track just strumming a spanish guitar - more or less in the same tempo
Tell me, tell me now
tell me, tell me how
tell me, here & now
Where are those advantages
those promised advantages
the ones I've read in pages
in many books through the ages
The one's that open cages
and let loose all the rages
if they don't pay me my wages
Tell me where are they now
those who wanted me to bow
to some guilded holy cow
and work & pull the plough
Yes, they all fell and how
for the worms they are chow
With a loud clang & a big bang
no need to use anymore slang
they shall all from high hang
and my heart not miss a pang
Free Lyrics by "Share or Die"
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