Eyes on Hold (demo)

urbnite

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yet another lo-fi one track.

i haven't had the motivation to muck about with striving for perfection, but had a moment to record today and haven't uploaded in a while.

so this is the result.

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Lyrics

pretty things circling round my head
pretty things i can't take to you bed
a daze i've dropped into
my gaze is locked on you
all.

i put my eyes on hold
year after year
just so my heart goes cold
when you are near
i put my eyes on hold
i put my eyes on hold

little things i see but don't ever touch
little things i've never wanted so much
put me in the hands of forever
tell me that i'll never never
fall.

i put my eyes on hold
year after year
just so my heart goes cold
when you are near
i put my eyes on hold
i put my eyes on hold

someone get a handle on me
come and get your hands on me
read me my rights
steal me some night

lovely things keep swimming around
lovely things, in you i have found
it all.

i put my eyes on hold
year after year
just so my heart goes cold
when you are near
i put my eyes on hold
i put my eyes on hold

Song Stats

Hits: 1282
Comments: 26
Fans: 1
Plays: 168
Downloads: 74
Votes: 7
Uploaded: Nov 21, 2005 - 09:18:15 PM
Last Updated: Jan 26, 2006 - 02:06:18 PM Last Played: Nov 20, 2009 - 03:29:20 PM

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Keywords:

urbnite (11), dark (363), acoustic (588), demo (30), eyes (24), hold (9), things (12), pretty (26), little (12), lovely (9), rights (6), darren (11), guitar (1073), voice (40)

Hardware:

don't know if you could call it a pinhole mic - but it's hidden somewhere in my powerbook.

seagull acoustic.

hands/vocal chords.

Software:

soundstudio!

Comments

cjhoose	cjhoose said 1462 days ago (November 21st, 2005)
	beautiful lyrics They have a lot of meaning in them (or is it just that it's late and I can't tell the difference?). And somewhere in that muffled recording is a really good performance. :) Quite enjoyable. Check out my latest song called Julia

urbnite	urbnite said 1462 days ago (November 21st, 2005)
	beautiful lyrics thanks CJ! i hope that it's not just that it's late... although it may have been late when i wrote them. ;) yeah... bad recording... i know. i just had the itch to upload and i needed my fix! Check out my latest song called Everything's Perfect

stevel	stevel said 1462 days ago (November 22nd, 2005)
	Raw and effective I feel like I am eavesdropping on a private club performance. This has a bootleg quality but the song sounds great...almost dare I say it...Jeff Buckley-esque in the phrasing. Maybe you should rerecord this at some point too? Look forward to more 'songs from a couch' Steve Check out my latest song called Electricity

urbnite	urbnite said 1462 days ago (November 22nd, 2005)
	Raw and effective buckley, huh? thanks! we'll have to do something joining couches internationally sometime. Check out my latest song called Everything's Perfect

futzpucker	futzpucker said 1462 days ago (November 22nd, 2005)
	Like you mean it... Nice emotional playing and singing and playing. It made me take my ears off hold. I hear commitment to the song, an undervalued aspect of performing. Good job on this. Check out my latest song called Just As It Is

urbnite	urbnite said 1462 days ago (November 22nd, 2005)
	Like you mean it... thanks futz! maybe it's the theatre in me! a song's kind of like a monologue... Check out my latest song called Everything's Perfect

aclarke	aclarke said 1462 days ago (November 22nd, 2005)
	Great feeling and passion in the performance overrides the lo-fi quality. stevel had it right- almost sounds like a bootleg- only in this case someone snuck into the living room with the tape player to capture it all. Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

urbnite	urbnite said 1461 days ago (November 23rd, 2005)
	Great feeling thanks aclarke! well, if this the bootleg, hopefully one day i'll be able to offer an album quality counterpart! Check out my latest song called Everything's Perfect

caroline	caroline said 1461 days ago (November 23rd, 2005)
	Great feeling hopefully one day i'll be able to offer an album quality counterpart! rotflmfao!!! x Check out my latest song called clink that link mjrf

selters

selters said 1462 days ago (November 22nd, 2005)

this sounds terrific!
I think you actually have a great accoustic sound. Sounds like you have quite nice guitar. Your voice is very good and have its own characteristics, im pretty sure that there very few people with a voice like yours. Its not only original, but sounds beatiful as well. I also will have to mention that this is the way a lot of music should be recorded, Live! It doesnt matter tomucg me if the sound quality isnt that good, i can still hear your music. And it sounds great. It actually reminded me a bit of "between the bars", not much, but there is something in the vibe that gave me the reference. The lyrics are great, i think i can see my self thorugh them. It is always a good quality when someone else can relate to your lyrics. There are probbly a lot more I should have said, but this piece touched me inside. It was great, Keep it up!!

Check out my latest song called So Far (Out Of Reach)

urbnite	urbnite said 1461 days ago (November 23rd, 2005)
	this sounds terrific! thanks selters! i thought you'd approve of the lo-fi sound... your comment means a lot to me... thanks! i don't know what else i can say! Check out my latest song called Everything's Perfect

AquilA

AquilA said 1462 days ago (November 22nd, 2005)

Intense
I like it. Bit of a disturbing undercurrent in the lyrics. Not sure I want to
peer into this mans soul. Did you sing and play this at the same time? If
so, you might want to try splitting that up and record each part, guitar
and voice, separately. Those little mics are quite amazing. I'm told that
they're the same kind that come in high end consumer video recorders.
Overall, think this is pretty damn good.

Check out my latest song called Bounce Buffet w/ Hectorious

urbnite	urbnite said 1461 days ago (November 23rd, 2005)
	Intense AquilA... my soul's not that tortured! i'm glad i was able to convince you otherwise for a minute, though! yeah - the mic is surprisingly good... but picks up the hard drive writing and a lot of hiss. i have a better mic, just thought i didn't have time to get it all set up... thanks! Check out my latest song called Everything's Perfect

Peter Greenstone

Peter Greenstone said 1461 days ago (November 23rd, 2005)

powerful
Good writing. Your singing has a lot of power, as well does your guitar
playing. This is good. The emotion feels sincere and really grabs hold.

I would like to hear a better recording of this. The pinhole mic recording
gets the idea across but it really mucks up the sound. Need a decent mic
on your voice and another on your guitar, close, to get a clean and full
sound, and without all the roominess. This is a song worth going hi-fi.
Doesn't have to be made any more complex, just clearer.

I was moved by this.

Check out my latest song called From Nothing

urbnite	urbnite said 1461 days ago (November 23rd, 2005)
	powerful wow... moved. thanks... i don't know what to say. i'll do a better one, i swear! Check out my latest song called Everything's Perfect

caroline

caroline said 1461 days ago (November 23rd, 2005)

here i am!!
finally rushed over!!!

"i haven't had the motivation to muck about with striving for perfection, but had a moment to record today and haven't uploaded in a while."

which, in itself, is admirable... i love this but..... well, you already know what i'm going to say so... consider it said!!!

thank you for another 'darren' moment xxx

Check out my latest song called clink that link mjrf

urbnite

urbnite said 1461 days ago (November 23rd, 2005)

here i am!!
i know, i know... and i've already said too much about the bad recording... i
need to stop! i should attend bad recorders anonymous meetings!

but thanks for the love nonetheless... i'll try to do better by you next time!

can you have the bear who shall remain nameless until someone names him
install the pickup on my guitar? greenie may be able to help...

Check out my latest song called Everything's Perfect

caroline	caroline said 1461 days ago (November 23rd, 2005)
	here i am!! "greenie may be able to help..." well.... you haven't been let down thus far have you? Check out my latest song called clink that link mjrf

urbnite	urbnite said 1461 days ago (November 23rd, 2005)
	here i am!! greenie never lets me down... helps me play, too! Check out my latest song called Everything's Perfect

alley-oop

alley-oop said 1461 days ago (November 23rd, 2005)

great tune
Very pretty, intense. I really like your sound. Very coffee house. You place and sing at the same time is my guess. You r guitar and vocalss are so in synch. Awesome. NIce high notes. Your voice is great.
Pinhole mic: negative
Hidden mic somewhere: yes
I have the same computer, I never see any stinkin' pinhole.That's b.s.I think it's the only thing where Steve Jobs blew it. Bad mic name. Good catch Darren. You get 10s for that. (plus for the song)
You're really Robert Downey Jr aren't you. I'm really Bruce Dern with some drastic age-reducing cosmetic surgery. Our secret, okay 'Bob'
great song.

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urbnite	urbnite said 1458 days ago (November 26th, 2005)
	great tune hey thanks alley-oop! that's the only place i've ever sang live, actually - a coffee house. :) steve jobs got us with his pinhole distortion field. don't feel ripped off - we just got some extra cammo. and yes, my name is bob. nice facelift! later bruce. Check out my latest song called Everything's Perfect

BobRoberts	BobRoberts said 1458 days ago (November 26th, 2005)
	Powerful piece There is a lot of cojones to this recording, but I'm afraid I must concur with my peers. I want to hear the album quality counterpart. Bob Roberts Check out my latest song called The One and Only

urbnite

urbnite said 1458 days ago (November 26th, 2005)

Powerful piece
it took me a while to figure out what cojones meant... i was reading it in english.
co-jones. huh? lol

thanks... yeah... i'll try and put out a better version of this sooner than later.
when i get this pickup installed (i've been saying that for months), i'm going to
go back and redo a number of things!

i'll try and do ya'll proud.

Check out my latest song called Everything's Perfect

	said 1456 days ago (November 27th, 2005)
	You are now on my favourites list I do procrastinate sometimes. :)

FEEL	FEEL said 1448 days ago (December 6th, 2005)
	Lots of emotion I can feel this song...you really showed emotion with this song...even the guitar utters your feelings. Thanks for sharing John Check out my latest song called Pigs Fly

screaming.org	screaming.org said 1448 days ago (December 6th, 2005)
	just listened twice It's tragic that such a great performance was not witnessed by a good mic. Nevertheless, despite the hiss, somehow the guitar sounds really good! The lows are surprisingly good. Nice writing too! Check out my latest song called Bleed (alley-oop)

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Name: Darren

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