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Genre: A Cappella

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Uploaded: May 27, 2006 - 04:28:49 PM
Last Updated: May 30, 2006 - 05:41:33 PM
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a long time ago, someone skyped me, they inquired about my artistic and musical skills, I let them listen to some of the things I wrote out, and they liked it, so they asked me to help them come up with some lyrics about thunder and lighting well we worked on it, and no matter what I did he did not like it, ether way he never got back to me and the lyrics sat on my hardrive taking up space so instead of getting rid of them I decided to sing it myself.

Lyrics:
A storm is raging again tonight
outside of these four walls.
The lightening strikes aluminates the night as the thunder makes its call.

taken by the light
seems to blind my sight
my mind seems to blank
it is all around, you can hear the sound.
of the thunder and the light

the noise so loud I have to shout
to here myself think
mother nature seems to keep its call
and the rain seem to bring

the thunder and the lighting
the sound of all the rain brings
the thunder and the lighting.
the sound of all the rain brings

the clouds so dark, a pounding heart
lighting makes its strike.
I cringe in fear, but relize
it all apart of natures light.

the thunder and the lighting
the sound of all the rain brings
the thunder and the lighting.
the sound of all the rain brings
the thunder and the lighting
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interesting &mdash 05/27/06 - 05:00:13 PM
I really enjoy non conventional recordings....and this has a really
interesting presence to it.... cool delivery....thanks for the invite to listen

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interesting &mdash 05/27/06 - 05:00:20 PM
I really enjoy non conventional recordings....and this has a really
interesting presence to it.... cool delivery....thanks for the invite to listen

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thunder &mdash 05/27/06 - 08:43:15 PM
You obviously have a talent with words.iwould love to hear it wth music
although it's a great piece as it is .

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thunder &mdash 05/27/06 - 08:46:05 PM
yeah it would be nice with music but I have no instramental skills


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Your voice is good ..... &mdash 05/27/06 - 11:39:48 PM
I would watch the levels and RED ZONE a little in spots .... as an ECHO / REVERB junkie I had no problem with that ... but I think the echo could be cut back slightly for an acapella piece .... as there is no music to blend it in with ..... you should talk with some of the people here about doing some collabs ... I KNOW there are TONS of them who I'm sure whould be more than happy to provide you with some instruments to go with your own unique instrument ! Nice !

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Your voice is good ..... &mdash 05/27/06 - 11:42:23 PM
might try that.

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stormy &mdash 05/28/06 - 04:16:53 PM
the production is cool, tho makes it a little hard to understand the words. does have a kind of cool feel. maybe some background stuff to add to the storm idea.

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Actually, &mdash 05/30/06 - 02:42:01 PM
I think its charm is the fact that it is minimalistic. I will agree that it is hard to understand the words at time, but hey, there are plenty of commerical songs on radio that I can't understand without the printed lyrics. I like it.

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Actually, &mdash 05/30/06 - 05:36:31 PM
you made me smile, while I know that everyone seeks praise for there work and sometimes critisizm is more needed then that praise sometimes people miss the point of musical peaces. don't get me wrong I like praise like anyone else but I am not seeking it, but it is much apreiceated and it seems you found the point to what I have done. however I still hope that someone can come along and maybe add something to it and make it abit nicer. like light or soft instraments behind it. thanks again you really did make me smile.

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nice &mdash 05/30/06 - 08:56:09 PM
I'd definitely like to grab this and do a remix if you'd allow me.

EE

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nice &mdash 05/30/06 - 10:11:49 PM
sure I have someone else working on it to but i sent him the wrong file


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nice &mdash 05/30/06 - 10:20:04 PM
by accident but well sent him the right one soon after tell me if you need anything from me and I will send it

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I like &mdash 05/31/06 - 05:06:16 AM
the texture of your vocie, kind of reminds me of a male version of Tracy
Chatman (not sure if I spelled that right). Nice feel to this!

Way to go.

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thanks &mdash 05/31/06 - 06:03:06 PM
nice melody, great lyrics

Thanks
William

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vocals &mdash 06/02/06 - 06:21:36 AM
You know, I really think you've got great vocal intonation. Really, the
combination of the poetic lyrics and your vocal rhythm is evidence that
you've got some skillz! I think Electro Estate could do a whole lot with
this. Please keep singing!

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potential kineticism &mdash 06/02/06 - 08:14:38 AM
This could work. I like what I hear. Less reverb, clearer enunciation. I
absolutely like your timing and phrasing. Good job. I might like to
collab with you on this one.

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potential kineticism &mdash 06/02/06 - 09:32:14 AM
Here are some suggestions for cleaning up and further developing the lyrics:

A storm is raging 'gain tonight
outside of these four walls.
Shafts of light, they pierce the night
and thunder makes its call.
and thunder makes its call.

My mind is numb, my mind it blanks
with shocks that blind my sight.
The rumbling of the big tanks,
the blunder and the fright,
the blunder and the fright.

The thunder and the thrashing,
the fury of large wings,
the rolling and the flashing,
the flood of fear it brings,
the flood of fear it brings.

Noise so loud I have to shout
to hear my buried thoughts
Mother Master calls me out
to see what it's about,
to see what it's about.

Clouds so dark they stop my eyes,
then lightning makes it white.
I cringe in fear, but realize
it's part of nature's fight.
it's part of nature's fight.

The thunder and the thrashing,
the fury of large wings,
the rolling and the flashing,
the flood of fear it brings,
the flood of fear it brings.

You stab me with a wicked tongue
You break the house we built.
Have I done ya that much wrong
to be swept away by guilt,
to be swept away by guilt?

Your scorn is raging in my ear
You said I failed my part.
I'm cast in shadow, full of fear.
The end has made its start.
The end has made its start.

The thunder and the thrashing,
the fury of large wings,
the rolling and the flashing,
the flood of fear it brings,
the flood of fear it brings.

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potential kineticism &mdash 06/02/06 - 02:42:05 PM
uhhhh your missing the point, it is a simple song, not ment to have stuff added, and from reading abit of your added lyrics some sound decently like they belong but some parts make no point in the music. like tank and wings.

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potential kineticism &mdash 06/02/06 - 03:04:04 PM
The point is to inspire each other in different ways. I just felt that the song
could be a huge statement about warfare, whether personal warfare or
organized warfare. Sorry, I didn't mean to belittle the song you made. It is
good as it is. Oh well, maybe I should have done nothing.

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potential kineticism &mdash 06/02/06 - 03:37:55 PM
no no its ok, you did an excelnt job now that I have heard it and saw where you where taking it.

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potential kineticism &mdash 06/02/06 - 02:12:25 PM
My adaptation of Will's song is here:
http://www.macjams.com/song/21373

I renamed it "A Storm Is Raging". Thanks, Will, for the inspiration. I got swept
up in the song.

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potential kineticism &mdash 06/02/06 - 02:44:49 PM
hmmms upbeat, sounds abit to happy for a storm, but it sounded good none the less.


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potential kineticism &mdash 06/02/06 - 02:59:46 PM
It's raging storm, a driving wind. Whatever, it's just the way my version
evolved. Sense of urgency and all that. A wickedly fast folk ballad.

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potential kineticism &mdash 06/03/06 - 10:45:47 AM
I have abandoned my adaptation and am now working on Will's original
soundtrack, adding vocal parts. It is still "a cappella" as of noon Saturday, but
I think I hear some cool guitar chords coming later this afternoon...
http://www.schletty.com/music/Thunder_and_Lightning_02.mp3

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potential kineticism &mdash 06/03/06 - 02:06:27 PM
Well, I am fighting against a track that has too many echo and reverb effects
on it. Here's some additional work I did on teptep's original song. I added a
few 12-string guitar strikes and ceramic drum hits. Still needs a lot of work:
http://www.schletty.com/music/Thunder_and_Lightning_03.mp3

Teptep, I'd like to have your "dry" original vox track (no echo and reverb). Can
you send it to me?

Anyone care to take what I have so far and work with it?

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potential kineticism &mdash 06/03/06 - 02:28:38 PM
I looked for the orginal without the echo sound effects but I think I saved over it, so I don't have it anymore.

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potential kineticism &mdash 06/03/06 - 03:44:25 PM
Did you create this with GarageBand? If so, you could send me your GB .band
file. Or, you could simply turn off all the effects and bounce a "dry" version.

Are you will to re-record your vocal?

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potential kineticism &mdash 06/03/06 - 05:09:16 PM
Here is a mix with outlier's guitar added in: http://www.schletty.com/music/
Thunder_and_Lightning_04.mp3

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potential kineticism &mdash 06/04/06 - 01:00:49 AM
I told you before, I liked the other version you created, I hope you didn't really scrap it.

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potential kineticism &mdash 06/04/06 - 01:05:43 AM
unfortionetly I don't have that program, I use something called adobe audition. as for resinging it I could try but it won't sound the same.

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potential kineticism &mdash 06/04/06 - 07:23:25 AM
No, I didn't scrap it. I am trying to learn the song now. I tend to write something and rush into recording it. Then it takes me several days or weeks to really discover how the song should be played and sung. I will be posting another version of it soon. Thanks for your inspiration and thanks for letting me know you you like my wayward version of your song.

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potential kineticism &mdash 06/04/06 - 08:20:04 AM
I have the non echoing version now, I resung it

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