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well. this song is how i feel about detroit lately. i must disclaim, however, that this town is not as bad as people think it is. but 5 years of living here has taken its toll on me.
for those of you familiar with my usual one-mike recording process, this is a bit different. still a 'live' performance, but i thought i'd experiment with using the pickup on the guitar but it bleeds into the vocal track. i've copied the guitar and added a bit of amp simulation on one. slightly different sound, but i must admit i didn't spend too much time editing.
i finished writing this yesterday and just wanted to do a rough recording. as usual, i'm getting the idea down, not going for sonic perfection.
oh - and it's better loud, really.
for those of you familiar with my usual one-mike recording process, this is a bit different. still a 'live' performance, but i thought i'd experiment with using the pickup on the guitar but it bleeds into the vocal track. i've copied the guitar and added a bit of amp simulation on one. slightly different sound, but i must admit i didn't spend too much time editing.
i finished writing this yesterday and just wanted to do a rough recording. as usual, i'm getting the idea down, not going for sonic perfection.
oh - and it's better loud, really.
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Lyrics
bums & beggars in the street
more whores than you could ever meet
someone shrunk the mayor's head
careful now, or you'll wind up dead
can you help me?
can you donate?
i'm so down, see
i need your help, mate
in this city of trees
in this city of trees
it's a city of pleas
a hollow where once was a town
an anthill burned to the ground`
i've loved this place within inches of life
2 steps from the edge of a knife
kwame saw me
kwame saw me
and the irony fell on me
and the irony fell on me
bums & beggars in the street
more whores than you could ever meet
someone shrunk the mayor's head
more whores than you could ever meet
someone shrunk the mayor's head
careful now, or you'll wind up dead
can you help me?
can you donate?
i'm so down, see
i need your help, mate
in this city of trees
in this city of trees
it's a city of pleas
a hollow where once was a town
an anthill burned to the ground`
i've loved this place within inches of life
2 steps from the edge of a knife
kwame saw me
kwame saw me
and the irony fell on me
and the irony fell on me
bums & beggars in the street
more whores than you could ever meet
someone shrunk the mayor's head
drakonis
This has a lot of kick, really good guitar writing and playing, I like the
little twisty chord turns you came up with. Good lyrics, and emotional
singing. I must admit though, that I like the songwriting ideas in this so
much that I'd love to see this get practiced and polished more... the
guitar's pretty good, but probably could be recorded a little cleaner, but I
definitely want your voice stronger and angrier in this. If you recorded
this in 2 takes, one for guitar one for voice, then you could do some GB
EQ/FX to separate the guitar and voice a little, and not have them be
dead-center and boomy. This is a powerful song!
ttfn,
Drakonis