Broken TV

Vic Holman

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Ever stare at a tv thats not on or when the power goes out. originally there were two more verses but since it is a slow song i could'nt wait for a commercial break.

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Lyrics

gray porcelian man holds out his hand
so cracked so chipped he'll dissolve to sand
woman like a tree soon to lose her leaves
she'll be dormant until next spring

chorus
i will see through my broken tv
the life that is life that could be
i will see through my broken tv
there are things i never can see

in a chapel a couple to be wed
i do promise the couple had pledged
sadly the marriage had become tense
only to be divorced in Las Vegas

chorus
i will see through my broken tv
the life that is life that could be
i will see through my broken tv
there are things i never can see

Song Stats

Hits: 1311
Comments: 34
Fans: 8
Plays: 145
Downloads: 51
Votes: 13
Uploaded: Oct 20, 2006 - 12:27:52 AM
Last Updated: Oct 20, 2006 - 12:27:52 AM Last Played: Nov 06, 2009 - 04:11:32 AM

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Creative Commons License:
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Song Actions

Keywords:

broken (56), tv (27)

Hardware:

e mac, m-audio interface, ibanez ew and ovation celebrity acoustics, ibanez sa electric, ibanez bass, m-audio keyboard, mk-219 mike, digitech gnx2.

Software:

logic express

Comments

smokey bacon jnr	smokey bacon jnr said 1131 days ago (October 20th, 2006)
	trebly Nice slow song, but a bit lacking in the bass and punch department. Everything was in the upper ranges and sounded a bit watery. Good lyrics though. I suggest boosting the bass. Check out my latest song called Hum

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 1130 days ago (October 20th, 2006)
	more bass point taken with something in the low end. the drum loop didn't have any bottom to it and couldn't find one to fit. i'm thinking maybe a bottom feeder synth to fill. i'll have to experiment. thanks for the listen! Check out my latest song called November

jgurner	jgurner said 1131 days ago (October 20th, 2006)
	Nice and moody I especially love the chorus. You should do an "extended mix" and put the additional two verses in (I'm a fan of long songs.) Great guitar work. My only real suggestion is, like smokey said, it could use some thickening up in the bass and the drums, but that's it. An excellent tune. Really enjoyed it. Check out my latest song called Bourbon Street Dawn

Vic Holman

Vic Holman said 1130 days ago (October 20th, 2006)

but that means more singing!
originally it was 5:30 minutes. i cut it down to a few seconds over 4. thought it
would be more radio friendly so to speak. but it does get me to thinking by
adding those additional verses and use different insturmentation on each verse
section might keep it interesting. but for now i still have 3 tunes in the works as
is. but it' s worth considering down the line.

Vic

Check out my latest song called November

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 1131 days ago (October 20th, 2006)
	Nice comp! Great images, both musically and verbally. Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 1130 days ago (October 20th, 2006)
	you know how it is the tv's got no picture or sound so you stare it and play out what it should be. besides thats the only way you could make a black and white tv have color!. Thanks for the listen and comments! Vic Check out my latest song called November

Electric Lobster	Electric Lobster said 1131 days ago (October 20th, 2006)
	Man that's cool ! Listened 3 times now - like it more and more ! Downloaded and voted 9-9-8-9. Check out my latest song called Rain Rain [vox/ Linda Courtien]

Vic Holman

Vic Holman said 1130 days ago (October 20th, 2006)

funny you should say that
i originally never intended to post this. until a friend of mine who recently had
brain surgery to remove a tumor and lost his sight. i gave him a cd that had a
collection of recent songs that i finished and was working on. after a couple of
weeks he said that he kept coming back to this song. i gave it another listen
and rethougth about made some changes. as always this will probably evolve
more. i guess a lot of songs are or always will be in progress. if theres i thing
i've learned....trust a blind man.

Vic

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MattGranz	MattGranz said 1130 days ago (October 21st, 2006)
	yes... the blind man knows.... Stevie and Ray will attest to that fact too. --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "If you steer clear of quality, you're alright" -P. Townsend Check out my latest song called Electric Kool Aide

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 1130 days ago (October 21st, 2006)
	now he wants to play drums again he use to drum in our old days band. you'ld swear he was the son of keith moon. i'm hoping he keeps his promise. i'll just have to make sure he's facing the right way. don't worry he makes jokes about himself. Check out my latest song called November

	said 1131 days ago (October 20th, 2006)
	Throughout it has... ..nice vocal effect, and i love the beat and tempo change. Good work

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 1130 days ago (October 20th, 2006)
	didn't do much to vocals a little stereo spread and double up the chorus. just a good raspy voice that morning. i always like the differences of the quite parts to the heavier beats a little drama i hope. Thanks for the listen! Vic Check out my latest song called November

MattGranz	MattGranz said 1130 days ago (October 21st, 2006)
	Ha! My TV just died tonight! It is so fresh that the smell of burnt capacitors is still lingering in the air as I write this. I love the cool space sounds in this track. The guitar is nice and crisp in the mix. Very nice! All hail the broken TV!!!! Check out my latest song called Electric Kool Aide

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 1130 days ago (October 21st, 2006)
	mmmm burnt capacitors sorry for you recently departed. now you got a excuse for a monsterous wide screen! Thanks Matt. Check out my latest song called November

Ed Hannifin

Ed Hannifin said 1130 days ago (October 21st, 2006)

I really like the song as a song...
...and I always enjoy your guitar playing. I think you are working very
similar phasing things in similar ranges with the vocals and the guitars,
leaving the whole mix kind of upper-midrangey. I don't think the
solution is just BOOSTING the bass, but more one of finding an
arrangement of instruments that puts something INTO the bass, so
there's something there...and maybe something to bust up the
similarity of voice and guitar... Where you're going with this reminds
me of Bowie's 'Man Who Sold The World' a bit...On this site, I might
also suggest listening to Petergreenstone, who also tends to filter and
flange with voice and guitar to good effect... If you end up going for
another take, I'd also suggest that the drum pattern changes, or the
playing over them, could be tighter... And of course, to reiterate, I'm
putting out this seeming stack of crit because, at bottom, I really like
the song...

Ed

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Vic Holman

Vic Holman said 1130 days ago (October 21st, 2006)

very much appreciated ed
you made the points i needed to hear. i was going to redo the drums on the
keyboard ( this loop was about all i could come close to finding) but i deleted
unused tracks and when i could bring a insturment track back up i could'nt get
the drum sounds. argh! thinking about it now, theres 3 or 4 acoustics that i
should of played at different postions to broaden the field maybe that could
seperate my voice out. and yes peter is a fav, wish we could hear more, its been
a while. i consider my self a novice at recording and mixing, everytime i learn
something new i tend to revive previous songs, its a wonder i get any new ones
done. thanks ed, be brutal, i can take it, jsut don't leave any visable scars!

Vic

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	said 1130 days ago (October 21st, 2006)
	Excellent Song I especially enjoy the melody and your guitar work. The lyrical imagery is very striking in the first verse and sad, but elatively mundane, in the second. It's an interesting contrast and I'd be curious to hear a longer version with additional verses.

	said 1130 days ago (October 21st, 2006)
	elatively? that should be relatively ... --- Ars longa, vita brevis.

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 1130 days ago (October 21st, 2006)
	this site could use spell check coming from a dyslexic typist Check out my latest song called November

Vic Holman

Vic Holman said 1130 days ago (October 21st, 2006)

that means i'ld have to sing more..
probably down the line i'm sure i'll rework on this, i wasn't expecting anybody to
really want to hear more of this song. i have 3 in the works i want to finish off
first. whether they get posted or not remains to be seen. i'll have to review my
notes, if i remmeber right some of the other verses where of a more abstract
poetry. everyones kind of opened my eyes to this song.

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AquilA	AquilA said 1129 days ago (October 22nd, 2006)
	Original... ...and creative. Lots's of interesting changes. Guitars sound great, in all their varying tones, played very well. I think the vocals could have been louder, but maybe that's my set up. Love the broken tv concept. Great lyrics built on it too. Check out my latest song called Bounce Buffet w/ Hectorious

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 1129 days ago (October 22nd, 2006)
	now it's onto.. broken ham radios, warrbly cassette decks. thanks for the appreciation. it had other elements but i edited it down. after all the great response and suggestions i might do a total rehaul, and if i could just squeeze one more guitar solo in. ah, better not push it. Thanks! Vic Check out my latest song called November

	said 1127 days ago (October 24th, 2006)
	Hey! Nice work... ...there Vicar! I'm never disappointed by your postings. Interesting lyrics...nice spacey music...lovely lead riffing...cool change-ups. Color me satisfied! Be well!

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 1126 days ago (October 24th, 2006)
	looks like santa's been by! totally unexpected for dropping by (at this time) and left a nice present, i mean the comment of course. the marshall half stack latter? thank you santa, i have tried to be a good boy this year! take care bud! Check out my latest song called November

gregd

gregd said 1118 days ago (November 2nd, 2006)

!
surprising transistion to the chorus. The short measure was a good touch. I like that.

The distorted stepper synth is a cool sound that fits well with the vocals, but I feel like the level might be a little high. Just a feeling.

I like the simplicity of the vocals with respect to the rather complicated or abstract (I'm not sure which I mean at the moment) tonal movements in the song.

Sweet guitar work, too.

Cool tune.
g

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Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 1117 days ago (November 2nd, 2006)
	probably abstract i like to keep people guessing sometimes. synths can do strange things when you convert to mp3, bottom drops out and somethings get higher, kind of sucks. Thanks for the comment. Check out my latest song called November

Maggieo

Maggieo said 1107 days ago (November 13th, 2006)

Good song
I really do like this song, so any criticism comes from wanting to do right by a song I've come to care about.

I agree with the folks who want a bit more beef in the arrangement and I think one way to get that might be to replace the electro/acoustic piezo guitar arpeggios with a conventional electric guitar, dialed up with a nice, meaty tone. Or, just double the electro/acoustic with the Ibanez sa. Heck, while you're at it, you could add a track of acoustic guitar, but this time mic it up and ignore the transducer pickup- go all old sk00l on it!

Did you play bass guitar on this one?

Anyways, great song, thanks!

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Vic Holman

Vic Holman said 1107 days ago (November 13th, 2006)

thanks a song is never finished
some changes have been made. multiband helped alot there. but when i can get around to it there are other changes i will probably make as well. unfortunatly thsi site doesn't let you just replace the song as it exists, with comments and ratings intacted. you have to totally repost it. so i just let it stand without reposting it and driving everyone nuts, though i have done that once. liked your ideas. thanks

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announcer

announcer said 1098 days ago (November 21st, 2006)

Doin some catching up
I've been kind of busy and wanted to catch up with some of the things I might have missed here on MJ.
This song is one of the things I am sorry I missed before but I am glad I caught up with it. There are some good suggestions above but I like the overall feel of this song. There is something really engaging about it. DO NOT CHANGE A THING ABOUT THE LEAD GUITAR SOLO SOUND. It is perfect. I love that really thin sound on this song. I cannot wait until you post a revised version of it. BTW I also agree that you might want to extend the solo guitar part.

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Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 1098 days ago (November 22nd, 2006)
	its hard to keep up i know what your talking about, i try to go back listen to older stuff when i can. have made some changes, but just haven't had the time to really go back in...yet, reposting? never really get around to that even on other songs listed here. unfortunatly you just can't slip them back in. Check out my latest song called November

	said 1097 days ago (November 23rd, 2006)
	tv wierd changes A littleoff in some places but I like things that way my favorite part is the lead. Im going to make it a point to scroll through all your songs

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 1097 days ago (November 23rd, 2006)
	we like wierd! i've just got to find time to rework parts of this thing. Thanks! Check out my latest song called November

timothy devine	timothy devine said 1064 days ago (December 26th, 2006)
	Great guitar I use to live for guitar solos. Your guitar playing just comes together so nice. The blend of acoustic and ripping electric is put together very cool. Floyd-ish at times near the end. Enjoyed this tremendously. Keep jammin downed and poded T Check out my latest song called Mankind Needs a Change/WoodstockII

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 1063 days ago (December 26th, 2006)
	thanks timothy i'm honored your going through this mess! you've probably realized by now i like to orchestrate guitars, someday i plan to get all 12 in on song. ha! that will more then just broken tv. Check out my latest song called November

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Name: Vic Holman

I work as a creative/art director for a advertising agency in Spokane, Washington. I've been at this site for 5 years now. It's been one heck of a ride. I've also been fortunate to collaborate with Bud Streets of Dehli Everyday And... [see more]

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