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Our pal, Dom, has recently moved from the U.K to Los Angeles to get serious about a career with this music stuff we all love so much. He's putting together a demo and I signed on back in December to sing a few songs for him. Of course, I immediately came down with virus after virus, so the start of the project was delayed until last month. He is a very patient fellow.
I think Dom is an extremely talented musician and really has a shot at working as a composer songwriter. He's also hustling his rear off down in L.A.
This is a demo version of this track and we're looking for people to take the gloves off and really tell us what needs to be changed and/or give ideas for what could make the track better. If your honest reaction is "Wow, I love it," that's perfectly okay, but if not, please don't pull punches.
We're both very grateful for the listens and help.
I want to really thank my Orbiting bandmate, illuminati, who did the vocal production and is generally very encouraging and helpful to me, as well as being extremely tall.
Dom's back catalog is a goldmine for singers and he's a lovely person, too. I feel lucky to have worked with him.
I think Dom is an extremely talented musician and really has a shot at working as a composer songwriter. He's also hustling his rear off down in L.A.
This is a demo version of this track and we're looking for people to take the gloves off and really tell us what needs to be changed and/or give ideas for what could make the track better. If your honest reaction is "Wow, I love it," that's perfectly okay, but if not, please don't pull punches.
We're both very grateful for the listens and help.
I want to really thank my Orbiting bandmate, illuminati, who did the vocal production and is generally very encouraging and helpful to me, as well as being extremely tall.
Dom's back catalog is a goldmine for singers and he's a lovely person, too. I feel lucky to have worked with him.
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Lyrics
Helium
I pour some wine and drop a sigh.
Is it time to love or time to cry?
The wind stirs the leaves outside.
The sky and the earth collide.
Love's not supposed to hold you down.
It should help you fly
all around the world.
In a joy-filled helium balloon,
for two, for two.
I dance here wildly on the bar.
Finally stopped following
a burned-out star,
the night I turned toward the sky
and found I'd forgotten how to fly.
Love's not supposed to (tie you tight)
hold you down (inside a wedding gown).
You're always free to take the door.
To fly away from what doesn't make you happy anymore.
I pour some wine and drop a sigh.
Is it time to love or time to cry?
The wind stirs the leaves outside.
The sky and the earth collide.
Love's not supposed to hold you down.
It should help you fly
all around the world.
In a joy-filled helium balloon,
for two, for two.
I dance here wildly on the bar.
Finally stopped following
a burned-out star,
the night I turned toward the sky
and found I'd forgotten how to fly.
Love's not supposed to (tie you tight)
hold you down (inside a wedding gown).
You're always free to take the door.
To fly away from what doesn't make you happy anymore.
perceptualvortex
Awesome. Your singing is always a winner, Lisa. And of course, you're relly good at lyrics. I love the production on the vocals. I was trying to think of production critiques, but really this sounds good.
Ok, little bit o' crit: The compression on the drums (I think that's what it is) is doing something that I try to avoid, as it always sounds unnatural to me; it's supressing the initial attack of each hit, but then (in a few milliseconds) brings the volume back up. It gives it a bit of an undewater sound, to my ears.
One other thing; there are moments here and there where I wish I could hear a given instrument a little better. Like, the lead guitar in the beginning; I woud crank that up to the level of the vocals that follow it (and then bring it down again during the singing). And when the piano comes in during the first verse, and the lead guitar in the final verse.
That's my pickiness; in truth, I love the way this sounds. Excellent work, Lisa and Dom!