Time to Change

michael2

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This is a song about how there is a greater good watching over us. Definitely a pop song, but I was experimenting with guitar noise on this one, so it's pretty noisy and fuzzy. There are 3 electric guitar tracks (one is just cut and paste that I applied a ring modulator to briefly in the verses), and i tuned all of the strings on the guitar to a B note (that's right, all six strings tuned to B). i used to use this tuning a lot when i played in a band. some might find it grating at times, but I love the sound it makes. all of the overtones clash fiercely.

picture the Flaming Lips a million years ago.

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Lyrics

bop bodda bah...

today, i'm so damn lazy
i'm so unhappy
but i can change that
cuz they are watching over
they make me happy
they make me change my mind

bop bodda bop...

they are happy with us
they have the answers
to all my problems
i, i can feel them
watching over
watching over

(chorus)
a time to change
a time to learn
a time to change
somehow
a time to change
a time to learn
a time to change
somehow

(synth solo)

(bridge)
they're watching
they're watching over
they're watching
they're watching over
they're watching
they're watching over
they're watching
they're watching over

(chorus)
a time to change
a time to learn
a time to change
somehow
a time to change
a time to learn
a time to change
somehow

Song Stats

Hits: 1412
Comments: 44
Fans: 19
Plays: 123
Downloads: 76
Votes: 7
Uploaded: Dec 07, 2007 - 04:00:21 PM
Last Updated: Dec 07, 2007 - 04:03:10 PM Last Played: Nov 04, 2009 - 08:53:14 AM

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Keywords:

i was in a noisey mood today (1), fuzz-pop (4), ring modulation is way cooler than modulating the chorus up a step 3/4's of the way through the song (1)

Hardware:

intel mini mac, fender tele, ibanez bass, line6 pocket pod, m-audio 49e midi keyboard

Software:

GB3, Crystal soft synth

Comments

	said 718 days ago (December 7th, 2007)
	Flaming Lips I see it. YOu always have a way with a great melody Great lyrics just great. I like the B tuning gives the guitar a nice drone I think. Greatness!!!

michael2	michael2 said 718 days ago (December 7th, 2007)
	hey thanks for checking this out. this guy i knew in an industrial band (Distorted Pony) passed that one note tuning idea onto me. thanks for the kind words. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

	said 718 days ago (December 7th, 2007)
	Here Come The Warm Jets Good stuff b

michael2	michael2 said 718 days ago (December 7th, 2007)
	i didn't think of it that way, but I can see it. it would need a little bit of piano. thanks for listening. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

Feter	Feter said 718 days ago (December 7th, 2007)
	Time to Change dunno why this cool guitar line grab to my ear U2 sound and ye R.E.M as well .this song rock Mike .just Great Rockin ...wo ! Check out my latest song called A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani )

michael2	michael2 said 718 days ago (December 7th, 2007)
	thanks Feter glad you liked this one. the guitar is really noisy, but i was just in that kind of mood today. thanks for checking her out. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

lostsongs	lostsongs said 718 days ago (December 7th, 2007)
	You don't know how much I needed this tonight - many thanks. Very emotional day that led me down a dark hole. I feel so much better now. This sounds great - all of it. Bop bodda bop indeed! Check out my latest song called Lost and Found

bud	bud said 718 days ago (December 7th, 2007)
	Dang! Gone and done it again - keep forgetting who I am. Check out my latest song called try not to think

michael2	michael2 said 718 days ago (December 7th, 2007)
	thanks Bud i hear you had a row with your daughter. sucks, but you know she'll always be daddies little girl. glad you liked my song. much fun to play the guitar parts. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

	said 718 days ago (December 7th, 2007)
	remix? Sounds familiarly beautiful. extra guitar and vox?

michael2	michael2 said 718 days ago (December 7th, 2007)
	mark actually it's all new. the version that you heard had the casio beat playing the same thing all the way through. it wasn't MIDI, so i just sat down and re-recorded the whole thing. there's more guitars on the other version and no keys, i just made the guitars loud on this one. glad you remembered it though. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

arachnidzone	arachnidzone said 718 days ago (December 7th, 2007)
	WOW This is great, pop? rock? POP-ROCK!!! YAY! Check out my latest song called Storm of War - RPG version

michael2	michael2 said 718 days ago (December 7th, 2007)
	thanks glad you liked. chorus could probably be a little better; i almost threw it away because i thought the chorus was too boneheaded, but i really liked the music. thanks so much for listening. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 718 days ago (December 7th, 2007)
	ohh! now that is a cool guitar sound! I've been playing around with a ring modulator, and so I'm really interested in textures and harmonically clashes at the moment. The song as a whole is great!! Very upbeat flair to it. Flaming Lips have nothing on this. Check out my latest song called November

michael2	michael2 said 718 days ago (December 7th, 2007)
	thanks Vic the ring modulator is obvious mostly in the 2nd round of verses and just sounds like pingy noise, all the rest of the overtone stuff is from all the strings playing the same note and not quite being in tune together (and the metal slide exaggerates it i think). so glad you liked it. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

echoroom	echoroom said 717 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	Fkin' excellent** Really - one of the best things you've posted - this starts and doesn't stop... wonderful squalling guitars with lovely harmonies the bop bada ba is wonderfully catchy... makes me wanna stick my head in the speakers with joy. 10's from me... i wanna have a whole album with this , Michael. steve Check out my latest song called Deeper (w/t Racerat)

michael2	michael2 said 717 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	thanks Steve the guitars are the best part of this for me (at least the part that I had the most fun with). thanks a bunch for listening. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

Reinholt56

Reinholt56 said 717 days ago (December 8th, 2007)

Hi Michael...
For me this song is very refreshing. It's daring and yet similar enough for me to appreciate it, not having to move into the abstract realm.

The B's is a new one on me and makes the song stronger.

I think many more new and innovative songs, tunes, etc., are the requirement for 2008, and I for one am ready for others to rock, etc., the socks off of MJ's.

Let's make 2008 the birth of the new, to set the Internet sonically ablaze with auditory innovation.

Take care.

Paul

Check out my latest song called Celestial Mechanics #2

michael2	michael2 said 717 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	thanks Paul glad you liked. even though this is straight pop, i view it as an experiment, and you're right: we all need to just keep stretching out. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

Godchaser	Godchaser said 717 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	The man that... never sleeps! Great pop rock song.As perusual wonderful guitar tones,vocal work,lyrics,song crafting and melodies.Much enjoyed and love the pic you used for this post.Change can be ............ Blessings and Happy Holidays, Check out my latest song called As i Walk

michael2	michael2 said 717 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	thanks Godchaser glad you liked this one. i'm still not sure about that chorus, but once you start singing something it's hard to erase it from your mind and start from scratch. thanks a bunch for listening. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

davisamerica	davisamerica said 717 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	right then michael you just don't quit..wow this is excellant and love the pix. guitar work killer. lyrics and vox great...just one thing tho brother i don't care much for i why can't i write like this! Check out my latest song called No Son(egobandit band)

michael2	michael2 said 717 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	thanks for the kind words. your closing statement is nonsense though. you write great songs; if you want them to sound like this: layer slightly out of tune noise over the top. end result is "cacophony of sound." thanks for listening. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

davisamerica	davisamerica said 717 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	right then will try that..lol Check out my latest song called No Son(egobandit band)

Ibstrat	Ibstrat said 717 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	Wow You tuned all of the strings to B!Brilliant.I really enjoyed this song.Very realistic band feel.Excellent! Check out my latest song called Blues in Bm

michael2	michael2 said 717 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	hey thanks for listening. glad you thought it sounded like a "band," always trying to get a live sound (which is getting harder as I burn through my collection of drum loops and fills). i think that tuning is really fun (although worthless for pretty much everything). thanks for stopping by. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

	said 717 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	the first not got me... and the vocals sold me... excellent. What a retro... now trip of music. I love subtle vocals repeats. Guitar riffing is absolutely essentially cool. That's all... ... but those vocals... oooooo, yes. D

michael2	michael2 said 717 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	thanks so much for giving this a chance. really glad that you liked it, especially the vox (my personal area of insecurity). thanks for coming by. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

	said 716 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	meant to say... the first note! got me.... start to finish a cool song.

dajama	dajama said 716 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	I love this truly an outstanding song. Your vocal is great - as ever, and the guitar sounds refreshing and different. Glad you explained the tuning - otherwise I'd have sat here for hours trying to figure out how the hell you made that sound. Very cool. This put a smile on my face. Very nice. Peace. Check out my latest song called Across the Wire (MJRF)

rsorensen	rsorensen said 716 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	Very cool song... Love the fuzz! I love the juxtapose of the (kinda dark to me) lyrics with the poppy music. Nice job! Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

lengold	lengold said 716 days ago (December 9th, 2007)
	A truly innovative sounding song Michael that grabs you from the start to finish - very enjoyable. Fantastic. Cheers Len Check out my latest song called Dodgy Doughnut

ktb	ktb said 716 days ago (December 9th, 2007)
	make me happy radio ready, with a nice edge on the guitars. i'm not familiar with what the special tuning does, but it all sounds great to me. i esp like the synth work. vocals are stellar as always. such a delightful pop sensibility. i wish i could do this Check out my latest song called Texas stump

spitlogic	spitlogic said 716 days ago (December 9th, 2007)
	Interesting structure Popish indeed. I like the way the melody plays out and the experimentation with the guitar doesn't quite fit the pop genre to me, but it works here. Check out my latest song called Guillotine

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 714 days ago (December 11th, 2007)
	Frip and Eno! I really like it! Very nostalgic. Your guitar is sweet! Doug Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

michael2	michael2 said 714 days ago (December 11th, 2007)
	thanks for listening Doadars Uncle. glad you liked this one, the guitar was the easy part; i had some problems mixing the vocals (trying to get a sound where they settled into the mix). thanks for checking this out. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

Brian D	Brian D said 714 days ago (December 11th, 2007)
	cool cool tuning. i read that Steve Stills did something similiar with Suite Judy Blue Eyes (all D's me thinks) it reminds me of She Don't Use Jelly on the guitar riff.I like the noise and you rein it in well. great melody. you're a tunesmith, for sure. cheers! Check out my latest song called Chase That Frown Away

michael2	michael2 said 714 days ago (December 11th, 2007)
	thanks for listening. yeah, it's kind of obvious that that guy Ronald from the Flaming Lips has been a HUUUge influence. whatever happened to that guy? Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

Heightened	Heightened said 714 days ago (December 11th, 2007)
	Time to Change Scrumptious Musilous! Check out my latest song called A Journey Through Starburst Galaxy M82

cjdaley	cjdaley said 695 days ago (December 30th, 2007)
	I've been playing truant. This must be one of my favourites of yours. I like the rumbling bass, and the B guitar, obviously. I'll have to try the tuning. Check out my latest song called shortbus spaceship (feat. the Flying Monggz from the Ninth Planet) by the Monggz

lavalamp	lavalamp said 690 days ago (January 4th, 2008)
	Trying to catch up Sorry I haven't been here for a while and Happy New Year. Sounded a little like "Heroes" (Bowie) at the start, but then turn into a Pixies B-side song (Which is a compliment) Nice thumping bass, too. Hey who's watching over me? Dave Check out my latest song called Googolplex Times Zero

michael2	michael2 said 690 days ago (January 4th, 2008)
	hey Lavalamp good to see you back. thanks for stopping back. you know, I love both of those bands, so I will take that as a compliment. thanks for stopping by. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

	said 679 days ago (January 15th, 2008)
	er...where the FUCK have I been?? This is GREAT! Flaming Lips for sure, and undeniably Warm Jets. I dig that tuning, too; and think I need to spend some time catching up on things in your neighborhood here...... Respectfully,

michael2	michael2 said 679 days ago (January 15th, 2008)
	thanks Sonny Jim glad you like. I actually heard this on my Ipod today and wished it sounded a little better, but most of the time I can hardly be bothered with recording technique (i like to write). thanks for listening. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

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Name: michael2

I'm a guy who never wanted to do anything but play music. I grew up with classic rock and prog rock before discovering punk and the new york dolls once I got to high school. As i got a little older (and less angry), I developed a love o... [see more]

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