Sweet Step

sschedra

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This is a song for the Ladies. Its about the way we interact. I don't mean to read anyones mail, its just I have been surrounded by women all my life (sisters and daughters, even the cat's a girl). Its also one of my personal favorites. I even had some fun on this one playing slide guitar. I wrote the keyboard parts in Midi on this one as they were a bit to technical for me to play. MIDI Drums and Keyboard for Bass.

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Lyrics

Sweet Step
(c) 2008 Stephen M. Schedra

There's a song we sing between a lie and the truth
And I don't know if I can even stay in tune
There's a dance we step between the living and the dead
And I can't even find my own left shoe
And I don't know the reasons why
You turn to hide then then let me see you
Reasons why you even dance at all

Sweet Step don't hide
Sweet Step don't hide
Don't you hide

There's a girl who's waltzing on the inside of her heart
She doesn't even know she's dancing in the rain
Waiting in the sun there is a warming that can start
To melt away the disappointment and the pain
Still she circles locked away
To music she can never play
If she would only answer to the call

Sweet Step don't hide
Sweet Step don't hide
Don't you hide

Somewhere in the dance we find no solace in the truth
We realize that we are dancing all alone
Those who knew the step have fled with youth and they are gone
And we can't even try to make a heart our home
Still we go on dancing by
Fleet of step, but fear to fly
And somehow never answer to the call

Sweet Step don't hide
Sweet Step don't hide
Don't you hide

Song Stats

Hits: 991
Comments: 15
Fans: 10
Plays: 159
Downloads: 50
Votes: 5
Uploaded: Feb 10, 2008 - 01:29:33 AM
Last Updated: Apr 16, 2009 - 10:08:37 PM Last Played: Nov 21, 2009 - 10:49:30 PM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial

Song Actions

Keywords:

Sweet (47), Step (9), Hide (6), dance (607)

Hardware:

Oktava MK319 Condenser mike, MAudio interface

Software:

GarageBand

Comments

davisamerica	davisamerica said 651 days ago (February 10th, 2008)
	well right then appears i am first... great lyric and word flow ... tune is smooth and easily followed.. and love your vox .... stephen, great post man. great slide guitar... very nice indeed! Check out my latest song called No Son(egobandit band)

Feter

Feter said 651 days ago (February 10th, 2008)

Sweet Step
WOW stephen ..whwt an awesome song .I m enjoying
the setting for this song beside your singing .
specialy the bass it has that boomin sound that
addin a real taste to the whole song .indeed the
slide work just fun ..I m enjoyin this so much
thnx for the gem my friend !

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said 650 days ago (February 11th, 2008)

Brilliant!!!!

Oh my God !!!!!!

This is the most romantic song that I have heard on the internet,
see I told you that you was the 'Angel Of The internet' lol
This Song is So very sentimental and extremely beautifully ,emotionally charged with electricity melting my heart and soul. Your voice sent shivers down my spine it sounded so sexy too
therefore its done the job my friend.

Well done' Excellent' stuff.

Peace
Dee.

thetiler

thetiler said 649 days ago (February 12th, 2008)

Interesting 12 string sounds
maybe a 6 string but it has that early Yardbirds folk rock sounds.

Nice singing as well. Nice use of the tapping of the percussion. The instruments seem to really fit in and the music seems to really gather as this tune moves nicely along. Love the low sounds of the guitar when you it those low chords, brings out a nice flavorl Terrific almost Hawaiian slide lead. That sounds terrific and very festive indeed.

This was refreshing to hear and love how it really gathers steam!
Both vocally and and hand instrumentation.

Way to go. Your voice sounds nice!

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lavalamp	lavalamp said 649 days ago (February 12th, 2008)
	Really nice Rich a sweet. Very nice effort. The lyrics are very strong, along with the background instrumentation. Very, very good job, Stephen. Will look out for more from you. Dave Check out my latest song called Googolplex Times Zero

dajama

dajama said 648 days ago (February 13th, 2008)

Each post gets better
it seems to me. This is a great song. Lyrically, it's evocative and filled with perceptive and thoughtful ideas and images. Musically, it's well-performed and arranged. I love the guitar work on this - nice sound and nicely played. Your voice sounds great on this (are you using an effect on the vocal still, though?) and you sing with great expressiveness. Very impressive. I always look forward to your posts, and I'm never disappointed. Nice work, my friend. Peace.

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	said 639 days ago (February 21st, 2008)
	What a Delightful song, strong lyrics and a cool slide,has a pop under current, which I really dig, excellent song...

leap4rog

leap4rog said 311 days ago (January 15th, 2009)

I got great visuals from this
The lyrics are compelling immediately. They seem self referential/self effacing when they say "don't know if I can even stay in tune."

The first time I listened to it, I thought of a clumsy out-of-place cowboy singing to a line dancing audience inside the cage at at Bob's Country Bunker. It seemed he was more sensitive than his audience and trying to figure out how to find his grace.

The choral backing could come out more-- with the vocal timidity (which is great) it might be a nice contrast to give way to the backing singers in the changes. I'd like to hear that last chorus isolate on the lead, then on the chorus, then end the song on that instead of fade out.

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sschedra	sschedra said 309 days ago (January 17th, 2009)
	Yup I keep toying with a remix or a redo. I just get so lazy . . . I think I can't decide wether to do this as a ballad or . . . Check out my latest song called Love's Fingers Fall

ted23	ted23 said 309 days ago (January 17th, 2009)
	woah This is great! Great playing and song crafting. However it's your singing that really makes this... The vocal melody is brilliant, you've got some super cathcy stuff going on there. sweet! Check out my latest song called kooky dance

sschedra

sschedra said 309 days ago (January 17th, 2009)

This is my favorite
I love this song even though it is not my favorite to sing. I write stuff that should be performed by other people. Really, that's not false modesty, just that I am much more comfortable belting out the Rock and Roll or heavy Rock stuff and this is really meant for someone who can sweet talk you with their singing. If you were to ask me to sing this at the campfire with my acoustic I would be more comfortable doing John Barleycorn or something.

Check out my latest song called Love's Fingers Fall

abfkingsport	abfkingsport said 226 days ago (April 10th, 2009)
	ABFkingsport Very cool Steve. Great vocal and lyrics. Love the guitar work, as well as the drums. Great groove to it, great energy. The King Check out my latest song called Gold Digger

sschedra	sschedra said 226 days ago (April 10th, 2009)
	Tony Thanks much. The drums are loop segments with me adding cymbals. I appreciate the visit and the comments. Thanks again, Stephen Check out my latest song called Love's Fingers Fall

MarkHolbrook	MarkHolbrook said 36 days ago (October 17th, 2009)
	Great tune! Nicely sung, played, written... Love all of it! Check out my latest song called Never Say Goodbye - Bond Challenge

sschedra	sschedra said 35 days ago (October 18th, 2009)
	MArk, This song is my personal favorite of my material. Thanks for the listen, Stephen Check out my latest song called Love's Fingers Fall

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Name: Stephen M Schedra

Started performance life as a guitar player and vocalist in Sympathy (60's Rock) and doing acoustic performances with Michael Salveson. Then as a guitarist for Joe Lobianco (Rock Dance band). Next I did stints on bass and guitar and vocals for the ... [see more]

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