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The Vampire's Lament

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My take on the Vampire myth - the darker, more Anne Rice types, with philosophical bents. Not loveable but one can empathize with them at times.

Created this in about an hour - laid down the tracks playing keyboards and some virtual instruments in GarageBand (though they actually came with Logic Studio), and laid down the vocal tracks (singing and speaking), then mixed in GB also.
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The Vampire’s Lament

I walk the wild world
Alone
And forever

I see you passing
So quickly you pass
You pass

Alive one moment,
Gone the next

Not all of you turn to dust
Some of you linger
Spirits or
Memories
Bitter to the taste

The iron in your blood
Makes my teeth
Gnash

I remember other times
Other places
When my kind walked free

Now there’s only me

I walk the wild world
So not wild

You cross my path
Just a small child
A tiny morsel
A moment’s brief
Satisfaction…?

But I leave you be

Looking back at me
With those eyes
Those eyes
As if you can see right through me
Perhaps we’ll meet again

I walk the wild world
Alone
And forever

What I knew of your life
Is so distant
So unreal
To me you’re nothing more
Than a meal

A-ha- heh

Sometimes a plaything

I walk
The wild
World!


Carla J. Patterson
10/27/09
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Comments: 10
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Plays: 12
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Votes: 1
Uploaded: Nov 01, 2009 - 01:15:46 AM
Last Updated: Nov 01, 2009 - 01:15:46 AM Last Played: Nov 19, 2009 - 10:47:43 AM
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Hardware:
MacPro Tower (8 core xeon) with MXL USB.006 mic, Casio CTK-551
Software:
GarageBand and Logic Studio
Comments
ramonaji said 21 days ago (November 1st, 2009)
yeah, Carla.....
this is most excellent!
Check out my latest song called You Think You've Got it All?
carlajpatterson said 21 days ago (November 1st, 2009)
Thanks Ramona! :)
I was hoping you'd get to hear this. :)
Check out my latest song called Memories of Life
Feter said 21 days ago (November 1st, 2009)
The Vampire's Lament
this is cool ..really worked so well ..nice
arrangement ...impressive directing ..the vocal
work the reading I mean is very nice ...psycho
yes ...and just right ...thnx alot for sharin !!!!
carlajpatterson said 21 days ago (November 1st, 2009)
Thanks Feter!
I was a poet long before I sang music out loud - I LOVE spoken word pieces. But, best of all is that I'm playing keyboards again on a regular basis - gives me so much more scope for creating the whole feel of a piece. Really enjoyed doing this.
Check out my latest song called Memories of Life
drakonis said 20 days ago (November 1st, 2009)
well played
Great work, creating an unsettling shifting backdrop over which you drape your sympathetic soliloquy. Nicely done! Your vocal effects are perfect here, and don't seem to interfere with understanding the words (except the final two lines, which I'd re-do to be more clear.)
ttfn,
Drakonis
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carlajpatterson said 2 days ago (November 19th, 2009)
Thanks Eduard!
I appreciate the comments and the constructive criticism both. You are always very helpful. :)
Check out my latest song called Memories of Life
Boundless said 15 days ago (November 6th, 2009)
Ah, creative Carla
I,ll have to cook up something for us
one of these days. . .

Keep them coming
bright soul.

Merci !
Check out my latest song called Here to Hear - collab
carlajpatterson said 2 days ago (November 19th, 2009)
Thanks sweetie - looking forward to that day :)
Thanks for your sweet and kind words, always. And, as you say, one of these days we'll do something together. It will be a wonderful day. :)
Check out my latest song called Memories of Life
lengold said 12 days ago (November 9th, 2009)
Very
creative and great poem.
Cheers
Len

Check out my latest song called Dodgy Doughnut
carlajpatterson said 2 days ago (November 19th, 2009)
Thanks Len!
Thanks for your comments. :)
Check out my latest song called Memories of Life
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