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Felt like writing an indie rock tune, so here you go. When I was recording music for Bryns photography show, I had recorded a drum track with all of the toy drums and percussion that my kids have laying around the house; it was intended for Bryn, but I didn't use a click and sound wise it was a little too loud and crappy sounding to fit in with the rest of the pieces. it languished on the HD for a few months until I opened it up the other day. I was going to try and tighten things up, but got confused as to what was going on. the beginning is in waltz time, but once the drums come in it's easier to count to 6 (I know nothing of time signatures). rather than try and figure that out, I just turned off the metronome and started recording.
This is a bit similar to something I would've played in a band that I was in during the 90's, so I had fun doing it. It's even as sloppy as we would've been live. There are about 5 tracks of the toys, a snippet of guitar that I reversed and the drone in the back was made with a reversed and stretched piano chord and judicious use of delay and reverb. The only synth comes in at the very end doing a rhythmic noise. Thought about adding an acoustic guitar, but I liked the Adam and the Ants meets Modest Mouse vibe, so I left it pretty sparse.
This is a bit similar to something I would've played in a band that I was in during the 90's, so I had fun doing it. It's even as sloppy as we would've been live. There are about 5 tracks of the toys, a snippet of guitar that I reversed and the drone in the back was made with a reversed and stretched piano chord and judicious use of delay and reverb. The only synth comes in at the very end doing a rhythmic noise. Thought about adding an acoustic guitar, but I liked the Adam and the Ants meets Modest Mouse vibe, so I left it pretty sparse.
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Lyrics
I don't know why this whole thing
means nothing to you
I don't know why your feet
are still touching the ground now
yes you told me
that you're cynical
and I know that
nothing gets under your skin
I don't know why your hair
is not standing on end
I don't know how you can stand there
and not move an inch or two
yes you told me
that you're cynical
and I know that
nothing gets under your skin
it's easy to see
that you're miserable
easy to see
that you're miserable
easy to see
that you're miserable now
I don't know why you let things
just happen to you
I don't know why you just don't live
the life that you want to
want to
want to
want to
want to
want to
means nothing to you
I don't know why your feet
are still touching the ground now
yes you told me
that you're cynical
and I know that
nothing gets under your skin
I don't know why your hair
is not standing on end
I don't know how you can stand there
and not move an inch or two
yes you told me
that you're cynical
and I know that
nothing gets under your skin
it's easy to see
that you're miserable
easy to see
that you're miserable
easy to see
that you're miserable now
I don't know why you let things
just happen to you
I don't know why you just don't live
the life that you want to
want to
want to
want to
want to
want to
alackbass
Always impressed with the descriptions of your creative process! Revealing and inspiring! I hear the Adam and the Ants vibe in the percussion. But melodically I think your well beyond their catalogue. I think creatively your more in Andy Partridge's league here. I really like how you sing this one out. Too good not to have on the iPod! Downloaded!