Home Community Music Blog Old MJ More...      
Glass Mansions (TUMi) by hammhock [Email]

Get Flash to see this player.


Having playback trouble, try the Quicktime player:

Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial
SONG STATS:
Hits: 1419
Comments: 8
Votes: 8
Plays: 231
Last Played: Aug 10, 2008 - 10:54:32 PM
Downloads: 68
Fans: 2
Uploaded: Apr 03, 2005 - 10:35:36 PM
Last Updated: Apr 04, 2005 - 10:25:00 AM
Fan List
Description:
A song about the tender, fragile state of love.
This is my submission for the TUMi song writing competition. It uses only three loops,
"TUMi synth riff 5", "TUMi rock beat 8" and
"TUMi crystal melody 1". The rest is all played on electric guitar and vocal using a G4 ibook. The vocals were all recorded using the built in mic.

I invite your comments and suggestions.

Hope you like it.

Lyrics:
It's a self inflicted metaphor
Of thorny roses, love and scorn
With great beauty come great suffering
But suffering will make you stronger

And I pray that your heart might break
Before it becomes to late
Cause true love is a virtue
But it's not what you think, it's not what you think

It's like a glass mansion...in a hail storm
Will those walls....take the pressure?

And love's a simple paradox
Take it freely but watch the cost
You'll lose your head but find your treasure
Lose your life and you can have her

I'm looking for a tougher beauty
Experienced innocence
With weathered tenderness
A halo shining through the gloom,
shine through the gloom to me

Hardware:
ibook
heritage electric guitar

Software:
You must be registered and logged-in to comment.

Good Stuff &mdash 04/04/05 - 02:03:42 AM
Hello,

I like the flow and overall sound of your song. Your voice adds a really nice element to it as well, keep up the good work.

[ Reply to This ]
Nice work &mdash 04/04/05 - 05:57:36 PM
This reminds me of U2, one of my all time favs. I also use the built in mic. How did you get such a clear sound on vox? That is, if you don't mind sharing.

Nice work all around!

[ Reply to This ]
Nice work &mdash 04/04/05 - 06:15:42 PM
Thanks for your kind words!

I've found that the trick to using the onboard mic is to get a really hot signal
by boosting the "Built-in Input" in System Preferences. That keeps the signal-
noise ratio under control so you can EQ without trying to compensate for
hiss. Other than that, I've found Garage Band's presets for vocals quite
useable.

[ Reply to This ]
Another &mdash 04/04/05 - 06:29:36 PM
tune well done.
I found the guitar solo in the middle ends abruptly and
wanted more.
Hope this is constructive.

[ Reply to This ]
Fantastic sound &mdash 04/11/05 - 06:35:30 AM
I really like your guitar sound. What hardware are you
using? You can never get this sound in GB only.
Kinda like the Edge (U2) like someone mentioned, nice
mix of ech and reverb.

Good song!

We want more, we want more, we want more...

[ Reply to This ]
Fantastic sound &mdash 04/23/05 - 01:36:41 PM
I'm glad you like it. Honestly, the guitar rig is all garageband and my
Heritage semi-hollow electric. I was pretty impressed with the sound too.

[ Reply to This ]
inspiring stuff! &mdash 04/24/05 - 10:18:57 AM
love the atmospheric feel to this track.... wonderfull guitar
work and vocals....jeff buckley-esque at times.

[ Reply to This ]
I like it a lot... &mdash 11/08/05 - 08:48:48 AM
You've got a great voice...

Reminds me a lo t of "Do You Feel Loved" by U2... but I love that already... :)

[ Reply to This ]
Copyright 2008 Simig Media, Inc.