Headless Man

Kevensor

Genre: Alternative Rock

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I don't know what Genre this would be in.

I'm open to suggestions, though

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Lyrics

I feel like a headless man
can't think straight no more
standing on dry land
my eyes are sore
from staring at the sun
don't look toward the sky
trying to direction here on earth
you may end up going blind trying to find your self worth

life can be a struggle
so take off the chains
if you begin to see bubbles
just ignore the pain
of your past life
and you'll see the future

take a walk on the yellow brick
let fascination be your guide
and don't look at any lunatics
it's all a matter of pride
tell yourself you're happy

and take hold of the lions paw
the scarecrow may look like your pappy
but that ain't all, that ain't all

life can be a struggle
so take off the chains
if you begin to see bubbles
just ignore the pain

Song Stats

Hits: 1542
Comments: 35
Fans: 4
Plays: 162
Downloads: 67
Votes: 15
Uploaded: Apr 12, 2005 - 10:23:27 PM
Last Updated: Apr 13, 2005 - 09:39:21 AM Last Played: May 04, 2009 - 05:15:30 PM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial

Song Actions

Hardware:

eMac, Ovation Acoustic/ Electric, Yamaha Bass, M Audio 49e Keyboard, Drumset

no loops were used

Software:

Garage Band only

Comments

thetiler	thetiler said 1686 days ago (April 12th, 2005)
	nice style here This has a nice feel. Good melody with that terrific rhythm. I'm impressed :) Good going Check out my latest song called The Bluebird Cafe (with two other guest)

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1685 days ago (April 13th, 2005)
	nice style here Thanks! I listened to some of your tunes and I was also impressed! Thanks so much for the comment! Check out my latest song called Smoove

said 1685 days ago (April 13th, 2005)

Great mood
I dig this one.

The acoustic guitar rhythm is hooky as hell.

I like the slow flat cymbals. That's a sound I haven't heard
from GB.

Many of the vocals are impossible to understand. The
parlalel hi and lo voices don't help, but they are also
pretty far back in the mix. It's tough when you also put
FX on the vocals to boot. Then again, there's always the
good old "enunciate better" rule too.

I am having similar probs on another song where I'm
running too many things on the vox and they all turn to
mud. Hard to strike that balance between psychedelic and
unintelligible.

Love the pic.

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1685 days ago (April 13th, 2005)
	Great mood Thanks! I know exactly what you mean aboput muddying things up. I 'm going to try some other ideas as far as the vocals go, to mek them more understandable. I appreciate the constructive critisizm, thanks! Check out my latest song called Smoove

Jim Bouchard	Jim Bouchard said 1685 days ago (April 13th, 2005)
	Alt-rock works for me... Seems like the genre is just fine where it is. Reminds me of Jay Farrar. Talk about indecipherable vocals! The vocal's a little buried though, but everything else sounds really good. Especially like the cymbals! You could probably take the guitar down a hair during the singing. Check out my latest song called Weather or Not w/awigze

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1685 days ago (April 13th, 2005)
	Alt-rock works for me... Thanks, I moved it from "other" to alt/indie based on Skipper's recommendation. I am going to remix this. I've sung this song a lot, and it is hard for me not to recognize the lyrics, because I have sung them so much. Thanks for the idea about turning down the guit during the vocals! Check out my latest song called Smoove

stevel	stevel said 1685 days ago (April 13th, 2005)
	Really good song Great vocals and good production, the acoustic sounds a bit buzzy in places but I definitely like the vocals the way they are. Has got a Wilco/Uncle Tupelo feel to it S Check out my latest song called Electricity

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1685 days ago (April 13th, 2005)
	Really good song Thanks! I appreciate the comparison! I will take your advice on the acoustic track. Check out my latest song called Smoove

K.I.S.KISMET	K.I.S.KISMET said 1685 days ago (April 13th, 2005)
	Catchy This song hooked me at the get go with the drums. Has a nice, lazy, raw feel. Dig your lyrics. I agree with the comparison to Jay Farrar and with the comment regarding the acoustics. Keep up the great work! Check out my latest song called Your's

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1684 days ago (April 14th, 2005)
	Catchy Thanks! I appreciate the comparison to Jay Farrar! Check out my latest song called Smoove

alley-oop	alley-oop said 1685 days ago (April 13th, 2005)
	Crazy Horse Love your tune, Has a real Crazy Horse feel to it, Neil Young's one of my favorites. Very engaging lyrics. Vocals are high and tight. Ovations are really bright and crisp. I think you could really bring up the bass, I think pumping up the bottom end would bring it all together. Thanks for posting. Check out my latest song called anymore

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1684 days ago (April 14th, 2005)
	Crazy Horse Yeah, I would like to bring the bass up a bit in some parts. Thanks for the comment! Check out my latest song called Smoove

	NelaceSkratch said 1684 days ago (April 14th, 2005)
	Instrumentation I love the arrangement of the instrumentation here, and as usual the content is very thoughtful and the way you display is unlike anything I've heard before. Irregularity is the way to go! Lol! Keep it up, fam! Check out my latest song called Warped

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1684 days ago (April 14th, 2005)
	Instrumentation Thanks for the compliment! Check out my latest song called Smoove

said 1684 days ago (April 14th, 2005)

Live at Der Keller!
As others have stated, the mix gets muddy. Too much for
GarageBand to handle, I guess. I bet importing into Logic
Express and carefully remixing can turn this into a crisp
beauty. It really has some nice hooks. Sounds like a live
bar band performance. I'd like to hear some alternate
chord progressions or more variation in the sung melody
to bring relief from overly repetitive elements. Maybe vary
the bass drum thump more. Bring those vocals forward!
Great job. I look forward to a future installment of this
song.

Kevensor

Kevensor said 1684 days ago (April 14th, 2005)

Live at Der Keller!
Thanks for the ideas and the constructive critique!

However, I don't have Logic. Although, I may try the freebie version. I think the resaon some of it gets muddy is because of the vocal effect on the background lyrics is too strong and overrides the main vocal track, I may try toning that down a bit and bringing up the volume of the main vocals.

Check out my latest song called Smoove

Dead End	Dead End said 1682 days ago (April 16th, 2005)
	Great work! Hey, it's a winner! Nice rhythm and vocal. Just great solid performances. Keep rockin' Check out my latest song called July 3rd

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1680 days ago (April 18th, 2005)
	Great work! Gracias Amigos! Thanks for the comment! Check out my latest song called Smoove

aclarke	aclarke said 1680 days ago (April 18th, 2005)
	Missed this Have to agree that this has a real Neil Young and the Horse feel about it. And that is a good thing! I really like this song! Very cool rythm and percussion. Could stand to have the vocal clearer. Very cool! Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1680 days ago (April 18th, 2005)
	Missed this Thanks for the comparison! Neil Young! wow! I am going to try to "punch up the main vocals a bit in the remix I'm working on. Which, incedentally is why I love GB! Check out my latest song called Smoove

fox296	fox296 said 1678 days ago (April 20th, 2005)
	i dig it it's kinda weird. i think you'll find a feel for the right mix too. the guitar may be too prominent here, but that all comes with time. Check out my latest song called haleigh, haleigh

fox296	fox296 said 1678 days ago (April 20th, 2005)
	oh one more thing. . . it sounds like you might have plugged in your ovation. i think the rule of thumb there is to always mic accoustic guitars in recording situations. .that might explain the roughness Check out my latest song called haleigh, haleigh

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1677 days ago (April 21st, 2005)
	oh Sometimes I plug in AND mic to pic up the sound of the room I'm in. However I didn't do that here. I agree with a lot of the comments here, I like this song a lot and I like performing it, so you may see an altogether new version of it up here. I will also try to EQ the acoustic with a little more bass to it. Thanks agian for the comments! Check out my latest song called Smoove

SpasmodicMan

SpasmodicMan said 1670 days ago (April 28th, 2005)

Ichabod Crane
The Ichabod Crane syndrome. Too bad there wasn't a
headless man in Oz (the again, I never read the books.) I
think it is pretty cool you can sing those parts with no
head. I dig that your are getting a unique sound. Maybe
switch in and out of vocal effects styles to make it easier
on those who want to understand lyrics. I personally like
sound styles better than clear lyrics, and I dig the sound.

Check out my latest song called The Androgyne

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1670 days ago (April 28th, 2005)
	Ichabod Crane mmmmmffffffff. Mmmmmmffff. (talking without a head) Translation: Thank you! I am in the process of remixing this along with a bunch of new projects. : T Check out my latest song called Smoove

twonicus	twonicus said 1670 days ago (April 28th, 2005)
	not bad this is a solid song with some good lyrics and nice hooks. the vocals are hard to deal with, personally i wouldn't have used the octaves, cause you midrage singing is pretty good. i do like what the drums are doing quite a bit though, made it a lot of fun to listen to. Check out my latest song called Say It Loud (MJRF)

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1670 days ago (April 28th, 2005)
	not bad Thanks for the comment! Check out my latest song called Smoove

DigItDirty	DigItDirty said 1669 days ago (April 29th, 2005)
	Good Jam Love the slow Mellow cymbal crash's in the song! I'll have to see about experimenting with that some. Pretty much agree with what everyone else said. However I will add that you were very inovative on this one. ie. Cymbals.... Check out my latest song called Back To My Roots

	said 1666 days ago (May 2nd, 2005)
	Love the Loping Rhythm And I hear why folks are comparing this to Uncle Tupelo / Jay Farrar. Very well done and I'm looking for ward to hearing the remix.

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1666 days ago (May 2nd, 2005)
	Love the Loping Rhythm Thanks! I will be posting the new version, probably this week. So check er out. Check out my latest song called Smoove

fairy beth	fairy beth said 1666 days ago (May 2nd, 2005)
	very good great song kevensor...lovin the acoustic guitar strumming. great lyrics. well done! Check out my latest song called Message No.1 - David Gwynne

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1665 days ago (May 3rd, 2005)
	very good Thanks for the comments! Check out my latest song called Smoove

Z293	Z293 said 1666 days ago (May 2nd, 2005)
	Love your voice on this one. Sorry I missed this when it came out, there are so many songs now it's hard to catch everyone. Glad I found this one. Check out my latest song called The Fine Line

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1665 days ago (May 3rd, 2005)
	Love your voice on this one. Thanks! Stay tuned, remix coming soon Check out my latest song called Smoove

warmvox

warmvox said 1231 days ago (July 11th, 2006)

Mmmmm love the lazy drums
Great feel for sure - I know lots of folks have said the song could stand
to have clearer vocals - but I quite like the way they fade in and out.
Of course I'm a guitarist, so I always hated when vocals overpowered
all the cool little intricacies in the guitar work.

I'd love to mess around with this tune/mix - I think it's so well written,
you could do just about anything with it and it would still be great.

Don't know if you'd be open to that - let me know!

Check out the lazy (sampled) drums on 'Resolve' under my profile. :)

J>

Check out my latest song called Deadline

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Artist Info

Name: Kev Ensor

I enjoy experimenting with different kinds of music and sounds. I've played drums or guitar or bass in bands that ranged from Jazz to Punk to Soul to Rock and Blues. I don't like to do covers, so everything I do is written by me. My musical tastes ar... [see more]

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Genre Info

The terms alternative rock and alternative music[1] were coined in the early 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired music genres which didn't fit into the mainstream genres of the time. At times it was used as catch-all phrase for rock music from under

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