Stonehearted

PaddyNavinCaryatid

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A change of direction for me. I was playing with Logic's environment and discovered the arpeggiator. Coupling this with Novation's Bassstation plugin and Ultrabeat produced a really nice backing track to work with. The inevitable distorted guitar and some layered vocals followed. Some sparkle was added with a little EXS24 "bells" preset.
Something a little different from Caryatid.

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Lyrics

You had the time to make it up to me
You chose to lose
You chose to bruise me

I gave you everything you needed
You wanted more
I knew the score

Why don't you understand that I'm not made of stone?
Can't you see the cracks in me?
What if I told you now,
How it feels to be alive?
Would you see it through?

I learned a different way to be with you
I took hold of the cold
I shaped a heart made of stone for you
Yes it's true I stone-hearted you.

Why don't you understand that I'm not made of stone?
Can't you see the cracks in me?
What if I told you now,
How it feels to be alive?
Would you see it through?

Stone-hearted ....

Song Stats

Hits: 2762
Comments: 16
Fans: 10
Plays: 67
Downloads: 84

Uploaded: Oct 03, 2009 - 07:22:03 AM
Last Updated: Apr 20, 2010 - 01:53:24 PM Last Played: Jul 25, 2019 - 10:10:47 AM

Song License

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Song Actions

Keywords:

electropop (48), stone (11), heart (150)

Hardware:

Ibanez GAX30, Novation RemoteZero SL, iMac Core2Duo, TC Electronic Desktop Konnekt 6

Software:

Logic Express 8, Novation Basstation

Comments

MarkHolbrook	MarkHolbrook said 3673 days ago (October 3rd, 2009)
	Very interesting backing sounds... Now you got me wondering... I'm gonna have to go look at the arpeggiator... So much to learn so little time... This is very very cool! Nicely done! Check out my latest song called Corn Whiskey

PaddyNavinCaryatid	PaddyNavinCaryatid said 3673 days ago (October 3rd, 2009)
	Arpeggiator .. thanks Mark. It's opening up a world of possibilities to an electro luddite like me! If you need any help with setting it up in Logic drop me a line. It's all far from straight forward but worth the effort Check out my latest song called Shinkansen

rsorensen	rsorensen said 3672 days ago (October 3rd, 2009)
	bells real interesting listen. definitely a different sound for you but I dig it. those bells sound really rich and i like the melody they're playing. I like the synth in the verses too. kinda drives the whole tune doesn't it? cool song, paddy. Check out my latest song called Again

PaddyNavinCaryatid

PaddyNavinCaryatid said 3672 days ago (October 3rd, 2009)

A gamble...
...yeah I think it paid off. I've just realised listening back to it that I'm kinda channeling Dean Wareham in the verses! The bass synth really does carry the verse along, allowing the guitar to act as a flourish rather than the lead.
At first I thought the bells were too much but they add sparkle and help take the song away from typically Paddy fare.
Glad you liked it - love your latest (Fools Forever...)

Check out my latest song called Shinkansen

Calchas	Calchas said 3672 days ago (October 3rd, 2009)
	Different indeed! But I like it. Feels good to branch out a bit now and then, and play outside one's comfort zone, doesn't it? Enjoyed! Be well friend! Check out my latest song called LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND/THE FOGGY DEW

MarcusPerry	MarcusPerry said 3672 days ago (October 3rd, 2009)
	. I'm going to have to try the arpeggiator... Very cool sound. Good work! Check out my latest song called Don't Wait For Me

Willywagga	Willywagga said 3671 days ago (October 5th, 2009)
	great Man, very full sound you got there. I can't put a finger on who this reminds me of, maybe China Crisis. Love your voice. Great song. Check out my latest song called The Jes on Sea Road

tempie	tempie said 3670 days ago (October 5th, 2009)
	hearts like bells i like this paddy, i think you should play around in electronicland more and see what happens. you're voice is so 80's it hurts like prom night and no date. ...somewhere between the chills and the church... Check out my latest song called The Double Helix

PaddyNavinCaryatid	PaddyNavinCaryatid said 3670 days ago (October 5th, 2009)
	Eighties ... I guess I'mgoing to have to come to term with it. I am 80's through and through. I have a few ideas for more electropop but I'm giong to have to create an alter ego. I wonder if anyone wil spot it. Glad you liked the tune. Hearts like bells - sounds like a song title! Check out my latest song called Shinkansen

Lennon714

Lennon714 said 3670 days ago (October 5th, 2009)

Mr. Electro
Very cool departure. Those bells are where it's at for me on this tune. The one nit I have is that I'd like to hear it without the distorted guitar in the verses. It's gets a little busy and drowns out the cool electronic elements you've got going on. But the distorted guitar is absolutely perfect everywhere else... especially right before the a capella ending.

Check out my latest song called Just a Little More Time

PaddyNavinCaryatid	PaddyNavinCaryatid said 3670 days ago (October 5th, 2009)
	Guitar ... dude, asking me to drop the guitar is lke asking me to cut my arm off. It was enough of a wrench creating chords without strings!! The bells are erally cool though. I have ideas to use them again in a different fashion. I'll plead the fifth on the verses! Check out my latest song called Shinkansen

Lennon714	Lennon714 said 3669 days ago (October 6th, 2009)
	hahaha! Fair enough. How can you do Kung Fu without arms? Check out my latest song called Just a Little More Time

lengold	lengold said 3670 days ago (October 5th, 2009)
	You are much braver than me - tinkering with Logic's environment. Your braveness paid off. Really enjoying the ambience the song generates - quirky but very, very likeable. Cheers Len Check out my latest song called Decent Girl

blaky smith	blaky smith said 3667 days ago (October 9th, 2009)
	Logic Nice sounds and vocals here, very clear, I like it. Good work with Logic, bravo... Marc Check out my latest song called Un jour de décembre

magnatone	magnatone said 3659 days ago (October 17th, 2009)
	Stonehearted sorry to be late to this party! i wish i had your courage to dive into Logic. these "bells" are really a cool addition, good idea! interesting panning which is really working for me - hope to see the lyrics posted sometime soon - i really like them too! all in all, this is one great song - congrats! Check out my latest song called Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) and Variations

ste	ste said 3656 days ago (October 20th, 2009)
	great song. bit joy division. nice work Check out my latest song called songbreak

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Name: The Cardinal Sins
Location: Buckinghamshire United Kingdom

I grew up in the 70's and 80's in the south of the UK in an Irish family. I had always loved music but was never given an opportunity to explore making it for myself. About 10 years ago I bought an acoustic guitar and began strumming in earnest. To d... [see more]

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Electropop (also called Technopop) is a subgenre of synth pop music which flourished during the early 1980s, although the first recordings were made in the late 1970s. Numerous bands have carried on the electropop tradition into the 1990s and 2000s.

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