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Archive BandAMP songs http://browse.bandamp.com/archive_page70.html admin@bandamp.com Procrastinator http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5374.html wrote this in my spare time this week. I think I crammed in too many lyrics which caused me not to be able to breathe. Yes, I know the chords are the same as Zombie by the Cranberries. Lyrics: Asking of myself is a crime I don�t get what I expect every time If I were someone else I wouldn�t mind I wouldn�t mind I wouldn�t mind I wouldn�t mind Asking of myself is a crime I don�t get what I expect every time If I were someone else I wouldn�t mind Summertime I�m alone in my room And I�m angry with myself But I�m addicted to your smell And I can�t think I can�t think I can�t act I can�t sink And I�m starting to remember All the things I promised you Its five oclock and I am staring at my watch And I have wasted all my time And I have wasted all these years Motivate Motivate Motivate Procrastinate And I�m starting to remember All the things I�m supposed to be Asking of myself is a crime I don�t get what I expect every time If I were someone else I wouldn�t mind I wouldn�t mind I wouldn�t mind I wouldn�t mind Asking of myself is a crime I don�t get what I expect every time If I were someone else I wouldn�t mind It�s the same It�s the same Every day And I don�t remember sleeping But maybe I�m just sleeping all the time Wasting time Precious time Wasted mind And I�m starting to believe That life is just a big joke to me Life is just a big joke to me Life is just a big joke to me Asking of myself is a crime I don�t get what I expect every time Every time every time every time I don�t mind Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:16:40 -0400 Extremist http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5356.html Day before school starts, and I figured I'd use my last day of summer to write a new song. I think I should have spent more time on this and come up with a better melody for the verse, but oh well. Lyrics: You gotta come to your senses To get a little respect Cause nobody listens To all the hypocrites So even if you�re right Singing your song They�ll still accuse you Of being wrong Nobody likes an extremist They don�t like the fight maybe if they�d listen We�d make it all right You�re so cool But boring They�re all fools And snoring You�re so extreme You must be wrong They�re so serene It�s what they want You think so clear But you�re crazy They�re gripped by fear And lazy If every mind is a battleground Your mind must be world war one Set me free Set me free Set me free Your mental jewelry Is paid for by god it�s a little rusty But that�s what you want They�re twisted and hopeless So you�re building a bomb You�re guilty yet shameless But you�re never wrong You�re so cool But boring They�re all fools And snoring You�re so extreme You must be wrong They�re so serene It�s what they want You think so clear But you�re crazy They�re gripped by fear And lazy If every mind is a battleground Your mind must be world war one Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:04:09 -0400 You Left me Your Picture http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5341.html Returned home after several weeks of college touring on the east coast, and I can get back to writing music. This is a song that was borne out of missing my girlfriend while I was away. The lyrics turned into a slightly different meaning though, but the spirit is there. I felt quite good about this song until I realized the key is about a fourth too high for my singing, but I did my best. Lyrics: I remember when you left me Carrying that big black suitcase And I never thought I never thought I never thought I�d miss you No But as it turns out I miss you more than ever All alone on a Sunday morning Trying hard not to think about you But I can�t And I can�t Cause I�m looking at your picture And as it turns out I miss you more than ever Yeah Why the hell did you leave me your picture The one that�s sitting on my bedside table The one that reminds me of you The one reminding me of myself Everything makes me think about you From chairs to the pencil on the floor I don�t care I don�t care I don�t care Anymore And as it turns out I�m still staring at your picture And I don�t remember why you left Was it the money? I need to get it off my chest You don�t care You don�t� care You don�t care But I do And as it turns out I�m still staring at your picture Why the hell did you leave me your picture The one that�s sitting on my bedside table The one that reminds me of you It�s staring back at me with long dark hair Why the hell did you have to leave it there It reminds me of myself And I�m hoping that you�ll call me Even though I know it is a lost cause And I stare And I stare And I stare At your picture And it turns out I don�t even have a phone Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:08:12 -0400 Prayer http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5213.html Sorry I haven't been active recently. I've been doing alot of live stuff with my band and thus haven't had the time to write. Here we are, a simple beat inspired by both Nine Inch Nails and Puddle of Mudd Lyrics: I can see that I�m dying A little more everyday Can�t you see that I�m crying? Or do you think I�m okay? And I sent out a little prayer A little prayer for you Do you even care? is it all about..you? Yeah I do not fear Anything but my insides Inside of me I�m drowning again And I think I will wait here Wait here for you And I think I�m late here Waiting here for you Waiting for your answer Maybe someday its true Yes No or maybe It�s all the same bull yeah I do not fear Anything but my insides Inside of me I�m drowning again And I�m praying And I�m praying And I�m praying And I�m praying And I�m praying And I�m praying Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:32:20 -0400 Vanilla http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5143.html Inspired by the Smashing Pumpkins. Happy with about everything except the vocals (as usual) Lyrics: Hold on Before all is gone Sterilize your thoughts Your thoughts Stay Clear Keep nobody near Make yourself Vanilla Come down Get out of the crowd Keep yourself strange No more vanilla Come up Get yourself unstuck Keep yourself weird No more vanilla They want Want you to conform Follow And be vanilla They feel To keep away the fear To keep you insane To be vanilla They need Need in the machine Machine your self And be vanilla Beware Beware and prepared Keep yourself ensnared And be vanilla Come down Get out of the crowd Keep yourself strange No more vanilla Come up Keep yourself unstuck Keep yourself weird No more vanilla They know They know a life�s a joke But they don�t care, they�re just vanilla I see I see you�re just a freak But I don�t care, I�m not vanilla We need Need a great crusade Against the great charade Don�t be vanilla Prepare Like somebody cares Like somebody wants No more vanilla Come down Get out of the crowd Keep yourself strange No more vanilla Come up Keep yourself unstuck Keep yourself weird No more vanilla Come down Get out of the crowd Keep yourself strange No more vanilla Come up Keep yourself unstuck Keep yourself weird No more vanilla Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:33:43 -0400 Avenger 2 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5136.html I re-wrote my old song Avenger as a hardcore rock song. The only thing retained from the original is the oboe line, which is played by the lead guitar during the chorus. Lyrics: In spite of what I say I say it every day I can�t get my way I spite of what I sing You just can�t seem to bring Yourself to me Why Can�t you listen Can�t you listen to me Why Can�t it happen Can it happen to me? In spite of what I want I can�t get any thoughts You�re sitting next to me In spite of how I look I Get it out a book You won�t listen Why Can�t you listen Can�t you listen to me Why Can�t it happen Can it happen to me? No matter how we talk You�ll never walk my way You�re like some brick wall You�re not a thing at all Just like a stone wall You�re just passive Can�t you listen Can�t you listen to me Why Can�t it happen Can it happen to me? Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:53:14 -0400 White http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5119.html Finally home, and I can start writing some proper music. This is another one of them creepy stalker songs (I dunno, it seems to be the theme of alot of the music I listen to). Lyrics: She�s walking down the stairs Who knows if she even cares? She turns her back upon me Does she know I�m staring? I fantasize about her every waking hour Look at me, it�s I�m like some kind of creep Don�t you think so? You look so beautiful in white But I do not think that I have the right I didn�t even have to fight So Pardon me as I step out of your light She smiles talking to all her friends A perfect portrait of happiness Talking �bout her shoes and what she wears Maybe If I say something cool, something dishonest Maybe she�ll talk to me too Don�t you think so? You look so beautiful in white But I do not think that I have the right I didn�t even have to fight So Pardon me as I step out of your light She likes strawberries, or so I�ve read She�s looking for a guy; I think that�s what she said She ties her hair back, a web of black God get her out of my head And Forget her You look so beautiful in white But I do not think that I have the right I didn�t even have to fight So Pardon me as I step out of your light Out of your light Out of your light Out of your light Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:15:26 -0400 Calorie http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5111.html Another "bored in houston" song. Wrote this after eating way too much. Again, I might make it into a real song when I get back. Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:32:29 -0400 Rejected http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5108.html Another one of those "I am alone in a hotel room in Houston with nothing but a laptop and a demo version of FL studio" songs. This one is dedicated to a group of people I met last week who I thought were my friends, but who were really just stringing me along. I might turn all of these into real, live songs when I get home. Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:49:59 -0400 Houston http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5107.html I wrote this little diddy in the car on the way to Houston using a demo version of FL studio in one 20 minute sitting. I am going crazy having not touhed an instrument in a week due to this roadtrip. I can't wait to get home and get my hands on a guitar. Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:43:11 -0400 Defeat http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5059.html Well, I've been looking at colleges recently and its been very stressful, because I've come to realize that I'm not all that I've made myself out to be over the years. It's a big world out there, and I'm not the genius I thought I was. This song comes out of that frustration. Lyrics: I made a mistake This was my break I need to rethink Rethink myself I�ve known defeat There was so much in store in my future But now I�m little more than a creature Everyone thought that I was such a genius But I never had any real achievements I�ve known defeat I need to repeat I need to change I need to learn Learn myself Humility Sobriety Conformity Learn hard work Fix myself There was so much in store in my future But now I�m little more than a creature Everyone thought that I was such a genius But I never had any real achievements I�ve known defeat Separate Separate my time Organize Clear my mind I need to feel I need to change I need to work Procrastinate Know defeat Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:09:53 -0400 Gate http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5058.html This is one of those few songs that turned out better than I expected. Lyrics: You left your baggage at the gate Won�t you take me or will you wait Will you wait Will you wait At the gate We were flying to Boston On flight six-hundred ninety three And when we got there it crowded Will you wait Will you wait At the gate We had a layover in phoenix Our flight was delayed due to rain We waited there all the way to nightfall But you had left your bags at the gate Nine hours in a 747 You never really care just what you�re wearin� Some say that we should have driven But I didn�t have a car And I didn�t feel like renting one Will you wait At the gate Will you wait at the gate Will you wait I hope you won�t forget me this time Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:58:17 -0400 Someday http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5006.html Another drop D tune, possibly my last one (I've gotten bored with drop D) Again I am trying a new mixing philosophy, putting as few effects as possible on instruments other than limiters and compressors to get a less muddy sound. Well, this started out pretty good, until I put in vocals. I really ought to get voice lessons. Guitar is also terribly intonated (which I don't know how to fix) Lyrics: I�m gonna see I�m gonna see the truth someday I�m gonna see I�m gonna see the truth someday Some people believe That there is more to life Some people believe In destiny Some people believe There�s something after death But really they�re all fools to me Fools me I�m gonna see I�m gonna see the truth someday I�m gonna see I�m gonna see the truth someday Someday Someday I�m gonna see Someday someday I�m gonna See Some people delude Themselves in fairytales Some people delude Themselves in politics Some people delude Themselves in themselves But really they�re all liars to me Liars to me I�m gonna see I�m gonna see the truth someday I�m gonna see I�m gonna see the truth someday Someday Someday I�m gonna see Someday someday I�m gonna See I really don�t Think I have a soul inside I really don�t Think I have a spirit I really Pascal�s wager Is a load of bull And I really think they�re all fools to me Fools to me I�m gonna see I�m gonna see the truth someday I�m gonna see I�m gonna see the truth someday Someday Someday I�m gonna see Someday someday I�m gonna See I�m gonna see I�m gonna see the truth someday I�m gonna see I�m gonna see the truth someday Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:43:58 -0400 Becoming a Machine http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4957.html Another drop D song. The melody came to me in my dreams :p I tried to reduce clipping in this one as much as possible. Lyrics: I�m becoming a machine Even more everyday Can�t you see how My head is iron Even more everyday Can�t you see now I�m becoming a Machine I used to have some empathy I used to have some sympathy for you But I never think about any of that anymore Cause am I am losing my humanity I�m becoming a machine Even more everyday Can�t you see how My head is iron Even more everyday Can�t you see now I�m becoming a Machine Even more everyday Can�t you see how My brains cogs Even more everyday Can�t you see now I�m becoming machine I used think I had some emotion I used think I had some free thought I used to think I was creative But now It�s all transistors I�m becoming a machine Even more everyday Can�t you see how My head is iron Even more everyday Can�t you see now I�m becoming a Machine Becoming A machine Becoming a machine Becoming a machine Becoming a machine Becoming a machine Becoming a machine Becoming a machine Mon, 28 May 2007 01:29:31 -0400 Moon http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4935.html Cheezy pop song with simple chords. Enjoy! Lyrics: They had asked us what we were thinking They wondered who we were They had told us it was impossible But he we are, sitting on the moon And I can see where we had come from And I can see where we�re going to They had asked you where you were going They had told us of all the costs We had barely even started Before they told us to go home And I can see where had come from And I can see where we�re going to They had asked you to serve your countrymen But really they meant to serve the tax man They were concerned with their popularity They were concerned with things in the news And I can see where had come from And I can see where we�re going to And I remember what you said to me When we were sitting on the moon The Earth is setting on the countryside The stars they twinkle in the sky And we are sitting on the moon Thu, 24 May 2007 00:40:41 -0400 Frog http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4930.html I felt like writing a dissonant, angry song today. It's not meant to have much melodious quality, but I don't think its too bad. I wish I could have done more with the chorus (if you can call it that) instead of the repetitive bit I have there. Lyrics: I�ve wishing I could climb Upon the mountain of good time And see the others as they crawl below I�ve been wishing I could see Everything below me But I can�t get my head out of the sand Cause I�m just frog I�m just a frog I�m just frog My head is feeling kind of full My nose is tilted up at you But my body lies elsewhere I think I�ll strut my intellect To serve myself some more respect But really the truth lies elsewhere Cause I�m just a frog I�m just a frog I�m just a frog Everybody wastes their time But not me I�m doing fine Cause I�m really a hypocrite Someday I will lose my mind hope for something of that kind hey then I�ll learn responsibility But I�m just a frog But I�m just a frog I�m just a frog Tue, 22 May 2007 23:33:15 -0400 Burner http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4904.html Finally, a song I can live with. I think the mix is lacking a bit and its clipping here and there, but overall I was fairly pleased with this song. Expect to hear alot more stuff as the weeks go on, as this is my last week of school. Lyrics: Follow me and I will see Where we�ll go Come with me and we will see How long it lasts All I ever wanted was a sign of truth All you gave me was some kind of youth You burned me away You burned me You earned my trust And you burned me You have the blame upon you You are the flame and it�s not you You took my hand And crushed it You took my mind And you lost it I wish I could have seen it You were a siren Waiting on the rocks Waiting on the rocks Waiting On the rocks Follow me and I will see Where we�ll go Come with me and we will see How long it lasts All I ever wanted was to love someone All you ever gave me was just some good fun You burned me away You burned me You earned my trust And you burned me You have the blame upon you You are the flame and it�s not you You took my hand And crushed it You took my mind And you lost it I wish I could have seen it You were a siren Go away and never come back Go away and I don�t really want you back I should have seen that you were just a burner I should have seen that you were just a burner Thu, 17 May 2007 18:02:37 -0400 Goodbye. http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4897.html Arg. This keeps happening. I write a moderatley good song, and I can't sing it correctley. Perhaps I should write songs that sound good with my singing first, then add in the rest. Lyrics: It�s nearing the end And all I can think Is how much I�m going to miss you you were my friend And all I can think Is how much you�re Going to miss me Can you set me free Just make me believe Before we say goodbye It�s gone so fast Faster than I can think its ever gone Time it passed Faster than I could Ever imagine it Can you set me free Just make me believe Before we say goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Can you set me free Just make me believe Before we say goodbye It�s already gone And before we sing a song Turn the lights out Before you leave Please sing along Turn the lights out Goodbye Tue, 15 May 2007 23:10:21 -0400 Tommorow http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4888.html This was a song we recorded (my band Narwhal) several months ago. I thought WillyDavidK had posted it already, but apparentley not. I just rediscovered it and found it worth posting. Credits to Peter for singing, I'm playing drums and acoustic guitar on this track, WillyDavidK is playing the keyboard, piano and synth strings, he also mixed all of this. The melody of this song keeps getting stuck in my head, and I only with we could have recorded a better mix with better timing (I'm not a very good drummer, you see) Mon, 14 May 2007 23:55:25 -0400 Sunshine http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4873.html I really need singing lessons. Sat, 12 May 2007 14:34:40 -0400 Dont Call on Me http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4832.html Yet another good song is ruined by out of tune guitars. Lyrics: When you need me I'll be there And when you want me I'll be near When you see me I'm never there Thought I was gone I'm everywhere Don't Count (call) on me Don't Count (call) on me Don't Count(call) on me I'm everywhere I'm everything I'm everyone you thought I'm not Don't Count (call) on me Don't Count (call) on me Don't Count(call) on me When you abuse me I'll take it in stride And when you refuse me I'll never mind When you want to push me around I'll be your carpet for you to walk down I'm everywhere I'm everything I'm everyone you thought I'm not Don't Count (call) on me Don't Count (call) on me Don't Count(call) on me When you need me I'll be there And when you want me I'll be near Sun, 06 May 2007 23:03:58 -0400 Zero http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4813.html Started out as me noodling on power chords. Recorded it and made it into more of a song. It's a bit out of tune and the chorus is to high for me to sing...but I didn't care enough to fix those. lyrics: Getting hot in the summer Starting to perspire And it�s driving me insane Theres a noise out my window But I�m too lazy to look out And it�s driving me insane My girlfriend she�ll be calling But I�m too lazy to pick up And she�s driving me insane Starting to think I am zero And I don�t even care Starting to think I am a zero And I don�t even care anymore I think I�ll drive to the lake house And have some fun But I don�t� have any gasoline someday I will get started Then again maybe not Cause I don�t have any gasoline I�m a zero Starting to think I am zero And I don�t even care Starting to think I am a zero And I don�t even care anymore now the suns going down But I�ve pissed away my time away And it�s driving me insane Now I�m starting to get tired Yet I�ve done nothing And its driving me insane I�m a zero Thu, 03 May 2007 16:48:59 -0400 The Great One http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4725.html A song of envy. I am not at all happy with the vocals on this one. Lyrics: Walk in my shoes Ride in my car Eat my lunch I hope you found something you liked When you stole my life Haven�t you heard? You�re the center of the world Haven�t you learned Heaven smiles upon you and not me Sunrise for you Rain falls just for you Nobody talks like you do I guess that�s why they like you better than me You are You are You are The great one the great one You are You are You are The great one the great one She waves at me I wave in return She looks at me strange And then I know its not me shes waving at She leaves with you She leaves me alone You smile and laugh And all I can think about is how great you are You are You are You are The great one the great one You are You are You are The great one the great one Better You�re better Than me Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:30:50 -0400 Forgive Me http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4664.html I had fun playing this one. I had weird volume issues with my voice recording and I"m not sure why. Heavily inspired by a local band called the Toadies (they may have been famous at around '96 or so, but I'm not certain) I will meet you there In the stormy air Some December where You remind me where I�m insomniac I�ll be sure to nap Where me going today I�ll meet you down the way I hope you forgive me For leaving you I hope you receive me We�ll remember those days I hope you forgive me For leaving you But I don�t think I want to know you anymore Pull back your hair Think I�ll find you there inside Be real cavalier But it doesn�t make me any near Deceive my mind again You�re my carcinogen I�ll be sure to knock When you leave the dock again I hope you forgive me For leaving you I hope you receive me I�ll remember those days I hope you forgive me For leaving you But I don�t think I want to know you anymore It�s ten �oclock You were waiting at the dock Hoped you�d find me there You decided what to wear Ships are pulling in Can�t believe just what you�re in Hoped you�d find me there But instead you found air I hope you forgive me For leaving you I hope you receive me I�ll remember those days I hope you forgive me For leaving you But I don�t think I want to know you anymore Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:47:47 -0400 Why Am I here? (with vox) http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4628.html Added vocals to the song, improved panning a bit. on rolling hills and valleys I wander still through alleys Wondering just what I�m made for I�m not so happy anymore Rain it falls on me But it keeps me dry Cannot see my fate I have fallen from grace I feel so real Yet I�m not I feel so plain Yet I�m not Just what is pain? I don�t I don�t know anything Anymore Rain it falls on me But it keeps me dry Cannot see my fate I have fallen from grace Sky hear me now I�m eager Earth feed me bread That�s meager Just what is time? I don�t know I don�t think I know anything Anymore Rain it falls on me But it keeps me dry Cannot see my fate I have fallen from grace Why am I here? Why am I�. Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:46:47 -0400 Why Am I Here? http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4599.html I just can't get away from 6/8 time. It's another instrumental, mainly because I am having writers block when it comes to lyrics. The beginning is out of time, but I find the last verse to be somewhat inspiring. Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:15:18 -0400 A Minor Nova http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4594.html My attempt at a bossa nova. I started to write words to this song, but it sounded far too cheezy, so I left it instrumental. Some timing and mixing errors because of the way I recorded, but overall not as bad as I would have thought. If anyone is up to add some spanish guitar or singing feel free :) Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:42:10 -0400 Time to Choose http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4494.html This song is more of a joke than anything. I was playing around with samplers and found my old Gman samples from the original Half-life game (released in 1997). It is yet another remix of my first song "Gman", this time with unbearably weird sampled drums consisting of Gman's voice. Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:06:47 -0400 Crazy Man http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4413.html This was the first song I wrote on guitar when I first picked it up (hence why it only has one chord) and I decided to re-record it and flesh it out a bit more. Unfortunatley it was a little too high for my singing range, so apologies if it sounds a bit flat. Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:07:47 -0500 Homonid http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4364.html Arg. Well, I was writing this song, and in the middle of fixing the EQ my power went out, leaving me with an unsaved file and this old rendered mp3. So, I apologize for the messed up EQ and compression, because this is all I have. Anyway, this was just a simple 3 chord agressive song I decided to write out of the blue. Lyrics: Sharpened spear under my arm Wooden spike is piercing my tongue Fall asleep on a bed of stone Eat my meat and I�ll never go home Painted caves over my head In twenty years I�ll sure be dead Fire burns the embers drown And all These days are burning me down I feel empowered, I feel like nature I feel aggressive, I feel alone Raise the spear o�er my head Raise my voice, until I�m dead We remember We surrender We remember We surrender Loaded gun under my coat Metal rod is piercing my tounge Fall asleep on a bed of iron Eat my meat and I�ll never go home Bolted vents over my head In fifteen years, I�ll sure be dead Heater speaks, the embers sound And all these days are boring me down We remember We surrender We remember We surrender I feel employed, I feel real mature I feel repressive, I feel alone Raise my pen o�er my head Raise my voice, until I�m dead I got a spear I got a gun I got a spike I got a rod I got a cave I got a vent I got a life I got in bed I got a sword I got a pen I got a chip inside my head I got I got no soul I got no mind I got no wife I got to find I got no land I got no soil I got no man for which to toil I am a man, I am on fire I am a homonid Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:31:16 -0500 Glitch http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4263.html Well, still bored and still have the flu. So I wrote this glitchy ambient industrial thing using 100 percent parts from old songs. Everything is ripped from an earlier song of mine, I just glitched it all up, reversed it, changed the pitch, distorted it, whatever, and then mashed it all up into this strange thing. You see, recycling is a good thing! Sat, 17 Feb 2007 23:47:20 -0500 Noodling in C http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4245.html Improvising a bit in C blues. I start with a theme and try somewhat to stick to a standard 12 bar blues structure. Not really a song. I was seeing how recording my old 40 year old wurlitzer would sound. Unfortunatley, I didn't have a long enough cable to extend my good condenser mic, and instead used a very cheap standard mic. So it sounds terrible. Also, I learned that 40 years has quite an effect on tuning. It didn't sound bad to my ear until I recorded it. Oh well. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:39:33 -0500 Normal http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4216.html Latest song in a while. Not too happy with the vocals, sort of sloppy, but better than alot of my stuff so I'm pretty happy with it. Lyrics: Rising sun shines through my window Melanin burning me awake I can�t get my eyes open though the alarm is blaring me away And I feel that I am normal So very normal ...Normal And I feel that I�m painless So very painless ...Shameless And every day It seems the same To me X2 Oh what is life? Oh what is life? To you When every day It seems the same To you Drive to school See many people People I have known all of life Wasting time With many faces Faces that I don�t really even like And I feel that I�m normal So very normal �normal. And every day It seems the same To me Oh what is life? Oh what is life? To you When every day It seems the same To you Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:47:55 -0500 Empathy http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4009.html A droning pop song with terrible singing that I wrote for my girlfriend What I learned: Don't sing when you have strep throat. Cheers. LYRICS: How do you feel? How do you feel today? How do you feel, today? Do you feel perfect? Do you feel sad today? How do you feel today? I wanna know cause I care I wanna know cause I need To know I wish you�d know me I wish I�d know you too I wish you�d tell me today Does it feel ugly? Does it feel possible? How does it feel today? I wanna know cause I care I wanna know cause I need to know You think I don�t care I don�t have empathy But you mean everything to me Do you feel passive? Do you feel obstacles? How do you feel today? I wanna know cause I care I wanna know cause I need to know You live in a bottle beautiful bottle of glass But you put the lid on Through which nothing can pass I wish you�d tell me I wish you�d need to share I wish everything for you I wanna know cause I care I wanna know cause I need to know I wanna know cause I need you I wanna know cause I need to feel Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:32:56 -0500 Avenger http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3975.html Well I got tired of strumming guitar chords for a while and decided to synthesize another song in FL studio. This is a bit out of balance, over-compressed and a little repetitive, but I'm really not concerend. Cheers. Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:42:26 -0500 Your Eyes http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3946.html Testing out my new microphone... This is a song about self-loathing. It was a bit too high for my singing range, and I'm not quite sure I like it. Lyrics: Every Now and then I hate myself I can�t shield myself From my eyes Waiting here inside my room I can�t survive my room With myself I think I want out of here I wish that you were near To see this If only you�d see my face You�d know disgrace And you�d run I see my destiny in your eyes No surprise I have no destiny in your mind I don�t mind Sometimes I have to sit a while So I do not defile The world Sometimes I can�t believe myself I can�t deceive myself With the lies I think I want you to fear I don�t need to fear Anymore If only you�d see the truth There�d be no excuse And you�d cry I see my destiny in your eyes No surprise I have no destiny in your mind I don�t mind Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:37:09 -0500 Brave New World http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3887.html Well, I discovered bar chords and Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New world at the same time, smashed the two ideas together and came up with this. Lyrics: BRAVE NEW WORLD INTRO VERSEI Can you see lights at night They come down from the sky Striking in our hearts great joy Yet we just want to die In the yard the children play Everything should be okay Naked alone and without fear Yet we know that the end is near CHORUSI Brave New World (several times) VERSEII Centrifugal bubbly puppy Children are all carbon copies Lose the news Forget the hour Just listen to the Alpha power CHORUSII Brave New World (several times) VERSE III Father Mother Democracy Now All of it is history Read books not And feel a lot And hope the epsilon can rot away CHEEZY BRIDGE VERSE IV (outro) Have you heard it all before? Is this like 1984? But it seems so far away So there is not much let to say but Gather round And educate Take the ignorance away New world new world new world new world. Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:27:15 -0500 I cannot have you http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3769.html This came out of my frustration of trying to write a happy, fast song and failing. So, I strummed two chords very slowly over and over until I got my frustrations out, and then said, "what the heck, I'll make these two chords into a song" 30 minutes later I have this. Lyrics: I dreamt of you last night The third time all this week You seem find me In my sleep But I can�t have you I remember all the times that were before You looked across the room And you know that I was sure I cannot have you girl You know you�re an angel Even though you think you�re not I�ve got your number Yet I know my words are shot I cannot have you girl Cannot have you etc... Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:49:54 -0500 Fog http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3731.html This was a sort of spontaneous recording I did yesterday when I got out my old aucoustic guitar and tuned it. I sort of started strumming a few chords and discovered that I had written a sort of catchy chord progression, and recorded it. I added a simple lead and vocals then later synthesized bass and drumset, and it turned into this sort of simple, catchy groove. I'm not satisfied at all with my vocals, but I think as a whole it turned out alright, (even if it is a bit out of tune) Lyrics: -FOG- Out at sea On the waves You�re too far away From me Can�t see the lighthouse Through the fog and I Let my anchor down Oh I�m Still blind again In the fog of your misery Oh I�m Still without shelter Hard rock shelter at sea Turn the bow Towards the shore Still thinking of Your kiss Cold comes in And I rock a bit And I Cry a bit On the waves Oh I�m Still blind again In the fog of your misery Oh I�m Still without shelter Hard rock shelter at sea At three AM I Hear the fog horn Its blowing out to me But now that my Anchor�s down I think I�ll just wait here for a while Oh I�m Still blind again In the fog of your misery Oh I�m Still without shelter Hard rock shelter at sea Sun comes out I hear a shout and I Still can�t see anything Still not sure if I Should go to shore or if I should stay here for a while Oh I�m Still blind again In the fog of your misery Oh I�m Still without shelter Hard rock shelter at sea Do you miss me? Do you miss me? Do you miss me? Etc� Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:13:55 -0500 Bachenwald http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3419.html This is really a break from my standard type of writing, it's a classical piece that I tried to make sound a bit like bach. Initially it was just really fast organ riffs, but I got a little carried away and replaced the organ with strings and obnoxious brass sounds. It's a little repeditive, but it has some variation at the end. I hope you like it. Sat, 07 Oct 2006 18:41:02 -0400 Rockets http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3414.html I was digging through my old music and discovered this song. I wrote this two years ago for an english project where they told us to do a "stream of conciousness" poem in which we wrote random words on a peice of paper and linked them together through rhyme and rhythm. I liked the sound of my poem so much that I wrote a song to it. However this is a little out of time in places, and this is definatley not representative of the music I do today, still, not to shabby for random crap. made in FL studio. Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:23:32 -0400 Salt Flats http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3371.html Yay, I got my first guitar! (a crappy les paul) And I decided to write a song using the few chords that I've learned over the past week (sorry if the guitar sounds terrible) Here are the lyrics He took a car Out to the edge of the desert Just so He could drive a little while to clear his thoughts Going sixty-four He tooks some curves Out on the salt flats Just so He Could get some peace of mind And clear his conscience. He had wandered through the desert After all the stormy weather Wasting gasoline And oxygen After what his friends had said It didn�t matter what he did He wasn�t worthy of their Time, he wasn�t worthy of their air Who�s to say they would care If he disappeared today They would not miss him As a rubble heap in the sands He had wandered through The desert After all the stormy weather Wasting gasoline And oxygen Spitting sand From his rear tires Can�t recall exact numbers Wasting gasoline And oxygen Driving out to the brown mountains Where he would stay and not be found Again Don�t try to find him Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:51:35 -0400 Control Group One http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3213.html An extremely long ambient track that I made as background music to a game I was coding. It's basically just strings and ambient sounds with a synth lead and a strange vocoder guy going "control group one" Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:54:11 -0400 Flat Earth Society http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3107.html This is a spoof tribute to those nastiest of conspiracy theorists, the Flat Earth Society, who believe the world is flat. It is a Stylsih Headphones, Milady song, composed and sung by me. I was playing piano and singing on this, broderick was playing the bass, and chris was doing everything else. It's still very much a work in progress, I still have an intro to include and we need to balance and work on the sound. Lyrics: THE FLAT EARTH SOCIETY INTRO (note- not included in the recording) A long time ago We thought the world was flat If you sailed out to far You might as well go splat Oh If you were a heratic And thought the world was round They�d throw you off the edge Or at least they�d hope you�d drown Oh If only they could see the world From space or from afar Then they�d know the secret that The world is just a ball Oh no oh no VERSE 1 But now we have satellites And men on the moon So much information now You�re fed with a spoon Yet not so long ago There were Fundamentalists They got a little angry That this might persist Oh no. CHORUS It�s a conspiracy It�s a conspiracy The world is a disc And its really hard to miss Faked NASA photographs And walls made of ice The flat earth society Doesn�t play nice VERSE2 Breeding in ignorance As the story goes The flat earth society Stepped on all our toes Disregarding scientists And every government The flat earth society Their lies still persist CHORUS It�s a conspiracy It�s a conspiracy The world is a disc And its really hard to miss Faked NASA photographs And walls made of ice For the flat earth society Doesn�t play nice VERSE 3 In spite all of evidence Theories and spoofs The flat earth society Still seems aloof Their precious bible Can�t seem to tell the truth Logic and reason Are given the boot OUTRO RANT (FADES OUT SLOWLY) The Earth accelerates upwards at 9.8 m/s, causing the illusion of gravity The sun is a �spotlight� which flys around using dark energy, lighting only half of the earth at a time, wobbling to cause seasons. The atmosphere is only 150 ft high and is held in by a large �wall of ice� Nobody has seen this wall because there is a massive conspiracy dating back to the time of the romans. Why is there a conspiracy? We don�t know, we just like to think there is because we�re crazy. Meteor showers are caused by rocks which the government sends up every six months to create the illusion that we�re on a round earth. They also create eclipses by sending up large cardboard cards. Satellites are actually low altitude airplanes, and the real signals are sent by radio towers. Space is not a vaccum, but is made entirely of matter. The moon is two dimensional, as are all the other planets, and are also accelerating upwards at the same speed we are. The world sits upon a turtle and four elephants, which sit on an amazingly huge blanket of dark matter. Penguins are actually robots created by the government to confuse us. Magellen actually was put off course by the government and went in a large circle. Every expedition to the south pole has actually been to the north pole, but we don�t really know it, we never can because it�s a conspiracy. The horizon is an illusion created by atmospheric distortion, and mount everest , and every mountain that is taller than 150 ft is fake. Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:46:42 -0400 Together http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3061.html I didn't plan on posting this before because I wasn't very happy with it, but this is a song made on the same day as "american" using the same instrumentation. I used a distortion pedal plus a midi keyboard for the guitar and a bass amp with filters on the keyboard for bass. Drums were synthesized.Made in FL studio 6 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:23:54 -0400 Xenith http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3001.html Well, after showing this to Broderick, Stylish Headphone, Milady's bassist, he wanted me to post some of his original work. So here it is, xenith, a concept peice made in FL studio. I had no part in the making of xenith, other than attempting post compression, but honestly, it clips so badly in some parts it is beyond hope. Still, a good set of chords nonetheless. Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:58:12 -0400 Othersongidea(demo) http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/2994.html This demo, aptly titled "other song idea", is a demo that Chris, the leader of Stylish Headphones, Milady has just sent me. In spite of being a short and simple demo, it is by far one of the most catchy tunes he has written. Expect to hear a full band version sometime in the future. Maybe not on the current album, but this song is sure to eventually be a centerpeice. Lyrics: VERSE1 Like A mechanic That does not drive Daybreak fanatic a little sleep deprived like a trainer that's not in shape I am a dreamer I am not awake CHOURS VERSE 2 Like a pilot That never flies It's still early now but i've not closed my eyes Like a narcissist without a mirror It's still dark outside And I cannot see clear CHORUS OUTRO(yodelling) Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:24:55 -0400 Gman (original) http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/2993.html Well since WillyDavidK posted our horrible on-the-road collaboration of Gman, I suppose I should post the original. This was my very very first song, written sometime in the abyss between 2000-2001 in a midi sequencing program, I then put it in Audacity with random phasors and other awful filters, to make this horribly lo-fi techno song. The samples of the guy talking are from the game Half-life. Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:55:05 -0400 American http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/2980.html This is my first (individual) song in which I tried to play the instruments live. I came up with a simply groove and then made up words in a span of about 45 minutes. I only did one take per instrument, so there are several mistakes, but I think It came out alright for the experiment that it was. The guitar is actually my keyboard with a distortion pedal and a bass amp, the drums are synthesized, and the bass is a heavily filtered midi instrument. Heavily inspired by the band Bush Lyrics: Here I sit, on the top of the world You scratch my back, I�ll scratch yours too I�m the biggest kid in the playground You speak some up, I�ll push you down It�s my world, there�s no future Besides what I want You get the picture? Your petrodollar cycles around It floats me up It puts you down But I don�t care I never will Until the end Forever still You Fuel me I take the cash Win win for me Lose lose for you You disagree I kick you down After all, Your�e just a clown As I get rich, You stay poor Its good for me Cause I want more Pull the veil Oer your eyes And take a hint From my surprise Youll never know And its alright Cause I�m the king And you�re the clown American I am found Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:23:43 -0400 TACAB http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/2978.html Yet another Stylish Headphones, Milady song from our first album, War of a Time Unknown TACAB stands for "Teenage Anti-Communist American Bossa-nova" And I'll have to remind you that our style is very experimental, and everything-especially the singing should be taken with that in mind. Lyrics: dancing, doin the waltz-hop teenage love in a 50's malt shop Getz and Gilberto take us to the top now no need to worry about mom 'n' pop dancing, doin the rhumba gotta keep count of the numbers no time to worry about atomic bombs or other bummers now dance in to the fall out shelter our teenage love will make the communists swelter melt the iron curtain like a couple of welders no me gusta el communista ella hablo` "estoy lista" pero yo se` ella no esta lista por hoy yo vi la guerra en la luz de su enferma yo te amo por mi locura no te gusta los mariacis porque tu vivas en un hache yo vivo en un zeta un alfebeto perfecto {translation: I don't like the communist she said she was ready but i knew she isn't ready for today I see the war in the light of your sickness I love you because of my insanity. you don't like the mariachis because you live in a H I live in a z a perfect alphabet } (for sanitys sake i'll write the english first) blastin eddie cochran through the phonograph speakers kuschev and castro wearin cuban missle sneakers with their greased back hair uelling from the bleachers of the gym rows of houses like cookie cutters i can't believe it's not butter but yes i can believe it's chrome plated field days and space races run to catch the bus, Montgomery racists on their way to drive-in movies (THESE ARE THE TRUE ENGLISH VOCALS, CHRIS HAS ASSURED ME) tus ojos son rojos como sangre de infinto osos pero los son bellos a nosotros yo se eres vamiresa prque mi sangre es en cabeza pero es muy delicioso ahora decir adios tu tenia novios mi corazon esta roto {your eyes are red like the blood of infinite bears but to us that's beautiful i know you're a vampress because my blood is in my head but it's very delicous now to say good bye you have boyfriends my heart is broken } Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:41:24 -0400