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A Song I Wrote

 
 
deja_vroom
17:27 / 16.04.03
Hey barbe-beings.

This is a sketch for a song that I'll show to my bandmates, hoping that they will like it enough to play it.
This is a rough mix, captured in one take per track in a total of 4 tracks (two voices, two guitars). I just wanted to capture the idea and the feeling of the song; So you have some fumbled lyrics (the actual ones are printed below), some discrepancy in the vocals in the right and left channels, you know, the usual thing.

But this should give you enough material to make your mind about if this song is any good or if it's shite. I know I like it a lot, and I thought, "why not show it to those lovable mischief-makers?".

So, why dontcha tell me whatcha think of it?

(crossposted in the Conversation cos I'm in diva mode right now)

Ships Burning
lyrics:Jaded Jade Emperor/music: Jaded Jade Emperor

I saw you drifting away
Smiling, unaware
Of the burning ships you left in your trail.
I've waited for the right hour to come
I've waited for the right words

They never came
They never came
They never came

I waited for the stars to be right
But I got lost somewhere in my plan.
I never said the things that must be said
Once and again and again and again.
Because one day we depart
One day we grow old and die.

I'll never say
I'll never say
I'll never say

I will never say
I will never say

And your scent still haunts the building.
 
 
grant
17:38 / 16.04.03
You're a big cutie.

Will you have my babies?

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Was that guitar recorded from an amp, or straight into the deck and EQed funny? I like it.
 
 
deja_vroom
18:31 / 16.04.03
babies are 150$ the unit, master grant.

As for the guitar, I plugged it in my 90w Crate amp. Then I put the computer mic (the standard plastic thingy that comes with the machine) close to the amp and hoped for the best. The "thud" you hear in the middle of the song is the sound of the mic falling from the top of the amp to the floor.

Glad you liked it, also.
 
 
Nelson Evergreen
19:11 / 16.04.03
I love demos. So much can go wrong for a budding song. It can fall foul of all manner of awfulness; cackhanded musicians, arrangement, production, etc, so it's always good to hear it during it's youthful, uncorrupted phase. I hope your bandmates do this justice, Jade.

By the way, the first phrase to hit my brain on hearing it was "Tuned to an Open G, perhaps?"
 
 
deja_vroom
19:29 / 16.04.03
A friend showed me this tuning, that's the first time I used it (I'm a bit of an idiot for the technical bits, you see)

It goes like this, top to bottom:
D
A
D
G
A
D
 
  
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