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Just Words

By prophisee on February 4, 2024 3:04 pm

Few feelings are more frustrating than when others don't put actions behind words. Romantically, creatively, or professionally, I found the same lyrics apply. This song weaves three very different experiences into what feels like one romantic narrative.

I was short on time and wanted to do something simple again. Started with drums and a vision for a sparse production inspired by Marian Hill (a guilty pleasure). Noodled on the piano and found the Massive Attack type line in about a minute. Then laid down verse lyrics, chorus chords, and chorus lyrics.

Think I added the sax and bansuri/tabla interludes last. THRILLED to have FINALLY found a tasteful use for the baritone sax AKA lawnmower in one of my songs. It brings a seductive and devious energy that glues everything together.

Feel free to roast.

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Lyrics are so good. Can really relate to words not aligning to actions across multiple domains including relationships.

The snaps and pops with reverb are tasty with a lot of room in the beat made to enjoy them.

More lawnmower please!

I liked the chord progression, couldn’t quite figure it out just listening. Something like i bVII V


Oh shit the sax!

I was already feeling it before that. Very Bristol sound, and then boom.

Vocals are great.

Love the rising electric piano chords the chorus. Really elevates. Then, the way you hold that last note out before the beat comes back is tasty. Sweet melody on the baritone, too. Nice job on the vocals and lyrics!

Hell yeah for the nod to Teardrop. I didn't hear it at first until you mentioned Massive Attack in the description but I hear the influence now. Excellent tune, really digging the vox and that bansuri section. Very smooth and good production.

nice work! again props for the autotune sound on the vocals. cool lyrics and story, and v relatable!

not crazy about the trap type beat, it sounds pretty generic. nice pop bari, but also a bit repetitive. same thought on the bass flutey thing. it feels like the whole track is a bit too much on a grid... the lyrics are cool tho, esp the chorus/bridge part. it would be a different track if you un-gridify it somehow, but that's my impression from listening a couple times, hope it is welcome.

Perhaps the repetitiveness comes from how every melody is more or less on the 1. Altho there are chord changes and stuff, the big focus is the tonic on every melody, so in a way it gets that same energy even tho it sounds different on vocal, bari, etc.

Super nice! I like how you've taken that Bristol sound and done your own thing with it

frogcity wrote:

Lyrics are so good. Can really relate to words not aligning to actions across multiple domains including relationships.

The snaps and pops with reverb are tasty with a lot of room in the beat made to enjoy them.

More lawnmower please!

I liked the chord progression, couldn’t quite figure it out just listening. Something like i bVII V

Thanks!!!

jbarket wrote:

Oh shit the sax!

I was already feeling it before that. Very Bristol sound, and then boom.

Vocals are great.

Thanks! Vocals are a very new thing for me so appreciate it 🙂

blighters_rock wrote:

Love the rising electric piano chords the chorus. Really elevates. Then, the way you hold that last note out before the beat comes back is tasty. Sweet melody on the baritone, too. Nice job on the vocals and lyrics!

Thanks! Yeah that part where it went from dissonant to consonant through “over time” was not planned but worked perfectly

ViridianLoom wrote:

Hell yeah for the nod to Teardrop. I didn't hear it at first until you mentioned Massive Attack in the description but I hear the influence now. Excellent tune, really digging the vox and that bansuri section. Very smooth and good production.

Hahaha glad you didn’t notice it. The second I played it I was like hmm this might be too similar 😆

horatiuromantic wrote:

nice work! again props for the autotune sound on the vocals. cool lyrics and story, and v relatable!

not crazy about the trap type beat, it sounds pretty generic. nice pop bari, but also a bit repetitive. same thought on the bass flutey thing. it feels like the whole track is a bit too much on a grid... the lyrics are cool tho, esp the chorus/bridge part. it would be a different track if you un-gridify it somehow, but that's my impression from listening a couple times, hope it is welcome.

Perhaps the repetitiveness comes from how every melody is more or less on the 1. Altho there are chord changes and stuff, the big focus is the tonic on every melody, so in a way it gets that same energy even tho it sounds different on vocal, bari, etc.

Great feedback! You are the most talented of the roasters. I’d curious if you heard one of the inspiration tracks if you’d still think I missed the mark. “Unapologetically generic drums” was actually something I was going for but I don’t think I executed it as well as my reference. Was meaning to drop a DM on discord but got swamped, might be better to continue there.

naught101 wrote:

Super nice! I like how you've taken that Bristol sound and done your own thing with it

Thanks! Yeah I actually did not start with Bristol in mind but that’s where it ended up and I liked it

so smooth
- Ebrit

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