Damn, had a hell of a time trying to get this song to export without issues. Rendering was producing some weird delay effect on the instruments while also stripping them of all other effects, so I had to keep doing live bounces and making tweaks for the past hour. Glad I wasn't working on this until close to the deadline.
Anyways, no vocals this time unfortunately... but I've pasted in the lyrics I tried singing with. Not sure what genre this is trying to be but my wife said it sounded horror influenced so I guess that fits.
‹ Song Notes
I always feel compelled to write these long entries detailing the writing process so I'm glad I just started hiding it all here. Spare you all from my bullshit.
So, I didn’t really get started on this until late last night. The work week's been pretty busy, and I've been battling tension headaches or migraines about half the time. Plus, if I’m being honest, I just wasn't feeling particularly inspired to write anything. Started off the week taking another crack at a song idea I shelved in previous weeks, but then I was like, "Nah, not feeling it yet," and shelved it again. Ended up just chilling out and listening to new music for the fun of it (weirdly, I don’t do this as often as I used to), without any desire to write.
But, you know, gotta get something written, so here we are.
So, no vocals on this one. I gave it a shot, but couldn’t come up with a vocal line that didn’t feel like it was just copying the main melody. Tried to fill those big empty spaces with some singing, but nothing worthwhile stuck. Kinda bummed because I wanted to keep up my streak of singing on nearly every song. But, I also don’t want to force a vocal performance that bores me or sounds unnatural. I recently read this Chick Corea quote somewhere that went something like, "Play only what you hear. If you don’t hear anything, don’t play anything." I took that to mean, "If you can’t visualize a melody in your head, don’t force one." Maybe if I had more time to stew on this longer, I could find a vocal line that really adds to the song. But for now, it’s just not happening.
Also, the "feel" of this song is a bit odd to me. It's an 8 count each time before the motif loops but it feels like it lingers just slightly too long. But if I cut it a beat short then it feels like it turns around too quickly. It probably has something to do with the drums. That kind of made it hard to find my footing when it came to writing melodies. But I suppose it also lends itself to the "horror" vibes.
Still, I’ll share the lyrics I had. I guess the upside is I’m still keeping up with singing every week and trying to add vocals to everything, which wasn’t really my thing in past years. I also get more practice with writing lyrics too which I’ve been enjoying.
Great variations and movement. Always enjoy your song notes, I love hearing about peoples experiences making music, thanks for sharing!