Blogs
This new song by Cloud, is a collab with Tom King...
This song, is about the Beat...
Make you move your feet...
Feel the heat...
Neat... :D
http://www.imusicscene.com/cloud/audio.php?p=2
Latest sonic piece "Breathing" by Digital Beat is available at iTunes Store and CdBaby.
This release is digital only. If you don´t have iPod do not worry because you are able to download the album as mp3 from cdbaby page.
the iTunes link:
<a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=268369065">here</a>
CDbaby link <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/digitalbeat4">here</a>
DONE IT AGAIN..
NEW SONG after THAT'S IT I'VE HAD ENOUGH with reaperSG..
you know i sure got inspired by our recent discussion and with that in mind this song just came to me.. thanks everybody for all the inspiration around here..
and thanks friends for the excellent good vibe reviews.. much appreciated..
jose
Well maybe not the Beatles but DFW has parted ways. It was a great run for 3 years and I am very proud of the music we created. Change is always good though and it was time for a change for me personally. So to Walt and Rylie I wish you guys the best in your future music endeavors!
To everyone else, let the collabs begin!! It is time to start making new music!!
Dazed
Back in times before I was legally able to drink (way back), our licensing laws provided that hotels had to shut at 6pm. Women weren’t allowed in tbe bars (unless they were serving beer).
Notwithstanding the undoubted “good intentions” in attempting to limit access to alcohol, the reality was that pubs were packed to the gunnels each afternoon with blokes wanting to throw as much amber liquid down their throats as time would allow.
The era became known as the “Six O’Clock Swill”
During my time at uni I worked in a sheep skin/cow hide factory. The laws had been liberalised by them but I starkly remember each lunchtime going up to the pub with my mates and devouring 4 schooners of beer in an attempt to eradicate what had gone before and what was likely to occur thereafter.
“Six O’Clcok Swill” was the first song I recorded as a solo artist. A “full production” version was included in my original CD “N.I.C” and I recorded an acoustic version for inclusion in my soon to be released “A Tort Stripped Bare” acoustic CD.
In January, 2008 I attended a seminar given by Pat Pattison from Berklee U (don’t tell Rapster, he’s got a thing about Berklee). It was the most instructive two days I’ve ever been involved in. Pat is a wonderful communicator. At the lunch break on the first day I rang my wife and said words to the effect of: “I can’t believe it. I’ve learned more in the last 2 hours about songwriting than I’ve learnt in the last 30 years”.
After imparting his wisdom to us, Pat devoted the afternoon session of the second day to giving critiques on the work of those participating. I chose to do this song, even though Pat had warned against doing a “song that you’ve released on a CD”. I was happy with the original version but was interested to see if there was more in it.
The original version of the song was written in “third person” about a character “Ted”. He was a composite of people I’d worked in the sheep skin factory with.
Pat’s initial comments were quite flattering. He seemed to genuinely like the song. But he raised the point that this was a song about someone that the listeners didn’t know and who, realistically, given the lyrics, they probably didn’t want to get to know all that well.
He suggested changing the focus of the song to “first person” and I did a run through, changing the lyrics where appropriate. There was no doubt that this made the song more powerful. But as Pat said, you’re not going t be able to sell it in Nashville in that form because no one’s going to want to get up on stage and sing that he’s a drunken philanderer.
So we tried it, at Pat’s suggestion, in the second person focus. That’s how it this version is recorded. To me it gives the song a much more personal edge.
But Pat wasn’t done yet. He highlighted the chorus as the best part of the song and the part that shouldn’t be changed. He then invited me to tap out the rhythm of the verse lyrics (in the original version) while he tapped out the rhythm of the chorus lyrics. This exercise revealed that the rhythms for both the verse and chorus were pretty much identical.
If the chorus was the standout, in Pat’s logic, why give the game away in the verse. His suggestion: the original verses and chorus contained lots of words, lots of short note. Get rid of some words or notes from the verses, or trade short notes for long notes, so that the spotlight comes on in the verse.
I’ve been very longwinded about this blog for a reason. On this and other sites that I’ve been on there are some incredibly talented people putting up some fine music. There are a lot of shonks out there wanting to take our money for their creative assistance..
For those wishing to aspire to songwriting I cannot recommend too highly attending one or more of Pat’s courses. It’s not a case of teaching you how to write by numbers. Pat works on the basis of using techniques to draw the real emotion into the song. The word commercial was used only once during the seminar, and by a participant, not Pat. The participant had indicated that a change suggested by Pay had made the song of another participant “more commercial”, but Pat’s response was “Yes, it does. But only because it make the person listening feel the emotions that the writer’s trying to convey”.
If you get the chance to participate in one of Pat’s seminars, or are interested in the assistance he can give to us as writer, feel free to PM me. He’s coming back to Oz in June and July and I will be lining up to participate.
Anyway, if you’re still reading this my rewritten acoustic version of “Six O’Clock Swill” is now up. Would be interested in your comments, particularly from those that know the original version.
Cheers
Brian
<p><font size="3">The iMS Radio feed has been added to the menu - look top left 
.</font></p><p><font size="3">We are currently running everything at 192k bitrate. Some songs may however sound better than others depending on what bitrate the artist uploaded to the site. Also I need to do some research because I think the lo-fi files are being included lol. So I need to dump those from the playlist. </font></p><p><font size="3">Dazed</font></p><p> </p>
god knows... i'll be lucky if i ever get to 'blog 2' but here goes anyway..!!
monday morning... back to work after a weekend i swear only had one day in it... what the hell am i doing here... my entire world seems to revolve around this little box... which in its normal state... its condition... is just black..!!
as i type this... i have 'not a wolf' on in the background... what an outstanding piece of music..!!
anyway... just thought i would type something as i'm new here, and still quite 'new-fangled' with the whole place
ta
stu
<body>
<p><font face="Verdana" color="#FF0000">
<a href="http://ecardresources.net/lareau/lareaureleasecard.html">
<font color="#FF0000">CLICK TO VIEW "CHANGES" ECARD</font></a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" color="#FF0000">
<a href="http://ecardresources.net/lareau/cmwecard/cmwecard.html">
<font color="#FF0000">CLICK TO VIEW "CHANGE MY WORLD" ECARD</font></a></font></p>
</body>
<p><font size="3" color="#999999">Just wanted to let everyone now that we added Rob Grant to the iMS Moderator Team! </font></p><p><font size="3" color="#999999">Rob will be in charge of administering any form of punishment should anyone get out of line. We have already shipped off his mask and sword. . Throw tomatoes at your own risk!</font></p><p><font size="3" color="#999999">Welcome to the team Rob and thank you for your continued support of iMusicScene!</font></p><p><font size="3" color="#999999">Dazed</font> </p><p> </p><p> </p>