Here' a new one that's come about this week.
I have this checklist for when I'm getting ready for work, which I'd turned into a rhyme to remember better, and then this week I turned it into a song.
Now the vocal was really only a guide vocal. What happened was I had my phone connected up to the car hifi and I was improvising a vocal while driving home from work one evening (Tuesday). Then when I got home I found I had the house to myself for half an hour so I captured it before I lost it. And then I decided to go ahead and use it since I like the energy and looseness. But it means the second verse doesn't have actual words, as such.
It's all in 7/4, and goes a bit Born Slippy at the end, inexplicably.
Enjoy
Excellent song brother, dangle a little 7/8 time in front of me and I'm like Pavlov's dogs. There is so much Robert Smith in your vocal, I love it.
Rock on!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT !!!!
Fab tune once gain Nick !
Is that a GB double-bass? Sounds fab !
nice one... I like the 7/4 and the smooth feel at 2:00... Nice!
Quote from: Geir on October 29, 2015, 06:32:13 AMIs that a GB double-bass? Sounds fab !
GB Double bass & keys
DM-1 drums
TJ sax
Love your attitude here...
Dig the bass..so groovy and 7/4 to boot :)
Class man...
Nick G
Yip, that was very good, very catchy tune, very quirkey. Enjoyed that loads Nick, super bit of inspiration. More please.
B
The bass nearly blew out my speakers.
My old Dad used to say: "Wallet, watch, spectacles, testicles" as he went out the door.
Ian
Cool concept and the time signature is a cracker!
You're on the ball here Nick, just love this.
so catchy, and So-Pro...
well done ......
Alex
Thanks chaps.
Quote from: IanR on October 29, 2015, 10:19:17 PMMy old Dad used to say: "Wallet, watch, spectacles, testicles" as he went out the door.
LOL. Mind if I use that in the second verse?
brawtastic bro!
Cool ambient feel at 2 min=> . Nice job, very creative!
very cool song Nick, love it. Sounds very similar to my daily routine. I have a 44 mile drive each way to work along one of the busiest sections of motorway in the country. Takes anything from 50 minutes on a rare good day to 2 hours and more if there's an accident. Keys, ipod, phone, water, id pass, lunch, man-bag, e-cigarette, spare parts for e-cigs, e-liquid, etc... Coming home is even longer. Like you say in the song.. wasting my time !
Nice work ! Pete
Top quality piece of work here, enjoyed this immensley. Willie
Love it Nick.
Love the time signature - really enhances the feeling expressed in the lyrics. And the TJ sax and GB double bass sound superb!
Great stuff Nick
you got style and class. 8) 8)
Great recording
Tommy
Excellent nick,love the vocal on this by the way.
I need to use his as a check list lol
Thanks for your nice words, everyone.
I have a second verse now. Just need the opportunity to belt it out.
Quote from: Nick_ODH on November 05, 2015, 08:43:40 AMThanks for your nice words, everyone.
I have a second verse now. Just need the opportunity to belt it out.
I really like the fact that you used nonsense words. Nice one!
I'm a sucker for 7/4, a sucker for stylish stripped down music, sucker for electronica, sucker for this track. And I love the bass, if that's done on a double bass, I'm going to be furious.
Inventive cool sound, really excellent variation with the double bass as the centre piece, the Robert Smith comment on your vox rings true too, excellent stuff!!
Oh yes.
This is hypnotic. Really digging the fusion of electronica with jazzy bass and trumpet.
And, of course, can totally identify with the excellent lyric.
So good.
Quote from: Nick_ODH on October 30, 2015, 01:27:03 AMQuote from: IanR on October 29, 2015, 10:19:17 PMMy old Dad used to say: "Wallet, watch, spectacles, testicles" as he went out the door.
LOL. Mind if I use that in the second verse?
That was a genius moment.
There is so much good in this post. Love the time signature, the tones, the mood, that killer bass (I am stunned by this), great singing, and playing.
Downloaded. I can only hope that the second verse appears with the aforementioned lyric.
Blooby
Thanks Blooby.
I'd better get my finger out and redo the second verse I suppose, then.
I'm so glad I saw this...would've hated to miss this cool song! The bass and vocal are fantastic Nick and it's all in a 7/4 timing...love it!
Farrell
Quote from: Nick_ODH on October 30, 2015, 01:27:03 AMThanks chaps.
Quote from: IanR on October 29, 2015, 10:19:17 PMMy old Dad used to say: "Wallet, watch, spectacles, testicles" as he went out the door.
LOL. Mind if I use that in the second verse?
No problems. Its not original. Almost anyone over 40-50 in Australia would know that little rhyme, so I'd say it public domain.
Great ideas here. I do the list thing too. Fab, and love the ending.
DIG THIS!!! Great tune Nick ... love the sounds and feel of everything on this ... NICE!!!
kb
Oh yeah man, thats the buzz, great, great track. So full of good feeling and good sounds. I love it.
Thanks again everyone for your time and comments.
You should check out the updated version with a proper second verse and all.
https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=24259.
:)