Wednesday, January 11, 2006
DEMO CD IS WELL ON IT'S WAY
The Cd is called "It's Tomorrow"
B and Jimi worked their butts off for the last four days with great results. There is still a lot to do and things to change but I think the cd so far gives a good idea of the sound they are shooting for.
The lyrics are so well done. Most of the songs have great melodies. There is so much meaning in each one. I think these songs mean to much to not give them their fullest potential. So things will be on hold until B can get voice lessons and they can have more time perfecting things. They did all this in a matter of days. I can't imagine what they'd do if they have weeks or even months to give each song it's due time.
And one other thing to attend to... they need a drummer. We have figured out a problem. B and Jimi have been playing together for some time without a drummer. They really haven't had any experience having another person in the mix so they need time with a patient drummer to get them used to following the drummer and not each other. All the songs recorded so far do not have drums in them.
Jimi did a great job on a song about his mom forcing him to live in New Zealand called Beautiful Black Roses. It's pretty straight forward and the instrumentals on it are awesome.
B did the rest songs while Jimi added bass to them. B had all the lyrics and ideas for the songs ready when he came home.
I'll give a rundown of the songs that are done so far...
"Without me" is about a girl from home who tries to be close with him while he's gone even though he doesn't know her very well. With him feeling like she is only interested for superficial reasons. A few lyrics are "girl you've got nothing to do.. with me... why do you follow through. I'm locked inside a room. Coming out to play real soon."
"Animal" This is about a girl being on drugs and thinking like a animal yet she thinks she's being intellectual and B being able to relate it. The guitar solo in this rocks.
"Wondering" This song is really pretty. It's about being close to someone yet being so emotionally far away from them. And how he can't be honest because it will hurt the person. He's in a strange world but he still feels you and his fear of people getting in the way of things. Part of it is his perception of his relationships when he wasn't "feeling like himself".
"Distorted" A very cool sounding song but I feel he needs to change a part because it sounds too much like a Vines song that is already out.
"Beautiful Like Black Roses" As I said this is Jimi's song about his mother making a huge decision for him and him feeling like she took his life away as a result. I have to share the lyrics. I had the instrumentals to this song a few months ago and I knew he was going to do lyrics regarding his mother for him and I was quite anxious to see what he'd come up with... here it is.
BEAUTIFUL LIKE BLACK ROSES
Lost with time
I can't see any love
that I knew was there
Between us loving and hating
Everything I thought you were
is now a death in my heart
It's NOT ALRIGHT
It's NOT OKAY
To take me back
when I've got
something else to say
Beautiful like black roses
is the feeling of the love we share
You never thought to hear me
You never thought to believe me
You ripped the petals off my beautiful rose
Dead inside
My life's a lie
I hope you'll see me
I showed my scars
I showed everything...
yet you deny
it was you
that ripped me apart
Well take a look around
Who's to say I don't have feelings
Beautiful like black roses
is the feeling of the hate we share
You never thought it hear me
YOu never thought to believe
You ripped the petals of my beautiful rose
~
"Canvas" is B's most personal song, he wouldn't let Jimi do anything with it. It starts out pretty and slow on acoustic. It's about him going to treatment, being left with a blank canvas where he's the artist to re create who he is. And not knowing who that is. Being free from all design and point of views.
"Black Balled" isn't finished with lyrics.
"Akathesia" Is a song B did that the lyrics are drugs talking of what they will do to you. It has a more hard rock, light punk sound to it
"It's Tomorrow" I would need his lyric sheet to explain this one. It's a very catchy song with great instrumentals but I can't understand what he's singing and I don't have his lyric book. Something about it being tomorrow and dreaming and having no feeling. And it obviously has an important meaning because it's what he wanted the title to the cd be.
Jimi is supposed to be on a flight back to New Zealand on the 21st and his father who lives here is saying he's not going to have them go back. I guess he signed Jimi up for school today here but who knows how all that will turn out. I have a feeling it's going to be a legal nightmare and he doesn't have a lawyer. Pretty boldsy move for not being represented. Yeeks.
Posted by FieldsOfJoy ::
7:02 PM ::
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