Anyone up for a VOCAL RUMBLE???

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I've had it!!! Here we are...my band recorded a decent song, but we all suck at singing!! Not only is there nary a smidge of vocal talent to be found in this house, we can't even figure out what in the hell we're looking for in a singer anymore. So I thought I'd throw it out to you guys to have some fun with. You can sing whatever you want, however you want...or if you like, I can also provide the lyrics I wrote and a separate track of the vocal melody I had in mind (played on a guitar of course...). Either way, go nuts. It's a pretty basic tune...no flash, no frills, fairly heavy, but fairly melodic. Oh yeah...I've got absolutely dick to provide for a prize...unless of course you feel like moving to Denver and joining a band!! (Wait...I've also got a broken Alesis M-EQ 230 with no power supply. Being broken, it sounds much better than one that actually works! Maybe that would be a good prize... :D )

Anyway, here's the tune. It's called "Blasphemy".
http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?fid=1441
 
Here ya go:

BLASPHEMY

(verse 1)
What I feel and what I do
Can never find a common ground
I walk a fence that separates
The minds of blasphemy and praise
I breathe my prayers through cigarettes
Do I have the right to be here?
With a filthy heart forgiving none
What else can you give me?

(chorus)
Face down
Come crawl away
Find faith devoured
Left here to wait
Time lost
For me to pray
My selfishness
To dissipate

(verse 2)
What I say and what I am
Another nail for your hands
I speak defense that falsifies
My hypocrisy with praise
Please believe in me once more
Can I ever get this right?
A filthy heart needs forgiving
What else should I beg for?

(repeat chorus)

(bridge)
Constant reminders suffice
Magnify what I forget
I may be bigger than life
But I’m still smaller than death

(repeat chorus)
 
Sheesh...I'm on it....Oh, and that doesn't mean I can sing. Just means I'm gonna do it. Then, maybe you'll turn to one of the other guys, and laugh, and say, "dude, I told you you're not that bad"..... :D
 
Just got the music....Sweet. Has a progressive, hard edged vibe to it.
 
Sounds fun. I'll be giving this a shot, p-giggles.
 
Purge said:
but we all suck at singing!!
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I haven't heard you guys, but I'm pretty confident I can suck more :D On a good day, more than all of you combined!

Cool track by the way. I'll give it a shot.
 
Damn! I can't listen right now, I'm at work with no speakers. But this might be fun. I don't want to read the lyrics, though. I'd rather hear it fresh and see what comes to mind. Can't wait to get home.
 
Ah crap, I just listened and this needs a Queensryche-type vocal. I'm doomed. I was hoping to get away with my Kid Rock-through-a-Green-Bullet style.

That's OK, I'm going for it! Up the Irons! "Air Raid Siren" mshilarious is in the house!

(well, OK, I won't be in the house until Monday)
 
RAMI said:
Damn! I can't listen right now, I'm at work with no speakers. But this might be fun. I don't want to read the lyrics, though. I'd rather hear it fresh and see what comes to mind. Can't wait to get home.
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Haha, that's good to hear, I won't feel as bad about completely ignoring the lyrics too :D
 
Dogman said:
Sheesh...I'm on it....Oh, and that doesn't mean I can sing. Just means I'm gonna do it. Then, maybe you'll turn to one of the other guys, and laugh, and say, "dude, I told you you're not that bad"..... :D
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Well, I am gonna prove that your not the worst vocal rumblist. Watch out - I REALLY can't sing - LOL. :D
 
mshilarious said:
Ah crap, I just listened and this needs a Queensryche-type vocal. I'm doomed. I was hoping to get away with my Kid Rock-through-a-Green-Bullet style.

That's OK, I'm going for it! Up the Irons! "Air Raid Siren" mshilarious is in the house!

(well, OK, I won't be in the house until Monday)
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Haha...WRONG!! :D I may have ripped off Queensryche to excruciating levels, but that don't mean the vocals have to sound all Geoffy. Bring on the ROCK BULLET!!
 
NL5 said:
Well, I am gonna prove that your not the worst vocal rumblist. Watch out - I REALLY can't sing - LOL. :D
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Let me put it this way: If you had heard the howling I did on this track, you would probably need to buy new monitors because you'd be forced to light yours on fire. I sucked harder than Jenna Jameson at a Slurpee-chugging contest.
 
RAMI said:
Damn! I can't listen right now, I'm at work with no speakers. But this might be fun. I don't want to read the lyrics, though. I'd rather hear it fresh and see what comes to mind. Can't wait to get home.
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Nice! Looking forward to it. That's always been my favorite thing about the rumbles...getting to interpret something one way and then hearing something that would never have occurred to me.
 
SnakeDog5050 said:
Haha, that's good to hear, I won't feel as bad about completely ignoring the lyrics too :D
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That'll be a good change...the lyrics were the only thing that I had paid attention to, while ignoring the key, timing, talent, dynamics, breathing, and an overall pleasing sound. I tried to go for a sound that was similar to an aardvark having his asshole cleaned out with a weedeater.
 
OK, I wrote some lyrics and did a quick one. I would obviously re-do the vocals if this was ever going to happen. You'll hear why, there are some shaky parts as a result of not having worked the tune for more than 20 minutes and not being warmed up enough. I'm not that familiar with this style and don't even think I've ever heard a Queensyche tune (just saying that because they were mentioned in this thread), so this might so far off from what this music requires. It was just a cool exercise to see how fast I could come up with something..Anyway, enough excuses...Here's a rough version of:

SILENT RAGE

SILENT RAGE

1)
I see the lines on your face get clearer
You wake slow with a gleam in your eyes
You've given up you're going through the motions
You were born to live and lie hypnotized
You had love but you learned to lose it
You had money but it's history
It's all gone so you closed the book you should of
Turned the page on your misery

CHORUS:
In a silent rage you got no friends at all
In a silent rage you're backed up against the wall
In a silent rage life's a heavy load
In a silent rage it builds up you just might explode

2)
So fake a smile while you call me brother
And blow a load while you stab my back
It's just a game that we play together
Steal my money while you shake my hand
And watch the world go by on your TV
And cut the wires on your telephone
You're a www. Casanova
In the real world your virtually all alone

CHORUS:
In a silent rage you got no friends at all
In a silent rage you're backed up against the wall
In a silent rage life's a heavy load
In a silent rage it builds up one day might explode

BRIDGE:
Don't it make you wonder where it all went wrong
It seems that you can't find a world where you belong
And the more you change the more you stay the same
And you know you'll always feel you're always one crisis from insane........

(Wasn't sure if you wanted another chorus here or if this was a musical bridge...I left it blank)
 
mshilarious said:
Ah crap, I just listened and this needs a Queensryche-type vocal. I'm doomed. I was hoping to get away with my Kid Rock-through-a-Green-Bullet style.

That's OK, I'm going for it! Up the Irons! "Air Raid Siren" mshilarious is in the house!

(well, OK, I won't be in the house until Monday)
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Exactly what I thought before I read your response...Geeoff Tate type of vocal would fit. Then I tried in my drunken head (sorry, but drunken mind you) alternate types of vocal passages that wouldn't lend to such a QueensR sound, not that they weren't a great band, but just a different flavor and feel to the vocal passage. Almost a contradiction of styles, like a Morrison meets Rob Thomas kind of melody and delivery.
Nonetheless, cool tune man.
 
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