Another song demo. I'm trying to kick out the songs I've been writing this summer. Here's the next up.
This is my vocal demo with programmed drums using Jamstix4 samples. The final version will have real drums and a real singer. This is a mix, not a master. Natural dynamics are present. There's only light compression on the master bus to gel.
The reverb sound is Waves Abbey Road Plate.
Let me know what you think. All comments welcome. I've enjoyed this one, though the lyrics have been a challenge and may get further tinkering.
Latest mix:
On Y Va_Ray Taylor_Mix 26.mp3 - Google Drive
On Y Va
Words and music by Ray Taylor, 2018
Need a way to cull the cobwebs from our minds
Put us in some money for a while
Get the cash drawer, take a ride
Your bare feet on the dashboard getting high
Colors of a dying day
Spread out on the windshield
Well on y va
I’ve got things to show you
And we got a ways to go
Stand around in thunder long enough
The lightning will dispose
Need a way to comb the shadows from our hair
Score some Rocky Mountain dank and beer
Took a right turn in the hood
Bullets flew and the better aim withstood
Colors of the dying day
Poured out on the pavement
Well on y va
I got things to show you
We got a ways to go
Just stand around in thunder long enough
Odds gonna make a show
Just hold out in winter long enough
Every seed gonna have a grow
Need a way to plug the potholes in our lives
And fill us with some Costa Rican wine
Got our passports on the cheap
And a guide to every hot house in Belize
The colors of the dying day
Rainbow on Mantego Bay
On y va
I’ve got things to show you
We got a ways to go
But there is no running
From what we got within
Like wondering the reason
And a hunger keeps on teasing
Just hold out in winter long enough
Every seed gonna have a season
Stand around in thunder long enough
See the miracle repeating
Let the lightning strike another time
Now we’re stuck in Panama
Just waiting for a memo from the Lord
The colors of the dying day
Flashing on the squad car
Stand around in the thunder long enough
Odds gonna have their say
Just hold out in winter long enough
Every seed gonna have a day
Let the lightning strike another time
Look up and believe
The miracle repeats
Lightning strikes another time
This is my vocal demo with programmed drums using Jamstix4 samples. The final version will have real drums and a real singer. This is a mix, not a master. Natural dynamics are present. There's only light compression on the master bus to gel.
The reverb sound is Waves Abbey Road Plate.
Let me know what you think. All comments welcome. I've enjoyed this one, though the lyrics have been a challenge and may get further tinkering.
Latest mix:
On Y Va_Ray Taylor_Mix 26.mp3 - Google Drive
On Y Va
Words and music by Ray Taylor, 2018
Need a way to cull the cobwebs from our minds
Put us in some money for a while
Get the cash drawer, take a ride
Your bare feet on the dashboard getting high
Colors of a dying day
Spread out on the windshield
Well on y va
I’ve got things to show you
And we got a ways to go
Stand around in thunder long enough
The lightning will dispose
Need a way to comb the shadows from our hair
Score some Rocky Mountain dank and beer
Took a right turn in the hood
Bullets flew and the better aim withstood
Colors of the dying day
Poured out on the pavement
Well on y va
I got things to show you
We got a ways to go
Just stand around in thunder long enough
Odds gonna make a show
Just hold out in winter long enough
Every seed gonna have a grow
Need a way to plug the potholes in our lives
And fill us with some Costa Rican wine
Got our passports on the cheap
And a guide to every hot house in Belize
The colors of the dying day
Rainbow on Mantego Bay
On y va
I’ve got things to show you
We got a ways to go
But there is no running
From what we got within
Like wondering the reason
And a hunger keeps on teasing
Just hold out in winter long enough
Every seed gonna have a season
Stand around in thunder long enough
See the miracle repeating
Let the lightning strike another time
Now we’re stuck in Panama
Just waiting for a memo from the Lord
The colors of the dying day
Flashing on the squad car
Stand around in the thunder long enough
Odds gonna have their say
Just hold out in winter long enough
Every seed gonna have a day
Let the lightning strike another time
Look up and believe
The miracle repeats
Lightning strikes another time
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