Thread: Some homemade music :)

The Stubborn Song is my favorite.

I don't know what the music scene is like in Estonia, but it sounds like you could use with more than just the guitar/vocals. Your vocals are pretty good though.

Thanks for the feedback!

Made another song meanwhile. Indeed, they do seem to be rather minimalistic, due to limited resources, and... well... let's be honest... laziness. This one is no exception in that respect, probably won't succeed in catering to the ear used to the rich, high quality sound bouquets mixed together in studios. It is sincere, though, and I did manage to strike upon some pretty nice harmonies in the latter part of the song.

Anyway, the new one is titled Life and Love in the Milky Way.
You can listen to it here:
http://www.noisehead.com/mypage/demineerija
(You can listen to it for free, obviously... I just haven't gotten around to uploading it anywhere else yet...)

And a one, and a two, and a...

Life and Love in the Milky Way

hey you, over there
I like your hair
and the fact that you'll fade away
now don't be scared
it's just that here
in our home, the Milky Way
we lend our bodies
from the stars
and in that debt we'll fall apart
and it's not bad
and neither sad
it's just a scientific fact

...it is indeed
dee-de-dee-de-de-de-de...

Hey you, over there
I like your hair
neatly spread across our bed
I love the way
that summer day with its smells faded away
but they remain
ingrained in brains
just think of freshly cut hay
after the rain
I know there ain't a thing
to stop us from running away
in the rain
we're running away
and we'll fade away

Sounding a little better, although short. If you're interested, I'd recommend looking into writing midis and converting it to mix in with your recorded pieces. Then you could add any other instruments.

Hi again! I added another song to my MySpace page. It's called Cecilia and I think it turned out pretty well

http://www.myspace.com/demineerija
- Thanks so much for your attention!

Cecilia

I saw you in a picture, you were lovely, you smiled
but your pretty eyes had something to hide
I knew it at once, I couldn’t make it right, though
‘cause when I was born, you had already died

you could’ve married, could’ve had a child or two
grabbin’ gazes in your high heel shoes
but oh who knew what we know to be true
now… your last afternoon was over too soon

Ref:
too late, I couldn’t see ya’
Cecilia, Cecilia
too late, I couldn’t feel ya’
I guess I’ll always have my memorabilia

that’s the thing with pictures, you can never quite know
how frozen children smiling frozen smiles in a row
grow up to shoot each other just for a show
the ones who live shrug and say ‘That’s how it goes.’

a bird is an egg’s way of becoming another one
and when we finally have one thousand bombs
goin’ off all at once, blowin’ us apart
Man is Earth’s way of turning into a star

Really awesome, man. You must have overdubbed the vocals? Sounds great.

My mom played guitar... I play a little, my husband plays, my daughter plays and sings.... I've been around bands and musicians my entire life. I really like your voice and your style.

I've made some new music since the last post. Thought I'd share Click on the title of the song for the mp3 file. And if you happen to like my stuff, feel free to share it with all your friends

Give Up

and we plead
and we pray
every day
every day

to gain
the right to name
the world
give it our face

that’s the game
that we play
every day
every day

why fight
for one side
when you’re all
there is…

…no point
to this
is all there is…
(x2)

in this maze
of light and shade
bad and good
flow through you

The Road

I am goin' down the same old road
I'm flowin' downstream in my boat

distant stars
will sing afar:
no-one needs to save you
hear the crickets
chirp away
the time no-one ever gave you

I am goin' down the same old road
I'm flowin' downstream in my boat

see a thousand
glinting eyes
they understand
the message sent
by the starry sky is
that's where you began

I am goin' down the same old road
I'm flowin' downstream in my boat

Time to Go

my friends
the time has come to pack my bags
to forget what was good and what was bad
in the time we shared and had

the time has come
to dissolve into the ground
which spins around
the sun, the time has come

my friends
please spare your cries and signs
I assure you I’m quite fine
and you’ll see me in some stranger’s eyes

my friends
please talk to me then
when you see me in those eyes
be sure to say hi, at least in your mind

my friends
the time has come to pack my bags
to forget what was good and what was bad
in the time we shared and had


Little Bird

Pretty much improvised the lyrics, so there's a lot of repetition, but they go like this, with a few alternations:

my little bird
fly away
to some world where your name
and songs are still unheard
my little bird
come back some day, please
my little bird
come back to me

Lovely Smoke

we walked through the night hand in hand
and spoke of the dreams we’d once had
the stars were bright and I was scared
of the things I wouldn’t dare to do
the Little Bear was up there too
we tried to find it, you and me
we saw the stars but not the way
as those who gave them names did

ref:
and in hindsight
it’s cherry smoke
rising from my pipe

and you weaved my heart out of willow
and I flew far with wings of heroes
who die near the sun

and right now you are by my side
I slowly light my pipe
and watch the sun rise

Oh, and then a few other songs, experiments rahter. I tried to cover Coldplay, much in the spirit of my other songs:

The Scientist (cover)

And then I tried to... do what? I don't know. I improvised and then turned it into something that sounds pretty nice:

Higher

Oh, and how about one song in Estonian as well, it's about religious fundamentalism The title is a sort of a play on words. In Estonian, Russian Orthodox is "Vene õigeusk", with the word-for-word translation being Russian Right Belief. So "ainuõigeusklik", the title of the song, would be a suitable word for describing someone whose religion is solely right, or "ainuõige". Roughly translated into English, the lyrics are something like:

Ainuõigeusklik

whether you're a toddler, an old man or an anile
our job is to preach: there's a hole in your soul
and our best buddy, he's the creator of the whole world
he taught us in which to see the good, and in which - the bad

the hole in your soul will be cemented with sunday school
for a mere tenth you'll have the creator of the whole as a friend
I'm not a business man, just the bringer of peace
let the flags flap and load your guns - it's what the creator of the world wants!

to be pretty, good and virtuous, that's our care!
we'll straighten out everything we see skewed
and if somebody thinks our doctrine is a bit raw
then in the most loving and brotherly way
we'll saw him in half

And yet another song. This time I'm not going to post the lyrics, as the emphasis is rather on the mood than anything else.

You can listen to it here:

World Café Love

I also made this illustrative collage of images:

By the way, all the sounds are natural, they're just either stretched in time or reversed. Oh, I did apply a certain effect for the vocal track, though. Still, the music itself is natural. The background rhythm itself is made with an acoustic guitar. A certain exotic vibe is courtesy of a paperclip I attached to one of the thinner strings of the guitar.

Any feedback is very welcome. If you happen to like my stuff, don't hesitate to inform your friends.

Two new songs, one of them in Estonian. Titles are links to the mp3 files.
NB! The song Alkeemik is really trippy when using headphones.

A Planet of Snow

let me take you to a place
inside my heart
it isn't near, it isn't too far

log houses, warmly glowin' windows
chimneys blowin' up smoke
even though
it's a planet of snow

ain't no debts, there ain't no rent
no money spent
even though
it's a planet of snow

Ref:
you see
life is a game of chess
played by two of the best
tricksters who ever have been
one looks while the other is seen

let me take you to a place
inside my heart
it isn't near, it isn't too far

winds wear off our troubled faces
till we're no longer sad
it isn't good, it isn't too bad

wise waters wash
pride out of our hearts
and we're the sum
of all the fun
we had...


Alkeemik (The Alchemist)

ajalikus kehas sünnib ajalikke mõtteid
vaja leida vajalikke salavõtteid
kuidas olla nii, et kesta
kuidas söest küll teemant vesta
vast vestaks juttu julgelt alkeemik
kel talismaniks Tõestus taskus
mõelda kullaks terve ilm, see vist
on tõeline raskus

kas polnud ma just teleka ees
või leidis totter trall aset mu sees
algusest peale, peale alguse
pole ma suurt midagi peale valguse
kas suhkruga TV, mida ma joon,
võib valada sõnaks televisioon
uurib umbisikuline
tsivilisatsioon