The Flames of My Desire
The Flames of My Desire
I appeared to be living
But I died a bit today
I appeared to be living
But it wasn't my way
You can see it
In my eyes
You can see it
Because there's no disguise
I am not the one you seek
I'm still on fire
I am not the one you seek
The flames of my desire
Circles
There's a strange magnetism
To this place
When I stop trying
My steps retrace
Back in time
I've been here before
It's not deja vu
This is something more
Chorus
Circles circles
Spinning
Circles circles
Circles
Where I'm headed
I still don't know
Life is unpredictable
But it has a certain flow
I have my rhythm
I'm looking for a rhyme
The illusion continues
As I walk through time
The sights are beautiful
The sense is innate
My path is coming full
The circle contains fate
My thoughts keep pulsing
My heart keeps pumping
The seeing and believing
The wishing and the wanting.
A few new tracks in progress
Here are a few tracks I recently started working on. Not quite there yet, but def some potential:
Fountains_of_Craicback_of_the_shed divedeepMore to come soon.
Day After Labour Day Bass Line
I dunno, maybe it's because I was on hold with credit card companies for a while but the following bass line came to me:
Bass1 (again recorded with the subterranean pre-set)
Got to get my lazy ass to get out my electric bass to see if I can get a meatier signal to Ableton.
What I've been listening to today:
Gotan Project
Labor Day Bass Line
Managed to get five minutes to myself so I strapped on the toneport/gearbox/ableton and recorded these:
Bass1 (Detroit Groove)Bass2 (Subterranean)Same riff recorded with my acoustic bass with two different pre-sets.
What I've been listening to today:
Paleface
the alpha lab
here's a recent picture of my studio, i'll post some more later.
music distribution
i came across a new music web site that i think it is interesting. it is called Amie St and it combines some of the new social networking features with a market-driven price model for music. the end result is pretty cool - it supports the pop music 'hit' mentality as well as more eclectic musical tastes. if a lot of people buy your song in a short amount of time the price goes up. if demand slows over time then the price comes down. and if you like weird stuff or want to wade through the new music you can get some great stuff for free (and it is legal).
The week so far
The week so far has been productive.
I have 3 new tracks underway, that I feel are more in line with the latest project. They still have a lot of work to be done, but I had one of those nice long 6 hour sessions the other night where I actually "recorded" the sequence in Live, rather than just tweaking and adusting sounds. This is def something I'm going to make more of a rule rather than an exception. It takes an idea into the 75% finished range rather than the 25% zone where so many ideas tend to be born and then exisist in a realm of perpetual unfinishedness. It all goes along with my push to give life to any and all creative ideas, because all it is, is just an idea if it stays in your head....
We continue to get some good responses from vocalists, and will meet with a couple in the coming days. Im thinking of caping of the search soon. Maybe let it go for a bit longer, then really evaluate, see if things are right, and then go from there....
Its been interesting how the genre label "trip hop" really seems to be something people have interest in. Its a sound that in the states is pretty much connected to 2 UK bands, Portishead, and Massive Attack, two bands who I have recently read, dont like the label trip hop. The label is a bit vague, but in terms of what we want to do, it leaves things open.
Ordered the new condensor mic last night, doing some more slight re-org in the gama lab, and things should be good to go.
Heard a cool track last night by Max Sedgley called "slowly" , simple yet effective.
http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Max+Sedgley/more soon
peace
