Song 1
(1st song)
Brad, Ben, Lewis and Jacob
- Emaj7, Dmaj7, F#7 intro, verse, outro
- Bminor, Emajor, Dmaj7 bridge/pre-chorus section
- E, C#minor, A, B x4, chorus
- E, C#minor, A Dmajor7 (break) D#major7, E#major7, merge back to verse
Gradual change, positive vibrant start for first verse and chorus, as song progresses the mood comes down slowly changing into a more negative accepting feeling. Jackson 5 melodic rhythm = when I had u to my self. It would be good to add nice high note embellishments whilst playing the chords on the higher strings.
I want to be able to show that the verse shows subtle worry but confidence in each other and as it progresses to the end of the verse and pre-chorus the lyrics are more worry filled. When we get to the chorus I want the lyrics to be about the solution to the worry and problems, a safe place like a mental haven of sorts.
This is me jotting down an idea for the 2nd verse. I try to add more lyrics and make a possible start to a similar harmony to the first with just a little difference to separate them both.
After taking some advice from Lewis I tried harder to focus on the rhythm of the melody more as I didn’t consider that before and after trying scatting to get a feel of the rhythm I am now steps closer to finishing this song.
lyrics
1st Verse
Emaj7, Dmaj7, F#7
I know you and I know that u know me too
I know we’ll get by if we try
Harmonies in between
Brad = Bass = G#, F#
Jacob = Alto
Ben = Tenor = G#, F#
You can drive all your life thinkin
your doing it right but your wrong
Pre-Chorus
Bminor, Emajor, Dmaj7
We could get lost in our persuit
do we even know what to do?
What can I say to you
to show us how to
Chorus
E, C#minor, A, B x4
E, C#minor, A Dmajor7 (break) D#major7, E#major7
2nd verse
If we could glide
right through life without
needing to fight
would you try?
Harmonies
Brad = Bass = G#, B. G#, C#, B
Jacob = Alto =
Ben = Tenor = G#, B. G#, C#, B
I swear
we just need
you and me together
we will find our time
2nd pre-chorus
we wont get lost in pursuit
starting to know just what to do
you know we will figure it out soon
we just need to
Chorus
Instrumental/Bridge
Outro/End
Meaning
For me I think this song is about a young couple going through normal every day problems like not knowing if your putting your money into the right things or spending your time in what feels like the only way you can (work)and it still feel like your doing something wrong. Being very busy with work and contributing to the house needs and seeing that the only time you get to spend with each other is the night but thats taken by sleep so you can work in the morning.
Same Song Different Lyrics and Melody
I think we
should spend a little less time
Trying to find
The lost pieces of our minds
What people want us to see
What people want us to be
Its different from what we need
Responsibility
Pages of This Song (2nd Song)
Brad, Ben, Lewis and Jacob
In this video we are figuring out a new melody for the verse as we all agreed the previous verse me and Jacob wrote really dragged the quality of the song down so here Ben is showing us a new melody and structure to the lyrics already made that better the quality instead of worsen it.
Amaj7, Emaj7 + embellishments, quiet rise intro
Amaj7, Emaj7 + embellishments, chorus
Amaj, Emaj7 x2, verse
Amaj7, E, build up, pre-chorus
Amaj, Emaj7, Bmaj x8, bridge
After finishing recording the instruments to the pages song we wanted to practice recording our vocals as we plan to record the vocals in college as they have better gear than us for singing. We just wanted to make sure we had an idea pf what we were doing so it does not take loads of time when recording in college.
Intro
Chorus
If there was a way
to get back the back the time
I’d spend it with you’s
to remind my self of where
I belong
its been written in the pages of this song
all along
1st verse
you know you left me wondering
when did it get so cold
its not how it used to be
before we got so old
Pre-chorus
Why should we waste our time trying to find
an unknown memory or the feel of a new life
when all we need to do is just shut up and drive
“join on harmony”
Chorus
If there was a way
to get back the back the time
I’d spend it with you’s
to remind my self of where
I belong
its been written in the pages of this song
all along
2nd verse
When thinking of what could of been
we stumbled across gold
the memories are evergreen
the ones that cant be sold
Pre-chorus
Why should we waste our time trying to find
an unknown memory or the feel of a new life
when all we need to do is just shut up and drive
“join on harmony”
Chorus
If there was a way
to get back the back the time
I’d spend it with you’s
to remind my self of where
I belong
its been written in the pages of this song
all along
Bridge
Chorus/Solo
Outro
Meanings
To me its just the basic idea of things are not as good as they once was, memories of summer and fun outings when we all had thhat young innocence and wanted to get back and re live it. Like the story of everybody’s life.
Someone Call The Doctor (3rd song)
Brad, Ben, Lewis and Jacob
Chords
E7#9, Dmaj, Amaj, Bmaj, intro, verse = guitar 1
Emaj, Dmaj, Amaj, Bmaj + guitar 2
power chords, G, B, D, E x2 pre-chorus = both guitars
Cmaj, Dmaj, Bmaj, G, F#, E x3, chorus =both guitars (Jacob breaks off for lead parts)
Bass
Root notes of chord x2
Root notes of chord + octave at the end (on the B)
Same root notes for E and D but then break off into basic minor pentatonic lick with a blues walk note to the G (pre-chorus)
Pre-chorus = Root notes for G and B then octaves that bounce off each other for A and E then goes back to verse riff.
Repeat
Chorus
- Awesome intro solo
- driving powerful rock song like Zeplin/Peppers
- vocals similar spoken to Unbelievable by EMF
- Far out from what has already been written for the album
- more unserious
- From a cocky immature lads perspective
Lyrics
1st verse
Some one call the doctor
I need help immediately
Ive been laying here wasting on the floor
Out cold since 3.00
I must of tripped and fallen or something
man im not sure
the only thing I remember from that night is that you were a bore
Pre-Chorus
(spoken)
Ha must be her, im not boring
her problem not mine
Chorus
Im sorry I thought being cocky’d make you like me
2nd verse
Some one call the doctor
The conversation is reliant on me
ive been at the bar really trying for her but it looks its not meant to be
she seems she’s not on this planet
or maybe she’s not into me
(spoken)
Its mad that I never consider
thats a possibility
2nd Pre-Chorus
Its as easy as that
Chorus
Im sorry I though being cocky’d make you like me
Bridge
Chorus/solos
Lil outro
Meaning
I would say the meaning of this song is about cocky arrogant guys who think they are walking legends who never understand that what they do and how they try attract people by acting like they don’t care is mostly disrespectful, it looks stupid, its cringey and most of all it almost never works. I guess its about them protecting there ego’s or cred when they get rejected for acting like a melt.
Bunk Brothers (4th song)
Brad, Ben, Lewis, Jacob
This just shows lewis practicing the chugging beat for the bluesy brother song as we wanted to do something different with the drums instead of just having some boring drums over it so we are trying out things he has not played before. To help him we recommended him learning a couple of old songs that use a similar technique on blues songs way back when like Johnny Cash.
Chords
E maj, A maj, D maj for the verse
E maj, A maj, D maj and B7 for the chorus
1st verse
Remember when we used to always fight
back when it mattered who was right
remember how we used to play
and the kind of things that we would say
we did it our way
Remember when we used to sometimes share
and we would go to woods to look for bears
See it never mattered the time of day
or whats was inside on our plate
we did it any way
Chorus
So why is it now that you test me
after all these years this is beneath me (and you)
why are we still talking all this junk
or do I have to remind you
We came from the same bunk
2nd verse
Remember sneaking out for our first smoke ?
and how much we coughed on our first toke
but no matter how much dad would poke
we weren’t the kind that would of spoke
We did it our way
Do you remember how hard it was to try
after all these things that made mum cry
but it doesn’t really matter how bad things got
coz it never really seemed to make us stop
doing it our way
Chorus
So why is it now that you test me
after all these years this is beneath me (and you)
why are we still talking all this junk
or do I have to remind you
We came from the same bunk
Instrumental/keyboard solo
Outro/or maybe just a sudden stop while at the peak of the solo.
Meaning
To me this is just a common story of two brothers who had what some would consider a little rough around the edges but never the less the young brothers would stick together with a strong bond and how that can change as you grow.
New song (The beautiful tune)
Brad
I was looking into a new local band from Manchester called Garage Flower, this band have gained a lot of hype and publicity in a very short amount of time and they haven’t even released a song yet. They did this by consistently uploading gig videos, rehearsal videos and the video that got them all the clout which was basically the guitarist getting mad and throwing his guitar (I don’t see the hype in the action) however their songs do sound pretty good and the band seems to be pretty tight live or in the videos at least.
I looked into some of the early videos they would post and found of the guitarists Nathan showing a new song sounding pretty modern with a capo on the fret board, It sounded almost like a blend of a midwest indie rock kind of thing but any way I liked it and wanted to see if I could make a similar sounding song so I put my capo on a random fret which was the 3rd one by chance and I payed attention to what kind of shapes his fingers where making on the board and it just looked like he was letting most pf the open strings do the work with only like two or three fingers per chord so thats what I went for and after a little bit of messing around I came to write this amazing new sounding tune thats just seems to work for the people who hear it so far and I really like it.
After sticking with this tune for a while I realised I really don’t know how to write lyrics for this song, i’m hitting the same block I always do so what I need to do is find a quality vocal melody thats not too over powering for the little embellishments that make the song good but can still sound great with the song.