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November 27, 2006
piano: strangers in our bodies
by sven at 11:13 am
A song popped into my head this morning. Listen to the mp3 of "strangers in our bodies" by clicking here. (4.3 MB)
I'm lousy at making recordings of my songs, so the main idea today was to just get the tune captured. I made the recording using GarageBand and the Mac PowerBook G4's internal microphone. From first laying hands on the piano to getting the new composition uploaded took maybe an hour and a half -- and things probably could have gone even faster, were I more familiar with the workflow.
It's a first take. The structure is repetitive. There are flubs. There's tape hiss. I didn't play with any dynamics... But something is better than nothing. Warts and all. Just think of it as a musical sketch.
I can hear the beginnings of lyrics in my head for this one... But past experience suggests that if I'm not writing lyrics as I compose, they probably won't come later on.
Edit: SNOW! It just snowed! (Which is very rare in Portland.) Gretchin says this tune is a good "snowflake song"; I played it and made the sky snow. ...So be it! I redub this "the snowflake song"!
posted by sven | November 27, 2006 11:13 AM | comments (3) | categories: music
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i thought of it as the snowflake song in part because it reminds me of how i feel when it snows. i can hear the flakes falling. :)
Posted by: gl. at November 27, 2006 5:29 PM
I love it! This is really a great song, Sven. You're so good! How cool that you can compose great songs!? (It isn't snowing here yet, but it is mighty cold!)
I think one of this song's uses could be as the score for the Q&D.
And I do hear lyrics. One thing I hear/feel is on the repeating peaks; "Sometimes it's all we have." and that's alternated with "Sometimes that's all we know." which the story for are both expanded on in the refrains.
Posted by: shelley Noble at November 28, 2006 7:14 AM
Words for more spots of the song?
First line: I was always looking... for a simple place.
a bit later: You'll never see me crying... hidden without trace.
refrain drawn out with the music naturally:
Sometimes that's all we have...
Sometimes it's all we know.
on the key change: It could have been much more...
But now we've got to go.
Posted by: shelley Noble at November 28, 2006 7:34 AM