As I write songs in the band, I'm recording some (very) rough demos and posting the results up here. I'll take them off once we've recorded them properly, so the tracks you hear on this profile are kind of like a sneak preview the things that Run Don't Walk will be playing at shows and recording "for real" when time and money allows. Hope you like them!
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Pop Songs Gone Wrong
Pressure
After recently fumbling around with soft synths in Cubase, I thought I'd put them in this guitar song. I wrote it late in January 2009 and its about how things go from bad to worse. Everyone's on edge and on the defensive, there's no communication other than arguments, everyone's showing their passive-aggressive sides and pretty soon the whole thing's out of control and going to snap. The music came together pretty quickly and that's pretty much how I recorded it. I actually tried to sing in a soft voice for most of the track, which is a first! I added some keyboard parts for some more interesting noises in the background and then put a distorted vocal underneath too.
About You
I've just finished recording this but it hasn't got a real title, so "About You" will have to do for now - any better suggestions, please let me know! It's a song about someone who spends the entire time in a relationship pointing out your bad points and still keeps doing it even after the relationship is over, when all you want to do is be left the fuck alone. I'm sure we've all been there, or known someone in that situation. So this is for them! :D
Set in Stone
There had to be a point at which a happy song came along. This is nearly it! It's a song about breaking free of being controlled or bullied and outgrowing that kind of trapped mindset you get into. It also has some silly time changes and I got to try out a cool choir synth sound. Oooooooh!
Taste of Brine
This is meant to just be a nice song giving thanks - and an apology - to someone close... it started off being about the wonder of the world and ended up being about sex. Both are good. There you go...
Your Silence
This is another song about a girl, but a darker song than "Naive". I rediscovered the E-bow while I was recording this, which I hadn't used since the days of Filtered... so I recorded a few tracks of that and it gave it a swooping, ethereal feel which is quite nice!
Naive
This is about a girl.
This page previously featured "Tap'n'Slide", "How to Clear a Room", "loveguiltconfusion", "All for You", "Makeeta's Tune", "Alone", "Inside Out", "Laughing", "Dry", "The Fade", "Need Some Time", "Images and Words", "News", "World Gone Mad" and "This is Not For You". If you haven't already downloaded these tracks (why didn't you?!) drop me a line and I can send you a copy. Cheers! :D