These are my songs as rough ideas. I am not good at recording my own stuff (yet), so they might be pretty scrappy and sometimes a bit off. I am just playing around while trying to save my creative decisions. This is mainly to share with artists and producers to potentially work with to create proper tracks (backing tracks / vocal production).

These songs are mostly unreleased and not meant to be distributed in its current state.

Worktapes / Demos / Rough Idea Recordings

This is my second try working with a microphone and recording in a DAW, first time recording piano.
Started writing this song a while ago but am trying to finish this one up as part of FAWM. There's a few elements that I am not happy with yet but also several that I love. Trying to figure out how to fix the stuff I don't like

Hollow Dance

Verse 1:
I fell for those eyes, deep and blue, Thought I found love, something true. We laughed and danced till the world spun round, It was just me standing, heart on th’ ground.
Pre-Chorus:
Your touch was warm, your smile a flame, But love was a game you never named. I was singing my heart out, a one-girl show, While you kept quiet, just watching the glow.
Chorus:
Ohh-ohh, it was a hollow dance, Ohh-ohh, just an empty chance. Ohh-ohh, I spun, I swayed, But you just stayed, you just stayed. Ohh-ohh, it was a hollow dance. hollow dance. 
Verse 2:
The rides at midnight ended too soon, Your promised whispers (under a) silver moon. I poured my love like rain in the drought, But your silence was louder, no doubt.
Pre-Chorus:
You held my hand but didn’t hold on, A lighthouse beaming, but never drawn. I reached out, felt the rush, felt the rain, But touching you always came with pain.
Chorus:
Ohh-ohh, it was a hollow dance, Ohh-ohh, just an empty chance. Ohh-ohh, I spun, I swayed, But you just stayed, you just stayed. Ohh-ohh, it was a hollow dance. hollow dance. 
Bridge:
A fire that only warmed my side, A book half-written, pages denied. I wished on stars that fell too fast, Dreams built on moments that couldn’t last.
Chorus:
Ohh-ohh, it was a hollow dance, Ohh-ohh, just an empty chance. Ohh-ohh, I spun, I swayed, But you just stayed, you just stayed. Ohh-ohh, it was a hollow dance. hollow dance. 
Outro:
Yeah, I spun, I swayed, But you just stayed. In a hollow dance, I stayed.

Hollow Dance (Worktape)

Wrote this during a session in song camp together with Paul. Still trying to figure out how to record myself so it sounds decent. This is Pauls instrumental arrangement at this stage.

Cold Glass

[Verse] There’s someone in the mirror
Wearing my hat
Damn it looks much better on her
She’s got everything I never had
Can’t stop staring at her
With those shining eyes
No, I can’t smile back at her
Cause every smile is a lie

[Chorus]
Oh when I stop looking at you
There’s no one in the room
No one in the room
Oh when I stop looking at you
Theres no one in the room
No one in the room

[Verse]
When I lose who I am
Not sure what I am good at
You gain confidence
When you’re smiling again
Just an echo from the past
I try to reach out my hand
There’s just cold ….

[Chorus]
Oh when I stop looking at you
There’s no one in the room
No one in the room
Oh when I stop looking at you
Theres no one in the room
No one in the room

[Bridge}
Her voice is quiet
That’s my own
The fragile truth
I’ve always known
You reach a hand
And I believe
And then again
I’m touching cold … 

[Chorus]
Oh when I stop looking at you
There’s no one in the room
No one in the room
Oh when I stop looking at you
Theres no one in the room
No one in the room

Cold Glass (Worktape)

Written for a skirmish for FAWN. I wrote the lyrics for the skirmish "Peace" within the allotted hour, but it took me another 30-45 minutes to have the melody and chords written down.
Then it took me several hours of playing around trying to record it the way it was already building in my head. As mentioned before I jut started working with MIDI and DAW, this is the third track I have recorded piano, vocals, and played with MIDI, so forgive me if this is still real scrappy. I know a lt of the timing isn't perfect.

I will most likely re-record some of the vocals after working on it some more. There already are some changes to the lyrics and the vocal performance along with it, but this is pretty true to the one hour skirmish composition right now sp I already wanted to share.

Paper Dove

Verse 1:
Folding paper in Room 204 We share the message of peace
Pressing our beliefs in each crease
While battling who means it more

Verse 2:
Our peace signs split on Fourth and Main Each fold a battle cry We preach one peace while you and I Both claim the holier name

Chorus:
Paper dove, oh paper dove
Line them up in rows
Each crease is preaching peace
While discord grows
Paper dove, my paper dove
See how well we shine
Teaching unity
Through chosen sides

Verse 3:
The peace march splits on River Lane
Each side claims holy ground
Your prayers rise loud while mine resound
And both call peace a name

Bridge:
I fold these wings in candlelight
And see what we became
Two prophets of the same refrain
Just preaching different lies

Final Chorus:
Paper dove, oh paper dove
Line them up in rows
Each crease still preaching peace
While hatred grows
Paper dove, my paper dove
Watch how well we shine
Teaching unity
Through battle lines

Outro:
Back in Room 204
Paper on the floor
Folding one last dove
For what peace was meant for

Paper Dove (Worktape)

Over You

Over You (Radio Edit)

Garden of Eatin

Written for June 12 Stories 12 Songs Challenge.

Halfway Home To You

written for final assignment melody course

Homeless

The Scientist

Even in the Desert (demo)

Pretty lies remix

Drums - Martine Wade
Piano, Rhodes, Organ, Minimoog - Jack Redsecker
Bass - Mikey Migliore
Mixed, Mastered, Arranged, All Other Instruments - mangokim
Engineering - Lana Migliore
Recorded at Hybrid Studios in California


Lyrics:

It’s time to drop these paper friends
Let the waters soak them in

But that don’t talk about it, no
Don’t you side with everybody
That don’t talk about it
Everyone is silent

Behind the iris, in the chest
I’m blue from your pressure

But that don’t talk about it, no
Don’t you side with everybody
That don’t talk about it
Everyone is silent

I’m over denial
I’m over conformity
I’m gonna speak out now
I’m gonna be free
I’m over these paper friends

[Searing Guitar Solo]

But that don’t talk about it, no
Don’t you side with everybody
That don’t talk about it
Everyone is silent

Paper Dove (Worktape)

CC Sanders

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