Marija Kamarauskaite and I challenged ourselves to write as many songs as we could in a day. We managed two songs - here is one of them.

"Let Me Love You" by David Betts and Marija Kamarauskaite

Watch the live video on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob-OT2hBoJ8&feature=youtu.be

Marija Kamarauskaite - Let Me Love You (Live)

Marija Kamarauskaite and I challenged ourselves to write as many songs as we could in a day. We managed two songs - here is one of them.

"Where Do We Go" by David Betts and Marija Kamarauskaite

Watch the live video on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxq4jTbWjMc&list=UU7JjhgbR4AJoJIMlKsV1XSg

Marija Kamarauskaite - Where Do We Go (Live)

Inspired by John Powell and Hans Zimmer, I wanted to create something truly epic with my free evening. This was the best I could do!

Made using Logic Pro X, Native Instruments Komplete 8 & Actions Strings and Omnisphere.

Life Is An Adventure

I wrote this song between April 2012 and May 2013. When I began writing the song, it was in response to really not knowing what the next season was going to hold. My foundations were rocked by personal circumstances and during that time I was struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Whilst the things that I had been sure of were crumbling, I was reminded that our God is immovable; unchanging; unshakeable. This song was a declaration of that.

The bridge came a year later and really solidified the essence of the song for me - that because of Jesus, and though I didn't deserve it, the only thing God wanted in return for his unshakeable love was my heart. That truth still wrecks me! 

I've made the track available for download on this page, and you also watch it on YouTube, featuring Marija Kamarauskaite, Matt Price and Andy Jones.

UNSHAKEABLE
My faith is stirring 
Your Spirit burns in me
I declare Your victory
No earthly power
Will take its hold on me
I declare Your victory

Jesus I surrender all
For the King who claimed my soul

Unshakeable
Unshakeable
Your love is
Unshakeable

My sin defeated
Your blood has rescued me
I declare Your Victory
This is salvation
The power of Christ in me
I declare Your victory

My heart is Yours
Your love is mine
In an exchange I don't deserve
You'll never leave my side

Chords here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3pzk6mjlcd5u30e/AAAJP5mVcw9c5kNsb4zWqIB8a

Kerith Worship - Unshakeable (Live Acoustic)

This is a short attempt at replicating the sounds from Calvin Harris' song 'Bounce' (which you can hear at the link below):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooZwmeUfuXg

I used Logic Pro X with the following:

- Spectrasonics Omnisphere for the synths (custom presets)
- Ultrabeat (for hi-hat only)
- Some kick/snare/clap loops I bought a while back (can't remember where!)

Calvin Harris - Bounce (Production Practice)

Here's an acoustic version of a track Marija and I wrote today. 

We had a fantastic day of songwriting today - this song is a bit of a 'belter' and reminded us a little of films like 'Frozen', We're loving exploring different styles of writing, and really hope you like it too! If you do, tell us so! It means a lot! 

(If you haven't already, follow Marija here: 
https://soundcloud.com/ana-marija-kamarauskait )

Marija Kamarauskaite - Show Me The Real You (Acoustic)

An hour or two of playing around with orchestral stuff - I wish I had more time but I need to study! 

The basic idea was to try and create my own 'dark superhero' sound - so of course I thought a lot about Batman! 

Batfiend

Recently I saw the movie "Interstellar". Hans Zimmer's movie scores seem to just get better and better, so I was hugely excited to hear it. 

Whilst it wasn't my favourite Zimmer soundtrack, I found his use of sounds extremely interesting - so this is my attempt at writing a very short piece of music in a similar style! 

To The Stars

Joke track I made using some well known phrases of one of my classmates, Beth Koshinsky. 

Beth Koshinsky - Oh My! (Remixed By Dave Betts)

I'm getting back into writing music again! The aim of this piece of music is to provide background music for video. As a result, it's very simple and quite upbeat.

Motivational Corporational

Another hour-long experiment. This time, I tried to recreate a 'creepy' fictional movie style.

Creepy Orchestral Experiment

Another track I composed as a backing track to media.

Uptown Skippy

For her vocal degree, Marija was tasked with writing a song. We wrote and recorded this song together in a morning - my first 'secular' song in quite some time! I'm really pleased with the results and Maj and I will definitely be working together again!


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