Week 2- Gary Pan- Good People

Verse 1

Something dont feel right 
why does it feel so tight
pain from the inside, it escapes, through my eyes
My body just feels so light
Is this what loss feels like
All of my memories, cherished and loved, are flooding my mind

Pre-chorus

Cold, the feeling grows in my heart and the glow fades away
Blue, the growing fear within, I cant stop myself

Chorus 1

Now that I fallen, no I wont stop trying
It’s easy to let it go, though I won’t fade into the afterglow

Verse 2
What is this feeling?
This light deep inside
Fighting the dark, from within, it gently resides
I aint gonna waver
I cant be shaken now
All of these moments, bitter or broken, won’t fade me out
 

Pre-chorus

Cold, the feeling grows in my heart and the glow fades away
Blue, the growing fear within, I cant stop myself


Chorus 2

Now that I fallen, no I wont stop trying
The pain’s trying to drag me down 
though I won’t fade into the afterglow

Drums recorded in Studio C
Kick- D112, Snare - SM 57, OH 4081, HH RE-20, Toms - Shure mic kit
Bass - DI
Guit- DI
Organ - DI
Vocals - SM 57


Lyrics by Bryan and AJ
Drummer- David
Bassist- Elliott
Guitarist and organ- Gary
Singer- Amira

PROW SONG

MIDI Keys, Drums, Bass, Strings and Horns : Done by Me
Vox : NEA JIE XI
Vocals recorded at home
Lyrics written by NEA JIE XI and me

Summary: This song is about this woman who caught the attention of the main character of the story. The reason why she stood out to him was because despite the fact that she is a fully grown adult, her actions contradict her age and it seems that it actually reflections one that is of a baby or an infant.

Differentiation factor: I wanted to create a song that had a lot of groove from the drums, but still make it relatable to the public in the sense that it does not venture out into the market of R&B but rather more pop. Which was the way this song started out at first, with the drum beat having that R&B groove thing. 

Lyrics:

Verse 1

Oh I saw this girl who was walking around
in the mid-dle of the town
She was sucking her thumb
And stomping the ground
Oh girl, I saw your frown
cuz she spilled her milk
she was crying out loud
Can someone keep her calm
Just hold her hand and give a smile
And pat her big little bum

Chorus

She’s a grown ass woman baby 

Verse 2

Wait a minute  (pause) I cant leave you behind
if I close one eye
you’ll start to whine
Give her chocolate cake
and she’ll eat it up
yet she wont be satisfied
There’s many sights and sounds
that’ll keep her engrossed
for hours and hours to come
Put the back seat up
Turn the tv on
Let her entertain herself

Chorus
She’s a grown ass woman baby

PROW #1

Credits:
Vocals: Afiqah
Recorded at home
Instruments are midi by me
Bass: DI
Lyrics: Written by Afiqah and me
Lyrics:

Verse
Ever wonder why i miss you
There are more than a hundred reasons
When i looked into your eye
You became my favourite season

PC 
And I want you to know~~
And I want you to know


Chorus
That I need you now
That I need you right now
That I need you now
So please hold me close
 
PC
And i want you to know~~~ 

Chorus
That I need you now
That I need you right now
That I need you now
So please hold me close
 

Summary:
This song is about a girl missing her partner who has disappeared from her life and she really wants him back. Right now she is in a very emotional state and is singing her emotions away.

Differentiation:
This song was originally intended to be sung by a male vocalist, where the lyrics written is usually in a guy's perspective of a his partner. But I wanted a female vocalist to sing the track instead to bring out a new perspective of this sort of situations. 

Delivery:
For the intro, I wanted to keep it simple with just a piano leading in with the vocals and to establish what kind of song it is going to more or less be like. In the chorus, that's where the rest of the band comes in to make it sound full, there is a pad in the background with a slight modulation thing going on which I feel gives the song some sort of movement. During the hang of the 2nd prechorus, that's where the vocals take over and give a huge sense of space. That's where i chose a very ambient reverb for the two vocal lines in the background. Then for the last chorus, the entire band comes in again to have that crescendo effect.

PROW #2

Electric Guitar: DI, Me
MIDI instruments : Me

Summary:
Basically I wanted to try to combine like a electro funk and blues rock so that's what this song is about.

Differentiation:
The electric guitar usually isn't a prominent voice in this kind of genre so I tried to bring it to the front and make it more melodic instead of just playing some funk rhythm that is being looped through out the song.

PROW #3

MIDI instruments : Logic Drummer, Me

Summary:
I wanted to push the extent to what logic drummer can do because most of the time we just use him as a filler for moments where we don't have the time to programme the drums. In those moments, logic drummer can add quite a bit of inspiration to certain parts and the inspiration this time was how far I can push this software.

Differentiation:
Usually songs has a certain structure whereby one needs a rhythm, a percussion track, a melody and harmony. I decided to throw that out of the window and have literally everything follow the drums.

Prow 4

Instruments : MIDI by Me

Summary: I wanted to try making something completely out of this world so I played a bunch of random chords and took the best things out of that.

Differentiation Factor: The chords and notes being played, technically have no structure to them as they are being randomised by an arpeggiator.

PROW #5 (Cosmic Radiant Fingers)

Summary: This song is about my experience when I wake up. It encapsulates how I feel when I struggle to get out of my warm cosy bed to the feeling of feeling fresh and awake. 

Diff Factor: Usually these sort of songs would be done in a singer/songwriter sort of feel, where it's just the guitar in the background and the vocals at the front. So I took away the vocals and used another guitar this time and turned it into an instrumental while keeping the original guitar in the background to still keep it in the singer/songwriter vibe.

Acoustic Guitar: Recorded at home
Electric Guitar : DI
Both instruments played by me

PROW #6

MIDI instruments and Electric Guitar : Me

Summary: I was thinking about what my last song should be like and I feel that it should end with something grand. So what else is grander than the cosmos itself. So that was what I was trying to being people into, experiencing space.

Diff factor: Normally for tracks like this, I feel that they are usually atmospheric without any melody, so I added an electric guitar melody to it. Instead of following the typical sound that a electric guitar has, i experimented with adding different filters, delays and synthesiser sounds that my board has to create the out of the world sound. I also played around with my bigsby whammy bar to give a different type of vibrato to my playing which I feel fits the floaty kind of sound that this song has.

Gary Pan

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