FAWM 2022

A co-write with my 4 and a half year old son. Asked him if he wanted to write a song with me. Pink is his favorite color. We had fun coming up with more pink things to rhyme.

G, B, C, Cm

Colors

Intro

Empty open

Verse 1

Red, and Orange, and Yellow and Green
Blue Indigo, and Violet
But missing from that list, even though I desire it (Violet) (desire it/acquire it)
Is the best color that I've ever seen


Pre-chorus - (rising) A, B, C, D

Gray's ok I guess
Burgundy is fine
So many favorite colors
But this one's mine

Chorus G, D, G C 

Pink is my favorite color
Woah Oh
Pink is my favorite color
Woah oh oh
Inks come in many hues, all for me and you
but Pink is my favorite color
Woah oh oh

V2

Sunsets, flamingoes, and watermelon dreams
Valentine's day cards for February Halloween
A cadillac for Elvis, a pig for Charlotte's web
Balloons and blooming roses or a singing pop Celeb

Prechorus

candy's really dandy
Italian ice is pretty nice
Two lips for mint juleps
Bubblegum is pretty yummy

Chorus

Pink is my favorite color
Woah Oh
Pink is my favorite color
Woah oh oh
Inks come in many hues, all for me and you
but Pink is my favorite color
Woah oh oh

Pink Is My Favorite Color

Collaboration with Apolez3 for FAWM 2022

Siebass: Took my best crack at it, had to tweak some lyrics to fit rhyme and beat, but I think it turned out pretty well.

Apolez3:
Liner NotesThe saddest key is said to be the D Minor Chord
D-F minor third then F-A Major third.
Inspired by the D-Minor.
Added the following after the comment/s...
(As Nigel Tufnel, the waggish musician protagonist of the 1984 mockumentary Spinal Tap, said when putting his sentimental “Lick My Love Pump” in D minor: “It's the saddest of all keys. I don't know why, but it makes people weep, instantly, when you play it!”)
©February 4th 2022 by Apolez Taurus aka Arlene Kaczka

[INTRO]

[VERSE 1]
I’m so sad you’re gone
Where did I go wrong?
No one can replace
I can’t even erase
The D Minor Chord
What the hell am I going to do?
Because I’m left
with the D Minor Chord
playing on my heart

[CHORUS]
you played the D MINOR CHORD
The D Minor Chord
you played the D Minor Chord
directly on my heart
you played the D MINOR CHORD
The D Minor Chord
you played the D Minor Chord
directly on my heart

[VERSE 2]
How could someone as wonderful as you
Give me what you put me through
Leaving me so sad, 
depressed and blue
the D Minor Chord
it seems to linger on
Keep me out of sorts
playing on my heart

[CHORUS]
you played the D MINOR CHORD
The D Minor Chord
you played the D Minor Chord
directly on my heart
you played the D MINOR CHORD
The D Minor Chord
you played the D Minor Chord
directly on my heart

[VERSE 3]
Because you played the D Minor Chord
Right on my Heart
All this pain I’m going through
I’m without a grin
Because you played the D Minor Chord
I can’t erase
the saddest music that I face

[CHORUS]
you played the D MINOR CHORD
The D Minor Chord
you played the D Minor Chord
directly on my heart
you played the D MINOR CHORD
The D Minor Chord
you played the D Minor Chord
directly on my heart

Arpeggiated D minor with alternating first string positions 1 -3 - 0
[BRIDGE]

The D Minor is still playing on my heart
Which is the saddest key
including a minor third
instead of a major third
In lieu of a D Minor Chord
Could have played a beautification grace note instead
Give me a grace note instead
Give me a grace note instead
Give me a grace note instead
But I got the D Minor Chord
Gave me the D Minor Chord
an ostinato, painting my soul blue
What am I going to do
When It feels like I can’t get over you
My heart a rhythmic knife keeps going through

[CHORUS]
you played the D MINOR CHORD
The D Minor Chord
you played the D Minor Chord
directly on my heart
you played the D MINOR CHORD
The D Minor Chord
you played the D Minor Chord
directly on my heart

[OUTRO]
Just to think I could have been euphoric, 
without all this bloodshed
If you just played the grace note instead!
ⓒ2022 by Apolez Taurus aka Arlene Kaczka

D minor Chord (Collaboration)

Heard a story about the movement on NPR. Inspired me to write this song. It's a banger. Check out https://birdsarentreal.com/

Lyrics:

Intro:

I've got a secret to tell you...

swell

CH x2 left pan right pan and swap

Birds aren't real
they're made of cameras
Birds aren't real
Secret government drones
Birds aren't real
Inside their black jaws
Birds aren't real
They spy on your homes

V1

I've got a secret that I want you to know
So step over here and get real close
I'll put it in your ear, I don't want you to fear
But I'm gonna have to whisper cuz I see a crow

You may not know, but in the 50's, they killed off all the birds
Replaced with robots from the government, to record all your words
So tread lightly, speak softly, look in my eyes they're glistening
Remember, you never know when a feathered friend 

is gonna be listening

PCH

Back in the 50's, they don't want you to know
They're building robots that look like crows (and other birds too)

I've got a secret to tell you...


CH

Birds aren't real
they're made of cameras
Birds aren't real
Secret government drones
Birds aren't real
Inside their black jaws
Birds aren't real
They spy on your homes

BR

Cute birb over there? Government drone
That bird in your hair? Government drone
That bird on tv? Government drone
That bird next to me? Gonna spy in your home

That bird on the wire? Government drone
That bird that's on fire? Government drone
That bird on your face? Government drone
That bird in outer space? Gonna spy in your home

I've got a secret to tell you...
(Swell)

CH

Birds aren't real
they're made of cameras
Birds aren't real
Secret government drones
Birds aren't real
Inside their black jaws
Birds aren't real
They spy on your homes

CH vocal vamps over the x2 chorus - BIRDS AREN'T REAL

Birds aren't real
they're made of cameras
Birds aren't real
Secret government drones
Birds aren't real
Inside their black jaws
Birds aren't real
They spy on your homes

I've got a secret to tell you...

Birds Aren't Real

@musicbymichelle  

So last week I was cruising along the highway going super fast and then out of nowhere traffic came to a screeching halt. At first I was super annoyed by this and thought how could this be happening to me, I was going to be late to work. Finally settled into that there was nothing I could do about it. Then after 90 minutes of waiting I finally got moving and I had to pass the wreckage of the accident and I knew deep in my soul that the driver couldn't have survived it. This was very sobering. I was about 10 cars back from the site of impact, seconds away from this potentially being me.
So I thought I'd write a song about it. And here it goes. Can't wait to hear what you come up with. I'm open to anything.
Michelle

@siebass: I heard a simple ditty from these lyrics with powerful chorus of slow down, so that's what I went with. As always, I hope you all enjoy it.

Lyrics: @musicbymichelle
Music: @siebass

V1:Trying to get back from where I was
Moving as fast as time would allow
When all at once out of nowhere
A sea of red brakes me to slow down

V2:
I sit and wait patiently at first
But then my patience slowly wears out
Don't they know I've got somewhere to be
Don't have the time to sit here right now

Chorus1:
Slow down, take your time enjoy the view
Slow down, take a breath, try something new
It may take a while longer to get down this narrow road
But in the end you know you'll be making it back home

V3:
Minutes turn to hours and I am stuck
With only my thoughts as company
Have to be okay with where I am
And give up where I thought I would be

Chorus1

Bridge:
I edge my way forward, make it to the other side
As I face the wreckage, I'm grateful to be alive
So I'll...

Chorus:
Slow down, take my time enjoy the view
Slow down, take a breath, try something new
It may take a while longer to get down this narrow road
But in the end I know I'll be making it back home

Slow Down (Collab)

Aiming for a Brit pop rock track here; I think I nailed it. Metaphor of the heart as a radio tuned in to a particular person's station. Very happy with this one.

Lyrics:

V1

I'm gettin' static
Tuned in to you
Melodramatic
Eyes on your shoes

I start to panic
Too frequently close
Sweating mechanic
Frequency closing closing closing in

Pch

Twisting round my love

CH

I'm tuned in to you 
I'm tuned in to you
I'm tuned in to you
I'm tuned in to you, you, you

Break

V2

Pulled by the static
Eyes summer blue
Don't come up to the attic
If you want something new

My heart erratic
Beats in my chest
Think it's psychosomatic
I'm still taking deep breaths

PCH

Twisting round my love

CH

I'm tuned in to you 
I'm tuned in to you
I'm tuned in to you
I'm tuned in to you, you, you

PCH

(Empty pch) waaaaaah

Solo

PCH

Twisting round my love
Twisting round my love
Twisting round my love

(CHX2)

CH

I'm tuned in to you 
I'm tuned in to you
I'm tuned in to you
I'm tuned in to you, you, you

CH

I'm tuned in to you (Pulled by the static)
I'm tuned in to you (Don't come up to the attic)
I'm tuned in to you (Think it's psychosomatic)
I'm tuned in to you, you, you

Tuned In To You

The B-Side to the track "Birds Aren't Real", done in a different genre with a whole different feel. Still important to keep an eye out, though, for those birds.

Lyrics:


CH

Birds aren't real
they're made of cameras
Secret government drones
Birds aren't real
Sent by the president to spy on your homes
Way back in the fifties they don't want you know
They're building robots that look like crows
We should probably live in fear
Cuz birds aren't real

V1

I've got a secret 
It's a secret that I want you to know
get real close
I have to whisper cuz I see a crow

You may not know, but they went and killed off the birds
Replaced with robots from the government, to record all your words
My eyes are glistening
you know they're listening


CH

Birds aren't real
they're made of cameras
Secret government drones
Birds aren't real
Sent by the president to spy on your homes
Way back in the fifties they don't want you know
They're building robots that look like crows
We should probably live in fear
Cuz birds aren't real

Birds Aren't real (x8)

Birds Aren't Real - B-SIDE (Rough)

Jack Be Nimble

Michael's #7 song for February Album Writing Month. Lyrics by Kathleen Little.  

You Got Butter In Your Car

You Already Know (v5)

A Piece Of This Feeling (lyrics by Siebass, music and vocals by Ashley Brewer)

Photo by Texas Wedding Photographer, Matthew T Rader: matthewtrader.com

Darlin' you're a picture
That I wanna take
I'm up inside my mind with a pistol for a brain

Got an itchy trigger finger
I wanna shoot it straight
Just when I think I know you, girl, that's when you let me down again

Woohoo (say what ya mean girl)
Woohoo (before it's too late)
Woohoo (say what ya mean cuz)
Time ain't on your side...on your side

Now darlin', I'm a simple boy
With simple needs
I like a girl who tells me straight if she wants to she can leave

If you're a wandrin'
Then that's ok
I don't need your cherry red lips tryin' to tell me you wanna play

Woohoo (say what ya mean girl)
Woohoo (before it's too late)
Woohoo (say what ya mean cuz)
Time ain't on your side...on your side (repeat)

Time ain't on your side
Time ain't on your side
Time
Time
Time ain't on your side
Time 
Time
Time ain't on your side
Time ain't on your side



Time Ain't On Your Side

Collab with my buddy, topic for lyrics was "trimming the fat"

Lyrics by Michael Stettes
Music by Siebass

Excess Nexus

VERSE

so you got rid of the scraps
leftovers, knick-knacks
the toxic and fair-weathered
wasted breaths and silent letters

but they didn't go away
just got a new place to stay
beyond your simple science
they formed an alliance

one day they caught you sleeping
crept up on you creep creeping
stuck your body in a vice
and ran off into the night

you woke up surrounded
body trapped and mind confounded
far as your eyes could see
were things you didn't need

PCH 

now you're in a weird dimension
faced with deadly intention
you were done with these fools
but they weren't done with you

CHORUS:

Surrounded by your trash
how long will you last
in the 
EXCESS NEXUS 

You kicked 'em to the curb
but now it's your turn
in the
EXCESS NEXUS

(Solo)


Tried to trim the fat but the fat fought back!
Tried to let it go but it won't let go!
Guess you’re stuck in the 
EXCESS NEXUS

A sad fate
with no escape
from the
EXCESS NEXUS

Birds Aren't Real - B-SIDE (Rough)

Siebass

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