Simple song about rain.
Skirmish host	Metalfoot
prompt	Warm Spring Rain

Quick write but I spent a while recording it.  I'm having too much fun learning a bunch of new plugins.  

Synthesizers:
	Carbon Electra
	CWITEC Sampler

Guitars:	2004 Martin DCME
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Constructive criticism is always welcome.  Tell me all about it!

Warm Spring Rain

.  Splice sound designers sampled the sounds of a classic 1991 Toyota Land Cruiser.  All the drums except the crash are from those samples.  The active percussion is a loop they made.  Bass is from a synth called "Pendulate" based on the interaction of two pendula.  The uderwater guitar sound uses a plugin called "Motor".  The reaction to not starting is a synth preset called "Motorized".

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Lyric:
(I Want To) Lighten You Up

I wish that I could find a way to stop your crying
Wash your troubles down the drain
I don't know what to do but I won't stop trying
To take away your gloom and pain.

If only I knew how to bring a bright tomorrow
Chase all the clouds from the sky
I see you drowning, awash in your sorrow
Everyday I have to try

Ch
To lighten you up
Ease your burden
Brighten your life
Make love certain
Always

If I could find a way to frighten away evil
Run the ghosts out of your past
Help you forget about the grief and upheaval
Embraced by happiness at last.

Ch
Gtr Vs
Ch
Ch

©2017 John W Hanberry (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved

SongSkirmish.com 2017

(I Want To) Lighten You Up

Portrait Of A Time

It's a picture
That captures a moment
Like a song flying by in the wind
Brings back a memory
From a long time ago 
To remind you of places where you've been

Graven image
A mix of light and shadow
That plays on your eye for a while
You might find a face
Your memory had misplaced
In the sunshine wearing a smile

Ch.
A portrait from a time things were better
Or a disaster that you try to forget
You could say it in a verse
Or write a thousand words
But a picture can be so much better yet.

Resonator Vs

As the colors
Fade into tomorrow
Close your eyes and drift away to sleep
While you're snuggled down 
You can dream away the sorrows
Leave nothing but good memories to keep.

Of a portrait from a time things were better
A scene you never want to forget
You could say it in a verse
Or write a thousand words
But a picture can be so much better yet.

©2017 John W Hanberry (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved

Guitars:	
2004 Martin DCME
Gold Tone PBS Resonator

Portrait Of A Time

My concept for 5090 is to use the prompt as a musical rather than lyrical idea.  It is not intended to be programmatic..  In this case I used the prompt as a three note rhythm.  First in the bass line, then a different rhythm later in the melody.  I took this prompt as a practice run to see how it might work.  The basics were done in an hour but then I spent some time dressing it up.  It could certainly be longer with more ornamental geegaws but as an exercise it can stay short.

JW Hanberry

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