Keep walking, don’t look back
There’s somebody there

If you stop, your heart might drop
Cause you know something is here

Don’t turn left, don’t turn right
Don’t look up and don’t look down

There’s something in the shadows
Salivating from its mouth.

It’s a monster
Feel the dread that stains the air

It’s a monster
So pernicious when it is near

Monster

Oh a little birdie
One so sweet,
Whistled out a melody,

She made the colour blue
Have a perfect summer hue

She led me to a wooden sign
Painted texts in ivory wine

I read out aloud
And it said:

“Start Falling in Love”
That is my advice to you
Don’t contemplate or hesitate
cause happiness goes too soon
so, keep trying my friend
you’ll find, the one this time

Fall in Love

Hope your 2023 was a fulfilling year, happy holidays everyone >,<

From The Start

Saw this lullaby on TikTok and decided to give it a try

- [Portuguese] -
Se essa rua
Se essa rua fosse minha
Eu mandava
Eu mandava ladrilhar
Com pedrinhas
Com pedrinhas de brilhantes
Para o meu
Para o meu amor passar

Nessa rua
Nessa rua tem um bosque
Que se chama
Que se chama solidão
Dentro dele
Dentro dele mora um anjo
Que roubou
Que roubou meu coração

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- [English] -
If this street, if this street was mine
I would bid, I would bid someone to tile it
With pebbles, with pebbles made of diamond
Only for my, only for my love to walk by.
 
In this street, in this street there's a wood
Which is named, which is named Solitude
Inside it, inside it dwells an angel
Who stole, who stole my heart.

Se Essa Rua Fosse Minha

I don't want to leave
No, I don't want to
I don't want to leave
No, I don't want to

Leave
Leave

I feel the pressure 
Following me
I feel the pressure
Following
Me
Me

All my friends
Are gone

I don't want to leave
No, I don't want to
I don't want to leave
All my friends 

Behind
Behind

All the connections
That I have made here
All of the friendships 
That I have found here

Gone
Gone

I don't know how
I'll find it back

I don't want to leave
I'm already gone
I don't want to leave
I'm already gone

Gone
Gone

Saying goodbye
Really hurts
Saying goodbye
It really hurts

Hurts oh
Hurts

I don't want to go
Don't want to go

Please just let me stay
Stay

Leaving

Young one, where do you want to go?
Down the river or into the cold?

It's a shame to end this way.
Nowhere to go, nowhere is home.

Young one, why so misty-eyed?
Is it the ice-caps or the rising tides?

It's a shame to end this way.
Nowhere to go, nowhere is home.

It's A Shame

We drifted apart slowly over time,
I spent some days saying you were mine. 

But as we talked over the phone,
Our time got lost across the zones. 

I tell you that I miss you, 
Wish you 
Were here with me

You say you’re busy,
Studies;
A busy bee

and you’re buzzing away
away from me. 

When did the cracks begin to show?
When did our song leave the radio?

Would you go or could you stay?
I asked you and you went away.

I tell you that I miss you, 
Wish you 
Were here with me

You say you’re busy,
Studies;
A busy bee

and you’re buzzing away
away from me.


Away From Me

Like Real People Do (Cover)

I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire

Build Me Up Buttercup

someday i'll get it (cover)

Lyrics:
(Verse) 
We can't hold this no longer
There's nothing left to conquer.

We can’t play this game,
It’s insane,
So 

(Chorus)
This is the place,
This is the season,
This is when we move on.

This time it breaks,
This time; no reasons,
This is where we must part.

Credits: 
Producer: Raynard
Songwriter: Raynard
Composer: Martina
Sound Engineer: Raynard

Piano: Martina
Vocals: Raizel

Piano @ Studio A (AT4081 & AT4021)
Piano Room @ Studio A (AKG P420)
Vocals @ Studio C, Control Room (Charter Oak SA538)

Summary:
When I drafted out this song, I wanted to create a song that could emotionally impact people and not to resort to using just four chords repeatedly in the song. I also wanted to move away from using a guitar in the song, so I expanded the idea with the ability to create various unique chords with the piano.

Differentiation Factors:
The piano arrangement doesn’t follow a linear “four chord” progression. It uses different chords to keep a steady flow of movement in the piece. This type of chord progression is rarely seen in popular contemporary music and would peak the interest of many listeners who are too used to songs that have the good old, “four-chords is all I need” mentality.

The length of the piece may be short, but it carries weight to the listener. I wanted them to understand its short message. This wasn’t meant to be a narrative that would force them to stay for a song, but to let them immediately grasp the message and scene, only to arrive at the conclusion wanting to know more, or to listen again.

Delivery:
Words - The lyrics are immediately recognisable and understandable. They convey the message right away to the listener, and are able find interest in a song that relates to them.

Melody - The melodic contour of the piece sung by the vocalists has a held back rhythm to it. It conveys the insecurity of the person, not being able to actually break the connection. The constant shifting down of the notes she sings also expresses the negative atmosphere the piece is trying to give out.

Arrangement - When I wrote this song, I wanted a solemn song that people could relate in times of hardship, especially ones who knows of abuse in relationships. To do so, I formed the song around the A minor key, a key that I personally feel can carry a lot of different “negative” emotions. The use of extensive chords and different voicing led to an instrumental that embodied a smooth, almost jazzy, piano backing track. This piano carries a sort of Christmas vibe and it would lead to some visualising winter. The cold air of the winter season can be warm for some, but bitter and piercing for others. 

Performances - The vocals supported by Raizel was crucial as the tone of her voice in this arrangement aided in conveying sadness and a sense of weakness to actually do as she says (“This is the where we must part”).

The rubato from the piano helped make the piece more emotional and free flowing, which expressed the idea of negative emotions. Its lack of consistency in tempo contributes to the unassertiveness of the person trying to break up, as the piano, in a way, holds back the vocals from staying to a solid tempo.

Recording Techniques: 
I planted an AT4081 atop of the hammers on the grand piano, hovering over the middle C note and an AT4021 to the center, pointing at the middle C. This helped me create an interesting stereo spread when I panned it, as both of them produced different tones from the piano, and also picked up varying frequencies of the piano strongly.

The room microphone, an AKG P420 set to cardioid pattern, was pointed towards inside the wall close to the piano, with its indentations. This captured a sense of reverb and was perfect to help create a good room sound for the mix.

Mix:
By adding reverb to the vocals and the piano, it created a spacious, almost ambient texture to the piece, which would help make the piece more solemn, befitting to the theme of the song.

Not Again. (Ft. Raizel)

The Functions is somewhat like a placeholder for me to really experiment with different genres and ideas that pops into mind. Each function displays itself as a part of who and what I am.

(Verse 1)
Human, 
I am alone. 
I’m assuming,
Love is a concept of pleasure,
Family almost depleted,
All of my friends disappeared

(Verse 2)
It’s inescapable,
We live but we grow old
We function higher minds
But mostly standardise,

We choose to segregate,
“But it’s a big mistake”
We speak to tell ourselves
Punishing infidels

(Chorus)
Should I leave it,
Should I mind
I hope it’s not against your pride
To speak against the words  you say
It’s a politicians checker’s game

Should I Leave

The Functions is somewhat like a placeholder for me to really experiment with different genres and ideas that pops into mind. Each function displays itself as a part of who and what I am.

(Verse)
The story of Icarus
Repeats upon itself
One that speaks of pain
While the other only pouts

It was the hooves
The guards who only spoke his name
It was the very one who was his kin
That took him by the blade

(Verse)
The hourglass continues
Without a moment loose
It sits upon the shelves
Of masses chasing goose

To make sense
Of the world that only answers back
A single worded answer
And wrote its name as death

(Chorus)
Think of it now,
Would you ever be the same if

You realised,
The cycle that you’re living in is

Not compromised,
All of it was made from dust and

Just soon enough,
You’ll return the ground you’re made in

(Verse)
Insatiation out of lust 
Is just another tale
To speak of wronger doings
That leaves a person pale

To blame another,
For the loss of innocent existence,
Is cowardice and penance
Is losing that person.

(Verse)
Maybe I was wrong
Or perhaps I was desperate
For the off chance of falling in love
In a world as desolate

It was a sailor’s song
One that was solemn and sad
A cry to soar like a dove
With my feathers turned to sand

(Chorus)
Think of it now,
Would you ever be the same if

You realised,
The cycle that you’re living in is

Not compromised,
All of it was made from dust and

Just soon enough,
You’ll return the ground you’re made in

(Outro)
And should the world hear my story
Know that this is not the end
This is just the cycle
Repeating once again

The story of Icarus
Repeats upon itself
One that speaks of pain
…

I.C.A.R.U.S.

[verse]
Oh so lonely, 
Everybody told me
The odds of winning wagers
Is far off from the shore.

No, I won’t be
Backing down so easily.
I’ll walk on down the wayside
And hitch it out some more 

[chorus]
I won’t be the one
To fail today.

Failure

Thanks Martina Ng for the inspiration for the chords in this one.

[Verse 1]
Persephone,
Your mother’s looking for you;
my love.
You have to leave in her stead.
Or the people would suffer
In drought or by death

And the earth will be covered in a dust-linen bed.

I don’t want to stop.
I’d prefer it if you’d stay here to talk.
But the laws of the one that governs us all
Has taken us far apart.

[Verse 2]
Persephone,
Before you go, I have a gift
That I have grown.
Take it and eat it when there is nowhere to go.
It should remind you of what we call home.

You are my queen.
You’re everything.
Come again.
Proserpina.

[End]
Persephone;
;ɐuᴉdɹǝsoɹԀ

Persephone

[Verse]
Knocking it up over bars and the drinks.
Feeling enticed;
“No ones bothering me”.

Rubbing her hands on a half-empty cup.
She says:
“What’s even the point of working so much?”

[Chorus]
Sally over downtown,
She’s prowling again,

She tries working all around the place
To make her amends.

And when she 
gets her hands on what she wants,
Her body is content

For any cigarettes or beers or any contraband

[Refrain]
But on the days when she’s lonely,
Her mind isn’t very homely

It’s like living in a daydream
But on the verge of it breaking

[Chorus]
Sally over downtown,
She’s prowling again,

She tries working all around the place
To make her amends.

And when she 
gets her hands on what she wants,
Her body is content

For any cigarettes or beers or any contraband

Sally Over Downtown

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