A song I wrote and recorded in about two hours for a songwriting assignment.

Want You -
Verse 1
Red Head,
White skin,
Bad breath,
Quite thin.

(You're)
Poison,
But that's how I roll,
know you'll leave me standin',
Out in the cold.

Bridge 1
(And I,)
Cant seem,
To get rid,
To get out,
Of it.
(And I,)
Don't want,
But need,
Your fix,
Your hit.

Chorus 1
I want you,
I want you,
I need you,
I need you.








Verse 2
No more,
That’s it,
We’re finished,
And I quit.


Minutes pass,
And I’m beggin’ for more,
you leave me gasping,
and I know for sure…

Bridge 2
(That I,)
Don’t want,
To get rid,
To get out,
Of this.
(and I,)
won’t stop,
I want,
hot kiss,
brief bliss.

Chorus 2
I want you,
I want you,
I need you,
I need you.


Want You

(Check it out; even the souncloud wave form looks like waves! :D )
Music set to someone else's poem for an assignment.
Thanks to Lottie who learnt this in 2 minutes before recording,
and thanks to Emi for his invaluable technical and performance contributions.
There were some problem frequencies coming through in the mix so I literally just cut everything plus 4k hertz, as a result the track ridiculously warm, so please listen through something with a half decent bass response. This was a quick rec+mix so ignore corners being cut please.

 I began composing, (in the key of C of course ;) focusing on an ebbing-and-flowing motif to imitate tidal motion. I knew I wanted warm acoustic guitar tones, and simple modal melodies to borrow the authenticity of a Folk/Sea-Shanty tradition to which I felt the words belonged.
 Eventually I settled into an Aeolian tonality with what I felt to be a bitter-sweet nostalgic bent, in tune with my interpretation of the lyrics. Whilst recording; I oriented my vocalist towards a typical Folk style – particularly in enunciation and expression. Finally, I drenched my tracks in reverb to re-create the open-spaces of the ocean.


MBallard

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