I really tried but I don’t think I found the right progression

You didn’t tell me you were passing 
When your time was through 
I found out on the internet
I really felt the truth

EI wish we could have said goodbye 
To tell you what you meant
I’m sorry that you passed that way
Memory and lament

No recordings to remember you
No pictures on the wall
Your voice not even clear to me
But losing you is all

This song is for my mother.  She passed back in 2020 during the initial stages of Covid. We couldn’t be with her because the hospital was under lockdown.  I don’t think this track captures my emotions about it.  I’m still working on moods.

In case you want to know how I do this.

Instructions for GarageBand 

Usually the note you start on is the key.  You play the notes of your vocals on piano and figure out what note it starts with.  You change that to your key, then you change the scale to all white keys. You check your melody out on the white keys to make sure it’s right because it may be in a minor key.  If it’s in a minor you have to change your scale to minor. Then I change it back to white and black keys because the visual pattern makes it easier to play.  You have to tap out the tempo to figure that out and then you record a few bars. Give yourself a few bars in case you make mistakes.  Find the perfect 8 bars or so.  Quantize it and copy and paste some bars.  Give yourself plenty of space.  Switch your keyboard to chords.  Put the number dial on one or two. Try and find a simple progression of at least two chords that matches.

Continued

Sometimes I check a list available on the internet.  A neat trick someone told me is that if you use more than one finger on the chord bar you get different patterns of chords. Once you figure out your progression and key you can do all sorts of things.  Read about GarageBand.  Take a course on music theory.  It’s like doing math with a calculator.

I’m sure it would be a very useful tool if I actually played.  I got addicted to the radio but I can’t listen because I suffer from severe paranoia.  I guess i could listen to deep tracks on Spotify or SoundCloud but I like creating it makes me happy. Thank Apple and God for GarageBand it saved my life.  I always said I was going to play the computer one day. I think now I actually am.

Reused lyrics with a different key temp baseline and progression

Memory And Lament

My name is David Mallory.  There are dozens of David Mallory’s on the net so I go by the stage name Meglodave.  This is a self deprecating name I gave myself over 25 years ago.  I suffer from a form of erotomania.  I have the mistaken belief that someone is in love with me and she gives me messages on the radio.  I am aware of this but still I’ve been unable to shake it.  As a method of coping, I have taken to making and listening to my own music using GarageBand.  Most of my stuff is instrumental, but I have a few where I sing.  I have a whole day worth of my own music to listen to.  Most of it is on another service.  

I Believe in Music was my first cover and the process of getting it liscensed made me rethink my game.  I’ve decided to post some of my music here and possibly get it on YouTube and Spotify and stuff.  Everything is done mostly on my iPad.  Recording Production Distribution everything.  I use GarageBand with Apple Loops, Virtual Instruments, and a pluggin app called Riffler.  

I don’t play an instrument.  I decided a few years back to skip the muscle memory and go straight for theory.  Instead of making TikTok videos I make music.  My long battle with writers block is finally over. I’m going through my enormous catalog of instrumentals and adding lyrics.  Bear with me I’m a beginner. 

Spotify calls my genre.  Indie alternative lofi.  Whatever that means . Thank you for visiting and listening.  I hope you enjoyed it. Have a nice day.

Note:  all my songs except my covers are available on my download page for free. Until further notice.

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