Stick Around Please

"Give it a Week" is a poignant exploration of the struggle between fear, indecision, and self-doubt. The song delves into the complexities of being stuck in a relationship, torn between the potential for regret and the fear of choosing complacency. As Nick reflects, “I often write music that is accidentally playful and upbeat, but the lyrics that come out are often more painfully true than I’d like them to be. I try to fix a lot of problems with logic and reason, but sometimes no matter how much I calculate or talk it out, nothing makes sense anymore. Sometimes, the problems just pass; sometimes they don’t, but often giving it a week and seeing if the problem is still true is an answer.”

The track’s playful melody and jazz-infused sounds pair perfectly with Di Gregorio's reflective vocals, giving it a sense of intimacy and vulnerability. As the first single off the EP, “Give it a Week” sets the tone for a direction that blends the love of electronic, glitchy production, neo-soul jazz guitar, and honest lyricism, capturing the essence of Nick’s evolution as a producer and musician.

Give it a week

Passed out on the northern line,
Arms like pretzels intertwined,’
Glitter Mixed with business suits,
Drunk stumble from morning tube

It hits me like a transit bus, that I’ve
never loved someone this much
In a heartfelt war clothes hit the floor
In our tiny room that’s 2 x 4

London May not be the place we raise a family but,
We can build a home in a room we’l soon out grow

Way back when we packed our van,
Bright eyed with a Master plan,
Reach square mile and build a life,
That’s breathtaking un-compromised,

Now our hustle starts with 6 alarms,
A fight to rise against the sun and
Short goodbyes are bittersweet now’ parting ways is all routine.

London May not be the place we raise a family
Cos’ no matter where we go, you will always be my home

No plans are set in stone
Let’s explore the great unknown
Skydive on the Sunshine Coast,
Brazil or Mexico,
Raise kids out on the road,
Together we’re unstoppable

Tiny Flat

"An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport”- Enrique Peñalosa

Verse 1:
Shelved and branded living on display
Mentally I’m overdrawn buying things I can’t afford,
All our lives appear so ornate,
Could you believe that misery has come from having everything, 
Misery has everything.

Chorus:
Who is held accountable for us,
Every cent is funnelled to the upper crust,
And our wallets holding nothing more than dust,
Could you believe society would fix itself eventually if rich old men began to take the bus.

Verse 2:
Dreams are paint and cover bars of steel,
Recreating high school grades by measuring our neighbours cage,
Deep down I feel sick inside this wheel,
Could you believe that misery has come from having everything,
Misery has everything 

Chorus

Misery Has Everything

I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

Covers to work faster and focus on production/mixing techniques.

May 2020

Mini Cover #2 | Perfect (Ed Sheeran)

Recorded Live June 2020. See the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hAj8TDpnik

Dancing In The Moonlight (King Harvest) | 1 Vox 1 Guitar Live

‘Does happiness come with age, fortified and packed away but I can’t wait until I’m grey to find out happiness decays.’
Care For is an introspective search for joy while feeling lost on a dance floor. 
A sad anthem wrapped in a dance track, Death Cab For Cutie colliding with Two Door Cinema Club and just enough Jazz to be genre confused.

Care For

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW4Q065ptS8

Recorded Oct 2020. 

Just back to basics with solo guitar and voice. Pushing through the old Red light syndrome. Just realised I totally missed the bridge 🤦🏻‍♂️ my bad.

So Sick (Ne-Yo) | (Live) 1 Vox 1 Guitar | Nick Di Gregorio

Lyrics:

We’re just star dust, built up,
Nothing more than chemistry and luck,
Sober thoughts, a drunken walk
4am is when I start to understand it all.

Verse 1:
The night air claws  through my hazy thoughts,
Marching to a rhythm, make it home by dawn,
I wish I knew her name,  been to long since I’ve felt that way,

Packs in muscle shirts splatter the streets,
Searching for something or someone to eat,
The pulse of the club,
Fades to a hum,
Headphones on I sonder to a faithless song

Chorus:
We’re just stardust, built up,
Nothing more than chemistry and luck,
Sober thoughts,  a drunken walk
4am is when I start to comprehend,

We’re just star dust, built up,
Nothing more than chemistry and luck,
Sober thoughts, a drunken walk
4am is when I start to understand it all.

Verse 2:
I wish I believed in something bigger than me,
But selfishness became a bigger necessity,
Cause I always felt to much,
A sponge holding on to someones else’s song

Never struggled with faith,
Faith struggled with me,
Born a sinner, I had to lie to believe,
But there’s a calmness in the darkness is working it’s charm,
A split second lightness in my restless, heart

Chorus

Bridge:
Jury of stars, don’t judge to hard
Clarity is rock candy melting apart,
Right now I feel so warm,
A hundred fairy light inside me flickered on,
Caught in the middle, of wonder and shame,
Breathing in the swell before the crash of a wave,
Pitter Patter Titter Tatter cracks in the street,
My back will stay intact if I just trust in my feet

Chorus

Nick Di Gregorio

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