This is a live/unedited/unscripted capture.  Samples of course were prerecorded into MPC and then triggered live.  Sampled from "Sounds in Space" a 50's stereophonic demo album.  Music, beat, sampling - Shon Cobbs.  Vocals - Cherie Cobbs.

Pristine Spaces

After the slight, the end, comes a wish for never having been so she builds a pyre befitting the love once alive and vital as a means to goodbye.  It is built not of tangible materials but of memory, dreams and the moments that haunt long after he is gone. 

'Into The Pyre' is our seventh song in the Social Singles project and definitely keeps with the theme of trying our hand at new sounds, feels and textures. We hope you like listening as much as we love creating.  As Always...download, share and enjoy.

What are The Social Singles? Simply put, it is a collection of songs that we will be releasing online over the course of 2012.

In todays technologically advanced and socially connected world, the ability and ease of an artist to share their work with others is easier, quicker and less constrained by cost than it ever has been. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Bandcamp and Soundcloud (among others) have been transformed from mere information repositories to highly developed tools that artists now have to share their passion with the world.

So, as a challenge to ourselves, an offering to our wonderful supporters and in general a really fun project; Days of Rae will be writing, recording and releasing one single each month throughout 2012. We will be distributing each song completely free of charge on as many social platforms as we can think of. Thusly, throughout the year you will have these songs (dubbed "The Social Singles) available to you to download, share, repost, love, hate, praise, criticize or however else you wish to consume.

With this project, we aim to make each release unique. The production of each song will range from duo compositions recorded in songwriter Cherie Rae Cobbs' home studio, to full band arrangements recorded and produced interstately. We also hope to feature guest musicians on select songs throughout the year.

As always, we thank you for listening as we look forward to a fun and productive year.

-Days of Rae

For more info about us and frequent updates on The Social Singles visit us at our website (www.daysofrae.com) and on Facebook (www.facebook.com/daysofrae)

Cherie Rae Cobbs - Vocals, Piano, Electric Guitar
Shon Cobbs - Bass, Drums, Electric Guitar
Farell Cobbs - Synth, Backing Vocals

Lyrics - 

Everything’s in boxes except for me
All your prizes have special places they’ve got to be
I don’t plan to stay here longer then I have to
No I don’t plan to lay here longer without you
 
When they come around asking for me
Tell them I burned up from braking excessively
I don’t plan to stay here longer then I have to
No I don’t plan to lay here longer without you
 
And I damn the day we met and I would take it back
If I thought it might help me to relax or get sleep tonight
If you want to see me step into the pyre

Into The Pyre

Our 8th song for the Social Singles project is a track called "Bend". Once again, we sought to experiment with new textures and feels as we sought out a driving beat, with soaring, hypnotic overlays and woven melody. We hope you like listening as much as we love creating. As Always...download, share and enjoy. 

What are The Social Singles? Simply put, it is a collection of songs that we will be releasing online over the course of 2012. 

In todays technologically advanced and socially connected world, the ability and ease of an artist to share their work with others is easier, quicker and less constrained by cost than it ever has been. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Bandcamp and Soundcloud (among others) have been transformed from mere information repositories to highly developed tools that artists now have to share their passion with the world. 

So, as a challenge to ourselves, an offering to our wonderful supporters and in general a really fun project; Days of Rae will be writing, recording and releasing one single each month throughout 2012. We will be distributing each song completely free of charge on as many social platforms as we can think of. Thusly, throughout the year you will have these songs (dubbed "The Social Singles) available to you to download, share, repost, love, hate, praise, criticize or however else you wish to consume. 

With this project, we aim to make each release unique. The production of each song will range from duo compositions recorded in songwriter Cherie Rae Cobbs' home studio, to full band arrangements recorded and produced interstately. We also hope to feature guest musicians on select songs throughout the year. 

As always, we thank you for listening as we look forward to a fun and productive year. 

-Days of Rae 

For more info about us and frequent updates on The Social Singles visit us at our website (www.daysofrae.com) and on Facebook (www.facebook.com/daysofrae)
lyrics
What if you're the only thing I need 
Fight my battles bend, burn and bleed 
You know the only way to make me happy 
Let go of what you know can hurt me 

Tie my hair up, let it hang low 
See beyond my uneven soul 
Wage a war against my breeding mind 
Show me ways to see another brighter side 

Close the shade, turn down lights 
Do not slip on my sinking sides 
I only want to feel this way 
Turn maladies to unwoven maze 

It's right this way 
to feel this way 

A girl like me lives in my mind 
You should read the story lines 
My hair's a mess, my eyes are too 
See them watching only you 

See them watching only you 
watching and waiting and hoping and baiting 
standing on these shores 
eyes blinded to the tides 
we stand to fight to live to try 
pushing away the pull of the moon 
lighting the darkness that desires to loom 
eyes blinded to the tides 
we stand to fight 
to love 
to try
credits
from The Social Singles, track released 31 August 2012 
Cherie Rae Cobbs - Vocals, Electric Guitar 
Shon Cobbs - Bass, Drums, Synth

Bend

Fun sampling from last friday night.  Also, this served as a scratch project to help me learn Ableton...as I just officially made the switch.

Scobbs