Silver Bella recruited her good pal, Paul Claxton (formerly of Ashes and Dreams), to get fun + funky with this mix.
With influences of soul and R&B, Paul added some funky organ, sax and trumpets, and beautiful spacey strings, among other great elements.

More about Paul Claxton:

Paul's project @trisektor 

Silver Bella + Paul jamming on the banks of the Red River with friend, Kris Kosie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6IVxFBwsag

Lyrics (courtesy of Silver Bella):

You can choose your shirt
Fix your hair how you want
You can run your game
Select the best restaurant

You can wear that skirt
Put on your favourite jeans 
But there is just one thing
That you cannot pick between

He can check all the boxes
Seem like a dream
But that don’t mean anything

You don’t get to choose who you fall in love with
You don’t get to choose who you fall in love with
You don’t get to choose who you fall in love with  
You don’t get to choose who you fall in love with  
  
You can pretend you’re straight
Be a good Muslim girl
But no force-fed mate, or marriage can rock your world
‘Cause pretty soon that crack will run right across your face
‘Cause love don’t care about the politics of disgrace

She can check all the boxes
Seem like a dream
But that don’t mean anything

‘Cause like fiddles and foxes
Cookies and cream
It’ll make you go ding, ding, ding!

You don’t get to choose who you fall in love with
You don’t get to choose who you fall in love with
You don’t get to choose who you fall in love with  
You don’t get to choose who you fall in love with

You Don't Get to Choose

Silver Bella - You Don't Get to Choose (Paul B. Claxton Mix)

Silver Bella asked former band mate Paul B. Claxton (Ashes and Dreams) to help create a good mix of her solo work, Pictures of Tonight. Paul added a cool Latin beat, beautiful horns, a kickin' bass line and vocoder vocals. 
Paul currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia and performs with various bands there, including Trisektor Projekt @trisektor.

Lyrics (courtesy of Silver Bella):

These magic colours arise
When you walk by
I got you in my sight
So rainbow bright

Got yellow for sadness
That cures any ills
A calm for the madness
As green as the hills

These magic colours arise
When you walk by

Though I’m no Picasso
With you I’d like to try
To break the mold
Fill your soul
With pictures of tonight

I’m gonna take my brush
And fill your skies
With this special touch
Loneliness flies

The landscape of freedom
Takes shape in your eyes
Red hot volcanoes
Erupt like paradise

I’m gonna take my brush
And fill your skies

Though I’m no Picasso
With you I’d like to try
To break the mold
Fill your soul
With pictures of tonight

Though I’m no Michelangelo
With you I’d like to try
To rock and roll
Fill your soul
With pictures of tonight

I’m drawing up sunshine
Blue skies
I’ll paint you anything

I’m drawing up sunshine
Blue skies
I will paint your pain
I will paint your pain away

Pictures of Tonight

Silver Bella - Pictures of Tonight (Paul B. Claxton Mix)

Silver Bella teams up with Shael Wrinch (production, guitars) and Paul B. Claxton (keys) for a sassy electropop tune, Better Than the Rest.

Lyrics:

I like you better than the rest
I like you better but I’m not gonna chase you
And when the butterflies subside
I’ll put you on the top of my list
I like you better than the rest

I like you better than before
I like you better and I’m not gonna waste you
And when the beach clears the tide
You’ll be the seashell that’s in my fist
I like you better than before

Those boys only out for themselves
Take, take, take till you’re just a shell
Make your life feel like a living hell
With the drama and the trauma and the drama, yeah

Sad sack boys who won’t find a job
Eat all your food and act like a slob
Digging through your pockets for your car key fob
Watch your wallet and your dollars in your wallet, yeah
Watch your wallet and your dollars in your wallet, yeah

But not you, babe
I like you better than the rest
I like you better but I’m not gonna chase you
And when the butterflies subside
You’ll still be on the top of my list
I like you better than the rest

You got style yeah you are so swell
A tiny bit shy but that’s just as well
Inside my heart you have cast a spell
Skip the drama and the trauma and the drama, yeah

Everyone thinks that you’re so reserved
But when we’re alone you throw me a curve
Make me laugh and holler like a crazy bird
And I’m falling, you’re so charming and I’m falling, yeah
And I’m falling, you’re so charming and I’m falling, yeah

I like you better than the rest
(ooh, I like you better than the rest, yeah)

I like you better than the rest
(better than the rest, better than the rest)

I like you better than the rest
(better than the rest, better than the rest, better than)

I like you better than the rest
(better than the rest, better than the rest)

@user-425535373 @trisektor

Silver Bella - Better Than the Rest

Hello lovely people! Welcome to my new solo project, Silver Bella. 

Also the Canadian half of quantum pop duo The $cience @thesciencemusique - and ethereal chill-out band, @ashes-and-dreams. 

Inquiries at silverbellasings@gmail.com

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