what a cool song, I really dig how you "planned" to write it exploring an interval, awesome work, Dans!

https://soundcloud.com/shadowpainter/sets/saturday-music-3 up here

I really like this Dan...dramatic production... dujhan

Cool track, spooky, really like the chord changes here! Nice one!

well told story - not unlike Poe's - the dissonance does have a profound effect

This song started with Dan Ls exploration of "The Devil's Interval".  The flatted fifth creates dissonance and is not often used in music.  I associate it with the song "Black Sabbath" by "Black Sabbath".  You can find it in other "evil" sounding songs.

You can read a little about this interval here:
https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-1767,00.html


Because of the dissonance I contacted DanB and asked him if he was interested in writing a song with me using this musical element.  He agreed and we wrote this song.

DanB writes:
Well this is something quite different for certain!!  It is something very unusual. I have titled it "An Ode To Edgar"
Of course I mean Edgar Allen Poe.  A master at the macabre.  This is a story of a most likely, very disturbed man. Obsessed with Edgar Allen Poe.  He may or may not have committed a murder. 

It can be determined that he is delusional and quite unbalanced. Therein lies the, um... fun. 

Lyrics;

The night so bleak 
A final shriek 
As cold fog blankets my little town

Now still the air
sit in my chair
And think how lovely she looked in her gown 

No need to fear
from what you hear
An ode to Edgar
An homage to a broken man

It's nothing more
No lost Lenore 
Just a little tome from a lifelong fan

The chandelier 
Burns bright and clear
Illuminating the dining room

A well swept floor
And basement door 
That leads to a hidden tomb

No need to fear
from what you hear
An ode to Edgar 
An homage to a broken man

It's nothing more
No lost Lenore 
Just a little tome from a lifelong fan

Where she is bound
Never to be found
Her pale blue eyes forever will stare

So quiet now
And yet somehow 
I fear she may walk from out of there

No need to fear
from what you hear
An ode to Edgar
An homage to a broken man

It's nothing more
No lost Lenore 
Just a little tome from a lifelong fan

News flies around 
Throughout my little town 
She has gone to see her family

So no one will know
Where she really did go
A secret known to only me

No need to fear
from what you hear
An ode to Edgar
An homage to a broken man

It's nothing more
No lost Lenore 
Just a little tome from a lifelong fan

An Ode To Edgar

This is the site for the music of Dan and Dan:  Dan Blackard and Dan Lockhart.  Our sites are here:
https://soundcloud.com/dan-lockhart
https://soundcloud.com/dan-s-blackard

Due to the existence of other Dan and Dans we changed our name.  Our new name is Dan X2.  If you google Dan X2 you can see we show up right at the top of the search.  You can find our new songs here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-106484228

If you can't find a song that you remember hearing.  You can find more  songs by Dan and Dan at:
https://www.reverbnation.com/dananddan5

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