Music & Lyrics by Eric Bay Andersen & Ty Simpson

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'Instantly Calmer'

All I need to do is fix the world for you
And chase desire as it enters your mind
I can't anticipate what you will crave today
But I know there won't be reason or rhyme

Bridge
Your time has come again
You yearn and twist and turn and then...

Suddenly everything is alright with the world
It all revolves around you
Like it's supposed to
Suddenly everything makes sense once again
You got what you were after
Now nothing else matters

And though I hope to be one of the things you need
It seems that I am just a means to an end
And I might fantasize of running from your side
But we both know that I'm a slave to your whims

Your time has come again
You yearn and twist and turn and then...

Suddenly everything is alright with the world
It all revolves around you
Like it's supposed to
Suddenly everything makes sense once again
You got what you were after
Now nothing else matters

Suddenly everything is alright with the world
It all revolves around you
Like it's supposed to
Suddenly everything makes sense once again
You got what you were after
Now nothing else matters

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Write, Co.

Instantly Calmer

From my instrumental album 'DETRIMENTALS', available on iTunes.

At over twelve minutes long, this track is more than twice as long as any other I've recorded before. Essentially it's a dozen mini-pieces that I decided to string together (hence the track's original name - "Stream Of Consciousness"), and because of the many instruments and tempo changes we treated it like twelve different songs when we were recording it (with names like 'Funky', 'Military', Happy Dream', 'Blusey' etc.)

Needless to say, this track was by far the most complicated and time-consuming to record on the whole album, but it was also the most fun. I think some of the sections have strong enough melodies that they could be expanded into stand-alone songs, so one day I might try to write lyrics for them and make them into an EP (maybe I'll call it "Creeks' or "Tributaries"!)

Detrimentals

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My new song "City Oh Heroes" - check out the video on my YouTube channel

The song was inspired by the superheroes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe - specifically, the New York-based characters (Captain America, Spider-man, Doctor Strange, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist Daredevil and The Punisher). Please share if you like it :)

Written & performed by Eric Bay
Mastered by Joe Lonsdale

City Of Heroes (inspired by Marvel / The Avengers / The Defenders)

I wrote this song as part of a 10 Minute Songwriting Challenge - see the videos in the link below...

Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdZ8-TZ_Lng
Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doQor4G7OTY

I recorded the videos above as soon as I got home after watching 'Yesterday', the new Danny Boyle/Richard Curtis movie about a songwriter who is the only person in the world who remembers the Beatles and their music.

There's a scene in the movie where Ed Sheehan challenges Jack, the main character, to write a song in 10 minutes, and I thought that sounded like a fun challenge so I decided to try it.

As you can probably guess by the fact that there are two parts to the video, I technically failed the challenge, but I still like the song I came up with (and writing a song in 20 minutes still isn't bad!).


'A World Without You'

I wouldn't wanna live in a world without you
Don't know what I would say if someone said I had to
I feel your love in everything you do
And there would be no love in a world without you

I try to remember every word you say
They help me get through life, they guide the way
It's my duty to pass on the flame
To make sure everybody knows your name

I wouldn't wanna live in a world without you
Don't know what I would say if someone said I had to
I feel your love in everything you do
And there would be no love in a world without you

Music & Lyrics copyright Eric Bay-Andersen 2019


Hope you like the song - I invite you to try the 10 Minute Songwriting Challenge yourself (I'm always fascinated to see how other songwriters work, so please share the results with me if you do!)

Peace & love
Beatles forever

A World Without You

A World Without You (Demo)

"Midnight Queen" is a collaboration that goes across borders. It was written and sung by Luna Keller (based in Spain) and Eric Bay (Based in England) - two artists that haven't met in person. It's and emotional indie pop ballad that tells the story of a woman that has been hurt deeply, now she leaves a trail of broken hearts behind.

Midnight Queen

Luna Keller and Eric Bay - Midnight Queen

This is the 'Write, Co.' project - a collection of songs co-written by Eric Bay with other artists. If you'd be interested in writing a song together, send me a message via one of the links below...

http://www.ericbaymusic.com - my website
http://www.facebook.com/ericbaymusic - my Facebook
http://twitter.com/ericbaymusic - my Twitter
https://soundcloud.com/eric-bay - my regular Soundcloud account

Instantly Calmer

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