Members grace_slick Posted November 10, 2010 Members Share Posted November 10, 2010 Ok, yet another one from me! (after the vocals end, this will go on forever and it's not meant to, but it just loops that way. I must adjust later.) I used my new WinLAME wav-MP3 converter too, woo! lol This is the updated version. www.soundclick.com/auntacid (it's the first one, newest one) Walked out my door, went to the store Today today I needed to buy a tomato To bake a pie Picked up a nice and juicy round tomato Held in my hand, something wasn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marshal Posted November 10, 2010 Members Share Posted November 10, 2010 Well I don't know what to say. It's pretty out there lyrically speaking. But somehow, as I just walked across the street to get some coffee, I kept singing in my head "Lake full of tomatos, lake full of tomatos." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted November 11, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 11, 2010 Heheh, anyone else? (thanks Marshall) I'm not one to shy away from out there stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stickboymusic Posted November 11, 2010 Members Share Posted November 11, 2010 the lakes full of tomatoes the lakes full of tomatoes all of them with beards...... its an anthem for the clinically insane....i LOVE it I think this stuff is great, your voice is so sweet and pure and you could easily just do the nice music but NO you are OUT there!! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ido1957 Posted November 11, 2010 Members Share Posted November 11, 2010 Very cool Grace. This is what I would call lyrically artistic and has excellent imagery. I'm not sure I've ever heard of, or seen a bearded tomato haha. I was listening to some college radio the other night and this would fit right in. They play stuff like this all the time. The mix is good too - radio ready in my opinion. You should look around for college radio stations and send them a CD. This is the kind of unique songwiritng that can garner a lot of fans. This would be a good children's song - I can see this going on Sesame Street or shows like that with cool animation and stuff.Vocals are perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JohnBenussi Posted November 11, 2010 Members Share Posted November 11, 2010 Heheh, anyone else? (thanks Marshall) I'm not one to shy away from out there stuff. You're nucking futs Grace! The thing is it's original and playful I like it. You should consider a harmony when you say Tomato's got a beard. Guess what though? Significant quality increase of the vocals!!!! I still hear some noise but it isn't as bad. Check out the advice I gave you in Shadowdusk's thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mudcat007 Posted November 11, 2010 Members Share Posted November 11, 2010 Definitely a strong contender for college radio here in the states. This was a lot of fun. Love your voice. Reminds me a bit of Kate Bush at her best (IE. least idiosyncratic ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted November 12, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 12, 2010 Oh coolness, people like this one! Lol. About 3 years ago we were in a supermarket and my partner was buying some tomatoes (I don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted November 12, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 12, 2010 Thanks also Johnny and Ido, and Sticky! I am actually thinkin it'd be so cool to get my stuff played on college radio...around here they don't really have stuff like that, but back when I myself was in college (or "uni" as we call it here), I had a friend from San Jose who had a show on her college radio station, and they played some pretty cool stuff. She sent me a tape once. My best friend used to have a show on a state-wide gay radio station in the state where I'm originally from...if she still had that show, she'd play my stuff for sure...but she doesn't. BUT another friend of our's is friends with someone else who still does have a show on that station. Blah, blah, blah - point is, when I get more songs finished and ok, I'll DEFINITELY be sending CDs around. WOO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roman2 Posted November 12, 2010 Members Share Posted November 12, 2010 I really like the jazzy feel of that song. But you should think about adding a little uplifting instrumental bridge, probably a piano solo resembling the lyrics would be sufficiant. But the song keeps me waiting all the time for something like that, something that "loosens it up" (I hope that is the right term) a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted November 12, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 12, 2010 Hmm...loosens it up...yeah, I getcha. I think. I've been "mapping" out my songs and making tables for what I have done and what I want to do for each of them...and for this, I put that I want to add something different with the bridge and also some sort of embellishment somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted November 15, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 15, 2010 Well, I've done a re-do of this...much the same, but with some added bits. I haven't done a bridge instrumental though...not sure if I should do it or not. What'd ya think? www.soundclick.com/auntacid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smithpemela Posted November 15, 2010 Members Share Posted November 15, 2010 Version Downloads provides free old versions software download for all types of shareware and freeware. Thousands of free old versions software programs are available for download version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted November 15, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 15, 2010 UGH!!! I thought yay, someone else has commented, but NO! F**KING SPAM! GET! OUT!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members urca Posted November 15, 2010 Members Share Posted November 15, 2010 I REALLY like this one! It's now stuck in my head!!!!! Cool lyrics and you sound good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JohnBenussi Posted November 15, 2010 Members Share Posted November 15, 2010 UGH!!! I thought yay, someone else has commented, but NO! F**KING SPAM! GET! OUT!!!!!!!!!! Wow, your adaptation and improvisation skills are improving pretty quickly! I like what you've done with this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted November 16, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 Really? Adaptation, eh? I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JohnBenussi Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 Really? Adaptation, eh? I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted November 16, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 How would I know what the tempo is, kindly sir? On my Ableton it's just always at 100 bpm and if you change it to be faster, you lower the number, and if you change it to be slower, you raise the number. This is all I know! I'm not sure what I'd want. I'd have to listen again (right now my ears are full of Rocket by Goldfrapp so I can't hear anything else in my head. lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JohnBenussi Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 How would I know what the tempo is, kindly sir? On my Ableton it's just always at 100 bpm and if you change it to be faster, you lower the number, and if you change it to be slower, you raise the number. This is all I know! I'm not sure what I'd want. I'd have to listen again (right now my ears are full of Rocket by Goldfrapp so I can't hear anything else in my head. lol) Have you heard of Jeff Dunham and Achmed the dead terrorist? :cop::cop: The tempo is the beats per minute or BPM. Weird. Your Abelton is broken girl! Beats per Minute...80 BPM is slower than 120BPM, right? I am confuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matximus Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 I wanted to like it - but didn't. I opened it because I thought those words were fantastic. But there was jarring dissonance between the clever, bouyancy of the words and that serious and kinda somber, almost funereal, piano progression. It just didn't work for me. But I like the music. And I like the words. A lot actually - both of them. But Seperately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peanutroad Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 Oddly, I liked exactly what Matximus didn't, the 'serious' tone to the music with the semi-whimsical lyric. It pulls a listener in where one might be dismissive with a bouncier 'fun' tune -- makes bearded tomatoes a serious subject that requires our attention! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rockinrobby Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 Not sure about bearded tomatoes? I do enjoy bearded clams though? The piano needs something to break up the "left hand/right hand" dynamic. And there's a bunch of timing anomalies, and it needs more production. But it was interesting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted November 17, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 17, 2010 You know what Robbie? This is the story of my (musical) life. I just do not have the technical knowledge and ability to fix these errors and time issues and mixing problems. It really upsets me cause no matter what I do and how happy I am with the music itself, with these technical issues, I can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted November 17, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 17, 2010 Oh and Robbo, I can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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