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Another Song at LPW - 20/10

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In the latter section of the song, I wanted it to really intense and emotional. I decided, something inspired by Gus Dapperton’s shouting and more aggressive singing in his songs, to add multiple layers of me shouting the lyrics. I need to work on the mix of them however in order to achieve the best intended mood and emotion.

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CHORDS

The chords in this song are simple, and consist of the same few throughout.

VERSE : D, Gmaj, F#m, Fm, A

CHORUS: G, A, D, Bm

FINAL VERSES: G, A, Bm, D

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The song starts off rather simple and slow, with few instruments other than guitar and synths. I wanted it to almost interpret how my old songs from 2018 used to sound. They're all my most popular on Spotify, and best known by people I knew from back them, specifically the person referred to in this song. 

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I like referencing lyrics to previous songs in as I think it adds a story to my whole discography. Some of the lyric references are in unreleased, and some are on Spotify already. In this song I reference lyrics even more than usual, since I wanted this song to be as personal as possible. Of course all the lyric references are from songs that are about the same person this song is about.

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Addition of scenic sounds

I wanted the song to tell a story, but in a less obvious way as to describe exactly what is happening. In the first and second verse, I have added the sound effects of the seafront consisting of seagull’s and the waves. In the second verse there's the sound as if you were sat on a train. Both these are relating to the lyrics of the song. 

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When I was writing this song I was listening to very similar styled songs, with the same mood and idea. As this playlist goes on, the influence decreases slightly. The biggest inspirations were from Medicine, Figure 8 and 10th Avenue.  Medicine really inspired how I wanted my song to build up and get increasingly more intense. Along with Figure 8, Medicine also heavily inspired the drums, and how they have a large thumping reverb on them. 10th Avenue was my favourite song at the time of writing, which I believed inspired the rather slow and sombre sound of the beginning of my song.

The acoustic guitar playing specifically the rhythm and strumming pattern, is directly inspired by Toothpaste Kisses by The Maccabees. Only my thumb is used when strumming these sections, which gives the strumming pattern a less conventional sound.

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A recording of me playing through the beginning of the song. I wanted the song to have quite low vocals, since this is a reference to how I used to sing, and how the person who the song is for used to prefer my old voice. Having said that, since the voice note, I have transposed the piece, changing the key from C# to D. This was too make my voice sound slightly less bassy and gritty, since my voice is quite deep, especially in lower keys.

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Original noted Lyrics to Chalk

Everything is in ruins

I think I’ve forgotten how to breath

And when I walk down to the seafront 

Its like I can smell you in the breeze

And this salt, its burns my face

And leaves my eyes bloodshot and sore

But the thing that’s fucked me up the most

Is the thought of dreams I can’t achieve anymore

And Ive, been tempted to buy chalk, and only you know what I’m talking about 

But I don’t know where, and I don’t know how

So maybe you could help me out 

And this is the point, where I wish I never opened my mouth

Because now I can’t stop crying 

Thinking of words you couldn’t pronounce

You’re the epitome of beauty 

And on the train home I find it so hard, 

when I see the trees, my mask becomes sodden

You’re in the leaves and in the bark

We fell in love on the common,

And fuck I am still living in the past

And with the things I’ve never forgotten 

I know that no one can surpass 

How well I knew you, though you made believe I didn’t

And if we could just go back to the days in the kitchen 

I know how I could make a difference

And Ive, been tempted to buy chalk, and only you know what I’m talking about 

But I don’t know where, and I don’t know how

So maybe you could help me out 

And I know its strange, but I feel I must say 

I still have a hairbrush filled with your ginger locks up on the fireplace 

And I can’t bring myself to throw it away 

I thought id marry you in a forest

In the middle of nowhere

And we’d forget to invite our friends, but we don’t care

Because we both know we did it on purpose   

And now that it can’t happen 

All I do is imagine; you doing it all with someone else 

And it’s not very good for my health 

I say I write songs to feel better 

But to be honest it’s never the case 

I guess it’s my version of a letter 

Reminiscing on wasted days 

And oh I thought I was so clever 

I thought I could just run away 

But you can never trust the weather 

It changes every fucking day 

And I thought I’d be your hero 

thought I’d come and sweep you of the ground 

But I’m struggling with my conscience 

Whilst you’re still in a whole over town 

And I know that we promised 

That one day we will have our kids 

But betty I feel like happiness has been forgotten 

Since you left me with an unscrewed lid 

Perhaps one day I’ll make it

And go on my search for you 

But I am everything you hated 

And we’ve both done shit we can’t undo 

Now all I do is sit and strum my guitar on my bed

And I don’t have a reason to write songs, so instead 

Ill sing myself all that remind me of you

Ill stay inside and get drunk

Ive made best friends with my plants

And I dread they day that is to come

When I see your face, and watch you walk away again

And Ive, been tempted to buy chalk, and only you know what I’m talking about 

But I don’t know where, and I don’t know how

So please can you help me out

And at this point it feels everything is far too loud

But I would turn up the volume

If it it was coming from your mouth     

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FIRST LPW OF SONG ‘ELIZABETH’ - 6/10

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After I finished roughly writing the whole song, which took a few hours on my bed with just my acoustic guitar. I recorded a really rough demo of it in logic. One track was me and my guitar, and then afterwards I improvised guitar parts, to get a rough idea of what I wanted.

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First voice note of the beginning of the writing process of the song.