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Here is a new piano single I finished last night. I personally find it interesting as I consider it not having a chorus, just verse and bridge. And a mix of happier C chord with sadder Am chord. I can't tell whether it's a happy or sad song. Does it improve your mood or does it make you feel blue?

TAKE 1: http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_8048918

4/25/2011
Thanks to Sam's suggestion, I'm back with my 2nd attempt. Hopefully it sounds better this time smile

TAKE 2: http://youtu.be/Ux8UGnzoaYc


I also added lyrics for it. It's kind of a tribute song for those missing someone to the tsunami and not knowing whether they are alive.

HARBOR AND ANCHOR

Day by day
Day by day
In the harbor all alone
Looking out into the sea

Day by day
Day by day
In the harbor all alone
Waiting for you to be home

This hope is the anchor in my heart
That keeps me from driftin' to the sea

Day by day
Day by day
In the harbor all alone
Looking out into the sea

Day by day
Day by day
In the harbor all alone
Wishing for you to be home

This hope is the anchor in my heart
Its weight drowning me into the sea

Day by day
Day by day
In the harbor all alone
Looking out into the sea

Day by day
Day by day
In the harbor all alone
Wondering if I should go home

But I harbor this hope in my heart
For you are my anchor on the sea

Day by day
Day by day
In the harbor all alone
Waiting for you to be home

(c) Leo Lie, 2011.

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Neither, it sounds like an piano exercise. My guess is that if you put the mood you are experiencing into the song, both you and your audience will have the answer.


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Originally Posted by Samuel (joe) Harris
Neither, it sounds like an piano exercise. My guess is that if you put the mood you are experiencing into the song, both you and your audience will have the answer.


Great comment! Yep, I will definitely work on that in the future. Thank you for listening smile


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Cool, play your emotions and then re-post it. It should be interesting to see what you come up with.


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Hello Leo. I find it uplifting and was hearing a vocal with it. I call it "Hear With Me"

Nicely done and again you floor me with you telling me you are self taught.

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Originally Posted by Douglas Murphy
Hello Leo. I find it uplifting and was hearing a vocal with it. I call it "Hear With Me"

Nicely done and again you floor me with you telling me you are self taught.

Douglas


Hey Doug, thanks for liking it! Ironically, my 2nd attempt has made the mood more somber, but it kind of fits the lyrics.


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Originally Posted by Samuel (joe) Harris
Cool, play your emotions and then re-post it. It should be interesting to see what you come up with.


Hi Samuel, here's my 2nd attempt:
http://youtu.be/Ux8UGnzoaYc

Hopefully you don't feel like listening to piano exercise anymore smile Note: For some reason soundcloud encoding made the chord on first verse less audible.

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Your playing matches the lyric perfectly so it is easy to
follow and sing along, you might have to change that if you
add a vocal as it might come across as a bit monotonous,
I'd try getting a bridge in there to change things a little,
all in all though it's a nice piece of music,

Tony.

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Thank you very much for listening Tony! I will keep those advices in mind when I get someone to sing my song. Can't sing 3 octaves myself tongue

I've made a video on YouTube for sing-along though
http://youtu.be/Ux8UGnzoaYc


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Leo,

I think this is beautiful because it came from your heart, very nice music and sentiment.

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Hi Tammy, thank you for listening! I'm glad you find it beautiful smile


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Leo,

I re-listened and sang though it and this line:

Waiting for you to be home

can be sung "waiting for you to be home with me" or "waiting for you to come home to me"

It is a little high register for me, but still very beautiful.

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Reminds me of Springsteens "Your Missing"....at least I think that's what it's called This is a lovely melody but I would prefer to hear the lyrics sung with it. Also (and JMO)having no chorus is a real big negative here. Moving to the F to begin a chorus seems an easy thing to do and, honestly, with this being about looking out into the sea with a heavy heart, thoughts and feelings about a lost love or a lost family member, writing a 4 to 6 line chorus should come easy. As mentioned, lovely melody, but let's hear the song.

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Originally Posted by TamsNumber4

can be sung "waiting for you to be home with me" or "waiting for you to come home to me"

Tammy


Really? Perhaps I'm too used to one note per syllables in all my songs, I can't quite get "waiting for you to be home with me" to fit the 7 notes I have for that line grin Thanks for listening again, by the way!


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Originally Posted by Duncan Wells
Reminds me of Springsteens "Your Missing"....at least I think that's what it's called This is a lovely melody but I would prefer to hear the lyrics sung with it. Also (and JMO)having no chorus is a real big negative here. Moving to the F to begin a chorus seems an easy thing to do and, honestly, with this being about looking out into the sea with a heavy heart, thoughts and feelings about a lost love or a lost family member, writing a 4 to 6 line chorus should come easy. As mentioned, lovely melody, but let's hear the song.


Thank you for listening and the feedback, Duncan! Really appreciate it. What does "moving to the F" mean?


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Sounds pretty nice to me.


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Originally Posted by Kevin Emmrich
Sounds pretty nice to me.


Thank you for listening, Kevin!


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