I have during the week returned to a track I started a couple of weeks back called "The Grey Room II (Hidden Annexe)". After struggling with this one things clicked in to place last night with the structure of the song completed and a rough demo recorded.
The song was intended to be an instrumental which was inspired by the story of Anne Frank (Hence the "Hidden Annexe" reference in the song title) but today I have come up with some lyrics and done a very rough vocal over the demo and it sounds promising. I have written the lyrics which refer back to the time the frank family hid in an annexe in a building during the war.
Here are the lyrics:
A Thousand Pages On The Floor
Inside A Place That No One Knew
The Memories From So Long Ago
A Room With People I Don't Know
Although I Never Knew His Name
He Looked Like Someone That I Knew
He Cast A Shadow By The Door
I Think I've Seen Him Here Before
Outside I Want To Catch My Breath
I Look Around But, There's No One Left
Outside I Want To Catch My Breath
I Look Around But, There's No One Left
Lyrics By Gary Hunter
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
New Album Updates
Spent some time mixing a few tracks for the album, one of them, "A Million Stars" has had the vocals re-recorded and also a lot of changes made regards effects used on the vocals. The song is pretty much complete as is an extended version of the song. "The Grey Room" has had the drums re-recorded as there was a minor issue regards note lengths being all over the place so that has been re-done, also slight changes made in the sequencer sections, again this track is pretty much done.
The other new track "Annexe" actually has a similar sound and structure to "The Grey Room" so I have decided to re-name the song "The Grey Room II (Hidden Anexxe)". Still some work to do on this one.
I still need to tidy up the vocal on "I Remember You" and once that is done and I am happy with the mixes for "A Million Stars" then it is on to a track called "Car Crash Flashback" which needs new vocals doing I think!
If I can get all the above sorted in the next week or so the songs completed will be as follows:
"Stranger In A Room"
"I Remember You"
"A Million Stars"
"A Million Stars (Extended Version)"
I Once Was A Machine"
"The Grey Room"
"The Grey Room II (Hidden Annexe)"
"Car Crash Flashback"
I then need to look at completing "A Face I Knew" (Album & Extended Versions)and "The Glimmer Man" (Album & Extended Versions). That will give me 9 tracks for the album PLUS 3 Extended Version Bonus tracks. Lyrics have been done for 2 other tracks "Smoke Screen" and "Years Ago" but no music.
Gary
www.myspace.com/garyhuntermusic
www.icompositions.com/artists/garyhunter
www.myspace.com/definitionofsounduk
The other new track "Annexe" actually has a similar sound and structure to "The Grey Room" so I have decided to re-name the song "The Grey Room II (Hidden Anexxe)". Still some work to do on this one.
I still need to tidy up the vocal on "I Remember You" and once that is done and I am happy with the mixes for "A Million Stars" then it is on to a track called "Car Crash Flashback" which needs new vocals doing I think!
If I can get all the above sorted in the next week or so the songs completed will be as follows:
"Stranger In A Room"
"I Remember You"
"A Million Stars"
"A Million Stars (Extended Version)"
I Once Was A Machine"
"The Grey Room"
"The Grey Room II (Hidden Annexe)"
"Car Crash Flashback"
I then need to look at completing "A Face I Knew" (Album & Extended Versions)and "The Glimmer Man" (Album & Extended Versions). That will give me 9 tracks for the album PLUS 3 Extended Version Bonus tracks. Lyrics have been done for 2 other tracks "Smoke Screen" and "Years Ago" but no music.
Gary
www.myspace.com/garyhuntermusic
www.icompositions.com/artists/garyhunter
www.myspace.com/definitionofsounduk
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Updates! Updates! Updates!
Once again I have fallen behind with updates on this blog!
Right since my last blog I have finished the cover of "The Sound Of The Crowd" and in addition I have done my own extended and dub versions of the track which have come out really well with some fantastic feedback.
I still have a couple of cover versions to finish off when I get the chance.
I decided that from the beginning of the New Year I would return to work on my own album which was called "Systematic" but is now called "The Grey Room" because I have written and recorded 2 new songs for the album, one of which is called "The Grey Room". I love the title and therefore have decided the album should be called that. That song is complete with the other song "Annexe" nearing completion. In addition I have done a brand new version of my dark electronic ballad "I Once Was A Machine".
I have also been working on and finishing off the song "A Million Stars" both the album version and an extended version. I have recorded new vocals for this track and have completely re-visited the vocal effects I have used on the song.
"I Remember You" has also had it's vocals tweaked with a couple of small bits to tidy up.
I want to concentrate on getting this album finished so cover versions are going on the back burner. I will also be looking at my dance/trance album (New Myspace page for this as I am working under the name The Definition Of Sound - see web links below) as I have numerous songs recorded but they need mixing.
I think that brings everything pretty much up to date.
Gary
Gary Hunter Myspace Page
Gary Hunter iCompositions Page
The Definition Of Sound Myspace Page
Right since my last blog I have finished the cover of "The Sound Of The Crowd" and in addition I have done my own extended and dub versions of the track which have come out really well with some fantastic feedback.
I still have a couple of cover versions to finish off when I get the chance.
I decided that from the beginning of the New Year I would return to work on my own album which was called "Systematic" but is now called "The Grey Room" because I have written and recorded 2 new songs for the album, one of which is called "The Grey Room". I love the title and therefore have decided the album should be called that. That song is complete with the other song "Annexe" nearing completion. In addition I have done a brand new version of my dark electronic ballad "I Once Was A Machine".
I have also been working on and finishing off the song "A Million Stars" both the album version and an extended version. I have recorded new vocals for this track and have completely re-visited the vocal effects I have used on the song.
"I Remember You" has also had it's vocals tweaked with a couple of small bits to tidy up.
I want to concentrate on getting this album finished so cover versions are going on the back burner. I will also be looking at my dance/trance album (New Myspace page for this as I am working under the name The Definition Of Sound - see web links below) as I have numerous songs recorded but they need mixing.
I think that brings everything pretty much up to date.
Gary
Gary Hunter Myspace Page
Gary Hunter iCompositions Page
The Definition Of Sound Myspace Page
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