Sooooo...I came across an idea in the wild, brought it into the greenhouse to see what would happen.
Taken me a while before I opted to share it but this is the sample mix i have sent out today to the boys, so yes that's right, you get it too.
I figured it might be another side project piece, this time 'The Michael James Band'. Why? Cos Mr Wizard doesn't always share my penchant for torch songs LOLOL. I love'em.
Little did I realise that the boys would be into it. Paul S. really produced some excellent guitar ideas and synth parts. Theo wants to add drums, and to my great surprise Paul R loves it. Go figure.
I am aiming to release this as a single, the first for The Michael James Band, my new vehicle for songs Mr Wizard thinks are too...umm....well....not macho. Paul's idea of a singer is Paul Rodgers from Free, making it amusing that he has chosen to partner with me.
Paul Rodgers I ain't :)
Friend of the band and ginormous brain Dion W. explained to me it's not my occasional foray into 'feminine' sounds that bug Paul, but instead, the idea of vulnerability. I guess I have the advantage of being comfortable with vulnerability. Over the years various folks have commented that I don't sing in a way they expect. Heh. Le Oops.
The benefit of having our production in house, and our obscurity, is the opportunity follow the ideas as they come to you. I have ventured into Norwegian eurosynthwave with our mate Tobias in Skypta Vind, 'Liquidator' from STURMKELLER has given us an outlet for a foray into heavier sounds (one I hope to explore further) , so why not an outlet for some...um....whatever this is.
Paul S. shares my interest in Synth, Theo's into it and and even Mr Wizard thinks there's something to it.
What a great time to be making music. What rules are there to follow?
I expect we'll add more stuff to it but I have done as much to it as I can until i get drums done, which might be a few weeks yet. It's possible it might get another section and i'd be up for recording the vox again in the studio.
Lyrics:
By myself without you
As I walk the halls of memory
Where the chiseled past is stone
And the weight upon my shoulders
Pressing me into unknown
I don’t want the pain to tell me
That I need the things I’m shown
All these hand me down emotions
That I still don’t want to know
But I don’t feel the way you feel it
I don’t feel the falling down
I don’t feel the way it used to
And I can’t say it out loud
All the memories now are burning
Leaving me to stop the hurting
Am I by myself without you
You can never leave me now
Don’t wanna hear about it
When it feels like it’s forever
I know only here and now
haul your ship across the ranges
til you learn to put it down
when you wrap your arms around me
I wish I could feel them now
all the times that you are with me
and I’m still alone somehow
but I don’t feel the way you feel it
I don’t feel the falling down
I don’t feel the way you used to
And I can’t say it out loud
To know the lessons aren’t the learning
And the pain is not the hurting
When I’m by myself without you
I can never leave you now
Don’t wanna hear about it
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