Nothing to prove

original song

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Explanation & theme

Hey all! I created some more music today. This one addresses the idea of associations and judgements being layered on top of the artistic process, both by the artist and the audience, when on a deeper level the artist is only the conduit for the creation: it is the universe itself that creates. Creation is an ongoing process; it is the nature of life to spontaneously generate.
.It also discusses feeling weighed down by the concerns of the physical world and seeing others embroiled in the fantasy of personhood, as well. As always there's a glimmer of hope! Listen to the song by clicking the link to @dsound below:

► Listen on DSound

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Process & Instrumentation

(You can skip all this if you don't care to know the process!) Created in Garageband. Every sound except the organ and keyboard part was made by me by beatboxing/singing/rapping. Started with a low melody, improvised as a beatbox with kick and BMG snare. Then I added a harmony to that a fifth up, doubling the rhythm part. I added an "inward lip roll" bass part. Then I added a high hat part, doubled it, and added a "Pf snare" ( sounds pretty similar to a real snare, as opposed to the BMG snare which is more like an electronic clap sound.) Then I wrote a high falsetto melody that matched the original improv and added words to it. I recorded a harmony part to that above. Later I recorded two more BMG snare tracks & two more kick tracks. Then I wrote the rap part and recorded it. I also wrote a "fifth up" rap harmony (yes, rapping has pitch!) but ended up liking it plain, so I didn't use it. Then I wrote the triplet keyboard part and recorded it on my Yamaha Montage keyboard. (Recorded in A = 428.8 Hz because that's what I ended up singing in.) I also added a couple little parts on the intro, verse, and outro using that tone. Next I recorded to two tracks of "response" to the chorus singing. Last, I added the organ part using my keyboard. Then, I mastered it using the LANDR online service, which I find does a pretty good job. Anyway, check out the lyrics below. Let me know any feedback you have! Have an awesome day and thanks for listening/reading!

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Lyrics

Intro:

You know, people often assume
That you got something to prove
If anything, only to yourself:
'Cause art ain't even personal.

Chorus:

You know it's true and I am
Just the one here to transmit it.
Ya feel me? Now I got nothing
To prove here, 'cause I'm just livin'

Verse:

Just living, sustaining myself the best
That I can with the crazy demands of the
Physical plane pressing downward,
Let myself get lured earthbound.
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I look into the snowglobe world
Where the fantasy characters swim,
Pretend, enacting the tragedies fervent
Writing the complicated storyline &
playing the servant.
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Even though they're sovereign cartoons,
Nobility bright, the dinosaur lineage
With second sight that forgot how to fly,
They roll in their graves & the anscestors sigh.
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But lo, behold, their destiny's close
And an indescribable hope remains despite everything.
They perk up their ears, they glisten and sing.

Chorus:

You know it's true and I am
Just the one here to transmit it.
Ya feel me? Now I got nothing
To prove here, 'cause I'm just livin'

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Created by
@d-pend
1/13/18

Images are
free domain &
edited by @d-pend.

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