Steemit Talent Contest Week 2 - TANGLED - an original song by @bennettitalia

in #steemittalentcontest6 years ago (edited)

This song just won the Steemit Talent Contest Week 2!!!

Check out this exciting new contest at: https://steemit.com/steemittalentcontest/@donnaincancun/steemit-talent-contest-week-3-upload-your-video-to-win-steem

This is a song I've posted before, but I didn't like some of the lyrics and parts of the arrangement. I started working on those... and came up with new lyrics I liked, as well as backing vocals! Now it finally feels like a full fledged song, so I thought I'd enter it in the Steemit Talent Contest. Hope you enjoy it :)

PS: The Steemit Talent Contest, hosted by @donnaincancun, is pretty new (in its third week). It's a great contest, and they're looking to broaden the range of entries to include ones that are not musically oriented, such as spoken word poetry reading, or I don't know, sword swallowing or juggling or extreme baking or whatever. If you have a talent, no matter how weird... ENTER!!! ;) https://steemit.com/steemittalentcontest/@donnaincancun/steemit-talent-contest-week-3-upload-your-video-to-win-steem

https://steemit.com/steemittalentcontest/@donnaincancun/steemit-talent-contest-week-3-upload-your-video-to-win-steem

TANGLED

Red threads tangled in every direction
So caught up in your quest for perfection
But any one of these
Could take you where you need

So don't second guess
'Til there's nothing left
'Til there's nothing

Oh! Sweet distraction could she be the one
Pulling at your heartstrings 'til they come undone
You could just let it bleed
And follow where it leads

Or you could second guess
'Til there's nothing left
'Til there's nothing

This is the time this is the place
Don't know her name but you've seen her face
Don't know what she does, but you see who she is
So if you want to talk to her
You know you have no time to waste
If there is such a thing as fate
It comes hand in hand
With actions taken
Don't wait

If you could let these knots unravel
Just think of the distances you might travel
Oh and any one of these
Could take you where you need

So don't second guess
'Til there's nothing left
'Til there's nothing

This is the time this is the place
Don't know her name but you've seen her face
Don't know what she does, but you see what she is
So if you want to talk to her
You know you have no time to waste
If there is such a thing as fate
It comes hand in hand
With actions taken
Don't wait

And the echoes go on and on
When you say what you want
So dream with your eyes
Open wide
'Cause there is no time
There is no time
Like this time

Oh this is the time this is the place
Don't know her name but you've seen her face
Don't know what she does, but you see who she is
So if you want to talk to her
You know you have no time to waste
If there is such a thing as fate
It comes hand in hand
With actions taken
Don't wait

And the echoes go on and on
When you say what you want
So dream with your eyes
Open wide
'Cause there is no time
There is no time
Like this time

On and on and on and on and on

©2018 Bennett Italia

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Congratz brah on your win

Whoah... WHAT?!?! I won?

I just got back on here this evening, I've been working all day on this week's entry.... I kind of went overboard and did all kinds of extra stuff to it, so I haven't been online 'til now.

Thank you! And thanks for the heads up 😃

Looking forward to hearing your next entry @etemi :)

Yeah right... Lool. Well am. Happy for you... And. Thanks am. Having a fever this week.. So dunno if I would enter tho

Ah sorry to hear it! I hope it's not too serious and that you feel better soon :)

Doing great brother

Thanks! Glad you liked it. I just re-uploaded a better version where you can actually hear the backing vocals 😉

Super catchy tune! Great lyrics! 😉

Thank you @donnaincancun! Glad you liked it

A heads up: I mixed this last night when my housemate was asleep, so I had the sound turned waaaaayyy down.... and I noticed this morning playing it back that I couldn't hear the backing vocals at all 😫

So I fixed that and am re-uploading now, if you want to hear what it sounds like with backing vocals in the mix.

Now that I have this contest on my radar, and in my schedule, I'll have the jump on next week and get my entry in sooner... I've already got a new song written for it!

Excellent! Yes. My friends and I are going to listen to all the entries tomorrow and pick the winners. It's far to difficult for me to judge solo! I literally want everyone to win! 😬 So if you post your newer link here we will listen to that one. Thanks for participating! Look forward to your entry next week!

Thanks! Yeah I switched out the original video in this post for the new one, so all you have to do is click on the video in this post. The mix is a little overbearing thru headphones but it sounds pretty good thru my tinny laptop speakers 😛

This contest is going to pick up steem (hah! Betcha never heard that one before) fast I think. I'm promoting it in my discord channels, the hard part so far seems to be getting some non-musical acts to participate? Maybe I'll promote it in some poetry rooms, see if anybody wants to do like a beatnik poetry coffee house spoken word reading kind of entry...

There are some amazing entries this week, I went through this morning and listened. Good you have helpers!

Also... I do have some friends with puppets....

That' not the kind of thing I ever expected to hear myself bragging about 🤔

Oh I seriously need the help judging this weeks entries!

Puppets are all good dude just no clowns! Those m'fkrs freak me out! 😂

Ha ROTFL no clowns I promise! I don't understand how they were ever considered to be suitable entertainment for children... our ancestors were creepy 🤣

DUDEEEEE!!! Such a really good song, i love it!

Thank you! So glad you liked it :)

Another great one, though the spider is still my favorite ;)

Thanks, I'm glad you like it!

"My Pet Spider" is kind of over in the minor key, Gypsy punk/Goth/Blues end of the spectrum. I have quite a few others in that vein, but most of them are not on Steemit yet... but they will be!

Of my current posts, probs this one: https://steemit.com/music/@bennettitalia/kczun5hw
https://steemit.com/music/@bennettitalia/til-we-meet-again-reprise

(two different versions)

and maybe this one:

https://steemit.com/openmic/@bennettitalia/steemit-open-mic-week-65-in-the-vampyre-s-garden-by-bennettitalia-original-song

are closest.

Oh awesome thank you!

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Great song! Thanks for sharing!
What is this steemit talent contest about?

Thanks @melavie! Glad you liked it :)

The Steemit Talent Contest, hosted by @donnaincancun, is pretty new (in its third week). It's a great contest, and they're looking to broaden the range of entries to include ones that are not musically oriented, such as spoken word poetry reading, or I don't know, sword swallowing or juggling or extreme baking or whatever. If you have a talent, no matter how weird... ENTER!!! ;) https://steemit.com/steemittalentcontest/@donnaincancun/steemit-talent-contest-week-3-upload-your-video-to-win-steem

(@melavie, that's what I wrote to promo the contest on Discord and Spacebook and so on... but more musical performances would be awesome too! There are already several Open Mic-ers over there (including me), would be great to see more. Click on the link to enter https://steemit.com/steemittalentcontest/@donnaincancun/steemit-talent-contest-week-3-upload-your-video-to-win-steem
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