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The Brain and the Bulldog


RhysFraser
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The Brain and The Bulldog

 

If I’m the bulldog, then you’re the brain

And you’re the spark and I’m the flame

And I’m the fire and you’re the name

And none of it matters anyway

Cuz either way we’re both insane

And if it were some other way

And everything else were changed

We’d be the brain and the bulldog anyway

 

Cuz the end of the start’s

The start of the end

If you let the filler go

If you cut the page to notes

The point remains

But I guess it’s not the same

So fuck it let’s go

 

You can be the brain I’ll be the bulldog

Or be the bull I’ll be the red cape shaking

Matador you chase on your last day

Go and be a clap of thunder

I’ll burn brighter in the rain

Shake the earth but I’ll inspire

And we’ll see who wins the day

Shoot first I’ll be the hand grenade

That blows us both away

And when we’re gone we’ll see who’s crowned the bulldog and the brain

 

If I’m the portrait, you’re the frame

If you’re the artist, I’m the paint

And I’m the painter you’re a name

That don’t much matter anyway

And either way we’re both insane

And if it were some other way

And everything were changed

We were only ashes anyway

 

The start of the start’s

The end of the end

If you let the filler go

If you cut the page to notes

The point remains

But not the same

So go

 

Be the brain I’ll be the bulldog

Be the bull I’ll be the red cape shaking

Matador you chase on your last day

Go and be a clap of thunder

I’ll burn brighter in the rain

Shake the earth but I’ll inspire

And we’ll see who wins the day

Shoot first I’ll be the hand grenade

That blows us both away

And when we’re gone we’ll see who’s crowned the bulldog and the brain

This topic was modified 5 years ago by RhysFraser

https://m.soundcloud.com/rhys-rj-fraser/sets/on-a-song-that-i-wrote


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Robbi
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Hi Rhys,
I love this one. I listened to it from the beginning to the very end, which doesn't happen very often. And then I listened again. In some segments I think the music is awesome. That echo really creates a cool atmosphere. I'm not sure about the chorus sections. In my opinion there is too much going on, too many instruments and they don't sound in sync. I think a little less instruments there would sound better. Or maybe it's the various echoes that aren't in sync. I'm not sure. But even the way it is right now this is really an awesome song. Great job.

All the best
Robert


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RhysFraser
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@robbi

Hey Robert, thanks a lot! Glad ya liked it. I’ll play around with the chorus more after work and likely update the file sometime tonight. I was worried the chorus bits were still out of sync, but I think by the time I posted it I’d been listening to it on repeat too long to discriminate properly. Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated! 

Cheers

https://m.soundcloud.com/rhys-rj-fraser/sets/on-a-song-that-i-wrote


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JAPOV
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You really like to play with delay effects (as do we all, lol)... but you seem to treat your vocals as kind of an afterthought. If you run your vox through a really thick compression with quick attack and release, they will stand out in your mix in contrast to the delay effects. The compression will help punch out every syllable of every word  🙂

https://www.soundclick.com/artist/default.cfm?bandid=1449856


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RhysFraser
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@japov

Haha, yeah that’s a pretty fair analysis. I think more than anything I treat passable as a baseline of excellence when recording vocals, mostly b/c I genuinely just don’t like my singing. I’ll add some compression and see if I can clean the vocal track up a bit! Thanks!

https://m.soundcloud.com/rhys-rj-fraser/sets/on-a-song-that-i-wrote


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