Hi, I recorded this a few months ago, just looking for some feedback. Wrote it before the pandemic hit, just couldn't record it at the time.
Time flies and leaves us stranded
Right where we never wanted to be
The lights are going crazy
And now we're all having blue dreams
Oh how the turntables
Oh how the turntables glisten
Tell me about your high ways
Come on you can be real with me
That was a long time ago
Things are not always as they seem
Chorus
Time flies and leaves us
We never wanted to be
Once you realize, its far too late
Chorus
This has a great groove and by the end I was singing along under my breath - very catchy. I had some difficulty making out the words in places. Great arrangement and production. Really enjoyed it.
The chorus is still in my head 🙂
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'Sending' words so they can be 'Received' is essential, to me, strategic to a Song's success.
Your Structure seems strong, 'hitting' THE Hook/title plenty, to drive home that as the main idea, making it 'ear-worm' memorable on one hearing.
Words 'communicate', so reception is of strategic importance.
The volume of the vocal seems low, which causes it to be 'buried' in the mix, the Arrangement (instrumentation).
Enunciation may not be as good as it could be either. Prosody, 'marrying' a Lyric/Melody to the Arrangement is often a challenge.
A few 'flaws' in the communication like that, added to an obscure concept, may prevent a Song from being adequately Received, adequate to 'hook' listener interest.
A vocal is 'featured' in a Song. When someone is talking it is polite to listen. When someone is singing, the same is true. Arrangement should be supportive, letting the words communicate, harmonious with the vocal Melody. A percussive strike or guitar riff can 'step on' the vocal, and should not. All these things make a difference in whether the Lyric 'communicates'.
I had trouble with much of your Song in regard to these matters.
Listening a second, and third time.
"Tell me, about your heartache!
Come on! You can be real with me!"
I think I got those two Lines right. Intriguing. Very conversational, a Singer-Character evident, speaking directly (First-Person) to a Love-Interest Character. It's late in the Song. I don't know if the Verses have set up so THE Hook sums up the storyline, makes sense of it all, or not.
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stranded
never wanted to be
now
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Guitar riff
Tell me, about your heartache!
Come on! You can be real with me!
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never wanted to be
Oh! ??? Turntables!
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