Busy month... Woo!
When the creativity flows, it goes. I had one song nearly finished but was waiting for the final "meh, lets go with it" which it is what it is. The second song I made maybe a week or two ago and finished today, resulting in two published songs today. Both I intend to at some point subtitle and make into youtube videos for lyrics and such, but for now just audio files, I realize Miku can be hard to understand at times. Part of that is my fault, part of that is her limitations, being a native Japanese vocaloid being thrust into an english singing role. (No, I refuse to work with any other vocalist than her cause reasons)
In helping me decide which song I like better, I'd like to ask for feedback. While I realize there are an infinite amount of things it could be, and an infinite amount of things its not, knowing what it is and what it is about it you like can help me pin point just what is it that people like? Although at the end of the day it comes to artistic choices, and what tastes good to one will taste horrible to another, but the curiosity strikes me. What is your favorite song? What is your favorite part of it? What was that point that made you say "Yeah, I'm subscribing to this guy." Why me at all?
Stressure: A song about the stress and pressure of day to day life. I can't say I work a job that I hate, but I can say this job has the capability of being just a pain at times. Due to my health conditions I'm limited to the amount of stress and hours I can work, but my boss didn't know that. He'd schedule me one week one set of days, the next week a different set of days. Typical part time retail stuff, right? I require for my health and sanity (Literally) a stable schedule. Its the same crap on a different day, so why not schedule the same crap on the same days each month? So I told him. And he worked with me, cause I have an awesome boss, and an awesome job. Stocking groceries. At night. Plenty of time to think of music and book. But I digress, Too much stressure, and I'll break. And if they think they're so high and mighty and dictacte my life like god, they'll lose a hard worker. So this song exists.
...And That's All There's To it: This song is simply a love song. I had a good week with wifey and I wanted to say to her, that I'm just as committed to her today as I was on day one, that it may seem weird or hopeless (refer to song) from an outsider perspective, but I simply love her, she loves me, and that's all there's to it. We may have our struggles, and our ups and downs, everyone does, but our commitment to each other is just one of the vows we try our hardest to uphold.
I did end up spending a paycheck on a guitar, bass, and drum virtual instrument, which I've probably said before, but I want to get my money's worth. I love the guitar, it lets me explore rock and heavy metal (even if I don't know how to) so bear with me while I learn when and how to use them. I've also experimented with EQ a bit further, as well as stereo separation (To make the sound more 3d.) I'm also build on my vocaloid tuning a little, one thing I've discovered helps Miku sound older, more mature. I'm still a long way from knowing how to make that professional sound everyone has, but I'm getting there.
Lastly, a plea. I realize most everyone is living paycheck to paycheck, and extra expenses are something to be cut. My strategy was cut as much expenses as possible as well, so I understand the struggle first hand. I would still ask, that if you can spare even $1.00 to buy an album, any album, or song, it would be greatly appreciated. So far, I've sold only one album, once, ever. I always consider it a donation, since everything (via Albums) is offered for free. The goal is to share the music, primary. If I had income from sources other than day to day work, I would have more free time to let the creativity flow. Let me know when my music is good enough to convince you and your budget to be 1.00 shorter that paycheck. https://lexremlap.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp takes 15%, paypal takes 15% of the remaining. That way you know where your donation is going. Thank you for your consideration.
On less annoying news, I plan to commission my artist to see if he's available to draw another album cover for me, and I'll have to think of a name of it before too long. 0's are used to indicate "Its gonna be in an album. I just don't know what order"
Anyways, this will probably skew the results, but here's my pick of the two songs. I hope you have someone in your life that you can share this with and say "That's all there's to it."
