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Devils, Zombies, Storytelling, Folk, fun stuff from jonnywax!
#6850398 - 04/29/07 06:01 PM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hey folks!
Here's three songs that I just recently recorded.
These first two, Old Blind Devil & By Myself, were recorded this afternoon. Gypsy Mountain was recorded about a month ago.
Any and all comments are totally appreciated; and yes; I know it's lo-fi as fuck.
Here's the lyrics, too:
Old Blind Devil
Wellll, an old blind devil, he came up to me, an old blind devil came up to me, old blind devil came up to me, he said, "My name is time," and I said, "I don't believe you."
That old blind devil said, "listen to me, I'll take a loved one away with me, They'll forget you and you will see that I'm the devil and time simultaneously."
-- just like that, he was gone completely, and I was free, I was free. just like that, he was gone completely, and I was free.
well, I woke up in the mornin' with my grandma callin' me, she said, "sweetie I'm sick, I'm in the 'mergency. 'Doc said I got no time left in me." I said, "grandma don't you give up! this is all 'causa me." She said, "no no, no no, sweetie. This just means that I'm gonna be free."
-- Just like that, my grandma was gone completely. And she said that she was free. Just like that, my grandma was gone completely and she told me that she was free.
The old blind devil told me that this'd all happen, and I started to wonder if I was the captain of my life, so I went to ask my wife.
I got home and she had papers for me, they read d-i-v-o-r-c-e. I said, "what the fuck is this shit?" she said, "Time is runnin' short, I gotta keep movin'."
Well that night, I was tryin' to sleep, when the old blind devil came back up to me. He said, "My name, yeah my name, it's time." I said, "hey man it's sure nice to meet you, could ya stop?" He looked back, and our eyes locked, and he said to me, "Oh, I can only stop if you do too."
Just like that, I was gone completely, and I was free, yeah I was free, just like that I was gone completely, and time and the devil - they couldn't get me.
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Re: Devils, Zombies, Storytelling, Folk, fun stuff from jonnywax! [Re: lukeboots]
#6850403 - 04/29/07 06:03 PM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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Here's song two,
By Myself
By myself in the graveyard, I think somebody.. just.. yawned. Man, I'm freakin' out, I really gotta get goin'. BUt I hope that I do see a ghost before I leave this place, 'cause all the ghosts that I know, are stuck inside my brain. And that's just not the same.
So by myself in a Cathedral, yeah I'm all on my own. I was lookin' for something called "solace", but I think it just means bein' alone. And where is Jesus now? Yeah this is his house. I've got God cornered in his home. I should probably find him and show him that we are all alone.
Now I'm by myself in an alley and I spot the living dead. What do I see but a zombie.. he's walkin' up to me, and he says: "eebhehbe shebbe dowhajk brains, I'm dead!" Yeah zombies have a strange way of saying good day. So I just smiled and I walked away.
At night by myself in my bedroom, I'm thinkin' 'bout where I've been. I'm thinking about the alley and I'm thinking about my decomposing friend. Did he follow me from the Church, or from the gravesite? Do zombies have religious beliefs, or do they visit their old friends at night? One thing was certain, I had misjudged my friend alright.
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Re: Devils, Zombies, Storytelling, Folk, fun stuff from jonnywax! [Re: lukeboots]
#6850411 - 04/29/07 06:04 PM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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Aaand the last of the bunch, Gypsy Mountain. No vocals, just weirdness.
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Re: Devils, Zombies, Storytelling, Folk, fun stuff from jonnywax! [Re: lukeboots]
#6852420 - 04/30/07 03:25 AM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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I liked the first one best, even though I'm not big into country. nice lyrics too. with songs like that you'll steal the show at a campfire:D
What I liked about the second track is the guitar part, but I think that track would be better overall if you used your voice without effects on it. I can imagine it's fun to experiment with fx though;)
third one, yeah weirdness, but fun weird guitarish soundscape stuff
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Re: Devils, Zombies, Storytelling, Folk, fun stuff from jonnywax! [Re: stefan]
#6853115 - 04/30/07 09:31 AM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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Thanks for listening stefan!! =D
I liked the high voice on 'by myself' because my voice actually translated somewhat well to a child/female's. that's basically how I sounded when I was eight. I played the track for my mom, she said, "who's the female singer?". haha. at first I was gonna do the "studio britney" auto pitch thing to my voice but I resisted. robot jon just sounded kinda neat.
thanks again =]
someone else, please say something!
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Re: Devils, Zombies, Storytelling, Folk, fun stuff from jonnywax! [Re: lukeboots]
#6854567 - 04/30/07 04:46 PM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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Dude, this is great. Very unique with the Americana thing sorta going on. I can see why you dig Baby Gramps! The background organ on the first one is a nice touch, is it a synth? I really like By Myself. It's beautiful without being sappy, and weird at the same time. What did you play that washboard part on? I've been doing the same sort of thing on my radiator heater with drumsticks a lot lately just for fun.
What got you into this sort of music?
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Re: Devils, Zombies, Storytelling, Folk, fun stuff from jonnywax! [Re: Viveka]
#6855168 - 04/30/07 07:50 PM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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Thanks Viveka. Yes, the organ on the first song is a synth. It's actually just some softsynth crap on garageband. Garageband, FTL. At least they have the live-keyboard feature so I can jam along with my own tunes!
I really appreciate what you said about By Myself! That's basically what I was going for. You hear it a lot more when I sing it live, but I'm glad it carried over into girly-vocal lofi world. I played the washboard part on a washboard.
I got into this sort of music from some old friends back home, always jamming on country. They were Ryan Adams geeks. Well, Dylan and Guthrie and Williams geeks, too, but yeah. Slowly I started writing folk songs, and now I'm just finally starting to play live again. I have the most fun when I'm at an small, intimate singer-songwriter show, as opposed to loud bands. I still love the blues & rock n' roll, but folk and the whole psych-folk scene are really taking a hold of my musical taste lately. I've started listening to weird finnish folk. Thanks for asking, I love rambling about music. hahaa
-jon
anybody else wanna chime up? these songs aren't gonna listen to themselves!!
-------------------- funky ass music: Planet of Dinosaurs // Rich Whiskey
Edited by lukeboots (04/30/07 07:51 PM)
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