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I am a classically trained vocalist in fields like opera, musical theatre and contemporary music and a pretty decent guitarist considering I'm limited to two fingers because of an accident in church camp.... Long story.
Anyways, I practice every hour of everyday alone in my room and have been for the past four years of my life because that's just how college is sometimes.
I'm an English Education major at Ball State but I want to get back into recording and performing because I've always had a - seemingly annoying - passion for music.
My history in both writing and music have both led me to realise that I have a knack for writing songs. I have pages and pages worth of song ideas and I only have enough instrumental knowledge to go around for someone that decided one day as a young adult "you know what? I'm gonna make some music."
Here are some of my favorite lyrics I've written:
"Six O'Clock
An alarm goes off
Wakes Sisyphus from death
Two tired green eyes roll back
Their leathery curtains of flesh"
"Five til eight
Such great weight
Behind leathery curtains of flesh
All the same
Every day
Those two tired green eyes compress"
"Teardrops fall into circles under her eyes
But like clay in the rain they'll just form when they dry
So every day she moves the lines on her face
To form a semi sloping circle in the sopping wet clay
Beauty of denial"
"In a lake under a sea prone to oil spills
Lived a lively lifeless fish with no gills
A natural anomaly named blublub
And a single speck of light that lit up their void;
Blublub's single speck of joy"
"In a lake under a sea prone to oil spills
Lived a hungry angler fish perfectly still
Just another predator with sharpened fangs
Another hungry predator with luminescent bangs
Blublub's single speck of joy"
"It always starts
With a mended broken heart
Just the same two chords
Always the same two chords"
"Pay attention to a colorless dimension transcending essence and time
Did I forget to mention it's all in my mind
It's all in my mind"
"Voices ricochet from within my mind
A thought's echo gets louder with time
Misconstruing coincidence as sign
Tongue functioning in existential rhyme"
"I used to dwell in my thoughts like a snake
Hissing through my memories
Sometimes I'd crawl out of my ear
And whisper back into it
I don't belong here
I don't belong here"
"Plant your seeds of hope
In the gutter gardens
In the gutter gardens
So when it pours they'll grow
In the gutter gardens
In the gutter gardens"
"A raven on my window frame
Is cawing out my name
A raven on my window frame
Keeps wishing me away
A raven on my window frame keeps cawing out my name
And it sang 'plant your seeds of hope
In the gutter gardens"
"Before the Earth or the beginning of time
Before something as significant as this planet coughed up you and I
Before clouds of light spiraled into spheres of blue
It was dark"
"After I won the last battle but your war was truly done
After everything under the sun had been said and done
After this sphere of blue
Flattens into pictures of you
T'will be dark"
"I could have had a dream
I could have had a dream
Back of my eyelids project movie screens
Rundown cerebral projectors
My head now filled with empty seats
Unemployed subconscious directors
I could have had a dream
I could have had a dream"
"The spotlight starts to fade away
The color in the scene turns grey
The complete successful feeling
Of a plotline with an ending fades away
The credits role and the names start scrolling
But noone seems to read them fully
The movie's always over sunny
Cut the tape before it's pouring
What's behind the curtain after all the audience left
Kill the author-
End the chapter
Before true tears are wept
Nothing in reality is for me
Which is why I decided not to dream"
I'm looking for a band that can not only listen to my ideas but also give their ideas freely and openly. I want a band that can attend a reasonable amount of practices and gigs once we inevitably get better. I want to hangout with a group of people that are as serious about making this thing happen as I am that I don't have to constantly convince. I also want to be able to expect myself to do the same.
I'd only give my number if I really needed this............. (317) 384 - 9745
- Screen name:
- Oh Imperfect Choir
- Member since:
- Mar 10 2020
- Active within 2 weeks
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 7
- Gigs played:
- 50 to 100
- Tend to practice:
- 2-3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
- Radiohead
- Pink Floyd
- Wilco
- Nick Drake
- Jeff Buckley
- Colin Blunstone
- Elliot Smith
- Kings of Convenience
- Jessica Pratt
- Haley Heynderickx
- Kaki King
-The Shins
- Dr. Dog
- The Velvet Underground
- Bowerbirds
- Liana Flores
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- Yo La Tengo
- Cage the Elephant
Instrument experience:
- Vocalist:
- Expert
- Vocalist - Tenor:
- Expert
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Expert
- Bass Guitar:
- Advanced
- Vocalist - Baritone:
- Moderate
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Moderate
- Vocalist - Alto:
- Moderate
- Lead Guitar:
- Intermediate
- Vocalist - Bass:
- Beginner
EQUIPMENT
- Accoustic guitar
- Hollowbody electric guitar
- Roland amp
- Presonus portable studio
- Microphone
MUSIC
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Intro to Gutter Gardens (demo)
Intro to Gutter Gardens (demo) Year: 2020 Album: ? Genre: Alternative
This is a rough demo of an intro I'm planning to put into an alternate version of a song I'm pretty happy about. The problem is that the drum track I used was spliced into the specific types of loops I'd want in the song. Something that makes this song a bit different than many other indie/alternative songs is the fact that I took a card from Nick Drake's book and used an idiosyncratic tuning that I literally randomly harmonized to one day and just fell in love with ever since. I've layered the guitars and plan to use various capo placements to change the piece up throughout the song. The main problem is that recording isn't my strong suit - which is a shame because for the sound I'm looking for, I'm going to need help from some more experienced artists to finish.
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Folk Time Cover (Pink Floyd Tribute)
Folk Time Cover (Pink Floyd Tribute) Year: 2019 Album: ? Genre: Acoustic
I recorded this song on my bed with a portable USB studio within about 4 to 7 hours for a school project about remixing and remediation. While I don't suspect I'll get big enough to perform this and pay for the copyright, a man can dream that they one day could pay tribute to one of their favorite bands of all time...
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The Background Character / The Infinity Museum (rough instrumental demo)
The Background Character / The Infinity Museum (rough instrumental demo) Year: 2018 Album: The Infinity Museum Genre: Classic Rock
My friend Tyler and I also recorded this classic rock / alternative piece back in 2018. His solo over this track was nearly improvisational. I kind of just let him do his think while I looped the simple rhythm guitar because that's what I want the song to feel like. The Background Character's whole deal is going to be the fact that their life feels like a single looped track. Some things I want done differently: COMPLETELY different vocals. Here, I was just working on hooks when I should have been focused on the story behind it. Rest assured, I've got some ideas for the vocals and the styles. Much of this song was improvisational but I still want to stay close to this idea because I kind of grew attached to some of my ideas.
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Elsewhere (Rough Instrumental Demo)
Elsewhere (Rough Instrumental Demo) Year: 2019 Album: ? Genre: Progressive
This rough demo was recorded with a lot of Tyler Lamb's help in his studio. I have written vocals, harmonies, and cut a couple minutes off since this recording took place and I need a band to help make it.
