This is a recording I worked on over the course of 3 months with my friend Jessica. The lyrics were written by her and myself. I wrote and recorded all the instrument parts myself. Enjoy! Lyrics are attached for your reading pleasure, but the vocal melodies are still eluding me at this point... { Tags : Dash, Rendar, Ibanez, ARC, 300, acoustic, piano }
Falling Paintings
Words by Ryan Embree and Jessica Richardson
Music by Ryan Embree
Verse 1 (Male vocals)
You paint the world in rainbows
When it's filled with broken dreams
You only see the positive things
It's coming apart at the seams
Verse 2 (Male vocals)
You try to fix all your mistakes
But they soon repeat again
Now the stench of failure's hanging
You start to think you'll never win
Pre-chorus (Male/Female vocals)
Now you need a brighter light
Cuz your paintings are in black and white
Chorus 1 (Male/Female vocals)
Watching you make the paintings
Watching life tear them down
You say you've finally had enough
But you just can't make the sound
Verse 3 (Female vocals)
You think the world is yours
But this life has had its toll
Your plans were ruined from the beginning
Now it's time to hit the road
Bridge (Male vocals for lines 1 and 3, female for lines 2 and 4)
The canvas is wasted
But there's no more second chances
You've lost your self control
In the heat of all your romances
Chorus 2 (Male vocals only)
Watching you make the paintings
Watching life tear them down
You say you've finally had enough
As you burned it to the ground
Just a cool groovy song I came up with one night while jamming to a drum machine.
I recorded using a Boss BR-600, my Ibanez ARC300 electric guitar in drop-D, and a Dunlop ZW-45 wah. Bass is my guitar using a simulator setting. { Tags : Groovy, drum, machine, Boss, BR600, Dunlop, Ibanez, ARC300, drop }
This is a slightly altered version of Rise Against's Hero of War. I took out a verse that I didn't agree with. Instruments were two acoustic guitars (one with a capo at the fifth fret, one with no capo) and I did both harmony tracks
