Another song with crappy vocals/cover art, as well as another track fully produced on Soundtrap. This was such a fun concept to work on though!
I was trying to write this song expressing the perspective of how it feels being tormented by thoughts of how one feels for people they instantly grow attached to due to lack of connections growing up. In the middle of making this, I thought of the song "Aishite, Aishite, Aishite". The theme/context of this song sorta reminded me of what I was trying to go for with my track and so I was slightly inspired by it later on. I don't really like the original vocaloid version of Aishite but I LOVE the male cover!
Anyway, I hope this is decent! I didn't use ANY autotune bc I felt my raw voice would help to convey some pure emotion.
~LYRICS~
INTRO:
Give someone an inch and they'll take a mile
That's me, that's me
You smile at me once, there is nothing as vile
To me, to me
I grew up thinking I wasn't liked much
So if you show kindness I'll soon crave your touch
Is it love or obsession? The lines become blurred
"I know we just met so this will sound absurd, but-"
CHORUS:
I can't stop this
Curse, it wraps around me
My thoughts, possessive
Of you who seems so lovely
You don't deserve it
I didn't ask for it
But something keeps dragging me back
Constant spiraling
What's sweet becomes jarring
And my mind is under attack
I'm going insane and
A straight jacket won't cut it out
“Wow, you’re so good at that!”
Do I like you?
“You seem pretty cool so far!”
Do you like me?
“I hope we can hang out more!”
Do you want me-
SHUT UP!
It’s torture in here…
*instrumental break*
I grew up thinking I wasn't liked much
So if you show kindness I'll soon crave your touch
I just wanted friendship, but my heart wants more
I can’t see what’s real and what’s fake anymore
I lose all control and these feelings they grow
Not so much falling for you as falling down low
Is it love or obsession? I can't really tell
I might as well lock my heart away in hell, cuz-
*repeat chorus*
*outro*
Fun Fact: This was supposed to be two keys lower than it is now, but it proved to be too low for me to sing at times, so i pitched up the instrumental to a key that wasn't far from the original and keeps that dark vibe (I believe this key is C minor). I do miss the original key not gonna lie, but I'm still content with this version.
if you can, project your voice as much as you can. get a little louder, put heart into it.
if you're quiet, you cut your vocal range in half. i'd also work on staying in tune as much as you can, a good exercise for this is to just hold a note and try to keep it as consistent as possible
As for being in tune, that is something I have to work on haha. I try, I just need to actually practice more, maybe find some good vocal warm-ups for beginners. I actually have been able to project my voice and hold a note for a solid amount of time simultaneously during a musical performance, that's probably the best I got.
I didn't care as much if I got off-key with this track only because I felt it was in character with the track- but I admit, that still probably wasn't the best way to go
Thank you, that's some awesome advice! :D I'm not familiar with making/mixing vocals so I definitely appreciate it!
I was definitely trying to be loud at parts where I wanted to be, it's just difficult with what I was working with. If I got too loud with the laptop mic, my voice got distorted, and it's present in these vocals, I tried to work with it but I can't unhear the distortion especially in the final part... I think it kinda works for the very end, but not so much everywhere else.
XyPhr and I both guessed this might fall under the "rock" genre so I'm republishing it as rock. (I know it would be simpler to just update the properties but AT isn't letting me do that rn -_-)
Nvm I think I'm gonna switch it back to "Other" until other people confirm for me that this falls under rock XD
I was looking at the Soundtrap instruments I used and none of them are related to guitars (name-wise, at least), it's a lot of bass-related stuff...
Btw guys, I had to upload this as an mp3 file divided into 6 sections, so it's not remixable in this state. If anyone wanted to remix this, I would have to take the time to upload the vocals separately from the instrumental, kind of a weird process... so I don't think I will have remix on unless someone wanted to use that to attach their cover of this song to this track? Idk...
lyrics hit different </3
Fun Fact: This was supposed to be two keys lower than it is now, but it proved to be too low for me to sing at times, so i pitched up the instrumental to a key that wasn't far from the original and keeps that dark vibe (I believe this key is C minor). I do miss the original key not gonna lie, but I'm still content with this version.
if you can, project your voice as much as you can. get a little louder, put heart into it. if you're quiet, you cut your vocal range in half. i'd also work on staying in tune as much as you can, a good exercise for this is to just hold a note and try to keep it as consistent as possible
XyPhr and I both guessed this might fall under the "rock" genre so I'm republishing it as rock. (I know it would be simpler to just update the properties but AT isn't letting me do that rn -_-)
Nais.
Btw guys, I had to upload this as an mp3 file divided into 6 sections, so it's not remixable in this state. If anyone wanted to remix this, I would have to take the time to upload the vocals separately from the instrumental, kind of a weird process... so I don't think I will have remix on unless someone wanted to use that to attach their cover of this song to this track? Idk...