Every once in a while I write music that doesn’t sound like it would fit into any of my projects. Though I might have asked others before if it’s a good idea to just use an umbrella artist name for a bunch disparate music, I realize I’d probably not pursue writing too many songs like these. But they’re kind of fun, so there’s no point in throwing them out completely.
I don’t know why I do this when I could be spending time getting better at a sound I’d like to call my own but what-the-fuck-ever, right?
Call it an exercise in style imitation, maybe. Especially if that style is bass, drums, and guitar; all of which I happen to know how to play. And sometimes, it’s healthy (and let’s not forget fun!) to just slap together “a rock song” instead of always straining myself to try and create something that lives up to my ridiculous standards for decent.
Besides, writing simple rock songs was how I got here in the first place, isn’t it?
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- “Dream In Kilowatts”
- Named after some random Twitter I saw one night, I forget who said it.
- There’s only one lyric: “We are the ones who run at night / we won’t be stopped until we die / we are the ones who run at night / we keep these dreams electrified”.
- It kind of sounds like the mid-90’s.
- Except for the crazy guitar effect. I’ll leave you to figure out what I’m talking about.
- Actually follows the standard pop format: intro, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus
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- “No More Nightmares” excerpt
- Well, it’s not really an excerpt if I haven’t finished the song, now is it? Obviously not a full song. Probably won’t even get that far with it so here’s what I have anyway.
- More themes on sleep.
- My best impression of Paul Banks from Interpol. Turns out that’s a vocal style I enjoy singing.
- Same key and probably tempo of the other song.
- More crazy-ass guitars!
