A sappy one...

Alright, let me post something which was written,recorded and mix-ed entirely by me

What would make a good birthday present?

Well for starters, it has to be within reach. By that i mean it can't cost the world. But, it still has to have the desired impact. You don't want your birthday boy or girl smiling and saying a big thank you while at the corner of your eye you see he/she tossing your gift into the trash. Can't be too common, or else it won't have the impact. It could be something bought of the shelf, but for extra mileage, it should be personalized. For even for more extra mileage, it should be crafted by your very own hands. It should be a song! Yes thats right, yours truly wrote the next one as a birthday gift.

To add that sentimental tinge, i decided to make it a little sappy. A I-V-VI- progression in G major, which is my key of choice suits this feel perfectly. Espeacially with the V chord is played with an F#(VII) in the bass. Fanstically cliche progression used over and over again. But it works! Just base the melody on chord tones, and you've got winner.

Of course the toughest part is coming up with the words! That is what 'personalizes' this gift. So while the music took about 2 hours to compose the works took like 2 weeks of thinking. In the end, my best bet was the try remember conversations and pick on something that this person said that was not cheesy, corny or provocative. I finally i recalled just one line, it was not a particularly moving statement, it was just an observation about whats going on that night. But, it did the trick hahaha. So just intertwine that one line with a bunch of sappy words and viola! you get a song. Recorded this is pretty quickly too approx. 3hrs.

Thats how this song came about!

anyone care to guess what is the one liner, that the song is written from?


oh and sorry for the mistakes in all my recordings sometimes i do these in a hurry!

http://www.leftovermusic.com/Ben/Empty Night Star.zip