Bad Karma Calculations Lyrics
Verse 1
Half way along the road I ask why I am on it.
Tired of my plans and weary of my goals I carry on!
Chorus:
Bad karma calculations
Do not ease my mind
Bad karma calculations
Keep leaving me behind
I let it bite (bite) cuz I wanna keep alive…
All of those dreams (dreams) that I wanted to see…
What goes around (round) (round) may come back but it won’t break me no more!
Verse 2
Living and living I am tired of waiting now
Rage keeps filling my veins like it always did!
Chrous:
Bad karma calculations
Do not ease my mind
Bad karma calculations
Keep leaving me behind
I let it bite (bite) cuz I wanna keep alive…
All of those dreams (dreams) that I wanted to see…
What goes around (round) (round) may come back but it won’t break me no more!
Bridge:
It won’t break me no more!
It won’t break me no more!
It won’t break me no more!
It won’t break me no more!
Verse 3
Stubbornness seems to be my ageless trait
Is it right or is it wrong I never cared!
Chorus:
Bad karma calculations
Do not ease my mind
Bad karma calculations
Keep leaving me behind
I let it bite (bite) cuz I wanna keep alive…
All of those dreams (dreams) that I wanted to see…
What goes around (round) (round) may come back but it won’t break me no more!
Bridge:
It won’t break me no more!
It won’t break me no more!
It won’t break me no more!
It won’t break me no more!
Ending verse:
Faithless and in fear I am a slave of my desires
Strong I could be if I could let it all go....
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Song Structure
- By Aeonic Minus (www.aeonicminus.com)
When you analyze popular song’s structure in most radio friendly genres, they normally have three basic short pieces of music.
1. Verse.
2. Pre chorus.
3. Chorus.
4. Bridge.
1. Verse is a melody that is repeated in the song two to three times and each time it is repeated the lyric changes and hence offers the song structure fixed melody and new words. Sometimes when it is done the third time, often the first verse has the same lyrics. Note that repetition is good when done properly as it gives the listener predictability and helps melody stick into listener’s brain.
2. Pre chorus is a lyrical melody that takes the verse into chorus. Some songs do not have a pre chorus.
Examples: “hello…hello” in “Smell’s like a teen spirit” by Nirvana.
“Ah, the sun is blinding…. I stayed up again, I am finding…” in “Sober” by Pink.
3. Chorus is usually the part of the songs that contains the catchiest part that we remember the song with. The main melodic hook is normally here. It is that ‘something’ we wait for when the song begins. Most of the times pitch rises the highest and it seems that we have arrived at some convincing point in the song structure and it slowly moves into another verse or a bridge or a solo depending on where we are in the song structure. Most of the times, the ending of the song has chorus.
Lyrically the each chorus has the same lyrics with minor creative changes in the words over the song structure. Many of the times, the lyrics in the chorus contain the song title and the central idea of the song. Examples of chorus:
“Born in the U.S.A” by Bruce Springsteen.
“'Cause maybe in the future, you're gonna come back
you’re gonna come back” by Ingrid Michaelson.
4. Bridge is the part of the song that could be or could not be present in the song depending on the chosen song structure. Bridge normally gives a break from the repetitive melodies of verse and chorus and takes the song into a different dimension. You could do this lyrically, make the necessary chord changes even to a different key some times but eventually bring it back to the normal mood of the song into a chorus or a verse or maybe even a solo.
Examples of bridges:
“And I swear I don’t have a gun” in “come as you are” by Nirvana.
“There’s a place that I go that nobody knows…..” in “pocketful of sunshine” by Natasha Bedingfield.
Some out of many song structures:
1. Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Verse Chorus….
2. Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Bridge Verse Chorus….
Here you may or may not have a solo before or after the “Bridge”.
3. Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Bridge Chorus Chorus…
Here you may or may not have a solo before the “Bridge”.
4. Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Bridge Chorus Bridge Chorus chorus….
5. Verse Verse Verse Bridge Verse….
Please analyze your favorite songs and see what song structure have been used in them. Be creative and create your own patterns but remember always “How does it sound?”
- By Aeonic Minus (www.aeonicminus.com)
When you analyze popular song’s structure in most radio friendly genres, they normally have three basic short pieces of music.
1. Verse.
2. Pre chorus.
3. Chorus.
4. Bridge.
1. Verse is a melody that is repeated in the song two to three times and each time it is repeated the lyric changes and hence offers the song structure fixed melody and new words. Sometimes when it is done the third time, often the first verse has the same lyrics. Note that repetition is good when done properly as it gives the listener predictability and helps melody stick into listener’s brain.
2. Pre chorus is a lyrical melody that takes the verse into chorus. Some songs do not have a pre chorus.
Examples: “hello…hello” in “Smell’s like a teen spirit” by Nirvana.
“Ah, the sun is blinding…. I stayed up again, I am finding…” in “Sober” by Pink.
3. Chorus is usually the part of the songs that contains the catchiest part that we remember the song with. The main melodic hook is normally here. It is that ‘something’ we wait for when the song begins. Most of the times pitch rises the highest and it seems that we have arrived at some convincing point in the song structure and it slowly moves into another verse or a bridge or a solo depending on where we are in the song structure. Most of the times, the ending of the song has chorus.
Lyrically the each chorus has the same lyrics with minor creative changes in the words over the song structure. Many of the times, the lyrics in the chorus contain the song title and the central idea of the song. Examples of chorus:
“Born in the U.S.A” by Bruce Springsteen.
“'Cause maybe in the future, you're gonna come back
you’re gonna come back” by Ingrid Michaelson.
4. Bridge is the part of the song that could be or could not be present in the song depending on the chosen song structure. Bridge normally gives a break from the repetitive melodies of verse and chorus and takes the song into a different dimension. You could do this lyrically, make the necessary chord changes even to a different key some times but eventually bring it back to the normal mood of the song into a chorus or a verse or maybe even a solo.
Examples of bridges:
“And I swear I don’t have a gun” in “come as you are” by Nirvana.
“There’s a place that I go that nobody knows…..” in “pocketful of sunshine” by Natasha Bedingfield.
Some out of many song structures:
1. Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Verse Chorus….
2. Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Bridge Verse Chorus….
Here you may or may not have a solo before or after the “Bridge”.
3. Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Bridge Chorus Chorus…
Here you may or may not have a solo before the “Bridge”.
4. Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Bridge Chorus Bridge Chorus chorus….
5. Verse Verse Verse Bridge Verse….
Please analyze your favorite songs and see what song structure have been used in them. Be creative and create your own patterns but remember always “How does it sound?”
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Indie Best
I love indie music. According to me, today, some of the most creative indie best bands here in the San Francisco bay area are:
1. Kaura.
2. Lotus Dog.
3. Swaybone.
How do I say that you may ask? To me for it to be of “indie best” nature, the band has to have its own unique sound, a message and pleasing memorable songs. From the exotic instruments fused in rock n roll by Kaura to multitalented melodies of Lotus Dog, you could feel the originality in all of these bands including Swaybone. Uniquness with a message makes me put them in the category of indie best!
Swaybone is currently coming up with a new CD and Lotus Dog is being played on the radio in UK. You could check out all of these bands on MySpace (just search for them) and I would love to know about other bands that you think is certainly indie best!
Please leave a comment!
1. Kaura.
2. Lotus Dog.
3. Swaybone.
How do I say that you may ask? To me for it to be of “indie best” nature, the band has to have its own unique sound, a message and pleasing memorable songs. From the exotic instruments fused in rock n roll by Kaura to multitalented melodies of Lotus Dog, you could feel the originality in all of these bands including Swaybone. Uniquness with a message makes me put them in the category of indie best!
Swaybone is currently coming up with a new CD and Lotus Dog is being played on the radio in UK. You could check out all of these bands on MySpace (just search for them) and I would love to know about other bands that you think is certainly indie best!
Please leave a comment!
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