Y6Wk21 - I Never Believed + MP3

Hi Vic,

Nicely done . . . . . and easy to relate to. I have this tendancy to want to change the order of things, though. The first verse, IMO, would work well as a repetitive chorus. And I'd wonder if, in the begining, whether you might want to hold back on your conclusions . . . . .

See if this makes any sense;

I prayed but no replies,
all my pleas, all my cries,
where does hope go when it dies

I asked but I never received,
Asked for truth, but I was deceived,
Maybe, because I never believed?

I screamed at you in my pain
you regected me, again and again . . .
Till I felt I was going insane

I asked but I never received,
Asked for truth, but I was deceived,
Maybe, because I never believed?

There's only so much a man can bear
realization that you're not there
Now I no longer care

I asked but I never received,
Asked for truth, but I was deceived,
Maybe, because I never believed?

Anyway, just a thought. When's the music comming?

Neil

Well Done Vic,

I think Niel has a good point there.

John

Took a couple of pointers from Neil, and re-arranged the lyrics slightly - and yes, the first verse would make a decent chorus, but that's not how I visualised the song - I saw it as kind of repetitive, but building, from a riff played on electric with no other instrumentation, drums and organ and bass joining in 2nd verse, another electric - playing the same chords, but kind of stabbed at rather than fingerpicking - joining in for the 3rd verse, another electric - playing powerchords - joining in for the 4th verse, and then just the solo finger-picked electric for the last verse......

Oh yeah - it's kind of a quirk of mine, I like to start a song with the last verse and then explain how I got there - tried it before a few times and (I think!) got away with it - sort of like how Tarantino mixes up the beginning, middle and end of a film, or how a lawyer makes an opening statement then expands on it and makes a closing statement....

I tried to record it, but - it's a tricky (well, to me!) piece to pick and play simultaneously - and it's now 00.47 am and I don't want to upset the dreadful neighbours.....been practising it for about an hour, and still haven't got it down to my satisfaction.....blame the once-a-week-saturday-night-drink.......

Oh well - there's the rest of my life untouched yet.....

:D :D :D

Vic

Umm, this is something like what I'm thinking of for the riff....
E |-----0-----0------0--0---|
B |------3---3-3---3--3--3--|
G |-----------------0--0----|
D |---2----0----------------|
A |--------------3----------|
E |-0-----------------------|

E |----0-----0----0----0------0------0---0----|
B |-----3---3-3----3----3------0------0---0---|
G |--------------0----0-----2---2--2---2------|
D |---2---0------------------2------2---------|
A |-------------3----2----0-------0-----------|
E |-0-----------------------------------------|

Hope that makes sense......chords are Em7, Dsus2, Cadd9; Em7, Dsus2, Cadd9; Em7 Dsus2 Cadd9 G/B Asus2.....

All fingerpicked with the root note as the bass note........

It'll all be clear tomorrow - I hope.....

:D :D :D

Vic

The lyrics are fantastic. I hope we get to hear the song.

The lyrics are fantastic. I hope we get to hear the song.
Ditto that
Looking forward to your post in Hear Here for that one, Vic.

Thurs April 3rd - finally managed MP3 for this one. A bit tricky, as it involved playing the main riff all the way through on acoustic, then on electric but going from riff to solo.....

I haven't finished with this one yet, there's a few different ways it can go - I was thinking of strumming the acoustic rather than picking it starting at the third verse, then picking again for the final verse....

Anyway, for now, here's a rough demo..........

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=225059 (Click On "I Never Believed")

:D :D :D

Vic

Well done, Vic
On American Idol, Tuesday Night, Dolly Parton said she "never had children so she considered her songs her children".
(BTW I hadn't known Dolly wrote I Will Always Love You made famous by Whitney Houston and used in the movie The Bodyguard)
Anyway, it is so neat to see a song created and birthed.
I personally think people are happiest when they are creating.
In fact I think it's one of the reasons we're here.
And sometimes the labor is probably painful (to stretch out that analogy :roll: )
Does that make David the godfather of all the songs birthed on this board?
I'll shut up now.