Moxie

I made a new song called "Moxie." It's based off a harpsichord line, which I covered with a pile of effects and a square wave solo. Hope you like it!

New Vids on YouTube!

Yup, I got some music on YouTube after an eon or two. Here goes:

Stand!: This is the Panda Plays Punk way of making "inspirational" music. Piano, strings, fake synth-junk, and those poorly made keyboard-derived drums. 

Stargazer: This is a song from my band, Cracked Perspective, which I have put up here before. The change: I have some art that goes with the song, and I now have the intention of putting the song on iTunes. Please comment on YouTube if you can; I'm using the critiques I get there to decide when/how I'll release this.  Update: It's live! http://kidinthestudio.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-music.html

Downpour

http://soundcloud.com/kidinthestudio/downpour
This is a classic kidinthestudio piece (my school music teacher is particular about the word "song" on a thing with no lyrics). It's got a rolling piano riff, a string background, and a truckload of synths and effects.
Hope you like it!

Wannabe

Another song! This is about a kid who wants to famous...like the rest of us. It's got a nice piano riff (no duh)...and...well...here it is.

I want it all, I want the best, I want to be a music star

I want my life to hit its crest, I am so sure it can't be far

I've got to run, it's time to go, I've got to fight against the clock

I hear the constant metronome, tick, tock, tick, tock, it's time to go.

(Chorus)

Oh, I'll be rich and I'll be famous, I'll have all I could ask in life

'Cuz I am sure that I'm not the same, just all I need is one quick dive

My strife will run, my problems solved, my fame will break all of my locks

But right now that's a dream, that's all, I'm just a loser in a box

My life is dull, my life's a bore, I'm getting tired of what I see.

But yet I know there's something more, I see it all on the TV

The famous souls have all they need, and can be anyone they wish

Yes, that is what I aim to be, my old life will never be missed

(Chorus)

One more musician gone to jail, I see another fallen star

Guess fame's like walking on a rail, 'cept when you fall, the ground's so far

Don't think the money's worth the pain, I think I'm better off down here

So say goodbye to dreams of fame, I'm sure it's much safer for me

Don't need to have the cash and fame, I have all I could ask in life

Already know I'm not the same, don't need to take the extra dive

My problems will all be resolved, I don't need fame to break my locks

Fame won't be in my crystal ball, I'll enjoy life inside my box

Yup. Like it?

Flight

Super morbid song. It's all about death, war and dreams.


(Sparse, quiet electronic loop only, echo-y voice)
I live without the strife
Above the fear and the lies
But the goal of life
Is how I wish I could fly

My dreams tell all I know
They are the star of the show
And they say I must go 
To where the birds may roam

(Chorus)
(Simple Bass, Piano - ditch echo for chorus)
Ooh, Oh I wish I could Fly
Ooh, Oh I wish I could fly
Ooh, I will do or I'll die...
...Oh, I wish I could fly

(Back to sparse loop & echoes)
The feds have sent me a call
A war is on, they want all
I'll walk myself down the hall
Yet I feel it's my fall

I'm looking out in the dawn
I'm in a jet with a bomb
To kill a man for his wrongs
And leave his family to long...

(Chorus)
(Back to Simple Bass/Piano)

(Violin Solo w/ bass & piano)

(Add Violin in background)
My plane is hit, I'm going down
Oh, I won't see again my town
I feel the sweat on my crown
I never thought I'd die now.......(stop background - only sparse piano chords)

(Final Chorus)
No, Now I never will fly
No, Now I never will fly
No, The war has killed me 'fore I tried
I have not done but I have died (piano chord for last note)


So yeah...Morbid.
This is only my second song...so...yeah...

Experment

I'm a violinist of five years. I also have a keyboard, complete with synth. Which gets me wondering, "What if I could hook up, say, a distortion pedal to my violin?" I guess I could hook a mic up to a pedal and play my violin into the mic, or maybe I could buy myself an electric violin. How much cash would that force me to raise?

Advice For An Upstart Band With No Resources

I started a band a few weeks ago, called Cracked Perspective. It's me and another kid. As a band we have:
-A keyboard
-A violin
-A MacBook
-An iPod Touch
-A small studio
-The best singer that does not have a record deal
-$16
I have a few questions:
-I've written a few songs and made an instrumental. Should I made a whole series of demos or send one demo now and record the rest with listenable quality?
-I'm a BAD songwriter, but people don't like ghost writers. Should I do a lot of collaborations? Or should I just suck it up and write?
-Where should I send my music? To a big music label? To an indie label? Or should I be an impertinent nitwit and make my own label?
-Do I really need better equipment? How much $$ do I need to raise?
Please Help! Thanks!