SOTU 575 "SEE THE MUSIC, HEAR THE DANCE"

[Flatbaroque]

song by some Irish bloke

 

[pabrizzer]

another paoriginal for 575

 

[wee_ginga_yin]

let's face the music and dance

 

[mountain goat]

Here’s an original, written this evening for the season and for FAWM. It’s a love song, with some added synth bass, pads, drums and vocal harmonies. It includes the word ‘dance’.

can you please explain Del, when you say 'pads' in your descriptions of your arrangements, what they are?

 

[DelGriff]

can you please explain Del, when you say 'pads' in your descriptions of your arrangements, what they are?

Hi Jon

Here’s the best definition I could find:

“A synth pad is a sustained sound, either a single tone or a chord, used to enhance the harmony of a broader track. Pads add a sense of atmosphere. In a broader music history context, the concept of padding out a musical arrangement has been around for quite some time.”

I hope that helps? Traditionally it would have been a string section that played that kind of accompaniment, but I tend to prefer a ‘breathy’ or ‘dreamy’ type of synth sound instead.

Cheers matey!

 

[Lumpy Wafflesquirt]

How lucky are you?
After a long gap, two weeks in a row

 

[LimousinLil]

Time for bed again over here. I leave you with this; an example of fine terpsichory from the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain ...

 

[Canada Jim]

Spanish Pipe Dream John Prine

Another John Prine song, one I used to sing to my kids while on road trips in the pick-up truck, back when we were three bachelors who hadn't met Maggie yet.

 

[erivel]

Hello Seasonistas!
http://Season 575 Of The Ukulele: Let’s Dance (David Bowie 80’s Cover) https://youtu.be/9QV14Vn16c0

 

[joo]

GREAT to see you Eric and your brother!
Thanks for hosting, Val.

EDIT: Sorry Val, I have deleted the earlier version of this video because I found the audio quality too horrible. So I re-recorded the audio, but kept the video as it is. Can I trouble you to add this to the playlist instead? Thank you.

 

[wee_ginga_yin]

They dance alone.

This song is about the Pinochet regime and the women who danced alone in the streets for their husbands and sons who had disappeared.

They would dance with photographs of their loved ones and hold white handkerchiefs in their hands.

 

[wee_ginga_yin]

New sock dance.

Grandchildren dance in new socks knitted for them by their grandmother.

 

[joo]

hi again Val.
Today I read a letter Nick Cave wrote to a 13-year old boy, and got inspired to write this songlet.
You can read the letter here.

 

[jtsteam]

Hi Val! Here's one by Belle and Sebastian, in which by the end the narrator wants a dance and a drink of whisky. And who wouldn't?

 

[YorkSteve]

Hope you don't mind me interrupting, but after next week's Season (hosted by Yukio) we have a gap of three host-less weeks.
Anybody want to jump in and run a week?
If you do, just head for the "Sign up" thread.
Back to the dance...

 

[LimousinLil]

And it's bedtime here again! I leave you with this, please feel free to copy Mr. Grooves' example ...

 

[Barbablanca]

Been busy with FAWM and a mini holiday in the Montseny Mountain range. I have some catching up to do in March!
Like my narrator, I am not the world's best dancer, by far. That inspired my song for this Season.

I hope you like:

 

[Canada Jim]

RENAISSANCE - David Bradstreet 1977

Let's dance that old dance once more.

 

[AlanDP]

A waltz.

 

[pabrizzer]

a chris rea song for 575