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Hello Saturday!

The original version of Song Two (On The Edge) is rather “vanilla” musically. (Listen to it at: https://youtu.be/PaszcSHWhYM ). It was one of the first few songs I wrote, and I didn’t know much to play around with.

Then the other day I was doodling on the piano, and a strange chord caught my ears. It sounded very different than the other chords. It stirred something up in me. I looked it up online, and it’s called a diminished chord. I thought, hmm...I’d like to use that in a song!

So I sat down and wrote a second version for Song Two (On The Edge), adding a diminished chord to the chord progression to make it a bit more “spicy”, and then ending the song on a suspended chord, which seems rather fitting.

Let me know which version “tastes” better for you!

* My Mom helped me picking out the best recording for this version (Version 2). I had recorded several takes last Friday in Toronto, before leaving for California to spend Thanksgiving holiday with my family. Here I caught a bad cold, that made my head cloudy and my body ache all over. I couldn’t trust my judgement in that state, so I asked Mom for help. Here’re her reviews of the 3 takes I had her listen to:

- Take #1: smooth and easy on the ear, one can listen to it over and over.

- Take #2: not as smooth, but there are subtle accented parts that make you pay attention to the words being sung.

- Take #3: the accented parts are not as refine as those of Take #2.

So Take #2 is Mom’s pick, and that is what you're listening to here.

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Song Two (On The Edge) - Version 2
Written and performed by Gnocchi Artyst (Nov 2019).
Subtitled in English and Vietnamese.
Copyright © 2019 — Please do not use without permission.

Visit my music and poetry site at: https://HelloSaturday.ca

Hello Saturday!

I wrote this song back in Oct 2018, and recorded it with my iPhone at the time. This is a new recording with proper sound equipments. I listened to the old recording of a year ago, and I think my voice has gained some power since. I project it better, perhaps because I practice a little of martial arts everyday (you know, when you punch or kick and you say “aaaargh”).

I took a week off from music last week as I had to take care of some business stuff. When I was done, I missed singing so much! My goodness!

I realized that singing is a priviledge. How lucky I am to be able to sing my wild heart out! I went to see a Portuguese Fado singer, Carminho, at Koerner Hall - a great artist - and she said about the Fado singers, “We sing not because we want to, we sing because we need to.” And that is also true for me. I sing because I need to.

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Song Two (On The Edge) - Version 1
Written and performed by Gnocchi Artyst (Nov 2019).
Subtitled in English and Vietnamese.
Copyright © 2019 — Please do not use without permission.