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Gnocchi Artyst - Song Two (On The Edge) - Version 2
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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 listen to here. -
Gnocchi Artyst - Song Two (On The Edge)
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)
Written and performed by Gnocchi Artyst (Nov 2019).
Subtitled in English and Vietnamese.
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Gnocchi Artyst - Song Eleven (Head In The Clouds)
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Hello Saturday!
The sky has been grey where I live for the last few days. Fall is ready to leave, and Winter is almost here.
This song was fun to record. The rhythm made me move involuntarily to and fro in front of the mic like a rock star!
But what makes the song more memorable is the conversation I had with my sister when I sent her a draft recording.
My sister: What is the context you wrote the song?
Me: Funny! People always ask these questions: what’s the context, who’s the person…blah blah blah… I’m an artist, I write from all kinds of source!
My sister: I am a practical person. It’s hard for me to understand the song without some clues. I can’t connect to the sound of motorbike, sunlights, head in the clouds 😜
Me: Of course you can’t! Because you haven’t experienced that yourself. But you can connect to other things in the song that you have experienced. That’s it. Each individual takes from and ADDS TO the songs with their own life experience.
Well, that’s what I hope you will do anyway. 🙂
If you’d like to give me your thoughts about the song, drop me a line below.
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Song Elven (Head In The Clouds)
Written and performed by Gnocchi Artyst (September 2019).
Subtitled in English and Vietnamese.
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Gnocchi Artyst - Song Nine (A Heart of Bitter)
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"...Now the nights are filling your ears with lies
The days are fading you away
One day you will pass
One may just wonder,
Have you ever truly lived at all?
It’s a pity ‘cause you’ve been loved
But it’s everybody else’s fault!
Such a slippery slope…
Whenever I think of you now
I think of the smell of oil stoves
And the gentle green breeze on the balcony of your house
That I used to love when I was a child
But all that used to be is now just a memory."
I wrote this song back in May 2019, but I didn't feel like I could record it right away, so I put it aside to write Song Ten (Spring) and record it, before returning to this one.
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"Song Nine" (A Heart of Bitter)
Written and performed by Gnocchi Artyst (September 2019).
Subtitled in English and Vietnamese.
Copyright 2019
Please do not use without permission.
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11/2019
Song Two (On The Edge) – Version 2
09/2019
Song Eleven (Head In The Clouds)
07/2019
Song Ten (Spring)
06/2019
Song Nine (A Heart Of Bitter)
03/2019
Song Eight (Tonight)
03/2019
Song Seven (Alive)
03/2019
Song Six (My Songs Don’t Lie)
01/2019
Song Five (I Still Miss You!)
12/2018
Song Four (Help Me Smile)
11/2018
Song Three (Ocean Green)
10/2018
Song Two (On The Edge) – Version 1
10/2018
Song One (You’re Far Gone)
09/2018
Song Zero (Angel Mine)