A couple years ago I put up a song with a dream sequence that contained an uptempo part that was very short in duration. The song was called "A Day In The Light" which was a co-write with David Snyder (I sure do miss seeing you around here David-The place lost a step when you went quiet) I credit David for the title of this one. This is a re-write of the uptempo part. It's about escaping the pressures and realities of life through dreaming! I wrote the lyrics on the fly today and will certainly want to improve some of them! It's going to take some tweaking but I kind of like it and hope any who listen does also! Thanks for checking it out!
BIAB Drums-Rock Hard Shuffle Bass-2749 Rock Hard Shuffle Doug Guitar-2753 Rock Heavy Shuffle Murray Guitar-2750 Rock Heavy Shuffle Craig
Me Vocals Guitars Lead and Rhythm Played through a Roland GR55 Organ Synths
A DAY IN THE LIGHT Words and music by Torrey Bliss Copyright 2020
I hear the church bells ringing The birds are singing Another day here in the light Don't interrupt this feeling I know that I'm dreaming Don't send me back there to the night In this place I'm seeing Everything I believe in Another day here I'm the light If I could only take it back with me A lovely day here in the light
You never know just where you'll go When you close your eyes It's when you feel alive The pain is gone the thrill is on It's a natural high I go there every night
In this world I'm seeing What I just don't believe in Oh take me back there to the light What is right is wrong And what's wrong is right A downward spiral to the night I will escape in slumber and close my eyes And find my way back to the light If I could only take it back with me A lovely day there in the light
You never know just where you'll go When you close your eyes It's when you feel alive The pain is gone the thrill is on It's a natural high I go there every night
Where will I go I never know Each time a surprise When I close my eyes The pain is gone the thrill is on It's a natural high I'm going there tonight
This is really great! It has a late 60's vibe. I liked the groove you have going on and the backing tracks were spot on. Your vocal is really strong on this and your mix was perfect.
Torrey - it's a cracker. Pop psych that would sit happily on The Duke's of Stratosphere's album or EP. Lyrically I don't think you need to tweak anything as it works really well. It's possible to address the double use of light I suppose but it doesn't stick out as a problem at all. Lovely stuff and an exemplar of using RealTracks and other players together to achieve a coherent and classic song.
Very promising intro raising expectations and then starts the familiar poppy Torrey style The positive message makes me forget the Earthly worries. Excellent mix, especially the drums sound great. Vocals and the solo guitar are full of the natural high!
Very nice, Torrey and David, all the way around. I got a picture of that feeling of waking up, looking out the window to see it is a beautiful clear day. Or, day in the life, hey? Then it morphed into something quite profound, which I might call 'Going to the LORD,' that feeling of the last prayer of the day, before inviting the Sand Man in. Fine listen.
Thanks so much Ray! Your input is so valuable to me! You are a tremendous help to fellow musicians on this site if they are not too proud to take advice! I must say I'm not aware of the group you mentioned but will have to have a listen sometime! Take care, T
Thanks so much Ray! Your input is so valuable to me! You are a tremendous help to fellow musicians on this site if they are not too proud to take advice! I must say I'm not aware of the group you mentioned but will have to have a listen sometime! Take care, T
They were a side project of XTC. They had songs that didn't fit and they were just for fun pop psych - an album and EP of fun for anyoe who enjoyed pop psych really...
Love that opening into the melody, which is just infectious. It’s got sum a Beetles type sound to me, really engaging, particularly with the back up Vox. Harmonies and solo guitar work. For lyrics written on the fly, solid. Sweet vocal. A winner in my book!
Nicely done - loved the melodies and the vocals suit the instrumentation perfectly. The harmonies are stunning too. Definitely gives off a mid 60's vibe.
I like this lyric. It's a somewhat skewed take on the preferability of dreams over waking life. The chord work and melody press this home. It's a "happu" vibve, but dark enough to suggest that it really "shouldn't" be this way.
Anyway, that's my take. The groove and band is strong (both the Box and your own work) and it sounds good to me. There may be a hint of "book" in the vocals in a place or two, but I'm listening with volume up and it passes quickly. Much enjoyed this.
You are working very hard these days. Even I have troubles keeping up with your frequency of presenting new songs. But this one is (also) a very good song that reminded me of the big years of pop. But it weren't the Beatles that came in my mind when listening to your song, but the British group Wham. 'To help you a bit, their most famous song was 'Last Christmas'. Halfway in the song I also heard traces of the Beatles in it. So you have covered multiple artists with this outstanding song. I couldn't think of any criticism of the song or an instrument. Crazy, huh? So very well done!
Torrey (and David), Super creative tune. Seems a lot of hard labor and soul went into it. Arrangement is very complex, I had to listen to this tune several times on different occasions, to grasp it Nice powerful stuff! Thank you for sharing.
you're making it harder with every song ypu post to find words of excitement I haven't written before.
This one is a masterpiece - no doubt about that.
A masterpiece for so many reasons, but what it did to me was open 'The Sixties Book' - so many memories so cleverly and so freshly put together - no idea how you can, but you did it again.
What a crazy idea to start a song called "A Day In the Light" with a citation of that chaotic ending of "A Day In The Life". Again Wishbone Ash's double guitar playing appeared on my inside screen and - what a pleasure to be reminded on them - The Move heck: Who remembers "Wild Tiger Woman"? Beatles anyway - please, Torrey, don't get me wong, when I mention all these: By no means do I think you're copycatting - on the contrary: I think you have a miraculous gift of soaking in the musical highlights of the past and turning them into something really new and exclusively 'torrey-ish'.
In German we have a popular saying roughly translated by : 'That's really big cinemal'. And, yes, Torrey, that's what it is: big cinema!-
Thanks Tangmo for taking time to listen and comment! I should state that the lyrics don't describe the way I feel about my own life's situation but about some individuals who prefer to escape their own chaotic reality! T
Thanks David for the listen and comments! I considered altering the arrangement a tad but choose to keep it in a uniform pattern throughout because of the short length of the actual music section of the song (excluding the intro and ending). I also thought about reversing the audio on the end and that is still an option! T
I went back to the 2018 version...this is a very cool development on that section. Definitely worth the effort to resurrect, renovate & extend. Excellent.
Torrey, Crackling with energy from that great intro- I knew I was in for a treat! I like the style links to the period and your vocal is very good ( one of your best, I think). The song is infectious and lyrics swirl around with the good feelings (sound fine as is). Will David hear this and come back to find out how many others miss him around here?
The introduction really grabbed hold of me and captured my imagination very strongly.
I'm listening on speakers right now and this is such a professional sound.... confident, balanced, vibrant and very enjoyable to listen to.
Somehow this arrangement reminded me of both the Beachboys and The Beatles simultaneously. I don't know how you did that but it was so effective. I went and had a listen to "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by the Beachboys and "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" by The Beatles just to confirm that I wasn't hearing things.
