A Clockwork Dream

I made this song after watching the movie Begin Again, very nice feel good story about songwriting and accidentally finding a right visionary to turn the simple melodies to full arrangement. For many of us, this visionary is Band-in-a-box, such an easy tool to try your simple idea with hundreds of styles, getting new ideas and finally ending to something completely different. Just like this song which started as an acoustic guitar driven song but there are no guitars in the final version, just didn't fit to the stripped-down arrangement. I think that the ticking clock sound I found in Kinetic Metal plugin works as a nice replacement. I have tried to use the word clockwork as a metaphor for both personal and professional relationship.

All instruments played by Band-in-a-box, vocals by Vocaloid CyberDiva, mixed in Adobe Audition.

MIDI Style: TEKCRAF
-bass, sitar: VSTi Kinetic Metal
-midi drums: VSTi CoyoteWT

MIDI SuperTrack:
-acoustic piano #2065: VSTi The Grandeur

RealDrums: TechnoCraftek

RealTracks:
Acoustic Bass Bowed #2489
Electric Piano Held #2505
Horn Section #2291
String Quartet #2335
Trumpet #1070
Synth BellPad #2267

Lyrics:

I have a dream of a clockwork that's
cleaned of the rust, oiled and wound up to tick
wheels spun with sentiment and the knowledge of mechanics.

Wish that from the outer spaces
someone falls and lights my places
wakes my inspiration
guides my driving force to limelight.
In this dream we form a clean
perpetual gear machine
and together spin the hands of fate.

I have a dream of a pendulum
telling that someone's attracted to me
making me feel special by the power of gravity.

Wish that from the outer spaces
someone calls and finds my traces
wakes my inspiration
guides my driving force to limelight.
In this dream we form a clean
perpetual star machine
and together spin the hands of fame.

A ray of hope filled with magic shining through the dusty attic
the figure of a longcase clock recalls the faded chime.
Dreaming to feel alive once to feel the movement unwind the time.

Wish that...

A ray of...

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Janne

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