Soliloquy
The Young Son's Song
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Song #2 in the Trilogy. Here, the Young Son is reflecting/meditating the morning after returning to the Father.

Maybe my most difficult song to produce, since it's all free-form...not being a confident performer, I couldn't rely on Style or RT's or even entering chords in BIAB to create the structure. It's taken me a long time to get this to a point where I wasn't frustrated and unhappy with it.

Melody relies on #4 tones as passing tones to major chords.
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I open my night eyes, and I see where I am;
There's a fragrance so fresh in the air;
My pillow is sweet, and a robe's at my feet;
And the ring on my finger's still there.

I look in the mirror--it's the face of a prince;
And I'm dressed in the clothes of the court.
Amazed that it's so, 'cause the man that I know
Who returned was a much different sort.

 Low was the road I wandered,
Lusting for evil and sin;
Wasted my selfish young years;
The shame who I've been..

I gaze in the mirror and I can't understand
How his mercy could loose what I'd done;
Too filthy to hide, but his arms opened wide
And my father said, "Welcome, my son!"

I really enjoyed this song. It was very different and creative. Well done..

Thanks Scott, appreciate you listening!

Nice song. It held my interest throughout and you've got a well mixed clear production. I could hear a little of your lack of confidence in the vocal in spots but you have a very nice voice so hang in there. This is a quality write and production and I look forward to hearing more from you soon. Enjoyed listening.

Just when one a bit settled in on the forum along comes something very different - a good thing.

Yes different and like Scott said...creative.

An enjoyable short little journey....nice!

J&B

Thanks Charlie, J&B..appreciate the comments!

Very pretty! Love the build of the instrumentation, although it was subtle. Your voice sound fine - wish mine were that good! very nice production! it was real pleasure!

Alan

Thanks Alan for listening.

Hi, friend !


I too think you have
such a nice voice
and could use
it more for singing !:))

Original tune if ever
I heard one ! You must
have put a lot of work
into this - impressive !!!

Cheers
Dani

Really interesting song.

I like the free form aspect. It has that modern art sound going on big time.

Very creative!!

Excellent!

You are an excellent musician as well as a singer and songwriter.

I can picture Michael Bublé singing this!

Dani, David, Mario..thanks for your comments and taking some time to listen!

Hello, Tom

This song is so beautiful!
Excellent melody and chord progression!
A little bit Tom Jobim's feel.
A little bit Michel Legrand's touch.
I love this much.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Wow - simply put, this is beautiful. I love how stripped down the backing tracks are. It gives it an almost haunting quality. I really like experimental music, and this is right on the cusp of what I'd consider that.

A great example of what Band-in-a-Box is capable of here. Thanks for sharing

Dani, David, thanks for listening in!

Tano Music, as others have stated, this is very creative! But beyond that, I believe you have a beautiful song here packed with deep meaning! I have a feeling that you are not done with it yet! Thanks, Torrey

Appreciate your listen and comments Torrey..thanks.