Bright Shadows is from the Bolsheviks of Madrid album, Sixty Second Chances. (Cover art by Todd Alcott) Bret made two versions of music videos for Bright Shadows, the fifty-fourth of 60 videos.
False Idle is from the Bolsheviks of Madrid album, Sixty Second Chances. (Cover art by Todd Alcott) Bret made a music video for False Idle, the fifty-fifth of 60 videos.
Scatterplot is from the Bolsheviks of Madrid album, Sixty Second Chances. (Cover art by Todd Alcott) Bret made a music video for Scatterplot, the fifty-sixth of 60 videos.
Song for You is from the Bolsheviks of Madrid album, Sixty Second Chances. (Cover art by Todd Alcott) Bret made a music video for Song for You, the fifty-seventh of 60 videos.*
Angry Cologne is from the Bolsheviks of Madrid album, Sixty Second Chances. (Cover art by Todd Alcott) Bret made a music video for Angry Cologne, the fifty-eighth of 60 videos.
Versatile Stingray is from the Bolsheviks of Madrid album, Sixty Second Chances. (Cover art by Todd Alcott) Bret made two versions of music videos for Versatile Stingray, the fifty-ninth of 60 videos. (Bret liked it when I described my new Sterling by Music Man StingRay 4HH as being a versatile bass, so he decided that this should be used by us as a song title.)
Vanishing Point is from the Bolsheviks of Madrid album, Sixty Second Chances. (Cover art by Todd Alcott) Bret made three versions of music videos for Vanishing Point, the sixtieth of 60 videos!
My first attempt at recording a demo. Just vocal, bass, and a verycrude drum track (mostly serving acting as a fancy click). This is just the rough demo I put together to share with my band so they could come up with guitar and drum parts.
Always great to see when someone is into writing own songs (and recording them).
The way I “parse” the song, it has a verse/pre-chorus/chorus kind of structure and this is repeated a few times (with new verses). From a compositional point of view, you could consider introducing a bridge (e.g., after two verses), which is often used to bring in a fresh element and then return to the final verse etc.
Sting has often talked about the importance of a bridge in songs, and he has really cool bridges in his songs
It has a bridge. I just put it after the 3rd verse instead of between 2 and 3. Structure is:
V1
PC / Hook
V2
Chorus
V3
Chorus
Bridge
Chorus
And it’s very autobiographical about my Anxiety and how caring/supportive my wife is. V1&2 set up the problem. V3 resolves it seeing her again. Bridge introduces the twist of how we support each other, and this is just me needing help now.
I also switch up the pre-chorus/hook as the story progresses. “I think I need you again” twice, then “I’ve got you with me again.”; “We’ll be there again and again.”; “You’re gonna need me again.”