I was trying to locate some old files to see if I could recreate a song that I never finished to… get around to finishing it.
The only problem (if I could find the files) is that they were possibly recorded using an obsolete DAW (digital audio workbench): either a much older Cakewalk or via Sony Acid (which I abused and made into a DAW when it was really just a loop manager) file. It was a song that was mostly done except for the vocal tracks and some management of song structure, but it might be lost and I’ll have to recreate it from scratch if I can figure out just what the heck I did ten or more years ago [Update: Found it! It is only six years old and I have the compatible files. Now I just have to decide if I want to modify it or keep it as-is.]
If I do end up recreating it and finishing it, I will post the early version of that song alongside the redux of that piece, originally called “Myrrh” but no longer likely to be called that. It was in the flavor of Mission/Sisters of Mercy/March Violets/Merry Thoughts with my own twist applied.
But, in looking through the possible locations for hints as to what I did, I stumbled across a .wav file of yet another song in the same vein that I thought would be fun to share (several, actually). The file is dated in the name as 1/1/2016 and sounds to be around that same period of experimentation as “Myrrh” (these “lost” discovered snippets are from late-2015 — early-2016, all with this particular flavor).
No vocals, just a snippet with no lead-in silence or fade-out — it ends abruptly, which means I did not intend for it to be available for public consumption at the time. Judging from the overall sound, I’m guessing this was a Cakewalk effort. I had purchased Cakewalk via Steam on sale, as it used to be the paragon of DAWs, only to discover it had fallen from such heights and was given to microtransaction hell and crashing. I eventually settled on Propellerhead’s Reason for my DAW and have not looked back (yes, Ableton is another perfectly decent DAW, but I could not get past the workflow hurdles because I am more used to the Cakewalk-Acid style of workflow). How do I know this? Because there are a number of “real” instruments on this recording and Acid was always a royal pain to try to record live for vocals and/or instruments and it doesn’t have the same overall sound of Reason.
Anyway, here is less than two minutes of your life that you’ll never get back. Comments are always appreciated.
The original name for this is “Rust”. The intro is a bit slow, but give it two dozen seconds or so and it picks up.
Some snippets of lyrics saved in the same folder include this untitled poem/lyrics. It may have originally been intended to go along with this song, or perhaps one of the other bits and bobs in the same folder. We’ll pretend they work with this piece, just for shits and giggles.
Like crust on the driven snow
She cuts to the bone
She shreds hearts to ribbons
So cold so cold
Living another lie again
At least she wins
No matter the soul she’s sold
So cold so cold
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