Wrote this one on Monday. I was feeling kinda sorry for myself. Thinking through some of the wild stories of my life, and how I find myself saying: “Is this really happening!?”
Anyway, the tone literally started out as “life stinks,” but mid-way through I realized that I did NOT want present circumstances to ruin my day… That I was gonna have a good day whether life wanted me to or not.
Thus, the song progressed in its entirety. And I had a GREAT day afterwards!
Life is a long line of “I can’t believe this is really happening.”
A string of events of that rob me of what should’ve been reality
But, oh no, not this time…It’s gonna be a good day. I can feel it.
Here it comes, a new day. I can hear it
…Call my name
…Come out and play.
It’s a good day.I never knew bad could be so bad or sad could be so sad
When everything goes wrong – Is this the worst I’ve ever had?
But, oh no, not this time…(Chorus)
& sometimes all the difference is looking at things differently.
It’s gonna be a good day. I can feel it.
Here it comes with the sun. Can you see it?
…Nobody move.
…Don’t change a thing.
It’s a good day.
Before y’all nail me on this, I do not like my vocals in this one.
eww…
a big smile for a good day on a monday.
and my favorite line is: sometimes all the difference is looking at things differently
okay.
number 1. you rock.
number 2. this song rocks!
number 3. i want to wake up to it every morning.
I have some thoughts.
Vocals are a bit shaky note-wise. But I won’t keep going because of being your own first commenter.
I like the chorus. Your melody with those chords makes it very singable, you know. Easy harmonies if you wanted to put a few in there.
I love, love, love how you played the electric.
You could give your acoustic a little more bass, and actually increase the sound of it. It’s your rhythm instrument and your electric is the nuance, helps with continuum, but your rhythm should still be a little louder here I think.
Oh, I love that you ended on the A2! Yehaw for A2.
Key change was a tinnny bit abrupt, but I did like it, also, I loved the bridge.
This is just a suggestion, but I loved the chorus so much in the major key, that I wonder what it’d sound like all in the major key? I’m not typically a proponent of major key type things, but I wonder how it might sound? Maybe play around with it, if you want.
Thanks for sharing your heart with the world. You’ll always inspire me to pick up up my guitar and try to do the same.
Becca: Thanks for the thoughts. When referring to “all” in the major key, are you saying the whole chorus or the whole song? Wondering…
Hey Anna Hannah!
Well, I did like a few of your minor notes in the chorus, I was referring to the song as a whole. Just wondered how it might sound? It might end up sounding like crap and changing the whole feel of the song. Just curious, really. haha.
HAHA! Isn’t there some phrase like “curiosity killed the song?”
I started writing it in the minor because I wanted that unhappy sound. Then realized I could climb out of it into a totally different feel at the Chorus. It was intentional. Dark verses. Light choruses… Duotone.
Nail you? Wow, nothing wrong with what I just listened to!
Freakin fantastic!
I really liked your guitar playing on this. The change from the more somber(?) opening to the upbeat ending. Your voice was a little shaky at the beginning but I loved how you song the chorus and at the end.
The first two lines are a little more like spoken word than singing. I like the way they read, creative writing, but the lines must be a little difficult to sing.
I really like the chorus as well.
I think it is a great song to start the day with. It’s the kind of upbeat song we carry in our heads throughout the day.
Ed: Somber – good word. Glad you caught that tone.
I love the tone shifts.
I can see why you had a good day after writing this.
I see/hear a lot of positives in this song
( Have you definitely decided it is ‘finished’ or would you tweak anything besides the actual vocals ( which i suspect have a little to do with not being completely ‘free’ to give it all you want to without bothering others?))
‘Nobody move, Don’t change a thing…’
I understand the feeling and i imagine it is a personally held one which you are honestly declaring.
That said: many people hopefully could listen to this song and those that like it and hear it more than once tend to ‘identify’ with it. It can become (or already is) a part of them.
My ‘concern’ is that people then ‘get’ the idea influencing their brain that their having a ‘good’ day by changing their perception as you did can have reinforcement that any small ‘movement’ or external ‘change’ can bring the whole positive perception crashing down – because it is a very fragile thing they have created.
I think those last two lines kind of ‘sabotage’ the whole positivity somewhat.
I hope you have the ability to see how we often give ourselves an ‘out’ for things to go badly for us when we try to do good or be happy – but end up feeling down anyway.
“Oh it was going to be a good day – i could have had a great day… but somebody ‘moved’ so i ‘lost’ control. it wasn’t my fault – so it’s ok – life just sucks.”
And i KNOW this is not the way you live your entire life – but many who hear your song just might.
Like i said up front – i see/hear a lot of positives :
i just pointed out what i think could be ‘better’ somehow?
it’s what i do
<B
You’re one talented lady.
Love: You’re right about those last two lines. They, in my mind, are tongue-in-cheek. But might not be to the hearer. Thanks.
Loved the open sound on the chorus. The bridge was good (whew!), and I think once you adjust/nail down that melody line on the verses, you’re gonna have a heck of a good song!
I’m so late getting here with this one that I honestly don’t have anything additional to add.
You+duotone=cool
perspective, perspective, perspective.
i like.
would LOVE to hear you singing this at full voice!
ohyeah!