Original: White On White

[GreedylilPig]

Thanks a lot for the replies thus far. mattinbeloit, I'm 22 years old and I'm not sure how I feel about sounding like a senior citizen. But I guess that's alright. Thanks again.

it really is not a bad thing, im just amazed you are not older then that, i would be interested to hear how you sound when you talk.

Well, I guess reading something aloud and recording it wouldn't be a big deal, if you or anyone else would like. Let me know (and let me know what to read ).

read an exceptionally erotic selection from a romance novel.

You provide it, I'll read it.

[Speenis]

I gave this a quick listen last night and thought it was pretty damn solid. I'll have to listen to it again and give you more of a comment/critique.

[Trippin Hillbilly]

Just beautiful. The guitar and vocals are great and so is the recording but what stands out to me is the lyrics.

I'm gonna PM you something.

[mattinbeloit]

Thanks a lot for the replies thus far. mattinbeloit, I'm 22 years old and I'm not sure how I feel about sounding like a senior citizen. But I guess that's alright. Thanks again.

it really is not a bad thing, im just amazed you are not older then that, i would be interested to hear how you sound when you talk.

Well, I guess reading something aloud and recording it wouldn't be a big deal, if you or anyone else would like. Let me know (and let me know what to read ).

read an exceptionally erotic selection from a romance novel.

You provide it, I'll read it.

"She should have pulled back, but her tongue reacted like a hungry vulture and she plunged the depths of his mouth instead.

He responded by devouring her, exploring her with his own tongue until she sighed into his mouth and her body melted into his. Jerad relished the feel of her against him as she surrendered to his seductive siege.

He ran a hand along her side and slipped it into the opening of her gown. His lips moved to kiss and suckle her neck, her shoulder, and then trail back to her mouth. His craving for her became so intense he had to fight the impulse to rip open her robe and take her right there on the bench..."

[mdel21]

where the hell did you get that?

[mattinbeloit]

where the hell did you get that?

I seached on google and that one sounded ok... I was looking for something more erotic though...

[GreedylilPig]

Just beautiful. The guitar and vocals are great and so is the recording but what stands out to me is the lyrics.

I'm gonna PM you something.

Thanks a lot Miguel.

Got the PM and I think your backing vocals are fantastic. I'm honored you'd have an interest in adding them. Thanks you so much for doing so.

Song with backing vocals from Miguel Fernandes: http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3IUN ... BSGD29SC08

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Oh, and I'll probably get a chance to record that lovely romance passage (:ehleft: ) sometime tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully by then someone, somewhere will find something better for me to read.

[sunglassesatnight]

Read this Brian.

"How all occasions do inform against me, (35)
And spur my dull revenge! What is a man,
If his chief good and market of his time
Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more.
Sure, he that made us with such large discourse,
Looking before and after, gave us not (40)
That capability and god-like reason
To fust in us unused. Now, whether it be
Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple
Of thinking too precisely on the event,
A thought which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom (45)
And ever three parts coward, I do not know
Why yet I live to say 'This thing's to do;'
Sith I have cause and will and strength and means
To do't. Examples gross as earth exhort me:
Witness this army of such mass and charge (50)
Led by a delicate and tender prince,
Whose spirit with divine ambition puff'd
Makes mouths at the invisible event,
Exposing what is mortal and unsure
To all that fortune, death and danger dare, (55)
Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great
Is not to stir without great argument,
But greatly to find quarrel in a straw
When honour's at the stake. How stand I then,
That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, (60)
Excitements of my reason and my blood,
And let all sleep? while, to my shame, I see
The imminent death of twenty thousand men,
That, for a fantasy and trick of fame,
Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot (65)
Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause,
Which is not tomb enough and continent
To hide the slain? O, from this time forth,
My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!"

Edit: I just listened to the track again with Miguel's backing and it is superb. Miguel needs to move to the states, team with Brian and tour, and hire my ass as band promoter/finaceer.
Sounds like a good plan to me. Y'all make that happen, shoot me a PM when you need my number.

[NoNotThat]

really good, brian...

[cberner27]

Great song, i really really liked it. Even more amazing when you tell the story behind it. I wish you and your family all the best. Keep up the solid work though

[GreedylilPig]

Read this Brian.

"How all occasions do inform against me, (35)
And spur my dull revenge! What is a man,
If his chief good and market of his time
Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more.
Sure, he that made us with such large discourse,
Looking before and after, gave us not (40)
That capability and god-like reason
To fust in us unused. Now, whether it be
Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple
Of thinking too precisely on the event,
A thought which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom (45)
And ever three parts coward, I do not know
Why yet I live to say 'This thing's to do;'
Sith I have cause and will and strength and means
To do't. Examples gross as earth exhort me:
Witness this army of such mass and charge (50)
Led by a delicate and tender prince,
Whose spirit with divine ambition puff'd
Makes mouths at the invisible event,
Exposing what is mortal and unsure
To all that fortune, death and danger dare, (55)
Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great
Is not to stir without great argument,
But greatly to find quarrel in a straw
When honour's at the stake. How stand I then,
That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, (60)
Excitements of my reason and my blood,
And let all sleep? while, to my shame, I see
The imminent death of twenty thousand men,
That, for a fantasy and trick of fame,
Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot (65)
Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause,
Which is not tomb enough and continent
To hide the slain? O, from this time forth,
My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!"

I read the bold part: http://plaza.ufl.edu/bbatson/hamlet_passage.mp3

[Trippin Hillbilly]

Read this Brian.

"How all occasions do inform against me, (35)
And spur my dull revenge! What is a man,
If his chief good and market of his time
Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more.
Sure, he that made us with such large discourse,
Looking before and after, gave us not (40)
That capability and god-like reason
To fust in us unused. Now, whether it be
Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple
Of thinking too precisely on the event,
A thought which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom (45)
And ever three parts coward, I do not know
Why yet I live to say 'This thing's to do;'
Sith I have cause and will and strength and means
To do't. Examples gross as earth exhort me:
Witness this army of such mass and charge (50)
Led by a delicate and tender prince,
Whose spirit with divine ambition puff'd
Makes mouths at the invisible event,
Exposing what is mortal and unsure
To all that fortune, death and danger dare, (55)
Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great
Is not to stir without great argument,
But greatly to find quarrel in a straw
When honour's at the stake. How stand I then,
That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, (60)
Excitements of my reason and my blood,
And let all sleep? while, to my shame, I see
The imminent death of twenty thousand men,
That, for a fantasy and trick of fame,
Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot (65)
Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause,
Which is not tomb enough and continent
To hide the slain? O, from this time forth,
My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!"

I read the bold part: http://plaza.ufl.edu/bbatson/hamlet_passage.mp3

Not what I expected. This would be cool if everyone did this. I'd like to hear what all of you sound like.

[GreedylilPig]

Read this Brian.

"How all occasions do inform against me, (35)
And spur my dull revenge! What is a man,
If his chief good and market of his time
Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more.
Sure, he that made us with such large discourse,
Looking before and after, gave us not (40)
That capability and god-like reason
To fust in us unused. Now, whether it be
Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple
Of thinking too precisely on the event,
A thought which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom (45)
And ever three parts coward, I do not know
Why yet I live to say 'This thing's to do;'
Sith I have cause and will and strength and means
To do't. Examples gross as earth exhort me:
Witness this army of such mass and charge (50)
Led by a delicate and tender prince,
Whose spirit with divine ambition puff'd
Makes mouths at the invisible event,
Exposing what is mortal and unsure
To all that fortune, death and danger dare, (55)
Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great
Is not to stir without great argument,
But greatly to find quarrel in a straw
When honour's at the stake. How stand I then,
That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, (60)
Excitements of my reason and my blood,
And let all sleep? while, to my shame, I see
The imminent death of twenty thousand men,
That, for a fantasy and trick of fame,
Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot (65)
Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause,
Which is not tomb enough and continent
To hide the slain? O, from this time forth,
My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!"

I read the bold part: http://plaza.ufl.edu/bbatson/hamlet_passage.mp3

Not what I expected. This would be cool if everyone did this. I'd like to hear what all of you sound like.

How does it differ from what you expected? Very interesting, and I agree that it would be cool if everyone did this. I also think if other people are to do this, we should pick a common passage to read, so as to compare how we all say different words and how it may or may not affect our singing.

[Trippin Hillbilly]

Read this Brian.

"How all occasions do inform against me, (35)
And spur my dull revenge! What is a man,
If his chief good and market of his time
Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more.
Sure, he that made us with such large discourse,
Looking before and after, gave us not (40)
That capability and god-like reason
To fust in us unused. Now, whether it be
Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple
Of thinking too precisely on the event,
A thought which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom (45)
And ever three parts coward, I do not know
Why yet I live to say 'This thing's to do;'
Sith I have cause and will and strength and means
To do't. Examples gross as earth exhort me:
Witness this army of such mass and charge (50)
Led by a delicate and tender prince,
Whose spirit with divine ambition puff'd
Makes mouths at the invisible event,
Exposing what is mortal and unsure
To all that fortune, death and danger dare, (55)
Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great
Is not to stir without great argument,
But greatly to find quarrel in a straw
When honour's at the stake. How stand I then,
That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, (60)
Excitements of my reason and my blood,
And let all sleep? while, to my shame, I see
The imminent death of twenty thousand men,
That, for a fantasy and trick of fame,
Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot (65)
Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause,
Which is not tomb enough and continent
To hide the slain? O, from this time forth,
My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!"

I read the bold part: http://plaza.ufl.edu/bbatson/hamlet_passage.mp3

Not what I expected. This would be cool if everyone did this. I'd like to hear what all of you sound like.

How does it differ from what you expected? Very interesting, and I agree that it would be cool if everyone did this. I also think if other people are to do this, we should pick a common passage to read, so as to compare how we all say different words and how it may or may not affect our singing.

Don't know really. Guess I was just expecting to hear you sing it.
If you were to hear me speak, I bet you wouldn't recognise me.
I've got a bit of a confused accent cause I grew up in South Africa and living in London for a while is starting to take it's toll.

[GreedylilPig]

Don't know really. Guess I was just expecting to hear you sing it.
If you were to hear me speak, I bet you wouldn't recognise me.
I've got a bit of a confused accent cause I grew up in South Africa and living in London for a while is starting to take it's toll.

I'd be very interested in hearing you speak the same passage, if you get a chance.