Mirror, Mirror
Short sweet song, reflecting on how we change as the years pass by. What's in your mirror?
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Short sweet song, reflecting on how we change as the years pass by. What's in your mirror?
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I’ve got a cold, so didn’t fancy making another video of me gurning to camera, so apologies for the slightly abstract short film… I’m trying to make songs that are less vague and more relatable – have I succeeded? Let me know!
Nice song, and good production. A topic we can identify with, so aim achieved. Good to see an oblique approach to the video. It helps with the mood and the story.
Thanks! I tried to film myself in the mirror and it looked terrible, so I went with just facial closeups. I’m slightly amazed how much like a “real” video it looks.
Also, my voice was a bit off today, just found out why… hello C19!
Oh dear – I hope it’s a mild case and quickly thrown off. Take care of yourself. Definitely a relatable song, so you’ve ticked your box. I hope you are not forsaking the vague entirely – I like vague ones too.
Thanks Kris… looks like I got the vocal down in time… I was wondering why I couldn’t manage any low notes yesterday! All good, looks like a week on the sofa eating biscuits and watching dull factual documentaries on, er hatmaking, or costermongers.
“The years are like a River to the sea…”Mirror, mirror …you’ve seen me at my best and at the worst…” Many great lines. The instrumental vibe is cool.
Thanks Charlotte, I had fun writing the lines to this. Funnily enough it started as a gentle pastoral folk thing about Misty half remembered hills, or something, and then went thrashy and hyper personal, all in the blink of an eye.
Can we expect a song about costermonger-milliners in due course. Actually that sounds like a great horror movie…. the Men With Fish On Their Heads.
Kris, I’ll see what I can do. “And the emperor stood naked, and the courtiers just stared/His birthday suit embellished, By the eels writhing in his hair/And the costermonger chuckled and jingled the golden coins about, it’s just a fever dream from an inconvenient COVID bout”… I’ll fix the ways the lines scan when the tune is sorted. Next verse please @KrisKing
Hi Ian,
I commented on the Facebook site, but just to say, it sounds just as good here in the posh seats! Get well soon, mate. Cheers.
Great song. I liked the lyrical perspective and haunting melody and effects.
Hi Louise, thanks for the kind words. I’m vaguely thinking of re cooking this as a main competition entry, as the one I was planning turned into a total drone fest. It was great when I wrote it, really exciting, but once recorded it sounds dreary and dull.
I really enjoyed your song & the clever way you married the video with it. You’ve certainly reflected our experiences; we change so gradually, almost imperceptibly. And then… who is this we’re looking at? Where did I go? We’ll done indeed for capturing that strange feeling.
Great melody and I do like the arrangement – right up my street. Brave video – something I’d never do – so much to be applauded! Hope you recover from your cold!
Hi Suzanne, thank you. I enjoyed that, and enjoyed hearing your song a few weeks ago. They’re really interesting, those workshops, aren’t they?
Charlie, thank you. My usual genre is scratchy indie pop, and I’m trying to move into more of an acoustic/ballad area. Not there yet!
Definitely relatable Ian. Good melody too and also good production. ?
Hey Cath! Thank you… voice is a bit off as I was coming down with Covid. Being relatable is a problem for me, lyrically, many of my songs have no fixed point of reference, so I’m glad that this one “landed”. I think its combination of the workshops and listening to the wisdom and talent of others, for which I’m grateful!
Nice work once again Ian
Thanks Huw! Loved your song too.
Definitely more relateable Ian and very well put together. I really wish the mirtor would lie! It s far too truthful. I found myself singing along with the chorus and harmonies which is a good sign.
Your video was simple and effective too.
Especial well done for putting it all together whilst recovering from Covid too. I only had a cold and I resorted to the full gurning, up the nose, live in my study, film. ?
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Hi Heather, thanks for the kind comments, I’m actually redoing it, perhaps as a competition entry,with a different singer. There’s another song in the mix, with a better tune, but I’m quite liking the directness of this song, it’s quite accessible. The other one is light and poppy… quite strange for me 🙂
And I liked your song, too!
Nice song – good arrangement and production.
Great song Ian and really good production! Nice one
Thanks Alan and Paul. I’m quite fond of the tune here, and am messing around with anew section. Who knows where this will go!