So I've made another poor quality demo, this time of a song I wrote called Victim Of The Modern World. This decade has given rise (at least in Britain) to the so called Selfie Culture, and it feels as if I'm one of the only teenagers I know who doesn't conform by it, instead being stuck in my own ways. This song is about an anonymous male teenager who has been taken into this way of life without even realising it. Here's the link to it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Tag9eed9IAnyway, here's the lyrics:
Monochrome, dresses he
In his mind he's fast asleep
He's a victim of the modern world
Yet in his mind he cannot tell
Child now
Be yourself now
Run from the others
Don't fall victim to the modern world
All in line, line up they
Uniform they're all the same
No free thinking in the line
Don't ask questions cause they ain't fine
Child now
Be yourself now
Run from the others
Don't fall victim to the modern world
*Instrumental* (basically a silent verse and chorus)
In the end they go to sleep
No difference because they're sheep
Always doing things the same
While I've always done things my way
Child now
Be yourself now
Run from the others
Don't fall victim to the modern world
Child now
Be yourself now
Run from the others
Don't fall victim to the modern worldThe song utilises a bass guitar of sorts, though it's just my regular guitar played through a very low-pitch amp configuration, and I feel I'm pretty bad at playing it, even though it does seem a little like Joy Division (Disorder/Transmission) in my opinion. When it came to the guitar, I was trying to emulate Bob Mould or Dave Grohl's strumming patterns, though again it still sounds pretty sloppy and unpolished in my opinion, although for one of my recordings where everything's a first take it's still above-par. I really need to get better on the guitar.
The drums sound so terrible because they're not actually drums, since I don't own any. Instead I used a really terrible iPad app and due to lag was unable to record the drums together, so I had to record each one individually (I did so in my garage without being able to hear the result until I put all the tracks together) and hope for the best. They could have been worse though.
I don't like practising around other people, so if I'd had more time on my own to record, this could have sounded a little better.
The "cover" in the video is intentionally awful, signifying the rough, churned out ethos of the current decade where everything feels the same, and also to suit the poor production of the demo. It uses one of my most rushed cartoon drawings with a character mirrored three times into the distance in order to relate loosely to the second verse, and some very crude writing I did with my left hand that says it's a demo. This is my second demo to be released under my Millmead project name.
Anyway, getting beyond the awful production, does it remind you of any artists in terms of style, and what do you think of it as a song?
