Sweet July

Hey Ho!

Week 5 and I'm still hanging in there with the Songwriting Challenge.  This one is sweet and naked as far as production goes. This weeks challenge was to write for a new TV series described as "a 19th Century 'Dexter' centring around a female anti-hero, lots of emotions: love, lust, hate, danger". 

So I started by simply listening to some of the songs provided for reference, in particular Hozier's 'To Be Alone'. Using electric piano combined with guitar sounds I came up with the harmonic structure....then honestly, I can't remember. Words just started falling out of me. 

I demo'd up the song using garageband (such a great tool). I played all the parts that you're hearing on the track including the guitar....which, since I don't play guitar, is my piano and some guitar midi sounds. I exported the wave files to Brad and we did the vocal takes in the studio. Didn't have a lot of time to do all the things we would normally do as he's had a busy week in the studio but I managed to snake a couple of hours. Apparently Brad is only human not robotic and can't engineer 20 hours a day. Who knew?!

I look forward to recording this song for real, perhaps extending it a bit with a third verse or bridge. 

Listen here to

Sweet July

Behind these closed eyes

I'm feeling hypnotized oh

Before your breath is gone

I wanna take the long way home

My body's begging me

for more of you and your lies

Don't know what this could mean

Don't wanna feel goodbye

I wanna lace you up and tuck you in real tight

to my delight.

Oh my sweet July

I feel your heat inside

And all I can say is c'mon c'mon let's burn

Oh my sweet July

You're my darkest knight

Holding your sword all I can hear is c'mon c'mon

Ooooooo

My sweet July

Ooooooo

Sweet July

Inside this mystery

I wanna set us free oh

With shadows in our hearts

We're hiding in the dark alone.

Written by Trish Evans