{"id":26,"date":"2012-11-23T14:05:18","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T22:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vincecharming.com\/awp\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2013-05-20T12:54:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T19:54:23","slug":"my-music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vincecharming.com\/awp\/my-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Unappreciated Genius"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unappreciated Genius<\/span><\/h1>\n

This is the page to find a wide variety of my songs from over the years. I’ll be changing the song selection from time to time and you never will know what you might find: rare live cuts, forgotten demos, new material…<\/span><\/p>\n

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Below are tunes recorded early in 2007 right after I acquired my new recording device. Click on the song title to listen or download for free. Lyrics and anecdotes are printed below. Have patience and keep scrolling down.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tailor Made<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

VC: vox, Fender P-bass, Fender Strat, Roland D5 synth, drum programming, tambourine<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you\u00a0think that 80’s synth pop had no effect on my songwriting career, here’s proof it did. This is a nearly 20 year old song that has languished on the shelf (actually on a tape) all that time being heard by basically nobody but me. The late 80’s were a time where I moved into a recording studio, wasn’t playing with any regular band and spent my time perfecting my piano playing and recording many demos that nobody ever heard. I haven’t really played much keys in the last few years and it has been way fun dusting off my chops. I distinctly remember trying to write a pure pop song when I wrote this as well as trying to seduce a certain someone. For the life of me I’m not sure what made me start recording this after I got my new recording device, other than I think it’s a great<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a world concerned with fashion
\nYou gotta watch what you wear
\nWithin the threads and seams of my passion
\nYou can see every rip and tear
\nMy suit is made of patches
\nBut at least they\u2019re handmade
\nI got a leather tie that matches
\nAnd a belt of brown suede
\nBeyond the clothes that I wear
\nDespite the rips and tears<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m tailor made for you\u2026
\nStitch by stitch\u2026
\nTailor made for you\u2026<\/p>\n

Remember the feeling of that old summer dress
\nThat hugged, but didn\u2019t restrain
\nBut the clothes of today are smug and repress
\nThe choice of comfort instead of pain
\nI don\u2019t ever want to tie you down
\nSqueeze that waistband too tight
\nNever make you feel like those high-heeled shoes
\nThat keep your feet hurtin\u2019 through the night
\nBut this is no fashion trend
\nI\u2019ve got a heart to lend<\/p>\n

I\u2019m tailor made for you\u2026
\nStitch by stitch\u2026
\nTailor made for you\u2026<\/p>\n

9\/27\/87<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If the Sky Can Cry<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

VC: vox, Fender P-bass, Fender Strat, Mosrite acoustic, Turner Renaissance guitar, Roland D5 synth,\u00a0dijembe<\/span><\/p>\n

This song was originally started while I was teaching preschool in Oakland in the winter of 1993 and finished in Los Angeles a year later while I was in my credential program. It was a tough time when I started this song: a serious, long-distance relationship had just failed and I was about to quit my job and eventually go back to school. It took me over a year to finish and the music came much later.There had been several weeks of rain in LA and it reminded my of the lyrics I had started the year before. I was performing quite a bit in LA’s coffee house circuit and was in the peak of my sensitive, singer-songwriter period. I don’t think I have a song that more typifies that type of muisc than this one. I had only played this solo acoustic before and I really enjoyed fleshing it out in the recording process!!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I lie and listen
\nListen to the rhythm
\nThe rhythm of the falling rain…
\nThe little ones say the sky is crying
\nGod must be filled with sorrow
\nThey don’t need to know why, no need for prying
\nIt will be clear and blue tomorrow
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Chorus:
\nThe sorrow is deep within my soul
\nBut still my eyes are dry
\nIf the sky can cry
\nThen why can’t I?…<\/span><\/p>\n

I lie and wait<\/span>
\n Wait for the water<\/span>
\n The water to fall from my eyes…<\/span>
\n Counselors say to let it all out<\/span>
\n Don’t keep the sorrow within<\/span>
\n The rain will fall without a doubt<\/span>
\n But I hide behind this grin<\/span><\/p>\n

Chorus<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s raining, it’s pouring<\/span>
\n The little ones all sing<\/span>
\n But when they hurt, they’ll cry…<\/span>
\n Their emotions are soaring<\/span>
\nWith the ups and downs youth brings
\nThey flow with the lows and highs…<\/p>\n

I lie and listen…<\/p>\n

1 or 2\/93 &
\n1\/29\/94<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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