This week, I've decided to do something a little outside the box. I was going to be uploading another song, but my microphone (obviously) is still having some issues. So, instead I'm uploading a video that was already made.
About a year ago, I had my neighbors Camryn and Jaycie for the day. We were out on the swings in my yard, and I remembered I had just got a new camera. So I went inside and grabbed it, and when I came back they were playing "Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus. (This was when the song was all over the radio.)
The particular swing we had in the yard was one that spins around a lot. We had always called it our "wrecking ball". So we came up with the idea to make a funny video of us lip-singing to the song. The original idea was to upload it to YouTube, but we completely forgot about it.
I was going through some old pictures that were on an old disk a couple weeks ago, and found the clips. I quickly put them together using Movie Maker and uploaded them to YouTube. So, of course, I quickly sent the links to all my friends and uploaded a small amount of it to my Instagram, saying to go watch it. Everyone gave me pretty good feedback, except my friend Avery who had "no words".
Although the entire thing is cute, it doesn't get really funny until towards the end (the bridge), so I ask that you PLEASE watch the entire video and don't turn it off early.
Camryn is the girl with the brown hair, Jaycie is the one who's a little short, and I'm in a black shirt.
Please share this video and ENJOY!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmEM7Od0VEw
Friday, January 30, 2015
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Why do I bother
Hey y'all... I'm back for another blog. This song is another I wrote called "Why do I bother". Here's what it's about.
Several months ago, a good friend of my turned their back on me and began to gossip about me, and to completely shut me out. I wrote a different song about it at the time, but was going through the lyrics about a month ago and thought to myself, these words aren't very good. (All my friends liked them, but I had just felt they weren't mature enough.) So I wrote a different song about the exact same thing, just different words and melody. I feel like these lyrics are much better than the previous ones.
Of course, all of the drama has been sorted out now-we're good friends today. But I will go through a little bit of what happened.
I met this person when I first moved to Norman (I was in fifth grade at the time). He was the first to really be outgoing towards me and be friendly. We quickly became good friends. However, he was a grade under me so when I went into the youth group program he stayed behind. After he came into the youth group (my seventh grade year),we began to catch up because we hadn't seen each other hardly at all. However, people began noticing, "Hey, she's a girl and he's a boy... that means they are dating." So they started to tease us. It wasn't bad at first, but to avoid any serious drama we didn't talk in public much. We mainly talked over the phone. Of course, people found out about our silly conversations and it began to get very inappropriate. At this point it just gets foggy to me but my understanding of his side is that he didn't want to put up with it and for me to be embarrassed so he stopped associating with me entirely. We eventually told our youth pastor (I was homeschool at the time and this was at a church) who cleaned it up. People stopped teasing him about it, but they continued to tease me, it just was more "innocent" this time. We still did not see each other much but we did talk over the phone still frequently. However, a few moths later, he completely disassociated with me and never made it clear why. I wrote the first song and sent him some of the words as a protest to get him to answer. Just to shut me up, he accused me of being "rude" and "immature", which honestly he IS the most immature person on this earth. It all eventually (slowly) cleared up. However I think the only reason he stopped is because he found out I was moving here, and he didn't want to ruin his "perfect image". But we still talk a decent amount and have both dropped it.
The only reason I wrote this song, was because I wanted a more mature and "updated" version of the song. The other one still exists, if asked to do so I might upload it. Also I can write a song for someone, if just given a topic.
The link is below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM5NkfpQudU
Several months ago, a good friend of my turned their back on me and began to gossip about me, and to completely shut me out. I wrote a different song about it at the time, but was going through the lyrics about a month ago and thought to myself, these words aren't very good. (All my friends liked them, but I had just felt they weren't mature enough.) So I wrote a different song about the exact same thing, just different words and melody. I feel like these lyrics are much better than the previous ones.
Of course, all of the drama has been sorted out now-we're good friends today. But I will go through a little bit of what happened.
I met this person when I first moved to Norman (I was in fifth grade at the time). He was the first to really be outgoing towards me and be friendly. We quickly became good friends. However, he was a grade under me so when I went into the youth group program he stayed behind. After he came into the youth group (my seventh grade year),we began to catch up because we hadn't seen each other hardly at all. However, people began noticing, "Hey, she's a girl and he's a boy... that means they are dating." So they started to tease us. It wasn't bad at first, but to avoid any serious drama we didn't talk in public much. We mainly talked over the phone. Of course, people found out about our silly conversations and it began to get very inappropriate. At this point it just gets foggy to me but my understanding of his side is that he didn't want to put up with it and for me to be embarrassed so he stopped associating with me entirely. We eventually told our youth pastor (I was homeschool at the time and this was at a church) who cleaned it up. People stopped teasing him about it, but they continued to tease me, it just was more "innocent" this time. We still did not see each other much but we did talk over the phone still frequently. However, a few moths later, he completely disassociated with me and never made it clear why. I wrote the first song and sent him some of the words as a protest to get him to answer. Just to shut me up, he accused me of being "rude" and "immature", which honestly he IS the most immature person on this earth. It all eventually (slowly) cleared up. However I think the only reason he stopped is because he found out I was moving here, and he didn't want to ruin his "perfect image". But we still talk a decent amount and have both dropped it.
The only reason I wrote this song, was because I wanted a more mature and "updated" version of the song. The other one still exists, if asked to do so I might upload it. Also I can write a song for someone, if just given a topic.
The link is below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM5NkfpQudU
Monday, January 19, 2015
With me
Hey guys I'm back for my second blog. This time, I've got it down. My microphone isn't perfect, but it's better than last time. It is buzzing a bit, but you should be able to understand and hear clearly. And just so you know, I'm still recovering from losing my voice a couple weeks ago... so I'm flat in a few spots. My voice is always a bit strange this time of year anyway. But it'll go away soon.
Basically, in this video, I'm just sitting at my piano playing and singing. The camera is on top of it, so that's probably why the sound is buzzing a little. I was going to just paste the lyrics under the video but I decided to just paste them on the screen.
To me, songs are stories. When I write a song, I always have a reason. My lyrics are like my own little diary. If I'm upset or sad, I'll write a song about why I'm upset. If I'm frustrated, I'll write a song about it. Of course, when I'm writing a song, I'm usually not going to use names or any direct content. A good song has good poetry. It includes images and metaphors that are clever, but at the same time, you get the message of the song. Second, you have to, of course, put a catchy melody to the words. The tempo has to correspond with the lyrics. You can't write a song about being mad at someone to a slow tempo. If you, for example, wanted to tell the story of going through a breakup, and you wanted it to a slower tempo, most likely your best option would be a message like, "I don't deserve this and I'm sad about it". It's like how horror and comedy. They're both good, but the result usually isn't what you hoped for.
This song is called "With me". It could be interpreted several ways. One might hear it and think, "Oh, this song is about going through a breakup and waiting for your perfect match." Another might think it's about being happy to find someone to love, and then losing them. Again, this song is a story. I wrote it literally last week. I had caught the melody and had the idea immediately to go with it. I came up with some words off the top of my head and when I got home, I wrote them down. I came up with the rest of the words and melodies on the piano.
I wrote it because when I first moved to Norman, I had a hard time finding friends, and it's basically talking about how I'm looking back on it, and how I'm glad I won't feel like that again. It goes on to talk about how I moved here. The metaphor is "my spirits are still shattered" but "I'm breathing and doing my best". The message here is that we may not be able to see each other, but we can make it through. The bridge then specifically uses the metaphors to say, we're both unhappy but we can see each other inside. It says that we will just continue to waste our time until we realize that we will always have each other in our hearts.
Anyway, I'll stop blabbing because I know this is getting long. The link is down below! The words are on the screen with it. Please let me know what you think! This is by far one of my favorites I've written and I'd like you to just give me your opinion! Enjoy!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0AGyA_YPbg
Basically, in this video, I'm just sitting at my piano playing and singing. The camera is on top of it, so that's probably why the sound is buzzing a little. I was going to just paste the lyrics under the video but I decided to just paste them on the screen.
To me, songs are stories. When I write a song, I always have a reason. My lyrics are like my own little diary. If I'm upset or sad, I'll write a song about why I'm upset. If I'm frustrated, I'll write a song about it. Of course, when I'm writing a song, I'm usually not going to use names or any direct content. A good song has good poetry. It includes images and metaphors that are clever, but at the same time, you get the message of the song. Second, you have to, of course, put a catchy melody to the words. The tempo has to correspond with the lyrics. You can't write a song about being mad at someone to a slow tempo. If you, for example, wanted to tell the story of going through a breakup, and you wanted it to a slower tempo, most likely your best option would be a message like, "I don't deserve this and I'm sad about it". It's like how horror and comedy. They're both good, but the result usually isn't what you hoped for.
This song is called "With me". It could be interpreted several ways. One might hear it and think, "Oh, this song is about going through a breakup and waiting for your perfect match." Another might think it's about being happy to find someone to love, and then losing them. Again, this song is a story. I wrote it literally last week. I had caught the melody and had the idea immediately to go with it. I came up with some words off the top of my head and when I got home, I wrote them down. I came up with the rest of the words and melodies on the piano.
I wrote it because when I first moved to Norman, I had a hard time finding friends, and it's basically talking about how I'm looking back on it, and how I'm glad I won't feel like that again. It goes on to talk about how I moved here. The metaphor is "my spirits are still shattered" but "I'm breathing and doing my best". The message here is that we may not be able to see each other, but we can make it through. The bridge then specifically uses the metaphors to say, we're both unhappy but we can see each other inside. It says that we will just continue to waste our time until we realize that we will always have each other in our hearts.
Anyway, I'll stop blabbing because I know this is getting long. The link is down below! The words are on the screen with it. Please let me know what you think! This is by far one of my favorites I've written and I'd like you to just give me your opinion! Enjoy!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0AGyA_YPbg
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Video Slideshow
Hey guys! So this is my first official blog on here... hope I'm doing it right! I don't know exactly how I'm supposed to start so I guess I'll just jump right to it.
My original idea for this blog was to record a song I wrote and put pictures to it-like a slideshow. Unfortunately my webcam disagreed with my idea and did not work very well. So, I took a webcam I bought a long time ago for Skype and hooked it up to the laptop. (It had its own microphone.) It worked much better than the other one but the microphone would not work. For hours I tried to get it to work but it still refused to cooperate. So I was stuck and didn't know what I wanted to do next.
It then occurred to me, I like making videos in general. So at the last minute, I pieced the same photos I was going to use and put them into a slideshow to another song. This song has a lot of background with the people in the pictures because we were going to make a video before I left, and use that song. We tried so many combination of clips with different songs and this song was the one that stood out to us. So, we got together and began filming. Of course, we never finished filming for two reasons. One- I moved (of course,) Two- My computer got "infected" with a virus and shut down permanently.
The original idea was just me and a guitar. But since the song is about friendship, I thought I paste pictures to go with it. I still feel a little guilty for not being able to fix the issue with the microphone, so I've pasted the words down below.
Just so you know, this is not what I plan on doing for my future blogs. I will try to resolve the issue somehow by next weekend and upload a video of me singing either this song, or another one I wrote. So here's the video I made!! I really hope you enjoy. It took me a while to piece it together (I'm a perfectionist), so please let me know what you think! The words to the song are under it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHGDe8Kr5UI&feature=youtu.be
Verse One
We are extraordinary
Special Unique Amazing
Now it's time to see what we can do
We are two of a kind
Ask anyone at any time
They'll say that when it's me and you
Chorus
That no matter what we'll always be there for each other
No matter which way we go
So let's go swimming in that vast blue ocean
We'll always find our way back home
Verse Two
We'll always love each other
Even when we hate the other
Cause we know we'll come around somehow
I'll help when you're in need
You'll be there for me when I bleed
Even when we have our ups and downs
(Chorus)
Bridge
You've seen the side of me that no one else can see
I know the things about you that no one else can be
And when you combine it all
We always know we'll never fall
Even when we think we're falling down
(Chorus)
(Instrumental)
My original idea for this blog was to record a song I wrote and put pictures to it-like a slideshow. Unfortunately my webcam disagreed with my idea and did not work very well. So, I took a webcam I bought a long time ago for Skype and hooked it up to the laptop. (It had its own microphone.) It worked much better than the other one but the microphone would not work. For hours I tried to get it to work but it still refused to cooperate. So I was stuck and didn't know what I wanted to do next.
It then occurred to me, I like making videos in general. So at the last minute, I pieced the same photos I was going to use and put them into a slideshow to another song. This song has a lot of background with the people in the pictures because we were going to make a video before I left, and use that song. We tried so many combination of clips with different songs and this song was the one that stood out to us. So, we got together and began filming. Of course, we never finished filming for two reasons. One- I moved (of course,) Two- My computer got "infected" with a virus and shut down permanently.
The original idea was just me and a guitar. But since the song is about friendship, I thought I paste pictures to go with it. I still feel a little guilty for not being able to fix the issue with the microphone, so I've pasted the words down below.
Just so you know, this is not what I plan on doing for my future blogs. I will try to resolve the issue somehow by next weekend and upload a video of me singing either this song, or another one I wrote. So here's the video I made!! I really hope you enjoy. It took me a while to piece it together (I'm a perfectionist), so please let me know what you think! The words to the song are under it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHGDe8Kr5UI&feature=youtu.be
Verse One
We are extraordinary
Special Unique Amazing
Now it's time to see what we can do
We are two of a kind
Ask anyone at any time
They'll say that when it's me and you
Chorus
That no matter what we'll always be there for each other
No matter which way we go
So let's go swimming in that vast blue ocean
We'll always find our way back home
Verse Two
We'll always love each other
Even when we hate the other
Cause we know we'll come around somehow
I'll help when you're in need
You'll be there for me when I bleed
Even when we have our ups and downs
(Chorus)
Bridge
You've seen the side of me that no one else can see
I know the things about you that no one else can be
And when you combine it all
We always know we'll never fall
Even when we think we're falling down
(Chorus)
(Instrumental)
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