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well, this is a collab with Ejh. I am impressed of all the great work he has done with the instruments! A big thank to Ed for his great effort!!!
From Ed:
I first became aware of selters’ work when he left a nice comment on ‘Song Of This World’, and I almost immediately ran into him on the Chat page. He was getting feedback that his songs were really strong, but some MacJammers felt they would benefit from better production values. I was charmed by his songs and melodies, and his very earnest and heartfelt vocals. I don’t remember how we fell into it, but somehow it ended up that I would try to produce a backing track for his song ‘Not To Be Found’, for selters to sing over… This is the result… selters’ original vocals are still in there, but with a few more tracks added in… I tried to have almost a dialog between the simple song as I first heard it, and loved it, and the Big Song that it could be anytime it wants… This, to me, is a song that could be done and could live all sorts of ways… I don’t think I’ve done the definitive version, but maybe if I did a halfway decent job, I’ve done a version that points toward all the other versions that could be… It’s a wonderful song, and I’m honored that selters let me mess around with it…
A final note on the production:
selters’ original song was much shorter than this. Since I fell in love with the song, I was tempted to be totally overblown and self-indulgent with it… then I got the idea of being more restrained throughout the song itself, with the main self-indulgence saved for what I hope is a pretty instrumental coda, in the style, perhaps, of some of Future Games-era Danny Kirwan… in my dreams… selters and I both have thought about having a vocal harmony fest over this coda, but that will have to wait for the next version…
From Ed:
I first became aware of selters’ work when he left a nice comment on ‘Song Of This World’, and I almost immediately ran into him on the Chat page. He was getting feedback that his songs were really strong, but some MacJammers felt they would benefit from better production values. I was charmed by his songs and melodies, and his very earnest and heartfelt vocals. I don’t remember how we fell into it, but somehow it ended up that I would try to produce a backing track for his song ‘Not To Be Found’, for selters to sing over… This is the result… selters’ original vocals are still in there, but with a few more tracks added in… I tried to have almost a dialog between the simple song as I first heard it, and loved it, and the Big Song that it could be anytime it wants… This, to me, is a song that could be done and could live all sorts of ways… I don’t think I’ve done the definitive version, but maybe if I did a halfway decent job, I’ve done a version that points toward all the other versions that could be… It’s a wonderful song, and I’m honored that selters let me mess around with it…
A final note on the production:
selters’ original song was much shorter than this. Since I fell in love with the song, I was tempted to be totally overblown and self-indulgent with it… then I got the idea of being more restrained throughout the song itself, with the main self-indulgence saved for what I hope is a pretty instrumental coda, in the style, perhaps, of some of Future Games-era Danny Kirwan… in my dreams… selters and I both have thought about having a vocal harmony fest over this coda, but that will have to wait for the next version…
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Lyrics
Looking at you, but you cannot see
im getting closer
holding out my hand
its invisible, you cannot reach for it
i stand like a poser
Holding out my hand
no one did ever, give me the feeling
that i needed,
to go on
the fear of rejection, prevents me from blooming
All that i could have done,
if i wanted someone
I cannot go on
looking for people not to be found
I gotta be
looking for flowers on the ground
Looking at me, how can it be
Im getting colder
reaching out my hand
youve searched in my house, youve searched in the sea,youre getting colder
freesing on your hands hands
the fear of comittments, prevents me from trying
All that i could have done,
if you were the one
no one did ever, give me the feeling
that i needed,
to go on
I cannot go on
looking for people not to be found
I gotta be
looking for flowers on the ground
im getting closer
holding out my hand
its invisible, you cannot reach for it
i stand like a poser
Holding out my hand
no one did ever, give me the feeling
that i needed,
to go on
the fear of rejection, prevents me from blooming
All that i could have done,
if i wanted someone
I cannot go on
looking for people not to be found
I gotta be
looking for flowers on the ground
Looking at me, how can it be
Im getting colder
reaching out my hand
youve searched in my house, youve searched in the sea,youre getting colder
freesing on your hands hands
the fear of comittments, prevents me from trying
All that i could have done,
if you were the one
no one did ever, give me the feeling
that i needed,
to go on
I cannot go on
looking for people not to be found
I gotta be
looking for flowers on the ground
Einarus
I had always liked selters' first version of this so I was tempted to add the
song to my favorites before I actually played it, but I managed to wait...
turns out it didn't really matter since I fav'ed it anyway.
The production is awesome - really dug the solo.
Great buildup, good performances and overall nice feel to it.
Excellent work!