Haze [demo]

by Christian Somerville

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This is another sort of exercise in letting go, I guess lol/smh
I actually wrote this song this past summer and started working on it shortly after I got Logic. Used it as a way to learn the DAW better and did a bit of a "kitchen sick" approach also trying to learn some plugins better, and I thought MAYBE it'd end up as a demo I'd put out. I got as far as quietly doing like SCRATCH scratch vocals before my computer, Logic, and some plugins seem to have all decided not to get along. Haven't been able to record consistently in months, and I JUST got to the point where Logic will even stay open - unless I touch any plugins at all! So... yeah, I basically tried to do a fader mix, bounced it out, and then attempted to "master" (which I'm still terrible at anyway) in Audacity! lol But y'know... I haven't been writing or really doing ANYTHING in so long that it's like, look, I don't think this song totally sucks, OK!? lol I made SOMETHING out of what I had to work with, and essentially decided I'd put SOME version of it out before things stopped working again!
2020/1: Just doing what we can when we can lol <3

lyrics

"Haze"

You are trouble I wanna get into
You are fire, I really wanna play with you
I’ve been burned before
But I can handle more than you might think
You’re like six shots of Jack
And I’m ready to drink

Chorus:
Bring it on, ya chill Madonna
With your devil-may-care ways
I try to wait around for magic
And girl, you know you have it for days
But it’s hard for us to see through the haze
Let’s try to find out if we’re more than a phase

You’re a blackout, I wanna pass out with you
You’re a crossfade that I really wanna fade out to
We’ll wake up and rehydrate
Then maybe we could migrate
To the park or brunch like real adults do
Or just stay in bed with snuggling flu

Chorus

You’re like Halloween and Christmas in one
Both substance and scares
Either way, caught unawares
But I’m sure that we could have more than fun

Chorus

credits

released February 3, 2021
I wrote, played, programmed, produced, mixed, mastered everything. [Picasso's dachshund is the current/temporary track art, tho, for my own reasons lol]

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Christian Somerville Grand Rapids, Michigan

Singer, songwriter, guitar player, DAW dabbler trying to update and augment my old content wherever I find it. (And maybe every blue moon put out something new.) Most of these demos are VERY old, but visit my YouTube channel or IG account (chrstnsmrvllmsc) for more current uploads! ... more

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