Tag: Words and Music

No.5175 This started as a song for SongFight where a title is given and people write and record a song in a week or two in “friendly” competition. My track was written and a rough version with just acoustic guitar and vocal was recorded but never submitted. I always felt it was unfinished. Several years…

Words and music by Bryan Baker© Brian F BakerPublished by Blind Mime Music, ASCAPAll rights reserved. Briyan Frederick: piano, guitars, synthesizer, drums, bass, vocals This song made its start long ago on a Tascam 4-track cassette recorder and those tracks form the basis of this recording from which I layered new recordings of all of…

My entry in this week’s songfight is a collaboration with Hoblit, who is another songfight regular… It’s cool how this came together. When I thought of feathers I thought of it as a love song to a stripper coming from a shlub at a table in a club. (the Paradise Club in Vegas is a…

This one came about as a Songfight entry in December 2013. The verses and chorus were written and I recorded a rough demo with acoustic guitar, vocals and a tambourine. It wasn’t submitted and the lyric sheet with chords kicked around for several years. At some point, I added a bridge (I’m not sure when).…

Music and lyric by Bryan BakerPublished by Blind Mime Music, ASCAP© Brian F Baker – all rights reserved. The first guitar I purchased was out of the Sears catalog; a Gibson copy with a sunburst red finish. Guitar tech has never been my thing, but this was not a great guitar. My brother, Wayne, had…

This kite on a stringIs moving to and froAnd this kite on a stringDoesn’t know which way to go Now I know it’s not just meAnd I know it’s just not trueYes, I know it’s not just meWho feels the way I do This kite on a stringWas just flying ’round and ’roundBut this kite…