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[wagtunes]

Another one from "Sins Of The Father"

My 200th track posted to this thread.

After My Sins Are Gone

Walked into the jaws of hell
Lived to talk about my days there
Never did I feel that I didn't belong
Never did I feel that it wasn't fair

But after my sins are gone
I'll be in the presence of the angels
And God will welcome me home
After my sins are gone

Jumped into a world of woe
Hoped to find the golden rainbow
Never did I feel that it wasn't the way
Never did I feel that I had to go

But after my sins are gone
I'll be in the presence of the angels
And God will welcome me home
After my sins are gone

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... the-father

[wagtunes]

Another one from my CD "80s Squared"

Ear Wurm Turn

Every little thing you do drives me crazy
Blow into my ear and whoops there I go
I'm just putty in your hands when you talk sex
Tell me once again how you want me so

Ear wurm turn
Ear wurm turn
Ear wurm turn
Ear wurm turn

I just need to hear your voice when your near me
Just a word or two will set me a blaze
Words speak louder than the actions of others
When you whisper softly I'm in a haze

Repeat Chorus

Now it's time to take me into your arms boy
Time for talking now is done make it so
Fill me with your love and ravish my body
Then I'll whisper what you so long to know

Repeat Chorus (to fade)

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... 0s-squared

[wagtunes]

Another one from "80s Squared"

Kiss Of Death

Closer
Coming closer
Feel it now
In my heart
On my lips
In my soul
Can not slip
Kiss of death

Repeat

In my heart
On my lips
In my soul
Can not slip
Kiss of death

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... 0s-squared

[wagtunes]

Another one from "80s Squared"

First time I ever did anything like this.

Just The Three Of Us

Life was good just me and you
But then you wanted more
A little one to tag along
I wondered just what for

First I thought a little girl
Or even a little boy
Never in this whole damn world
Could I imagine so much joy

(Sample)

Just the three of us

We would go play in the park
A Frisbee came along
Playing catch with little Boo
We'd sing his favorite song

It was cute and catchy too
A hit that could not miss
We would sing it all day long
And it would go like this

Repeat Chorus

Instrumental

Repeat Chorus 2x to fade out

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... 0s-squared

[wagtunes]

Welcome to the ghost town folks. Another one from my CD "80s Squared"

False Faces

Back door dealings
Out in a cold dark night
There are things hiding
Things you don't know in the light

They don't show you
The truth that's behind the mask
Friend to your face
Enemy behind your back

You don't know
They won't show
Time to go
Cause there's no turning back from

False Faces
The devil you'll never know
False Faces
The person who'll never show

So confusing
No way to know the truth
Back door stabbings
Will steal away your youth

No one's safe now
Evil behind each door
Back door killings
You hope that they'll be no more

Repeat Pre Chorus and Chorus

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... 0s-squared

[wagtunes]

Another one from "80s Squared"

Logical

I'm a boy
I'm a girl
It makes sense
In this world

Only logical that we make love
Only logical that we do
Only logical that we start now
Only logical me and you

I'm in heat
Yes I know
We must mate
So let's go

Repeat Chorus 2x

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... 0s-squared

[ATS]

"Ear Wurm Turn"

VERY catchy! Like this one Wagtunes. I'm not sure I'm crazy about these robotic type vocals but not horrible.

"Just The Three Of Us"

is that your voice in there during some parts?
I actually like this one better than "Ear Wurm Turn"
This one almost sounds like it could become a classic.

"Logical"

I actually think I would of dialed back the reverb just a little on this one. It's just my preference, no wrong or right of course. Your songs have a relly cool quirky style. Nice job Wagtunes!

[wagtunes]

"Ear Wurm Turn"

VERY catchy! Like this one Wagtunes. I'm not sure I'm crazy about these robotic type vocals but not horrible.

"Just The Three Of Us"

is that your voice in there during some parts?
I actually like this one better than "Ear Wurm Turn"
This one almost sounds like it could become a classic.

"Logical"

I actually think I would of dialed back the reverb just a little on this one. It's just my preference, no wrong or right of course. Your songs have a relly cool quirky style. Nice job Wagtunes!

The parts with real vocals is actually a section of Lobo's "Me And You And A Dog Named Boo" but if you weren't around in the 70s you wouldn't know that. This song was for those who remember.

Thanks for the listen.

[layzer]

I would of dialed back the reverb just a little on this one.

yep, wags needs to be cured of the reverb bug. i used to have it.
i listened to the last few songs in this thread.
Many instruments and the vocals sound too drenched in the
'singing in the shower' type of reverb.

but all well composed.

[wagtunes]

I would of dialed back the reverb just a little on this one.

yep, wags needs to be cured of the reverb bug. i used to have it.
i listened to the last few songs in this thread.
Many instruments and the vocals sound too drenched in the
'singing in the shower' type of reverb.

but all well composed.

If you think this is a lot of reverb, you should hear my recordings from the 70s and 80s.

[wagtunes]

Another one from my CD "Bananas Crackers And Nuts"

A little 40s boogie

Boogie On Down

Hey hey baby
Won't you boogie on down
Hey hey baby
Won't you boogie on down
I'm gonna rock your whole world
Rock it all over town

Hey hey baby
Won't you rock me tonight
Hey hey baby
Won't you rock me tonight
I'm gonna rock your whole world
Make it all oh so right

Long instrumental break

Hey hey baby
Time to take me back home
Hey hey baby
Time to take me back home
And I will rock your whole world
Cause you won't be alone

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... s-and-nuts

[zerocrossing]

I would of dialed back the reverb just a little on this one.

yep, wags needs to be cured of the reverb bug. i used to have it.
i listened to the last few songs in this thread.
Many instruments and the vocals sound too drenched in the
'singing in the shower' type of reverb.

but all well composed.

If you think this is a lot of reverb, you should hear my recordings from the 70s and 80s.

It's hard. One thing I constantly have to make myself do is turn down the reverb to a point where I can't actually hear it, then, nudge it up a db. If I still think it's too low, I resist the urge to turn it up. Usually that's the right move.

That said, in the "after my sins are gone" track, I kind of wished for some big verb on the snare. Seemed a bit dry to me.

[wagtunes]

I would of dialed back the reverb just a little on this one.

yep, wags needs to be cured of the reverb bug. i used to have it.
i listened to the last few songs in this thread.
Many instruments and the vocals sound too drenched in the
'singing in the shower' type of reverb.

but all well composed.

If you think this is a lot of reverb, you should hear my recordings from the 70s and 80s.

It's hard. One thing I constantly have to make myself do is turn down the reverb to a point where I can't actually hear it, then, nudge it up a db. If I still think it's too low, I resist the urge to turn it up. Usually that's the right move.

That said, in the "after my sins are gone" track, I kind of wished for some big verb on the snare. Seemed a bit dry to me.

Some of the stuff I do actually has very little or even no reverb at all. My 80s project, drenched in reverb because that's what it was like back then.

Anyway, thanks for the listen.

[wagtunes]

Another one from my CD "V Pop"

Blood On The Rocks

You don't know what I'm about
I can take what you dish out
You will see the fight in me
When I dump you in the sea
And I will be free
And you will be blood on the rocks

Hack and slash it's all the same
I can play bout any game
I will knock you to the ground
And your head I'll slowly pound
I won't make a sound
And you will be blood on the rocks

You can't beat me
Won't defeat me
I will win what you begin
And you'll be finished quickly

Bash and burn it's all good fun
Just as long as you're the one
I will beat you to a pulp
And your head I'll quickly sculpt
While you simply gulp
And you will be blood on the rocks

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... sets/v-pop

[wagtunes]

My thanks to Mushy, Recursive, AnX and a lot of other people who beat me to a pulp for almost two weeks until I finally got an "Infinitely Better" from somebody. Forget who.

From my upcoming CD "The Wyzyrd Of Trance" unquestionably the most work I've ever put into one track in my life. It's sad that nobody outside of the few in my thread in the Production Tips forum is going to listen to this, but if you do, I think you're in for a treat, regardless of what genre this is. First thing I'm really truly proud of accomplishing musically.

There's No Place Like Home

There's no place like home
There's no place like home

Lost inside a world that is cold and dark
Feeling like a knife's been stabbed through my heart
Searching for the truth that's eluded me
Up ahead my salvation what I see

There's no place like home
There's no place like home

Panic to the left
Panic to the right
Riding on a tornado
Is really quite a fright

All I really need
Is a place to call my own
Guess it's true they say
There's no place like home

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... e-mastered