The Wagtunes Corner (Featuring My Best Yet)

[wagtunes]

wagtunes,
Now listening to "Desolate Dreams": right off the bat I hear classic wagtunes: strong piano riffs and sound. Vocals are nice. Nice guitar solo. Very good melodies all around per usual. Very good audio quality as usual. I like that sax. Very nice song and recording!

Hey Aaron, thanks for the kind words. I'll have to go check out your latest. Don't know how I missed this.

[wagtunes]

7th track from my upcoming CD "Box Full Of Nothing"

I guess you'd call this kind of a pop showtune.

The Endless Sky

Tremendous output ... even quality wise.
And to my ears your singing is improving more and more. At some occasions in the past I thought I was able to here some "rust" on the vocal chords. But not in this song.
Only writing this because it immediately came to my mind while listening ... I feel little uncomfortable writting about someones singing as a guy that does not dare to sing at all ...

Peter, thanks for the kind words. Pitch correction and tons of effects help a lot. LOL.

[wagtunes]

9th track from my upcoming CD "Box Full Of Nothing"

Moody and strange production on this one.

Lost In The Vapors

Wandering aimlessly
Thinking back to happier times
Longing for you shamelessly
Regretting all my terrible crimes
I can't expect you to forgive me
I know things can't be as they were
I guess all I can hope is that we
Don't get lost in the vapors

All regrets that I have
They never will go away
Times were good and times were bad
What the hell else can I say
I know you probably will forget me
It's inevitable as it were
I guess all I can hope is that we
Don't get lost in the vapors

There's a whole big world out there
That doesn't know who we are
The truth is they don't care
That we only got so far

And so our paths have come to this
There's choices that we have to make
We never will have wedded bliss
Cause God knows that would be a mistake
But maybe we can be friends
And be civil to a fault
This should be the way it all ends
You and me
You and me
You and me
Lost in the vapors

Repeat Bridge

Repeat Last Verse

Outro

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

[wagtunes]

wagtunes,
Now listening to "Desolate Dreams": right off the bat I hear classic wagtunes: strong piano riffs and sound. Vocals are nice. Nice guitar solo. Very good melodies all around per usual. Very good audio quality as usual. I like that sax. Very nice song and recording!

Hey Aaron, I can't believe I missed this. Things have been so crazy here this month. Thanks for the listen and the feedback. I was wondering why I still hadn't seen a new track of yours posted. I'm heading over there now.

[wagtunes]

10th, final and title track from my upcoming CD "Box Full Of Nothing"

Classic Wagtunes

Box Full Of Nothing

You can open it up
You can look inside
You can feel around
This is what you'll find

A box full of nothing
Nothing's what you'll get
A box full of nothing
And you ain't seen nothing yet

Doesn't take up much space
It's a real mystery
If you look inside
This is what you'll see

Repeat Chorus

You may wonder why I keep it close
It's hard to explain
But this box full of nothing
Takes away my pain

Instrumental Break

So all the many things
Can't replace this box I've got
It may be empty inside
But for me that's quite a lot

Repeat Chorus

Outro

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... of-nothing

[aaron aardvark]

wagtunes,
"Box Full of Nothing": now I am curious about the lyrics. Is it actually a box you that you own? It represents something? The box looks nice from the outside? Feel free to elaborate if you wish. I agree it is classic wagtunes. Piano carries the song. I think the start/stop/short breaks are effective. Vocals are good. The melodies are good, and so is the audio quality, per usual. Nice song and recording!

[wagtunes]

wagtunes,
"Box Full of Nothing": now I am curious about the lyrics. Is it actually a box you that you own? It represents something? The box looks nice from the outside? Feel free to elaborate if you wish. I agree it is classic wagtunes. Piano carries the song. I think the start/stop/short breaks are effective. Vocals are good. The melodies are good, and so is the audio quality, per usual. Nice song and recording!

Actually, the song itself came from the theme of the album which I titled Box Full Of Nothing. It's basically songs about emptiness and related things.

Check the titles of the 10 songs.

It's In There
Vanishing Act
The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle
Whistling In An Empty Room
Groovin On The Void
A Big Hole In the Ground
The Endless Sky
Desolate Dreams
Lost In The Vapors
Box Full Of Nothing

It's a theme CD and I think a pretty well thought out one. So no, Box Full Of Nothing isn't any special box I own. Just a cool idea I came up with.

[aaron aardvark]

wagtunes,
OK, I figured there was a high chance it was something symbolic, or similar.

[wagtunes]

I heard from my group[ today. Sometime either late this year or early next year my next album of songs is coming out.

Here's the list and below are the tracks (my versions). Can't wait to hear what they do with them.

THE BURN
SIGHT TO BEHOLD
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
HALLOWEEN HELL
KICK IN THE HEAD
ITS ALL ABOUT ME
THE DRUGS (Renamed to Monkey On My Back)
WHAT WAITS BELOW
YOU DON'T LOVE ME
STAR WANDERER

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... m-for-2023

[Frantz]

Just listened to "Lost In the Vapors." Top notch vocals and lyrics. Great song!

This seems quite real. Hope everything is OK.

[aaron aardvark]

wagtunes,
Now listening to "The Burn": the song has very nice melodies. I like the drums and percussion. Nice electric piano(?) and keyboards. I wish I could hear your mystery group.

[wagtunes]

wagtunes,
Now listening to "The Burn": the song has very nice melodies. I like the drums and percussion. Nice electric piano(?) and keyboards. I wish I could hear your mystery group.

For some reason I'm not getting notifications anymore. Was wondering when you were going to post something. Will check out your latest thread today.

[wagtunes]

Just listened to "Lost In the Vapors." Top notch vocals and lyrics. Great song!

This seems quite real. Hope everything is OK.

Thanks Frantz. Everything is fine here except forum isn't notifying me of replies anymore.

[aaron aardvark]

wagtunes,
Listening to "Lost in The Vapors": I noticed you seem to have experimented with distortion on some of your recent songs? Interesting and cool distorted piano sound; very nice piano riffs. Electric bass (Modo Bass?) is working very well. All melodies are very good, per usual! Vocals are well sung. I like the low pitch and high pitch strings. A different sort of song for you (in my opinion), and it turned out really well!

[wagtunes]

wagtunes,
Listening to "Lost in The Vapors": I noticed you seem to have experimented with distortion on some of your recent songs? Interesting and cool distorted piano sound; very nice piano riffs. Electric bass (Modo Bass?) is working very well. All melodies are very good, per usual! Vocals are well sung. I like the low pitch and high pitch strings. A different sort of song for you (in my opinion), and it turned out really well!

Thanks Aaron. Yes, Modo Bass 2 actually. Has some cool additions. Yes, I do try to experiment when I can and not just do the same old same old all the time. Thanks for the listen and the feedback. Much appreciated.