Bring On The Storm
by TobinMueller

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	said 441 days ago
	Great ! Mr. Tobin, as it's one of your favorite music works, it's one of my most favorite songs not just from your songs, at MacJams too .. Just wonderful, the beats so clear and fits, the vocal is very very beautiful. This is very great song sir. Loved it from all the sides and here's my 10's Take Care ============== Yeman Auf Al-Rawi

thoddi said 441 days ago

storming Comparing the build of the song to variations in strength of the wind on a rainy day. As I enjoy when such weather keeps its wildest horses indoors, I also appreciated that the strongest winds where held back in your song. Your backing vocals are spot on, and very well placed in the mix. You have a special gift with words Tobin. The metaphors you use are strong and vivid, and shows that you are in touch with who you are in relation with all that we are. All the best:)

TobinMueller said 438 days ago

Restraint Thanks for you cool comment "I also appreciated that the strongest winds were held back." I am a big fan of Debussy who taught me restraint and the emotional power holding back brings. I'm also proud of the way the metaphor of rain/storm kind of flips perspectives imperceptibly, as if I am both part of and anticipating the storm, like love and its anticipations. I wanted to make this visceral, and rain on the window was where I started when I first began writing the lyrics.

TobinMueller said 438 days ago

Harmonies Your comment that "even Broadway music often skimps on the harmonies" is very true. More recently, I am saddened by how often duets are sung in unison and how most choral arrangements are held to 2-part harmonies. As if audiences couldn't comprehend more. It might also have to do with rehearsal time, which is always getting shortened. Thanks for noticing the harmonies. After the great sound Crosby, Stills & Nash got, and Yes' lush studio recordings, I'm surprised more rock doesn't try for harmonic stylings. Lots of emotions can be had with a surprising harmony note.

	TobinMueller said 438 days ago
	chord progressions Thanks. I paid special attention to the bass notes on this one, played by a drop string bass guitar, which makes it sound unique.

TobinMueller said 438 days ago

on my tongue I have trouble enjoying my solo voice, and feel more comfortable hearing my voice when I'm doubling myself or singing harmonies. I like the "like the rain" part, tho. Also, I like the way I went into falsetto on the word "tongue" (which I did becuz I was running our of air and had to, but I ended up liking it better that way, a happy accident) on the stanza: And as the rain that falls away I soon grow cold and cannot say And all my brittle little life dries on my tongue. That section gives the text a more complex layer, almost ironic, in a nostalgic way. Thanks for your great comments and wonderful support.

TobinMueller said 438 days ago

the stops Thanks for noticing the stops, the spaces. I love that in other people's work and often don't build in enough in my songs. When I'm writing for the theatre, I write them in all the time to enhance the actor's ability to make something out of the moment, but often don't afford myself the same time "to think" (which lets the listener think as well). Your comments and attention are much appreciated.

TobinMueller said 438 days ago

What's not there Thanks for the nice comments about the poetry. But a special thanks for noticing what's not there, what I left out (strings, doubling the vocals in anyway. etc). I usually put too much in an arrangement and was trying to avoid that here. I was going to do more accordion, and more piano chording, but then thought it best to stick with simple notes, letting some of the chords just imply themselves. (Also, nice job the the riddles in the forums.)

	TobinMueller said 438 days ago
	Jim Bauer Thanks for the nice comments about musical theatre. It seems that no matter what genre I try, it always sounds a tad like musical theatre, which people usually consider a criticism. Thanks for making it a compliment. I dig much of Bauer's Blue Flower, its progressive folk feel, the textures. Thanks for reminding me it. I'm off to iTunes to se if its listed...

	TobinMueller said 433 days ago
	Generous creation Thanks. Your creations are all so generous, the perfect word for your work. I appreciate your particiaption a great deal.

	TobinMueller said 420 days ago
	Vocals too loud Agreed. If I had a better voice, this mix would work better...

TobinMueller said 420 days ago

"something drew me in" Thanks for giving it time. You know, when you are recording/writing, you listen to your own song hundreds of times. Its hard to get inside the head of the first-time listener. I',m glad you weren't impatient and that you ended up liking the overall effect. I am flat, vocally, on that first stanza, but right myself by the end... (My retakes were worse, so I ended up going with this one)