OOC: Doing 20 songs like this is surprisingly tough... :P Last one, I swear.
For a moment there, I forgot it was all about the music... forget everything that's come before, focus. here's one more song to tide you over. Contrary to recent events, it is a cheery number featuring the very lovely Andrea Mason.
IN LOVE
FEATURING ANDREA MASON
1. In Love (4:07) (Folk/ Art Rock) [FEATURING ANDREA MASON]Nature sounds, such as frogs and birds, introduce the song and the EP rather gently. After about 10 seconds, a pretty little banjo flourish with a nice, upbeat melody appears. This catchy, yet complicated and unpredictable melody continues for a good while, until gentle drumming and a happy bassline also enter the mix, giving it a quite jolly feel. As soon as the melody is comfortable in your head, the entwined voices of Jason and Andrea start to sing along gently, in a indie-folk sort of vibe, with Jason singing in a low tone and Andrea singing in a reasonably high tone. They’re both quite quiet, since the song is fairly delicate at this point. Alongside the banjo, an acoustic guitar also starts to appear on the rhythm side of things, playing a simple melody to hold everything in place. Also, some light synths and orchestral instruments can be faintly heard in the background, as well as a piano which is quite far into the mix of the song. The first part of the song with vocals is the chorus, which sounds quite bittersweet in melody. Jason sings the first part of a line, with quite a high pitched voice, as Andrea completes it with a voice that’s smooth in tone. The banjo here is playing a very similar melody to as it was in the original, except it’s higher in pitch and slightly polyrhythmic. After the chorus, it goes into two verses, with Jason and Andrea singing gently as they were. Once these verses end, it goes into a pre-chorus, with Jason playing a simpler melody on both the banjo and guitar, whilst still remaining at a high pace. Andrea is singing in a much higher pitch on her own at this point. It then proceeds to go into another 2 refrains of the chorus. With every repeat of the chorus, tiny hints of gentle industrial music come creeping in, in true Jason Smith style. After these choruses, it goes back into another two normal verses, except with the synths now higher up in the mix, so you can hear a massive wall of sound with various different layers surrounding. The verses are then followed by choruses, ever the more dramatic and energetic, before it all boils up to a small pre-end bridge, with Andrea singing in a very high pitch amongst the business of the other instruments, and Jason vocalising quietly in the background. After her last refrain of “you toooooooooo”, Jason lets rip a scream in the background, a big one as well. However, you may not be able to hear it since it’s so far back in the mix amongst all the other happy noise in the song. The scream is then followed by a slight electric guitar flourish, like in Bill and Ted, before it returns to a happy banjo melody and the singers sing the last bit of the song dramatically. A singular banjo note that is extended ends the song.
ANDREA MASON & JASON SMITH:
I’ll be always in love with you... (if you don’t mind, I’d rather fall in line)
I’ll be always in love with you... (if you don’t mind, I’d rather love you too.)
The leaves of autumn fall...
As we gaze upon the wall.
Has this all come full circle?
Read you like a book...
I only had to take a look...
To think I’m in love again.
ANDREA MASON:
I find that certain emotions are for the best...
But I’ll sit on my perch and pretend I still detest...
JASON SMITH (ANDREA MASON):
I’ll be always in love with you... (if you don’t mind, I’d rather fall in line)
I’ll be always in love with you... (if you don’t mind, I’d rather love you too.)
I’ll be always in love with you... (if you don’t mind, I’d rather fall in line)
I’ll be always in love with you... (if you don’t mind, I’d rather love you too.)
JASON SMITH & ANDREA MASON:
The words, they drown me out.
In the eye of the drought...
Can’t you tell what I’m thinking?
The leaves of autumn fall...
As we gaze upon the wall.
Has this all come full circle?
JASON SMITH (ANDREA MASON):
I’ll be always in love with you... (if you don’t mind, I’d rather fall in line)
I’ll be always in love with you... (if you don’t mind, I’d rather love you too.)
I’ll be always in love with you... (if you don’t mind, I’d rather fall in line)
I’ll be always in love with you... (if you don’t mind, I’d rather love you too.)
ANDREA MASON:
You too...
Love you too.
You too...
JASON SMITH:
YOU TOOOOOOOOOO!
JASON SMITH & ANDREA MASON:
Our hopes, hang on the blackberry vine!
Our dreams, lay on the blackberry vine!
We’re in love, beneath the blackberry vine!
Oh love, it’s on the blackberry vine...
(OOC: Fine, fine, part of this was influenced by “Blackberry” by Devin Townsend. Now piss off.)
What does this song mean to Jason?This was the first song like this, in this particular progressive folk pop style, that I ever wrote... I mean, it’s really folky, very few rock elements in it whatsoever. I couldn’t completely get rid of the rock, there’s still a little bit of it at the end... with possibly the best scream I’ve ever done mixed REAAAAAAAAALLY far back so you can’t hear it very well unless you strain your ears. If I did make that scream louder though, it’d sabotage the song I think. Some of the rhythms used it in are almost reminiscent of country music. You can imagine me singing this with a ten gallon hat on my head. Well, okay, I guess it’s not THAT much like country. Still has elements of it though. It is, in a nutshell, a very uplifting, catchy, quite simple alternative folk tune that should get people singing along. It is a love song, but it’s a very basic one lyrically. I thought of the music before the lyrics this time, I don’t usually, and I just thought that they fitted, yet still represented me as a person. One of the poppiest tunes I’ve ever written, but in a good way. As you can hear for yourself, Andrea is perfect for this song. After hearing her absolutely upstage me on my own song, I can’t really imagine anyone else doing it. It isn’t really that personal actually... it’s basically a universal love song, not for me, for everyone.
