Vedder challenged me to put together adhgraphicdesign's wonderful "Sosumi" and Vedder's great lyrics "She walks with the rising sun" by singing and adding the melody, and this is what I came up with :)

Enjoy <3

Lyrics (by Vedder)

She walks with the Rising Sun at her back,

Its glowing beams light up her hair so black,

With the grace of her every step I see this,

The sight of her sends me into a floating bliss.

She walks with the Rising Sun each day,

It guides her on her journey to Tokyo Bay,

Each stone in her path shines the way to go,

Down from the heavens to earth below. 

She walks with the Rising Sun,

For it believes she is the One,

She walks with the Rising Sun,

Both shine forever for everyone.

Gaby challenged me to record a song for the shadow caste collab, and more precisely about the Tenebrae...

Now, I know that the Tenebrae is obviously "the bad guy" in this collab, but it couldn't help feeling sorry for him... I mean, He was in Umbra first, with others of his kind, for ages, maybe for thousands of years. Then (maybe when the sun came along) all the other shadow castes appeared and started claiming rights for themselves. As time went by almost the whole race of Tenebraes had extinct (again perhaps 'cause of the sun), but this one Tenebrae still stayed around, hiding in the land that once was His, filled with anger, pain and bitterness. No wonder all this drove him mad. (just an idea I had :P)

So I wrote this quite sad song about him... I think it might work better as an instrumental theme than a song, but I don't know, I wanted to give it a try :D it was really hard to sing though! I would've wanted to tell the whole sad story of the Tenebrae in this song, but I didn't get the inspiration for the lyrics... (maybe someone would like to give it a try? ;))

This must be one of the longest descriptions for a audio record, but I felt like I had to explain to Gaby why I made something like this, I'm guessing this wasn't quite what she had in mind...! okkk I'll stop writing now! :D

Enjoy <3

I love wirrow's "give me all the flickering lights" poem, and I've been wanting to record some music to it since I first heard it. I had this idea of making music without "real" instruments, but with objects that were not made for playing purposes. Earlier today I thought of glasses, and this is what I came up with. I will upload the audio version later, I just wanted to show you that all the sounds are really coming from glasses ;D maybe this can also be useful as a raw footage?

Enjoy<3

I really love joe's Nothing Big (who doesn't) so I wanted to make a (silly) cover of it... the lyrics are amazing!

at first I wasn't gonna upload this here, but looks like I did anyway... well, I had fun recording this version anyway! :D I like to make covers that are very different from the original! :P

Enjoy<3

25.10.2012 EDIT: hahah oh I remember how confused I was when I joined... so clumsy... (and yes, I know now that I can't upload a cover of Hallelujah here :D hahahah)

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Hi! I just started here on hitRECord, and I'm more than confused when it comes to using this site, but if I understood the idea correctly, it sounds really great! So I'm just gonna put this song here, it's an instrumental song written and performed by me. Feel free to do whatever you want with it! And let me know if you like it, I've got many songs here just waiting to be recorded :) ! 

(there are many things I would like to ask, for example, is it allowed to put a cover song here, lets say Hallelujah played with 5 flutes or something like that?)

Here's the music I made for "the Man with a turpin for a head". All instruments and the whisteling are played by me, and all of it is made by me (at least as far as I know).

I wanted to focus on the rythm and make it match with the poem as well as I could. (To get the perfect rythm, put your metronome to 115!)

The first version I recorded was perhaps a bit better, but my computer didn't seem to like it so it magically disappeared. But I'm no quitter, so I started all over again - and ended up with this. In other words, I might probably make a better version later, if necessary. And of course, if you are a super-talented musician ('cause I'm not!), please use your skills! :D

So here's a song I wrote as a Valentine's day gift for Yiling (you should check it out, this song makes more sense if you see it...). It's based on her wonderful drawings! :) (in 28 of them actually, so I'm not going to add them all here I'm sorry, but check out Yiling's page! http://hitrecord.org/users/Yiling) I was asked to put just the song here separately... so enjoy!

Lyrics:

Ain't it strange how the time flies
It feels like it was yesterday when I was a child
Back then when I could close my eyes and find
A whole new world inside my mind

I had whales in my bed and a bird nest on my head
And the sun was my air balloon
And my toy giraffe
Could talk and walk
And the trees were my friends too
Ain't it strange

But back then it wasn't strange at all...

But then came the time to grow up and face my fears
I learned some new laws and cried a few tears
And so a big part of those worlds that I had
(was) were gone and I thought I'd never see (it) them again

But then I found you and your beautiful drawings
I must admit I was quite inspired
You must believe it's trueall the worlds that were lost
Came back to my mind
Ain't it strange?

Then again, it's not that strange at all...

-

<3 Peppina 

I had this big inspiration a few minutes ago, so I just had to record it... It's a tiny song I just wrote (it lasts only 1min10sec), and, because it was important for me to get the lyrics right, it's in Finnish! Hahaa I wonder how it sounds to you...

(For those who didn't know - shame on you! - Finnish is the language we speak in Finland which is a country in Northern Europe. You know, the country Conan O'Brien loves.)

Here are the lyrics - in Finnish and in English... enjoy my bizarre language<3

-

On elämä kummallista tosiaan - Life is very strange indeed
Täällä yksi yössä laulaa vaan - Here this one is just singing
Vaikka pitäis mennä nukkumaan - Even though it's time to sleep

Mut aika on huijari, pelkkä haamu - But time is a cheater, only a ghost
Tääl voi olla yö, mut tuol jossain on aamu - It might be a night here, but somewhere it's morning
Siellä heräilen parhaillaan - I'm just about to wake up there

Nää sävelet ilmassa soi yksinään - these melodies fly alone in the air
Ei niistä kiinnostu yksikään - and absolutely no one cares
Kuluvat sekunnit mua säestää - the passing seconds are accompaning me

Tää hetki on mun, jo nukkuvat muut - This moment is mine, others already sleep
Talo ja taivas ja piha ja puut - The house and the sky and the yard and the trees
En vois pyytää enempää - I couldn't ask for more

Mut hetken kestää hetki vaan - But a moment lasts only for a moment
Se on ohi ennen kuin huomaatkaan - It's gone before you know it

- 

I really loved the stop-motion clips of the jelly-babies...

Please pay no attention to my horrible editing skills - I did this whole thing very quickly and there are a lot of things to improve. The music is the point here!

Let me know what you thought about it, aand I hope this inspires you in some way!<3

Don't be afraid to close your eyes.
It's not darkness,
But a whole new world
Of colours and lights
That waits for you there.

I really love "crashing" by wirrow, and it inspired me to make this tiny song... (I know my pronunciation sucks but I trust you still understand :D) Enjoy<3

Lyrics:

This is it, we're on the edge of everything

We ran so fast we didn't see it coming

We kept on making lies, it was easy to believe in them

Now it's the time to pretend we didn't se it coming

This is it, we're on the edge of all we know

We didn't look back when we could, and now we can't

We kept on making promises, and we kept on breaking them

Now we're gonna pretend we didn't see it coming

Ladies and Gentlemen, we're crashing. Please enjoy the ride.

An instrumental song I wrote a while ago. My friend Lina-Lotta is playing the cello in this one... big thanks to her! <3

Enjoy :)

Okaay this sounds pretty HORRIBLE, but it's for this dance project, and I had to put it out somewhere where my dancer could download it, and I didn't know any other place where the free downloading is possible... So sorry for the crappy quality and the mistakes with playing (I've still got the damn flue - and fever!)... the song is really better than what this sounds like here :D

Still... (try to) enjoy <3 ;)

Here's the Monster City Song that adh challenged me to do... hahahaa I had fun making this, don't take it too seriously :D check out the monster city collaboration it's awesome!

Enjoy :D

Lyrics:

Have I ever told you about this magical place called the Monster... Monster City? You'll see many creatures in there, with a strange form and face it's the Monster... Monster City...

Don't be afraid they wont hurt you Though they might just eat you for food

Many, many years have now passed from that tragic day I went to Monster... Monster City If I could somehow change the past, I'd tell myself to stay away from the Monster... Monster City!

They never meant to hurt me, I'm sure But unfortunately they ate me for food!

hehehe :D 

When I heard missamerica's beautiful "Lullaby" and then found this adorable tiny story "Starry Song" by Rebelle, I thought they were made for each other, so I had to put them together... My voice doesn't really sound so great in these kind of songs, so if anyone would like to sing this, which would be awesome, let me know and I'll upload the remix with just the lullaby and the guitar!

Enjoy<3

Under the twilight I danced till dawn

as the stars twinkled to me their starry song.

Mister Moon winked as he sang along,

"Twinkly-dink, twink, twink, tra la."

Under the twilight I danced till dawn

as the stars twinkled to me their starry song.

I really like this advice by todd68976, so I thought why not make a song about it... It was supposed to be just me singing, but playing with garageband is too much fun :D maybe it's useful for something. If needed, I can upload a version with only the vocals!

Enjoy<3

Lyrics:

The good stay young till they die x 36 (yes, I counted)

alright here are just the vocals of my remix of "Young at heart" for re-remix purposes! if you feel like it, do something awesome with this :D (you might hear the piano really quiet, I couldn't get it off, but it's REALLY quiet so I hope it doesn't matter!:D)

Enjoy! :))

I wouldn't actually call it Tiny (for me tiny is about 1 min or less), but lets say quite short :D This is a veery rough version (my pronunciation is even worse than usually)... I will record this again when I have time... and when it's not midnight... The ending comes kinda out of nowhere, because first I recorded some stupid "ha ha ha"s in the end, but like I said, they were stupid, so I cut them off and I didn't feel like re-doing, sooo yeah sorry :D

Enjoy<3

Lyrics:

And so they laughed
When they were supposed to cry
They laughed and laughed

And so they laughed
When it was time to say goodbye
They laughed and laughed
Laughed, laughed and laughed

Hand in hand they laughed and said
"We can still stay together if we laugh until we're dead" (dead, dead)
Hand in hand we laughed and said
"We can still stay together if we laugh until we're dead"

woohoo...

I really liked this tiny song by tiafischer, and I just had to remix it... I added guitar, flute and some "doo doo doo"s... Don't know if it ended up the way I planned... But it was fun anyway :)

Enjoy<3

Marcelle requested me to upload the audio of my Flickering lights glass music with just the glass, and here it is :)

So, I've been listening to TheMorningHollow's and pamagotchi's amazing song "Puppycat", and suddenly I had these lyrics in my head... I just had to sing it out, and it was too much fun! Not my usual style again, but jaaaazz, yess! ...I do more "not my usual style" stuff than my "usual style" stuff... oh well you gotta try everything! - (too many different records from Feminism in LRRH collab inspired me with the lyrics, so I will just add the collab to the resources. You guys know who you are!)

Enjoy <3

Lyrics:

I'd rather be the big bad scary wolf
Than this little angel Red Riding Hood.
A little girl is not allowed to wander in the woods
But a wolf can do anything, not only what it should

-

I'd rather run away from my safe little home
and learn to live in the woods on my own
I'd eat the whole cake and drink the wine alone
and the people would fear me when they'd hear my roar

And if the big bad wolf will step in my way
And ask about my granny I will tell him right away!
And when he'd ask me to sit next to him on the bed
I would grab my knife and I'd stab him dead!

And if the huntsman will come and think he has to save me
I'd tell him "young man, listen to me carefully:
You'd better turn around and run away real soon,
Or I will have to show you what this knife can do!"

-

I'd rather be the big bad scary wolf
Than this little angel Red Riding Hood.
A little girl is not allowed to wander in the woods
But a wolf can do anything, not only what it should

Here's the longer (and a bit faster) version of my Wee Happy remix that krrr requested me to do. I added some vocals as well, and a more vocal part to the end.

I think it would be great if someone would play and/or sing along. I think this could use some more instruments in the middle part, and maybe more singing in the ending? Don't know, do what you wish with it :D! (the chords I used in the middle part are Fm, Db, Ab and Eb, and in the end Db and Fm)

Enjoy <3

(Krrr - do you still want the instrumental version of this?)

I had a day off and I decided to practice singing stems, and I ended up making this. Feel free to add anything you want to it, and let me know if you want the "gospel choir" vocals separated! :) (p.s. I just realized that nO_one's beautiful "Dead trees can't grow" fits perfectly to this song!)

Enjoy <3

Lyrics:

When you look outside, what you can't see is that there once was a beautiful tree
it's been burned down so long ago that no one remembers it was there

And the Birds that used to live in the tree they are already gone
And the world is gonna die, and we know why, we knew it all along.

Ode to the lack of inspiration.

Like a nice compromise: I don't have the inspiration to do anything, so I write a song about not having the inspiration to do anything...... You can find the instrumental version in the results! :) 

(p.s. I think this sounds better with headphones!)

Enjoy <3

Lyrics:

I am the empty paper
That will steal your thoughts
I am the brand new pen box
That will stay untouched
I am the gray, cold Sunday
That will make you rust
I am the unknown sadness
That will cover you with dust

Why did you come, why did you come?
I never wanted you to come
Why did you come, why did you come?
I didn't ask for you to come x2

I am the empty paper
That will steal your thoughts
I am the empty paper
Let me steal your thoughts 

Instrumental version of my song Empty Paper.

Do whatever you want with it! ;)

Here's a rainy piano theme for my tiny poem "Happily Unaware"... feel free to use this as a background music! :)

And if someone wants to add vocals, go ahead! :) I'm gonna give it a try later, but right now I've got a flue, so I can't sing...

...p.s. I would love to see this story animated... ;)

Enjoy <3

People have recorded so many harmonies for Nothing Big, I thought I could try to put some of them together... here's what I came up with! Everything you hear are from the site, I didn't add anything new!

Enjoy our favorite song sung by the lovely hitrecorders <3

p.s. for some reason I can't add the original to the resources...

Here it is, a grand tiny love song mashup made of 11 different great tiny stories! This time I can proudly say that I think the lyrics are awesome... I had to remix the stories so they fit the song, some more than others, but you can find all of them from the resources! 

Enjoy <3

Lyrics:

Have you heard about the right shoe
who left knowing the left shoe was right? (Joab Nevo, The Right Shoe)

Or about the jealous stars who sometimes
cut the power of the city lights? (ubespidermonkey, Jealous Stars)

I know when you asked my hand
I just gave you the finger (Joab Nevo, The Proposal)

And that all of your letters came back
saying "return to sender" (MattConley, Return To Sender)

 -

I didn't know where I stood with you
But I knew it was very far away (emilynava, Where I stand) 

I got tired of being tired of being tired of being
So tired of being tired of being tired of being (Marke, Tired)

- 

But your kisses are snowflakes, each one is unique
Oh how they used to land on me'
Before they melt away and left me cold (blunderandfrightering, Snowflakes.)

Now I'm standing here under this umbrella
And I can do an accapella
And when it pours this song is always yours (KarlaMarie, When it rains)

 -

Can't you see I needed some time away
to remember why I stay (eaneikciv, stay away)

So couldn't we just hibernate?
Oh baby please let's hibernate.
Oh come on babe let's hibernate
Come on babe let's hibernate (mirtle, hibernate)

-

'Cause the world ain't made of atoms
it's made of tiny stories (wirrow [I con't know if this is anywhere as a record...])

And this one is ours so baby won't you stay!

 

A finnish song I wrote some time ago, thought I could upload it here :) it's quite simple, and the lyrics are again dear to me, so try to bear with my translations ;)

Enjoy

Lyrics:

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Mitä se on kun kaikki onkin kirkasta ja selkeää?
(What is it when everything is suddenly bright and clear?)

Mitä se on kun yhteen hetkeen ei kaipaakaan mitään enempää?
(What is it when for one moment there's no need for anything more?)

Tänään lennän korkealla vaikka eilen olin murheisiini juuttunut
(Today I'm flying high  even though yesterday I was stuck in my worries)

Mitä se on? Kun eihän mikään ole muuttunut
(What is it? I mean, nothing has changed)

-

Samat vanhat seinät, samat lattiat ja lukot, sama taivas, sama maa
(The same old walls, the same floors and locks, the same sky and the same land)

Nää samat asiat, jotka eilen masensi, nyt hymyilemän saa
(These same things that made me feel down yesterday, now make me smile)

Mitä se on mikään ei oo vaikeeta tai monimutkaista?
(What is it when nothing is difficult or complicated?)

Mitä se on kun kaikki onkin yksinkertaisesti kaunista?
(What is it when suddenly everything is simply beautiful?)

-

Mitä se on kun elämässä kaikki onkin kohdallaan?
(What is it when suddenly everything is in the right place in your life)

Mitä se on, miksi sitä kutsutaan?
(What is it, how do they call it?)

x2

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Mitä se on kun haluaakin olla vain nyt ja tässä?
(What is it when you want to be only here and now?)

Mitä se on kun pelkkä oleminen on tärkeintä elämässä
(What is it when just being is the most important thing in your life?)

Se ei ole mitään kovin suurta tai merkityksellistä
(It's nothing very big or meaningful)

Mitä se siis on, miten sen löysin ja mistä?
(So what is it then, how did I find it and from where?)

-

Mitä se on kun elämässä kaikki onkin kohdallaan... 

I never knew honeyboy, but all the wonderful, beautiful things people have made for him here on hitRECord touched me a lot... it's such a wonderful community... while going trough them I also got to know honeyboy a bit, and he seemed like a wonderful person...

When I read his "I am a heart(er)" text, I remembered this old song I wrote to my grandfather one year ago, and I thought I could upload it here... I changed the lyrics a bit, so it would fit better! (I'm sorry I missed a few notes, you can probably hear from my voice that I'm still a bit sick!)

for those who knew him, he will always live in their hearts
and for us who didn't, he will always live in the hearts and the art here on hitRECord.

R.I.P. honeyboy,
strength to all of his friends and relatives <3

Lyrics:

the words he said
won't be gone, not even now that he has left
we ask, we ask, we ask: where you are?
Where you are?

The love he gave
Will always remain
we ask, we ask, we ask: where you are?
But he's not far

He lives in our hearts
He lives in our hearts
He lives in our hearts
He lives in our hearts

I really liked the Bird Song (tiny story) by DianeFT, and then after uploading the Grind's stems and finding these synths by AlmostSound, this is what happened. Kind of like a song, but more like a spell or something...

I will upload just me singing later! Feel free to do anything you want with this :)

Enjoy! <3

Lyrics: (I remixed the original story a bit!)

When a bird arrives in the Hereafter It sings a song so sweet That Death will have to take a break and listen 

Daanaanaanaadanananaananana...

I just love this track so much! Again, don't take this too seriously. I just had fun! And I had a really good day :D

Enjoy!

lyrics:

I sold my old car and bought a cadillac

But I got bored so I sold it and bought the old one back

Then I picked you up and we drove away

We were headed to New York, London, Paris, L.A.

But we were driving too fast and soon we had to stop

’Cause we saw some angry fat mean old cops

And since were a little drunk and a little high

They sent us to jail, but we were there just for a while

’cause we found a way out, and so we escaped

and neither of us got killed or raped

we tried to run but we just fell, so we stayed on the ground

And just laughed out loud

Oh today was a good day x2

Well,

then we found some strangers we called friends right away

’cause they were headed to New York, London Paris, L.A.

And we sang a few songs, did some rock’n’roll

And we danced, danced, ’till we couldn’t dance anymore

But then our ”friends” got bored so they left and went home

But we didn’t mind, together we were not alone

So we started to laugh and ran as far as we could

We knew we should grow up, We won’t, but we should

And though we never got to see the Eiffel Tower

At least we got to taste some Flower Power

On the road, on the road, we just ran and then?

Well then we did it all again!

Oh today was a good day x2

I love andrewhip's poems, and since WILL YOU READ TO ME is one of my favorites, I wanted to turn it into a song... I hope you like it! You can find the poem in the resources, I remixed it a bit.

I also looove "monsters, mermaids, castles and kings" by sojushots, so I used it as custom icon!

Enjoy <3

I fell in love with Malicore's latest awesome beat "Back Pocket", and I had to sing something over it... I've listened this beat all dayand I could easily just keep on keep on grooving on!

Enjoy! <3

Lyrics:

Late night, walking, done the partying, I'm on my way home, I'm all alone, then suddenly I hear this grooving beat starting to play from my headphones, my feet begin to move, I'm out of control

Gotta keep on keep on grooving on
I've got the beat in my back pocket, oh I can't stop it I gotta rock it rock it now
Gotta keep on keep on grooving on
I've got the beat in my back pocket, oh I can't stop it I gotta rock it rock it now 

Just a few more moves, still grooving, then I suddenly stop and keep on walking

EDIT// I thought this could fit the theme of outsiders! :)

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I have always loved sojushots' amazing illustration "let down your hair", and now it inspired me to write this song. It's a bit darker than the original story of rapunzel, just like the illustration. The same story, different ending! :))

I would love love love loove it if someone would add some accordian or strings to this song, you know, to build it up bigger, and then maybe in the final verses also some drums..... it would be awesome...... ;)

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Here are the lyrics:

A man came across this old tower one day It was straight like from a book he once read He lifted his head up and saw this young lady And here's what the lady said:

CHORUS "Moi je m'appelle mademoiselle Noir Et comme vous pouvez le voir Je ne souris, ni ris, ni vis Et c'est tout ce qu'elle a dit"*

The man was so scared he could only run away He ran to the town and then said: "I just saw a lady with the longest dark hair And I think she's a living dead!"

The people, so scared, took their guns and their swords They ran to the tower and then They saw the pale lady and felt a great fear When they heard how she said it again:

CHORUS 

The people, they knew what this all was about She was clearly a demon from hell They decided to set her long hair on fire In the end it would burn her as well

But the lady was no demon she was a lonely soul Just like in that book they once read Still waiting for her prince while her hair was on fire The one last time she said:

CHORUS 

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(*"Me, my name is miss Black And like you can see I don't smile or laugh or live" And that's all she said.)

Enjoy <3

//CHORDS were requested:

verse:

C#m, B, E
C#m, B, G#

chorus:

C#m, G#m/B, Amaj7
C#m, B/D#, A, B
E, G#, A
A, B
C#, G#, C#, G#
C#, G#, C# 

I'm not really sure where this came from. I started messing around with garageband aand well, this is what happened :D

it would be super awesome is someone would play this with real horns!

Enjoy :))

(THIS is the one! :D sorry!)

I couldn’t resist singing to Ryan Patrick’s piano piece ”Life Is Shit Without You In It”, not only because of the cute piano but because of the awesome title. Unfortunately after I sung it once, my microphone broke (again L !) But I chose to upload this anyway, because it sounds a bit pathetic and goofy, which fits the lyrics :P I also added some strings, bass and drums.

I might still work on this when I get my microphone fixed, but before that, here is the most poppy pop song I have ever sung! :)) Let me know what you think!

Enjoy <3

Lyrics:

I’ve been to work, drank some coffee and tea, spent some time with my friends and my family

Though some days I feel like I wanna dye dye dye my hair, I think my natural colour is fine

I’ve seen some movies, the ones that make me laugh Not one has been unhappy Not one has been sad

Though one day I could do nothing but cry cry cry

it was ’cause I was making granny’s special onion pie

So thank you for asking, as you can see

Oh

I am as happy as I can be

It’s just that my life is shit without you in it

Don’t get me wrong,

it only feels like there’s a knife

in my heart, nothing big,

you only ruined my life

And no, I really don’t mind staying up all night thinking: ”Why did you leave?” na-ah, that’s just fine

Don’t look so shocked, things could be worse

Oh

It’s no big deal, I will survive

But my life is still shit without you in it

(and then just pure sillines…;))

it's been a while since I've uploaded anything here... (I've been sick and I lost my voice, but I finally got it back!)

I absolutely adore mirtle's illustration & tiny story "November", and I just had to make a song for it... :)

you can find the stems in the results!

Enjoy! <3

I still remember
It was almost late November
I decided to live in a tree
And you came to visit me 

(…with more vocals, drums, percussion and horns! More stuff starts at 1.12!)

It's really hard to believe how far this song has come from where it started. You guys have uploaded so many amazing contributions, I never could have imagined this song would grow up this big!

While listening this song (which I have done quite many times lately!) I remember again and again why I love hitRECord. It all starts from that simple piano, and in the end it's something huge. It's unbelievable how so many people from all around the world are able to work together and create something big like this. I guess I could say "thank you internet!" but all this couldn't happen on any other website. So I say THANK YOU hitRECord!!!

I don't know if this is all done yet (when something is uploaded on hitRECord it’s never all done, anything can happen! And we’re still missing the tuba for example! :D), but I won't have that much time to work with this in a while so I thought I'd show you guys what we've got so far! Please, feel free to say what you think, does it need something more or something less, contribute your stuff and make your mix! And of course this is (obviously) just a rough mix! :)

I've listed all the resources, everything you hear on this track you can find from there (please let me know if I forgot to add someone!) I couldn’t possibly make every contribution fit into this mix, but I truly appreciate every single one of them, and I’m really thankful to everyone who spent their time on this!

"so here's to you this one last time"... THANK YOU! <3

p.s. that one final "so" at 3.26… the harmony… ahhh…

I fell in love with MadisenMusic's lovely tiny song "When it rains"... it's so gentle and cozy... the kind of song you sing by the fireplace on a rainy, dark and cold autumn day with hot chocolate and blankets and good company! :3 Who wouldn't want to join that, so I added some piano and harmonies.

Enjoy <3

Lyrics (by KarlaMarie):

"Under this umbrella I can do an a cappella

And when it pours, this song is always yours"

When it rains oh

Here's to Thursday, the misunderstood and underrated Hero, my favorite day of the week :) Everyone who agrees, join the jam! Some sexy saxophone to the last verse and grooving bass and drums from the second verse are desperately needed... Anyone in? ;)

Lyrics:

Thursday you are my favorite

You are the promise, you’re the hope

The other days might say

You’re only blocking the way

from the weekend, but I don’t think it’s so

’cause you are the breath before the break

you're the sweetest wait

Thursday you are my hero

You are the strongest of them all

When other days might rush,

you do your job no matter what

So gentle, yet so tough

You’re not as wild as Friday

Maybe not softer than Sunday

But still so sweet

Thursday you are my favorite

You are the promise, you’re the hope

When everyone complains,

You stay strong and show the way

Oh where would I be without you!

’cause you are the breath before the break

you're the sweetest wait

I guess we all sometimes wish we could loop some parts of our lives and never let them end. But if you stay in a loop for too long, things start to slowly loose their edges, until everything is a big blurr and you're not sure anymore if you're at the beginning or the end, and before you know it, you're lost in the loop...

However, the not-so-deep musical part of my brains loves loops! :) and everything you hear on this track can be looped! you can find thse stems in the results, so if you feel like remixing, you can make your own loop remix of this song. And as always, it would be awesome to hear other people sining or playing along!

Enjoy <3

we can go back again

to where we began

and then when we reach the end

we can still pretend that

we can go back again...

Sometimes when I'm feeling blue I like to make green or orange or yellow songs. Like colour therapy or something :D Here's one bubbly green guitar piece for you! Its still a work in progress, I thought about making it longer and maybe adding some other instruments as well (so far it has 7 guitar tracks), but we'll see. Feel free to do anything you want with this! :)

enjoy <3

HEADPHONES! :)

I have no idea where this came from, I hope you enjoy! I'll upload the vocal stems tomorrow!

<3

LYRICS:

Floating inside your head

Sleep my friend, just stay in bed

If you wake up where will I go?

Don't tell, I don't want to know

Row row row my boat upstream

Don't wake up don't loose this dream

I was really touched by fdinamite’s amazing tiny story ”Brave Men” (”Face it”, he said. ”We are not brave men”).  It has so much depth in it. To face the fact that you’re not brave, to accept that you’re just a human, that sometimes, like everyone, you’re not the hero… it takes so much strenght. Not many people can do it. Only the bravest have the courage to be afraid, and only the strongest have the strenght to be weak.

Enjoy <3

LYRICS:

We could’ve been heros,

Could’ve been kings

We could’ve been those

Who change everything

We could’ve been fighters

Should’ve made plans

But we only knew how to escape

And so we ran

”Face it”, he said. ”We are not brave men”

No, everyone can’t be

Mighty knights

No, everyone can’t

Stand up and shine

We might be weak

We might be small

We know,

We know it all

We might not be fighters

But we can still fight

We might be afraid but

We can still try

Just deal with it

this is what we’ve got

We are still heroes

No matter what

//CHORDS were requested:

Verse: Am F C

Chorus: Am F C G C

(the signature is 5/4 so it might feel tricky!)

(guitarists: I played this with capo on the 5th and with these chords: verse Em C G chorus: Em C G D G!)

just a simple tiny (love-ish) tune I wrote for Tori's wonderful tiny story "makebelieve": "You make makebelieve believable". I just love this story so much, I couldn't help singing it. It's a bit silly. VERY simple. I don't write these kind of love songs that often, so I'm not 100% sure what to think of this one, but I decided to share it with you guys anyway. It's a wonderful story, I'd love to see more illustrations & remixes for it!!

I left some empty space to the end for anyone to fill... maybe some whistling? violin? accordion? anything! and feel free to sing/play along if you feel like it! :)

you can find more tiny tunes from this collab: http://www.hitrecord.org/records/449074
check it out and see if you get inspired to write a new tiny tune, maybe based on an already existing tiny story?

so anyway...... enjoy! <3

You're not real, and so you're unreliable

and I can't be healed, I'm unreachable

So this must be a dream, 'cause it's impossible

that we could be here, it's just unbelievable

This is a game, I know it's pretend

I know it's a play, I know it will end

I know it's not real, I know, I know

I know I know I know I know, I know

But

you make makebelieve believable

I love sojushots' illustration "La Belle et la Bête", it's amazingly inspiring and adorably cute! (and he had me with the French title, I don't know what it is with French language that makes me want to sing! :D) The same story, different ending... This song is dedicated to all the Beasts out there with broken hearts, believe me, that Beauty wasn't good enough for you! ;)

I would've wanted to sing this one more time, (some lazy pronunciation and out-of-tuneness, sorry!) but I don't think I'll have time to do it 'cause I wanted to upload this before the holidays... So I might get back to this some day! Now just think of this more like story-telling with a melody, not singing a story! :D (plus: accordion, percussion, strings, xylophone... all remixing is, as always, more than welcomed!)

I wish you all the Happiest Holidays, ENJOY everything <3

Lyrics:

A long time ago, in a story so old
There was a beauty and and a beast, or so I’ve been told
They were these two strangers, two lonely souls
But it’s not what you think, no, here’s how it goes:

Lets start with the Beast, he was ugly and scary
Pathetic and poor, and horribly hairy
The outside was rough, but once he smiled
You could see that he had a heart of gold inside

The Beast loved a Beauty, this pretty little thing
She was the fairest of them all, and she could dance and sing
But unlike the beast whose love shined the best
She loved herself, never cared for the rest

La Belle et la bête (the beauty and the beast)
Quelle tragédie (what a tragedy)
Elle est comme le jour (she is like the day)
Il est comme la nuit (he is like the night)
Il est amoureux (he is in love)
Elle ne se soucie pas (she doesn't care)
Vont-ils mourir tout seule? (Will they die alone?)
On verra (We'll see)

One day the beast found the Beauty ”Perfection”
Sitting by the lake (making love to her reflection)
The Beast then decided that it was the time
To tell the pretty Beauty of his feelings inside

He stepped out from the shades with a flower in hand
Said bravely: ”My lady, the fairest in this land,
I might not be a prince, but my heart beats for you!”
Oh the Beauty just laughed, so cold, so cruel

”You smelly old fat hairy pig”, she said
”You thought I could love you? I’d rather be dead!”
Still laughing she turned and danced to her home
Leaving the Beast, heart-broken, alone

La Belle et la Bête…

While the Beauty lives all by herself still today
The Beast learned his lesson and changed his ways
He found that true beauty cannot be seen
And that things are most likely not what they seem

I fell in love with this beautiful piano piece by IvyAnne (please go listen to it, it's magnifique on its own!!) and its curious title "Chrysalide" which is French and means "chrysalise". I'm not sure what images this word brings to mind for English-speakers, but to me the Finnish translation ("kotelo") sounds like something cozy, something where you can curl up and be safe... I wonder if butterflies ever end up in situations where they get scared and wish they could return to their chrysalises!

Now this kinda has nothing to do with the song, (doesn't really fit its sad atmosphere at all), but I just wanted to thank you guys for a great year, I didn't have the chance to upload anything on my first hitRECord anniversary when I had it two weeks ago, but I'm celebrating it now! During this year I've done so many things I never thought I could do, and it's all thanks to this wonderful, supportive community!! Loads of love to you all, you guys are the best, here's to the first one and the many more to come!!! <333 :)

Lyrics:

Chrysalide, oh I need to come back

I flew away too far

I am hurt, my wings are tied up

Don’t play games I know where you are

Chrysalide, I am lost, I can’t deny

I need you to heal me now, oh

Chrysalide, I cannot fly

Let me come back home

Chrysalide

Chrysalide

ppeppina rrremix! I love everything about this song, it's so tender & beautiful in a special way. I think it could really work if the first verse was all Stephen's and only after that more stuff would come along, and then the ending, Bang, just the guitar again. Just my two tiny cents! ;) stems coming up soon!!

Enjoy <3

Another color-song-thing. I thought about running, and running in the night, and while playing this, I started thinking about water and then I saw dark navy blue in my head. I don't really know what to do with this, it's just a beginning of an idea, a rough draft, so I'd love to hear if anyone comes up with any ideas for it, lyrics, melodies, more instruments, anything! :)

p.s. HEADPHONES!!!

Enjoy <3