Musicians ED

Our presention is coming up soon on monday the 14th...and im getting nervous....im still practicing the piano and im onlu up to the chorus i need to learn verse 2 and the bridge and ill be fine with everything else... me and daniel planned to meet up 2morrow and friday to recorded our video for the song so we can do the editing and have it done by monday.

Daniel has told me that he is finished with the vocal recording and everything we have the song all we need is the video and we will be finished....we have an idea of recording by train tracks or by somewhere abondended a place where it looks like people do drugs....

-Ender De Los Santos-

Here are some photos that might be incorporated into the music video

-Daniel Torres

I almost forgot to give you guys the final draft of the lyrics to the song. I would say that it went through a vast transformation in terms of the lyrical content and vocal arrangements. I would also like to add that the title of the song has changed to "Painful Journey" as the title of this blog also is. The reason why i called it Painful Journey is because throughout the song it shows how whoever goes through these situations is going on a journey to be free from these things that have oppressed them and caused a tremendous amount of pain physically as much as mentally and of course there is a solution. This is basically the synopsis of the song. Here is the final draft including the structure of the song.

Verse 1
I'm walking all alone on this empty road
Not knowing where to go
Confusion
The thing I seem to fear
I wont let go
Pain I feel so near
I can’t seem to get it out
of my head
No hope but to die instead
All I want is to forget

Chorus
Forget the lies
The pain inside
This heart of mine
Still beats inside
And I'll survive
See paradise
Through He who gave His very life
You can't define life
Through these eyes
Unless you plan
to see demise
But I'm satisfied
Though petrified
I've been given
A brand new life

Verse 2
The sickness inside
through the facade of all the lies
the addiction of the powder
through the holes I satisfy
simple the solution
but to get there is where the struggle lies
The roots have been cemented
until the day that i deny

Chorus

Bridge

Chorus

Outro

-Daniel Torres

Alright so right now I just finished laying down the vocals for the track. The song is coming out pretty sweet but I'm kind of worried about my vocals. I honestly don't think that I sound that great. I hope that my vocals can compliment the track once my vocals are mixed with the track by my brother Hector. I have to give a lot of thanks to my brother for laying down the bass track and also for taking the time to help me out and mix and master the song. Honestly it wouldn't sound that great without a great engineer behind the board. I know that audio engineers don't get a lot of "props" when it comes down to the quality but in my experience they are a big factor in the quality in terms of sound and production. I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. He laid down the bass track as i said before and it really gave some bottom and kick to the track. He blew me away with the instrumental mix down. I was amazed at how good it sounded after it was mixed. So as I said, I laid down the vocals for the song, so now all that's left is for my brother to come in tomorrow and mix and master the song. What's going to come after is that on Thursday and Friday I and Ender are going to meet up around nine o'clock both days and really just crunch in as much video recording as possible for the music video. Right now I'm going to go to YouTube and check out some videos that I can use to actually be part of the video also. What I desire to show is the reality of sexual and drug abuse and show how life doesn't have to be that way, which is basically how the Chorus of the song is constructed. It's truly crunch time right now since we have only about four days to get the video footage and video editing done. I believe that it's possible especially because when it comes to these type of things I can work on it for hours. Time to bring out the creativity!

-Daniel Torres

I'm home now. It's Dec. 9th and I'm practicing the keys for the music video and its become very hard and sort of confusing. Here waiting for my mother to cook the food cause I'm starving and I'm practicing the intro and verse 1.

In the intro the left hand which has to go together with the right is a little confusing. I wont be able to get it exactly the way its played but I would get close enough to it.

I haven't started the verse yet but i am almost finished with the intro.

-Ender De Los Santos-

Well, all I have to say is that the title of the song is definitely going to change. I have been working on the song on and off. As a matter of fact I was able to record the rhythm and solo guitar on Monday, December 7. I'm really hoping that this song may be a success. It sounds good to me but as we all know that doesn't always matter. Right now i added the drums to the track which definitely added a whole lot of bottom and thickness to the track. It's starting to sound like a song! Well i think that the hard part is almost done but then again we have the video editing to think about also. I'm taking it day by day. As I see the due date getting closer and closer the pressure is definitely mounting on us but I believe that we will have something of quality to present. Going through the song right now, I've been meditating on the words and the song is taking a different turn in terms of the lyrics, especially when it comes to the chorus. Hitting the main theme of this blog, I have come to the conclusion that Never Ending Road will not be the title of the song. I'm still working on the chorus and of course this is when I have to get writer's block. It's always the best ain't it?! I edited the words that were posted on my previous blog which contained the lyrics of the song. I want to change the chorus completely so if anyone has any suggestions you can comment and please I beg of anyone who is reading this to give some fresh ideas. Thank you very much. Talk to you soon.

-Daniel Torres