It Means A Lot To Me

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It means a lot to me.

Some say that’s true.

It means a lot to me.

I’d like to feel that too.

It means a lot to me.

Will test the depth of my soul.

It means a lot to me.

Four steps to make me whole.

Some words still feel unreachable.

You know I’m not that way.

Is it that I’m unteachable?

I’m hung up on not feeling fake.

So do I say what I mean?

Or should I be more polite?

It means a lot to me.

I’m just not there in my fight, quite yet. Ha.

It means a lot to me.

Some say that’s true.

It means a lot to me.

I’d like to feel that too.

It means a lot to me.

Will test the depth of my soul.

It means a lot to me.

Four steps to make me whole.

It Means A Lot To Me – Spoken Vocal – 75bpm – Take 7
No Space – Spoken Vocal – 75bpm PREFERRED TEMPO – Key between 145hz and 150hz
It Means A Lot To Me – Spoken Vocal – 75bpm – Take 19
KEY PHRASING STRUGGLE
No Space – Spoken Vocal – 75bpm – KEY PHRASING STRUGGLE
It Means A Lot To Me – Spoken Vocal – 60bpm – Take 1
No Space – Spoken Vocal – 60bpm – Key between 145hz and 150hz
It Means A Lot To Me – Spoken Vocal – 45bpm – Take 8 – Key Section One – phrasing of “you know I’m not that way.”
No Space – Spoken Vocal – 75bpm – Key between 145hz and 150hz
Start with space, and possibly bass. Just to get the feel… Cosmic, Dreamlike, Ethereal, Celestial Voices in the distance of a close harmony, often thirds and fifths, sung softly, slightly behind the beat, blended to feel collective, not individual. Enter, a mandolin, finger picking with those dark chords sometimes found in the Hollers of the Appalachian Range of Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, and sometimes found in the old instruments of Hebrew and Aramaic Sacred Prophetic Tradition. Background vocals of “Please, won’t you say that it’s true?” and “You know you feel it, you do” in the Gospel Choir style with a non-repetitive, soulful, non-hypnotic pattern. At some point soon, a Clavinova, stand up bass, and cello enter in, with the guitar either strumming or picking, and either matching or blending with the dark chords of the mandolin, and…queue the vocals. At some point in the song, there needs to be space for enough dissonance to draw emotion both before and during the build, and enough tension and lack of resolve from the dark chords, for there to be the feel of intentional unfinished business.

Equipment:

Plate and spring-style reverbs, long tails, low brightness

Slapback or slow delays tucked under the vocal, not obvious repeats

Subtle chorus or tape wobble to soften pitch edges

EQ that shaves high-end clarity so nothing feels present-day