Starting today, I'll be posting a series of Works of Art (WOA). These are musical tracks that I believe are done with a touch of artistry. The criteria would be the lyrics, melody, arrangement, and recording, and it doesn't need to be radio-friendly. In short, if I set the song as my alarm tone in my cellphone then it's a likely candidate.
Let me start with the first one.
The Crystal Door by Kerryl G. Demeterio
I love the feeling coz it's numb
The balance is not going to like it
I tried repeating now it soars
The system is not going to like it
Coz we are leaving for the crystal door at nine
Unrestrained to look around in peace
Falling straight up for the crystal door at nine
While others still wish
Now that's a short lyrics for a song. But the song loops for about 3.4 times and I believe it was made for repetition (and I love the feeling coz it's numb). One may have a hard time to interpret the song and that's how I find the artistry behind it. It will make the listener absorb the song to try to undress it. One may agree that in this song, Kerryl uses a stream-of-consciousness style in writing. But I find it cool.
And what is much cooler is that, Kerryl recorded this song all by himself. All the instruments: guitars, bass, keys, drums, voice, everything done by him. To those who don't know him (that includes me), Kerryl plays drums with Smooth Friction. He also worked with the albums of Urbandub and Aggressive Audio as far as Google knows.
To fully grasp the feel of this song, use a stereo headset if you're using a laptop now, or speakers with woofer to capture the low tones.
The drumlines of this tune is just terrific. I wonder how many calories did he burn by just laying down the drum patterns (if it's not a software). I love the part
coz we are leaving for the crystal door at nine. The timber of his voice and the vocal harmony make it a catchy song. The transition of the instrumentation is well spaced and maintained. It has a rock edge that doesn't lose its vibe when it goes down to the crystal door.
I give it a 4/5 stars. Why? I want to hear more bass.
That's my rating. What's yours?
Rate below.
Listen to the song here:
The Crystal Door
Work of Art: The Crystal Door
Originally Posted by Bonzter
Cool song, sounds like a riff of angels and airwaves, and the voice of Nick Hexum (311), and a killer guitar riffs and drum grooves. Most probably i'll rate the song 5/5 because maybe the artist arranged the song as it used to be more on "guitarish" effect, so the bass line is laid in the middle only. Overall, the song Kicked my eardrums!
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