It's fun to see this part of the site spring to life!
The "Demos" section will be songs that went on to be recorded by other singers, or by us, or most often tossed into the dustbin. This is a chance for some of the better songs to be heard; we'll throw in a few of the funky ones, too. There've been times when I thought our demos had a certain something that the final lacked. As well, other songs came to life; and hearing the difference can be fun.
"Snippets" are little sections of a groove, a lyric idea, or a melody that we liked and haven't developed into a song. Our experiment with you is to make these available, and downloadable. Maybe you'll get inspired by one - and if you do, play us what you come up with!
So with that, here are a few to start-we hope you enjoy! We ask that you interact, and not rip off, please.
Geo+Shannon
Demos Features
We’ll be posting some standout song demos, changing the array from time to time…
JOSIE AIELLO singer/writer
Coming Of Age ©Merrill/Rubicam/Aiello - one of our all-time faves, Josie sounds great!
Time Stands Still ©Merrill/Rubicam - written for a Celine or Whitney type back in the big and giant power ballad days
ANGELA AMMONS singer/writer
It’s Natural ©Merrill/Rubicam - written for the Mel Gibson movie ”What Women Want” (didn’t make it in), scene where he’s with his daughter shopping for a prom dress- turn down your TV and put this on, imagine it’s part of the soundtrack!
The Distance ©Merrill/Rubicam/Ammons - a co-write with Angela, she missed her boyfriend back in Nashville, and we wrote about it.
Blue Sky ©Merrill/Rubicam - bright little song!
SHARLOTTE GIBSON singer/writer
Patience Of My Love ©Merrill/Rubicam/Kennedy - co-write w/Eliot Kennedy; Sharlotte sang this song beautifully.
JADE VILLALON singer/writer
(Your Love Is) Oxygen ©Merrill/Rubicam/Dulaney - sweet vocal Jade! Oxygen was a foray into writing ultra sweet and light pop songs for younger singers.
Run Before You Crawl ©Merrill/Rubicam/Kennedy - co-write w/ Eliot
Snippets
Learning to Fly
I found this in the file the other day...a little demo for the Wild Thornberries movie, the songstart “Learning to Fly,” nice lil snippet...They ended up using Paul Simon’s song, and it fit the movie nicely. [Posted 11/6/03]
KAOSS Hardsnip Stretch
Hokay...first up is a little delightful snip I made last week using Reaktor and Absynth, and a few other things...it ’s a construction piece with two and four-bar sections for verses, breakdowns, etc. CAUTION! Turn your speakers down initially, this is LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS!!! [Posted 8/5/03]