My name is Steve Violetti, aka “VO” and I’m one of thousands of you who love to play and write original songs.
All of us songwriting hopefuls have dreamed the same dream and have a story to tell similar to the one I’m writing here for Vision 4 Music. I was asked to document it anyway as a favor, so don’t hesitate to send V4M your experience as a musician or songwriter trying to get your song heard and hopefully published.
Community Contributed Music
Walk Away
Sun, 04/11/2010 - 02:00 — ian_19695:18 minutes (4.86 MB)
This is the arrangement we performed live at Glastonbury '09 minus the raps ( which occurred in the interludes prior to the solos.
This is an original work written by my students and me. I am playing the guitars and keyboards as well as the digital drums. Marcus Fox is on bass and Sarah is of course the vocalist.
Waking Up
Sun, 01/24/2010 - 14:49 — ian_19694:43 minutes (8.66 MB)
Sarah (15) is a gifted female vocalist and song writer (photo above right with X Factor finalist Laura White). Her composition is titled "Waking Up" and the lyrics tell of a teen's insecurity from parental rejection. Happy to say it has a positive ending! Sarah chose a southern blues style with slide guitar. Based around an altered minor blues progression, Sarah firstly recorded her vocal melody live with just our drummer. Next she recorded the guitars that had to follow her melody line. We would have loved to have re-recorded this with the band first just to improve the over-all feel.
You Don't Care - excerpt
Sun, 01/24/2010 - 14:30 — ian_19692:45 minutes (2.52 MB)
Chris (15 when this excerpt was recorded) is a very talented guitarist/singer/song writer. He can be heard here with a "live recording" of his GCSE Popular Brit Song style "You Don't Care After All". Chris is generally inspired by Brit rock groups as well as bands like the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
WALKAWAY
Sun, 01/24/2010 - 04:20 — ian_19692:56 minutes (2.69 MB)
Sarah, Marzuq and Chili composed a song to help combat London knife crime. It is in an R'n'B style with female vocals contrasted with two different rapper segment of 16 bars each. It was written and recorded all on the same day with bass, drums and guitar. Though the chordal sequence consists of just two chords, the syncopated rhythm and major 7th to minor 7th sequence is very affective.
This song won them a Nobel Peace of Art Award and a performance at Glasonbury 2009 with the band "Future Heads"
Theme for Jaco Theme for Jaco
Sun, 01/24/2010 - 01:08 — ian_19692:03 minutes (1.88 MB)
Aiden (15) is a very talented bass player/composer who worked on a syncopated bass piece inspired by jazz bassist virtuoso, Jaco Pastorius for his UK final GCSE high school music exam.
He performed his piece with our drum tutor (Peter Huntington who recorded 90% of the drums on the last WHO album) and with me on electric guitars. The rhythm section was recorded live on our multitracker and the synth melody and keyboards were added later.
Latino Rock
Sun, 01/24/2010 - 00:51 — ian_19695:05 minutes (4.66 MB)
Moises (15) is a very gifted composer/performer with a Brazilian background reflected in his UK GCSE high school composition in a Latin-rock fusion style(inspired by Carlos Santana). Moises plays the keyboards, bass guitar on keyboard, Roland digital drums and percussion. I am playing his electric guitar sections that he directed and suggested. You can hear how he builds the ending after a quiet interlude in the middle of the piece. I just love working with my students at this level.
I Want You To Do This(When I Say So)
Tue, 01/12/2010 - 13:09 — Domino3:32 minutes (1.62 MB)
It's hard to get good help these days!So make a list,and let them know just what you want!
Monkey Man
Tue, 01/12/2010 - 12:41 — Domino3:49 minutes (1.75 MB)
Simians are cute.But so is a bow-legged man.
I Want You To Do This(When I Say So)
Tue, 01/12/2010 - 12:27 — Domino3:32 minutes (1.62 MB)
It's hard to get good help these days!So make a list,and leth them know exactly what you want!
Depression
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 05:45 — locsaint4:26 minutes (4.07 MB)
This song is about sadness, mine own person as well as the peression that many deal with on a daily basis. Depression also asks the deeper question, is just a sad feeling all there is to what is known as depression, or is there something we dont see, past the emotion?. . . .
