This is "Are you listening" (well, are you?) - This is a total remake of a track I did many years ago back in 2012 for a British filmmaker. I've redone the song in its entirety for a TV project I'm currently a part of. Admittedly I'm getting a little bored with this coronavirus lock-down stuff, but it has afforded me the luxury of working a bit more slowly than usual to produce what I think are some slightly more refined songs. Even hard rock like this song can be fine tuned, where as normally I wouldn't have the time. Everyone who does what I do has the pipe-dream of a producer saying to them, "oh we have plenty of money, take your time.". (Yeah, that never happens folks.) Which in the form of a blessing in disguise is a little bit of what the corona lock-down is allowing for. I'm certainly NOT saying the coronavirus is a dream come true for me or anyone by any means, but I am saying it does have its benefits in certain creative areas.
The song's title is something many of you may interpret backward. To explain, a friend of mine said to her fans about a week ago on Twitter, "Are you listening?" She sent me a DM about it as it seemed to her as if nobody was listening to her music. In her defense the lock-down should in theory put everyone at home with nothing to do but listen to music after all! My advice to her was simple, and it may help some of you as well. People are always listening.. we never know who unless they tell us of course, but that's of no real concern, and we shouldn't as artists care one way or the other. It's easy for us to forget this especially if we get caught up in the hoopla of a given song that's gone viral or is a hit in some way. Ego is the flaw in the plan, and sometimes it gets in the way of real happiness. Something I've learned being in Los Angeles and working in the industry for over 25 years is there is no such thing as "celebrity" or even "popularity". There is only "people". We're all just creative people doing our thing. Our music is a part of us, what many fail to realize is our songs are a reflection of our given mood at the time of its creation. Sometimes we're actors, called upon to create a mood that we may not be in at the time or maybe have never experienced. So we create a false reality in our minds to be able to convey the message through the music. Other times as with actors it's all too real and it's not acting at all. The reality is composers like me, or maybe you, (and her) compose music for OURSELVES and share it with others, not the other way around. It's something we're compelled to do. Speaking personally I have to do it, I would do it even if it wasn't my job and I did it long before it was. I wrote my first song at age 9, I used to entertain the neighborhood kids at 5 years old with my guitar. I only knew 2 chords, Em and G, but boy could I use them, and the little girl across the way thought I was hot shit, which wasn't too bad either. All kidding aside, my very important point to all of you is it doesn't matter if anyone is listening to your music! The real question is,,, "Are you listening?"
"Are you listening" (well, are you?)
Composed, arranged, & performed by Jeff Fiorentino (ASCAP)
Performance notes:
Jeff Fiorentino - All Guitars
Jeff Fiorentino - Bass
Jeff Fiorentino - Drums
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