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SeanMNLike A High School DanceLyrics:
Verse 1:
Like A High School Dance, This ain't no true romance
I try to explain to you that there is a difference between prance and trance
They say it's Monday morning, I say it's every day
Seekin, thinkin, drinkin, on the weekend feels a year away
Chorus:
And if I don't see you on the floor, then I can't be really sure you're the one for me x4
Break:
Like A High School Dance, This ain't no true romance x2
Verse 2:
You know it's 2'oclock, and that clock don't stop
You try to explain to me that there is...
2020-10-0705 min
SeanMNIf They See YouLyrics:
If they see you,
Stop and frisk you,
Pull you over
To be safe to be safe
To detain you,
Like they trained to,
Make sure you know the score
THIS AIN'T NO VIDEO GAME
But They're Still Taking Aim
DON'T WANT NO MOMENTS OF FAME
Keep quiet, go as you came
If they see you,
Stop and frisk you,
Pull you over
To be safe to be safe
To detain you,
like they trained to,
Make sure you know the score
If they see you, if they see you
If they see you
To Be Safe, To Be...
2020-07-0303 min
SeanMNUnintended ReconsequencesVideo with footage of The Negro Silent Protest Parade of 1917:
https://youtu.be/OiDb4w68VPA
2020-06-1705 minSeanMNBought And Sold InstrumentalInstrumental forgot to get around to posting. Arrangement of a song I don't know if I'm done with yet, but haven't posted for a while. Got in the mood to use and record all the instruments at my disposal again, think the only virtual instruments are the cello, violins, and viola.
Instrumentation:
Flute 1&2, Clarinet 1&2, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Trumpet, Trombone, Classical Guitar, Violin 1&2, Viola, Cello
Missing the melody for now, but I kind of like it the way it is. Lyrics make the title make more sense though:
Eyes go numb, trauma of unwritten sum
Hearts grow cold, watch too...
2016-05-2003 minSeanMNIt's Not Normal (It's Normalized)Decided to add some bass and drums
Lyrics:
It's not normal, It's normalized x4
Peace officer give no peace to us
Peace officer protect the peace from us
Deputize the peace to us
Don't mind if the peace shoot us
Cuz it's not normal it's normalized x4
And it Kills me x4
And it Kills me
(it's not normal it's normalized)
And..that's it.
2016-03-0801 minSeanMNBreathe (Remix)Wanted to give making a rap a shot, seems like a way to say a lot of things in a song. Wrote the verse, then it just seemed like it would fit somewhere with Breathe, similar themes, so remixed it and put the rap verse on top of it.
Still seems pretty self explanatory as far as subject matter to me...
It's hard to pick out just a few instances to tag..this list seems like a good place to start, though:
http://gawker.com/unarmed-people-of-color-killed-by-police-1999-2014-1666672349
Original:
https://soundcloud.com/seanmn/breathe
Lyrics:
Verse 01
Another no knock at...
2015-10-2204 min
SeanMNBlack Power Is v2Updated mix, thought it was a relevant time for a re-post.
Song inspired by an audio sample from a video shot by a friend at a protest in front of the OPD station over imposed curfews on marches after dark under Mayor Libby Schaaf that were imposed on the #SayHerName assembly a few days prior, circumventing certain 1st amendment rights..
Very powerful chant organized against police violence enacted on women of color, as well as against the attempts to silence that organizing.
"Don't fear the revolution, black power is the solution."
2015-07-2303 minSeanMNDoesn't Mean I Don't (So - Not - A- Form) Intro/Andante/CodaLike sampling, but was always worried about copyright, so I had the idea to sample my own music, find the music/break in my own songs.
original:
https://soundcloud.com/seanmn/if-i-said-i-would-a-promise-pt
I labeled it a sonata (so-not-a) because for some reason it came out in three different sections, and the middle one was slow, andante, while the first and last section are at the same speed, so essentially the same key, so it's sort of like A-B-A, but the last section is different enough that I thought calling it a coda was more fitting.
2015-01-0204 minSeanMNTake What You Smell DemoLyrics:
Take what you smell, and bring it
Back to the well, we are
Dinosaur things with immature stings
But I hope you do well
Start thinkin bout what you're here for
Start thinkin bout when you're not
2014-06-1502 minSeanMNIf I Could Dream - Live at Savvy Rest Natural BedroomFirst live performance of this 6 or 7 year old song..at a store where they sell things to sleep on no less.
Lyrics:
As time goes by, still I lie
As time goes by, I still lie
The sheep have left the milks gone sour, concious bursting at the seams
But I could take all of the hours
If only I could dream
If only I could dream
The air is growing thick with dark, my heart a reflection of the theme
But I know this world could find some peace
If only I could dream
If only I could dream
...
2014-01-2304 minSeanMNIf I Said I Would(A Promise) Pt.1 & 2*Updated mix and arrangement
Dedicated with love to my honey on her birthday.
Love you
Lyrics:
Verse 01
I know the present aint always clear
And the days, they flock together, like birds of a feather
Just want to make sure you're here
And I know here aint always great,
But things might get better if we only try together
cus together, there's not as much weight
Pre Chorus:
And I'll always be there for ya
I'll do my best to try and support ya
And you know you can ask me anything
And my love I will always bring, and...
2014-01-2105 minSeanMNTrains A CominWas experimenting with guitar and delay, thought this sounded like a train.
No real post processing, just a fade at the very end, after most audible sound, because the tail end of the delay was probably another minute or so long
2013-11-2403 min