The Popular Vote is a musical project headed up by Derek in Quincy IL and asking for musicians all over the globe to contribute. Simple enough, right?
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Definitely one of my personal favorites, this is a midtempo ballad that slowly builds and then lets loose. The first half of the song is built around four piano chords, with the other instruments sneaking in bit by bit. Some strings would not be out of place here at all, maybe a cello playing long tones.
Guitars and bass will come more to the front during the third verse, and other sounds will continue to build tension and then it will release in the outro when the drums kick in full blast (simpler percussion is still welcome in the first part of the song though)
69 BPM in Verse, 79 BPM in Outro
Verse Chords E F#m D A
Third Verse/Bridge F#m Bm A E (then end on a long D)
Outro F#m A D B (not minor) end on E
Lyrics for Background Vocals
"Leaving just the stars the sea and me....How she loves the stars the sea and me...Our deep blue new home.....I want to see you on the shore, I want to see you on the shore, I want to see you on the shore, I want to see you once more"
And then having released the tension, the instruments all wander off into ambiance