demo no19: 'why has this sadness chosen me?' (Patreon)

oh hey there. happy halloween folks - a treat, not a trick for you - WELCOME to your October demo. it's called 'why has this sadness chosen me?' and it's the first song I've ever recorded on the piano in my house. :) (btw that pic is not my house.. just a piano I found in a venue on tour this month, that I thought was awesome).

This month I went about recording this song as a regular OG demo.. to a click, producing it up like the other demos.. adding harmonies and other instruments.. and honestly I started to worry that I was losing the essence of the song. having been on tour this month (playing guitar for my friend dodie) I was instantly reminded of the magic of live performance.. the raw simplicity of presenting one unique take of a song. and so I ditched the click, ditched everything and just tried to focus on performing it as best I could, warts and all. :) I'm still learning how to make a pretty wonky out-of-tune piano sound good, but on the whole I'm delighted with how it turned out, and I really hope you love it too. 

please let me know what you think and *brace yourself* for some sadness. 

OH! and seeing as it took less time I recorded 2 of these live demos for you, both of brand new songs.. so the other one will be going up later this week :) though performed live too it's a super contrasting track, upbeat and on guitar! so hopefully they both have a lil' something special in them that you'll like.

so much love, buckets of it..

Orla

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