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Creative Endeavors / .. change of plans, actually :c

« on: October 16, 2012, 03:12:41 pm »

Hi guys!

So a couple weeks ago I posted a poll asking you guys what you wanted to hear first from my album, Sleepcycles. There was a tie, and besides that unfortunately most of the songs aren't currently finished. However, one song, Wanderer, is almost completely done. I'm sorry I couldn't totally uphold my promise, but as a consolation prize...

http://soundcloud.com/serentic/wanderer-almost-final/s-HcGLP

This music is copyrighted, so don't try and steal it please. I will hunt you down. (:

Wanderer is the last song and it's really just a conclusion to the EP and a sort of lyrical reprise of the first song. I hope you like it -- if not, I'm back in the studio on Thursday! Tell me what I should change.

I'm trying to keep everything live, so this is a song without any editing whatsoever right now.

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Polls / Song choices!

« on: August 24, 2012, 01:46:46 pm »

Hey everyone!

A few days ago I promised everyone in the Nessaholics Phantom Friends Facebook group that, in exchange for their viewing my page, I'd give them the option of previewing a song the moment I finish it. Today, I released the tracklisting -

1. Cartographer
2. Shanghai
3. Explore
4. Pillow Talk
5. Strange Dreams
6. Wanderer

- and, as promised, I'd like everybody to pick, by title, the song they'd first like to hear. I will release the song to you guys privately the moment it is recorded in full.

I can't release snippets for all of them just yet (though I might post a .wav file on my Facebook page in a bit) so you only have the title to guess with. I will advise you that the first and last songs are really just intros, about a minute long. However, I'm a big fan of both of them.

I am giving everybody a few weeks to vote. The songs most likely won't be fully recorded until the first or second week of September. At that point, I will close the poll and post the song.

Happy choosing! c:

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Other Musicians / The Sixth Ocean!

« on: August 21, 2012, 06:55:34 pm »

Hi guys! c:

As a few of you (those who haunt the creative endeavors boards) know, I recently started my own singer/songwriter solo project called The Sixth Ocean.

In a few weeks, I'll be releasing my first EP, Sleepcycles. Sleepcycles is more of a concept album than anything else - it discusses using dreaming and sleep as a method of escapism. Unfortunately, that's all I can say for now, though there will be much more coming soon.

I set up a Facebook page a few days ago in order to gain some buzz about the album, and I was wondering if you guys would like / share / comment on it for me. As a thank you gift, I will be releasing one song from the EP far before it comes out, on Nessaholics only. This process will be done pretty much by a voting type thing which I'll explain later on.

You can view the Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/TheSixthOcean.
You can also view my Bandcamp page at http://thesixthocean.bandcamp.com


Thank you so much guys! I hope everybody can be a fraction as excited as I am about Sleepcycles.

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Creative Endeavors / NEW, FINISHED SONG

« on: July 28, 2012, 06:27:05 pm »

I have a (full, original) song I'm working on! (And it's one of the first original songs I've formally written up in a while! There are two or three more up my sleeve but I want to finish this one first.)

I don't have a title, I don't have all the lyrics down, and it's only half written down, but here:

Update: The song is essentially done! The title is either Shanghai or Tokyo Love. I can't decide. Probably Shanghai. Here are the lyrics:

Say I were a tidal wave
and the loss that I dragged in my wake
left you washed out and only aching for some more, oh

Steal you out away with me,
push you towards the bottom of the sea
I would pay so much to see you drown

Maybe I'm not good enough, and maybe we're no better off
but I'll send my love back, I'll send my love
Tokyo soul and bitterness, I'd hate to waste it all on this,
but I'll send my love back, I'll send my love

Well, I could use a friend now, but I am all that I have left
and I'm not sure whether
I've been cursed or blessed

Just tell them I'm an ocean and I can hide on dry land,
Keep my head above the water,
Don't come and throw me your hand

Coming down to Tokyo love
Never wanted nothing but to see you off,
I don't know when I've ever had enough,
Won't be happy 'till your sinking down

Maybe I'm not good enough, and maybe we're no better off
but I'll send my love back, I'll send my love
Tokyo soul and bitterness, I'd hate to waste it all on this,
but I'll send my love back, I'll send my love

Maybe we'd be stronger, but, we couldn't hold the waters up,
Maybe we'd be better off
I'll wait 'till the tides are up, forget the shore and save it all
Maybe I have never done enough

Coming down to Tokyo love
Never wanted nothing but to see you off

Coming down to Tokyo love
Never wanted nothing but to see you off

http://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/514cf08bb824d39f4e91636002f4473d85da84e4

If anybody has any critiques, let me know!

It looks long. I promise you, it's only like 3 minutes and 19 seconds. Pretty short.

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Creative Endeavors / Home (V Cover!)

« on: July 26, 2012, 06:10:48 pm »

Hi everyone!

Just something I did today. c:

http://soundcloud.com/serentic/home

Please listen for me!


BY THE WAY A QUICK NOTE: I'm a senior this year, which means that in six days I will begin applying to a bunch of colleges. I'm going in as either a Music, English or Bio major... and for music, a lot of the schools require sort of a 'recorded artist portfolio' which includes a stage name. My last name is.. heavily Italian and not very pretty, so I was thinking of anglicizing it to Alexander Daniels - but that's also really boring, so my other choices were Boomerang or The Lucky Country. If anybody likes one of those or has an awesome name for me to use, I'd love to hear it. Thank you so much!

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Creative Endeavors / JAZZ Somebody That I Used To Know

« on: June 27, 2012, 12:11:57 pm »

ANOTHER TOPIC I KNOW I'M SO SORRY AHHHHHHHHHH


but I just finished a song request, and I'd like some feedback.

http://soundcloud.com/serentic/somebody-that-i-used-to-know

Kimbra <3

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Creative Endeavors / Four songs! c: (One original, three covers.)

« on: June 23, 2012, 12:11:57 pm »

Hi everyone! So I recently had an AP Language project that required myself and a partner to record a couple of songs. So here they are! The first one is an instrumental with snapping piano strings, so that's something. Let me know how everything is!

Predestined EP (BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE PRETENTIOUS AND CALL IT AN EP)

1: Avantage (written and recorded by me)
I kind of like the sound of this one. Done as a five-minute rough copy.
http://soundcloud.com/serentic/avantage

2: New Soul by Yael Naim
I loooooooooove this song.
http://soundcloud.com/serentic/new-soul-1

3: Bright Lights and Cityscapes by Sara Bareilles
Worst one on here, in my opinion. It was the first one we recorded, and my partner and I both had colds.
http://soundcloud.com/serentic/bright-lights-and-cityscapes

4: The Sword and the Pen by Regina Spektor
Possibly the best one we did. I don't know.
http://soundcloud.com/serentic/the-sword-and-the-pen



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Whatcha guys think? Let me know!

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Polls / Artist Name?

« on: April 27, 2012, 01:59:23 pm »

Hi guys! So I've just finished writing my first demo album. Which means that I'm eventually going to record and submit it to some place. Which means that I'm going to need a catchy name, because the last name Danieli doesn't really cut it.

Opinions, comments, questions? Help me out!


edit: Oh, by the way -- if anyone's wondering, the album covers a couple of themes; primarily sleeping and dreams. I don't want to make a whole lot of comparisons since I'd like to be considered an independent artist, but Nessa's talk of magical thinking resonates with me. I think the album speaks a lot about using sleep as a method of escaping your reality. c:

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Creative Endeavors / Christina Perri Cover! c:

« on: February 26, 2012, 11:13:55 am »

Hi guys!

So since I'm doing weekly covers now, and I didn't have much quiet time to do it, I just recorded a song I've already learned before.
Say hello to Christina Perri's song 'Arms'! (with piano solos and things, of course)

I'd love it if  you could listen for me. The link to my SoundCloud page is below.

http://soundcloud.com/serentic/arms-christina-perri-cover

Thanks guys! <3

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Completely Off-Topic / Scholarship Help! URGENT.

« on: February 24, 2012, 07:05:52 pm »

Hi everyone!

So recently I entered into a scholarship competition at a college website I'm on. Basically what you have to do is pick a category you are best in (I picked performing arts) and if you are selected (I was!) you enter into the voting section. I didn't think I had any chance of advancing, but I did.

And this is where you come in. The scholarship is for 20,000 dollars to the school of my choice, and I could really, really use that. Any people on here who are students in high school or college.. it's a big favor to ask of you, but I was wondering if you could take the time to sign up to the site and vote for me. It's really not hard to sign up and I'm pretty sure you can bypass most personal information. I just need a few votes so I can keep my chance at winning.

The website is: http://www.zinch.com

And my personal page, where you can scroll down to vote, is at http://www.zinch.com/alexander-danieli .

Thank you so much, everyone. It really would mean a lot to me. <3

Please only vote once!

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Creative Endeavors / My Cover of Kate Nash's Don't You Want to Share the Guilt! C:

« on: February 18, 2012, 04:06:52 pm »

Hi everyone! I'd love for all of you to listen to my cover and give me some opinions.

You can listen either here, on my SoundCloud account or here, on my tumblr.


It's really a lovely song, and it's been a favorite of mine for a long while. I'm going to try and do a cover every few days, and the next two are Adele's Make You Feel My Love and Mumford & Sons' The Cave.


Thanks so much for listening! c:

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Creative Endeavors / I've been gone for a while.. new song!

« on: October 22, 2011, 10:51:31 am »

Hi guys! I'm so sorry I've been gone for a while! School is crazy, and I'm actually in the middle of songwriting for a demo.

Which is why I'm back! I'd love some input on this song. This is pretty much the first recording of it so it's pretty unrefined, but if you could listen to it and comment I'd be forever grateful!
It's called 'Strange Dreams', which is also the name of the demo album.

All parts of this song are written, recorded, played, and sung by me. All rights reserved.

http://soundcloud.com/serentic/strange-dreams-3

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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Carousel surpasses A Thousand Miles as Vanessa's most popular song on iTunes! C:

« on: July 27, 2011, 01:57:12 pm »

Hey guys! So I was browsing through iTunes today (after I reinstalled it.. stupid program), and I went to Nessa's little hub page to get ROTR as a digital copy. Anyhow, look what I found on her popular songs list! O:

And actually, it looks like ROTR pushed all of H&T's songs down the list.. Nolita Fairytale used to be number two. C: I'm happy Fairweather Friend is far up there as well.

Pic below.

Click here for a picture! (Or, you know, just go to iTunes)

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Polls / Instrumental EP Parts 3+4: Heroes and Thieves + (what we know of) ROTR

« on: April 30, 2011, 12:28:09 pm »

Instrumental EP Parts 3+4: Heroes and Thieves + (what we know of) Rabbits on the Run
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Choose the ones you want most. This poll is conducted for TRINIST's idea of an instrumental EP featuring Vanessa's songs, as sort of a counter to that awful ICON thing A&M did.

See the original idea at:

http://forum.nessaholics.com/index.php?topic=12808.0

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Something missing from the poll? Post below with any comments you may have on the songs.

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Polls / Instrumental EP Part 2: Harmonium + Other Unreleased Songs

« on: April 30, 2011, 12:24:08 pm »

Instrumental EP Part 2: Harmonium + Other Unreleased Songs
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Choose the ones you want most. This poll is conducted for TRINIST's idea of an instrumental EP featuring Vanessa's songs, as sort of a counter to that awful ICON thing A&M did.

See the original idea at:

http://forum.nessaholics.com/index.php?topic=12808.0

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Something missing from the poll? Post below with any comments you may have on the songs.