Land Locked (Pulse Remix)


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07/24/2009 | 08:07PM EDT

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Techno Song | 4.4 MB | 4 min 49 sec

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4.37 / 5.00

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Author Comments

This is a remix of one of my songs from a couple years ago(even though I posted it in October). I felt that it was changed enough to be a whole new song.

You are the reason why my sun goes down
I look at you and I see beauty in the way you move
You harbor life and love, and death just by your every sound
You tell me that you always have one foot suck on the ground
But I know better when you're drifting off into the sea
I've seen my share of shipwrecks, and my share of mutiny
I guess I'll let the ship with red sails leave me my body
My heart goes out with it, I'm land locked for eternity
Your ship is going down

I found your letter in the bottle that you sent for me
Mixed in the wreckage next to red sails washed up on the beach
Your message lets me know your final thoughts would rest on me
The next time I see you will be on the floor of the sea
At last you've learned to keep both of your feet stuck on the ground
I hope that what you died for is exactly what you found
And now the ocean is the reason why my sun goes down
My heart was lost with you, and I don't know what to do now
Land Locked for eternity
Your ship is going down

[(Best of the week of July 29th-August 4th update!)
First of all. Thanks a fucking million to any and everyone who made this happen.

Second, I'd like to answer a few questions I've been getting in PMs/reviews about this song:
I composed this song in Reason 3.0
I know the lyrics are hard to understand. This is intentional, because I wanted the vocal track to be a part of the song, rather than on top of it, so i used the vocoder, and turned down the volume on the vocals, equal to the other instruments.
I have no plan of re-making this song with a non-vocoded voice, but i suppose anything's possible.
I made the original Land Locked, which this is remixed from.
I was the singer in both versions.
And yes, I composed the lyrics to this song.

Once again, thank you all so much for your continual support! I love reviews, and PM's. I've gotten back to everything anyone's said!

Regards,
merlin]

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Average Score: 9.7 / 10

Score: 9
rider1928

"weird vocals"

date: October 29, 2009

I agree with what JustcallmeDrago said about the voice.
although i liked the heart beats, they gave it a good rhythm

p.s the few times i got on new grounds over the past 2 months i failed to see i actually had messages. sorry to reply so late.

November 15, 2009

Author's Response:

Thanks for taking time to listen and review! It's fand like you that keep me motivated. I'm glad you finally got around to checking it out.

Regards,
merlin

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Score: 8
JustcallmeDrago

"Ok, this caused me to join Newgrounds :P"

date: September 14, 2009

I REALLY like everything but a couple of things. The song has such a nice sound and I like the lyrics.

The only things that stop me from really downloading is the vocals. You could make them a bit easier to understand (less synthesized i guess) but I think the real thing I have a problem with is that each syllable is based around the beat, as if it has a pulse that goes along with the beat and it distracts me from the song. If the vocals were smooth (like the violin-ish sounding harmony that sounds a lot like the same notes the vocals use), it would sound better to me. Instead of "You. are. the. rea.son. why. my. sun. goes. down...." (sorta choppy), it'd sound like a nice, smooth, musical line.

And the water (?) sounds at the very end are weird. You could just cut the song off at ~4:35 to me.

Anyway, I love the overall sound of the song and I'm definitely going to check out the rest of your stuff.... like right now :D

October 2, 2009

Author's Response:

I'm more than flattered that this song is what got you to join! I got the PM from you, too, so I will include that on my reply! :) The water at the end is supposed to be the "bubbling wreckage" as the whole song's a ship based theme. The last words are "your ship is going down" and then the heartbeat slows and stops while the ship sinks.... A little cheesy? Absolutely.

I've definitely taken it to heart, about the bass, and the vocals. If I ever get to re-doing this song, I will re-EQ it to the best of my ability. The only problem is that after a song has 3k listens, you can no longer edit it with a newer version. So unfortunately, unless I get either super super inspired to redo this song... again... or get payed to, it might not happen :(

Regards,
merlin

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Score: 10
RedWingX

"you sure pushed the mouse on this one!"

date: September 12, 2009

first time i heard it, i thought it wasnt my thing, so i turned it down. i listened to it again and i havent switched the song all day its amazing. great job. i love this stuff.

October 2, 2009

Author's Response:

Thanks! I love to hear stories about people listening to my work more than once! My favorite number on this page is the number of Downloads. That's the only score I care about. I'm glad you gave my song a second chance!

Regards,
merlin

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Score: 10
OnionsXD

"Crazy Cakes!"

date: September 10, 2009

super awesomeness fromt he heavens. this is guntabulous!!!!

October 2, 2009

Author's Response:

Fo shizz!

Regards,
merlin

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Score: 10
Biohazard77

"Great"

date: September 1, 2009

It takes a great composer to mix speech with techno and make it sound this good. I listen to a lot of techno but you are the first to do make a speech techno song sound FUCIN AWSOME. Now for some advise maybe next time you could lower the volume on the sounds while he is talking cause it would make it easier to understand him.

September 3, 2009

Author's Response:

Thanks a bunch! I'm glad you liked my song. Yeah, the vocals were a bit hard to distinguish, but luckily the lyrics are posted for you to sing along! Stay tuned, I'm about to upload a new song! Add me to your favorite artist list, and I'll let you know when I do :)

Regards,
merlin

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