I like the song!

Serenarules


Well, a week later and still have no vocals. I have given this a lot of thought though, and got to feeling like maybe screamo isn't the way to go since the majority of the parts where vocals would be is relatively quiet anyway..

I thought the very same thing when I listened to it the other day. What I heard in my head was far from screaming, but then I'm not a fan of that style anyway. You were probably being more than a bit optimistic to post this on here and expect someone to have done it for you a week later to be honest, so I wouldn't let that get you down.

Duly noted. Though I at least expected somebody to offer in that time. That was before I realised I had given the impression I wanted them to actually write the song. LOL! Anyway, hopefully somebody will do it. I honestly don't care how long it takes.

Serenarules


Duly noted. Though I at least expected somebody to offer in that time. That was before I realised I had given the impression I wanted them to actually write the song. LOL! Anyway, hopefully somebody will do it. I honestly don't care how long it takes.

There's a guy called Alkie who might be your man for this, but he doesn't seem to be on here much any more. I hope you do find someone as I would be interested to hear the finished version, but I think your main problem is that the only reason many of us here (myself included) do our own vocals is because we don't have anyone else to do them for us. ;)

I am wondering how many people you expected to volunteer.  I thopught I'd try it but the problem with getting the tracks is a bit discouraging.  The key is good but until I get an mp3 or .wav of the vocal sample, I don't know what you want.   HA, I LIKE WHAT PAULO SAID. 

Sorry about this guys. I truly didn't mean to sound impatient or anything. In order to help out, here is a different zip. This one has an mp3 of the music, one of the melody, and a Windows XPS Document printout of the lyrics, matched to the melody. It's a lot smaller than the previous one.
 
http://66.226.34.217/downloads/core-files.zip
 
And just in case you cannot view an XPS file:

Give My Life Away
-------------------

[verse]
i've tried everything
to open all the doors
and break away the walls
you've built around yourself

alone in solitude
my heart calls out to you
but your too dead to hear
the words i shout in tears

[chorus]
i am still alone
no matter what I say
and it cuts me to the bone
how I give my life away

[verse]
time and time again I scream
and speak aloud your name
i am wishing for an answer
that never comes my way

you left me in the cold
with nothing left to hold
and in this rain of tears
i count the wasted years

[chorus]
i am still alone
no matter what I say
and it cuts me to the bone
how I give my life away

[solo]

[verse]
my heartache lingers on
the pain grows every day
my mind is going numb
please tell me what to say

exhausted and afraid
i continue on in pain
untill the day I fall
and still i call your name

[chorus]
i am still alone
no matter what I say
and it cuts me to the bone
how I give my life away

[chorus]
i am still alone
no matter what I say
and it cuts me to the bone
how I give my life away

I've got a cold right now, so it might be a week, or so, but I might be able to do something for you. 

You too huh? My head is so stufft it hurts. =)

Yeah, it's been a bad winter. I was doing ok until this funk decided to expand operations into my lungs, scrambling my vocal chords along the way. 

As for you song, I think it sounds pretty awesome. I downloaded the melody thing, and listened to it along with the instrumental, to get an idea what I might be able to do with it. These days I mostly play something along the 'folk-rock' or 'alt-country' or 'something else acoustic' lines, but once upon a time I used to rock. I don't really scream well(well, at least not if I intend to be able to talk the following week), but I think I have a dark/strong enough voice to do some interesting stuff. We'll see how it goes once my throat heals. 

You can hear a really bad recording of one of my old, heavier songs with my vocals(and everything else) here:

http://brentodell.com/demos/normal.mp3

Get better Brent. Health is more important than a stupid song. I gave your track a listen and honestly, it isn't as bad as you say. I rather liked the vibe of it. You voice is no more or less as dark/strong as say ... James Hetfield, considering we can adjust the relative volumes and formants from word to word a teensy bit with v-vocal if we absolutely had to.