We have a drummer!

And just a quick update on the song – we’re actually working on two songs at the same time at the moment.

Why?  Yes, good question.  We wrote a verse and chorus – both of which we liked – but they didn’t work together.  So we kept them both, split them up and we’re working ‘em both up : )

In other exciting news, we’ve started booking some gigs in and around Bristol.  You can see info on the Gigs page.

And there’s also a remix of Daylight - Exitproject (43842) on the horizon, I’ll keep you posted!

Man, there’s been lots going on… I should blog more.

Side by side your steady gravity grips us like stars
Not controlling, not abandoning
You’re the reason we are who we are

My first breath and all the rest you gave to me
Where I stand and all I am you gave to me

Over time our growing confidence moves us away
Deep foundations you laid down for us
Might be shaken but will never break

My first breath and all the rest you gave to me
Where I stand and all I am you gave to me

First we wrote the video up there ^

Then this happened:

Then we scrapped the whole thing and started from scratch…

Basically, it’s been a tricky month in exitproject-song-writing-land.  We’re tackling a major subject and it’s causing mini rifts in where each of us wants the song to go…  We both care a LOT about how this one turns out, it’s important, so we’re both sensitive about every little decision that’s being made.

One of the issues was that the NB thought the chorus was too repetitive – but I wanted the melody and lyrics in the chorus to stay ubersimple.  I’ve been daunted by this unwritten chorus for weeks.  I decided the only way to write about something so important was to keep it really simple – anything else would sound cheesy or trite.  So we were at an impasse.  The NB wanted a new chorus and I wouldn’t give up the existing one.

BUT!

Tonight MAJOR progress was made!  I went out to rehearsal and returned to a chorus engineered so triumphantly perfectly gorgeously by the Ninja Butler that I was laughing out loud.

The March song is right on track now and we’re both relieved and glow-y… woop!

“What about me?” she said, “What about me?”
He said, “I will never go from you.”
He said, “I’ll be steady for you”

You make it seem easy
You make it seem easy
Seamlessly guiding
You make it seem easy

“What about me?” he said.  “What about me?”
She said, “I will wait for you.”
She said, “I will anchor you”

You make it seem easy
You make it seem easy
Seamlessly guiding
You make it seem easy

Set to move, to continue (repeat)