#yourbed

It’s Tuesday. If you sometimes beat yourself up about how you handled a past relationship (any kind of relationship, not just romantic), welcome to human life. You’ll be doing that until you die.

#Nightcall by @Kavinsky teaches us that the verses of a song can be identical (essentially copied and pasted) and people won’t notice as long as they’re spaced far enough apart and the song is catchy enough. It took about 10 or so streams of “Nightcall” before I realized that the verses are identical. This idea of having identical verses (with maybe a tiny bit of variation) would be utilized for “Your Bed” and some songs on GoBoy 4, 6 and 7, the most recent being “Punching Bag (Song 119).”

Another popular song that everyone has heard that utilizes this structuring idea is “I Hate Everything About You” by @threedaysgraceofficial.

For “Your Bed,” the goal was to have a melodic hook playing during every section of the song. In my mind, a “melodic hook” is a simple melody that loops multiple times in a row. You can skip to any random moment in the song, and a melodic hook will be playing. This writing style would be attempted with every song on GoBoy 4 and 5.

All in all, “Your Bed” is a simple song that will often be overlooked, but it influenced GoBoy’s writing style more than most GoBoy songs.

Throughout GoBoy 3 and 4, a lesson was relearned after a seven-year hiatus: listeners can sense any hesitancy in your voice. Confidence is important in a recording booth. This rediscovery would lead me to experiment with drinking while recording GoBoy 6. What results would liquid courage bring? Just an experiment (excerpt from post 50).

The production quality in this song is kinda meh. My vocals do not have enough strength. I should have belted out the vocals, similar to the singing style of GoBoy 6 and 7 (excerpt from post 50).

In April, 2021, almost all of GoBoy 3, 4 and 5‘s songs were restructured to be under 3 minutes (preferably under 2m 30s), including this song. In an attempt to increase replay value in this streaming era, most of GoBoy’s songs are now purposely around 2m 20s (excerpts from post 38).

​Happy Thursday. Watching Rings of Power tonight. I want to see Sauron in humanoid form. Fucking hobbits!!!!

“Nightcall” by Kavinsky taught me that the verses of a song can be identical (essentially copied and pasted) and people won’t notice as long as they’re spaced far enough apart and the song is catchy enough. It took about 10 or so streams of “Nightcall” before I realized that the verses are identical. This idea of having identical verses (with maybe a tiny bit of variation) would be utilized for “Your Bed” and some songs on GoBoy 4 and 6, the most recent being “I Love You (Song 104).”

For “Your Bed,” the goal was to have a melodic hook playing during every section of the song. In my mind, a “melodic hook” is a simple melody that loops multiple times in a row. You can skip to any random moment in the song, and a melodic hook will be playing. I would attempt to do this with every song on GoBoy 4 and 5.

“Your Bed” is a simple song that will often be overlooked, but it influenced GoBoy’s writing style more than most GoBoy songs.