Good evening friends. I just finished up my recording session for the day with producer extraordinaire Sinclair Davis - a/k/a Slightly B... We worked on an idea for a song that started off as a poem I wrote. The tricky thing about it was the poem didn't rhyme, so I had to rewrite it to make it rhyme for the song. I worked it out though!
In the song I started off writing about intimacy between this girl and this guy and how he makes her feel when they are in the moment. But being the writer that I am (open-minded), and working with a genius producer such as Sinclair, the song ended up being about something different.
The song is tentatively titled "Spirit Free" and the music sounds like it could put you in a trance. The melody sounds like euphoria. The lyrics are talking about the intimacy between this girl and her man...but is it really? It sounds like I could be using the man as a metaphor for a powerful hallucinogen. Which kind, I don't know. It could be smack, rush, ecstasy, 'shrooms, meth or jenkums. lol!
Now I'm in the process of trying to incorporate some lyrics that insinuate she's on drugs and to her, the drugs make her feel as good as the feeling of making love. Once it's finished, I know it's gonna be fire. I mean shoot-it-in-a-spoon with the-lighter-under-it kind of fire and I can't wait for you to hear the completed song. In the meantime, I've put up a snippet of one of the verses on the Myspace player for you to hear. I hope you like it.
---to be continued---
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Natassja's Bio
Natassja, an eighties baby was born into a musical family and raised in Atlanta, Georgia from the age of two. Throughout her often challenging childhood Natassja participated in musical programs in elementary and high school but didn't begin tapping into her songwriting potential until the age of 16.
A gifted writer with an exquisitely unique approach to melody and song styling, Natassja ventured tenuously into the professional end of the music business at the gentle urging of those close to her. However, it wasn't until receiving validation from producer Sinclair Davis, who confirmed to her that she had a genuine gift, that she began sitting in on recording sessions and crafting hooks and melodies.
In very short order Natassja had begun collaborating with the more seasoned songwriters who made their way through the Hi-Lyfe Recording studios. Focusing on building her overall strength in the performance areas - and at Davis' invitation, Natassja eventually began lending her vocals to varied projects in the Hip-Hop and R&B genres.
A new-school soul child who is part songwriting machine and part song siren, Natassja writes with the fluidity and craftmanship of writers many years her senior. Having developed a reputation as an extremely fast worker (she's been known to craft and demo a song in an hour), Natassja is currently inching her way onto the music scene with a catalog of self-penned tunes that are already turning heads.
Recently putting her vocal touches on the hip-hop feel good women's anthem "Breathe" by Liv-Ya-Life/Universal recording artist P.E.S.O.'s, Natassja is also collaborating with artists in diverse musical arenas to help develop the caliber of skill that will ensure her longevity in a world that she loves; the world of music.
Natassja. the millenial chanteuse is bringing her own branded "Cosmic Soul" to listeners everywhere in 2008. Stay tuned!
A gifted writer with an exquisitely unique approach to melody and song styling, Natassja ventured tenuously into the professional end of the music business at the gentle urging of those close to her. However, it wasn't until receiving validation from producer Sinclair Davis, who confirmed to her that she had a genuine gift, that she began sitting in on recording sessions and crafting hooks and melodies.
In very short order Natassja had begun collaborating with the more seasoned songwriters who made their way through the Hi-Lyfe Recording studios. Focusing on building her overall strength in the performance areas - and at Davis' invitation, Natassja eventually began lending her vocals to varied projects in the Hip-Hop and R&B genres.
A new-school soul child who is part songwriting machine and part song siren, Natassja writes with the fluidity and craftmanship of writers many years her senior. Having developed a reputation as an extremely fast worker (she's been known to craft and demo a song in an hour), Natassja is currently inching her way onto the music scene with a catalog of self-penned tunes that are already turning heads.
Recently putting her vocal touches on the hip-hop feel good women's anthem "Breathe" by Liv-Ya-Life/Universal recording artist P.E.S.O.'s, Natassja is also collaborating with artists in diverse musical arenas to help develop the caliber of skill that will ensure her longevity in a world that she loves; the world of music.
Natassja. the millenial chanteuse is bringing her own branded "Cosmic Soul" to listeners everywhere in 2008. Stay tuned!
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Vanilla and Sandlewood
How he loved her body so
Loving her with no inhibitions
Every sensation, to her
felt as if he was reading her mind
No sense of urgency
Only flesh and warmth
He paid attention
To all of her
Every single curve
Held her close and
She listened to his words
As he spoke pillow in her ear
She tried to describe
the exact feeling
But was not able
So she spoke to him in sounds
Those of pleasure
And responded to his kisses
with deep breaths
This was no average love session
this was Raheem DeVaughn's "Marathon"
Van Hunt's "Seconds of Pleasure"
Martin Luther McCoy's "Truth or Dare"
Prince's "Insatiable"
And that she was
He thought of her like a feather
Falling upon him, a calm lake
Thousands of tiny ripples
soared though his body
Holding on to her so gently
Showing her exactly why
men evolved with those
broad shoulders
His soul begging her
to set his spirit free.......
Loving her with no inhibitions
Every sensation, to her
felt as if he was reading her mind
No sense of urgency
Only flesh and warmth
He paid attention
To all of her
Every single curve
Held her close and
She listened to his words
As he spoke pillow in her ear
She tried to describe
the exact feeling
But was not able
So she spoke to him in sounds
Those of pleasure
And responded to his kisses
with deep breaths
This was no average love session
this was Raheem DeVaughn's "Marathon"
Van Hunt's "Seconds of Pleasure"
Martin Luther McCoy's "Truth or Dare"
Prince's "Insatiable"
And that she was
He thought of her like a feather
Falling upon him, a calm lake
Thousands of tiny ripples
soared though his body
Holding on to her so gently
Showing her exactly why
men evolved with those
broad shoulders
His soul begging her
to set his spirit free.......
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