Blame Me

artificial belief?

red zero

I don't know what you were thinking when you wrote it, but you have a beautiful voice Rex! Really! Your voice has a very nice quality to it.

In terms of the song itself, I really liked the melody. The arrangement was very soothing- maybe a little too soothing - if I were you, I might pick up the tempo just a tad and I would be interested to hear it with a little less production behind it - maybe just you and an acoustic guitar- so it would sound more 'folky'.

But overall - I found it very impressive Rex. If you wrote that tune and that is your voice - you're very talented!
Thank you - I enjoyed listening to that.

kisses

and to you.

I think you've got quite a voice there - I'm glad you're doing something with it.

Rex loves more than i can say.

Yup - up the tempo.

I enjoyed it though.

I guess somehow inside this song sort of says it for me. This song is about why people don't get along. Because no one wants to take the blame for why life does not always work out the way we plan or think it should. And inside there are resentments and until one takes the blame people cannot seem to see through the blame game to the facts of life. So it is like, I'll take the blame and I'll take the responsibility, it's my fault and now let's fix it. It is a complicated issue with psychological perspectives and ramifications. Is it that humans have this innate tendency to thrust blame out before they desire to actually communicate an issue. We have to tunnel through the blame before we can reach the heart of the matter.

Really, would you up the tempo to this love song? Make a pop song of a song of passion? My years of making music and you are saying I should have made this dance song? The song came from my soul. Maybe a bit faster or even slower. I would like to discuss this. Maybe disco I don't readily agree with the first inception from the artist (me).

My ideal is that when I sing a line that I give people time to understand what I said before I sing another line. The other alternative is I sing hardcore and blurt out imperceptible words that are only understood by reading the lyrics from the CD sleeve. That is not me. How fast should I say a line?

Is anyone interested about the meaning of these words? Rather than the tempo a person died. My bf killed himself in jail.

One day I walked into my bathroom on him and he was shooting something into his veins. I kicked him out of my apartment. Sometimes it is not just about who's who but what we have to live with. I loved him and he is gone now. Probably better left unsaid I don't know. Maybe I should have made the song faster, lively with an up tempo. I had no idea how things would turn out when I wrote and made this song "blame me".

http://indieland.com/song/4191

This song was written for another friend of mine. My bf after Paul. I guess I don't really know anything about life.

http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/037041.html

I'm sorry to read that Rex. Please accept my condolences. Of course now I feel stupid for saying to up the tempo. I'm very, very sorry for your loss and understand now more what you were trying to say in your song, although I hope you don't really blame yourself for his suicide.
I like the other sentiment about people always trying to place blame for stuff on other people and nothing ever gets solved - I think in fact that I can remember my father saying that on occasion about stuff, 'If you have to have someone to blame for something - just blame me'- to cut through the ridiculous cycle of assigning blame and never solving anything.

I like the next song too. It reminds me of a John Prine song, although and this is a compliment, though I love his voice for a certain idiosyncratic quality I don't know how exactly to describe - I guess his voice is a little more tenor -ish and slightly nasal - I like your voice better. It's clearer and purer.

I can picture/hear you doing a good job on a Bob Dylan song - one that tells a story.

I thank you for the condolences, you are a good and caring soul Aidan. You are not stupid at all, you have said the same things most of my friends say, that my songs are too slow. I am stupid for taking it to heart when you are probably right.

I am going to try and avoid the topic of my ex bf because I want his memory to rest in peace and I think I may have done him a disservice in discussing personal matters so openly. Sometimes his intimate presence floods back to me and I am overwhelmed with love and sadness for him. If I did not have songs like "Blame Me" I would not know how I ever would have coped with such trauma. When I think poor me, I double take and say, well, poor him... I remember his gentle slow hand style of playing lead guitar that would make me cry when I would hear him play and his stubborn streak and it just rips my heart out all over again.

I feel partially responsible for his suicide because I was his best friend and I always wish I had done more for him in hindsight.

If you notice I sound a bit like Cat Stevens in the song “Blame Me” so it has other overtones possibly even political related to 9/11. This was intentional so as to diffuse the blaming going on even on as grand a scale as religions and ideologies fighting each other. Like the lines (a place to feel, artificial belief - like a leaf on a great tree in the wind by the river of hope.) I guess this is my legacy and attempt to quell conspiracies and endless tit for tat squabbles in order to help people to heal and think rightly about who is to blame regardless of who is really at fault. We are all with fault and we all share the blame in some way or another. It is a difficult subject and I know it raises some sore spot issues and questions.

Also I am brought to the religion of Jesus and his taking the sins of the world upon himself, he who, according to the writings, “knew no sin” and if there is anything I would like to retain from my misguided years of religion versus my strict agnosticism that I believe in today, it would be this message of humbling oneself for the sake of others in love.

Ahh yes John Prine I own over 2000 vinyl and for some strange reason I was introduced to his music late in my career but from the first listen I have loved his music and themes. My favorite John Prine songs are “blue umbrella“ and “Angel From Montgomery“.

I used to sing Dylan almost every night in my live years of solo entertaining. Positively 4th street and Mr. Tambourine Man and Lay Lady Lay were my favorites. Each with nice story like verses.

Thank you for the thoughtful comments on my voice… For many years I thought of myself as simply a career singer until around the age of 17 I started writing song lyrics and today I have quite a repertoire of original material. But still I thank the powers that be for the gift of my voice I guess it is my greatest quality. Part of my voice I nurtured built with practice and part of it I inherited from my mom who was a church soloist and had a powerful voice. I think writing has become a close second to my voice. Someday when my voice is gone my writing will be the thing that sustains the last years of my life I guess. As for the song “That’s What Love Can Do” I was experimenting with styles not sure who I was trying to sound like but reminds me a bit of Jim Croce. Well thanks Aidan for your awesome comments, take care and hope to chat again soon

Blame Me

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Here is a rock song I just made lastnight. It is a bit faster than my latest love songs I have been publishing.

Lyin' Heart - RexRed

http://indieland.com/song/4328

Enjoy

I enjoy your music and I find it is. Blame me I find fits the words and the feelings you express and the sadness for your bf.
That´s what love can do somehow I liked even more, both the music and the words.
Most of all I liked Crystal Water - listening to it just made me feel like sitting on a rock, watching the absolutely still water and see the sun set.

Thank you for sharing your good music and very nice voice.

Awe, it is my fondest pleasure to share my music with someone who appreciates it. And yes, Crystal Waters is one of my personal favorites too. I think of being in a rowboat with a very special person on calm sparkling waters in absolute bliss, peace and love. I know people want me to turn up the flame with my songs but I seem so happy and fulfilled writing these slow moving love song ballads. I am going to try and please both sides of the aisle and maybe people will be less judgmental of my slow songs. Thank you for listening and my best regards to you.