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  • Original Dance Pop Track: Stand Up

    Original Dance Pop Track: Stand Up

    Stand Up – an original dance pop track

    This new dance pop track Stand Up was a process! It was written as reminder that no matter how beaten down you feel (it happens a lot) it’s hard but so important to keep getting up and trying again. Even against the most impossible odds.

    On a technical note, I have been learning more and more about mixing and mastering and still know it’s only the tip of the iceberg. In another post, I will share some things I have been learning and other great sources of information I’ve come across.

    I hope you enjoy and please leave a comment below!

    LYRICS

    Lyrics for “Stand Up,” an original, dance pop track:

    Stand up where you are

    Keep reaching for the stars

    You know it feels so right

    You’re fighting for your life

    Here you are

    Feeling down

    Feeling like you’re about to drown

    Remembering

    Where you were

    What happened to the future?

    Held in place

    It’s no good

    Without a past misunderstood

    Questioning

    Your place here

    It’s so hard to live in fear

    We all want

    To play again

    To dance on beaches in the sun

    It’s all right

    To be afraid

    But not ok to give up again

    Ok now

    So stand up where you are

    We have to start somewhere

    Not going down alone

    You’re breaking out of here

    You feel trapped

    And starting now

    Remembering the cave and how

    Time to say

    No more pain

    Breaking out of molded shame

    And here you are

    Who are you?

    This is what you’re meant to do

    You have strength

    To break away

    And never fall back here again

    This is what

    You have to do

    Don’t stop now

    Cause lights in you

    It’s OK to be afraid

    Moving forward into change

    OK now

    So stand up where you are

    Never say too far

    You’re standing on your feet

    And listening to the beat

    So Stand up where you are

    It’ll never be too far

    You’re standing up right now

    Keep the vision in your heart

    You’re frozen

    Frozen in this place

    You’re frozen

    Froze in outer space

    Stand up where you are

    Never give up the stars

    When you’ve fallen down

    Get up off the ground

    Rise up where you are

    You’ve brought yourself this far

    You’re moving with the beat

    And dancing in the heat

    Stand up where you are

    Keep reaching for the stars

    You know it feels so right

    You’re fighting for your life

    More

    Also listen to: Put It Down, No More and SOS.

    You can listen to the Dance Pop Playlist HERE

  • Yes, It’s That Time Again—Time to Dance: Better Left Unsaid

    Yes, It’s That Time Again—Time to Dance: Better Left Unsaid

    Dance – I hope that’s not a misleading word in the title. Although this features some of the usual angst and melancholy you can expect from a p.m.warner track, it’s set to 128 BPM so you can dance – maybe with tears in your eyes. (Apologies to Ultravox – my god they were the best).

    Anyway, presenting, Better Left Unsaid. Sometimes there are just no words to make things better.

    Better Left Unsaid

    All these things that

    Are

    Better left unsaid

     

    This open door

    An invitation to explore

    The abyss there

    Never easy to ignore

    There’s a space without stars dancing in the night

    Tumbling down

    Getting lost without a light

     

    These are things I’ve done

    I’ve seen it all before

    Feels like I’m struggling

    Far away from shore

     

    All these things that

    Are

    Better left unsaid

     

    It always stings

    To visit images

    And sifting through

    These old explanations

    Night machinations return knocking on the door

    Sinking low

    Back to where I was before

     

    Now all these things they’ve said

    They’re already in mind

    With nothing else to say

    Try leaving them behind

    (Time to leave them all behind)

     

    All these things that are

    Better left unsaid

     

    There’s nothing else to say

    It’s better left unsaid.

    Also listen to:

    Move

    Put It Down

    The Calling

  • Listen to New Electronic Dance Track, “Move” by p.m.warner

    Listen to New Electronic Dance Track, “Move” by p.m.warner

    Listen to the latest electronic dance track, “Move.”

    Dedicated to all of you with dreams and the perseverance to keep moving forward.

    Move

    Let’s take a little time

    Read between the lines

    You’re a hundred miles away

    While they’re turning out the lights

     

    Looking to the skies

    Heard this all your life

    A thousand miles away

    Is where your heart lies

     

    So what I am trying to say

    Your answer’s far away

    You’re speaking through your heart

    You need to break away

     

    (So yeah) you’ve got to move on

    You’re on your own
    You’ve got to move on
    Sometimes you walk alone

     

    Reaching for the stars

    Who knows where they are

    A million miles away

    Never let them fade

     

    What I am trying to say

    The answer’s far away

    Speaking through your art

    It’s time to break away

    (So yeah) you’ve got to move on

    You’re on your own
    You’ve got to be strong
    Sometimes you walk alone

    Let’s take a little time

    Read between the lines

    Also listen to Put It Down

  • Listen to Electronic Dance Song, “Daybreak” | p.m.warner

    Listen to Electronic Dance Song, “Daybreak” | p.m.warner

    Electronic Dance Track: “Daybreak”

    This electronic dance track sat in a folder for awhile. I returned to it after I accidentally heard a draft I had left on my phone. Some may say I should have left it there. However, I dusted this baby off, reworked it and let it run.

    There are parts I really like here, there’s also parts that could be better. As an electronic dance number, I really like when it opens up on the second half of the opening verses. After that, I get lost in the details and end up missing the focus at times.

    But there’s something there and I went for it. I also tweaked the tempo from 125 to 128bpm. See what you think.

     

    Also listen to

    SOS

    Put It Down

    Hold On

    Lyrics

    Daybreak

    I’m staring at the sun

    Thinking of all the things we’ve done

    Waiting for the rain

    Expecting to feel pain

     

    While it’s dark before the dawn

    Must not know what’s going on

    If you’re feeling far away

    I’m asking you to stay

     

    WhatX3 have we done

    Have we wanted to become

    Do you say

    Or does this all get thrown away

     

    I have a question

     

    Looking at this wrong

    We were standing all along

    Looking for a way

    It’s time for moving on

     

    WhatX3 have we done

    Have we wanted to become

    Have we said

    Is this the world we created

     

    Where do we go

    What does the open future hold

    What do you say

    Is this the break of a new day

     

    I had a question

    Where was the sun

    I had my doubts then

    And now daybreak here it comes

     

    I had a question

     

  • Put It Down | p.m.warner

    Put It Down | p.m.warner

    Listen to Original Electronic Music, “Put It Down”

    Finally finished mastering a lush electronic music mix I’d been sitting on for awhile. Although it’s not perfect, the refrain “Everything will be all right” seems very appropriate at the moment.

    UPDATE: Click here to listen to the new, remixed version of Put it Down

    SoundCloud:

    https://soundcloud.com/pmwarner/put-it-down

    ReverbNation:

    https://www.reverbnation.com/pmwarner/song/26095862-put-it-down

    For more electronic music, listen to SOS

    Hope you enjoy!

    Lyrics

    Put It Down

    Not that long ago

    I’d sit in darkness by myself

    Trying to drown the fires in my head

    I’d often miss the flames

    Wishing I was somewhere else

    Come to as myself instead

     

    I tried to hide the fears

    Tried by killing all the pain

    Thought I could keep it outside

    I tried to light the darkness

    All the same ways as before

    Wanting to forget again

     

    All these lies

    I felt so paralyzed

    There was no way to tell a simple truth

    All this time

    I couldn’t recognize

    It did no good

    To try and think it through

     

    I never get it right

    And then I think about it all night

    I never got it right

    And tried to bury it alive

     

    Put It Down

     

    Watching from a distance

    It’s so easy to be clear

    The problem wasn’t you’re upset

    What should I do next?

    Would be the question that I asked

    Not ready to go down quite yet

     

    All these lies

    I felt so paralyzed

    There was no way to tell a simple truth

    All this time

    I couldn’t recognize

    It did no good

    To try and think it through

     

    I never get it right

    And then I think about it all night

    I never got it right

    And tried to bury it alive

     

    Put It Down

     

    Everything’s all right

    You can hold this out at night

    And everything will be all right

    So please don’t try to kill the light

     

    Everything will be all right

    Everything will be all right

     

    Put It Down

    Visit the new Sunset Sky website for the Put It Down update and the other new singles