Inbetween Shadows is the sixth acoustic melodic semi rock song from my second Album called Hope is Grey. The song is played on the 12 string acoustic guitar as per usual. Another song of many about living in a false reality. I just went through some of my old Instrumental recordings and picked this riff from an intro to a song I used in a Surf Video. It doesnโt have any chord progression changes, just the same chord pattern with different rhythms and strumming to finger picking. I usually just record the first verse and improvise and see what comes out. Then use that sample to modify the melodies and edit the lyrics and then write the remaining verses or choruses, which ever one that is, as it doesnโt have a verse chorus structure. I also use an online thesaurus to find words when needed as well as just google words that rhyme with other words. As for the guitar solos, I try to feel it out and then keep that in mind when I do the final recording, but there is always an element of improvisation. Read more about my songwriting and recording techniques on my Musician Bio here.
The face is but a shadow.
Itโs signalled when we sleep.
It takes more than weโre granted.
And holds us on our knees.
Itโs hidden in our dreams.
Weโre dreaming of the future.
To see the change we seek.
When life is but a shadow.
Reality is bleak.
But now the door is open in-between.
Now we lift the curtain.
Of endless folding seems.
Thereโs nothing but a shadow.
Itโs something we can see.
And we can beat the sadness in-between.