We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

I Am A Nightingale (4​-​track cassette)

from 2022 by ZeCoop

/

about

A 4-track cassette that went from England to the USA with each person writing one part each, in order! It was started the first few days of FAWM and was finished the last day! It traveled a LOT of miles). I was third on this tape and added drums (after much debate and experimentation)

----------------

This song was recorded on a 4-track cassette and mailed to each participant, in the order below. Each person added one track to what they heard on the tape until the song was done.

1: Vom Vorton (England) - bass
2: Wobbie Wobbit (England) - melodica
3: ZeCoop (USA/Michigan) - drums
4: Burr Settles (USA/Pennsylvania) - vocals & guitar

Burr: with the melodica on there i really, really wanted to try and make this a goofy instrumental with other "atypical" instruments (tried kalimba, stylophone, banjo, toy piano, modular synth, etc.). but in the end, with only a few hours to go i just picked up a guitar and turned it into an early 90s college radio tune, as you do. or, as i do.

used a vox amp in hono(u)r of this tape's british origins! :) also, my wife reminds me that both nightingales and blackbirds are british songbirds, and florence nightingale was a british nurse, statistician, and social reformer.

there's a lot of crazy in the world right now, and i just wanted to try and write something positive. also i don't think i've ever written a "list" song before...

lyrics

i am a nightingale
i am a blackbird in the night
i am a melody
here to tell you it will be alright
alright

i am a speck of truth
i am the grey between black and white
i am living proof
thats seeds grow into forests full of might
alright

i am a mystery
i am a rainbow in the storm
i am the fire in your heart that keeps you warm
i am a passing wave
i am a beacon full of light
i am a window to the world and its delight

i am the morning mist
i am a whisper in the night
i am a messenger
here to tell you it will be alright

credits

from 2022, released June 3, 2022
1: Vom Vorton (England) - bass
2: Wobbie Wobbit (England) - melodica
3: ZeCoop (US/Michigan)- drums
4: Burr Settles (US/Pennsylvania) - lyrics, vocals & guitar

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

ZeCoop image

ZeCoop Kalamazoo, Michigan

I love playing music and keep learning new instruments. My songs are in a wide range of styles, from indie-rock to surf, to folk to rock to electronic... I never know. I record at home in a studio I put together in a spare room. I work (via the web) with a lot of vocal/lyric collaborators from all over the world.

You should check out fawm.org

Enjoy and download for free! ... more

contact / help

Contact ZeCoop

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like ZeCoop, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now