HIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL Week 16 First Round (ENG-ESP): "Stay"! (Original)

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Hello everybody on HIVE, and especially the Music Zone Community. My name is Jasper and I'm writing (and singing) to you from Cape Town in South Africa! Welcome to Week 16 / Round 1 of the Hive Music Festival! I have only done original songs so far for the Hive Music Festival, and as long as I still have some original songs left in the bag, then the Hive Music Festival is the place for me to keep on revealing them! So here comes another one!

Do I have long hair again? No! I have had a busy week at the office planned out for this week, where the only day I worked from home was back on Tuesday, so I recorded it then before my recent haircut, but have only got around to uploading it for you now!

The song I want to play for you this week is called “Stay”.

THEME: I think it’s interesting that I wrote this song because I do tend to hate conflict. The song is about someone who would rather tell his lover: “Let’s not fight, I can be wrong, you can be right…” Sometimes this is the right thing to do, but not always, otherwise the relationship will have a building level of resentment!

MUSIC STRUCTURE: This song follows the “four chord miracle” structure! Haha! What do I mean? Well, many popular songs use the chord structure “1st major, 5th major, 6th minor, 4th major” (eg. G D Em C) or the same order but starting with the minor “6th minor, 4th major, 1st major, 5th major” (eg. Em C G D). There is actually a hilarious video by a comedy band “Axis of Awesome” that pushes this point home:

Another four-chord miracle you might notice a lot is “1st major, 6th minor, 4th major, 5th major” (eg. G Em C D).

PARTY TRICKS: Playing harmonica on a rack at the same time as guitar is not that much more difficult than singing at the same time, as long as you keep it relatively simple. My other trick I use quite often is the two-capo trick on guitar which allows for a kind of fake “Drop D” so that I can get more range out of the Dmaj chord!

I hope you like the song! Thank you very much for watching! I look forward to seeing your entries and hope to see you again next week!

Before I go: Please look out for my weekly cover request post on Thursday! If you make a song request in the comments, and then I attempt the song, you get rewarded with 50% of that post's rewards in HP! This week’s post (where you can make your requests), can be found here: https://ecency.com/hive-193816/@jasperdick/efbfxlim

Lyrics for “Stay” by @jasperdick (original)

Stay, just for today, just for tonight
I don’t want to fight
I can be wrong, you can be right

You, you know I’m a fool
I’ve been wrong before and you forgave me
This, is just the same
Please don’t be mad, no don’t be angry!

Stay, just for today, just for tonight
I don’t want to fight
I can be wrong, you can be right
It, would be so lame
If we never fought, a boring shame…
So please, let’s kiss and make up
Then kiss again, and one more time now…

Stay, just for today, just for tonight
I don’t want to fight
I can be wrong, you can be right
Stay, just for today, just for tonight
I don’t want to fight
I can be wrong, you can be right

(ESP)

Hola a todos en HIVE, y especialmente a la comunidad de Music Zone. ¡Mi nombre es Jasper y les escribo (y canto) desde Ciudad del Cabo en Sudáfrica! ¡Bienvenidos a la Semana 16 / Ronda 1 del Hive Music Festival! Hasta ahora solo he hecho canciones originales para el Hive Music Festival, y mientras me queden algunas canciones originales en la bolsa, ¡entonces el Hive Music Festival es el lugar para seguir revelándolas! Así que aquí viene otro!

¿Vuelvo a tener el pelo largo? ¡No! He tenido una semana ocupada en la oficina planeada para esta semana, donde el único día que trabajé desde casa fue el martes, así que lo grabé antes de mi reciente corte de pelo, ¡pero solo pude subirlo ahora!

La canción que quiero tocar para ustedes esta semana se llama “Stay”.

TEMA: Creo que es interesante que haya escrito esta canción porque tiendo a odiar los conflictos. La canción trata sobre alguien que preferiría decirle a su amante: "No peleemos, puedo estar equivocado, puedes tener razón..." A veces esto es lo correcto, pero no siempre, de lo contrario, la relación tendrá un nivel de construcción de ¡resentimiento!

ESTRUCTURA DE LA MÚSICA: ¡Esta canción sigue la estructura del “milagro de cuatro acordes”! ¡Ja ja! ¿Que quiero decir? Bueno, muchas canciones populares usan la estructura de acordes "1ra mayor, 5ta mayor, 6ta menor, 4ta mayor" (por ejemplo, G D Em C) o el mismo orden pero comenzando con la menor "6ta menor, 4ta mayor, 1ra mayor, 5ta mayor ” (por ejemplo, Em C G D). De hecho, hay un video hilarante de una banda de comedia "Axis of Awesome" que enfatiza este punto:

Otro milagro de cuatro acordes que puede notar mucho es "1ra mayor, 6ta menor, 4ta mayor, 5ta mayor" (por ejemplo, G Em C D).

TRUCOS DE FIESTA: Tocar la armónica en un estante al mismo tiempo que la guitarra no es mucho más difícil que cantar al mismo tiempo, siempre y cuando lo mantengas relativamente simple. Mi otro truco que uso con bastante frecuencia es el truco de dos cejillas en la guitarra que permite una especie de "Drop D" falso para que pueda obtener más rango del acorde Dmaj.

¡Espero que les guste la canción! ¡Muchas gracias por mirar! ¡Espero ver tus entradas y espero verte de nuevo la próxima semana!

Antes de irme: ¡esté atento a mi publicación semanal de solicitud de cobertura el jueves! Si solicita una canción en los comentarios, y luego intento la canción, ¡usted será recompensado con el 50% de las recompensas de esa publicación en HP! La publicación de esta semana (donde puede realizar sus solicitudes) se puede encontrar aquí: https://ecency.com/hive-193816/@jasperdick/efbfxlim

Letra de "Stay" de @jasperdick (original)

Quédate, solo por hoy, solo por esta noche
no quiero pelear
Puedo estar equivocado, puedes tener razón

Tú, sabes que soy un tonto
Me he equivocado antes y me perdonaste
Esto, es lo mismo
¡Por favor, no te enojes, no, no te enojes!

Quédate, solo por hoy, solo por esta noche
no quiero pelear
Puedo estar equivocado, puedes tener razón
Sería tan tonto
Si nunca peleamos, una vergüenza aburrida...
Así que por favor, besémonos y hagamos las paces.
Luego besa de nuevo, y una vez más ahora...

Quédate, solo por hoy, solo por esta noche
no quiero pelear
Puedo estar equivocado, puedes tener razón
Quédate, solo por hoy, solo por esta noche
no quiero pelear
Puedo estar equivocado, puedes tener razón

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We are happy about your original songs at the Hive Music Festival. Once again we enjoy your talent, your passion, and your enthusiasm. Congratulations on your fantastic interpretation and for infecting us with good music.

Nos sentimos felices de que compartas tus canciones originales en el Hive Music Festival. Una vez más disfrutamos de tu talento, tu pasión y tu entusiasmo. Felicidades por tu asombrosa interpretación y por contagiarnos de buena musica.

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But it is always a pleasure! It's great to see that Music Zone is doing great stuff like interviews as well! Hope the community grows strong!

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You continue to impact my heart with your songs, I must say that listening to you play that harmonica makes me feel happy with those melodies that manage to captivate me.
Thank you for bringing your original songs and sharing them with us.

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Yes, there does seem to be something quite bouncy and upbeat with this song! Thank you very much!

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Wonderful interpretation, I like the positive energy that this song transmits. You motivate me to buy my harmonica. I need one in my life. I congratulate you and applaud you, dear Jasper.

!LUV
!PIZZA

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A talented man like you may find it easy! They come in different keys similar to penny whistles.
There are two reeds per hole. One makes a sound when you breathe out. One makes a sound when you breathe in.
Pop music sounds good to emphasize the "out" notes in the same key. This is called "First Position" and is what I'm doing here.
With blues it makes sense to grab a harmonica five semitones up (eg. C harmonica for G blues) and then emphasize the "in" notes. This is called "Second Position" and I have done that for blues originals... Like "Lady Trouble" for the week before this.

A person who specialises in playing harmonica well may learn to bend the reed by changing mouth shape to get a different note out of it, maybe a similar concept to bending guitar strings... This is called "Third position"

You also get fancy big harmonicas called chromonicas that have all the notes and a sliding system to help you choose. I think Stevie Wonder played this style a lot!

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Boah, cool kapo trick. So simple and so powerful, that was a real head crash on the table.
Always dropping the E string when I need Drop D tuning and then this. Gotta have a second one laying around here somewhere....

Great song. And !LOL for the Axis of Awesome link :-)

As you said, lots of great songs use that progression. Their own touch comes with the lyrics, the melody and the way it is played. You add your own as beautiful as ever :-)

!WINE

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I can't believe more people don't do the two capo trick! The second one not covering the 6th string is supposed to be for electric guitar (a Dunlop one) if that helps...

Yeah... I try find simple ways to sound a bit different. When you are playing solo acoustic, it is very easy for your sound to become similar for one song after the next... And I like to play around and avoid that!

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The second one not covering the 6th string is supposed to be for electric guitar (a Dunlop one) if that helps...

It actually does, never would have figured to combine that.

And I like to play around and avoid that!

Well keep on doing it, you're good at it. 😄

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Dude, another awesome song. I totally agree with you. I don't like conflicts either and much less with our partner and that's why in my house I'm the one who says the last word ¨If my love¨ hahaha.... This has saved me thousands of conflicts hahaha..... Now, I will not get tired of repeating it, your creativity to produce songs is great. I will not get tired of listening to you my friend. Thank you for so much love and so many songs....

Amigo, otra increíble canción. Totalmente concuerdo contigo. Tampoco me gustan los conflictos y muchos menos con nuestra pareja y por eso en mi casa yo soy quien dice la última palabra ¨Si mi amor¨ jajaja... Esto me ha ahorrado miles de conflictos jajaja... Ahora bien, no me cansaré de repetirlo, su creatividad para producir canciones es genial. No me cansaré de escucharlo amigo. Gracias por tanto amor y tantas canciones...

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I am very lucky to have a sweet wife who doesn't take advantage of it! Hahaha. We both like to make the other happy!

I have had some toxic friendships or bosses where it doesn't work... And a building resentment and insecurity can come up. These are usually people with short tempers who feel too emotional for constructive conflict on the day, so you land up thinking "this person must calm down and I will try again tomorrow"... But then they feel like the issue is over the next day, and don't want to go back to it... when nothing has actually been resolved for you...

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