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Letters From the Edge (2025 Remix)
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folk rock disguised as synth pop.
synthpop folk rock
Folk music for postmoderns
Note about the "2025 Remixes." Since I don't currently have the resources to book studio time or musicians, I am polishing my old demos in Suno. I'm doing my best to keep Suno from making alterations to my compositions, and succeeding about two thirds of the time, but it is an uphill battle. For the sake of transparency, I am making an effort to delineate all of the (usually very slight) alterations Suno has made to the recordings, but it will take a while. In the meantime, once you've heard a "remix" to hear how I want the song to sound, you may want to scroll down to the original demo, which, in a few cases, will be a better representation of how the song _goes_. Until I've finished those notes, I can tell you that "Loafy's Blues," "Misfit Moon," "It Does Not Mean a Thing," "Home," "Saturn Road," "The Skin of Our Teeth," "Old Friends Come Back," "Scarecrow," and all the instrumentals are pretty much perfect reproductions of my original compositions. I'll endeavor to make notes on the others, describing precisely how they were altered. And again, you can hear my original, much less slick demos of those songs further down on the page, for comparison. ====== I am what you might call a musical generalist. I listen to pretty much everything and I compose in pretty much any style, though I concentrate mainly on folk, folk-rock, rock, synth-pop, alternative, comedy, musical theatre, jazz, new-age, film music, avant-garde, and the occasional lullaby (why sing your kid to sleep with "Rock-a-bye Baby" when you can can create something personalized?). I've done most of my professional (i.e. paid) work in the theatre, where I've been musical director for dozens of productions. I was also musical director of Mental Floss, the legendary Miami improv group, for over 500 performances; I recently did a stint with Laughing Gas, which rose from the ashes of Mental Floss 11 years ago to become the longest running improv group in South Florida. As a singer-songwriter, I've concentrated most of my energy on my signature style of synth-driven folk-rock (sort of Indigo Girls meets Vangelis). I'm also something of a minor celebrity in the world of Filk (folk music for science fiction fans), where I am proud to be the object of the worlds smallest international fan base.
Song Info
Genre
Rock Folk Rock
Charts
Peak #101
Peak in subgenre #13
Author
Darren Zieger
Rights
1990, 2025
Uploaded
November 13, 2025
Track Files
MP3
MP3 5.8 MB 187 kbps 4:19
Meta Data
Key
F maj
Vocals
Male
Character
Energy
relaxed, cool
high-energy
Danceable
coffee-place
dancefloor
Positivity
dark, sad, angry
happy
Appeal
unique
radio-friendly
Story behind the song
A Suno remix. Suno mucked with this song in a couple subtle ways -- mostly by moving the bass around on the chorus, implying a chord change I didn't write. Scroll down to listen to my original demo for a more accurate version, with nicer harmonies. But this does capture the feel of the piece, and the one musical alteration is within the realm of an artist's interpretation of the song if they were covering it. I don't like it, but it doesn't blow the song out of the water.
Lyrics
Take a good emotion Stretch it 'round a life The edges may wear thin But the fit is always right Take an inspiration Let it run wild The mother of invention Was once herself a child Make your own decisions You'll have to in a pinch And never ask permission To grow another inch Listen to opinions But listen to your heart The work is never finished But you've gotta let it start Take it from me -- it's a long, hard road But we will pick up speed where the rest of them have slowed And we've already been where most will never go Letters from the edge Poems to yourself Collected in a binder Forgotten on the shelf Places you remember Names you can't recall Emotional graffiti That decorates your wall And I don't know your reasons There's no way for me to know But in a hundred passing seasons There's room to grow The nature of the challenge: To fill the empty space Just make the first connection And the rest will fall in place Take an inspiration Hold it to the light Find your destination With the gift of second sight Understand that the going gets tough Always getting better But never good enough The only way Is to never give up Letters from the edge Memos from the past Unforeseen reminders That nothing ever lasts Places undiscovered Names as yet unknown The natural progression Of living on your own And I don't know your reasons There's no way for me to know But in a hundred passing seasons There's room to grow And I don't know your reasons There's no way for me to know But in a hundred passing seasons There's room to grow And I don't know... And I don't know... And I don't know...
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