• 2 months ago
I'd Rather Pretend 1c

I am singing and Dario Daversa is playing the piano for the song called "I'd Rather Pretend by Bryant Barnes" recorded through my camcorder.

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Yes, I have permission to use this music as a backing track. From Dario Daversa, "You can use the music from any of my arrangements as long as you put the link to mine in the description, thank you :D"

Piano arrangement by Dario Daversa
Link to original video: https://youtu.be/BVyfFa8rysQ?si=_Om0AC7-hs7JYExA
Song: I'd Rather Pretend
Artist: Bryant Barnes
Genres: Alternative/Indie, R&B
Transcript
00:00got my keywords up this is just an experiment to see if I can sing it in a
00:07lower key lower octave to the song just to see if it sounds any better or not
00:13probably won't but just thought I'd try it just see it's an experiment might not
00:20be very good I just want to try it so it sounds like
00:50my heart and I've seen all the signs
01:01what if they're all lies will it even matter what you say can you make these
01:11feelings go away tell me is this real to you cuz I can feel my heart again
01:22you're so tempting but I'm scared so I'd rather pretend that I don't love you
01:33like I do cuz I don't want to hurt again I want to love you but I'm scared so I'd rather pretend
01:48I'd rather pretend I'd rather pretend
01:57what if I'm at a loss hoping you come back to me when you're gone there's so many ways I've seen this going wrong
02:11so many ways I think this fall apart
02:17cuz I seen all the signs what if they're all lies would it even matter what you say
02:29can you make this feelings go away tell me is this real to you cuz I can feel my
02:41heart again you're so tempting but I'm scared so I'd rather pretend that I don't love you like I do
02:54cuz I don't want to hurt again I want to love you but I'm scared so I'd rather pretend
03:08I'd rather pretend I'd rather pretend
03:38that was hard it was like I was singing against the piano a bit because I was
03:46singing a lower octave kind of lower key and it was really hard those low notes
03:51are really hard for me so yeah it's like asking a guy to sing in falsetto the
03:56whole song you know it is hard oh it feels weird but yeah I just thought I
04:04just give it a go for some fun to see what it sounds like because the song is
04:10a low note song anyway like that the original I just thought because when I
04:15sang it you know yesterday I sang it I I sang it as me you know my vocal my
04:23voice my level but I tried to sing it lower I sound like a man anyway thank you