If you love vocal-driven tracks, Sights Unseen has a tune for you. Bright and lush instrumentation cradles several verses of mournful lyrics as the track marches forward in a tale of grieving and acceptance.
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4everfreebrony – Hoping (feat. Giggly Maria & Relative1Pitch) | Acoustic Pop
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 27 November 2016.
A revamp of a song he wrote whilst in Argentina that some of you might remember, ‘Hoping’, this fully realised version is wonderfully produced and features some excellent vocals too. The emotion in the piano, the guitar and the vocals themselves help push the vision of the piece. This track is available as the title track on 4everfree’s new album, Hoping, which I highly recommend checking out. It also features a bunch of his other recent hits such as ‘Smell The Roses’, ‘Bound With Time’, ‘Carry On’ and more!
Top Ten Pony Songs of October 2016 released!
More community voted Top 10 songs, and a good half of them came from Ponies At Dawn: Voyager, great job by the entire P@D collective. Anyway, take a look at which pony songs* made it into the top 10 this month.
*Oh, and Say by BlackGryph0n & Baasik is in there too for whatever reason ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
StealingShad3Z – Set You Free | Electro-Pop
Well this is something different… Shady’s trying his hand at electronic music production. This upbeat piece is a very poppy and upbeat piece about Derpy and keeping an optimistic attitude in life.
4everfreebrony – Smell The Roses | Acoustic Pop
A new song from the talented and genuine 4everfreebrony is always a big moment, and this new song is special in the way it conveys a very important positive message about life. Behind the soft guitar, gentle drums, moving piano and beautiful vocals, lies a powerful meaning about a simple truth that can hopefully remind to many how to find solace in a dark moment : just go to the nearest garden, smell a rose, and be happy in that present moment of appreciation. Incidentally, I listened to this song right after I was trying to cheer up a friend who was in depression, failing to see anything positive in this world anymore. So the line from the description “a song I wrote about remembering the beauty of our planet during hard and confusing times” was really striking at that moment. I’d wish people to feel content with life even while only having flowers to find happiness from. Living for a flower… for the beauty of Nature… yes, that sounds like quite a sufficient reason to live indeed! We may get blinded at times, but there’s always a new chance to get up and look at all the wonderful things around us in this life, and music is certainly one of them. Much love to you all who are reading this, stay safe! And Smell The Roses!
Silver Note – Fabulousity (feat. Sterling Fusion) | Pop Rock
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 6 November 2016.
Silver Note returns with a new track featuring some extra vocals from Sterling Fusion. Whilst this song isn’t especially long and some of the lyrics are a bit odd (‘makes me feel like an elephant??’), what is on show is a really well produced and fun pop rock track. The repetition of vocals in the chorus works really well, and it’s definitely pretty catchy.
4EverfreeBrony, TrojanPony & Metajoker – Carry On | Acoustic Pop
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 22 October 2016.
4EverfreeBrony has brought on the feels in collaboration with lyricism from TrojanPony, and some beautiful piano work from Metajoker with this new wonderful piece of music. The instrumental is quite minimal, yet doesn’t feel empty at all, especially when that really nice flute sound comes in. The vocals and piano are the heroes of the track though, and both are performed perfectly. If you’re up for a moving track about Twilight losing her treehouse, make sure to check it out!
[P@D] BlueBrony – Underwater Horses | “Acid Trip Vintage Pop”
There are horses. They are underwater. I don’t think this needs further explanation.
Rusty Thorsell – Ghost from October | Pop?
It’s always rather hard to describe Rusty’s songs and his style of music. He’s more over in his corner of Sweden doing his own thing. It may be kinda hit-or-miss for some, but whether he’s using elastic bands or weird throat sounds, you can’t deny that he’s super creative with the production of his songs!
Neighsayer – Learning From The Best (FritzyBeat Vocal Version) | Electro Pop
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 18 October 2016.
Neighsayer released a tune called Learning From The Best in late 2013, and with some mixing help from Jastrian and lyrics help from Sights Unseen, FritzyBeat has put together some pretty awesome vocals on top of it! They complement the original track pretty well, and definitely help to reinvigorate it a bit. You can check out the original track here, but otherwise grab the new vocal version below!
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