Desert - The Video with lyrics is available - Get to know the Track 1 of #demoTalkMusicArt

The music video with the lyrics of Desert comes from the YouTube Channel.

Hello,

If you've been following my socials for a few years, you might be familiar with Desert's music, as well as the demo version with lyrics recorded in 2005. This is the version you can check out now on the YouTube Channel!

The Official Visualiser is a production of ServicesW+M and was done last December with the main visual of the demoTalkMusicArt project.

I officially present the song to you in this post.

Desert - Demo Tracks

Words and music by Jeff Maheux. Arrangement JMaheux and Angelo Labbate. Guitars ALabbate. Productions ©JM2000-23.

The Writer’s Note

Desert, a song whose lyrics were written on March 1, 2002 around 10:15 a.m., on the bus going to the studio in St-Léonard (Montreal) to record the vocals of this musical composition that I had been dragging around for almost 2 years.

It was an untitled instrumental piece I had worked on when I was working on another project. The music was made on the spot in the studio and the lyrics were added much later in 2002, to introduce the song to a producer. So I had to write a text and record vocals that morning to meet the producer later that day!

Of course, I had the chorus in mind (... and I would never have to suffer) without being able to put words into it. I would then jokingly hum this line while waiting to find the words to complete thje song and I ended up keeping them. The final text was written in the last 10 minutes of the bus ride. I was the only person left, the bus was deserted.

The text does not concern a particular situation. It's about the freedom we regained after a breakup.

Once written and the vocal track added, nothing was touched up once recorded. I thought if Debbie Harry had laid down her extraordinary One Way to Another hidden in the bathroom at the last minute, my Desert would do the job for a demo.

Desert

(Words and Music by Jeff Maheux)

Huge desert, I can’t see the distance anymore

Don’t come to save me, it’s a punishment I install

And I walk, walk in any direction, trying to escape what it rests after all

Hurting myself than survive in a prison, I’d rather die in here right of nowhere

and I would never have to suffer, and I would never have to cry again,

and I would going back to dirt burning my heart into sand so I would never have to love again

Huge desert, I can’t see the distance anymore

I’ll never have the strength to retrace my step’s back so the white of my hair will cover my back

Dehydrated and pushed by the wind, my body lost in here right of nowhere

and I would never have to suffer, and I would never have to cry again, and I would never have to remember

and I would going back to dirt burning my heart into sand so I would never have to love again

01/03/2002

Once I met the producer, and the song was ultimately unused, I kept the song to myself for a few years and got used to the lyrics. This piece I hadn't originally considered keeping to myself eventually became mine. I'm keeping it now.

The instrumental version was first presented to the public during the launch campaign of the jeffmaheux.com site in March 2018.

With DTMA, I hope to present the final version of Desert, with the real voice and harmonie recordings.

On stage, I prefer presenting the song with a slower tempo now and western arrangements. I like to start the song with only a guit in picking with the voice. I have to admit I don't sing Desert the way it sounds on the actual demo version online and I use my bass voice, which I have developed over time; so the emotion at the beginning is sober.

In fact, this song represents a cry of freedom after a difficult situation where you can not express yourself. When you decide for yourself that enough is enough and you leave. It's a statement that applies to a lot of situations actually, and the chorus represents the shout, the let off steam! The : I WON’T HAVE TO SUFFER AGAIN! Try it: and I would never have to suffer, sung loudly! Very loud! You’ll see, it feels good.

#demoTalkMusicArt (DTMA) is the name of the first EP available on the virtual market available soon.

4 songs released in demo, or instrumental version for promotional and publicity purposes, which have never been released with official lyrics and vocals.

The premiere of the Desert video on the YouTube Channel launched DTMA on January 2, 2024.

Conclusion

There's a lot to do with the Desert piece for the final production. Several original tracks have not yet been found to continue the production of this demo version. These tracks are in old laptops and I didn't classify the tracks effectively at the time, being in my first productions. You learn from everything, don't you?

I'll let you know about the development!

Thank you for reading, and listening!