November 1, 2022 • 11 mins
Adri-Anne Ralph is an R&B singer-songwriter. In this episode, she talks about her emotional song "Victoria Song", where she tells us about missing the people and memories from her hometown in Victoria, BC. On every level, the musicianship of this song - from vocals to production - captures the longing for another place and time.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You are listening to the Crazy Brave Songwriter
Podcast.
This is a podcast about themagic of making music one song
at a time.
The artists on the show talkabout the creative process, what
moves them and why they havechosen music as their means of
expression.
My name is Lisa m a songwriter,author, and studio owner of Love
(00:29):
and Laughter music group, afamily business that lives by
its name.
I'm happy to be your host fortoday, the music of singer
songwriter Adriannene Ra is thefocus of today's podcast.
You'll undoubtedly find that hersupple velvety vocals harken
back to the vintage influencesof r and b and classic soul.
(00:50):
She is a performer sessionvocalist and published
songwriter, featured as cutnumber 10 on her album entitled,
how Long is an Eerily Hauntingsong that is the subject of our
attention.
In this episode, the song iscalled Victoria's Song, which
honors the town and people sheknew growing up and paints a
picture of what it's like toremember where we come from, the
(01:13):
influences that change us andthe people that are forever a
part of who we are.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Check one, two, check one, two, testing, testing.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
I grew up in Victoria Bridge, Columbia, which is a
little city on an island and ifyou've ever been there it's
beautiful, but I felt at somepoint that I had to leave and
kind of spread my wings and moved to the big city
and.
So I eventually came to SouthernCalifornia and kind of left
behind that, that group offriends and family and just also
(01:50):
my roots.
There's definitely somethingabout home that like you, you
just long for that.
Like rest I, I went away, butthen I always came back to catch
(02:12):
my breath.
I was like living my dreams andliving my life, but where I
could just come back and restand be myself was home for me.
Um, being vulnerable insongwriting and singing is di
has always been difficultbecause I really prefer to like
process my feelings andeverything privately, um, so
(02:38):
that I can, I guess, react in away that I feel like is
appropriate.
It, the place that I was when Iwrote this song was I had been
away in California because ofvisa issues.
I had to go back to Victoria.
The kind of place that I I hadthere was not really there
(03:01):
anymore and it didn't feel likehome anymore and it was, I think
it was the things fall apart.
The center cannot hold when thecenter is just a memory inside a
soul
Speaker 4 (03:14):
Fall apart center cannot hold.
It's just a memory.
Seasons as they change days, wax, sand, nothing will ever uh,
(03:39):
remain the same.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
I think what comes most easily to me is the lyrics,
but what makes a song for me,what makes me love a song is the
melody.
So usually I'll start with alyrical idea, like a phrase or
even just one line that's like aphrase with a melody attached to
(04:07):
it that just came to me and thenI'll kind of flesh it out
lyrically and then I kind ofhave to figure out the melody
.
But that's always the hardestpart because sometimes like you
get stuck with your lyrics andthe natural rhythm of the words
and how you say them.
There's times where I start withlyrics and I've like literally
(04:29):
written lyrics to the entiresong and then I go back and kind
of sing hama melody or sing thefirst line and then continue
with the melody and then I editwhat I've written to fit what
came naturally.
And if either comes to me like aline of lyric or a line of
(04:49):
melody, I record it right awaycuz otherwise I will forget it.
I have probably roughly 400lyrical ideas on my phone,
so many
Speaker 4 (05:01):
Laughter and I promise be
Speaker 3 (05:07):
My home.
Writing a song from scratch andseeing it go from nothing to the
fully recorded version, thetruest expression of the
experience that it can be.
When I started songwriting, itwas very instinctive.
I just kind of wrote what Ifelt.
I kind of had a vague idea cuz Ilistened to the radio a lot.
(05:30):
Before I even go to a producer,have like three or four songs
that I'm like, I like this aboutthis song.
Can you have that element?
And I want this element fromthat song and I want this
element from this song.
And then the more specific I canbe, the more it'll turn out like
what I want.
I'm always thinking about whatI'm writing, stripping it down
(05:50):
like emotionally to the bone.
I would describe this song asnostalgic, sad, lonely, and
bittersweet.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
And now let's take a listen to the full song for your
listening Pleasure.
Victoria's song.
Speaker 4 (06:11):
When I think of you, I think of cherry blossoms
blowing on the wind like summersnow.
When I think of you, I think VanSummers winding streets, windy
(06:37):
beaches and sunshine glow.
Now I love the streets, I seethe, I feel like a you apart
(06:59):
Santa cannot hold.
It's you are
Speaker 5 (07:29):
Good to me.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
Laughter and I to myself.
You be my home.
Even when I ran away, I alwayscame right back to your arms to
catch my breath.
Find you never gone too far.
(07:57):
Now I walk to they'remillionaires but feel like a
stranger.
You when it's just a memoryinside soul seasons as they
Speaker 5 (08:27):
Change
Speaker 4 (08:29):
Days, Santa cannot.
(09:34):
It's just,
Speaker 1 (10:10):
This is Lisa again and I wanna take this moment to
applaud the team at Love andlaughter music group.com, a safe
and knowledgeable spot formusicians who wish to learn more
about writing songs andrecording great music.
This episode is a product ofliving crazy brave.com, another
hub where musicians cancultivate new awareness about
(10:30):
what it takes to honor thesacred art of making honest
music.
Lady Gaga has said that writingis like heart surgery.
Through the stories in theirhearts, songwriters make a
cultural imprint on all of us.
By using the gift oftranslation, they translate what
has deep personal meaning forthem and give it back to us as a
(10:52):
healing bal so that we mightremember who we really are.
And it's a tough business.
This thing of creating, it'sdemanding personal and hard at
times.
So if you are currently asongwriter or want to become
one, remember to stay in thepocket of creating once you
start and don't let up becausethis is super important stuff.
(11:13):
And above all, take care ofyourself along the way.
You are listening to the Crazy Brave Songwriter
Podcast.
This is a podcast about themagic of making music one song
at a time.
The artists on the show talkabout the creative process, what
moves them and why they havechosen music as their means of
expression.
My name is Lisa m a songwriter,author, and studio owner of Love
(00:29):
and Laughter music group, afamily business that lives by
its name.
I'm happy to be your host fortoday, the music of singer
songwriter Adriannene Ra is thefocus of today's podcast.
You'll undoubtedly find that hersupple velvety vocals harken
back to the vintage influencesof r and b and classic soul.
(00:50):
She is a performer sessionvocalist and published
songwriter, featured as cutnumber 10 on her album entitled,
how Long is an Eerily Hauntingsong that is the subject of our
attention.
In this episode, the song iscalled Victoria's Song, which
honors the town and people sheknew growing up and paints a
picture of what it's like toremember where we come from, the
(01:13):
influences that change us andthe people that are forever a
part of who we are.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Check one, two, check one, two, testing, testing.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
I grew up in Victoria Bridge, Columbia, which is a
little city on an island and ifyou've ever been there it's
beautiful, but I felt at somepoint that I had to leave and
kind of spread my wings and
and
So I eventually came to SouthernCalifornia and kind of left
behind that, that group offriends and family and just also
(01:50):
my roots.
There's definitely somethingabout home that like you, you
just long for that.
Like rest I, I went away, butthen I always came back to catch
(02:12):
my breath.
I was like living my dreams andliving my life, but where I
could just come back and restand be myself was home for me.
Um, being vulnerable insongwriting and singing is di
has always been difficultbecause I really prefer to like
process my feelings andeverything privately, um, so
(02:38):
that I can, I guess, react in away that I feel like is
appropriate.
It, the place that I was when Iwrote this song was I had been
away in California because ofvisa issues.
I had to go back to Victoria.
The kind of place that I I hadthere was not really there
(03:01):
anymore and it didn't feel likehome anymore and it was, I think
it was the things fall apart.
The center cannot hold when thecenter is just a memory inside a
soul
Speaker 4 (03:14):
Fall apart center cannot hold.
It's just a memory.
Seasons as they change days, wax, sand, nothing will ever uh,
(03:39):
remain the same.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
I think what comes most easily to me is the lyrics,
but what makes a song for me,what makes me love a song is the
melody.
So usually I'll start with alyrical idea, like a phrase or
even just one line that's like aphrase with a melody attached to
(04:07):
it that just came to me and thenI'll kind of flesh it out
lyrically and then I kind ofhave to figure out the melody
But that's always the hardestpart because sometimes like you
get stuck with your lyrics andthe natural rhythm of the words
and how you say them.
There's times where I start withlyrics and I've like literally
(04:29):
written lyrics to the entiresong and then I go back and kind
of sing hama melody or sing thefirst line and then continue
with the melody and then I editwhat I've written to fit what
came naturally.
And if either comes to me like aline of lyric or a line of
(04:49):
melody, I record it right awaycuz otherwise I will forget it.
I have probably roughly 400lyrical ideas on my phone,
Speaker 4 (05:01):
Laughter and I promise be
Speaker 3 (05:07):
My home.
Writing a song from scratch andseeing it go from nothing to the
fully recorded version, thetruest expression of the
experience that it can be.
When I started songwriting, itwas very instinctive.
I just kind of wrote what Ifelt.
I kind of had a vague idea cuz Ilistened to the radio a lot.
(05:30):
Before I even go to a producer,have like three or four songs
that I'm like, I like this aboutthis song.
Can you have that element?
And I want this element fromthat song and I want this
element from this song.
And then the more specific I canbe, the more it'll turn out like
what I want.
I'm always thinking about whatI'm writing, stripping it down
(05:50):
like emotionally to the bone.
I would describe this song asnostalgic, sad, lonely, and
bittersweet.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
And now let's take a listen to the full song for your
listening Pleasure.
Victoria's song.
Speaker 4 (06:11):
When I think of you, I think of cherry blossoms
blowing on the wind like summersnow.
When I think of you, I think VanSummers winding streets, windy
(06:37):
beaches and sunshine glow.
Now I love the streets, I seethe, I feel like a you apart
(06:59):
Santa cannot hold.
It's you are
Speaker 5 (07:29):
Good to me.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
Laughter and I to myself.
You be my home.
Even when I ran away, I alwayscame right back to your arms to
catch my breath.
Find you never gone too far.
(07:57):
Now I walk to they'remillionaires but feel like a
stranger.
You when it's just a memoryinside soul seasons as they
Speaker 5 (08:27):
Change
Speaker 4 (08:29):
Days, Santa cannot.
(09:34):
It's just,
Speaker 1 (10:10):
This is Lisa again and I wanna take this moment to
applaud the team at Love andlaughter music group.com, a safe
and knowledgeable spot formusicians who wish to learn more
about writing songs andrecording great music.
This episode is a product ofliving crazy brave.com, another
hub where musicians cancultivate new awareness about
(10:30):
what it takes to honor thesacred art of making honest
music.
Lady Gaga has said that writingis like heart surgery.
Through the stories in theirhearts, songwriters make a
cultural imprint on all of us.
By using the gift oftranslation, they translate what
has deep personal meaning forthem and give it back to us as a
(10:52):
healing bal so that we mightremember who we really are.
And it's a tough business.
This thing of creating, it'sdemanding personal and hard at
times.
So if you are currently asongwriter or want to become
one, remember to stay in thepocket of creating once you
start and don't let up becausethis is super important stuff.
(11:13):
And above all, take care ofyourself along the way.
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