DyeV got together today to play a couple very un-holiday like songs and we thought we would share them with you all. We wore Christmas outfits and there was a tree, so that’s got to count for something, right?
First up is DyeV’s latest original- Doormat. Lyrics below for those interested. After Doormat is our cover of Bikini Kill’s Rebel Girl. Our bass player Yohanna took over vocal duties for this one and did a phenomenal job! My daughter Arelly who plays keyboard for us was feeling a bit camera shy when we recorded, so she was on video duty cheering us on from behind the camera.
Thanks for sharing in a little holiday spirit with us
Doormat lyrics
(Verse 1)
You could’ve had it
But you didn’t
The light was shining
You were in it
You held your virtue
but you lost it
It’s unbelievable
The price is high
So you won’t pay it
My hopes were high
But you stayed silent
Principled but
Still complicit
(Pre chorus)
You listen to people who say but don’t do
Whatever happened to facts and the truth
They’ve got your number
(Chorus)
You let them walk all over you
You let them walk all over you
The sign says welcome
But I see a lie
Got one eye closed
You spit in my eye
You let them walk all over
All over you
All over you
(Verse 2)
Talk a good game but
You’ve been played
Resolve’s been drained
I know you’re afraid
You had your chance
And yet you stayed
It’s unbelievable
Lies flow like lava
You feel the heat
Would’ve been wiser
To claim defeat
You chose the crazy
Now I feel weak
(Pre chorus)
You listen to people who say but don’t do
Whatever happened to facts and the truth
They’ve got your number
(Chorus)
You let them walk all over you
You let them walk all over you
The sign says welcome
But I see a lie
Got one eye closed
You spit in my eye
You let them walk all over
All over you
All over you
(Bridge)
They’ve got your number
They’ve got your number
They’ve got your number
They’ll wipe the floor with
(Chorus)
You let them walk all over you
You let them walk all over you
The sign says welcome
But I see a lie
Got one eye closed
You spit in my eye
You let them walk all over
All over you
All over you
All over you
All over you
Mine has just started and this is a good way to get into the spirit.
Love your punk/rock vibe (appeals more to me as one not really into metal). So much attitude.
Just a thought, I felt Yohanna’s vocal ‘cut through the mix’ (to borrow the cliche) better than yours did. I can’t talk technical about soprano, tenor etc. But maybe her higher pitch in comparison helps. Maybe you just need to be mixed up a little louder, perhaps a high shelf on your voice?
Here’s sounded a little thin, would love a bit more body in that. As an idea you could try just doubling the track, adding a slight time offset, perhaps a fraction of panning separation?
Anyhow, I am being picky, this music is all about energy, attitude, and great riffing which you deliver in spades.
Everybody is going to say ‘you’re great’ or ‘wow, fantastic’ or ‘rock ‘n’ roll’ or more complimentary stuff.
So I’m going to be different and simply ask why Dan was wearing tinted swimming goggles?? haha
Thank you David! Glad we could help get you into the festive spirit!
I agree. That was the one thing I was kind of bummed about with the sound, but overall, I loved it so I figured we’d share anyway I have a deeper voice than Yohanna does and tend to use my lower register a lot, so the mic probably should have been turned up more when I was on it. Plus, I move a lot more Yohanna’s voice is much higher pitched than mine so it definitely “cut through” better. We did a test before we recorded and Dan liked where my vocals sat, so we went with it hindsight is always 20/20
Glad you enjoy our punk vibe and thanks for checking it out!
Thanks Deborah! I thought about posting it there, but I didn’t want to hijack your festive thread with two non-holiday songs Maybe if you and the mods think it would be better to go there it can be moved?
Excellent!! Glad you enjoyed it!
Since he’s in the back, it’s a bit hard to tell what he is wearing I thought people would ask what he had around his neck. He is actually wearing a small glittery tree skirt around his neck with a Santa hat and some elf ears, which were hidden by the headphones unfortunately. His “goggles” were a kind of John Lennon style round red sunglasses I told him he kind of looked like a Christmas dinosaur. He loves wearing weird stuff, so he was having a lot of fun with it
Festive greetings to you as well!
Thanks Ian! Hopefully soon! We are working on getting a full set together to be able to do that . We are planning on applying to be in a local festival here over the Summer and we need an hour and a half set for that, so we are getting all our material together right now.
oh no no !
it was meant to be a community post where everyone gather to post christmas songs
like a family photo album full of souvenirs together ( that we can bring back later to remember how we were )
Always good to see someone presenting an alternative festive frolic, the costumes fooled no one ! What a couple of crackers (festive pun tee hee) but I can see Doormat being hijacked by CP at some point as the stylistic undertone is already there and would only take a little tweaking.
Being a person of little age, the Bikini job was new on me and some good old fashion new punk, which means it probably came out about 3 decades ago. What can I say about the vocal, the offspring of Lemmy and Avril with a huge dose of attitude has arrived. Well done Yohanna great job.
Season greetings to you all. Looking forward from more of the Dye diversity in '25.
Thanks Toby! I don’t think I’ve ever learned an actual holiday song, so this is the closest you’ll get from us
Definitely! I could see it too! Just need to throw Jeff in there He’s pretty much already the 6th member of DyeV
Agreed! I think she had a lot of fun singing this one. We all had a great time watching her punk alter ego take the mic on this one! Greg was super proud of her
Thanks Toby! There will be more coming from us
Thanks Boris! So happy to hear! I always wondered what my “style” would be when I started writing music and it’s cool for me to get to see what it’s turning out to be. Happy holidays!
Just to be clear, the comment was more about applying a little bit extra polish to make it shine a little brighter. Nothing ‘wrong’ with the production.
Not sure how you produce, if recorded directly via a mixer into the video with limited post-processing perhaps not a lot you can do but balance levels.
I think your performances are so good that if you don’t record the audio as individual tracks in a DAW to mix the audio after maybe it is worth that extra effort. I think just a little EQ work would be worthwhile. That high shelf on your vocal, maybe a little boost in an upper mid. Also high pass filters to cut the ultra low end from voice and guitars would help.
But I also appreciate the ease of a sound setup and then just record and release.
Once again, must say I really enjoyed it and honestly think what you have all accomplished in what is IMHO a short time is fabulous
Yep, when we play with DyeV, this is our current set up, so we are really just trying to balance the levels.
We would like to eventually get Greg and Yohanna’s audio into Reaper (which we use to record for CounterPlot) So that we can get really good takes of all the audio and be able to do a proper mix. We were a bit limited for time this go around- but we are working on it!
Thank you so much David! I’m happy you enjoyed it and I think the whole band is very happy with how far we’ve come in only a year. Pretty mind blowing!
and we thought we would share them with you all. We wore Christmas outfits and there was a tree, so that’s got to count for something, right? 
enjoyed it lots!
That was the one thing I was kind of bummed about with the sound, but overall, I loved it so I figured we’d share anyway 
We are working on getting a full set together to be able to do that 
. We are planning on applying to be in a local festival here over the Summer and we need an hour and a half set for that, so we are getting all our material together right now.
( that we can bring back later to remember how we were )
You are getting recognisable style! Happy holidays!
