Three Imaginary Girls EP

My first guitar+vocal based EP is now available for download below. Singing on record for the first time was rather frightening but I think I may try to do a lot more of it in the future.

These versions are all slightly different from the demo ones linked to previously. The plan was to write and record a song a day, re-record them all on the 4th day and put together the liner notes/contributed artwork on the 5th day. I succeeded. There are now eight "real" copies in the world and infinite virtual ones below. If you want a real copy just email me your postal address and I'll send one to you free of charge (filip@bluejumpers.com).

Download/view liner notes/lyrics/penguins (PDF format)

• 01 Georgia
• 02 Samantha
• 03 Harriet

Bonus track: Resting fingers for a few minutes between takes I created this. It sounds like something in my record collection but I can't think of what that is. I put it in the ever-increasing "parts of songs" folder on my hard drive which means it may appear on something in the future. I thought I'd share it with you now as well anyway. It's not a song, or anything much really but it sounds quite nice if you speed it up and slow it down. You can do whatever you want with it.

In other news

Some of you may be interested to hear that I've got an assessment with The Watford Observer editors on Tuesday which, providing I don't mess it all up completely, could lead to a job. The Wokingham Times also spoke with me today and seem interested so that's a nice back-up.

It therefore looks like the dreams of becoming a proper journalist may become reality within the next two weeks.

Excitement.

That is all.

New song... with vocals (part 3)

Here it is. The final song from the EP. As with the rest I'll probably re-record it tomorrow. It's the least original of the lot but it was the most fun to record so I'm putting it on. G and C if you want to strum along.

Georgia - Words, Music and Recording by Filip Hnízdo.
Recorded in Room 2, Studio Josephine, Croxley Green, England

Lyrics
Georgia got off the train at six she thought she'd never be there again
But now her fix means everything has to change
Her brain's not right and her body's in danger.

Or worse the whole world could be lost and thrown out
Her own muddle was fine
Not now it's grown out of her mind oh Georgia.

Georgia went to the zoo and saw 14 penguins there
They all turned round and looked straight at her troubled face

They opened up their beaks like they were going to speak
And then they spoke in a tone
That made poor Georgia feel like going home

They said:
"£%(£)%("$*%)%*^_%*£_%*^_*%")*^%
£%(£+(%£_(%_£!*)%$!*$)!*£)!(*£)!(*£)*!£
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;$^$!£!!%^^£%£&;£%£%
;$^$!£!!%^^£%£&£%£%
;$^$!£!!%^^£%£&£%£%
£*%_()^$*£*£+_)$"
And she sort of agreed.

New song... with vocals (part 2)

Song number two. This time the vocals are wrong and I haven't had a chance to re-record them but I did promise myself I'd do a song a day so here it is. I sent this version to a Jonathan Hicks and he liked it. I'll probably do one more song tomorrow and then re-record all of them on Friday.

Harriet - Words, Music and Recording by Filip Hnízdo.
Recorded in Room 2, Studio Josephine, Croxley Green, England

Lyrics
Harriet
What have you done now
Their (should be your) footsteps haven't got a chance of ever getting home
And you're (should be they're) the victim
of your own mess Harriet

You've a sparkle in your eye
We'll take it out with us tonight
Harriet
Don't

New song... with vocals

It's my first attempt so please be nice. Also forgive (and mention) any obvious copying from other songs. It's only a demo as the recording is a bit murky (the mp3 conversion didn't go too well). I'll do a proper one soon. Along with two more songs to make an EP.

Hey Samantha - Words, Music and Recording by Filip Hnízdo
Recorded in Room 2, Studio Josephine, Croxley Green, England

Lyrics

There's a powder room in the basement
And a strange sound
When you opened up the window all you saw is
Dust and gravel
Hey Samantha.

It's hard to walk through a park without grass
Or flowers or trees or the gentle buzz of bees
Samantha you're fiction and you're boring and you're just like him.

A soft tap buzz, he lied to me at nine o'clock
Samantha.

A deep dark stare, he thought I'd never track him down

Samantha you've got eyebrows and some teeth
But nothing in between your eardrums.

Hey Samantha, what you know is clear.

When the glasses feel warm and the alcohol begins to set
I try to think of nothing you're the only place I seem to get.
And hey, Samantha, your hair is kinda rubbish and your teeth, they look
Like an after dinner panic everything is broken and this song is finished
This song was written in two chords an A and an E.
An A and an E.

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A collection of short films by Filip Hnízdo. As seen on http://www.youtube.com/filiphnizdo

Watford Observer (March 2007 - June 2007)