The melodic rhythm on this single “Born 2 B Sad” from “iRod+Aux” has a really unusual and refreshing sense of movement to it. Everything else aside for a moment, the way the lyrics pour through during those verses gives the song a lot of character. The lyrics are awesome and it directs to your heart and soul at the same time, and as the song evolves those various structural sections help build something that draws you in and consistently works hard to keep you interested.
You forget how good the song is until you hear it in its own right. The production is on point, the hook is brightened by well-cut snippets of audio that add an all-important riff to an already simple and effective melody. It’s a hook that sinks in quickly, just as you’d expect from well-written music. It’s also got that necessary alternative touch, that edge – iRod+Aux has a certain swagger about his music and his performances that works beautifully right now. The very concept of this song, its hook, and the superb accompanying lyrical video, all back this up brilliantly.
Structurally the song has the necessary layers to really keep an audience interested – not unlike the scenes in a short film. The stops and the stars, the evolution from the hard-hitting vocals to those delicate, almost whispered tones. iRod+Aux makes light work of switching things up, his voice being perfectly suited to this sort of mood and movement.
There’s a lot of space within the walls of this song, or perhaps more accurately – there are no walls at all, the song pours out around you as if written for anyone who has experienced loss. The quiet, instrumental moments allow you to really absorb what was presented, consider it and relate to it in your own unique way. That’s what makes a great song in most cases, something that is incredibly personal, revealing, and emotionally truthful, but that expresses it not in an overly specific way – it appears as accessible, relevant to all of us, crafted to be shared and understood. That’s not to take away from what it means to the songwriter, far from it. It’s just to utilize the power of music and really create something that stands for togetherness.
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