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Still Believe

by Dan Peter

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Empty again Burning out too bright Something to gain It's so hard to find The absence of pleasure The desire for love Could drag an angel from above Chorus: Find another deal For you have so much to take Living for real There’s a price you/we always pay You gave once and you gave twice But they want some more Find another deal For it's you who always gave You need a rest Give yourself a break Sit back relax Later try again You gave, you take What you sow is what you reap
2.
I need a moment, to look in your eyes To see if the sparkle, continues to shine Out of the shadow, we need a good plan We have a good reason, they just have to listen Chorus: Do we still believe in our chance to live our dreams? Does it bring the peace, does it make our souls complete? We came a long way to be here today So many battles, we carry the lessons A future wide open, our dreams still unspoken Hello old friends, good to see you again Middle Eight: I need the fever to stay alive I need to sing it to clear my mind I need to lose to gain insight I need to win just to prove I'm right
3.
If I give up on you, what is left out of me If I won't be with you, how good it can be If I will try to live all alone wondering How am I going to feel, am I empty or free Chorus: Oh, hear me, when I sing out your name And see me, how I return each day Oh, hear me, when I call out your name And believe me, when I say I'll stay If I will try to be, standing on my two feet If I will resist, am I able to win How we got so far, we're each other's better half Why we seem to be, enough for company Middle Eight: We share the good, overcome the bad Remember celebrations that we had To reach for the stars, the love should provide Support for each other's dreams of the heart
4.
Watching the flowers grow You feel so in control Rise above the shallowness And decide where you want to go Feelings long forgotten Remember when they were vital All this busy emptyness It's nothing but distraction Chorus: Can't you see what we're doing here We waste our time and live in fear There must be something more I guess A stronger sense of togetherness Watching the summer go You feel like letting go There isn't always a second chance Sometimes you got to hold on Middle Eight: I am not a preacher I ain't try to teach you The world is waiting at your feet You make up your own mind It's up to you to decide Find your song and sing it loud Chrous: Can't you see what we're missing here We live our lives then dissapear There must be something more I guess A stronger sense of togetherness
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I need to lay down, when it's time to get up I need to be patient, there’s no time enough I need to rehearse, the show that never comes I need excitement, when no one's trying Chorus: That's how I feel In the modern world we live That's all I need Find an easy way to live I want to relax, it's hard to get undressed I want no regrets, but I always take a chance I want to be right, it makes me unkind I want happiness, without getting blind
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Sometimes I find myself Overwhelmed by all we have So much there is to know In a while, so much to grow R: The times again are changing You lose your soul, for control The times again are changing You'll never know, what's done before Information or distraction The illusion of satisfaction How to get what we are after It's an art so hard to master? Middle Eight: When you think you’ve seen it all There is something new at the door And when you try to stop The voice inside gets loud

about

After a long journey I am glad to introduce you to my third EP titled 'Still Believe'. My concept was to record everything with professionals in a great studio. This is not a bedroom EP produced on a laptop but it features genuine performances with real instruments and it follows a good old fashioned songwriting approach: tunes with dense melodies and well thought messages. My music is the result of the energy generated in this process and the audience is invited to experience and take part in that.

I have named my EP 'Still Believe' because as an artist you have to face many challenges in order to be able to create your art and to get it successfully out there to the public. In doing so, it means that you still have the calling, the desire and the vision - you Still Believe.

The EP contains 6 original songs that are quite varied in speed and moods but overall put together very well stylistically.
My songwriting and song arrangements are influenced by the late 50s, mid 60s and some 80s sounds. I grew up listening with much fervor to bands like Depeche Mode, REM and U2, only to get a little later into the British Invasion bands like The Beatles, The Who, The Kinks and garage rock, and to chill in recent years to the sounds of Jeff Buckley, Scott Walker and Roy Orbison.

I have recorded these songs with 2 great musicians and friends: Jelmer Jansma on drums and Sjors Buiting on bass.
Jelmer came in the studio with all the songs well-rehearsed and recorded the drums for 6 songs in one day. By any means, this was a great performance. I made him many sandwiches that day, during the breaks between songs.

For his bass parts, Sjors came with some challenging lines, eager not to follow the standard formulas but to challenge and give extra dimension to the songs.

The recording sessions took place at River Studio in Alkmaar where the owner, Rein Wijnja, was kind enough to allow me to record in sessions that went very late in the night. Of course, on the other side of the glass screen was the sound engineer Frank van Yperen who showed lots of patience and music proficiency in recording and analyzing every inch of the tracks I recorded.

The post production of the EP was done at Song Analytics Studio in 's Graveland by Henri Meijer and Don Willard.
Henri managed not only to understand my vision but also to push the songs even further by highlighting new nuances and flavors in the arrangements.
In this process he was assisted by the wisdom and experience of Don Willard who in his long career did sound engineering for the likes of The Beach Boys ('Holland' album) and Ronnie Wood (his second solo album).
When I visited them in the studio after they mixed the first song, Still Believe, Don said to me 'It has the Rolling Stones beat with a John Lennon-like vocals track'. Hell, yeah, Don!

Being originally from Romania I came to the Netherlands at the age of 25. I arrived here with a great job in the IT industry thinking it was a great opportunity to see more of the world and to check what is on the other side of the continent.
Having the experience of two different cultures enriched me as a person and I think that my music benefitted from this, too.

In my daily life I try to combine the no-nonsense, pragmatic, typically Dutch approach with the more spiritual and emotional side of my Romanian upbringing and education. Out of this mixture came many thoughts about life, some of which made their way into shimmering energetic pop rock songs.

Music is the way to express myself and to give some good energy back to the world.

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released December 16, 2013

Music and lyrics by Dan Peter

Dan Peter: vocals, guitars, piano
Sjors Buiting: bass
Jelmer Jansma: drums

Recorded at River Studios (Alkmaar) by Frank van Yperen.
Mixed at Music Analytics Studio by Henri Meijer and Don Willard.

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Dan Peter is a singer-songwriter and performer based in the Amsterdam.

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