Arlo Parks - Caroline (looping cover by Uliya)

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Beginning is setting up loops // Song starts at: 2:56
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-Details on the rig/tech, how I rendered the song, and how I used Notion (https://notion.so) to help

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Music and lyrics by Arlo Parks; performed, recorded, edited, and mixed by Uliya

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Lyrics:
I was waiting for the bus one day
Watched a fight between a artsy couple escalate
Strawberry cheeks flushed with defeated rage
Then he spilled his coffee as he frantically explained
Maybe if you took a breath
You would hear me when I talk to you
Threw her necklace in his face
Eyes so bright with disappointment
I saw something inside her break
Everybody knows the feeling
Suddenly he started screaming
Caroline
I swear to God, I tried
I swear to God, I tried
Caroline
I swear to God, I tried
I swear to God, I tried
I swear to God, I tried
Swear to God, I tried
Ripped the hem of her skirt as she ran
Panicking and weaving through the crowds on Oxford Street
Watched his world dissolve in his hands
Tried to roll a blunt then put his head between his knees
Maybe if she took a breath
She would know I did it all for her
Agony and hints of sage
Her eyes blind with disappointment
I couldn't recognize her face
Shards of glass live in this feeling
Have to somehow stop her leaving
Caroline
I swear to God, I tried
I swear to God, I tried
Caroline

Rig:

Yamaha Reface CP,
Sennheiser Mic, and
Mitchell Acoustic Guitar w/ Fishman Magnetic Pickup
into a Mackie 8-channel Mixer
into an IK Multimedia iRig 2
into iPad running Loopy HD app
recorded using a Rode NT2 mic and Focusrite 2i2 interface into Macbook Pro running Logic Pro X
Video recorded using iPad screen recording and iPhone X via EpocCam plugin/app and OBS
Video edited using Davinci Resolve

Video description: Uliya sits in their studio at their desk. There’s a scarf draped behind them, red lights, and a jade plant. They’re wearing a brown turtle neck and their hair is long and parted in the middle.

Uliya is a queer, South Asian, they/them pronoun-using, singer-songwriter-producer and sound engineer. They also use their own writing and visual art to contextualize the music.