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It Does Not Mean a Thing - 2025 Remix
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An anthem for agnostics
synth pop crossover folk rock folk pop
Folk music for postmoderns
Note about the "2025 Remixes." Since I don't currently have the resources to book studio time or musicians, I am polishing my old demos in Suno. I'm doing my best to keep Suno from making alterations to my compositions, and succeeding about two thirds of the time, but it is an uphill battle. For the sake of transparency, I am making an effort to delineate all of the (usually very slight) alterations Suno has made to the recordings, but it will take a while. In the meantime, once you've heard a "remix" to hear how I want the song to sound, you may want to scroll down to the original demo, which, in a few cases, will be a better representation of how the song _goes_. Until I've finished those notes, I can tell you that "Loafy's Blues," "Misfit Moon," "It Does Not Mean a Thing," "Home," "Saturn Road," "The Skin of Our Teeth," "Old Friends Come Back," "Scarecrow," and all the instrumentals are pretty much perfect reproductions of my original compositions. I'll endeavor to make notes on the others, describing precisely how they were altered. And again, you can hear my original, much less slick demos of those songs further down on the page, for comparison. ====== I am what you might call a musical generalist. I listen to pretty much everything and I compose in pretty much any style, though I concentrate mainly on folk, folk-rock, rock, synth-pop, alternative, comedy, musical theatre, jazz, new-age, film music, avant-garde, and the occasional lullaby (why sing your kid to sleep with "Rock-a-bye Baby" when you can can create something personalized?). I've done most of my professional (i.e. paid) work in the theatre, where I've been musical director for dozens of productions. I was also musical director of Mental Floss, the legendary Miami improv group, for over 500 performances; I recently did a stint with Laughing Gas, which rose from the ashes of Mental Floss 11 years ago to become the longest running improv group in South Florida. As a singer-songwriter, I've concentrated most of my energy on my signature style of synth-driven folk-rock (sort of Indigo Girls meets Vangelis). I'm also something of a minor celebrity in the world of Filk (folk music for science fiction fans), where I am proud to be the object of the worlds smallest international fan base.
Song Info
Genre
Rock Folk Rock
Author
Darren Zieger
Rights
1990, 2025
Uploaded
November 29, 2025
Track Files
MP3
MP3 5.2 MB 172 kbps 4:14
Story behind the song
Remixed with Suno, which introduced some minor alterations. It dodn't quite capture the harmonies in the final two choruses, or the melodies of the sung lines of the outro. It also lands on Eb major between the next-to-last and final chorus, when it's supposed to land on C minor. Otherwise, a faithful recreation.
Lyrics
My life has been a kind of Free fall into Cold rivers of light and dark Break the surface you are Reborn into the everyday And the indecision It is not an act of faith, moving on It is all about survival Everything you need is in your heart I have never truly loved Or been loved I have only scratched the surface I have felt pain but not the Kind of pain they write about When they're trying to sell songs And I believe in the here and now Not what I read in some book of verses Though they try to close my eyes I see through It's real or it's false It stands or it falls It comes and it goes But it does not mean a thing I have called myself a drifter But I find these days I am too long in one place I want to cut the lines I want to fly away I want to free fall into space I can't believe that it's all been planned By something unheard and unseen Though I look for signs in everything I see It's real or it's false It stands or it falls It comes and it goes But it does not mean a thing It's real or it's false It stands or it falls It comes and it goes But it does not mean a thing
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