Thank you for downloading "Filling Up The City Skies"
release date 10/31/2008

written, produced, arranged, mixed, & mastered by Derek Vincent Smith

"Filling Up The City Skies" is a collection of songs arranged in two sections, each about the maximum length of one blank cd(80 minutes). 

The first disc contains 14 organic downtempo songs.. not that they're all slow, but they do have a common style throughout them.   Also, every song on the first disc contains a vocal sample which I chose and arranged in an attempt to tell a story about myself, my life, and the world in which I live.  The vocal samples are typed out below in case you find them difficult to understand in the music.

The second disc contains 12 songs that are, stylistically, along the lines of what I have been playing at Pretty Lights shows for the last 10 months.  They are for the most part more upbeat and high energy production, but still maintain a very organic element.  They range from hip-hop to two-step to house and tend to get faster as the disc progresses..except for the last song which is a remix of "Finally Moving" from the first Pretty Lights album "Taking Up Your Precious Time".

I sincerely hope that you enjoy the songs on "Filling Up The City Skies"  I have worked very hard on them and have chosen to give the music away for free to anyone who wants it.   I appreciate very much if anyone who is able, chooses to make a donation, but by no means is it pressured or even suggested.   All I ask is that you come to Pretty Lights shows when I'm in your area, come say what up, and maybe bum me a light, I'm always losing my lighter at shows.  oh... and tell your friends, so they can download it too.

PS... I plan on dropping new EP's rather consistently from this point on.. so check back on prettylightsmusic.com often:)

thanks again,

Derek Vincent Smith

Lyrics///Vocal Samples on "Filling Up The City Skies" disc #1

01 Someday Is Everyday -  
                       its been a long time coming, change is gonna come

02 The Time Has Come - 
                       the time has come for bad things to end, the time has come for 
                       life to begin

03 My Other Love -  
                       oh what can i do?  my other love.. she's gone away
                       cuz if i ever face reality.. i know, yes i know, thats gonna be the end of 
                       me
                       the only way, i can get through today.. is to make out like, like it was 
                       yesterday... i get up in the morning, after crying all night long, laughing 
                       and talking like there ain't nothing wrong

04 Cold Feeling - 
                       theres a cold feeling in my heart..  the time for us is now

05 Solamente -
                      sadness is just another way of life i've grown accustomed to by now
                      all this time how i have yearned just to have my love returned

06 Fill Your Eyes - 
                      let the stars.. fill your eyes

07 Something's Wrong-  
                    there must be something terribly wrong with me... sometimes i feel like i 
                    haven't learned anything

08 Evening Sun- 
                         on and on the rain will fall, drying in the color of the evening sun
                         tomorrows rain will wash the stains away, something in our minds will 
                         always stay
                         in a corner... i don't go nowhere

09 Double Love - 
                         loves a crazy game

10 Pop Quiz - 
                         you are fly you are free you are family, i see your feeling sad and blue

11 At Last I Am Free -
                         at last i am free.. i can hardly see in front of me

12 Make You Feel -
                         give me some of that good old love,  let me make you feel fine

13 Summer's Gone -
                          gone is the summer, gone is the autumn, gone are the memories
                          gone are the days i had with you......gone is the laughter 
                      
14 Maybe Tomorrow - 
                        you look so sad.. you're all alone. 
                        maybe tomorrow..we'll all find what we're searching for