‘Upside Down’ song

This is one of a few of my own songs I recorded during my first year of University. I hadn’t had much experience mixing or recording at this point. The first song I mixed is a song called ‘I don’t really care’. I spent hours and hours mixing this one although it was all experimenting… I listened to it the other day and I can do a much better job of it now. I plan to come back to it at some point and start the mixing again from scratch. I still think ‘Upside Down’ can be improved but I can be too much of a perfectionist€¦ And there has to come a point where I sit back and say it is finished. So this is the final version.

The song is about somebody who was in a desperate situation in their life. However their world was turned upside down when they met somebody who brought them hope, and laughter too. They were brought out of their sadness and learnt to appreciate life again.

Lyrics and music by Oliver Daniel Nicholls (OllieDN) 2010
Lead vocals and Piano by Oliver Daniel Nicholls
Lead and Rhythm Guitar and Bass Guitar by Michael Price
Drums by Mark Vincent
Recorded and Produced by Oliver Daniel Nicholls (OllieDN)
(Drums recorded by Michael Price)

 

‘Do You Love Me’ music video

‘Do You Love Me’ is about unrequited love involving two teenagers, one of whom is desperate for his love to be returned. The band members represent his conscience getting him to try several different approaches but he still fails to win her heart. It was really fun to write and to film!

OllieDN – Do You Love Me music video

Video recorded and produced by James Quayle 2012, who has now gone on to run his own company Warpline Films.

Lyrics and music by Oliver Daniel Nicholls (OllieDN) 2009
Lead vocals and Piano by Oliver Daniel Nicholls
Lead and Rhythm Guitar and backing vocals by Simon Nicholls
Bass Guitar and backing vocals by Lewis Spring
Drums by Leo Petrokofsky
Recorded and Produced by Alex Hehir

Actors:
Michael Jacobs
Rhianna Holdershaw

 

‘Do you love me’ song

The song ‘Do you love me’ is one of the very first songs I wrote with lyrics when I was about 15 years old. I thought I would come up with a song that has a serious and meaningful subject, but at the same time is fun and playful.

The song is about unrequited love involving two teenagers, one of whom is desperate for his love to be returned. The lyrics show this guys’s obsession with a girl he has a crush on but she does not love him back.

Lyrics and music by Oliver Daniel Nicholls (OllieDN) 2009
Lead vocals and Piano by Oliver Daniel Nicholls
Lead and Rhythm Guitar and backing vocals by Simon Nicholls
Bass Guitar and backing vocals by Lewis Spring
Drums by Leo Petrokofsky
Recorded and Produced by Alex Hehir