State of the world

Back To You is a song I wrote when i was questioning:

• how much of who i am is dependent on the people who love me?
• when i leave them or they leave me, how much of me is still there?
• what happens when i see them again? will they still see me for who i want to be?

Very melodramatic!

This is the full demo as of March 2026:

The vision for the song is very grand and melancholic.

Things I like in the demo that contribute to the grand melancholy vibe:

• The chorus lyrics and melody
• The lead trumpet melody
• The drum fills that transition between sections
• The space left between the chorus and first verse, and first verse and second chorus
• The bassline that pushes it along nicely

There is a lot of polish that needs to happen to make this song releaseable though!

I played this with a band at an open mic on March 9th, and their rendition added a lot to the song. It made me feel very inspired to enhance my production in the demo. I think it could benefit from a lot of the ideas in the live performance:

• The drums! I love the drummer
• The dreamy electric keyboard melodies
• The urgency. The live band did a great job of building up to big drops throughout the song, especially the lengthy second verse.

The help I need:

I would want help from other producers/musicians (RICHARD CARTER perhaps?) with:

• Fixing individual instruments (the drums, bass line, guitars, etc)
• Mixing + mastering (either straight up doing it solo, or giving me advice for how to learn to do it myself)
• Replacing midi instruments with live ones ( a real horns section, real strings section, and real acoustic guitar could add quite a lot to this )
• VOCALS ADVICE/Production!!! i feel very strongly the desire to sing this song myself with my voice, but I’ve never been formally trained. I want to fill the song with vocals (like in the intro the ‘oh woah woahs’ are aspirational). I can do slightly better than these demo vocals, but this is one of the areas i have the least expertise in.

But also, I have only finished one song and feel like there are many questions I don’t even know I should be asking. I’d love to hear the perspective of a more experienced musician. I think this demo is in a good place to learn how to polish and enhance a proper release.

Thank you for reading and reach out to me on instagram @hamzasayedali or email hamzasayedali@gmail.com. I’m definitely down to invest some dollars/pounds to make this thing sound good and real, i believe in it as a song deeply!

P.S.

This song structure and production is strongly inspired by these two songs (as well as many others). They might be a good jumping off place for discussion/comparison:

Born Sinner - J Cole

Runaway - Kanye West