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__Vance Joy__

James Keogh, better known as musician Vance Joy is a 27 year old singer-songwriter from Melbourne Australia, born on 1 december 1987. Prior to his music career Joy played Australian rules football. He played for Coburg football club in the Victorian football league in 2008 and 2009, winning their best player of the year award in 2008, he was a promising player. But music was the career path he chose and it payed off, Joy signed a five album deal with Atlantic Records in 2013. Joy released his debut album the 22 of March 2013 '//God Loves You When You're Dancing',// shortly after he had signed the deal with Atlantic Records. The album was a success. One of his singles 'Riptide' became a huge success and was nominated for World Music Award for World's Best Music Video, World Music Award for World's Best Song in 2014. And was number 6 on ARIA Singles Chart. The music video received over 90 million views on YouTube, being on of his most popular songs yet. He released a second album called 'Dream Your Life Away' on 5 September 2014. 'Mess is Mine' was release in July as the third overall single and peaked at number 37 in Australia.
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__Riptide song structure__ instrumental, verse 1, pre chorus, chorus, verse 2, pre chorus, chorus, bridge, chorus x3

guitar, maraca/shaker, drums, Tamborine, ukulele, vocals, piano, bass
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The song is quite soft, when the chorus comes along all the instruments combine and play a little louder giving more texture. The tempo is the same though out the song. media type="youtube" key="1C816p-KTNk" width="560" height="315"

__Mess is Mine Song Structure__ The songs Mess is mine and Riptide have the same struture, both starting with an instrumental followed by verse 1 and so on. Instrumental, verse 1, pre chorus, chorus, verse 2, pre chorus, chorus, bridge, chorus x2

drums, guitar, vocals, shaker/maraca, clapping, bass
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the song is played in E minor with gives the song a sad feeling. Songs can have meaningful messages.