Posted on February 16, 2022
I’m working on making better mixes. Here is what I believe will be a cleaner mix than the original:
I did change the song in several ways – to accommodate my “talk singing”. Its very interesting how music changes when you write for a singer (or a sprechgesanger like me). My friend and ex-bandmate Jeff warned me when I got back into music two years ago “A song is not a song unless it has lyrics and a singer”. Dick Dale would have disagreed, but I will say I finally agree with him today. I did not agree for the longest time.
I think an occasional instrumental is refreshing and needed for sure – but the main thing I learned with this exercise is that I had to work twice a long to “finish” the song – tighten it up – make the lyrics and music mesh just right, etc.
Now – this song is a sad-ish song – with a message of hope. I started thinking that we are just about out of this Covid era, and that maybe, just maybe, some of the lunacy that the US went through will fade away as people get downright giddy getting their lives back. People have very short attention spans.
Some of the tech companies put profit over our Democracy (two in particular) by giving the biggest phony “Profit Prophet” a social media platform that he used to dupe the 25 – 35% dumb fucks in America to basically go out of their mind. Luckily, Karma finally has arrived – Meta is tanking and The Profit Prophet clowns accounting firm has opened the Pandora’s box that will be this jerks downfall – and its way more of a downfall than anything political. Stay tuned – when the loans come due soon, and we start hearing about insurance fraud ….. But sadly, because of this jerk and the GOP, so many politicized their own survival and they paid the ultimate price.
I’m hoping that a lot of the lunacy was pandemic related. I am sure that if people can lighten up a bit – we could be on the steps of another “Roaring 20’s”. Today, we dropped the mask mandates here, and leading up to this day – the restaurants have been packed like the “good old / pre pandemic” days. Fingers crossed – and my next song will be a continuation of this “coming out of the darkness” trilogy I’m writing. Todays song is the darkest and most introspective.
Crazy times,social decay
Virtual reality, MetaWurst play
Money Prophets, distant people
Virtual things, void of feeling
Inhuman humans, monster cyborgs
Selling dreams, in online stores
Religion/Politics one in the same
The highest ratings wins the game
Social media, so anti social
US versus US, it's really woeful
I'd rather see sausage being made
Than hide behind a Virtual Vail
Chorus
The more that we go virtual
The less human we are
We can save our souls
We can heal our scars
Posted on February 2, 2022
This Lyric is a round about way of me holding back with my music playing and singing confidence. Sometimes its real hard to get past self consciousness. When you do, the feeling of freedom is really great. Don’t pay no mind to nay sayers, even when that nay sayer is yourself!
The boys and Mr. Lucky
Play "Stowaways"
Its an indoor game
For rainy days
They try to find
Places to hide
No one can find them
Hiding inside
When they were playing
Mom and Dad
Couldn't find them
That made them mad
Just when Mom
Went into a panic
Mr. Lucky's Spring Sprung
(He needs a mechanic)
The lid flew open
The three of them there
The parents found them
The end of that scare
If you're still hiding
Away from the world
Get out of the house
Let your freak flag unfurl
Chorus
Life is best lived
On the Outside
Don't follow others
Be your own guide