Written out of the blue but kind of based off of a song called "Charm" that I started in early 2010. This one is probably going to end up on a new album of songs from the Blistering Hearts era combined with some other new songs and I haven't quite finished the concept yet but I know where it's heading. This also contains some nice sarcasm which I like. I hope you like it.
This song gets my distinction of my second least favorite demo of the year. Not because I truly dislike it, but more because it just didn't turn out how I wanted it to. Lots of "fixes" and that will be evident the next time I work on it. That's the funny thing about releasing so much stuff. Sometimes you just run into songs that you think sound how you envisioned them but then a few days later you say..."wha?" All good though. Hope you like it more than me. :)
I wrote this a long time ago. It was actually part of a Radiohead-ish concept I was working on and it morphed over a short period of time into a heavy song because it just made more sense that way. THis recording sounds very Nirvana and that's okay by me becuase...um...I love Nirvana and I intentionally have been recording Wristbreaker to sound slightly Nirvana-esque. The guitar on this is chaotic and I love that but I also love the vocals. I hope you like.
This song means a lot to me. Not only because of who I wrote it for, who I wrote it with and when we wrote it but also because for a really long time, it was my favorite song that I'd written. It was written on a December night and we literally wrote it and recored it in about an hour. It just kind of happened and I sent it to my friends that night because I was so proud of it and forever, it was just this symbol that I could write songs that caught people's attention. The number of times I've sent people the older Motion Picture demos is many. I guess the reason it was #090 on the list is because I was tired of playing by the time I started this in 2009. In case you didn't catch it, I named this blog after a line in the song. I hope you like this version. It's pretty minimal but I think that works. Important to note now that I have hit 90 songs. Once I hit 113 I will not be releasing things as rapidly. The reason it's 113 is because I covered 13 songs in the 100 and I want to make sure I release 100 original songs this year. So...the countdown has begun...23 songs left.
I initially had an idea for a song called Satellite in like 2008 but never wrote it. It resurfaced when I started working on this yesterday. I would describe this track as kind of the sequel to "You Are My Light" only because I wrote it with that song in mind and it has some similar ethereal elements and references that song in the third verse (sort of). I like that I used a ringshifter for the wobbly guitar underneath the jangling guitar. It's a sad tune but I love the textures on this one and the minimal guitar. Also written in open c BTW. I hope you like it.
