just released this song!!! hope you'll check it out no spam please...more

I chose this as the first track not only because it's a really cool title that conveys my feelings perfectly about making this record, but because it has a hectic, thumping groove that makes me want to get up and dance! This song is about trying to capture that feeling you get right in the moment when you realize something exhilarating is about to happen to you and, even though you know it's pretty dangerous, you're going to let it happen anyway. The rhythm came from Phil, who was noodling away on his guitar one evening when he started sliding octaves and putting a little trill sounding thing on the ends, hitting the off-beats just for fun and we both thought it sounded really cool. We gave it some half time vocals over an uptempo chorus that drops to half time in the verses, where the vocal does the opposite by catching the uptempo again. Every time we wrote with it, we made sure to keep that forward groove that lays back in the verse.. I wrangled with the vocals for a while, until coming up with the pseudo rap/singing style that fit right in with the tone we were looking for. We finessed the lyrics together with me, as usual, changing lyrics and forgetting to tell him, causing some friendly, sometimes heated, debate. In the studio, I made sure to retain as much of that original groove as I could while expanding the sound and letting the song, and the musicians working with me, figure out where we needed to go next. The session part of this one went pretty smoothly, everyone involved seeming to know what we were aiming for and elevating each part to a level I hadn't even considered possible yet. The thumping drums, the screeching guitar, the driving bass, and a little Tibetan bell sound peppered in for some flavour all support my strangely fun to sing vocal and harmony. I feel that it's grown up into a driving, chaotic tune with kind of an odd bridge that slips in and breaks the insanity for a moment, while still managing to keep that original groove at the core. This is it. Song one, on my first album. Oh my god, I can't believe! This is Happeningmore

So, my new song is finished. I'm happy about every comment, please also criticize.more