Set List 2/27/09

Hippie Jam Intro> Reciprocity
Awareness
I'm Ready
Never Enough
Hard for Me
A Place Where We Could Go
Drama
Forever
Time Running Out

Leakage #2 - "Save Yourself"

Along for the Ride #2

Here's a recording of my first time rehearsing the new song "Time Running Out" with the band. It's just a three piece for the next show, Dave Shanle will be spending some quality time with his brother who was just discharged from the military. I'm sick and it's the first Andrew and Kevin have played the song, so it's not perfect. That's what this is about anyway, the developmental timeline from conception to finished product.

Along for the Ride #1

Here's a song I'm finished with writing and now I'm working on demoing at home. I like it a lot, it hits exactly what I'd like to sound like right now. What I've put up here is the chorus of the demo as it is today, 2/22/09. The chorus is out of context lyrically without the verse, so I'll fill you in. I wrote this song after Obama was elected and all these people were talking about he's our "savior" or "the antichrist," but he's just a guy who hopefully is as genuinely good as he seems. Anyway, this song IS NOT about politics, but that, among other things, put these lyrics in motion in my mind. This song is about escaping people talking all this stuff and trying to make you choose sides on all these issues that, in the big picture, don't really matter. So if we could find "A Place Where We Could Go" where we could be away from all the issues and enjoy ourselves, that would be cool. This place could be literal or just be a state of mind, whatever makes the song work more for you. So this song presents that idea and invites others to join in on finding that place. I'm thinking about calling the next album "Strength in Numbers," because most of the songs I have going have a sense of reaching out to people, trying to find someone that feels the way you feel. I suppose in some ways that's what art is anyway.

Come Along for the Ride

If you're reading this you've probably realized that I have an album out. This just recently came out and we won't be heavily promoting it until the summer (but get it right now if you like it :D). But, since I roll like that, I'm working on my follow up to "Save Yourself" and I'd like to keep you up to date on the process, if you're interested. I will be periodically leaving posts letting you hear some of my new music, from the first recordings in my bedroom to stuff from the real studio. Speaking of new music, check out my current album if you haven't yet:

Leakage

Coming Soon from the Chalk Boyz and New Family Productions.

Written by Nick Savage, Art Jones, and the Chalk Boyz

Produced by Nick Savage and Drew Mantia

recorded and mixed by Drew Mantia

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