Mark adds a second guitar track onto RS-05, which later became Give The World. Here you can hear the entire drum track that is cut down much shorter in the final mix. The beat had a strange bit, where it attempts to go into another beat, but quickly changes it’s mind, and just stays in the same rhythm. I knew I was going to cut the track, but Mark wanted to give me as much meat and potato as he could. Mr. Harvey is a patient man, and as weird as the drum beat was, he gets it after a couple takes.
Little Dancing Tiki Guys
2009
04.09
04.09
These are some friends of the Fist Lizard, the Little Dancing Tiki Guys. They don’t say much, but they’ve got the moves. Wucka Wucka.
Give The World
2009
04.08
04.08
You’ve got a lot to give the world. Open up to see.
It’s all right there for you right now – the possibilities.
It’s all right there for you right now – the possibilities.
You’ve got a lot to give the world, it’s plain to see.
All you really need to do – set your mind free.
All the world is in a rush
Years go by and never touch
On anything or anyone, or any meaning
We’ve just lost our feelings
Until I’m not me any more.
You’ve got a lot to give the world.
Listen hear: RS-17.mp3
Get Outta The Way (RS-16.1)
2009
04.08
04.08
I’ve lived several places where driving can make you crazy. Miami, L.A., Bay Area, Washington D.C., NY City… it’s a mad house out there – A MAD HOUSE!!! Seems like everything you want to do is some kind of crazy drive. Traffic, rush hour the sun in your eyes… is there no end to it all?
Here’s the song: RS-16.1.mp3
Lyrics to: Get Outta The Way
Hold Your Love (RS-05.1)
2009
04.07
04.07
Here’s a video of Mark adding his bass track to Hold Your Love. I like this song. It’s strange, slow and sexy. The bad part is, the other night I couldn’t sleep, and I had this song in my head. Over and over with, “holding the one that you love deep inside… hold your love.” So be careful. Don’t listen to it too many times. It gets stuck in your head.
Listen hear: RS-05.1.mp3
Lyrics to: Hold Your Love
Sad Silence (RS-13.2)
2009
04.07
04.07
So Mark was freaked out by the falsetto vocal tracks I had on Sad Silence until I told him it was backing vocals. So we added more manly vocals, and you know, we might even add some more. The more the merrier with this song it seems. So, go ahead and try to sing along. It needs all the help it can get. Thanks.
Listen hear: RS-13.2.mp3
Lyrics (so you can sing along)- Sad Silence
Dread Pirate Roberts (RS-15.1)
2009
04.07
04.07
Mark was here Sunday adding bass and guitar tracks to the stuff I recorded last week. Here is another version of Dread Pirate Roberts, with Mark’s bass. I redid the vocal, and added more percussion to beat it up a bit.
Listen hear: RS-15.1.mp3
Lyrics to: Dread Pirate Roberts
Hold Your Love
2009
04.02
04.02
Now that I’m a parent, time means more to me than it ever has before. Life gets so busy, it’s unbelievable. To find time to spend with my sweetie seems impossible. I don’t know what to do, I miss her so much. When we do find that time to relax with one another, it’s so special. Of all the things that are difficult about parenting, it’s not the child that’s difficult. It’s finding the time to still be you that is difficult. Remember to hold your love. It’s so simple… and yet such a challenge to get there.
Listen hear: RS-05.mp3
Alleged Fist Lizard Revealed
2009
04.01
04.01
One of the neat things about being in the Rain Station is that we have a fist lizard. And when it gets right down to it, we have the best damn fist lizard you’ve ever seen. We get a lot of ideas from him. Lyrics just spring forth outta this crazy amphibian. If you want to know the secret to creating rock and roll, you gotta know that all great bands have and utilize their fist lizard. Zeppelin had one, but it’s rumored that somehow Jack White got a hold of it. Freddie Mercury of Queen had several, and no one knows where they are to this day. Radiohead has half a fist lizard. I have no idea how that works, but it seems to work great for them. No matter which way you slice it, you gotta have a fist lizard, and it’s a step you simply cannot skip during any recording session. Now go out there and get it on already.
Lazy Day
2009
04.01
04.01
Every year after day light savings, and Spring is ready to go “Boing”, the sky seems to get brighter and brighter each day until my whole face is a squinting wrinkle. My whole face hurts from squinting the last two days. Now, I don’t want to complain about the nice weather, we all want the winter’s cold to take a break. I like sunny days as long as I can slumber about, and do very little. I am a night person. I have a lot of energy at night, but during the day, I just want to find a warm shady spot, and snooze. It’s always nice to have some company. Turns the whole thing into a Siesta. Ahhhh, Siesta.
Listen hear: RS-06.mp3
