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Pincers of Power
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A produced, poppy acoustic guitar song. Acoustic guitar and vocals by Tom Schmidt, all other instruments by ZIP 100.
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Art chasing sound.
The band is me. I have been a musician since age 7 (i'm 44 now), and that's pretty much all I did. By age 32 I was working in an average of 6 bands at a time and still practicing 36 hours a week. That's when I got nerve damage in both my arms and couldn't use them for 5 years...not for eating, lifting, playing...anything. 2 surgeries and 3 more years recoup, and I am back in short bursts. I write and track everything in 1 take as I can't play for long. Guitar is my main instrument (studied it the most), but have been playing drums and bass since age 10, and have actually worked the most as a drummer. I can't really use my left arm much so i drum with my fingers. It gives it a unique sound. (Don't worry, it's not wimpy... I can still break sticks!)
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Genre
Rock • Psychedelic Rock
Charts
Peak #119
Peak in subgenre #14
Author
Tom Schmidt/Zip 100
Rights
2006
Uploaded
December 17, 2008
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MP3 5.6 MB • 128 kbps • 6:06
Story behind the song
This is the first of the "Solaris" songs recorded. I was recording the band "Longfellow" for which Tom Schmidt was the lead vocalist. During a break in the session, Tom threw down the acoustic and vocal and after the band had left, I played all the other instruments around it. We really liked the way it sounded, so we opted to do more and the Solaris project was born...
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I can't deny it, every little thing just falls apart. I can't describe it, these words are no use for me anymore. Darkened room... your telephones ringing. You come unglued, to stare at the wall. Don't you feel the pressure in the air? It's over. I don't believe it... these rumors are spread by a murderous heart. I'm not going to leave it. I won't walk away, won't let you escape. She smiles at me, her teeth are all gleaming. She says to me, "you're dying inside". Don't you feel the pressure in the air? It's over... turn me on now. Can't you see, we're the infection. It possesses me, well, it uses my name.
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