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Superhero
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Smooth and mellow Pink Floyd-esque ballad.
jazz experimental producer math multi instrumentalist orange county
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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!)
Song Info
Charts
Peak #69
Peak in subgenre #2
Author
Words/Kandy Reiss, Music/Zip 100
Rights
2009
Uploaded
December 01, 2009
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MP3 4.1 MB 128 kbps 4:29
Story behind the song
This song comes about from my wife and me working with high school students. The music was done during a week long "music school" I offered one summer for our high school students. I did it for illustration purposes about writing to make the "music match the message". A chart was written without playing a single note on any instrument, and then the whole song was tracked in multiple single take passes. (One pass for each instrument). I played all the instruments and my wife, Kandy did all of the vocals. The lyrics are about a group of students she met with on a weekly basis over several years.
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Superhero You have a tell like a marker it's written all over your face. When you try to conceal what remains of a difficult day. You'll say "I'm fine." Ask again, like Niagara, the truth flows right out of you. A hero of mine you ride honesty, like a barrel right over the falls into the unknown. And the years will go by faster than the speed of light. And you'll reconcile all the good and let all of the bad fade away. Just like a dream in the morning you know how you can't recall the details. Forgiveness it seems is your superhero power of choice for rescuing us. I'm listening to everything you're not saying. To the pauses and sighs your hellos and goodbyes are the subtlest of lies. You always give more than you take not afraid of losing your place growing stronger every day. Loving more deeply than I can say you are finding your own way. Just how many will you save?
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