The Road I've Traveled

And the road I've traveled

Well it keeps me hanging on

And I don't stop for nothing

Just a learning right from wrong

Life will stop for no one

and you will never sleep

Unless we search for answers 

Already at our feet, yeah

Doesn't matter what I do

Or where I stay, I'm always

Anxious to keep moving on, moving on

This never-ending unrest burdens me

It's like an hour glass in my soul

driving me forever onward

I see my face in the mirror getting older

Seasons passing as I blink my eyes

And still this restlessness tears at me

And no matter how far I run, I know I can't hide

I gotta go!

My soul screams at me

Am I running from myself?

I don't know

This just can't be

The only life I have

The only thing I know is I just

gotta go, gotta go, gotta go!

I've gotta go!

*Recording details: I used my Dillon acoustic/electric guitar direct line into Pro Tools.  The distortion on the acoustic is the native Pro Tools Sansamp, Rockstar setting.  I used an EB-0 bass direct line into Pro Tools, and the drums are from a kit I created using the 4th kit on my Zoom ...234 drum machine, sampling each piece individual into Pro Tools and laying them that way.  I used a Heil PR-20 for vocals in 2012 for Tom and then again in 2015 for myself when I completed the song using my car as a vocal booth. 

Everything (Never) Changes

It seems like everything I know

Is always changing

But if there's one thing I know for sure

Nothing really changes

Those with power want more

All their talk is cheap

But they live on the fools

They've convinced to believe

It seems like everyone I know

Has become jaded

But if there's one thing I think for sure

The truth is obfuscated

Those with power want more

All their talk is cheap

But they live on the fools

They've convinced to believe

You've been betrayed

By your allegiance

Open your eyes

You're manipulated

It seems like every place I go

Gets more complicated

But if there's one thing I want for sure

It's to be vindicated

Those with power want more

All their talk is cheap

But they live on the fools

They've convinced to believe

 

You've been betrayed

By your allegiance

Open your eyes

You're manipulated

It seems like everything I know

Is always changing

But if there's one thing I know for sure

Nothing really changes

Nothing changes

**Recording Notes - I programmed the drums with my Zoom 234 drum machine and direct input recorded them.  For the distorted parts, I mic'd a Hughes & Kettner Warp 7 head and a generic cab with a Heil PR20 in Magix at my buddy Jeremy's.  I used a Schecter Diamond Series Damian 7-String.  I used the native distortion on the Warp 7 for one side, and Boss Metal Zone MT-2 for the other side.  For the acoustic parts I used Dillon Acoustic, direct line input into Pro Tools.  Recorded vocals with a Heil PR20 in Pro Tools.  For bass, I direct input an Epiphone EB-0 into Pro-Tools. 

Being that this was an early song of mine and I'm going back and recording all the music I've ever written on guitar, I decided to use the opportunity to develop other instruments and my voice.  I've never really sung, only screamed.  So, I figured, since this music is very basic because I was just learning guitar, it would be fitting to also start developing my voice and skills at drums and whatever other instruments I bring in as well.