New Song "Missing Link" Posted on Myspace

This is another demo for my upcoming album "Wildlife." This song is the sister song to the opening track to the album, both songs being unlike the others on the album. They are different because they are built on one simple loop of music that repeats the whole time. I get carried away with arrangement most of the time and will rearrange songs to death, but Missing Link was just a steady stream of consciousness that popped into my head on a walk, and kept repeating itself all the way home, where I entered a tempo on my computer and recorded a quick loop.

The song was inspired by nature, silent and strong. Withstanding our every attempt to destroy her, with style and grace. But the earth is running out of patience and we'd be ignorant to think she's not strong enough and smart enough to gracefully and effortlessly expel us as if we never even lived here. Like a beat that never stops, her deep melody weaves in and out of whatever gets in her way, never being silenced by the cheap manmade walls of the modern world.

Like I said it was inspired by our relationship with our living home, but not about it. These lyrics, like all of my lyrics, are intentionally left open for interpretation, and I hope these are no exception. The juxtaposition between us (man and earth) is subtle to everyday life, but extreme when analyzed. People are so good at being oblivious to those around them, including eachother, that we claw our way to the top ignoring who gets knocked down a rung on the ladder, or how week we're making our own ladder by piling on.

I used nothing but a guitar and a Sure SM57 microphone plugged directly into my Macbook through an Apogee Duet.
I tracked, edited and mixed and mastered this track completely in Logic 8.
I use a Glyph drive that NEVER WORKS RIGHT AND I WILL THROW IT AGAINST A WALL HARD IF IT DOESNT LEARN HOW TO ACT RIGHT.

Besides the technical difficulties, I enjoyed recording this song and I enjoy listening to it. It's simple yet packed with little treats. It's intentionally cyclical but it takes me somewhere, feeling nature's breeze come through the buildings and sweeping the dirt from the sidewalks. So I decided to post it for a short time. Enjoy!