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Between the Lines was album #3 for PPTKO. Produced a few years after Contagion, a lot of things had changed. For one, I was actually done with college and married by the time I finally finished btl. Lots of water under the bridge later, I had matured in a few ways, ie musically, emotionally etc. In the process of creating btl I had a few goals, one was to increase the quality of the production. I still didn't have enough money to buy tons of gear so I invested in the most obvious shortcoming: I replaced the Tascam 424 tape recorded with a digital workstation. I actually wrote most of btl while in college and used my computer and "cool edit" to capture the ideas and etc, but I was less then overwhelmed by the quality I was getting. So I was at the time against the idea of using my computer for the actual final recordings. Another goal of btl was to drop the intensity of couple of notches, the anger or whatever was behind the curtain with Contagion was just not real to me anymore, I had other things going on, other views on life, and I wanted to reflect that in my music. But I guess I wanted to replace that kind of negative intensity with a new positive intensity that was every bit as viable. Of course, much art is rooted in emotion, and many times it's the negative emotions that really eat at us and drive us with the need to express it. I find it is much easier to express negative than positive. I am so impressed with the music I hear that has that intrinsic positive beauty in it and I kind of strive to achieve that. It's my personal challenge I guess you could say. I think I at least moved in that direction with btl. A third goal I had in mind with btl was to increase the melodic range of the compositions, and in particular the vocals. I wanted to expand on what I had done in the past and basically just be more variable and expressive with the vocal melodies. In general I wanted the album to be a little more generally "listenable". Less artsy, less hardcore, more lifey, more familiar.
Nailed is a particular song on btl, in that I didn't actually write it all. It started when I heard my nephew play something on his acoustic one day and I asked him about it. Turns it it was just something he had been "playing with". He didn't have any name or home for it. I asked him to record his version of it on a tape, which he did. I took that home and the lyrics just popped out easily. Later on I asked him back to record a higher quality version, and that is the acoustic guitar you hear on this recording. I added bass, drums, the electric, and topped off one of the acoustic solos (he did the other). I think he is pretty happy with the way it turned out. And, so am I. I think Nailed demonstrates some of the stated goals, while maybe not all of them. That's why it's a whole album and not just a song! Albums matter!
Art, by Teodora Taneva was found here:
http://teodoratan.blogspot.com/search/label/surreal%20photos
Pretty good stuff isn't it?
Nailed is a particular song on btl, in that I didn't actually write it all. It started when I heard my nephew play something on his acoustic one day and I asked him about it. Turns it it was just something he had been "playing with". He didn't have any name or home for it. I asked him to record his version of it on a tape, which he did. I took that home and the lyrics just popped out easily. Later on I asked him back to record a higher quality version, and that is the acoustic guitar you hear on this recording. I added bass, drums, the electric, and topped off one of the acoustic solos (he did the other). I think he is pretty happy with the way it turned out. And, so am I. I think Nailed demonstrates some of the stated goals, while maybe not all of them. That's why it's a whole album and not just a song! Albums matter!
Art, by Teodora Taneva was found here:
http://teodoratan.blogspot.com/search/label/surreal%20photos
Pretty good stuff isn't it?
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Lyrics
she stands at the windowsill
as dusk brings on night
and no-one to cover her eyes
close the blinds on this cold town
there's no blood here
but what's on the ground
there's no living
no light in her eyes
she wants to fly up over these sprawling streets
up to the heavens and back down
with a new soul to start with
a new pair of shoes for her tired feet
but her heart is nailed to this window
and she can't go
he remembers this place
as it was when he was young
the place they all stood paralyzed
it's too hard and black to ignore now
there's no blood here
but what's on the ground
there's no living
no light in his eyes
he wants to fly up over these crowded streets
up to the heavens and back down
with a new soul to start with
a new pair of shoes for his tired feet
but his heart is nailed to this ground
and he can't go
as dusk brings on night
and no-one to cover her eyes
close the blinds on this cold town
there's no blood here
but what's on the ground
there's no living
no light in her eyes
she wants to fly up over these sprawling streets
up to the heavens and back down
with a new soul to start with
a new pair of shoes for her tired feet
but her heart is nailed to this window
and she can't go
he remembers this place
as it was when he was young
the place they all stood paralyzed
it's too hard and black to ignore now
there's no blood here
but what's on the ground
there's no living
no light in his eyes
he wants to fly up over these crowded streets
up to the heavens and back down
with a new soul to start with
a new pair of shoes for his tired feet
but his heart is nailed to this ground
and he can't go
Feter
well the quality certainly is cool ..seeking progress and sounding better
is like the never ending dream but we sensed it each day and time we said
I m done with this new project as a new step to the next ...you should be
proud of this one ..the acoustic intro ..the arrangement and the vocal work
just excellent ...good song ..thnx a lot for sharing !!!!