OVERLOAD W/Bud & LunaTrick

Several months ago Kevin (Bud) sent me his file's to do a remix of his song "Nothing In The Way" and wondered what I would do with them. I had to think about it for quite a while, because Bud's song was great.

So I had an idea to strip away some of the tracks, leaving five midi tracks and a drum beat. In a random sort of way I changed those tracks to different sound samples through the EXS24 synth. I then played different synths for the verse sections, which are two different chord progressions. Then I added four guitar tracks and a bass track. Plus an additional two drum tracks.

I started doing the vocals and lyrics on the first verse. At which point it dawned on me I needed to get Daniel (LunaTrick) in on this. I sent him what I had at the time and he picked up on the idea and ran with it. Daniel sent me back 4 excellent vocal tracks. I then added an additional 2 backing vocal tracks.

We are getting into a lot of tracks here. Best on headphones for this one.

I started the first verse of lyrics with no real idea of where it would go. Daniel brought it all together.

Daniel on his lyrics:

"I based my lyrics on using circuitry as a metaphor.
How the load in a circuit actually becomes a resister and pushed power back to
the source - sort of made me think of human relationships.
... as if power can will itself and become overloaded."

A big thanks to Kevin and Daniel for making this all possible.

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OVERLOAD (Lyrics)

Jam all frequencies, must overload
Transmission silence, erase the code
Nothing but static, the plug is pulled

I'm the Power - I'm the load

I feel resistance on the circuit board
Electric crackle and a dangling cord
Signal surging of its own accord
Close the circuit with your flesh

I'm the Power - I'm the load

Unseen fingers hover on the switch
no certainty and all chance of glitch
Am I in series or in parallel?
Am I in Heaven, am I in Hell?

You're the power - I'm the load

Capacitor crunches overhead
I feel the voltage surging to my head
My eyes go white - electricity
The circuit closes and you're dead to me

You're the power - You're the load

Once the heat of current grips
I take the power from your blue-blood lips
My body tenses and my eyes explode
My fingers dance - you embed the code

I'm the power - you're the load

Now I hunger for an amped out heart
You jolt my system with an angry start
Electric pressure gathers in my spine
I hurl it back down the fraying line

I'm the power - I'm the load

I'm the power - you"re the load

You're the power - you're the load

You're the power - I'm the load

We're the power - we're the load

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