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PLAY THIS LOUD!
And now for something completely confusing... so, despite the fact that the song is called Tiny Man Inside, it is not a collaborative effort by my virtual band Tiny Man Inside. This is a solo piece. Are you confused yet?
I guess this song is what happens when your favorite playlist includes System of a Down, Beck, Tom Waits, Static X, Tool, and the Beatles. Believe it or not, the Beatles song "Glass Onion" was my biggest influence when writing this...
The entire concept of the song came from personal reflections on living at "the Fan Club" in Ithaca, NY in 1997. The line "spray paint your grass" served as the nexus for the idea. I'll leave it at that.
I used two different homebuilt guitar amps to record the guitar parts in this song - the rhythm guitars were recorded through my TMI Atom Smasher and the lead guitar parts were recorded through a new prototype preamp that is currently mated with a 2W PP 6SN7 poweramp based on the AX84 October Studio design. This new prototype is still a work in progress and is likely to sound much different than what is currently presented here.
Here is a picture of the TMI Atom Smasher, which I finished about a year and a half ago. This is the first recording using this amp, and I would very much like to re-record all of the previous Tiny Man Inside tracks with this amp, as I consider it to be the closest thing to a signature sound that I've found.
And now for something completely confusing... so, despite the fact that the song is called Tiny Man Inside, it is not a collaborative effort by my virtual band Tiny Man Inside. This is a solo piece. Are you confused yet?
I guess this song is what happens when your favorite playlist includes System of a Down, Beck, Tom Waits, Static X, Tool, and the Beatles. Believe it or not, the Beatles song "Glass Onion" was my biggest influence when writing this...
The entire concept of the song came from personal reflections on living at "the Fan Club" in Ithaca, NY in 1997. The line "spray paint your grass" served as the nexus for the idea. I'll leave it at that.
I used two different homebuilt guitar amps to record the guitar parts in this song - the rhythm guitars were recorded through my TMI Atom Smasher and the lead guitar parts were recorded through a new prototype preamp that is currently mated with a 2W PP 6SN7 poweramp based on the AX84 October Studio design. This new prototype is still a work in progress and is likely to sound much different than what is currently presented here.
Here is a picture of the TMI Atom Smasher, which I finished about a year and a half ago. This is the first recording using this amp, and I would very much like to re-record all of the previous Tiny Man Inside tracks with this amp, as I consider it to be the closest thing to a signature sound that I've found.
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Lyrics
Tiny Man Inside
Feeding You the Lies
Read Between the Lines
Tiny Man Inside
I’ll mop your dog and massage your floor
Burn up your britches and kick down your door
I’ll kick and scream, ‘til the light turns black
Frame you for murder, then I’ll take it back
Tiny Man Inside
Feeding you the lies
Read between the lines
Tiny Man Inside
I’ll mow your ceiling, spray paint your grass
Recite some Shakespeare then I’ll kick your ass
I’ll drink your gouda, and make you whine
Take out your daughter, bring her home on time
Tiny Man Inside feasting on your precious thoughts you cannot hide from the Tiny Man Inside
I’ll smash your ego, get inside your head
Tiny Man Inside, making you see red
I’ll rob your bank, then I’ll solve the crime
Keep smashing atoms ‘til the end of time
Tiny Man Inside
Feeding you the lies
Read between the lines
Tiny Man Inside
Tiny Man Inside feasting on your precious thoughts you cannot hide from the Tiny Man Inside
"The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils."
Feeding You the Lies
Read Between the Lines
Tiny Man Inside
I’ll mop your dog and massage your floor
Burn up your britches and kick down your door
I’ll kick and scream, ‘til the light turns black
Frame you for murder, then I’ll take it back
Tiny Man Inside
Feeding you the lies
Read between the lines
Tiny Man Inside
I’ll mow your ceiling, spray paint your grass
Recite some Shakespeare then I’ll kick your ass
I’ll drink your gouda, and make you whine
Take out your daughter, bring her home on time
Tiny Man Inside feasting on your precious thoughts you cannot hide from the Tiny Man Inside
I’ll smash your ego, get inside your head
Tiny Man Inside, making you see red
I’ll rob your bank, then I’ll solve the crime
Keep smashing atoms ‘til the end of time
Tiny Man Inside
Feeding you the lies
Read between the lines
Tiny Man Inside
Tiny Man Inside feasting on your precious thoughts you cannot hide from the Tiny Man Inside
"The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils."
blindsidedpoets
Yes, yes, YES!!! Awesome. Killer progressions. Beautiful tone.