Saturday, November 03, 2007

In the land of broken dreams.

I know I'm posting on a weird day, but I was done with the track so what the hell.

Here's the first song to grace this blog that isn't a remix or an experiment of some kind, it's just an honest to god new Son of Rust song in my usual style that I'm sure will appeal to people who like Son of Rust and my usual style.

The past two weeks or so have really been tough, and that's good for my muse... she's definitely a sadist, as she only really speaks when I'm miserable. This has been a problem for me as anyone who listens to my music generally thinks "oh god, somebody please give that pathetic sad sack a hug!" when in real life I'm fairly up-beat. When she's working she doesn't mess around, though... this song was one of the easiest to write I've ever had the pleasure of recording. It just wrote itself from start to finish without any thrashing, forcing, or nervous twitching of any kind. It's highly unusual that I don't spend two days beating my head against the wall trying to figure out how to make a track sound like it's supposed to, and the last one I can remember being so easy was Violator. Hopefully, "easy to write" translates to "really effing good." I'll leave it up to you. :P

Oh, and not to sound desperate or anything but it would be really nice if you could comment if you're reading this so I know I'm not screaming into a vacuum. That's a funny image if you picture like, a hoover vacuum.

"In the Land of Broken Dreams"
I can feel you breathing
when everything goes wrong
will you be standing with me
when the world comes crashing down

remember winter evening
when everything went wrong
you put your arms around me
they played our favorite song

the call of chaos frees me
and every angel screams
will you be standing with me
in the land of broken dreams

(one rose at the altar of her
one blink and your ten years older)

I can feel you breathing
when everything goes wrong
and I still know you're near me
when the world comes crashing down

remember winter evening
when everything went wrong
you put your arms around me
they played our favorite song

the wind of chaos frees me
lays waste to all my fragile things
can your tainted ears still hear me
in the land of broken dreams

(one love lying on your shoulder
one blink and your five years older
one rose at the altar of her
one blink and your ten years older)


Some things that might jump out at you that need improvement: my @%2?#% awesome rode NT mic bit the dust so I'm using a Shure SM57 for the vocals - musicians in the audience will know that this is a great stage mic but the absolute bottom of the barrel as far as studio work goes. I also still don't know how to master things properly so the eqing may be a little out of whack on your system.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Excellent song!!! Not sure if I want to kick some bitch's ass for making you feel that way, or pay her to do it again for the sake of the art it inspires.....
REALLY well done!

Geoff said...

You're not screaming into a vacuum. Said apparatus has gone from suck to blow. So I'll fellate thusly.

Awesome effing track.

Now upload it so I can whore it as profile fodder.

Anonymous said...

Awesome song!I loved it ur muse is a sadist, i love it. then so is mine. ur not wasting your breath into a vaccum either. it was great!

Abby said...

Most excellent! I really like Tens10n. I'm so wishing I knew how to eloquently describe why I like it, but I don't have the best words. Basically, I like the layering of the sounds, but the underlying beat is one that just transports you. Very nice.

By the way, I came to your page by way of Geoff's blog. You should thank him for whoring you out. I'll be coming back for sure.

Unknown said...

Great stuff - looking forward to hearing more.

Unknown said...

Not sure what favors you are trading to your pimp for the touting of your greatness... but good thing for it. I never remember to check up on people unless it is thrown in my face. The new song is sublime and I never would have found that out.

Anonymous said...

I really like the song,
And I love lyric like these, so keep up the good work

Unknown said...

Justin, Man this was my re-surprise of the week. I heard the track during a lunch break last week and a million things have happened since.

Where do you pull this stuff from. Even this one MUST have surprised you? It's astonishingly good. The the vocal key fits right in your sweet spot. So delivery, well it's perfect.

Lyrics, definetly one of your strongest songs thus far.

"one blink and you're five years older"

I love that line. Well Done!

Miss Cartier said...

Very Justin-esque. My favorite kind of esque.