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Living's For the Wicked

from Golden Greats Vol. 4 by John Ralston

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This is the newest track to date. About a month or two back, Steve Copeletti and Chris Conner came by the studio and we recorded drums and guitar for 4 new tunes. This is the first to make it to daylight. Mic'd the drums using 5 mics total: Kick, Snare, Over Steve's Shoulder, Out Front About a Foot Off the Ground, and the Conner-inspired "Trashcan" mic.

A week after we tracked the drums, Nathan Jezek came by and had some fuzz guitar ideas. Took the song in a totally different direction than I had planned ( I heard trumpets for some reason) but ended up being super cool. Think he played my old Harmony Rocket going straight into the LA-610. Was pretty easy to finish from there.

The sound at the end - to me it sounds like barking seals - is my grandma's old Kimball piano which I reamped through an Effectron II.

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When your days lean so hard. When your gaze turns blue. When the sun it sets long before you do the things that you wanted to...

Played by their rules that were so wrong for so long.
Well, living's for the wicked.
It ain't a sin to lose your whole mind, or to use it sometimes.
Go on and punch my ticket.

I broke out, busted, ran off - man, I flew the coop. I'd been lost and strapped down up in Heaven's Zoo. But I pulled that tooth...

Played by their rules that were so wrong for so long.
Well, living's for the wicked.
It ain't a sin to lose your whole mind, or to use it sometimes.
Go on and punch my ticket.

A kind word, when spoken, carves daylight into night.
A song here to be your companion in spite of the plight.

Played by their rules that were so wrong for so long.
Well, living's for the wicked.
It ain't a sin to lose your whole mind, or to use it sometimes.
Go on and punch my ticket.

credits

from Golden Greats Vol. 4, released April 16, 2015
Drums: Steve Copeletti
Electric Gtrs: Nathan Jezek
Add'l Engineering: Chris Conner

Photography: Monica McGivern
Layout: Jacob Kaplan
Handwritten Font: Bailey Kaplan
Camp Thunderbee Records

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