.FLAC download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ufpsp606ep6jm1j/Brandon%20Burk%20-%20House%20of%20Gold.flac?dl=0

My first full-length recording/mixing project ever! I think it turned out great. I made it as a birthday gift to two friends.

Performed by:

Brandon Burk (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, bongos, vocals)
Alexandre Filion (piano)

Software Used:
Cubase Artist 7.5 (GrooveAgent ONE - Drums, HalionSonic SE - Strings, Synth Pad, Organ)
Microsoft Excel 2013 (planning/logging)

Equipment:
Steinberg CI1 USB Audio Interface
M-Audio Oxygen 25 USB MIDI Keyboard Controller
MXL 440 Condensor Microphone
Fender Squier Acoustic Guitar
Schecter Damien Elite 7-FR (clean/rhythm/lead guitar)
Ibanez RG 350 DX (guitar solo)
Washburn BB5 Bass

House of Gold (Twenty One Pilots cover)

Trying out a few things
Lyrics:
What can we see what can we do
I can see far ahead of me but can you?
In the forest I'm on my knees I can see whats killing you
but can you?
but can you?
don't let go of your brother oh you know he would die for you
don't let go of your father committed his life to you
don't let go of your brother he called in and cried to you
don't let go of your Mother oh she just couldn't lie to you
there are still things you can't explain like the evil in my heart or the lust inside my brain
I’ll romanticize nostalgia ill smile through the rain
I cant break through these three window panes ahead of you
Ahead of you
Ahead of you
Ahead of you
A table has one two good legs
apolisters use one two iron staples 
the singer goes one two one two three

Count em up one two a classic case
my sun it shines three hours a day
I count em up one two one two three

I left the devil in my bright room
I sealed my angel in a dark tomb
think i followed the siren singing to me in her cowboy boots

first she had dark hair
Then it got a bit brighter
and after it was blood red
it was bout as brown as mine

IntoTheForest-SwampSon

Latest song Max and I have been working on for a while.
Lyrics:  Standing in my room
Lost in my head
sitting in the darkness
the moon burns red
I found what love is
after one two or three
first I learned passion
and then i learned greed
you were raised in the swamp son you are
the ground and the trees
you got a little but dirty
you stayed a little bit clean

Don't know where I'm going
or where I've been
the rain on my window 
it keeps falling falling
don't know why your choking
this smoke is clean
ill keep joking 
heartbeats dropping still dropping

Im a little bit lustful
got a bit of blind greed
and when i get to the gates will i be turned away
with the lord looking down 
on me
you were raised in the swamp son you brought the
sky to its knees
something quite sacred
other ones can

know where I'm going to well i have seen
all the people and the places i know where you have been
this mask upon your face it is one
I've not seen
oh your blood red veins keep seeping still seeping
still sleeping
still seeping out
your sleeping now  (break down)
there is something irregular about the ways we are moving side to side and scraping by dodging eyes and killing highs
Walking by every sidewalk dry just tryin to find a way to shine so bright 
Maybe it was the drugs in our head babe maybe it was the elephant in our fucking bed babe
Maybe it was none of the above but the above looking down making choices for all of us
Maybe I’m not just looking for love but looking out just for someone to help me love my doubt
   


SwampSong-SwampSon

Jane Doe by Swampson
Vocals, Keyboards, Drums, Xylophone - Max Stevens
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Mad Scientist - Carson Ryan
Vocals - Erin Pillar

Lyrics:
As we stood by the river side
watch the water flow like a summer sky
Watching time move in front of me
It’s a universal currency
You cash your cheques to the sun and the sky
your wallet is filled with the stars at night you
 sold your soul to the moon
 sold your soul too soon

  We all know a Jane Doe or Joe Blow who lost their mind
They’ll start drinking stop thinking Waste all their time
  
I’ll build a damn stop the river filling 
I’ll catch the sky and make the earth quit spinning
I’ll find a way to break this too
Stare at the sun till it burns out your eyes
lay on the pavement and wait there to die
You’ll find a way to break this too

Who are you Who are you?
Who are you now? 
Who are you Who are you?
Who are you now? 
Who are you Who are you?
Who are you now? 
Who are you Who are you?
Who are you now? 

Sitting on singing through superior 
Eat untill were sleeping creatures
anything to please my steeple
a passed out preacher with the eyes of an eagle

 When I’m up in the mountains I need to go down
and when I’m down in the valley just need to be home
and when I’m home from the city I’ll rest my bones
I rest my head
Arrest my soul

We all know a Jane Doe or Joe Blow who lost their mind
(Arrest my soul)
They’ll start drinking stop thinking Waste all their time

Who are you Who are you?
Who are you now? 
Who are you Who are you?
Who are you now? 
Who are you Who are you?
Who are you now? 
Who are you Who are you?
Who are you now? 

We all know a Jane Doe or Joe Blow who lost their mind
They’ll start drinking stop thinking don’t waste my time

And he let go his Jane Doe and lost his mind
Can’t stop drinking he's thinking he lost his life

JaneDoe-SwampSon

Uplifting guitar track. Inspiration from Plini and Steve Vai here.

Wanna Finance It?

The Kanga Ruse

Lyrics:
OhhhOhh lord oh lord oh lord oh lord won’t you let me see the sun
I close me eyes and said goodnight and when I open them 
oh it’s already gone

Ohhhohhh my head my head my head is stretched so thin 
I think it’s done
My ignorance it was my bliss oh I shoulda stayed for one more kiss 
now its gone

Ohhh Lover my love wont you come with me and run
We’ll rent a boat that barely floats and ride out the night till we meet
the morning sun

Ohhh Brother brother brother wont you throw away my gun
I’m done fighting every dam night and I got my woman to hold me tight
to the sun

Oh lord oh lord wont you let me see the sun
(Oh lord won’t ya won’t ya let me)
(Oh lord won’t ya won’t ya let me)
Oh lord hold on oh lord
I close me eyes and said goodnight 
when I open them it’s already gone

Well I guess I’ll never see the sun

To the Sun- Swampson

Lyrics:
You don't know what you're into
you don't know what you hold
drawn in grey edges cold
my shadow was sold
I’ll sail to the siren
sing her my song
well I’m no Tim Buckley
but my voice is strong

She ain't been singing for long

At night in the darkness
her eyes on me
it was down by the water
a vivid yet fleeting dream
she sung in a sequence
she spoke so serine
she grabbed me and leaned in
said what I’m supposed to be

and maybe I shook it off in time
maybe I’m free
My lord it wasn’t your fault
I just had to leave

I’m writing in boxes
I’m not the same
I salted the farmland
some Genghis parade
camp with the horses
ride away from this place
abandon the sea side
Singing our songs on our way

Ive been singing so long
I’ll keep singing my song
and maybe I shook it off in time
maybe I’m free
My lord it wasn’t your fault
I just had to leave

House of Gold (Twenty One Pilots cover)

Brandon Burk

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