Song11

leer: we are free

this was written in 5 minutes and it lasts 2 and a half. it's god damn beautiful, though. 

leer: will get by

another one off the shelf; co-crafted with Jacob Costello/ I think when we mixed these songs, the fella that helped us on the sound board liked this tune the most. He kept tinkering with it...

leer: Miranda

I actually played the first few bars of this tune on the guitar and then handed it over to Jake. I knew the simple blues melody in my head, so it just came out naturally. This is a small victory for me because I usually only react and escape as a singer. I do not typically come up with both the music and the melody, but this was simple enough so I did... Jake came up with a few changes and that was that... however, I think it's easy to tell I started it because the melody is totally in my vocal wheelhouse. 

stripping of a soul

special nod to Mark Hochberg on this one; proud to call that man my friend, as there is no more of a genuine human being/musician that I know. He did the whole string arrangement that you hear behind this simple song, and he did each part one after another, completing all parts in one take. This was probably level 1 for him, and a lot of string players could have done it, but what is different about Mark is the feeling with which he plays. I stood there with my mouth open and a single tear dripped out of my eye at one point. 

without a sound

sexy garage rock with an exceptional guitar solo by Drew Acree at the end... I remember I had the idea for Robby Judd to do a high school drum corps beat on the snare, and that became the root of the song. Grunge was definitely the thing at that time, and that's what I was into. I like the simplicity and reserved energy of this tune. This is Vertigo Sun at it's softest; I think Johnny wanted to write a ballad so we got drunk and knocked this one out. 

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