It’s like this every day 
In a hurry to slow down 
We know how this goes
You’ve been around 
Been looking for a way out
It’s done before it starts
We can get it together now
Or take it apart

It doesn’t matter now 
Actually nothing matters at all 
It’s just a ride off to nowhere
Don’t go along 

For you, it goes on and on
You feel so tired 
What if we didn’t? what if we didn’t starting now?
It doesn’t matter at all, nothing to worry about about 
I’m thinking more and more about checking out 

Gotta make it all the way 
Isn’t that what we were taught?
Something just feels so off 
Please someone make it stop 
Yeah I’m starting to believe 
It’s nothing like it seems
And we should take our things and leave 
It’s really growing on me

It’s never-ending 
Really it’s ending all the time 
Pushing through to make it through 
Let’s try to find the other side

For you, it goes on and on
You feel so tired 
What if we didn’t? what if we didn’t starting now?
It doesn’t matter at all, nothing to worry about about 
I’m thinking more and more about checking out

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Pain brings knowledge, suffering brings joy. We are all meat puppets dancing to the beat of the drums of war

There was a time when boldness was the main characteristic of youth. Young people wanted to be different, and one of the most prominent ways to be different in my day was to listen to different styles of music. It was very striking among Generation Xers, even those who belonged to more radical urban tribes. I remember well, for example, the late Jeff Hanneman, the brilliant guitarist from Slayer, saying in an interview that he loved classical music. This kind of boldness is deeply rooted in most of the guys who lived through that era. And it's a very noticeable characteristic in most artists who came from those years. The late David Bowie, for instance, embraced electronic rhythms like jungle and drum ‘n’ bass on his incredible album Earthling. Iggy Pop said in a video that he loved the then-new branch of electronic music, a genre called industrial. And the world-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma played a version of Metallica's “Nothing Else Matters”. The examples are numerous.

Unfortunately, I have witnessed the death of this kind of boldness in the younger generations. Young people enslave themselves to a few musical styles and refuse to listen to the universe of music that exists out there.

Overdrive is a musical project that seeks to explore different musical genres — rap, classical music, techno, punk, death metal, rock ‘n’ roll, new wave, new age, a cappella, you name it. The idea is to introduce new generations to the concepts of musical freedom, musical anarchy, musical curiosity, and bold listening (to new and old styles).

It's a one-man project with the help of countless talented collaborators. So don't be surprised to see tracks of completely different styles with equally diverse collaborators — people like a brilliant English glam singer in shiny pants singing about punks on a post-punk song; or a skilled German guitarist who plays rock riffs on a drum'n bass background; a Russian female singer with an incredibly powerful voice singing a 70s rock song; a young British rapper genius who loves electro; a Danish female singer and harpist who enjoys singing pop music on a Bach background; a French reggae singer who sings disco brilliantly; and many others.

Musical eclecticism is an expression of freedom. I love Sepultura and I love Frank Sinatra. And there isn't a single day that goes by when I don't listen to music by J. S. Bach and the German thrash metal band Destruction. I truly believe that different styles talk to each other when I make music and would love to pass on some of that thinking to my fellow young musicians.

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Bio: My name is Mark Anthin Graham, born in Wilmington N C, but raised in a small neighborhood (Navassa ) in Leland N C.  Starting writing songs at the age of 15, thru a company in Boston Mass called Five Star Music Master’s. Not long after I started learning the production on  a 4track Tascam. I just fell in love with putting melodies and beats together. I start crafted my ear and ability to put music together, at a Recording Studio called MIDTRACKZ in Aurora Co. There the owner taught me so much, being in a real studio was big for me, from learning on a 4 track Tascam in 1989.  There are a few people in the Business that are inspirations and influences to me. Rick Ruben for signing LL Cool J (the GOAT) and starting Def Jam in his NYC dorm room, DJ primer and Mr. Sean Combs, I can’t forget Mr. Quincey Jones. These peoples play a big part in the way I go about producing music, because their  tracks don’t sound the same and their ability to produce all genres of music including Mr. Ruben his production credited is on almost every music genre. That’s how I want to produce music, not just hip hop or R&B records.

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