A Darkwave/Goth/Indie/Alt/Hard Rock song for my new side project, CROSSFIRE. It’s a song about struggles facing your own demons and searching for who you once were, thereby attempting to crawl your way back to full self-awareness.

Instrumentals & Vocals: Ethan Zachary
Production & Engineering: JC Santalis, Ethan Zachary 


(C) 2023 Ethan Zachary (Rosenberg)

“UNKNOWN” - CROSSFIRE

Freak Attack

I wrote this song after dealing with the passing of one of my best friends back in 2011.  It describes how I felt during the mourning process, where he maybe now, how his underground legend will live on through all of us, etc. Hope you all enjoy! 

Electric Guitar (Lead and rhythm): Jon Weintroub 
Acoustic 12 string guitar/Drums/Bass: Ethan Zachary 
Mixing/Drum Engineering: Jeff Dohan 
Recording Engineer: Tomaso Martini 
Mastering Process: Dylan Gresl
Drums recorded at: Funkadelic Studios. January 2016.
Other instruments recorded at: Obnoxious Audio Productions December, 2015.

(C) Copyright 2016  

Stuart [DEMO]

Hello, all!

I wrote this song after experiencing something I'd never experienced before.

After weening myself off of a drug that I'd been taking, my body had been going through all sorts of crap. I had a weird dream that I had a heart attack suddenly. I woke up in an anxietal panic. I was both so tired and in such shock, then when I went to use the bathroom, I had fainted twice. Once before, once after.

If you'll begin to notice as you listen, I've implemented a lot of surrealism into this song.

Upon both my pass-outs, I slipped into dreams that I don't remember very well. These verses both make up for it, but, also, describe the stuck feeling between fiction and reality I was in at that moment. Why is it summed up as "adrenaline"? You better believe my heart was racing and my blood was pumping when I woke up!

Lead/Backup Vocals -Ethan Zachary
Rhythm Guitar - Ethan Zachary
Lead Guitar - Ethan Zachary
Bass Guitar - Ethan Zachary
Drums/Percussion - Ethan Zachary
RECORDING/MIXING ENGINEERS: Thomas Martini, J.C. 

Recorded @ Obnoxious Audio Productions/Raw Recording Studios

(Lyrics to come soon)

Adrenaline

Hello, all!! Me and my old guitarist/best friend cowrote this song together, based on the book, "1984," by George Orwell. The song had been in the bank for a while, however, I felt that once Trump began running and was elected, I felt it was the best time to hop onto the mic, hop on the stool, and record. I hope you all enjoy it!

Guitars - Jon Weintroub
Drums/Vocals - Ethan Zachary
Lyrics Written by: Ethan Zachary, Jon Weintroub
Mixed by: Dylan Gresl
Drums and vocals recorded at: Mighty Fine Studios.

/!\ EXPLICIT CONTENT

January 

Big Brother [DEMO] [EXPLICIT]

Hello, all!!! I wrote this song back in 2014. When I was trying to get produced, and was trying to get my music off the ground, I felt nothing was happening, and everyone else was becoming far ahead of me with their goals and dreams. I felt it was going nowhere, then this happened. Hope you all enjoy! :) (it's also a happy song, btw)

Instrumentals & Vocals: Ethan Zachary
Lyrics and music, written by: Ethan Zachary
Mixed and Mastered by: Joe Costable
Recorded @ Raw Recording Studios

The Legend (Where To Go)

Hello, all!! Back again with another track!!

About the song: 

To start, the lyrics are about a situation between an abusive couple I hung out with often, which took place back in January 2016. Due to the irrationality of the situation, it practically tore my group of friends apart, where everyone was at each other's throats. The song, however, MAINLY focuses on the emotional abuse level within that relationship, as well as relationships all around. Just another situation to pile onto the dark times of 2016. 

I wrote the melody when I was 14 on my new synthesizer portable grand keyboard. The melody has stuck with me all these years later, and have finally found good use for it! :)

Personnel:

Instrumentals/Lyrics/Vocals - Ethan Zachary
Engineer - J.C. 
Recorded @ Raw Recording Studios

...As We Dance

The song's poses an important message, subjective to how you think you might deal with change around you, or even having to stand your ground. How will you move forward? How will you continue to develop?

Please let us know what you all think! We hope you enjoy! 


PRODUCTION: 

Instrumentals - Jon Weintroub, Jeff Dohan
Vocals - Ethan Zachary

POST PRODUCTION: 

Mixing - Ethan Zachary, Jeff Dohan, Jon Weintroub
Mastering - Jeff Dohan

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