I made this track using inspiration from old-school Industrial and Industrial Metal from the late 90s and early 2000s. The idea was to incorporate elements of that style with modern bass heaviness and mastering as well as several other modern sensibilities. To envision what 90s Industrial Metal might sound like if that style was invented today instead of back then. I took a lot of inspiration from the Quake 2 soundtrack more than anything else though. I then also took the liberty to see what more I could do with that sound by incorporating influence from 90s hip-hop for the beat structure in the latter 3rd section of the song which actually just so happens to now be one of my favorite things I've ever done with music. Making this song taught me that my favorite genres actually CAN be combined in the way I've always wanted them to be.

Imagination

Talentless is my first finished attempt at rapping. it represents my frustrations with the journey of music but wanting to push forward anyway. I firmly believe i have a lot of room for growth, but I can still say I'm proud of what went into making this one, beat, verses, performance, and all. I look forward to seeing where I can take my attempt to forge my own unique style from here. 

below are the lyrics: 


(verse 1)
Every single day I'm going nowhere fast
Wasting away my life working jobs of low class
I'm ill-content, unfulfilled, so I really have to ask
Is this really how I'm meant to live till I breathe my last?

(verse 2)
Losing faith, losing pace, what a waste
Always uphill like I'm Sisyphus, to these wages I'm enslaved
Gotta find a way to break away from this malaise
'Cause this ain't the life, ain't the way, fazed like Samsa and in a metamorphic daze

(chorus)
When I try to mix a beat, I feel like I'm talentless
Compared to all my idols, I believe I'm talentless
Even when I find my feet I still feel like I'm talentless
But I want to feel alive so I'll just do it talentless
When I try to rap a beat, I feel like I'm talentless
Compared to all my idols, I believe I'm talentless
Even when I find my feet I still feel like I'm talentless
But I want to feel alive so I'll just do it talentless

(verse 3)
When I was a boy I thought that I would be a rockstar
Then I was a game dev but burned out right from the start
Now I'm just a nobody at home and making art
I'm truly insignificant as I gaze at the stars
Honestly I feel like I am smaller than a quark
I'm the hungry little insect that's been locked within the jar
A lowly crawling centipede who finds existing hard
They tore me all apart and I still can't find my heart

(bridge)
Fuck it... Honestly...

(verse 4) (?)
I can't recall a time I didn't wish that I was dead
But I didn't slit my wrists, I tied bags around my head
Lived my life like Silent Hill in foggy states of constant dread
Now I live it, not for me, but for those I'd leave behind instead

(chorus)
When I try to mix a beat, I feel like I'm talentless
Compared to all my idols, I believe I'm talentless
Even when I find my feet I still feel like I'm talentless
But I want to feel alive so I'll just do it talentless
When I try to rap a beat, I feel like I'm talentless
Compared to all my idols, I believe I'm talentless
Even when I find my feet I still feel like I'm talentless
But I want to feel alive so I'll just do it talentless

Talentless

My two favorite genres, including all the subgenres under their umbrellas, have always been Industrial and HipHop. I just want to create music that honors my love for them and share it with the world before I die. I also love poetry and philosophy so I figured, "why not fuse everything I love together?"

M.I.N.E.1?

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