An archivist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory sent me this high-quality version of "The Sounds of Earth," a montage from the Golden Record that's meant to reflect the evolution of life on Earth.

Golden Record: The Sounds of Earth

A song expressing my dissatisfaction at the path the country has been on for quite some time. The United States has replaced actual patriotism with jingoism, mindlessly espousing "support our troops" without any real understanding of the situation. This has led to our current failure of an administration and the polarizing effect it has had in politics, as well as the population as a whole. It all stems from the paralyzing effect terrorism has caused. It's a sad situation.

As far as the actual recording, it's BIAB drums, with me playing Jazz bass and two tracks of acoustic guitar. Violin and accordion were scored and performed using MuseScore II. Acoustics, vocals and tambourine were recorded with the TASCAM DP-32 SP and transferred into Cubase, where the rest of the recording and mixing was done. Final editing of the audio master was done with Audacity. Thanks to Shana Davis Fidler for help with the background vocals.

America On Its Knees

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Left-handed American living in the UK. I tend to write and record everything on my own, with drums and sometimes other instrumentation automated. Primarily a bassist, but also able to make noise with guitar, keyboards and mandolin.

America On Its Knees

mcarp555

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