WE ARE WHAT WE PRACTICE

Space-jam remix of "Feelin' Like a Robot" from the June 2024 "Void Voyager" album.

We Are What We Practice

FEELIN LIKE A ROBOT - DROID IN A VOID MIX

Dramatic, cinematic, atmospheric...my favorite track on this album.  The lyrics pose the question that since the darkness was around before the light, and will be around after the light goes out, is it more powerful?   I try daily to stay in the light.  I was going for a Cure / Slowdive / shoegaze sound on this track.  It's a slow build but it was losing a lot of listeners initially, so I created the alternate, more poppy/punchy Light Mix (Track #2).  But I still love this one and found little ways to polish it up and add elements to beef it up and keep it moving.  I think this version is perfect for the album closer.

Spark (Dark Mix)

SPARK - DARK MIX

Groovy mix of a track that originally appeared on the January 2025 "Desperation Depot" album.

We Are What We Practive

Desperation Depot - Desperate Desperado Mix

DESPERATION DEPOT - DESPERATE DESPERADO MIX

A meditation on the obsessive mindset created by smart phones and social media.

Instant Gratification Goblin

INSTANT GRATIFICATION GOBLIN

This track fused together from several different seeds.  The first was discovering a shoegaze preset within the Logic Pro pedalboard effects.  The second were some lyrical ideas about the eternal fight between Light and Dark.  In the beginning, there was darkness, and when the light finally burns out, it will be dark again, so maybe The Darkness is stronger?  I hope not.  Also a metaphor for the struggle of  ignoring the dogs of doubt and maintaining a positive outlook.   The lyrics came very quickly and even suggested their own tune, to which I added simple DAW guitar part . 

Everything came together with some potential Cure / Slowdive vibes, but this track took the most time and effort, trying to get the balance right with the multi-tracked vocals, guitar, and drum and bass.  This version - "Spark - Light Mix" -  is the second version.  "Spark - Dark Mix" ( track #7 of this album), is the original, but despite my enthusiasm for it, it seemed to lose listener interest when I previewed it, taking too long to reach the climaxes.  I am grateful for this feedback because it pushed me to figure out how to clean up the mix and add more of a poppy punch, something that grabs the listener early on.  Once I had this version somewhat locked down,  I applied some of the principles  to the Dark Mix to get it cleaned up and decided I wanted to keep both versions. This was originally going to be the opening track of the album but I felt "Attack!" set a better tone as the intro.

Spark (Light MIx)

SPARK - LIGHT MIX

I started this album in April 2025 and this track popped out, almost fully-formed, in July.  It came together very quickly, likely due to the lessons learned from the time and energy spent on the other tracks.

Attack!

ATTACK!

Papa Chubb is a Memphis-made singer/songwriter/performer/artist whose mission is channeling the Music of the Spheres to bring Love and Light to the world.

SPARK - DARK MIX

PAPA CHUBB