Hey Christmas - GUITARS ONLY MIX

Hey Christmas

The story behind the ninth song on Garbles… “This Is Not A Test” is another song that came out of a jam during practice. The intro and outro of the song was originally called “Garbles”, but we eventually decided to call the album “Garbles” and drop the name from the title of the song.

The lyrics focus on taking responsibility for your own actions and not relying on others to make a decision for you. The spoken word part, performed by Steve Amtower, is an excerpt from Ron Paul’s farewell address to Congress on November 14, 2012 and seemed to fit the underlying theme of the song perfectly.

This song almost wasn’t recorded, we thought that the time changes would be too difficult to put down in the studio, but Kevin insisted on at least trying it out. Luckily, we nailed the time changes the first time through and never looked back!

Random Notes on the recording:
* This is the only song on the album not to use a click track
* The verse guitar is actually the scratch track that was recorded directly (no amp)

Written by Rock Bass
Produced by Derek Shank

Performances on the recording
Bass – Kevin
Upright Bass (with bow) – Kevin
Drums – Spence
Keys / Synth – Canon and Derek
Speaking Part – Steve Amtower
Guitars – Canon
Vocals – Canon

Our song about not following the crowd (with a Ron Paul speech in the middle of it).

Recorded at Red Diamond Studio in Cumberland, MD.
Garbles was produced by Derek Shank of Take A Stand Productions.
Mastering by J. Kahrs of Moose Audio in Morristown, NJ. 
Artwork by Lindsey Kesecker and Rock Bass.
released 12 March 2013 (Uploaded to SoundCloud on 1/30/2014)

This Is Not A Test

A one minute sample from "Time Stamp" (a track from our upcoming album).

Rock Bass - Time Stamp (1 Minute Sample)

A 1 minute sample of our song "Chocolate Chip Cookies"

Chocolate Chip Cookies (1 Minute Teaser)

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of our favorite bands (and the 15 anniversary of their album "Magic"), we put together a cover of their song "Falling Rock" and tweaked the lyrics a little bit to wish them a happy anniversary.  

Falling Rock (Distorted Penguins Cover - with Hidden Tracks)

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORUb3x0mUBk

Written, recorded, and produced by Rock Bass at Try Catch Studio in Morgantown, WV. Copyright 2016.
Rock Bass is Canon Fazenbaker, Kevin Poling, and Steve Yokum.
Mastered by Kenny Tompkins.

Website: www.rockbassband.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rockbassband/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rockbassband
Bandcamp: https://rockbass.bandcamp.com/
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/rock-bass/id632370816

Lyrics:
I wish your love was a pill 
That would dissolve in milk
To keep with me through the days
And pop a few when skies looked gray

Science fiction aside, I wish we had more time
There's so much left to be said
I'll tel it to you when I see you again

Maybe your love is in the ground 
Buried deep safe and sound
I guess it is, in a way
Thank God for memories

The real world aside
I wish we had more time
There's so much left to be said
I'll tell it to you when I see you again

Science fiction aside, I wish we had more time
There's so much left to be said
I'll tel it to you when I see you again

I wish your love was a pill 
That would dissolve in milk

Milk

Milk played back at a rate of 1.81
Listen to the real version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORUb3x0mUBk
or here: https://soundcloud.com/rock-bass-1/milk

Written, recorded, and produced by Rock Bass at Try Catch Studio in Morgantown, WV. Copyright 2016.
Rock Bass is Canon Fazenbaker, Kevin Poling, and Steve Yokum.
Mastered by Kenny Tompkins.

Website: www.rockbassband.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/rockbassband/
Twitter: twitter.com/rockbassband
Bandcamp: rockbass.bandcamp.com/
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/artist/rock-bass/id632370816

Rock Bass - Milk FAST!

An intro/theme song that we wrote for the radio show "Alternate Transmission". Alternate Transmission is a radio show on the Allegheny Mountain Radio network featuring a variety of independent music.

Stream it here:
www.alleghenymountainradio.org
http://tunein.com/radio/Allegheny-Mountain-Radio-1370-s23566/
http://streema.com/radios/WVMR_W278AL
http://www.fifm.net/ - Allegheny Mountain Radio

Rock Bass - Alternate Transmission Radio Show Intro

Nerdy Alternative Rock. 

Find out more about us at www.rockbassband.com. Thanks for the listens!

Rock Bass is Canon Fazenbaker, Kevin Poling, and Steve Yokum.

Rock Bass

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