Left Behind

Kurt Cobain

"A Love You Couldn't Find" by PeRK is an Alternative 
Pop/Punk song that, although about a serious topic  
(a break-up), it doesn't take itself too seriously.  The lyrics are filled with sarcasm.  PeRK as a band has always made sure not to take ourselves too seriously.

A Love You Couldn't Find

Seven Years (Substance)

Left Behind (Acoustic)

Try To Smile(Acoustic)

That Thing You Do(Acoustic)

Seven Years (Substance)(Acoustic)

Let's Rewind (Lie To Me)(Acoustic)

Kurdt Kobain (Kurt Cobain)

I wrote this song right after Tom Petty's untimely passing.  It reminds me of him obviously because of when it was written, but also because in this song especially he is a big influence in my writing.  He understood how to "craft" a song.  No one could write a "hook" quite like Tom Petty.  He knew how to keep the listener hooked for lack of a better term.  These days if the artist is writing for the audience or is mindful of what the audience likes, he or she is immediately branded a sellout.  I disagree.  Most people, not all, but most enjoy music that sounds good.  By that I mean, music that can make you want to dance or sing, or that is relaxing. To borrow lyrics from Weezer's song named "Pork and Beans", "Everyone likes to dance to a happy song with a catchy chorus and beat so they can sing along.  When I write, I'm constantly thinking "Is this chorus catchy enough?", "Is this intro so long that I'm gonna lose the attention  of the audience before the first verse even starts?"  "Would I be into this bridge if I were to hear it at a show?"  If that makes me a sellout then so be it.  I think it shows my mindfulness that what I'm writing may be heard by others and my desire for those people to like what they're hearing and want more.  If no one cared what anyone else thought of their songs or any form of art for that matter, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Tom Petty, Blink 182, Green Day, Elvis, and The Beatles, The Sistine Chapel Ceiling and The Statue of David by Michelangelo, The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper by Leonardo, and Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, Hemingway, Emily Dickinson, H.G. Wells, Poe, Charles Dickens, Shakespeare, Homer, Aesop, and Plato would all be people who lived  and may have had a talent for the arts, but since they only wrote for themselves and never shared their works, they'd be unknown to history.  What a shame that would be.
I say be proud of the art that you created and show it off.  people who call you a sellout just either don't have the talent or for whatever reason, be it ideals, fear, or for some other reason are choosing to waste their talent keeping it hidden away.  no one knows when the next Leonardo Da Vinci, Shakespeare, or even the Beatles will come along and by hiding ones art, they may be depriving the world of that type of greatness

Just Thought You Should Know

There was a time when PeRK was everything in our lives, but I guess that time has come and gone.  I want to keep playing together.  I'll be writing music until the day I die.  it's been a few years, but I'm going to try to get things back on track.  I miss PeRK too much to just let it go.

PeRK

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