"Before writing Scream (which was always its title) I wrote a lot of "begging" songs: Begging to be loved, begging to be remembered, begging for explanations, begging for time, begging for help. The realization of that fact made me sick. Scream was meant to be a departure from such songs, in the same sense that bargaining is followed by acceptance in the 5 stages of grief. I'm not entirely sure I was successful in that venture. What I do know is that Scream represents a few firsts for me. It was the first time I actively pursued dissonance in my chord progressions, and the first time I allowed myself to sing falsetto, albeit in a rather deranged sounding way. 

The goal of the song was to capture the agony of being forced to accept a horrific reality. It's no coincidence that I wrote it at a time when my girlfriend of three years surprised me by revealing she was engaged to someone else (it's also no coincidence that the songs that preceded this one were begging songs). Some songs that inspired it's composition include Radiohead's "Street Spirit (Fade out)" and "My Iron Lung," which are still among my favorite Radiohead songs. Also influential was the Kings of Leon song "Charmer" which still gives me chills.

I suppose, at the time, that I was also emulating the attitude of the Blur classic "Song 2," because this song was initially very brief, sudden, and in your face. Two verses, two choruses, and then ending just as suddenly as it began. 

At the Joy Foundation Open Mic Nights I attended at the time, I was occasionally asked to end the event, and this was the song I chose to do it with. To my delight, this became one of my most well-received tunes, one of the few that I remember people clapping in rhythm and singing along to. I remember Lee Olsen, a friend and rival of mine, even commending me on it, which was a rare thing for him to do. His only recommendation was that I add another section after the chorus, as he felt the song was missing something. I stubbornly refused to do so for close to a decade, thinking I knew best. 

After the dissolution of my three previous bands Petrichor, Do Me Eyes, and One Car Garage, I grew rather frustrated at the lack of progress in my musical ventures, and decided that I needed a change, (which eventually realized itself in this project). Scream, once so satisfying in its brevity, needed something new to spark my interest in it once again. I turned to the Cocteau Twins album "Treasure," and to a lesser extent, Nirvana's "Tourette's" (my all-time favorite Nirvana song) for inspiration. 

The result was weird, yet immensely satisfying. Two layers of rhythmic incoherent screaming provided an undercurrent of distress that pervaded the whole track. I then pushed myself to conceive words from the babble, and the bridge seemed to form itself in four harmonies. The lyrics that were born were not anything I would have written intentionally, but they described my despondence more perfectly than I could have imagined." (Day 46)

Day 5 - Scream (backing Track)

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.. Lightly unlight house groove ..banging..

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Foolish

Indoriaze - Nova

Warm up to Andres Campo recorded live at Index Dublin, Ireland.

Tracklist:
Rene Wise - Caging Green (Original Mix)
PAGANO - Zelig (Original Mix)
Audio State (RO) - Dopamine Rush (Original Mix)
Rene Wise - Escaping Siro (Original Mix) (OFFAIAH - Push Pull)
MOGO - ID
Marcal - ABL1 (Original Mix) (Benny Benassi - Satisfaction)
Hertz - Clutch (Original Mix)
MOGO - ID
Adoo - After Six Year (Original Mix) (Crusy, Dombresky - El Beso)
Robert Hood - Alpha Key (Original Mix)
Filterheadz - Seatle (Original Mix) (Chantal - The Realm)
Termudo - The Ecosystem Track (Original Mix)
Hertz - Push The Throttle (Original Mix)

Day 5 - Scream (backing Track)

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