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    I just finished the physical pressing of my album, the Hard Times LP. The idea was to make something tangible. You know, with that vinyl-esq’, aesthetic feel to it; something that people could [hopefully] really appreciate. Every single one is completely original and it is an amazing feeling to have finally finished this project. You can view the whole photo set by clicking: flickr.com/photos/jihadjoe75

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This song, called Au Train, was inspired by the river located near the town literally called “Christmas” in the upper peninsula. I made attempt after attempt to make a decent recording and at some point I settled for a half ass mix, which to my dismay, people actually downloaded. I just got all of the mastered tracks back from my engineer, except for Au Train. Just before sending this track out for mastering I, well… realized it was total, complete crap and considering I had no desire what so ever to rerecord it, I decided to remove it from the album…

That is, until randomly late last night around 11pm… I accidentally clicked the mix while trying to open up another Logic 9 project. I don’t know why, but I just started working on it. I deleted %70 of the tracks and started building from the floor up, as the original never had a groove to it, or any soul for that matter. 8 hours later [no joke] I finally had the mix that I wanted. To this day, it was the best experience I’ve ever had in audio production.

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i stood on the banks of the au train in northern michigan
as mayflies dipped down like angels over the water
god forbid i was a little drunk
god forbid i was singing to myself
as the wind pushed harmonies through the willow that i stood under

[i loved you, elena]

at some point the creek swept me out from my feet
but i hear the water's clearer the farther you get downstream
now i don't know what i've been told
but as river bends so does your soul
i hear home is where you make it
so i kept on swimming

[i loved you, elena]

late that night the reflection of the moon on the water
looked like a million tiny shards of glass
but then the river started rumbling
as I washed on down a waterfall
i held my breath and thought that this is the end

but then as the sand cleared i saw a saw a familiar face
and her dark hair, which was so filled with secrets, said boy don't be afraid
i reached out to her and pleaded, take me with you
then, as she disappeared downstream she whispered, the river always runs through

[i loved you, elena]

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from the Hard Times LP, released October 31, 2009

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