Last week was a productive one. I dropped a brand new music video (for “Ave Cantora” by Open/Honest) and track (for a charity) on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
Every Corner Every Inch comes out on Friday, December 7th. You can pre-order it on bandcamp & iTunes, or stream it on Spotify. Be sure and check out my interview with Open/Honest if you haven’t already.
[bandcamp width=350 height=442 track=1352828874 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=9a64ff tracklist=false]My newest track, “A Kinder & Gentler Nation” was written for a charity concert CD, which you can learn more about at goodknight.de.
Some of the donors were given the opportunity to choose ‘themes’ around which songs would be written, recorded, and sold on CD at the concert. I chose the quote ‘All I want is a kinder and gentler nation’ – George H.W. Bush. It is by complete coincidence (or otherworldly force) that the mix was completed on the day of his death. Here’s to the future.
“A Kinder & Gentler Nation” was mixed & produced by Martin Bremer.
Lyrics:
All I want is a
Kinder and gentler nation
All the bombs must be
Stored under lock underground
All the times that I’ve
Asked for your participation
Retaliation is all that I receive
Have you checked lately
If peace in this world can be
Something our feeble minds can achieve
And so while I am
Losing my spine online
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And accept our statement:
That privacy means you can always be seen
And freedom has escaped through the basement
Is it too much to ask for a beautiful world
Where no one gets shot for existing
All of my favorite seasons have passed
And all we are left with is history
A history that’s being undone by the mile
At 10 billion miles per moment
Just be kind to your fellow woman and man
Or any ID that they please
Exorcise your demons of greed
Love might be all that we need
As I swim through the waves of this wonderful world
And the kindness that we all tend to forget
I am trapped under currents of zeros and ones
Enigmatically pumping their digital fists
All I want is a
Kinder and gentler nation