Demons

This is another song that I recorded for The Monster I’ve Become concept called “Demons”. While a lot of what I’ve recorded is incredibly embarrassing to me, this song is one that I’m happy to play for people. This song (and album) marks the beginning of a new kind of songwriting for me that I think is more truthful, whereas I just wrote silly love songs in my teenage years. The basic premise of this song is that the things in my past that I’m ashamed of continually haunt me. No matter how hard I try to shake them, they always seem to push out any good in my mind and I’m left to dwell on my mistakes and shortcomings without being able to move forward. I let them take over.



I recorded this on my computer in February 2005, but it took a while to finish because I wasn’t sure what audio clip to put in it. I had picked out a few different ones to convey the idea of being overcome by a stronger force, but they didn’t really work. The Evil Dead, however, offered the perfect piece of dialogue to fit in with the idea and mood of the song. The dark undertones of this song, too, were a new direction in songwriting that I continue to utilize.

I recorded this using Cakewalk Sonar 2.0. Again, using a keyboard to make the drum beat and plugging the guitar directly into my sound card. To get the feedback, I plugged my acoustic-electric into the sound card, put it right in front of the speakers, and turned up the gain. The fast piano-key was mapped using Cakewalk’s midi instruments. I think they’re 64th notes, much quicker than I could play.

Hail to the king, baby.