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Root Canal
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Groove-based rock tune in 11/8 everything was written and recorded in one take. all instruments by ZIP 100 vocals by Tom Schmidt
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Art chasing sound.
The band is me. I have been a musician since age 7 (i'm 44 now), and that's pretty much all I did. By age 32 I was working in an average of 6 bands at a time and still practicing 36 hours a week. That's when I got nerve damage in both my arms and couldn't use them for 5 years...not for eating, lifting, playing...anything. 2 surgeries and 3 more years recoup, and I am back in short bursts. I write and track everything in 1 take as I can't play for long. Guitar is my main instrument (studied it the most), but have been playing drums and bass since age 10, and have actually worked the most as a drummer. I can't really use my left arm much so i drum with my fingers. It gives it a unique sound. (Don't worry, it's not wimpy... I can still break sticks!)
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Genre
Rock • Progressive Rock
Charts
#1,582 in subgenre Peak #20
Charts
Peak #1,272
Author
Tom Schmidt/Zip 100
Rights
2006
Uploaded
December 17, 2008
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MP3 4.2 MB • 128 kbps • 4:35
Story behind the song
The song was done right before I went in for my first arm surgery. The surgery had a chance to cause total paralysis in my arms, so I wanted to record as much as I possibly could before the surgery. Three days before going under the knife, I broke my tooth and needed a root canal. They could not perform the surgery until the root canal was done, so I had no choice. After I got back from the root canal, I realized it didn't hurt, and I had a whole day ahead of me, so why not try to squeeze one more tune in there. For the tempo I took my pulse and went with the same number. For the time signature I rolled the dice. This song started with the bass line. The reason the drums come in when they do, is because that's how long it took me to hit record in the control room and walk into the studio and put on the headphones. I wasn't sure what to play on drums, as I never did a song in 11 before, so the intro is me noodling around finding a groove. The song builds by more definition coming to the parts.
Lyrics
I am fearless. Pins and needles. Painted Desert. Flawless, melting. Don't take me home. Somewhere in the city streets she is losing control. Underneath the neon lights in the blistering cold. Out among the masses so quick and bustling by. Winking out of existence in the blink of an eye. Now her hands are shaking, now she's getting nervous."Oh my head is aching... oh, God I don't deserve this!" No one pays attention... no, no one says a word. Her cries, they go unnoticed, her shouts they go unheard. No one stops to rescue this woman in a ball. Lost among the litter she's backed against a wall of an office building that grows so very high. Winking out of existence in the blink of an eye. Cut-and-paste. Piece together. What I've made, suits me fine. It's my chance to overwhelm you. Boredom is contagious.
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