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I am apart of an online songwriters group, based out of the Bay Area, and each week we are given a prompt and asked to write and record a song. One of our prompts was to explore and deconstruct the way we use our "tools" in songwriting. My interpretation of the prompt was to use tools that I otherwise would never use in a song, and to make an entire song out of them.

I asked my father to be apart of this creative project and to have access to his wood shop, and he said yes! Everything you hear in this recording is acoustic, no amplified instruments or plug ins! The kick drum is my fist pounding on a work bench. The snare drum is me hitting a piece of wood against the wood stove chimney. The high hat sound is me playing with pain brushes on a license plate. In addition you'll also hear a bullet can used as a shaker, drills, a screwdriver hitting a machete, and tapping on random equipment around the shop. My father played the guitar for this recording, I played mandolin and used a cello as if it were an upright bass.

Final name I want to mention is Liam McKay. I brought my project to him and asked for his creative input in the editing process and he helped me.

This project was a lot of fun and I'm happy to share it!