Ties are Truly Bound
1.Ties are Truly Bound
[verse]
Christ I’d say it’s time to pray for rain
To quench the drought my life became
I’m well beyond the burning and the pain
I’ve got to be somewhere ahead of here
[verse]
Christ I’d say it’s time to go insane
To free the energy of my sun
Would you be willing to share just the same
And could you do anything for this one
[pre chorus]
Miracles can happen
and the earth will turn again
Miracles can happen
push the wall around again
[chorus]
Gravity keeps you rooted to the ground
we’re not connected but our
Ties Are Truly Bound
But my world lets me float all around
we’re so addicted though our
Ties Are Truly Bound
[verse]
When I’d done having prayed for fucking rain
I’ll watch the water run under my sun
I’ve the means and the trouble is gone again
Someday my dog will see his day
[pre chorus]
Miracles can happen
and the earth will turn again
Miracles can happen
push the wall around again
[chorus]
Gravity keeps you rooted to the ground
we’re not connected but our
Ties Are Truly Bound
But my world lets me float all around
we’re so addicted though our
Ties Are Truly Bound
[solo]
[chorus]
Gravity keeps you rooted to the ground
we’re not connected but our
Ties Are Truly Bound
But my world lets me float all around
we’re so addicted though our
Ties Are Truly Bound
Song Length: 4:01
Writer: Jody Whitesides IPI/CAE 00196306650
Publisher: Too Much Music IPI/CAE 00456952518
Admin Publisher (Outside U.S.): Bluewater Music
Jody Whitesides: Vocals, Guitars
Jeff Scott Soto: Backing Vocals
Andy Miller: Drums, Backing Vocals
T.B Player: Bass
Recording Info:
Cover Art: Jody Whitesides
Recording Engineer: Jody Whitesides
Mixing Engineer: Jody Whitesides
Mastering Engineer 2025: Jody Whitesides
Mastering Engineer 1998: Brian Fedirko of One on One
Vocal Engineer: Jody Whitesides
Producer: Jody Whitesides
El Padden Studio: All the guitars, bass and vocals were recorded here. The guitar room happened to be a small den room in the house Jeff and I were living in. The control room was a converted garage.
Blue Forrest Studio: The drums were recorded here.
Format: ADAT, the original black ones.
Console: Mackie 32 x 8 with the Mackie AutoMix system on a Mac. (for 1998 release).
Tracking Monitors: KRK.
2025:
Remixed at: Snow Park Studio in Park City UT
Mixed in LUNA
Mastered in LUNA
Guitar(s): Ibanez Universe 7 string guitar: This is number 96 off the assembly line. I got it for $400 with the case, about 6 months before Korn hit it big time. Then the value shot up to over $2000. Seymour Duncan Custom Custom 7 string model – custom wound. Plus my middle pickup was custom wound by a guy in Canada, sounds ok, but I don’t have his name. Neck pickup wasn’t used on this disc but is the stock pickup. Tremolo was useless with strings this heavy – so I blocked it off. This guitar was strung with Dean Markley Blue Steels medium gauge.
The Amp Setup:
MesaBoogie TriAxis
Hush IIcx
Ensoniq DP2 for creating the effects
Alesis MEQ230
BBE Sonic Maximizer
GrooveTubes Dual 75 Poweramp that has been modified to be true stereo
GrooveTubes 2 x 10″ cabs – two of ’em for stereo tracking
I had a cross section of GrooveTubes 12AX7’s & 12AT7’s & ECC83 pre-amp tubes for the TriAxis
I had KT88’s on one side of the Dual 75 and EL34’s on the other side
The guitar cabinets were turned back to back, for the stereo effect
Bass(s): Honer V: This is the bass that was used on this song. A 5 string bass that was relatively quite cheap but records very very well. At the time of this recording it was strung with GHS Boomers as I couldn’t afford the Blue Steels at the time.
The Amp Setup: The bass was recorded direct. Unfortunately you live and learn.
Drums: Tama – The exact model is something I don’t know. But Andy played the shit out of them and it was his kit
Cymbals – Combination of Zilidian, and Sabian. Two of the crashes where borrowed from Jamie Borger from Talisman. Andy ended up beating the shit out of them too
Snare – this snare was borrowed from Jack White. Not the guy from the White Stripes, but the original drummer for Rick Springfield. Jack let us borrow a couple of great snares
Remo drum heads – I bought them for Andy. I wanted to have fresh heads and the drum guy from Guitar Center and Andy both recommended that these were the ones to use
Mics: Sennheisers for drum overheads & hihats
Sure SM57’s on snare and toms
Mic Pres: API
Vocal: All vocals in this were recorded using a GrooveTubes MD1a.
Song Story:
Well, this particular song really shows my appreciation for Queensrÿche. Now, hopefully this isn’t too much for a surprise for anyone. I used to play in a Queensrÿche tribute band. I did it to get some live playing chops and to meet musicians. It’s the direct reason of how I met Andy.
Anyway, I can’t remember the exact Queensrÿche song that inspired this song, but you’ll notice some very similar elements in it as far as the intros are concerned. Past that the songs become two completely different beasts. I really like the uptempo-ness of this song.
It was recorded using only the Ibanez Universe 7 string. That’s where that low end is coming from. Plus that really cool chorus riff. I think the riff was inspired by Satriani’s song Circles.
Musically speaking the intro has odd divisions on how the chords change, despite the standard 4/4 timing. It made it initially hard for me to play live cause I’d keep making the switch into the verse either too soon or too late. It pissed Andy off. Hey, we all have things that just elude us sometimes. But once I got it all together the song was really cool to play live.
Another thing to note is the word “Gravity”. I attempted to give them a feel of being pulled down by gravity, thus the lowering in pitch and such. It’s much easier to hear in the re-mixed version, compared to the version on CD. On the original CD mix the sampler I used to create the pitch change was so horrible that it added tremendous artifacts that I had to fade the parts into the background. In the re-mix I used Logic to shift the pitch which did a much better job and thus allowed me to put in the mix where I could hear it as intended.
Factoids:
1. Gravity vocal was originally treated to slowing the sample down to get the falling feature.
2. I’m fond of the double time feel of the drums against the half time feel of the guitars in the verse.
Copyright: 2007/02/01
ISRC: USONR2400628
ISRC: USONR2400608
ISRC: USONR0301008
ISWC: T0709688243
SESAC Song ID: 594736
Harry Fox ID: X82707
Harry Fox Publisher ID: P8938Q
UPC: 654433000122
UPC: 656465269201
UPC: 656465269232