Spiral Event
1.Spiral Event
[verse]
It’s been said that someone or something
Can live only as long as the last to remember it
And so we learn how the truth forgets
While the lies forge their way up front
[verse]
I know I’ve heard somewhere and sometimes
That a second guess is as good as givin’ up
But I believe I’ve learned that we don’t mind
And in the end it means we all regret
[chorus]
Desperate times call for desperate measures
The human race is losing all its valued treasures
Misplaced lines or mis-held discontent
And our meaning dwindles in a Spiral Event
[instrumental]
[chorus]
Desperate times call for desperate measures
The human race is losing all its valued treasures
Misplaced lines or mis-held discontent
And our meaning dwindles in a Spiral Event
[verse]
Though it happens to our history
A small white one sneaks through the shield
To per-petuate the catch 2 2
But know lies tear apart heart and soul
[chorus]
Desperate times call for desperate measures
The human race is losing all its valued treasures
Misplaced lines or mis-held discontent
And our meaning dwindles in a Spiral Event
[chorus]
Desperate times call for desperate measures (desperate times)
The human race is losing all its valued treasures (human race)
Misplaced lines or mis-held discontent (misplaced lines)
And our meaning dwindles in a Spiral Event (down in a spiral event)
Song Length: 4:09
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: Intro drums: a very early version of the Roland V-Drum kit. I don’t recall what one, but is prior to the TD-10 and the mesh heads.
The rest of the song is combination of the Roland R8m drum machine and some additional sound samples (read about it in the song story).
Vocal: All vocals in this were recorded using a GrooveTubes MD1a.
Song Story:
Hmmm…
In case you didn’t know. I’ve never owned a T.V. However living with Jeff Scott Soto provided me with many means for watching on. At the time we lived in Santa Clarita he had like 5 T.V.’s and I think 9 VCR’s. He was a true T.V. slut.
Anyway, I had somehow become a huge X-Files fan. I’m was one to get too into many T.V. shows cause I didn’t own one (and now there’s no real need for one as so many devices can show content). But at the end of Season Two of the X-Files there is an old Native Indian talking about how stories can only last for as long as they are told to younger generations. So that sparked the first verse.
Musically speaking this song was inspired by Nine Inch Nails. I got some wacky samples from Aldy Damian. Here’s a rundown of what you hear sample wise. The kick is a combination of my former Roland R8m drum machine and a Harley Davidson being kick started. The snare is a combination of a trashy Roland R8m snare, a clinking chain and a door slamming. The toms were some distorted toms that Aldy recorded. The rest are all sounds from a Roland R8m that I used to own. I programmed it. It’s cheesy, but for some reason it worked.
The drumming in the intro is Andy playing his buddy Jeff’s Roland electronic drum kit.
There is a break in the song where the music drops out and vocals keep going. That was an inspired accident. I had a friend, Keith Simmonds, who was checking out my progress on the recording of the CD. At one point I muted the music to check something and he freaked. He thought it was the coolest thing he’d ever heard when I left the vocals going. So that’s why that is now part of the mix over “lies tear apart…”.
Factoids:
1. The kick is a sample of a Harley Motorcycle kicking over on a startup.
2. My first guitar solo that really wasn’t a flashy solo.
Copyright: 2007/02/01
ISRC: USONR0301013
ISRC: USONR2400633
ISRC: USONR2400613
ISWC: T0709688152
SESAC Song ID: 594743
Harry Fox ID: X8271C
Harry Fox Publisher ID: P8938Q
UPC: 654433000122
UPC: 656465269447
UPC: 656465269430