AND THE WORLD WE LIVE IS YOURS
I CAME UP FROM NOTHING, RIVALS OVERCOME
AND THE WORLD WE LIVE IS YOURS
SEEMS I’VE STARTED SOMETHING, I CAN BE THE ONE
Well, if all goes as planned, you’re listening to the CD (and from here on, I’m gonna call it a record), as you read this. (and just a little piece of advice, for best results; listen to the “record” turned up loud, in its entirety in one sitting beste casino paa nett rate, while enjoying your favorite adult beverage!)
Ok, we got that out of the way, so back to the subject at hand.
After a pretty successful run in the “tribute band” circuit, I realized, to take it to the next level, not only the rarity casino red or black, but also the necessity of a songwriter. (they would be the some what eccentric people with the original, creative ideas, that live among us, but are often very hard to find) I also realized I F’n knew one.
With out going through the whole, this one played with that one, who knew the other one, who’s brothers best friend once sat in with this one. For the sake of this piece, we’ll just say I realized I knew a talented songwriter. So I called him. I said “I have a drummer, wanna make some noise”?
Yes! (that’s how Phil answers the phone, even if he calls you!) Oh! Might have forgot to mention the songwriter I knew (I guess maybe “know” would be more accurate nye norske casino 4 winds, but we’ve spent a fortune already, and at this point we have no money left for an editor!), was Phil Gorlaski! So Phil, Mike Morelli, and I got together kinda late one night at what had become a cold, water damaged, and damn near abandoned band room I had left over from the last project I had been a part of.
After a half hour or so of getting all the equipment back in near working order casino games using paypal, Phil kinda laid out the changes, and we ran through a bunch of his songs.
It was great! The songs just flowed. The changes were natural and just kinda kicked you in the face. Three guys, who for all intensive purposes never played together, ran through no less then six or seven of Phils original songs, start to finish. It was great, there was an amazing energy! For me, music just became fun again!
One song stood out to me that night though. It seemed to have a real commercial feel to it free slot games queen of the nile, but still had a coolness all its own. That song was “Free”. So, in an effort to show we “had game”, we decided to immediately record it.
Ugg! Recording. I knew a guy. A guy with a recording studio, who had several recording and producing credits, along with playing, engineering, and all kinds of other cool stuff on his resume! So we headed down to GEO sound in the Tacony section of Philadelphia, and recorded “Free”.
Cool experience. George is great. Travel and set up sucks! We also recorded a version of “Who are You” with George.
Then we thought; modern recording has only really existed for fifty years or so? And, a majority of that was done with “the meter running”. In other words, this studio time is costing us a fortune, lets get done as fast as we can! So, being the “out of the box thinkers” Phil and I are casino paa nett cooking, we had an idea; We’ll build our own studio! Genius! I had some space in a commercial building, so we set out to build a studio!
When I say “build a studio”, I’m not talking oversee a project. I’m talking, learn a ton of stuff about sound proofing, acoustics, and materials. Hoisting these materials to the third floor with an impressive pulley system, and “building” (I may have forgot to mention that in another life, Phil was a gifted carpenter), but I mean building a studio.
Then there’s equipment. Every engineer seems to have their own, unique opinion of what hardware and software is ideal. Getting this stuff to work together and talk to each other (and in some cases norge casino bingo, work at all) is every bit of another 4 to 6 week set back!
So now, we have a studio.
We need an engineer. We went through several. Most are legends in their own mind. But I remembered a guy I recorded with a few years back. He was awesome. I tracked him down! Enter Doug Beck, engineer extraordinaire! We got him out, and it all clicked! We found session drummer Andrew Toy, and you’re listening to the result!
Once we were in our studio, Phil and I took over producing responsibilities. Doug Beck, with out a doubt, had his input also. That input played a huge roll in the final product! We did our thing. Brought in all kinds of players, singers, and…, just what ever. We used different mics, pre-amps, recording techniques spill casino 400, what ever we could come up with! We had a blast, and we’re pretty happy with the end result!
You would think that would be it. But then there’s more! The look, the feel, and the content of the album itself! Holy shit! Graphic designers and all that goes with it! The final frontier!
The final mastered audio was approved in September or October 2014, but it’s December and I’m just now writing this! Every little piece. Every picture, every written line, all the written content, the song spacing, the song order. Everything matters.
So, here it is. The songs of Phil Gorlaski, in the form of an album. Played by Slot 55, recorded at Slot 55’s private studio in Langhorne PA, and with a few minor exceptions, produced by myself (Rich Beaumont), and Phil Gorlaski. We had fun making it, and we hope you have fun listening to it! And that, is just how to create 47 minuets of music in just four short years! Listen to the record, and get all your friends to do the same!
released January 16, 2015
IT SCREAMS ALOUD, IN MY LIFE
LET’S START THIS WHOLE THING OVER
SO I CAN FEEL ALIVE
TAKE THE WEIGHT RIGHT OFF MY SHOULDERS
I’M HIGH
EVERYONE NEEDS CLOSURE, SO THEY CAN SEE THE LIGHT
SEE IN YOUR EYES FOREVER
AND WE’LL STARE INTO THE SUN
SEE IN YOUR EYS SO CLEAR NOW
IT’S ALL I WANTED TO BECOME
COME AGAIN
FLYING HIGH, SPEEDS PICKED UP WON’T BE TAKEN DOWN
THIS TIME AROUND, FEELING SAFE BUT NOTHING’S SOUND
SAID I’M NO NAME, I’M STILL HERE BUT YOU HAVE CHANGED
I FEEL NO PAIN, TIME GOES ON WE’LL RIDE THE WAVE Track Name: To the Son TO THE SON
I’VE HEARD BUT NEVER KNOWIN’
YOUR EYES ARE SUCH A SUBTLE THING
THAT’S THE FACE YOU’RE SHOWIN’
DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY WITH ME Track Name: Breakdown BREAKDOWN
NEON NEON; RIDE WINDS OF CHANGE
NEON NEON; THE STARS LIGHT MY WAY
WOKE UP ON SUNDAY MORNING
RAIN CLOUDS WERE IN MY EYES
THERE MUST BE BLUE SKYS AHEAD
THE SUN IS IN YOUR EYES
NOW COOL BREEZE BLOWING THROUGH YOUR HAIR
FEEL LIKE IM SLIPPIN AWAY
I’VE HEARD BUT NEVER KNOWIN’
THE BEST THINGS IN THIS LIFE ARE FREE
TAKE THE TIDE OF KNOWIN’
KNOWIN’ THAT IT’S TIME TO BE ME
NO NAME roulette strategy that wins, LOST MY WAY MUST WALK THE LINE
SCARED HEARTS casino red quartz, DECEIVING LIES, BLED ME DRY
MY FEELINGS CHANGED, MY SOUL WAS SWEPT INTO THE SEA
SAID I FEEL THE PAIN, TIME GOES ON WE’LL RIDE THE WAVE
I WANT TO RUN INTO THE OCEAN
RIDE THE WAVES IN FRONT OF ME
TAKE THIS TIME IN MOTION
‘CAUSE TIME IS JUST A LITTLE THING
IT BREATHS ALOUD TONIGHT
TURN THE COVER OVER SO I DON’T LIVE A LIE
SPIN YOUR WORLD IN CIRCLES, TREAT YOU RIGHT
TURN THE TABLE OVER, SO YOU DON’T BLEED ME DRY Track Name: My Reflection MY REFLECTION
This album was written by Phil Gorlaski. It was recorded at Slot 55’s studio in Langhorne PA. Phil played every guitar part, performed vocals, and played piano and keyboards. Any weird instruments, percussion, and effects such as megaphones, and any other thing he could find was Phil. Rich Beaumont and Phil Gorlaski arranged, and co- produced the album.
Rich played bass, and Andrew Toy played drums. Doug Beck engineered, and mastering was done at Diskmakers. “Free” was recorded at GEO Sound Studios in Philadelphia. George Manny engineered, and contributed to the producing of “Free”. Mike Morelli played drums on “Free”. Portions of “Who are You” were recorded and produced at GEO Studios.
There were contributions from several artists on many of the songs, and the credits are listed with each song.
DREAMS OF YOU I CAN’T BREAKDOWN
SOON ALL YOUR FEARS THEY WILL CALL
IS THIS THE REAL WORLD WE MADE OF
SOON ALL YOUR CASTLES WILL FALL Track Name: Drift Away DRIFT AWAY
DONT LET GO
HOLD ON TONIGHT
MIGHT BE THE LAST NIGHT
COVERED UP IN LOVE
IM ON MY WAY AND I WONT BACK DOWN
DRIFT AWAY; GONE TO A BETTER PLACE
GUESS IM LEARNNING FROM MY MISTAKES
WELL IT SLIPPED AWAY; GONE TILL ANOTHER DAY
MAYBE I’M BETTER OFF ON MY OWN
MY REFLECTION CUTS THROUGH CLEAR
BUT I DON’T READ YOU WELL
STEPPED OVER THE LINE WISHED IT WELL
MIRRORED EYES CUT DEEP READ INNER
SEE WHO YOU REALLY ARE
STEPPED OVER THE LINE WISHED IT WELL
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COLD STARE DOWN THE BARREL OF A LOADED GUN
STARRED AT YOUR PICTURE THINK YOU’RE THE ONE
I TAKE IT BACK I DIDNT MEAN IT ALL
FUNNY WHAT YOU SAY WHEN SHE’S GOT YOU BY THE BALLS Track Name: In My Life IN MY LIFE
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COLD STARE DOWN THE BARREL OF A LOADED GUN
GIRL GOT ME DOWN, NOW IM ON THE RUN
SOME BATTLES I’VE LOST AND SOME I’VE WON
JUST BRUSHED THEM OFF LIKE I’M HAVING FUN
Track Name: Loaded Gun LOADED GUN
WOUND UP TO THE POINT I CAN’T MAKE OUT
IF WHAT YOU SAID IS FROM THE HEART
GONNA WIND IT BACK NOT GONNA BREAKOUT
SEEN ALL MY DREAMS FALL APART
THE DREAMS WE HAD ARE DEAD
BUT THEY STILL FEEL THE SAME
FEEL THE SAME FOREVER
AND I’VE BEEN RE-ARRANGED
AND I THINK YOU’RE TO BLAME
YOU’RE TO BLAME FOREVER Track Name: Free FREE
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KNEE DEEP I CANT BE BEATEN
ONLY TIME WILL TELL
STEPPED OVER THE LINE COULDN’T TELL
DOWN AND OUT FIND OUT WHAT YOU’RE ALL ABOUT
SEE WHO YOU REALLY ARE
STEPPED OVER THE LINE WISHED IT WELL Track Name: No Name NO NAME
SOME PICTURES TELL A STORY, TELL OF THINGS WE CANT SHOW
PUT ON YOUR MORNING MAKE UP GIRL
THERE ARE STILL SOME THINGS THAT GLOW
THE TIMES YOU NEVER MAKE UP, ARE THE TIMES YOU’LL NEVER KNOW
SO WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT GIRL, DON’T LET IT CARRY ON
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE
I’LL BREAK YOU LIKE A SHALLOW DREAM
TAKE YOU TO WHERE IT’S FLOWIN’
TURN AROUND AND LOOK AT ME
THE DREAMS WE HAD ARE DEAD
THEY’LL NEVER WASH AWAY
WHEN LIFES BEEN RE-ARRANGED
BUT IT STILL FEELS THE SAME
FEELS THE SAME FOREVER
I’M ON MY OWN THIS TIME
IT’S TIME TO GET IT RIGHT
I WON’T LOOSE MY WAY
I WON’T WASTE MY LIFE
I’M ON MY WAY BACK TO KNOWIN’
BACK TO A TIME WHERE
I CAN BE FREE
I CAN BE FREE
I THINK IT’S TIME FOR A BREAK DOWN
TAKE IT BACK TO THE START
COULD IT BE TIME FOR A SHAKEDOWN
I’LL PULL YOUR STORIES APART
HOW TO CREATE 47 MINUTES OF MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT IN JUST FOUR SHORT YEARS!
YOULL PAY FOR THE DAMAGE THAT YOUVE DONE
I’M OUT ON THE RUN
YOULL PAY FOR THE DAMAGE THAT YOU’VE CAUSED
I’M A LOADED GUN ITS TIME WE LIVE AS ONE
DON’T KNOW WHERE I’M GOING
BUT KNOW THE PLACES I HAVE BEEN
RIDE THE WAVES IN FRONT OF ME
TEAR THEM LIKE A SHATTERED DREAM
Finally gratis 3d program ma, I’m a huge fan of “Drift Away.” It’s impossible not to laugh out loud when you first hear it. The track is fun and driving, complete with a gospel choir and of course, cowbell.
The band built their own studio for the sake of the record, so the clock wouldn’t hinder their creativity. The time and craftsmanship put into My Reflection shows, with 11 solidly produced tracks that echo the sounds of Foo Fighters. Pearl Jam. and Guns & Roses. There were a few songs that really stood out, however.
“In My Life” actually appears twice on My Reflection. For those who buy the physical CD, there’s a fully produced uptempo version along with a hidden track that’s a stripped down acoustic version at the end. I love this song for its strong chorus and energetic guitars. It builds beautifully.
If you’d like to download the album for free on Slot 55’s website, click here. However, if you buy the physical copy of the album at select local businesses, the cost is only $5 and 100% of the proceeds will go to local veteran’s benefits- as if the music wasn’t sweet enough in itself.
The album opens up with a crackling record player and “Loaded Gun.” What’s immediately apparent is the strength of Phil Gorlaski’s voice. He has incredible range, control, and personality. The lyrics are particularly powerful in this one as well, likening a frazzled post- breakup emotional state to a loaded gun.
Probably one of my favorite lyrics on the album appears in the song, “To the Sun.” Phil sings: “And I’ve been rearranged/And I think you’re to blame.” It’s a pretty deep sentiment considering the song’s subject and as with many of the lyrics on this album, you have to read between the lines. It’s the opposite of the literal, instant gratification we’ve become accustomed to these days in the music world.
That being said, My Reflection really delivers an experience to the listener, no matter what the method of enjoyment.
When Slot 55 sent me their latest project, My Reflection . it came along with those specific instructions for listening and I’m so glad I played along. Music is a physical experience and as wonderful as the Internet has been for music discovery, I think the digital album experience of today lacks tactility.
Slot 55’s My Reflection runs deep and has many layers- both musically and lyrically. The production and polish is impressive and the band build upon years of being working musicians. If you love rock and roll and long for the days before digital, you’re going to love this record and this band.
It’s been a long time since I’ve really listened to an album from top to bottom. I’m not talking about streaming the latest buzzworthy band on Spotify while running errands or sending e-mails. I’m talking about popping in an actual CD into a non-computer CD player, and reading along with the album lyric booklet. No Facebook notifications. No tweeting. No distractions.
Another standout track is “Helpless Lady,” featuring saxophone by Dr. Michael Scott. It’s not often that you hear a saxophone on a rock record and it really added a unique smoothness to the song.
The record was four years in the making. Rich Beaumont. one of the founding members of Slot 55, spent years playing bass in the tribute band circuit. Wanting to take his music to the next level with original tunes, he called up one of the best songwriters he knew- Phil Gorlaski – and Slot 55 was born, with the more recent addition of Andrew Toy on drums.
“No Name” also brings in some uncommon instrumentation, with harp by Meghan Davis and Alex Keller on cello. It starts out as a gentle ballad but kicks up to a rock track by the second verse.