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Not​-​Quite​-​Live @ The MOVE Music Festival

by Rick O'Disko

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    All tracks recorded in one take with minimal post-production. All tracks in high-resolution WAV format.
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MY WORDS YOUR MOUTH THE QUESTION “WHY?” THE SPACE INSIDE THE ANSWER IN TIME THIS LIE MIGHT SATISFY DIVIDE THE DANCE FROM DANCER AND ALL THE TURNS AND ALL THE TWISTS AND ALL THE PRETTY LIGHTS AND ALL THE FAILURES ALL THE HITS ALL THE UGLY SIGHTS STUCK BETWEEN THE PAGES LABYRINTHS & MAZES GETTING NOTHING BACK FROM YOU LOCKING US IN CAGES SILENCING THE RAGES LABYRINTHS & MAZES MAKE MY WAY AWAY FROM YOU FREEDOM COMES IN STAGES MY HEAD MY HEART AN EMPTY BOX MY DREAMS A PILE OF ASHES YOUR HANDS THE KEEPER OF THE LOCKS DEATH FROM A MILLION LASHES AND ALL THE DAYS AND ALL THE NIGHTS AND ALL THE STUPID GAMES AND ALL THE SILENCE ALL THE FIGHTS IT ALL GOES UP IN FLAMES STUCK BETWEEN THE PAGES LABYRINTHS & MAZES GETTING NOTHING BACK FROM YOU LOCKING US IN CAGES SILENCING THE RAGES LABYRINTHS & MAZES MAKE MY WAY AWAY FROM YOU FREEDOM COMES IN STAGES – UH HUH AND THERE’S NO WAY OUT. THERE’S NO END NO POINT A OR B MY FRIEND THERE’S NO WAY INSIDE YOUR HEAD NO WAY BACK FROM WHAT I’VE SAID STUCK BETWEEN THE PAGES LABYRINTHS & MAZES GETTING NOTHING BACK FROM YOU LOCKING US IN CAGES SILENCING THE RAGES LABYRINTHS & MAZES MAKE MY WAY AWAY FROM YOU FREEDOM COMES IN STAGES STUCK BETWEEN THE PAGES LABYRINTHS & MAZES GETTING NOTHING BACK FROM YOU LOCKING US IN CAGES SILENCING THE RAGES LABYRINTHS & MAZES MAKE MY WAY AWAY FROM YOU FREEDOM COMES IN STAGES – UH HUH MAKE MY WAY AWAY FROM YOU FREEDOM COMES IN STAGES IT COMES IN STAGES
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ALL THAT’S LEFT OF THIS LOVE IS AN EXQUISITE CORPSE ELEGANTLY DRESSED HAIR AND MAKEUP DONE OF COURSE ALL THAT’S LEFT TO DO NOW IS PLACE IT IN THE GROUND DROP THE CLODS IN ONE BY ONE WALK AWAY WITHOUT A SOUND MOURNING ANOTHER MORNING NOT A SINGLE TEAR TO SHED LET’S NOT SPEAK ILL OF THE DEAD MOURNING ANOTHER MORNING FOCUS ON THE ROAD INSTEAD ANOTHER BODY’S UP AHEAD ALL THAT’S LEFT OF THIS LOVE A STONE ON FROZEN SOIL I STAND ASIDE IN WONDER MY BREATH A SMOKY COIL ALL THAT’S LEFT TO DO NOW IS THINK ON WHAT HAS CHANGED THE PIECES ALL STILL LOOK THE SAME BUT THE WORLD IS REARRANGED MOURNING ANOTHER MORNING NOT A SINGLE TEAR TO SHED LET’S NOT SPEAK ILL OF THE DEAD MOURNING ANOTHER MORNING FOCUS ON THE ROAD INSTEAD ANOTHER BODY’S UP AHEAD MOURNING ANOTHER MORNING NOT A SINGLE TEAR TO SHED LET’S NOT SPEAK ILL OF THE DEAD MOURNING ANOTHER MORNING FOCUS ON THE ROAD INSTEAD ANOTHER BODY’S UP AHEAD WHO PICKS UP WHAT WE LET GO? WHO PICKS UP WHAT WE LET GO? WHO PICKS UP WHAT WE LET GO? WHO PICKS UP WHAT WE LET GO? WHO PICKS UP WHAT WE LET GO? WHO PICKS UP WHAT WE LET GO? WHO PICKS UP WHAT WE LET GO? WHO PICKS UP WHEN WE LET GO?
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IF I FLIP THE SWITCH IS IT OFF OR ON OR SOMETHING IN BETWEEN? IF I SELECT UNHITCH DO I WALK INTO A NEW WORLD SIGHT UNSEEN? ONE DAY ONE WEEK THE WELL RUNS DRY AND I KNOW I SHOULD RUN RUN RUN BUT TO OR FROM I WONDER WHY SOMETHING HAS BEGUN GUN GUN ONE BREATH ONE STEP SO TENTATIVE WHEN I KNOW I SHOULD DIVE DIVE DIVE DON’T BE SO ARGUMENTATIVE I’M CHOOSING ALIVE LIVE LIVE IF I CHANGE THE STATION DO I RISK A TUNE THAT SOUNDS THE SAME? IF I CHOOSE PREDATION DOES THE HUNTER GET CAPTURED BY THE GAME? ONE MIND ONE THOUGHT NO INNER SOUND WHEN I KNOW I SHOULD FLY FLY FLY DON’T WANT TO STAY HERE ON THE GROUND I’M CHOOSING THE SKY SKY SKY I DON’T CARE IF I LOSE IT ALL THIS IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE IS MY NEW HOME AND I DON’T CARE IF I SOAR OR IF I FALL THIS IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE IS MY HOME THIS IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE IS MY HOME THIS IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE IS MY HOME IF THE FREQUENCY’S TOO LOUD WILL IT DROWN OUT ALL THE TRUTH I WANT TO HEAR? AND IF THIS HEAVEN’S JUST A CLOUD DOES MY DREAM OF SOMETHING MORE JUST DISAPPEAR? ONE MIND ONE THOUGHT NO INNER SOUND WHEN I KNOW I SHOULD FLY FLY FLY DON’T WANT TO STAY HERE ON THE GROUND I’M CHOOSING THE SKY SKY SKY I DON’T CARE IF I LOSE IT ALL THIS IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE IS MY NEW HOME AND I DON’T CARE IF I SOAR OR IF I FALL THIS IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE ONE BREATH ONE STEP IT ALL BEGINS AND I’M READY TO FLY FLY FLY IT’S TIME TO SOAR UPON THE WIND I AM CHOOSING THE SKY I DON’T CARE IF I LOSE IT ALL THIS IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE IS MY NEW HOME DON’T CARE IF I SOAR OR IF I FALL THIS IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE IS MY HOME MY HOME MY HOME
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about

So in 2013, I was invited to perform at the MOVE Music Festival in Albany, NY. Cool. I'd performed a couple of low-key live gigs up until then, so this was going to be a little bit higher-profile. I planned a set of original tracks, some mashed-up with other artists tracks, which I like to do when I perform live. My live set up is really simple: MacBook, mixing board, microphone. I thought it would be cool to record the performance and release a live recording. I ran through the set up at home and it worked great.

At the venue, not so much.

I had a tight 45-minute window, no back-lining, no wiggle room. My audio set-up didn't speak to the venue's system (even though I'd been assured it would) so I lost about 20 of my 45 minutes getting the sound together. Not great, really amateurish on my part and embarrassing. The sound mix was complete crap. I got through about half of my set list and went home dejected and glad it was over instead of encouraged and excited.

I decided to go into my home studio and record the tracks as if I was performing them live: one take, no stopping, no restarting, no lyric sheets, warts-and-all. The recordings you hear were all recording in one single take, one after another. My post-production was minimal - i multi-tracked my vocal and added a hint of reverb - which I would have done live, anyway. Listening to the tracks again, almost two years later, there are some vocals that I like and some that make me cringe.

I mixed the tracks at Cafe Vero on Lark Street in Albany over cappuccino.

I'm giving this away for free, so enjoy.

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released May 12, 2013

Performed, recorded, produced and mixed by Rick O'Disko.

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Rick O'Disko Syracuse, New York

Born and raised in Upstate New York, Rick O’Disko has loved dance music for as long as he can remember: “In elementary school, I used to get to class early so that my friends and I could dance to our disco 45s.” At eight years old, he asked for – and received – a strobe light for Christmas. “I set my room up as a discotheque. There was no door policy – just come on in and get down.” ... more

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