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AIN'T NO HIDING IN A DIGITAL WORLD
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FROM THE NEW CD! A SONG ABOUT HOW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY HAS SHATTERED ANY HOPES OF PERSONAL PRIVACY TODAY.
melodic hard rock classic rock mainstream original rock political rock arena rock the road less traveled songs with a message avalanche hard rock band michael foster will there be tomorrow
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HARD ROCK BAND THAT BLENDS HEAVY BRITISH AND SOUTHERN ROCK styleS. TOUR DATES INCLUDE GIGS WITH AC/DC, DERRINGER, PAT TRAVERS BAND...AND WERE CONSIDERED AS
AVALANCHE is defined by Webster's as: "an unstoppable natural force"...and this all-original rock band certainly seems to fit that definition...overcoming the odds to produce some of the very best original hard rock anywhere! With an unorthodox strategy for success in 1978 (which included 18 months of intense rehearsals, their own record label, $75,000.00 worth of state-of-the-art stage gear, and a record on over a dozen New England radio stations for three months...all before ever playing a live gig) AVALANCHE's debut show was attended by over 3500 people..and the band was immediately playing to sold-out shows and standing room only crowds wherever they appeared. Within a month after their first gig, AVALANCHE was headlining in large club venues, and shortly after that, the band was opening tour dates and sharing concert stages on AC/DC's "Highway To Hell" tour, as well as with DERRINGER, and THE PAT TRAVERS BAND. They were also considered as a tour opener for TOTO's First U.S. Tour. A tight and well rehearsed rock-n-roll machine...this band did whatever was necessary to bring studio-quality hard rock to the live-concert stage...and they did it without the support of a major record label. Now recording again, with all the surviving members of the original lineup...here is the first new AVALANCHE music in over twenty years...as well as some of their old music too, (most of the recordings have never been available before). AVALANCHE continues to defy the odds with their staying power and persistence...and by remaining "unstoppable"...they are here NOW....for you to sample and enjoy! Click here for official Avalanche band website GOLDEN SUN RECORDS
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Rock • Rock General
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Music and Lyrics: MICHAEL FOSTER
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Copyright 2007
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October 09, 2009
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MP3 15.0 MB • 320 kbps • 6:34
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Produced, Arranged, and Mixed by: Michael Foster Engineered by: Mark Easton Mastered by: David Pendragon at THE STUDIO...Canberra, Australia. Recorded at ROUGH CUT STUDIO...Eastford, Conn. in June-July, 2007. Mixed at GOLDEN SUN STUDIO...North Palm Beach, Florida in August, 2007. PLAYING CREDITS: Michael Foster: GENERAL MUSIC PRO 2 Digital Clavinet, KORG MS-2000 Synthesizer, Electric Guitar (left), Vocals, All Guitar solos. Michael Corsini: Bass. Mark Easton: Electric Guitar (right) Barry Easton: Drums. This song features our bass player....Michael Corsini...who did some amazing work on this track. As our technology continues to leap ahead...the potential for it to be misused and abused by those in positions of power becomes a greater and greater threat. Over the last few years...it has become painfully obvious that this is so...as laws are "adjusted" to allow for just such abuses. Constitutional guarantees and all reasonable rights to privacy are systematically vanishing in the United States...and actually...all over the world. I wanted to write a song about this...because there are still a great number of people who actually believe that the things that they have always done that they considered personal and private things...are still personal and private. Now, all of those things are under total scrutiny by Governments, Intelligence Agencies, and Major Corporations...at all times. There is virtually nothing they don't know...or can't find out very quickly...about any of us...if they decide to devote the resources and that technology to that end. On the beginning of this song...I try to simulate the sound of a "spy satellite" orbiting above us and gathering information on many different things. High resolution cameras and infra-red devices allow those who control those satellites to see right into buildings...or see individuals as they walk on a street...and all from orbital positions...unseen and unheard. I accomplished this by playing a Clavinet with a sustain pedal "floored"...and played through a MORLEY POWER WAH pedal...while I "drummed" the keyboard starting from the very lowest notes...and then gradually moving up to the middle range of the keyboard...and then back down to the lower registers. The WAH pedal and sustain pedal smooth the sound so that the individual strikes on the keyboard are masked...and the WAH pedal simulates the "Doppler effect" of increasing volume and changing pitch as something moves closer or further away from the listener (or observer...in this case). The "radar sounds" are also played on a clavinet...manually played on the high registers of the keyboard in specific (digital sounding) note patterns...and the tone changes are also accomplished with the MORLEY WAH pedal. Those sounds are recorded on a completely different track...and then mixed with the first "ship" sounds...and both are panned from left to right to simulate the "movement" of the satellite going by.
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Lyrics Written: August 1, 2003 Music Written: June, 2007 Copyright©2007 by Crystal Magic Music ASCAP VERSE #1 You think you got your freedom? You think your life’s your own? You think your thoughts are private? When you’re on your phone? When you send an email? When you spend your next dime? When you drive down the road? We know the place and time. When you cash your paycheck? Or when you pay your rent? It might be for a mansion… It might be for a tent… You can live in the White House… You can live in a cave… You believe what you want... but ‘til you’re in your grave…. CHORUS Ain’t no hiding in a digital world… It’s the “New World Order”… the “American Way”. Ain’t no hiding in a digital world… Yes…we know how you think… and we know what you say. Ain’t no hiding in a digital world… We got GPS, Night-Vision, DNA… Ain’t no secrets in a digital world… We got Back-Trace, Wiretaps, and CIA… Ain’t no hiding in a digital world… We know where you work, and we know where you play. You’re under surveillance in a digital world… Better watch what you do…better watch what you say. Your privacy’s gone, in a digital world… We got credit cards, micro-chips, and NSA… There ain’t no doubt it’s a digital world… It’s a Brave New World… and it’s here to stay. (Spoken): That’s right….we know…EVERYTHING VERSE #2 We want to know what you hear… We want to know what you see… We want to know what you think… Aren’t you glad that you’re free? Lock your doors and your windows… You can’t run…you can’t hide… Do anything that you want… We’re still getting inside… We’d like to know your opinion… We’d like to change your mind… We like to keep you guessing… We like to keep you blind… We want to choose your options… We want to steal your dreams… ‘Cause in a digital world… Nothing’s as it seems. REPEAT CHORUS (Spoken, as song fades): That’s right…We know EVERYTHING… We know what you’re doing tomorrow….and we knew it yesterday… I know, I know… I KNOW what you’re thinking…you’re thinking…why, oh why didn’t I take the BLUE pill... END
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Frankfurt Dialog Company
Jan 20, 2009
Tough winds, sequences, rough guitars, dirty laughs, great voice, drums and bass. Well, life is your own? Not in a digital world. Not entirely at least. How very true, Mike and gang. Well, you say it all. NO HINDING! Scary. Love the rock arrangement and the way you fit in the electronic parts. Masterful! Didn´t expect anything less. Outstanding and very special here: The lyrics. Well, this is our world. Do we like it? Gues nobody will ask us! Cheers from Frankfurt Andreas
Mayflowers Return
Oct 22, 2008
Hey guys... Great tune... Its got that funk... And thats all good!! Peace and Brotherhood!
Ken Sacco
Oct 02, 2008
Cool intro--true song!