{"id":1358,"date":"2015-10-02T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lamedrivers.com\/blog\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2023-11-01T11:26:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T15:26:30","slug":"throw-it-to-the-moon-mp3-video-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lamedrivers.com\/blog\/throw-it-to-the-moon-mp3-video-story\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Throw it to the Moon&#8221; (mp3 + video + story)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a new song called &#8220;Throw it to the Moon.&#8221; It&#8217;s actually the oldest song on our forthcoming debut LP. Read on for the story, and a music video by Jeff.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DIMyeo8LjEA?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Moon&#8221; first materialized almost eight years ago on a ferry in British Columbia. All of us Lame Drivers were touring members of Get Him Eat Him. At that moment we were en route to Vancouver Island, to play at Logan&#8217;s and climb up a hill with Frog Eyes.<\/p>\n<p>The melody came first. It always does, but it usually comes in little pieces. This melody emerged as a full sequence from the opening guitar part through the verses to the &#8220;order march&#8221; section and outro solo. I drew some symbols to represent the rhythm, and words about &#8220;order&#8221;\u009d and &#8220;the moon.&#8221; Throw it to the moon is almost like throwing something away, except then it goes into orbit. It&#8217;s a cyclical revolution in contrast to linear order. I threw it to the moon and walked out onto the deck where Joe was beaming for some reason.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1362\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamedrivers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1928943_512176207621_9083_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1362\" src=\"https:\/\/lamedrivers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1928943_512176207621_9083_n.jpg\" alt=\"Jason Kevin and Joe on the BC Ferry, July 2007. Photo by Matt LeMay\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamedrivers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1928943_512176207621_9083_n.jpg 604w, https:\/\/lamedrivers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1928943_512176207621_9083_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason Kevin and Joe on the BC Ferry, July 2007. Photo by Matt LeMay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That&#8217;s where most songs end\u2014as fragments in my head, or, if they&#8217;re lucky, an abandoned notebook. But this one was in orbit. It cycled back frequently, often with some new mutation developed during the previous revolution. It finally crashed for good a couple years ago. It was totally deformed. It contained many unanswered questions\u2014the time signature of the verse, for one. I brought it to Jeff and Joe. They gave it shape, and developed it from abstract idea to a real thing.<\/p>\n<p>The song was still intangible until we recorded a few demos in my basement (<a href=\"https:\/\/lamedrivers.com\/blog\/radtown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rad Town<\/a>). I wanted a different sound. We tracked with Travis Harrison, and I really like the recording though it has yet to be finished. Then we set out on a tour with Woolen Men. By the end of the tour, we were playing the song much faster, by about ten bpm (I counted!). The song had evolved in other ways, too. So with this fresh post-tour energy, we had to re-record.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1372\" style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamedrivers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/485413_10151502434528505_1334069084_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1372\" src=\"https:\/\/lamedrivers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/485413_10151502434528505_1334069084_n.jpg\" alt=\"Lames open for R Stevie Moore at The End in Nashville, 2013.  L to R: Joe, Jeff, Jason. Photo by Tommy from Square People\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamedrivers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/485413_10151502434528505_1334069084_n.jpg 612w, https:\/\/lamedrivers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/485413_10151502434528505_1334069084_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lamedrivers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/485413_10151502434528505_1334069084_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lames open for R Stevie Moore at The End in Nashville, 2013.  L to R: Joe, Jeff, Jason. Photo by Tommy \/ Square People<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I shared the demo for &#8220;Moon&#8221; with Matt Tong. Matt had first brought up the idea of recording Lame Drivers in 2012. He&#8217;d heard us play &#8220;Other Side&#8221; and wanted to take a sort of AM radio approach to it, to bring out the Fleetwood Mac&#8230; <iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=637972931\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/track=2081556346\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lamedrivers.bandcamp.com\/album\/chosen-era\">Chosen Era by lame drivers<\/a><\/iframe>We like what he did. Then he did Frozen Egg:<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=637972931\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/track=2937796994\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lamedrivers.bandcamp.com\/album\/chosen-era\">Chosen Era by lame drivers<\/a><\/iframe>We liked that too. We were hoping he&#8217;d be down to record &#8220;Moon&#8221; and maybe another one, like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynvegan.com\/archives\/2015\/09\/lame_drivers_re.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Slow Detective<\/a>. It turns out that I caught him at a weird time with this request\u2014he&#8217;d just made a difficult decision to quit his band of ten years.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately he thought &#8220;Moon&#8221; was &#8220;math-tastic&#8221;\u009d and agreed to record. We met up at his Matt&#8217;s home studio in Bed-Stuy. It&#8217;s named Exploded Drawing, after the Polvo album. It&#8217;s a great place to create a song. It is also a basement. There&#8217;s a washer\/dryer. There&#8217;s a dehumidifier. And, for a moment, we all became paranoid that there might be a dangerous mold problem.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1366\" style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamedrivers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/joeexplodeddrawing_aug2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1366\" src=\"https:\/\/lamedrivers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/joeexplodeddrawing_aug2013.jpg\" alt=\"Joe tracking at Exploded Drawing. Is your face facemask on?\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamedrivers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/joeexplodeddrawing_aug2013.jpg 612w, https:\/\/lamedrivers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/joeexplodeddrawing_aug2013-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lamedrivers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/joeexplodeddrawing_aug2013-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe tracking &#8220;Moon&#8221; bass at Exploded Drawing. Is your face facemask on?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Matt has a knack for taking what was once the weakest section of a song, and turning it into the best. The outro guitar solo had remained pretty much the same in my head ever since 2007. The way I heard it, it was just 1-guitar. Matt wanted moar&#8230; Ok, two guitars started to make sense because when I play the part live, I feel a little schizo jumping back and forth between the two guitar parts. Matt demanded politely that there be more. I don&#8217;t know how many guitars we wound up with\u2013I think a few of the tracks are just feedback\u2014and Matt sculpted something beyond my imagination at the time. Now I can&#8217;t imagine it any other way.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t know what form this song would take back in 2007, but I knew that it would appear on the first Lame Drivers LP. The LP is finally here! It&#8217;s called Chosen Era and it&#8217;s out Friday Oct 9th on <a href=\"https:\/\/bleedinggoldrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/bg095-chosen-era\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bleeding Gold<\/a> (LP) \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/jigsaw-records.com\/collections\/jigsaw-records\/products\/lame-drivers-chosen-era-cd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jigsaw Records<\/a> (CD) \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/lamedrivers.bandcamp.com\/album\/chosen-era\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lame<\/a> (MP3)! We&#8217;re touring with <a href=\"http:\/\/woolenmen.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Woolen Men<\/a> again, and they&#8217;ll be in town for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/522464854573968\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">release show Oct 8th<\/a>. Hope to see you soon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DIMyeo8LjEA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Music Video<\/a> by our own Jeff Wood. Look out for more videos from Chosen Era tracks in the near future&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/226362898&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a new song called &#8220;Throw it to the Moon.&#8221; It&#8217;s actually the oldest song on our forthcoming debut LP. 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