Bonus Track! "A New Beginning"- 'One Way' Album Preview

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NOTES
"A New Beginning" is one of 2 songs I've written by starting with the lyrics first. At the time, I was introduced to Elvis Costello's "My Aim Is True" and found myself singing with rhythmical, percussive and hard-edged words with lots of consonants that cut deep. (I've since become a monstrous fan of Elvis' work) I love that style which combines the wordiness with old school rock n roll. So we got a fun horn part together, I banged on the keys in a high register, and had a Motown-ish guitar line happening. The vocal effect even sounds like something out of "My Aim Is True." Lyrically, the story is a cartoonish account of a man trying to win back his woman. This is a fun one.



FACTS
Music and Lyrics, Horn Arrangements by Danny Ross
Written in London, Spring 2005 (Age 20)
Inspired by: Elvis Costello, The Clash, 50s Rock
Produced by Rob Guariglia and Danny Ross
Recorded Spring 2008 at Galuminum Foil Productions;
Engineered by Jeff Berner
Except Piano Recorded at Metrosonic Studios
Engineered by Harley Fine

Instrumentation:
Danny Ross – Vocal, Piano
Carl Basler – Guitars
Fred Kennedy - Drums
Matt Wigton - Bass
Paul Nedzela - Bari Sax
Mike Maher - Trumpet
Evan Smith - Tenor Sax


LYRICS

Mama wake up the neighbors

Go on and wake up your dog

Daddy’s back from vacation

I know that you’ve unlocked the doors

Yes, I’ve been unkind

Oh, but I’ve seen the light

For a new beginning

A square of tissue paper followed me through the bedroom

Beneath a warm club soda I’ve been waiting to throw in my face

I put the radio on, cause they were playing our song

And all the voodoo dolls in the closet were singing along

I’ve been losing my keys

Now I’m back in this old town

How come when some girl rejects me

I’m down in this backseat
Retracing the way to your house

Baby

Fire up the candles

That delicious scent

Our grip will lose handle

Making love in the closet again

Yes I’ve been unkind

No, I’m not losing my mind

It’s a new beginning

I’ve never stopped singing for you

When I left for that other brunette

You threw that spare set to the ground

And you stomped on the nickel

At last blowing the whistle

But baby, the locksmith’s in town

Cause I’m a sucker for happy endings

And with you it’s never stopped

You once gave me protection

Now I pray that your door isn’t locked

Yes I’ve been unkind

Oh but I’ve seen the light

Yes, I’ve been so unkind

And what if I lost my mind?

It’s still a new beginning

I’ve never stopped singing for you

I’ll never stop singing for you

Track 13 "One Way" - 'One Way' Album Preview

One Way is available now -Hear the album free and Pay What You Want at http://dannyrossmusic.com/records.php Or get it on iTunes!

NOTES
I've heard Bruce Springsteen say that he was aiming to write the biggest rock song of all time when he wrote "Born to Run." That certainly wasn't my ambition with "One Way," but I knew when I discovered that piano riff that it would be a Big song. Big chords, big arrangements, important lyrics. It may be my best set of lyrics - capturing the attitude of the whole album (which is why it also became the album title). I love the vastness of it. I actually listened to Born To Run quite a bit when I came to mixing it, borrowed a couple of ideas. Kudos to Evan Smith for killing that sax solo. "One Way" is also the closer at our live gigs, and it fits as a great conclusion to the journey.

FACTS
Music and Lyrics, String/ Horn Arrangements by Danny Ross
Written in Long Island 2001 (age 17)/ Ithaca, Fall 2005 (Age 21)
Inspired by: Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles
Produced by Rob Guariglia and Danny Ross
Recorded Spring 2008 at Galuminum Foil Productions;
Engineered by Jeff Berner
Except Piano Recorded at Bunker Studios
Engineered by Aaron Nevezie, John Davis

Instrumentation:
Danny Ross – Vocal, Piano
Carl Basler – Electric and Acoustic Guitars
Fred Kennedy - Drums
Matt Wigton - Bass
Dave Melton - Organ
Leo Adamov - Violin
Rachel Golub - Violin
Corrina Albright -Viola
Jody Redhage - Cello
Paul Nedzela - Bari Sax
Mike Maher - Trumpet
Evan Smith - Tenor Sax


LYRICS

Well I’ve seen changes

Turning pages

All this writing on the wall

And perfect pictures

Holy scriptures

Still I’m bound to slip and fall

But all this faith

Has led me to your open gate

I’m always new

As long as I’ve got you

See I’ve left highways

Climbed from low ways

Tried to be a better man

And I’ve sailed oceans

Endless motion

Never knowing where I am

You’ve got to breath

Nobody tells you what you need

But I can choose

As long as I’ve got you

And I want to thank you in the crowd

Now I can’t forget what I have found

Got my feet back on the ground

Got my feet back on the ground

And I am swinging back around

And I’m just beginning to get loud

Got my feet back on the ground

Got my feet back on the ground

And all that’s steady

Always ready

All my family and friends

Where I came from

All I ran from

I see now that’s where I’ll end

Cause you can’t see

Heading one way down that street

There’s only truth

As long as I’ve got you

And down that street

We can live how we believe

I’m living proof

As long as I’ve got you

Going one way