#Blog | Recording with a Vengence
HhHoOoWwWLLLL ya'll been? I know it's been a while since I posted or added any new lyrics or music. Why so long you may ask? Simple answer is the distractions of life or as I call it: OPD = Other Peoples Drama. Spent a lot of time trying to make things work that just don't. Spent a lot of time getting ready for my bands 1st gig only to have it canceled, rescheduled & recanceled again. Spent a lot of time wasted on trying to help those who are bound and determined to drown in their own misery. Spent a TON of time trying to live up to the unrealistic expections of me by my day job and my three part-time jobs. At one point I found myself working almost 20 hours a day. But no more. I'm done with it all and now I am focused more than ever on what I was born to do ... to write, record, play & perform. Simple fact is we're born, we live, we die. That's it. As long as I live and breathe, I'm going to love, laugh, write and play.
So now that the distractions are gone I have been working every day on recording my parts for our band, The Scandal Hounds, first CD. We have twelve songs we are working on and they are coming along better than I had hoped. When I write a song, I hear a finished version in my head but so far what we have recorded far exceeds what I heard when I wrote these songs. It's going to be a CD you can enjoy from beginning to end. Each song is strong enough to stand alone as a single but we have worked hard on making the CD flow from one song to another. Each song is a mind bomb that is going to leave you craving for the next. So stay tuned my musical friends because the best is yet to come.
Be True, Stay Strong & Rock On,
- Wolfgang
#Music | "All The Weapons"
All The Weapons by Wolfgang Carter
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Inspired by and dedicated to my amazing Bella.
- Lyrics -
All the weapons they can't stop
What I'm about to do
Coz nothing short of a miracle
Could keep me away from you
To feel your touch in the darkness
To see the light upon your skin
To hear you say those words
Come on let's do it again
Come & take my hand
Let's turn out all the lights
All the weapons in the world
Can't stop our love tonight
An army could stand before me
With weapons loaded to bare
But they don't stand a chance
To stop me from being there
To feel your touch in the darkness
To see the light upon your skin
To hear you say those words
Come on let's do it again
Come & take my hand
Let's turn out all the lights
All the weapons in the world
Can't stop our love tonight
No matter what they fire
To reign down on me
Cannot stop my desire
To have you here with me
All the weapons they can't stop
What I'm about to do
Coz nothing short of a miracle
Could keep me away from you
Come & take my hand
Let's turn out all the lights
All the weapons in the world
Can't stop our love tonight
- Credits -
Lyrics & Music: Wolfgang Carter | released 30 May 2011
Drums, guitars & vocals: Wolfgang Carter
Bass: Brian Christoffersen
Engineered by: Brian & Wolfgang
Cover Art: © Olegmit | Dreamstime.com
#Blog | Notes from the Studio & Vote for Next Song
Good news my fellow head food cravers, I have a new song coming out soon. Due to family commitments our band, The Scandal Hounds, will not be practicing for the next several weeks. This gives me some time to finish several demos that I am working on. The first song coming is “All the Weapons”. I have the drums, guitars & vocals recorded. I have been spoiled the past few months by Brian, the bass player in The Scandal Hounds, because he has been laying down such great bass lines on the songs I have written for the band. Now anything I come up with fails in comparison. Brian is going to help me out this week to see what he can come up with. This will be the first time I have worked on a song demo where I have not written & recorded everything by myself.
Once I finish the demo for “All the Weapons” I have several song demos that I have been working on to finish. My choices are a new song called “Gears of War”, “B-Move Love Song” (formally titled “Jezebel”), “Beautifully Inked” and a very interesting song I have been working on behind-the-scenes for months with a working title of “Cream Soda”. I was on a break at the studio enjoying a rum & cream soda when I came up with the idea, so hence the title.
“Cream Soda” is a mix of rock, industrial, hip-hop & pop. I know it sounds crazy but it works. So far it has seven different drums lines all in different styles that separate and weave together. A bass line done on a keyboard that was played through a wall of Marshall guitar amps with two different distortion pedals plus five different guitar parts all played through different guitars through as many different guitar amps that I could get my hands on. I like to do something different with each song and this one is completely different than anything else I have written. I still have to write lyrics & come up with a true title for this song.
I am calling upon all my fellow head food cravers to vote for which song I should work on for my next mind bomb. Your choices are:
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“Gears of War”
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“B-Movie Love Song”
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“Beautifully Inked”
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"Cream Soda” (Working Title)
All you need to do to vote is to reply to this post with your choice. So spread the word & let me know which song you want next.
#Lyrics | Song: "All the Weapons"
All the weapons they can't stop
What I'm about to do
Coz nothing short of a miracle
Could keep me away from you
To feel your touch in the darkness
To see the light upon your skin
To hear you say those words
Come on let's do it again
Come & take my hand
Let's turn out all the lights
All the weapons in the world
Can't stop our love tonight
An army could stand before me
With weapons loaded to bare
But they don't stand a chance
To stop me from being there
To feel your touch in the darkness
To see the light upon your skin
To hear you say those words
Come on let's do it again
Come & take my hand
Let's turn out all the lights
All the weapons in the world
Can't stop our love tonight
To reign down on me
Cannot stop my desire
To have you here with me
All the weapons they can't stop
What I'm about to do
Coz nothing short of a miracle
Could keep me away from you
Come & take my hand
Let's turn out all the lights
All the weapons in the world
Can't stop our love tonight
Copyright Wolfgang Carter 2011
#Music | Song: "No Parachute" (Preview)
Here is a tasty sample of head food brought to you by The Scandal Hounds. We have started recording & wanted to share a bit of one song that is coming rather well titled "No Parachute". In this pre-release demo sample you will here verse two & chorus two. Let us know what you think. Enjoy!
* This is no memorex one-track-at-a-time recording, this is all the way LIVE!
#Lyrics | Song: "Decisions & Consequences"
Decisions and consequences
Leisurely she dispenses
More love upon my shoulder
For every year she grows older
Days flow into another
Winds kiss like my lover
Though she knows not to gain
Above it all, beyond the pain
Dreams come to be
In this imagined galaxy
A reason to be
A season to see
A king's conquer oh so idle
A heart beats very vital
For all I claim to see
Fabric for her mystery
Decisions and consequences
Breaking down all pretenses
Of what they thought to be
Too color blind to see
They take it all together
Bringing us stormy weather
For every shade of hate
To color their kill debate
Dreams come to be
In this caged histocracy
Unto a bitter reason
Filling the killing season
Guns shoot aloud
Piercing the peaceful crowd
A mother lays dead
Her son cradling her head
And I ask why
Why we say goodbye
To all that could be
Of peace, love and harmony
Copyright Wolfgang Carter 2011
#Lyrics | Song: "One Horse Town"
I heard the gun cry
As the shot rang out through the night
Say my love die
And everything I had built
Burned to the sky
I vow I will see the day
That you hang high
So onto you I can say
This one horse town
Is where I will take you down
This one horse town
Is where I will brake you down
This one horse town
Is where I will put you down
This one horse town
Is where your end meets with the ground
The fires do burn
As I bury my love in the ground
Oh so cold
Very much like that black found down
Deep in your soul
Hope the hang has tied his knot deep
In his rope
So onto you I can say
This one horse town
Is where I will take you down
This one horse town
Is where I will brake you down
This one horse town
Is where I will put you down
This one horse town
Is where you end meets with the ground
You think you can run
But you can't hide from what you've done
You've gotta a pay
I'll hunt you down everyday
Until it is done
There's no place for you to run
No place to hide
For I will not be denied
This one horse town
Is where I will take you down
This one horse town
Is where I will brake you down
This one horese town
Is where I will put you down
This one horse town
Is where you end meets with the ground
Copyright Wolfgang Carter 2010
#Blog | And Then There Were Four
Greetings my fellow head food cravers. Been a crazy past few weeks. But I shall spare the bordom of the details and get straight to the good stuff. Our band, The Scandal Hounds, has added a new member! We welcome into our ranks a truly gifted guitar player by the name of Mike O'Malley! Not only is Mike a great all-around guitar player but a great guitar teacher too. Check out his website at http://bluestoshred.com - lots of great stuff there for you fellow string pickers. We have only had a few band practices together but with Mike adding his style to ours we went from a damn good three piece band to a "Damn! did you hear that" kind of band. We sounded so good I found myself forgeting my lyrics because I was having too much fun listening to how we sounded when we played.
The even better good new is we have got all the pieces we need and are going to start recording soon and to be playing live soon as well. We have one full set of all orginal songs ready to go and are currently working on our second set of all orignal songs as well. Mike has brought us a song he wrote called "Without You" that we have added to our second set. Mike will be singing lead on the song with me doing some backs-ups. It is a great song and it will be nice to have a song where I can take a break on the vocals.
Stay tuned my fellow skull candy lovers because The Scandal Hounds are coming soon!
Be True, Stay Strong & Rock On,
- Wolfgang
#Lyrics | Song: "Push Comes to Shove"
Bad boys running in the street
Giving hell to who ever they meet
Lost souls crying in the night
Finding thrills on the edge of the knife
Killers will kill and lovers will love
We'll see it through with no help from above
Lawyers will lie and judges will judge
It's a free world when push comes to shove
Long legs walking down the street
A wide snile for whoever she meets
Her bed is her business any day or night
Big dreams but she just lost sight
Killers will kill and lovers will love
We'll see it through with no help from above
Lawyers will lie and judges will judge
It's a free world when push comes to shove
It's a free world
When push comes to shove
It's a free world
When push comes to shove
Searching wide for something to eat
Each night he prays the lord to keep
Front page covers his sleep
Killers will kill and lovers will love
We'll see it through with no help from above
Lawyers will lie and judges will judge
It's a free world when push comes to shove
Copyright Wolfgang Carter 2010
#Music | The Fracture (Demo)
As I look down at my hands
Though they can't be seen
I feel their stings demand
As I try to numb the pain
Another bottle gone
As my hands shake from strain
A splinter of who I am
A house of broken mirrors
Reflecting what I am
Strewn across the floor
All my bits and pieces
That no one can restore
For who I used to be
While everything I was
No longer feels like me
A splinter of who I am
A house of broken mirrors
Reflecting what I am
I dreamt of as a child
All that's left is monsters
In my head & running wild
A splinter of who I am
A house of broken mirrors
Reflecting what I am
