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Story behind The Faithless Elector

T'was the Spring of 2020, and I kind of came to a crossroads in regard to where I stood politically and culturally in the United States. I inherently realized that, to me, the election in itself in 2016 was going to be much more detrimental than who was going to be elected President even that year. I decided to not to veer right or left, and just to take it as is. I sort of boarded the Trump train in 2017 (even though reluctantly) because I realized I had overreacted to the George W. Bush administration, in comparison. I had learned at least a little more about how politics works, and how many things had changed- around me and with me. Although I didn't vote for Trump, I saw a chance to at least follow the flow- in a good way-for once in my life. I started volunteering at a local church whose pastors were looking for a live musician. I started playing there on a regular basis as a guitarist; occasionally bass player, keyboardist, and vocalist (although I honestly get really bor

The Faithless Elector (Side A)

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A world in chaos, a pandemic no one has seen the like of in ages....The middle-aged, most powerful election judge there is, in crisis- suddenly cursed with a conscience. The correct choice, the fate of the free world at hand... #TheFaithlessElectorSideA #OutNow https://shadowleft.bandcamp.com/                                                                                                      I'm currently working on side B in the meantime! Stay safe and take care, -Joe

'Rights Versus Reality' (About "Gatling Gun")

Winter 2018 was a time of a significant slow down, with me working on compositions, and planning for work on new material. An idea arrived, resulting in an EP titled "Gatling Gun". The theme is composed based on the lyric-version of my song "Bimbotronic Death Hold Society" though the EP version is an Instrumental. The other songs on the EP are lighter in theme and content, (not going to give it all away ;-) and this particular piece even as an instrumental- explores sardonic humor, considering casual- or callous- portrayals of violence in films, music videos, and occasionally with music lyrics. I've seen this flow in a circle: artists to fans, and fans to performers, creating a point of view from an artist's mind. The observation is wide ranging in dynamics, especially---to me- as a right of free expression, granted in the U.S.A. "Gatling Gun" sounds melodramatic for a title, but it conveys an idea; observation of rights versus reality as a snarled