The first version of “Occupy” didn’t turn out quite as well as I had hoped it would.  Something about its mix was bothering me.  Later on I finally nailed down the main problem areas and decided to rework the song to get it closer to how I originally envisioned it.  This is the result of my work ^_^

There honestly isn’t too much that’s different aside from a few swapped out background parts and some additional sounds added for ornamentation.  The biggest change is in the mixdown, which was completely redone from scratch using a different technique than before.  Things now sound more balanced and the rhythm section feels more driving, at least to my ears.

Anyways, enjoy!  Please reblog this to share it!  The lyrics are still available in my previous post.

This is “Occupy”, a song I wrote in support of the Occupy movement, and a song off of the upcoming album, 63.  It’s more of an EBM-influenced song than some of the other stuff I’ve been writing, and as such it will appear on disc two of 63.

The song started life as an experiment to create a more “traditional” EBM bass sound and just sort of took off from there, with me just adding one harsh part to it after another.  Although I had been wanting to write a song about the Occupy movement, I didn’t originally intend to do that with this song.  But since Occupy seems to be so upset with the way the system is (at least that’s my view of it so far), this song just felt like it fit.

The lyrics are intentionally distorted almost to the point of being unrecognizable.  I’ve posted them below.

Enjoy!

Occupy
By Alexa Jones-Gonzales

Can’t get hired
No health care
Food or rent
Lose a home

Send it all
To the top
None for you
None for me

Laws that harm
Wars that kill
Markets that
Suck you dry

Uncle Sam
In on it
Welcome to the
Police state

They’ll kick you out
Seize your stuff
Don’t give up
Go back in

Show them who
Owns this place
Demand change
Occupy!