The Remix
Drift Away [Mobiux Mix] by Ziffler
I know you've all been waiting patiently for me to post another song. I'm sad to say that I've had no time for songwriting recently. I have plenty of back-catalog demos to post and write about and perhaps I will have to resort to such things in the coming months. This song, however, is a little different. This song is a remix done by my brother.
A couple of years ago when I actually had a band, we went to record an album at a studio. To make a very long story very short, we recorded all of the parts, but those parts never got mixed into actual, playable songs. Just individual tracks floating around. And that is how they've remained.
One of the members of said band was my brother who played drums for us. While that was his primary duty in the band, he is much more than a drummer - he also writes, records, and mixes his own music as well. This past Christmas I received a gift from him - five songs that we had recorded in the studio that he remixed for me.
Ok, technically he only "mixed" them since I suppose a song has to be mixed a first time in order for it to be remixed. But what makes them different from studio mixes is that he picked and chose the original individual tracks that he liked (bass, guitars, drums, etc.), edited them however he liked, added his own instruments, adjusted tempos, adjusted beats, and, well, whatever he felt like doing. He basically took the band's songs and created something new and fresh from them.
The best way to demonstrate this would be to have the "studio mix" with which to compare. Maybe some day I will get around to mixing these songs as originally intended and will update this post. In the mean time, you'll just have to imagine this song as originally recorded with only drums, bass, guitars, and vocals.
It was difficult to chose which of the five songs to post, but I really like this one. This is a very old song written at a time when I was dealing with the aftermath of a breakup. It's a pretty simple song but a fun one to play with the building gritty guitar solo in the middle. Because of that, I continued to keep it in set lists over the years with whatever incarnation of a band I had.
DRIFT AWAY
I'm standing beside you now
At least where you used to be
Slowly I come to realize
You're only a memory
Some day you drift away
Replaced by other memories
I will be happier then
But still you stand next to me
I can't seem to shake you from my thoughts
When will this emptiness end?
Or better yet, when will I see you again?
When will I see you again?
When will I touch you again?
When will I love you again?
When will I live again?
--
Uncle Ziffler
