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DON'T TELL THE QUEEN!  On the surface, we have a deliciously delightful upbeat number with a catchy melody and a beat you can dance to. But underneath that poppy shell lurks a dark underworld of scandal, manipulation, and cover-up.

I wrote, performed, recorded, mixed and produced this track myself right here in the RPG studio compound. 

Here's a list of instruments/gear used in this recording, for those that are interested:

Wechter Pathfinder acoustic guitar

CP Thorton HTL2 electric guitar through a Pro Analog Manticore pedal into a REVV G20 amp, direct out utilizing the on-board Two-Notes amp & mic sim.

Squier Jazz bass was run through the exact setup as my guitar - Manticore pedal into the REVV G20.

Blue Blubird SL large diaphragm condeser mic was used for acoustic guitars, vocals, and tamborine. 

All signals were run through a Mackie 8-bus console before hitting a Focusrite Scarllet audio interface.

Logic Software Instruments used: piano, bells, drums. 

I mixed this song but for mastering I used WAVES online AI mastering. 

Let me know what you think! I'd love to know how it sound on your end!

Thanks and enjoy!

I was watching Jewel singing a song on TV. While she was pouring her heart out singing a beautiful song, my mind says "I wonder what kind of guitar she's playing?". It was at that moment I then said to myself, "what do you care what kind of guitar it is? You should be paying attention to the song and not the guitar!". I then started to think about the phrase "what do you care?" and about all the trivial things people get so upset about, while massive attrocities occur without any care at all. 

So I grabbed a pen and paper and wrote "do you care what it is I have to say? Do you care what kind of guitar I play?" and I continued writng the rest of the song. The words came quickly and I wound up with so many verses that I had to cut most of them or else this song would be 10 minutes long, LOL!

The music is based on a little tapping riff I was playing around with, which became a perfect bed for the verses. The chorus is a series of ascending chords with a descending melody creating contrary motion. 

I played a G&L ASAT Classic through a Tone King Comet 40 amp for the clean tapping parts of the verses. The choruses and solo were played through my '79 Marshall head.

ENJOY!