"Throw Your Stone" genre: Alternative General
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	An existential examination of personal alienation and action.
	MP3.com CD: Schedule II; Sampler - buy it! Credits: Douglas V. Chamberlin
	Story Behind the Song The groove was something I put together back before Thanksgiving last year. Ihad a vague idea of the lyrical content but lot's of things stood between me and writing it all down back then. I had been going through a period of recurring nightmares;real anxious, paranoic narratives where I had committed a crime but couldn't remember what it was. There were secret governments. The earth was ecologically deteriorating. It was all too much like concensus reality! I'd awaken feeling disoriented, anxious, depressed. I isolated hoping to sleep away the cycle but this only served to increase my alienation. I recalled Jung's writing regarding alienation. So the lyrics were informed by these dreams and my best attempt to put it all in perspective. I came through it with an imperative to act; to do something bold to bust out of my own mediocrity: hence the "...throw your stone". Last week I fired up the K-1600 and layed down my first vocal track for position. I worked out some vocal stuff, some additonal guitar tracks. Yesterday I set out to finish the song. I nailed the first and second lead vocal in five takes. The harmony in two. Once these were in place I hauled out my sweet little Epiphone SG, plugged it into my RAT, ran it through an old Alesis Mini Verb and called it a cut! I applied some simple compression, boosting vocals but retaining the strength of the music and rythym. Total recording time: 16 hours. Lyrics Throw Your Stone we dream this dream of life alone this shattered vase we dream this dream of life alone these fractured bones and send the windhorse on his way this dorje sword we dream this dream of life alone this living word we dream this life we live alone my father's eyes we dream this life we live alone my mother's smile and all the while i dance inside my skin these bonds and bones we dream this life we live alone so throw your stones look away look away throw your stones we dream this life we dream alone are you awake? we dream this life we dream alone and many sleep sad pension pray the dying lord my soul to keep we dream this life we dream alone our faith to leap!

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