THE RULES KEEP CHANGING (2008)
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THE RULES KEEP CHANGING Copyright 2008 by Crystal Magic Music Publishing (ASCAP) Produced, Written, Arranged, and Mixed by: Michael Foster. Engineered by: Mark Easton. Recorded in June-July 2007 at ROUGH CUT STUDIO, Eastford, Conn. Mixed in April-May 2008 at GOLDEN SUN STUDIO, North Palm Beach, Florida. Michael Foster: Electric Guitars (LEFT), Vocals, First Solo. Mark Easton: Electric Guitars (RIGHT) Outro Solo. Barry Easton: Drums. Michael Corsini: Bass. The AVALANCHE song entitled "The Rules Keep Changing" was originally an idea I came up with in 1985 for a newly formed version of the band, almost five years after the original AVALANCHE band had broken up. The lyrics of this song are very relevant today...and they have been recently updated. Poltically speaking, there is a great deal of truth in this song. Nothing that used to be unacceptable for us to do as a country appears to have stayed unacceptable. And things that were always considered as basic rights and freedoms are vanishing. All the rules that were clear to me as I grew up in America are changing...and they are changing for the worse. As a nation...and as a people...we are largely asleep....or worse...we are in a coma....blinded by self-centeredness, and a false sense of entitlement and greed....and we have become so lazy and apathetic that it has become too difficult to pay attention to the truth that is all around us...so we have become comfortable lettting news commentators and spin doctors tell us what we're supposed to think about anything that really matters...a sure-fire recipe for disaster...since most of them are merely paid actors reading scripts...written especially for them by our corporate masters. Our leaders wrap what they do in secrecy and deception, while starting wars with countries that have never attacked us...our government ignores the impending catastrophe of a planet facing unprecedented famines, droughts, and super storms...as a result of the ecological and environmental reality of Global Warming...simply because using the resources needed to reduce or eliminate the threat would interfere with Corporate profit margins. Millions of people increasingly find it impossible to even seek relief from common sickness and illnesses...because today, only wealthy people can afford quality health care....the vast majority of this country's people are forced to choose between staying healthy...or having a roof over their heads...because as things are now...they cannot afford to do both. And as all of this plays out...the Oil , Insurance, and Pharmaceutical corporations are all posting mind-boggling, record-breaking profits. We let wealthy CEOs raid the pension plans of employees who have been steady and loyal...and whose jobs are systematically shipped elsewhere...without any real legal consequences. We fight a "War on Drugs" while Intelligence Agencies fund Black Ops with drug trafficking profits. We are force-fed a steady diet of misinformation by Corporate-owned media... whichusually focuses on "who is sleeping with who"...instead of asking the REALLY important questions...which just allows all of these things to continue to exist and go unchecked. Because the cost of staying alive grows disproportionately to wages...and because most good jobs are exported to countries that don't care about America or Americans...more and more people find themselves struggling and exhausted...and so distracted with the business of just trying to "make ends meet"...that most people just don't have the time, the energy, or the attention span to pay attention to the changing "playing field"....or to say "enough is enough!"...and to remind this government that WE pay THEIR salaries...and they work for US. Many of the rules that made America a light and a beacon of hope...unfortunately no longer apply today. Our leaders ignore a Basic Truth...that this world is not even ours to plunder...we are just the current tenants...and for the first time in our entire history....the promise of a better life and a better tomorrow for our children and grandchildren then the one we were given by our parents and grandparents...is rapidly becoming...just a memory. All the rules....have changed. Originally...the earlier version of this song idea was recorded during a rehearsal in a Recording Studio in 1985....about five years after the original group had disbanded. It was pretty rough...unmixed...and was still just a new idea in an early stage that had not yet been fully realized. This version was recorded in 2007 by the reformed original members of Avalanche. It has new music, lyrics, and arrangement...and this version was actually recorded with the intention of being on our new CD. It reflects the maturing process of an Avalanche song...as well as my personal growth as an artist...and Avalanche's growth...as a band. The original 1985 "demo" version can still be heard here at SongPlanet.com on our Artist page. I purposely left it up here so that the comparisons I've just discussed here can be actually heard by listeners. We hope you like this new one. Hugs...Mike (NAV)