Double Helix - RPM Challenge 2019

by Alex Xander Jacobs

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1.	Sea of Snakes 03:22		buy track
2.	Caffeinated Spandex 04:48		buy track
3.	Anteater Wears Suspenders 03:13		buy track
4.	Double Helix 04:44		buy track
5.	Take Two 03:31		buy track
6.	Postmaster 02:48		buy track
7.	But I Did 01:43	lyrics	buy track
I would walk across the desert for you would jump in the freezer and I would turn on the heater and you would pull out the plug and I and you would be fire and ice fire and ice and I never thought that I would cry when you said goodbye I never thought i'd cry when you said goodbye but I did but I did I
8.	Moth Parade 02:27		buy track
9.	Interlude 02:19		buy track
10.	Flower Stand 03:25		buy track
11.	Double Helix (electric demo) 02:00		buy track
12.	Take Two (demo) 03:33		buy track
13.	Caffeinated Spandex (demo) 06:22		buy track

about

There is a very special guitar featured on this album. It belonged to my first guitar teacher, a family friend to whom I am extremely grateful. Shortly after teaching me the first round of guitar lessons I ever had, she passed from this world. That was around 1992. Fast forward to November, 2014. Her family had been taking care of her instrument for 22 years, and it was no longer being played. They kindly gifted the instrument to me. It was worn from years of playing, and time. I looked into having it restored. To my surprise, Kenny Hill, the original craftsman who made the instrument in 1977, agreed to take on the project.

A couple of friends and I went to Santa Cruz to deliver the guitar on Jan 2, 2015. Nobody, including the instrument's maker, could have predicted that the repair would take 4 years.

The guitar was ready for pickup on Jan 2, 2019.
Exactly 4 years from the date it was dropped off.
The guitar is the 4th guitar Kenny Hill ever built.
The fourth song on this album (the title track) is exactly 4:44 long.

The final 3 tracks are alternate takes captured during the composition process of:
Double Helix (electric demo)
Take Two (demo)
Caffeinated Spandex (demo)

I really nerded out on youtube videos this year teaching me how to more properly record and mix the tracks. I'm really happy with the result, and look forward to continuing to improve my craft.

Double Helix is my 12th consecutive album project entirely conceived and recorded during the month of February as part of the international RPM (record production month) challenge. Well, almost. I needed an extra couple weeks this time. And releasing it on pi day just seemed to fit.

Take a bite, please enjoy!
-Alex

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released March 14, 2019

Composition/performance/recording/mixing/mastering/strings-and-things: Alex Jacobs
Song Title and Album Art Consultation Guru: Jules Rose
Cover Photo: Axel Vandenhirtz
Happy π day

Old Pyrate Songs reinterpreted for the modern error.

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