Modern Life (Chill Remix)

by The Second Spirit

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This is a Lush string, chill step back beat, atmospheric version of the song "Modern Life".

After recording the original "Modern Life", I made up a version for acoustic guitar that I could play on the Las Vegas strip busking. Because the original recorded had so much movement with the keyboards and guitars, it was hard to play solo. I come up with some moving suspended chords that could hold the weird sus 2 melody.

I was excited with a new tube mic I bought, I recorded and streamed my new acoustic version on Facebook live with the new mic and acoustic guitar. I came up with a chill step beat to back these live streaming tracks I had. Later on a vacation in California, in the hotel, I wrote the strings section in Ableton Live. They gradually crescendo through the chorus and hit on the 2 beat.

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Think before all we’ve said is gone
Has the grasp sealed away what’s done?

Modern Life can lift you up and out
Modern Life Can help you when in doubt
Just think about us

Close the books in the old study
Leave behind the hurt and pain and run

Modern Life can lift you up and out
Modern Life Can help you when in doubt
Just think about us
Just think about us

Modern Life can lift you up and out
Modern Life Can help you when in doubt
Just think about us

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released April 18, 2017
Written and Produced by Matthew Victory Warren

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The Second Spirit Nevada

Ultraviolet post-punk reflecting off prisms of neo-psychedelia - The Second Spirit’s music echoes the forward-thinking and diverse approach of bands such as Tame Impala, The Strokes, Seven Lions and MGMT. He breaks the cookie-cutter template of traditional alternative rock to deliver a sound that is roomy with ambient synth landscapes, saturated guitar, and witty subversive lyrical themes. ... more

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