Has Potential

Existential Hero...Has Potential

1. Has Potential
2. This Summer In The Goldmine (California Edition)
3. Reading Response
4. What You're Capable Of (And How Others Perceive You)
5. Kelsey Ray Martins, You're Working Too Hard
6. This Song Is Stupid & Dumb (Feat. Alex Poska)
7. Castle In The Sky
8. Japanese Pop Star (Feat. Dax Schaffer)
9. I Know I Should Be Happy
10. Beaming With The Bleach From Your Blonde Hair
11. Has Potential (Reprise)

Track credits:

"Has Potential"-->"New Darkness Coda"
Steven Ray Morris-ukulele, beats, vocals, microKORG, guitar, bass

"This Summer In The Goldmine (California Edition)"
Steven Ray Morris-beats, microKORG, vocals, guitar
Alex Poska-Portasound PSS-470

"Reading Response"
Steven Ray Morris-guitar, vocals, microKORG, drums, glockenspiel
Alex Poska-guitar, bass

"What You're Capable Of (And How Others Perceive You)"
Steven Ray Morris- beats, vocals, casio sk-1, microKORG, shaker
Alex Poska-microKORG

"Kelsey Ray Martins, You're Working Too Hard"
Steven Ray Morris-guitar, beats, bass, vocals, organ, jingle bells, glockenspiel
Alex Poska-mandolin
Brennan McNally-guitar

"This Song Is Stupid And Dumb"
Steven Ray Morris-MicroKORG, vocals, beats, bass
Alex Poska-guitar, vocals, mandolin
Morgan Orion Reisman, Nicol Parkinson, Irina Jasnowski-vocals

"Castle In The Sky"
Steven Ray Morris-vocals, guitar, harmonica, casio sk-1, bass, egg shaker
Alex Poska-banjo, guitar

"Game Show Intro"
Dax Schaffer-translation, vocals
Alex Cole and Kyle Epperson-assisted translation
Steven Ray Morris-Garageband synths

"Japanese Pop Star"
Steven Ray Morris-beats, microKORG, vocals, piano, garageband synths

"I Know I Should Be Happy"
Steven Ray Morris-guitar, vocals, drums

"AM Radio Intro"
Samples Include:
Garagband radio sounds
"Call From Russ"
Jim Gaffigan-"Weird"
Let's Whisper-"Dylan's Song"
Jaw-Zizzle-"Now That's What I Call A Circuitous Conversation"
"'Who's The Boss?' Instructions From Rebecca Redman"

"Beaming With The Bleach From Your Blonde Hair"
Steven Ray Morris-vocals, ukulele, guiro, jingle bells
Alex Poska-drums, shaker, tambourine, bass
Ryan Poska-Trumpet

"Has Potential (Reprise)"-->"Cavern Of Joules"
Steven Ray Morris-ukulele, vocals, microKORG, casio sk-1, portasound PSS-470, bass, egg shaker, drums
Alex Poska-drums

Existential Hero is Steven Ray Morris
myspace.com/existentialheromusic

Produced and recorded by Alex Poska

Lyrics by Steven Ray Morris
Music by Steven Ray Morris, except tracks 3, 6 and 7 music written by Steven Ray Morris & Alex Poska

Artwork by Mihae Jung
Liner Notes by Steven Ray Morris

Songs written between July and August 2009 except track 3 written in March 2009.

Album recorded, mixed in July & August 2009 at The Hospital, The Dust Bin in Laguna Hills, CA using Logic Express. Additional recording on track 8 done in Garageband at The Studio in Isla Vista, CA and in Calabasas, CA.

Dustin Goldklang mastered the album in August & September 2009 using Pro Tools LE with an iZotope Ozone mastering plug-in in Lexington, KY.
www.myspace.com/sweetnowmastering
  
This album is dedicated to Michael Jackson

Special thanks to Alex Poska, Mihae Jung, Layla Carrillo, Dax Scahffer, Dustin Goldklang, Hunter Daniels, Kelsey Brannan, Tri-lingual Records & crew, Griffin Tipsword, Joe Palladino & Nicole Starosielski.

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