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Awake at the Bottom of the Ocean

by Andrew Joslyn

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Plastic Heaven (feat. Will Jordan) Music & Lyrics by Andrew Joslyn (BMI) Why are we untying a thousand knots? While sleeping, connecting all these dots? Still wishing for that perfect moment We are, we aren’t ever happy Those people on my television Air brushed & flawless renditions so happy in a model moment I don’t, I won't ever know them but We’re all living for that royal grace that special place that Plastic heaven We’re all dreaming of that social status human madness, obsessed with others love Fame is called the ficklest of the foods but we’d all feast if we could fall to our baser emotions we are, we aren’t ever perfect I’ll just let my followers wash my feet while broadcasting my own conceit Thank god we’re all so honest How did, how did this ever happen? but We’re all living for that royal grace that special place that Plastic heaven We’re all dreaming of that social status human madness So sad and all alone Now We’re all living for that royal grace that special place that Plastic heaven We’re all dreaming of that social status human madness, obsessed with others but We’re all living for that special place that royal grace that Plastic heaven We’re all dreaming of that social status constant sadness Lost and cast a-drift
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Icarus (feat. Shelby Earl) Music and Lyrics by Andrew Joslyn (BMI) You never worried me you never seemed to be someone to lose their head even in the worst of times with all those best of times you were a model for me. But then one day I found you were so slowly drowned in insecurity and dependency the mold was thinly cracked but you didn’t see it happening. Icarus falls of course we know As the story goes wax wings that burnt away in the sun he was done All we can do is watch you fall Into the California Sea you got too high and burnt out so fast this cannot last. I’m ever worried now you’re always off somehow others will see it too and think it’s all an act in a way I guess it is but I don’t find it funny You dreamt of all the fame wealth, women and acclaim ambition breaking you drug fueled hysteria too maybe I’m too critical but I’m scared of what is happening. Icarus falls of course we know As the story goes wax wings burnt away in the sun he was done All we can do is watch you fall plummet to the sea you got too high and burnt out too fast this cannot last. So many people never fly like you but there is more to this confounding life than the lime light I hope I’m right Icarus falls of course we know As the story goes wax wings burnt away in the sun he was done All we can do is watch you fall Into the California Sea you got too high and burnt out so fast this cannot last.
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Spinning Wheels (feat. Eric Anderson) Music & Lyrics by Andrew Joslyn (BMI) stop to think about us if we had just started out cause innocent and callow is not how I feel now no storybook ending requisite and plain just a twisted variation where love begins to wane but let’s keep rolling this barrel uphill this shouldn’t be so hard but You Don’t wanna give up on me and I Don’t wanna give up on you We’re better together Greater than the sum of our parts But we’re just spinning wheels in the dark we always end at the start We cut each other deeply in the darkness of this room these little imperfections, hang like the darkest moon our spoke is manicly turning throwing off the mud The earth will crack and harden until there’s another flood. but let’s keep rolling this barrel uphill this shouldn’t be so hard but you don’t wanna give up on me and I don’t wanna give up on you We’re in this together even though no one likes the odds But we’re just spinning wheels in the dark we always end at the start We always end at the start and now we’re back to the start We’re better together Greater than the sum of our parts Still just spinning wheels in the dark
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Music by Andrew Joslyn, and lyrics by Andrew Joslyn (BMI) & Madison Warnock I Should have said goodbye Have said goodbye before I met you Empty words and empty rooms Ask for something more To fill their hollow spaces Like a frame, a glass, a door. Building a life together Brought us more a part How can we ever fill this room When we don't know where to start? I promised you too much You didn't trust enough I Should have said goodbye Have said goodbye before I met you I should have said goodbye Have said goodbye before I met you Dusty little clocks and an empty packing box As useless as the words: Love & trust & please have turned towards never But you're the ghost in my machine With your ever twisted eyes of green I Should Have said goodbye have said goodbye before I met you You Should Have said goodbye have said goodbye before you met me
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Music & Lyrics by Andrew Joslyn (BMI) There’s a black hole, where a home used to be smoke covered all that was left to see everything in the neighborhood was sucked right in into this mine with cigarette skin Burn Burn, it all will burn It doesn’t matter how much you earn. nothings going to cover your love or your grief another agent or an undercover thief? we're coal miners, digging through the past of our lives coal miners, picking through the charred remains so tell me, how much my life is worth from this little piece of blackened dirt? Day in, day out, we dig Picking up the bits, and labeling Workers come in and robbers ride out Scam after scam without a doubt The canary’s in the coalmine and then goes the cat few hours time now neither come back The only real angel that was there that day removed the carcass, and drove away Now we're coal miners, digging through the past of our lives coal miners, picking through the charred remains so tell me, how much my life is worth from this little piece of blackened dirt? Digging through the past of our lives Picking through the charred remains so tell me, how much a life is worth from a little piece of blackened dirt? X2
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Mantra for a Struggling Artist (feat. Billy McCarthy) Music by Andrew Joslyn (BMI) and Mark Rodriguez (ASCAP), lyrics by Andrew Joslyn (BMI) I'm Losing the conflict with myself How can you outlast the dark But really this business is bringing me down Oh the talk of the town Every notes a fight That's against myself You'll only hear it when The battles done I keep coming back To the distant love Hoping that it won't break my heart again No one else can you pick you up No one else can make you whole But really these cynics are breaking me down We just drown Every notes a fight That's against myself You'll only hear it once The battles done I keep coming back To the distant love Hoping that it won't break my heart again again break my heart again Ohhh Ohhh Ohhh Every notes a fight That's against myself You'll only hear it once The battles done I keep coming back To the distant love Hoping that it won't break my heart again
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Music by Andrew Joslyn (BMI) & Ryan Lewis (BMI), Words by Max Ehrmann (1927) Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
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released February 10, 2017

Album Credits:
All Music and Lyrics by Andrew Joslyn (except: Desiderata - Andrew Joslyn & Ryan Lewis, and Mantra for a Struggling Artist - Andrew Joslyn & Mark Rodriguez)

Orchestral arrangements by Andrew Joslyn

producer Martin Feveyear
co-producer Andrew Joslyn

Mixed by Martin Feveyear

Additional Engineering - Carson Lehman
Mastered by Glenn Schick

Recorded at Andrew Joslyn Music Studios, London Bridge Studios, and Jupiter Studios

violin, viola, cello, baritone violin, piano, percussion, synth, drum production, engineering - Andrew Joslyn

Autumn Radio Orchestra conducted by Andrew Joslyn

Violins: Sada Doup, Christopher Foerstel, Alina To, Andrew Joslyn
Violas: Seth May-Patterson, Brianna Atwell
Cellos: Rebecca Chung-Filice, Eli Weinberger
Bass: Abbey Blackwell
Flute - Dane Anderson & Maggie Stapleton
Clarinet - John Benefiel
Electric Guitar - Mark Isakson
Percussion on Spinning Wheels - Brad Dutz
Drums on Enchanted Life - Andrew Rudd
Bassoon - Majenka Dobes
Flute solo on Gone to California - Maggie Stapleton
Oboe solo on Awake at the Bottom of the Ocean - Nancy Rumbel
Trumpet - Josh Karp
French Horn - Josiah Boothby
Piano (tracks 7, 9, 11) - Mark Rodriguez

Gospel Choir on track 2, 5 and 8 - Maelu Strange, Tanisha Brooks, and Josephine Howell
Backup Vocals on track 1, 2 - Andrew Joslyn
Drum production on track 2, 3, 7- Martin Feveyear and Andrew Joslyn
Drum Production on tracks 1, 9 - Budo, Martin Feveyear & Andrew Joslyn
Desiderata poem by Max Ehrmann
Drum production on Desiderata by Ryan Lewis, Andrew Joslyn & Martin Feveyear
Drum Production on I Should Have Said Goodbye- Rob Wasilauski

Featured Vocalists:
Coal Miners - Adra Boo of Fly Moon Royalty
Icarus - Shelby Earl
Plastic Heaven - William Jordan
Desiderata - Mark Lanegan
I Should Have Said Goodbye Before I Met You - Susy Sun
Spinning Wheels - Eric Anderson of Cataldo
Mantra for a Struggling Artist - Billy McCarthy of The Augustines

Album artwork - Derek Vander Griend
Management - 2 Jeffs on Music (jross@2jeffsonmusic.com)
Contact - andrewjoslynmusic@gmail.com
www.andrewjoslynmusic.com
Copyright 2017 - Andrew Joslyn Music LLC

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Andrew Joslyn Seattle, Washington

Andrew Joslyn, composer, orchestrator, and violinist is an award-winning musical polymath whose passion for collaboration has led him to work with a remarkably diverse group of world-class artists, touring the world, performing, co-writing and arranging music on over 400 songs throughout his career. Along the way he has amassed an extensive list of writing, orchestrating, and recording credits. ... more

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