Curtis Mechanuck: Recent Episodes
Curtis Mechanuck
I've been making music since high-school, when I sat in my basement with my first guitar, the "new" U2 album, Rattle and Hum, and it's chord book and taught myself how to play. I played in various bands until 6/7 years ago and have been a worship leader in church for over 2 decades. I now enjoy the creative process of writing and recording music in my secret lair in the basement and sharing it for the few of you that give it a listen!
I originally wrote and recorded this in 2014 with me friend Sheldon Ens and thought it would be worth remixing and posting, HOWEVER, when I went to do it several of the files were missing...actually most of them, with the exception of Sheldon's guitar tracks and a couple others. I ended up redoing the rest of it and am pretty happy with the way it ended up.
This place will be a shelter and here will be a home Our love can be a refuge Where you or I will never stand alone
I'll try my best to be your sanctuary A fortress through every single storm We'll revel in the days of our good fortune and grip so we can fight the undertow grip so we can fight the undertow
(Chorus) In a last stab westward in the dark We'll try our best to chase the setting sun Trying hard to hold on to the daylight Looking for and open space to run We are looking for an open space to run
As we embrace this measure of our journey As long as we're above the water line We'll sing and dance like no one else is in the room and bring whatever light that we can find we'll bring whatever light that we can find
(Chorus)
This place will be a shelter and we're gonna be just fine And love will be our refuge and we'll bring whatever light that we can find we'll bring whatever light that we can find
A new recording-something a little different from what we usually write. This was lots of fun to record and came together pretty fast. I wrote it mostly to hear Sheldon do a solo at 180bpm. 8-)
UNDERDOG
Sometimes it hardest when you have to stand your ground Or When it seems you’ve got no place to run to You’re not alone when you are in your circumstance and don’t believe the truth can come undone
We don’t expect this road to be the easy way But on this journey we are never cast away
(Chorus) We’ll fight the good fight And run the good race We’ll weather the storm ‘cause we’re the underdog In our minds it makes sense we built this line of defence stand together so long ‘cause we’re the underdog
Coming from behind to try and beat the odds Put on your bravest face and crush the facade heading upstream, crossing swords with ebb and flow we’re at our best when we refuse to let it go
We need to look ahead as we ignite the fuse ‘cause there is nothing else that’s left to lose