Maple Dye, "Hey Mister Mixer"
This song was written as an entry for the Nexus Challenge contest, whose premise this year was to submit a composition "in the way of..." some known artist. (In this case, I think it's self evident, I chose Bob Zimmerman, aka Bob Dylan). The proximity of the deadline (plus my atrocious work in process queue) imposed minimalism: voice and guitar, recorded in quite hellish circumstances. In fact, there was a moment the day before the deadline, where I told myself "Do I really want to try? What for?". But I forced myself to finish, even with all the stains and imperfections and mud, because 1) the alternative was increasing my pile of half-finished stuff, and 2) I wanted to launch something quick as a way to get an overview of all my processes, by running something through them from beginning to end. The result is this song of which I'm mostly proud of the lyrics (ah, where would I be by now without sense of humor...)