No One's Ever Heard Of Me

The reason I named this song what I did is because those words excited me. I was playing with the guitar riff singing off the top of my head. When you repeatedly sing over the same progression you may spit out some nonsense like "I like words that start with 'B" or "I once met Ron Jeremy." Sometimes you'll sing something you kind of like. For example, "This is not like me" or "Am I where I was meant to be?"

In the experience of this song I sang "No one's ever heard of me." It came @ a pivotal moment in the tunes development. The song was so young. I had no structure. Just loose guitar parts and a melody I enjoyed singing. I wasn't pumped for the song enough to commit to finishing it. When I sang that I knew I had hit a nerve. I had something to say. In my opinion if you don't say something, not necessarily lyrically, then you don't have a song. Structure and dynamics usually come pretty quick after that.

I played the song till I had it flowing. As soon as I had that lyric I began bouncing it off friends. Erik came into the studio and helped me realize some of my ideas, improving on some. Bluesman gave me some pointers so I took a stab at some post production (I'll try again next month). I'm thrilled with how it came out. Who doesn't love a 3 minutes and change acoustic rocker.

No One's Ever Heard Of Me

Route 9:
Craig Morin- Guitar, Vox
Erik Brackett- Vox

~One of my earliest memories is listening to Michael Jackson's Thriller. I can vividly remember opening the album and seeing him in that white suit holding that tiger cub. I have perfect recollection of conversations about specific songs I had with my mother. I loved it so much she bought it again on cassette so we could listen to it in the car. I was maybe 4 years old.~

Michael Jackson. The King of Pop.
1958-2009 R.I.P.