This song began as an experiment in 2020. I got stuck in Austin at the beginning of the Pandemic. I put down a bass part on Dan’s combo organ and he started layering drums and synths and Scam City was born. It’s a song about numbness vs empathy, about the fear of not being able to breathe, about a violent and reckless government, about holding on for dear life, a love song for the living. Don’t you feel is a demand we sometimes say to ourselves just to make it to tomorrow.
Special thanks to
@danceyjenkins for gassing me up for the last 5 years and being such a good producer, musical mentor and friend. My film muses
@hen.nen and
@cookievontufot for making this video on Ash Wednesday last year.
@ghost_gnotes for the amazing guitar.
@meg.n.tattoos for the background vocals and inspiration. and
@rxchel.moves for dancing our faces off the day after Mardi Gras.
A Scam City Production
Music by Scam City (Daniel Creamer and Rett Rogers)
Directed by Rett Rogers with Jamie Neumann
Director of Photography: A. Hennen Payne
Dancing / Choreography: Rachel Abrahams
Mastering:
@williamryanfritchmusic
Guitar: Luke Mossman
Background Vocals: Megan McEuen
Hand Processing: Andy Busti
Lab Processing: A Negative Space
Go watch the video !