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H1N1BS - The Uncensored Version

Song Notes:

I created this song specifically for a video contest (10/01/09 to 01/01/10) in which the prize was the custom Plague of Smiles Flip Mino HD camcorder that was used to film the video.  In order to get the song onto youtube I had to censor both the song and the video so I ended up with two versions of the song.  In the fictional video, the Plague Doctor removes the balls of a criminal scumbag and mails them off in a jar of candy to another scumbag as a warning to cease their cowardly actions.

The song is about what happens when fascist criminals attempt to push poisons onto people for profit.  H1N1 swine flu is a virus containing gene splicing, meaning that it was created in a laboratory and did NOT arise naturally.  It was made specifically for reasons of profit.  The story is, a big pharmaceutical company began giving away free vaccine samples in Mexico.  Those samples were found to contain not the vaccine but the swine flu itself.  No quarantine was ever started.  No border sealed.  It was clear that it was part of the plan when no person was arrested for murder.  The company issued an official "oops" and that was that.  Murder for profit.  All this BS sold to you through our own traitorous mainstream media.  

For all you studio wizards out there put on a pair of headphones and prepare to get schooled.  Most of the songs I write are NEVER intended to be played live so I have the freedom to do whatever the fuck I please with complete disregard.  I started the track with some bass and strings similar to what you might hear in a murder movie.  About 40 seconds into the song I channel the spirit of Gene Simmons on a bass guitar that is preset number 36 Blue Delay on the GNX4 with Ableton effects vintage tube and chorus thrown on in the computer.

This particular section of the song took the longest time to record.  I spent an entire Saturday night trying to find the right chords.  I had something I thought was good but on playback I thought it was too close to AC/DC and Van Halen and it seemed too loud for a murder video.  So I went back through it and turned it into a Detractive Stutter by taking out every other 32nd note and panning it back and forth.  Now it sounded ok but it took the balls out of the sound.  The next night I dialed in number 70 ENVELOPE on the GNX4 foot pedal and set the wah wah pedal about halfway down.  It took me about fifteen minutes to finally discover the right chords by playing in a "Stevie Ray Vaughan" vein of attack. It is amazing how a good sound and tone tend to do that.  Keeping the work done the night before I overlaid several takes and edited them to perfection.  Then I split the track into three tracks.  I set the right panned track with chorus and grain delay.  The left panned track used the chorus and saturator effects.  The center track I used saturator, subtle space, and a flanger.  FUCKING INCREDIBLE!!!  Much of the trick was in varying my attack on the strings of the guitar as I played.  I got that guitar spitting and bouncing some funk that Lenny Kravitz himself would be proud of!

The bass hooks the resolution, and leaving off the guitar a bit, I managed to bring the strings back for the rideout to the finish.  The last thing I did was to record a few bits and pieces of slide guitar deep in the mix with some reverb and that was that.

The censored version of the song is what you see in the video (scroll down below).  The song with all it's anger and murderous intent is uncensored below for download.  Do NOT take that shot!  The government and media can no longer be trusted.  Take a listen and feel the rage.  They are going after your children.  Wake the fuck up and spread Plague to the four corners of the world.

Bass Guitar: Ken D. Webber

Rhythm Guitar: Ken D. Webber

Lead and Slide Guitar: Ken D. Webber

Drum Programming: Ken D. Webber

Voices: Ken D. Webber

Noise Candy: Ken D. Webber

Script written by:  Ken D. Webber

Directed by:  Ken D. Webber

Actors:  Mike and Christian Webber

Coffee Cup Animation and Credits:  Ken D. Webber

Special thanks to Ableton Live 7.0, and Carrara 3.0