Track 1 from Technical Difficulties, Under The Influence... (2004 Three Ring)

For the most part, Technical Difficulties, Under The Influence was the start of D.W. Holiday's journey into the psychedelic realm.  Though there are a couple songs from this album that are still occasionally included in our live set, some of this may not be a good representation of what the band sounds like today (though we still embrace our evolution).

For the nerds: The basic tracks for No Diving were recorded at Woodside Studios.  We recorded the drums and guitar (Gretsch Duo Jet through a Marshall JCM800 Half Stack) simultaneously in the same room which gives the listener a feeling of "being in the room" with us (since some of the guitar was picked up in the overhead drum mics).  Vocals, Bass (Guild '73 JSII) and the keyboard lead (Casio CZ-101) were done in San Francisco at Dan's apartment.

This song was inspired by The Thirteenth Year.  Look it up on IMDB and you'll understand.  Drums were inspired by Desperation (Lennon).

Coincidently, this song was the inspiration for our current concept project titled The New Slave, which is being mixed and produced by Jace Lasek.

Craig fought for this song to be the first track on the album.

Lyrics:

Stay out of the water
The mermaid will take you
She sings and she swims
In and out of your dreams

In your dreams you can breath underwater
We'll call a specialist
But until then, stay out of the water