Rain Station is...Spooky!

Hello everyone and HAPPY OCTOBER 20TH! Man, I'll tell ya, I'm getting a bit freaked out that Halloween is a mere 11 days away. So much to do and NO time to do it. Usually by now I've gotten a Halloween compilation out in the mail to some of my closer friends, but I've had no time to devote to putting together a disc and as the days pass I start worrying that I won't get it done. Travel time to the East Coast adds extra pressure to either get it done or drop it for this year. I know I have at least a couple friends that enjoy getting the disc in the mail while others are probably using the disc as a coaster. I guess we will see if I get it done or not...

I always include some Rain Station or mopehead tracks on the compilation, but since I've been putting these comp discs out for years everyone has gotten the same Mark Harvey tracks year after year (a bonus or a minus?) plus a bunch of tracks from the 13thTrack.com Halloween Radio vaults. I went over to Jay's house on Sunday to record a new Halloween song (for the compilation CD and just to do it). It has been YEARS since we recorded DARK RIDE and subsequently "It's Halloween" and I just felt it was time to get another track out there into the universe. Jay and I have been recording a new disc at his place (not a Halloween disc mind you) using his Garageband set-up so this is our first Halloween song on Garageband (not that it will thrill anyone reading this). I'm a little partial to my own recording set-up, honestly, and we have a bunch of bass and drums tracks that I need to get to (what will become the new Rain Station Halloween CD). My studio has been out of commission for years now. Getting to record with Jay is therapy for me so I am hoping that this new CD we're working on PLUS this new Halloween track will be just the kick in the pants I need to get my studio set back up once and for all and then I can stop blogging about it, but rather have MORE free tracks to give away here.

So, Jay and I recorded a tune we're calling "I'm Getting Spooky" and we have two mixes for you to download, listen to, discard or hopefully put on your very own Halloween compilation disc.

"I'm Getting Spooky" version 1 (here)

"I'm Getting Spooky" version 2 (here)

and...here are the lyrics....

I'm Getting Spooky by Rain Station

S-s-Spooky

First week of October

Leaves fallin' down

Halloween decorations all around

Second week of October

Candy from the store

I'm afraid I might go overboard

I'm getting spooky

Might as well

It's October and you can tell

I'm getting spooky

Can't you see

It's what's inside of me

Third week of October

We're nearly there

Flaunting our Halloween costumes everywhere
Fourth week of October

We've arrived

Carving our pumpkin, put 'em outside

I'm getting spooky

Might as well

It's October and you can tell

I'm getting spooky

Can't you see

It's what's inside of me

I'm getting spooky
Might as well
It's October and you can tell
I'm getting spooky
...whatcha gonna be on Halloween

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So drop a line, let us know what you think of our quick little one day turnaround Halloween track.

Kindest regards,

Mark Harvey