Pre-Save "Space And Other Things" - An Epic Protest Album For The People.
With his newly-released track, “Newspaper Man”, Scot Sier has introduced the 1st single from his ambitious, socially-conscious new concept LP, “Space and Other Things”. The album is a plea for global change, and “Newspaper Man” aligns nicely with this mission, both thematically and lyrically. The song was inspired by a real person and actual events. Sier had met a lifetime-loyal, yet elderly man selling papers on a city corner who lost his job to a ruthless, capital-maximizing company that sold the paper and no longer needed his service.
“The papers cutting corners They say you have to go
Union men aren’t wanted They say your getting old Working rain or sunshine Keeping people informed”
Writing the song, Sier quickly found it morphing into a protest song, a pro-union salvo for the unsung heroes who are being worked to the bone by corporations that care only about the bottom line. A driving, intense straight-up rock n’ roll track, “Newspaper Man’s” fiery opening bass track kicks things off with a bang, performed by bassist Chris Chaney, who previously played bass in the HNC band with Foo Fighters’ recently-deceased Taylor Hawkins and Dave Navarro on guitar), accompanied by a driving rhythm section featuring Sier on guitar, Luke Adams on drums and Max Hart on keys.
“Space and Other Things” is a dizzying and impactful album that features a super-group lineup of Los Angeles and world musicians. From billionaires colonizing Mars to the extinction of the human race, the eight prescient songs target a specific cultural or political topic, telling their story with futurist genre-bending experimentations and musicianship. “Newspaper Man” is the first single, one of many to be released in the build-up to the album release early 2023.
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Space and Other Things Track Listing And Credits
Colonizer
Producer: Scot Sier
Co-producer: Chase Jackson
Composer/Orchestration: Scot Sier, Chase Jackson
Engineer: Luke Adams, Chase Jackson, Scot Sier, Aaron Sterling
Lyricists: Scot Sier
Bass: Chris Chaney
Cello: Cameron Stone
Drums: Aaron Sterling
Flute: Nicolo Scolieri
French Horn: John Petring
Guitar: Scot Sier
Lap Steel Guitar: Steve Kimock
Keyboard: Max Hart
Opera Vocals: Lindsay Garfield
Vibes: Chase Jackson
Vocalist: Scot Sier
Violin: Katie Sloan
Mixer: Michael Patterson
Mastering Engineer: Michael Patterson
LGBTQ
Producer: Scot Sier
Composer: Scot Sier
Engineer: Luke Adams, Scot Sier
Bass: Chris Chaney
Drums: Luke Adams
Guitar: Carl Burnett, Scot Sier
Keyboard: Max Hart, Chase Jackson
Saxophone: Henry Solomon
Vocalist: Scot Sier
Mixer: Michael Patterson
Mastering Engineer: Michael Patterson
Newspaper Man
Producer: Scot Sier
Composer: Scot Sier
Engineer: Luke Adams, Scot Sier
Lyricists: Scot Sier
Bass: Chris Chaney
Drums: Luke Adams
Guitar: Scot Sier
Keyboard: Max Hart
Vocalist: Scot Sier
Mixer: Michael Patterson
Mastering Engineer: Michael Patterson
Refugee
Producer: Scot Sier
Composer: Scot Sier
Engineer: Luke Adams, Chase Jackson, Scot Sier
Lyricists: Scot Sier
Bandura: Tetiana Mazur
Bass: Chris Chaney
Drums: Danny Frankel
Guitar: Scot Sier
Keyboard: Max Hart, Chase Jackson
Oud: Rahim Alhaj
Tabla: Robin Sukhadia
Vocalist: Scot Sier
Mixer: Michael Patterson
Mastering Engineer: Michael Patterson
7 Generations
Producer: Scot Sier
Composer: Scot Sier
Engineer: Scott Amendola, Max Hart, Scot Sier
Lyricists: Scot Sier
Bass: Chris Chaney
Drums: Scott Amendola
Flute: Suzanne Teng
Guitar: Scot Sier
Keyboard: Chase Jackson
Percussion: Danny Frankel
Trumpet: Aaron Janik
Vocalist: Scot Sier