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“But What If We’re Wrong?”
(van Dyck)
Composed by Jamie van Dyck
Featured Guest:
Orchestral Percussion performed by Sandbox Percussion
“We Who Lament”
(van Dyck, Shanbrom, Sacramone, Griffin)
Music composed by Earthside
Lyrics by Ben Shanbrom, Jamie van Dyck, and Frank Sacramone
Featured Guest:
Lead Vocals performed by Keturah
Keturah’s vocals recorded at Buckingham Palace Audio in Buckingham, QC
Vocals Recording Engineer – Dean Watson and Cody Lee Ford
Additional Vocals performed by Ben Shanbrom, Jamie van Dyck, and Frank Sacramone
Vocals comped and produced by Jamie van Dyck
Vocals edited by David Castillo and Jamie van Dyck
Bass Guitar Engineer – So Myung Jung
“Tyranny”
(van Dyck, Shanbrom, Griffin, Adhikary)
Music composed by Jamie van Dyck, Ben Shanbrom, and Ryan Griffin
Lyrics and vocal melodies written by Jamie van Dyck and Pritam Adhikary
Featured Guest:
Lead Vocals performed by Pritam Adhikary
Vocals recorded at Aarlon Productions in Delhi, India
Vocals Recording Engineer, Vocals Producer – Ritwik Shivam
Additional vocal editing and production by Jamie van Dyck
Additional Rhythm Guitar Engineer – So Myung Jung
“Pattern of Rebirth”
(van Dyck, Shanbrom, Sacramone, Channer)
Music composed by Jamie van Dyck, Ben Shanbrom, and Frank Sacramone
Lyrics and vocal melodies written by AJ Channer
Featured Guest:
Lead Vocals performed by AJ Channer
AJ’s Vocals recorded by Richard Wicander
Backing Vocals performed by Jamie van Dyck; recorded by Greg Thomas
“Watching The Earth Sink”
(van Dyck, Shanbrom, Sacramone, Griffin)
Composed by Earthside
“The Lesser Evil”
(Shanbrom, van Dyck)
Music composed by Ben Shanbrom
Additional music composed by Jamie van Dyck
Lyrics and Vocal melodies composed by Ben Shanbrom
Horn arrangements conceived of by Ben Shanbrom
Horn arrangements orchestrated and arranged by Dave Eskridge
Additional Horn arrangements by Jamie van Dyck
Featured Guests:
Lead Vocals performed by Larry Braggs
Saxophone (Soloist) performed by Sam Gendel
Additional Vocals performed by Doron Flake and Ben Shanbrom
Larry Braggs’s vocals edited by Greg Thomas; Doron Flake’s and Ben Shanbrom’s vocals recorded and edited by Greg Thomas
Horns Ensemble recorded at Carriage House Studios in Stamford, CT
Recording Engineer – Phil Magnotti
Trumpet – Barry Danielian, Don Harris, Brad Mason [Flugelhorn]
Trombone – Ozzie Melendez
Tenor Saxophone – John Scarpulla [Ensemble Leader, Contractor], John Isley
Baritone Saxophone – Chris Karlic
Horns comped by Jamie van Dyck and edited by Greg Thomas
8-string Guitar performed by Henrik Gennert
“Denial’s Aria”
(van Dyck, Johnson, Kukule)
Music, lyrics, and vocal melodies composed by Jamie van Dyck
Additional vocal melodies composed by Keturah Johnson and Viktorija Kukule
Featured Guests:
Lead Vocals performed by Keturah and VikKe
Harps performed by Duo Scorpio
Additional vocals performed and arranged by Lynsey Ward, Amaya Lopez-Carromero, Katie Jenkins, Lys Morke, and Jamie van Dyck
Vocal Design added and conceived by Katie Jenkins
Keturah’s vocals recorded by Cody Lee Ford; all other vocals recorded and engineered by the respective vocalists themselves.
Vocals produced and edited by Jamie van Dyck
Electric Mandolin performed by Jamie van Dyck
Electric Mandolin recorded and produced by David Castillo
VST Instruments Programmed and Produced by Jamie van Dyck
“Vespers”
(van Dyck, Sacramone, Tkachenko-Papizh, Kukule)
Music composed by Jamie van Dyck and Frank Sacramone
Vocal melodies improvised and composed by Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh and Viktorija Kukule
Featured Guests:
Lead Vocals performed by Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh and VikKe
Gennady’s vocals recorded at The Famous Gold Watch in Berlin, DE
Vocals Recording Engineer – Bob Spencer
Vocals Producer – Benjamin Schwenen
Vocal Comping – Jamie van Dyck & Alexandra Bitker
“Let The Truth Speak”
(van Dyck, Shanbrom, Sacramone, Griffin, Tompkins, Tkachenko-Papizh)
Music composed by Earthside
Lyrics and Vocal melodies composed by Jamie van Dyck, Ben Shanbrom, Frank Sacramone, Daniel Tompkins, and Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh
Featured Guests:
Lead Vocals performed by Daniel Tompkins and Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh
Gennady’s vocals recorded at The Famous Gold Watch in Berlin, DE
Vocals Recording Engineer – Bob Spencer
Vocals Producer – Benjamin Schwenen
Vocal Comping – Jamie van Dyck & Alexandra Bitker
Vocals produced and edited by Greg Thomas and Jamie van Dyck
Additional vocals performed by Jamie van Dyck, Ben Shanbrom, and Frank Sacramone; recorded by Greg Thomas
“All We Knew And Ever Loved”
(Sacramone)
Composed by Frank Sacramone
Featured Guest: (In a drum duel with Earthside’s own Ben Shanbrom)
Drums performed by Baard Kolstad
Baard Kolstad’s drums session recorded at Urban Sound Studios in Oslo, Norway
Drums recording engineer – Thomas Wang
Pipe Organ – Ralph Holtzhauser
Pipe Organ recorded at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA
Organ recording engineer – Dan Blanck
Guitars performed by Frank Sacramone
Additional Orchestra production by Jamie van Dyck
Additional mixing by David Castillo, Frank Sacramone, and Jamie van Dyck
Frank Sacramone: Keyboards, Programming, Additional Guitars
Ryan Griffin: Bass
Jamie van Dyck: Guitars, Backing Vocals, Programming, Additional Keyboards
Produced by Earthside members Jamie van Dyck, Ben Shanbrom, and Frank Sacramone
Produced by Forrester Savell [Bass], Greg Thomas [Guitars and Vocals] at Silver Bullet Studios, David Castillo [Guitars and Synths] at Ghost Ward, and Greg Pliska [Orchestra]
Tracks 1, 3, 4, and 7 mixed by Ben Grosse at The Mix Room; Mix Assistant – Paul Pavao
Tracks 2, 5, 6, 9 mixed by Forrester Savell
Track 8 mixed by Frank Sacramone and Jamie van Dyck
Track 10 mixed by Randy Staub at The Warehouse Studio
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound
Drums recorded at Applehead Recording in Woodstock, NY (Tracks 1-3, 5-7, 9, 10)
Recording Engineer – Chris Bittner
Drum Tech – Frank Sacramone
Drums recorded at Silver Bullet Studios in Burlington, CT (Track 4)
Recording Engineer – Greg Thomas
Drums edited by Greg Thomas, Ben Shanbrom, Frank Sacramone, and So Myung Jung
Bass Production and Re-Amping – Forrester Savell (Tracks 1-3, 5-7, 9, 10); Greg Thomas (Track 4)
Clean and Lead Guitars, Synths, and Auxiliary Percussion recorded at Ghost Ward in Stockholm, SE
Producer and Recording Engineer – David Castillo
Auxiliary Percussion performed by Mattias Olsson (Tracks 1-9)
Auxiliary Percussion edited by Ben Shanbrom
Rhythm Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, and Additional Clean and Lead guitars recorded at Silver Bullet Studios in Burlington, CT
Producer and Recording Engineer – Greg Thomas
Additional Recording Engineer – Chris Teti
Additional Rhythm Guitars performed by Greg Thomas (Tracks 4, 6, 9)
Orchestra recorded at Sear Sound Studio C in New York, NY
Orchestrator, Orchestra Producer – Greg Pliska
Orchestrator [assistant], Conductor, Copyist – JoAnne Harris
Orchestra Music Assistant, Copyist, Orchestra Producer [assistant] – Jonas Tarm
Orchestra Recording Engineer – Gary Maurer
Sear Sound In-house Recording Engineer – Owen Mulholland
Orchestra comped and edited by Jamie van Dyck (Tracks 1, 3, 7, 9); Frank Sacramone (Track 10)
Orchestral Percussion – Sandbox Percussion (Tracks 1 [featured guest], 3, 10).
Sandbox Percussion is Jonny Allen, Victor Caccese, Ian Rosenbaum, and Terry Sweeney
Harps – Duo Scorpio (Tracks 1, 7 [featured guest]).
Duo Scorpio is Kathryn Andrews & Kristi Shade.
Main Strings Ensemble: (Tracks 1, 3, 9 [intro only]); Chamber Ensemble (Track 7)
Violin I: Una Tone* [Concertmaster, Strings & Winds Contractor], Krystof Witek, Joyce Hammann, Sean Carney, Sarah Zun, Monica Davis, Avril Brown, Rieko Kawabata
Violin II: Hiroko Taguchi, Philip Payton, Tessa Sacramone, Jason Mellow, Victoria Paterson, Sabina Torosjan
Viola: Richard Brice*, Carla Fabiani, Alejandra Mahave, Kaya Bryla-Weiss
Cello: Stephanie Cummins* [soloist on Track 7], Robert Burkhart*, Laura Bontrager, Christine Kim
Contrabass: George Rush*, Roger Wagner*, Dave Romano
*Also In Chamber Ensemble
Woodwinds Ensemble: (Track 1)
Flute (Piccolo) – Ryu Cipris
Flute – Kim O’Hare Bonacorsa
Oboe – Alison Mari
Clarinet – Peter Hess
Bass Clarinet – Patrick Sikes
Bassoon – Jordana Schacht-Levine
Brass Ensemble: (Tracks 3, 10)
French Horns: Judy Lee, Leelanee Sterrett, Ian Donald, Aaron Korn, Eric Davis, Will DeVos
Trumpets: Jim Hynes [Brass Contractor], Trevor Neumann, Tony Kadleck
Trombones: Mike Davis, Keith O’Quinn, Bob Suttmann, George Flynn [Bass Trombone on Track 3; Contrabass Trombone on Track 10]
Tuba: Andy Bove
Cimbasso: Morris Kainuma
Grand Piano – Greg Pliska (Tracks 1, 3, 7); Frank Sacramone (Track 10)
Additional Orchestra by F.A.M.E.’S. Project (Track 9)
Recorded at Fames Studio in Skopje, Macedonia
Strings Ensemble – F.A.M.E.’S. Studio Orchestra
Coordinator – Aude Nassieu Maupas, Laurent Koppitz
Conductor – Oleg Kondratenko, Saso Tatarcevski
Sound Engineer – Alen Hadzi Stefanov, Laurent Koppitz
Pro Tools Engineer – Teodora Arsovska, Dragisa Stojanov
Stage Manager – Riste Trajkovski, Ilija Grkovsk
Artwork, Design – Travis Smith of Seempieces
Photography by:
source image for cover – Raluca Antuca Photography
source image for band shots & redscale photography – Meghan Alexander
source image for back of booklet – Midas Lundgren
Model [cover, back of booklet] – Iulia Andreea Dinescu
Additional thanks to Frédéric Cyr, Cayden Provencal, Pranky Borah, Julia Weidinger, Marilisa Moio, Leona Erza Kelly, Jason Dole, Jaqueline “Metal Jay” Reberschak for their vocalist suggestions and introductions leading to many of the featured guests on the record (as well as everyone else who made a guest vocalist suggestion whom we may work with in the future)!
Earthside uses: Ludwig Drums, SABIAN Cymbals, Los Cabos Drumsticks, Remo Drumheads, Warwick Basses, PRS Guitars, Bogner Amplification, Roland Synthesizers, Empress Effects, Cinesamples, Spitfire Audio, Spectrasonics, Native Instruments
Side A
I. But What If We’re Wrong?
feat. Sandbox Percussion
II. We Who Lament
feat. Keturah
III. Tyranny
feat. Pritam Adhikary (Aarlon)
Side B
IV. Pattern Of Rebirth
feat. AJ Channer (Fire From The Gods)
V. Watching The Earth Sink
Side C
VI. The Lesser Evil
feat. Larry Braggs & Sam Gendel (KNOWER)
VII. Denial’s Aria
feat. Keturah, VikKe & Duo Scorpio
Side D
VIII. Vespers
feat. Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh & VikKe
IX. Let The Truth Speak
feat. Daniel Tompkins (TesseracT) & Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh
X. All We Knew And Ever Loved
feat. Baard Kolstad (Leprous)