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Joshaa (Overture)

from The Juvenalias by William Remmers

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"He's wanted for treason against the United States of Notfreedomica"
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8TH GRADE

THE JOSHAA EP began with "Joshaa" which was later reused as "Joshaa Overture" as the opening track of THE JOSHAA LP Disc 2. In the spirit of that shift, I have given it yet a third title permutation.

This really should have been first after Taco's Adventure. It was the first song recorded out of anything here. I borrowed Sister Remmers' acoustic guitar and planned this mini-saga about a guy named "Joshaa." I was obsessed with this name for some reason, seeing as I shout it several times in "Leonardo" for no apparent reason. It was probably an inside joke I don't remember.

The song was my first experiment in Audacity, and a facile one at that. The guitar and vocal are recorded in one continue take. I learned right away that this was a bad idea as it was impossible for my little 13-year-old voice to overpower the jumbo acoustic twanging out-of-tune in my arms. Still, it served to open the gates of long, TOO long, narratives in my songs.

"Extree, Extree" and "Eyegendeeka Doigay" were Taco's Adventure tunes, the bizarre language that Taco sang in becoming the Alien's language in Joshaa's universe (see "The Kidnapping").

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from The Juvenalias, released May 1, 2020

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William Remmers has been doing music since he was a prattling babe.

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