Track #1 – Jumpstart

Recorded -

Basic Track – December 17 and 20, 2010, January 3, 15 and 18, 2011.

Additional guitar including guitar solo, and drum editing – March 18 and 19, 2013.

Vocals – May 6 and 9, 2013

Tambourine – July 28, 2013

Back Story –

My first album Turn Back The Years was officially released on November 30^th, 2010. Not even a whole month later, I began plotting my followup album. With no compass or planned route, I was completely winging it. The very first song begun was this album's intended opener called “Back To The Start”. I recorded drums, bass, two guitar parts and a sloppy temporary guitar solo. With no lyrical ideas in mind, and due to the failure on my part to progress much farther, I temporarily scrapped the song, and indeed, a followup album, for a good year and a half.

In 2013, Once Breaking Through The Glass was roughly halfway through completion, I dug “Back To The Start” out of the mothballs, gave it some fresh Pete Townshend-like rhythm guitar parts, a much better solo, and tweaked the drum track quite a bit. Now that I finally had lyric ideas in mind, I gave the song the new title of “Jumpstart” and this reinstated the song's status as an album opener. This song is the opening track for not just Breaking Through The Glass but the entire four mini-album quadrillogy, and I strove to convey the feeling of waking up on a hot summer's day, with no work, stress, or troubles on one's mind. Let yourself go, and enjoy!

Lyrics -

Wake up world, the show is about to begin.

This is your jumpstart, red hot adrenalin

There's so much to see, I'll be your guide

C'mon everybody, let's take a ride.

Chorus: (Look around), There's a whole new world to roam

(Get Around), So get out, and make it your own

Let yourself go and have some fun today!

Break through the glass, and see what's on the other side, (The other side)

No need to be afraid, there's no need to hide, (No need to hide)

Because once you're here, you'll never want to say goodbye

(Chorus)

This is only the beginning, we have a long way to go

Live it up, c'mon and have some fun, Come on and enjoy the show. (x2)

(Chorus)

This is your jumpstart, the show has begun!

All music and lyrics are Copyright 2014 – Rob Weiss Music.