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The Chemical [Pandemic Remix] (Single)

by Lauren Hoffman

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Here we are in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic. How are you holding up? How are you spending your time, and staying sane? For me, music is what soothes me, keeps me focused and in the moment - like meditation - and connects me to the feeling that I am part of something bigger than myself and my limited individual consciousness.

So, this is a remix that I made from the "stems" of "The Chemical", which was mixed by Ryan Freeland for my album Mercury Girls . The stems were 6 stereo WAV tracks: drums, bass, vocals, piano, keyboard (mellotron), and electric guitar (which I didn't end up using). I took those and manipulated them in myriad ways to create this new version of the song - so fun!

Please note that "The Chemical" is about opioid addiction, and though I wrote it in the first person, it is not about me. I have struggled with nicotine addiction, but that's it. I have also experienced the feeling of opiates, and I can understand how one might easily want to feel that way all the time, because it's weird and hard and confusing to be human!

But be careful, please, with the substances you use. Use them wisely, and with love for yourself and your body and the one precious life you get to live in it.

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released March 20, 2020

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Lauren Hoffman Los Angeles, California

music is exceptionally useful for communicating the nuance and complexity of the human experience because it is an emotional language, we process and respond to it in a different way than thoughts, beyond the limits of linguistics. that's why it's special and mysterious and i love it. that's why i write and sing and play instruments and make records. that's why i share my songs with you. ... more

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