worktape, by Mobley

worktape

by Mobley

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Michelle May All tracks are my favorite on this album, since I feel it's best to listen to as a whole. I really appreciate how it seems like more artists lately are open to sharing the process of how they create their music. Mobley did so fantastic at that with worktape.

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1.	introduction 01:18	buy track
2.	writing "James Crow" 03:40	buy track
3.	James Crow (worktape) 03:20	buy track
4.	writing "Nobody's Favourite" 01:34	buy track
5.	Nobody's Favourite (early sketch) 02:43	buy track
6.	writing "Dreams of Empire" 02:01	buy track
7.	Dreams of Empire (early phone demo) 00:32	buy track
8.	writing "Mate" 01:24	buy track
9.	Mate (a capella phone demo) 03:38	buy track
10.	writing "Lost Boys" 02:57	buy track
11.	Lost Boys / Occidental Death (sound check recording) 03:59	buy track
12.	end of side A 00:06	buy track
13.	writing "themesong" 02:58	buy track
14.	themesong (worktape) 02:31	buy track
15.	writing "stay volk" 01:55	buy track
16.	stay volk (worktape) 02:42	buy track
17.	writing "lord" 03:10	buy track
18.	lord (worktape) 02:01	buy track
19.	writing "body english" 00:37	buy track
20.	body english (worktape) 03:17	buy track
21.	writing "worstway" 03:39	buy track
22.	worstway (4am hotel recording) 03:41	buy track
23.	thank you 00:43	buy track

about

As an artist, you put immeasurable work into the realization of ideas and into presenting those ideas as completely and capably as you can. It’s exciting to labor over something, refine it, and then see it reach people in the ways you hoped it would. It’s my favourite part of my job.

For this project, though, I wanted to pull back the curtain and share more about all the steps that come before publishing and performing the music for audiences. I wanted to fight against my reflex to make you something “perfect” and instead share something that’s decidedly not that. I feel apprehensive and vulnerable doing it. When I made these recordings, I thought they’d remain private forever, so there’s a kind of retroactive voyeurism to all this. As we embark, you’ll be listening over my shoulder in my studio, in my car, even in the shower, as I try to turn fragments of music and lyrics into songs.

I hope that you find it enjoyable (or at least interesting) and I hope that it leads us both to a deeper connection and understanding as I continue to share music with you in the future.

Thank you for being part of this. I hope I see you soon.

Mobley

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released September 6, 2023

written and recorded by Mobley
"lord" co-written by Jayren Griffin

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Mobley Austin

writer/singer/producer of songs

mobleywho.com

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May 23

Discovery Green

Houston, TX

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