Album

Stop the Violence
Genre: Acoustic Folk
Explanation: This song will tell the story of a young child caught in the middle of the gunfire of rivaling gangs. The song will argue that the child would be fine had there been more stringent gun control laws to prevent violent men and women from being able to purchase weapons without extensive background checks. The song’s chorus will be sung by a children’s choir.

We lost you too young, we’ll never forget.
They took you away from us without regret.
If those politicians could feel how we feel,
they would have voted yes when there was that appeal.
Six years old, not time enough
to do all the things that you were capable of.
Playing hopscotch on the street corner,
car rolled up didn’t even see look to see her.
Three gunshots to the chest,
one for every million tears cried when we laid you to rest.
Semi automatic colt 45
got into the hands of a murderer.

Clean the Air
Genre: Indie
Explanation: Clean the Air is a song about the need for clean air and water and how much of an effect it’s having on global warming. The song will incorporate actual sound bytes from nature such as running water and birds chirping. It will start out as an upbeat and happy song and slowly turn into an ominous and dark song to represent the changing atmosphere of our planet.

The Art of Prevention
Genre: Alternative
Explanation: This song will touch on the issue of the use of birth control and the need for sex education instead of abstinence only education. The song will make indirect reference to the Bristol Palin pregnancy and how that is proof that abstinence only education does not work and actually causes more harm.

Mend the Wounds
Genre: Country
Explanation: Mend the Wounds speaks about the current state of the relationship between the United States and other foreign nations after eight years of a failed presidency. The song will include sound bytes from political leaders as well as the sounds of warfare like bombs being dropped and gunfire.

Eye for an Eye Leave the Whole World Blind
Genre: Folk
Explanation: This song will touch on the issue of Capital punishment and how government sponsored killing is not a humane form of punishment. The song will talk about past cases where people have been executed and then later proven innocent.


Album:
The album name is “Issues We Face.” The album cover is black and white and has a very simple picture of a hand holding up two fingers to symbolize the peace sign. It is very simple and rather ominous to reflect the difficulty that a lot of these issues cause. Inside the cover there will be a booklet of the lyrics as well as pictures from all around the world of warfare and starving children as well as images from catastrophes like the Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina.