After seeing The Story Of Stuff on Youtube over a decade ago I was inspired by the message and wrote a series of tunes around some of the main aspects of the video. All of them except this one was performed by Albino! This one needed to wait for Strike Iron to be born.
Golden Arrow Is a fictional story telling the tale of a man who met a woman in his dreams. They spent years together in the dream world where she showed him a possible future based on our current path of ecological destruction due to capitalism. When he woke up the next day he met a women and they fell in love. They had similar outlooks in life that led them to live in a way that minimized their impact on the planet but the general public wasn't changing how strong capitalism's influence was on the daily life of society as a whole. Just before the women passed away she told the man that she was who he met in his dreams, that she was Mother Nature embodied in the human form and that he must pass on this story in a last effort to save the future of human kind.
from
Millions of Voices,
released November 20, 2020
Michael Mark Bello: lead vocals, tenor saxophone, keyboards, lead drum, shells, bells, metal bottle, railroad ties, water offering dripping, bowed bells, sound effects conception
Kim Agnew: Chekere, Percussion, Vocals
Chris Brown: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Patrick Byers: Baritone Saxophone
Patrick Cress: Baritone Saxophone
Kelsey Howard: Trombone
Liz Larson: Trombone
Tom Lattanand: Guitar
Adam Lowdermilk: Bass
Graham Roggli: Drum Kit
Jesse Weber: Conga, Percussion, Vocals
Michael Wynar: Guitar
All songs and lyrics written and arranged by Michael Mark Bello (BMI)
Published by Skabo Publishing
Produced by Michael Mark Bello and Patrick Byers
Recorded and Mixed by Scott McDowell
Mastered by Piper Payne
Recorded at Prairie Sun Studios, Cotati, CA
Executive Producers: Rebecca Thornborrow and Mark Bello
Cover Art: Ghariokwu Lemi
Graphic Design: Annette White
Studio Photography: Adrian Bello
Back Cover Photo: Cary Newman
