{"id":9021,"date":"2020-05-04T11:41:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T18:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/?p=9021"},"modified":"2020-09-22T14:21:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T21:21:40","slug":"the-sand-bats-of-manark-iv-demo-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/04\/the-sand-bats-of-manark-iv-demo-track\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sand Bats of Manark IV &#8211; demo track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ht814vZpDz8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>No, &#8220;The Sand Bats of Manark IV&#8221; (3:27) is not a long lost ST:TOS episode but the next installment of my ongoing &#8220;<strong>CAE &#8211; Curiosities from the Attic<\/strong>&#8221; recording project.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The songs for the project are not being released in any specific running order, just as they are completed. Once I feel I have enough tracks to form an &#8220;album,&#8221; I&#8217;ll work on a running order to help them form a cohesive collection. Time will tell.<\/p>\n<h2>The Sand Bats of Manark IV<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Sand Bats,&#8221; made up of multiple bass and guitar tracks, is another instrumental piece. I lean towards instrumentals (if you heard my singing voice, you&#8217;d lean real hard that way, too) as they are less restrictive than lyrical works in the images and feelings they can evoke.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9030\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"sandbats\" href=\"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elusiveHamhose.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9030\" src=\"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elusiveHamhose.jpg\" alt=\"Freakies Hamhose\" width=\"200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elusiveHamhose.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elusiveHamhose-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elusiveHamhose-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elusiveHamhose-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elusiveHamhose-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the not-so elusive Hamhose<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The song started out as a fragment entitled &#8220;Elusive Hamhose,&#8221; as I was hunting Freakies premiums around the time that it was first conceived. I changed the name to &#8220;The Sand Bats of Manark IV&#8221; halfway through recording the song.<\/p>\n<p>The title comes from &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/memory-alpha.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Empath_(episode)\">The Empath<\/a>;&#8221; the twelfth episode from the third season of the original Star Trek television series, which aired December 6, 1968:<br \/>\n<a rel=\"sandbats\" href=\"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/theEmpath.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/theEmpath.jpg\" alt=\"Star Trek The Empath\" width=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/theEmpath.jpg 748w, https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/theEmpath-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/theEmpath-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Captain James T. Kirk<\/strong>: &#8220;Be careful.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Dr. McCoy<\/strong>: &#8220;Why, she seems harmless enough.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Mr. Spock<\/strong>: &#8220;The sand bats of Manark IV appear to be inanimate rock crystal, Doctor, until they attack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I liked the creature name so much I saved it in my list of future song titles, just waiting for the appropriate piece to appear. This song seemed a decent fit, despite the music&#8217;s lack of starry or trek-y content. I even worked a tweaked sample of the line into the intro. 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