Mei Lin Heirendt - Wasting the Silence (Digital Download)

Mei Lin Heirendt - Wasting the Silence digital download single released 12/1/2023. This is a 16bit wav file.

Mei Lin envisioned a prologue to better prepare listeners for the auditory journey. In her words: “You’re standing in a log cabin facing the window. Outside, knee deep snow covers the ground and decorates the distant line of pine trees on the horizon. No other houses are around for miles. It’s complete isolation except for the loved one who sits in a chair at the small kitchen table behind you. You can see their reflection in the frosted window. They sit there with a blank look. They haven’t spoken to you in weeks, yet you somehow hold on to a speck of hope that they’ll come around. But each day that hope wanes with the imminent melting of the icicle looming over the window. It’s their job to apologize, isn’t it? The past fight between you hangs over both your heads, but neither party knows how to live again. You wonder if they’re even sorry. You wonder if you have the capacity to forgive them. Your focus moves to your own reflection in the window. There’s visible pathways painted on your cheeks, scars of the countless tears that carved their way down your face, dried, and then came again. This is Wasting the Silence.”

WRITTEN BY: Mei Lin Heirendt (Compassition Music / ASCAP)
ARRANGED BY: Mei Lin Heirendt, Patrick M'Gonigle, & Kyle Ledson
ENGINEERED BY: Adam Haynes, Shaun Richardson, Joshua Lee Turner, Eli Gilbert, Kyle Poppen, Oz fritz, & Jaya Betts
RECORDED AT: Eagles Nest Audio (Portland, TN), Ancient Wave Studios (Nevada City, CA) & multiple home studios
MIXED BY: Adam Haynes at Eagles Nest Audio
MASTERED BY: Chris Latham at The Gorillas Nest (Ashland City, TN)
COVER ART BY: Juli Marks

FIDDLE/LEAD VOCALS: Mei Lin Heirendt
ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC GUITAR: Shaun Richardson
DRUMS: Tim Bulkley
BASS: Joshua Lee Turner
MANDOLIN: Maddie Witler
HARMONY VOCALS: John Bryan