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Phoenix Engine

from Cognitive Dissonance by Mack Thompson

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This piece is played on my Epiphone Les Paul tuned down to C standard. This phrase had been bouncing around in my head for a while, just two words that sounded good together. Here and there I would muse over what something called a “Phoenix Engine” would do and would just let the gears of my imagination start turning. This improvisation just sounded like what I imagined.

I suppose that symbolically the name represents how I constantly tear down my playing after a gig, listening back for every error and killing myself over my failures. And the next day I start fresh, rise again…I have determined that it’s not a healthy habit, overall. The important part though, is the rising up again.

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from Cognitive Dissonance, released August 1, 2018

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Mack Thompson Richmond, Virginia

Mack Thompson is a guitarist from Richmond, Virginia. He just tries to do the best he can with what he has. Major influences are Lamb of God, Arch Enemy, Ihsahn, Emperor, and Dream Theater but countless others have been very important.

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