"So there I was checking the inbox when I come across an email from Jana Baxley, Cory's mom.  Long story short, she was looking for some Mode Zero songs to put up on the RememberCory.com website, and that's how the idea for this project arose.  Why not preserve and pay tribute to Cory's music and the Mode Zero days by writing a digital chapter onto CD?  So I dusted off the cobwebs and pulled out all the old tapes from memory lane, and this is what I came up with.  Besides a few minor touch-ups and naming all the unnamed songs, I pulled these songs "as were" from the original 4-track tapes.  We wrote and recorded all these songs at different intervals throughout our junior and senior years of high school, circa '96 ad '97.  And because of our limited recording methods (c'mon we were kids), you may notice some poor sound quality here and there in some songs.  We knew how to make our 4-tracks work for us with precision, only we weren't mic'd properly a lot of the times (just kids I tell you!)  Anyway, for what we had, Mode Zero did a remarkable job and I often revisit our songs even today (no more tape searches finally).  As a band, maybe Mode Zero was a little disjointed (kids).  If I'm not mistaken the name "Mode Zero" come to be when there was a disagreement between Mode 37 and some other arbitrary number, so eventually we gave up trying to compromise and chose "Zero" (for the last time, were were kids!)  Mode Zero had two organized public performances, the first being at the springtime festival in the stadium of our high school in '96; and the second was at the "Prom Promise" event in April of '97, also in the school stadium (we were shown on the local evening news; word had it that someone taped us from start to finish, would love to see that).  But most significant, Mode Zero was the embodiment of four lovers of music/best friends with a desire to develop their talents and experience the joy of creating music.  It marked the first time musical collaboration (not counting marching & stage bands) for all of us - an important and unforgettable milestone for any musician.  The demise of Mode Zero came unspokenly after we finished high school and delved into our own separate pursuits, but especially after the devastating blow the news dealt the morning of November 16th, 1997, that Cory has been shot and killed in cold blood.  He was just 18, overflowing with potential.  How could such a big lover of life become a victim of hatred... nothing in the world could've prepared us for the shock and disbelief and anguish of Cory's death (kids no longer).  Any reason to go on as Mode Zero was ... never reasoned.  But the fresh group experience and all the great memories will be stories for our grandkids.  Here are some of Mode Zero's most noteworthy songs (along with many that were canned)."

Enjoy,
Drew Abrams
 

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Cory's Music

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Track 2
Blind (A.K.A. Rainy Day)

Track 6
Into Flight