Ryan Oyer & the Concerned Citizens
"I Can't Breathe" was written in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.
Joel Forlines (guitar/sax) wrote the words "I understand that I will never understand However, I stand with you" on his facebook page and I said that it needed to be in a song.
He said to write it, and in the next 30 minutes most of the song was written. I finished it the next morning at around 4am when I woke up from a dream. I messaged Christian Collier about creating a beat for the song, he also suggested having Zowie Boyd sing on it. I met Bindy through Soundcorps and she sang on the song and wrote the "We are the people" lines. I asked Raul Enrique & Kofi Mawuko to add percussion. Christian Craan plays bass and was recorded by Jake Smith in Knoxville, TN. Matt Shigekawa added guitar as well. My vocals were recorded at The Soundry in Soddy-Daisy, TN. All proceeds from the song will go to Concerned Citizens for Justice of Chattanooga.
www.concernedcitizensforjustice.org
