My friend and I jamming in 1980 with a mic up to each of our amps into a tape deck.
Greg Michalski - Right Guitarist
Ron Snyder - Left Guitarist

DIRECT TO POINT (Michalski & Snyder - 1980 JAM)

No more running

Fantasma

Dealing with Demons but trying to get better, One Day at a Time

One Day at a Time

When everyone and everything else lets you down, nature is there to remind you of what's most important and to not sweat the small stuff.  When I feel stressed, I step outside and walk in the forest or walk by the ocean and get renewed.  Remember to enjoy what seems to be the most simple thing in life but has so many messages and meanings for us to ponder....... nature.

The Nature of Healing

Nature is my Savior

Demo - Nature is My Savior

Uli - Crystal Sky - Senses - Overture

©Composed and Produced by Uli (uli-virtual-band)
©Lyrics by Uli (uli-virtual-band)

©Mixing and Mastering by Ulisses Nicolau Alberto Barros and Rogério Vieira

🎶 Crystal Sky – Senses – Overture 🎶

The journey begins here. Crystal Sky – Senses – Overture is not just an introduction — it is the awakening of a vision. Through verses that dream of crystal dawns, endless skies, and hearts reborn, this opening track invites listeners to step into a world where humanity rediscovers its lost senses.

🌌 About the Track

“Overture” is the gateway to the album’s universe.

Its lyrics speak of silence breaking, shadows shifting, and love regaining its voice.

It is a hymn of renewal: broken hearts unite, hope rises again, and the senses return to life.

💡 About the Album

Crystal Sky – Senses is a conceptual album where each song explores a human sense once lost — hearing, speech, vision, touch — and celebrates its recovery.

The album is a journey of reconnection, reminding us of the power of feeling, listening, and speaking truth.

“Overture” sets the stage, declaring that a brighter day is possible, and that a world reborn lies before our eyes.

🔥 Message to the Audience

This is more than music — it is an experience. A passage from silence to sound, from shadow to light, from loss to rediscovery. As “Overture” proclaims: “To feel, to hear, to speak again… A world reborn before our eyes!”


Lyrics (written by Uli):

I wish the world would wake and rise  
through crystal dawn, the silence sighs  
I dream of rivers, endless skies  
where hearts can hum and hope replies  

Illusion blinds, confusion binds  
love lost its voice, in fading lines  
I walk through change, a stream, a flame  
inside its fire, I find my aim  

To change the world, I won’t obey  
the rhythm written, rules that drown  
my words are beams, they spin around  
igniting light, a brighter day  

Love begins to see the light  
hearing echoes through the night  
speaking truth that feels so bright  

Silent songs now start to sing  
shadows shift and souls arise  
broken hearts unite, surprise  

Love regains its voice once more  
eyes wide open, hearts restore  
living stronger than before  

I’m the light, shine with light!  
Hope alive, hope alive!  
Rise again, rise again!  

To feel, to hear, to speak again  
to live with joy, a boundless flame  
to walk in love that has no end  

One day may crystal skies appear  
to see, to hear, to hold so clear  
with wings of hope the spirit flies  
a world reborn before our eyes...  

To feel, to hear, to speak again  
to live with joy, a boundless flame  
to walk in love that has no end  

One day may crystal skies appear  
to see, to hear, to hold so clear  
with wings of hope the spirit flies  
a world reborn before our eyes!  

To feel, to hear...  
to feel, to hear, to speak again...  
to live with joy, a boundless flame...  
to walk in love that has no end...  

A world reborn before our eyes...!

Crystal Sky - Senses - Overture

Thunder Pirates

“Low Life” is a cinematic Icelandic post-rock composition where droning distorted guitar, choir textures, and the Heima String Kvartett merge into an overwhelming wall of sound. Within the density, delicate string melodies, church organ harmonies, and slow-moving atmospheric post rock dynamics create a piece that shifts from heavy and immersive to fragile and intimate.

Mike Taylor’s church organ anchors the track in a cathedral-like resonance, while the layered strings drift between modern classical minimalism and widescreen instrumental soundtrack music.
A powerful, textured work that captures the sound of volcanic landscapes, deep emotional pressure, and slow-burning eruption.

This is Icelandic post rock with strings, rooted in cinematic expression, drone guitar atmospheres, and a glacial sense of space.

Musicians

Laxá

Jussi Siglarson – Guitar

Bjarne Guðjohnsen – Bass

Matthias Helguson – Drums

Mike Taylor – Keyboards / Church Organ

Heima String Kvartett
Lisbeth Heima – Violin
Sif Árnadóttir – Violin
Natasha Guðmundsdóttir – Viola
Ída Sigurðardóttir – Cello

FFO (For Fans Of)

Sigur Rós, Mogwai, Mono, Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Russian Circles, Balmorhea, Ólafur Arnalds, Max Richter, Hammock

Hashtags

#Laxa #LowLife #IcelandicPostRock #CinematicPostRock #PostRockWithStrings #WallOfSound #DroningGuitar #ChoirTextures #ChurchOrganMusic #StringQuartet #ModernClassical #CinematicSoundtrack #AtmosphericPostRock #IcelandicMusic #InstrumentalPostRock #DarkAtmosphericMusic

Laxá – Low Life | Icelandic Post Rock • Cinematic Post Rock • Atmospheric Wall of Sound

A track about the struggles of dealing with depression and unemployment at the same time

The only one

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The Road Before Dawn

Walking Onslaughts Tale: Shattered Personalities  
This is it ya'll, this is the end. Offspring and the gang or now reunited at last and now have  a new goal, save that creature that looks exactly like offspring. They all start running around the planet and look for him, but sadly they couldn't find him. BOOM out of nowhere, a new black diamond appeared making her name known to the world. Of course knowing offspring and his intensity. He ran head first to her while H2O and onslaught was tryna stop him. Sadly Offspring learn the hard way by getting flung across the land crashing to the mountains with a avalanche of boulders landing on him. Both of them shake their heads in disappointment. Landing in front of them, The man three of the crystal gems appeared along side with their other friends in front of them. Of course their instincts was to attack them. H2O and Onslaught got ready to fight with Offspring poofing out of thin air joining them. As they was about to engage, Connie and Steven stop them from engaging at the very last second. Both of them was confused until H2O realized who they was, H2O told Offspring and Onslaught to hold their fire cause he know them.  The three of them shared their story on how they met and discovered a new power they had, Pearl was skeptical about it asked them to prove it. So connie and steven fused to together as H2O did the energy link giving them the same power he has. Everybody jaws was flat to the ground to see this discovery. Before they had the chance to ask questions, Black diamond release a very big attack of them but luckily they evaded. They all came to an agreement to work as a team to take her down. Two Hours of going back and fourth, all of their bodies began to slowly shut down on em. Offspring with his intensity refused to go down and charge head first, as he kept on going, his body keep taking devastating blows. Limping his way to attack her, his words was "ha.... you can't kill me...." with the evil look in his eyes. Before black diamond had the chance to finish him off. H20, Onslaught and Fusion steven and connie felt a dark chill down their spine. Onslaught went "O no, he's pissed off now."  Amethyst "you mean he wasn't before!?'' Onslaught "No this is way different then before." Before Offspring had the chance to turn full man slaughter, Spawn Mysterious saved the day. Everybody was in full shock to see him, even Offspring. Spawn looked and said "Boss, in order for us to defeat her, we all have to make a huge energy link and fused together, it's very risky but it's the only way." Without second guessing, Offspring shook his head and said "Put this chain on, it helps us to be connected with each other." As Spawn put it on, A surge of energy shoots out of nowhere causing offspring and the gang to all fused in one to form Walking Onslaught. Fusion Steven and the gang was in shocked cause of what happened. That's not all, Walking Onslaught manifest a mark on all of them causing them to have a energy link, now all of them got powered up and was at 100%. Pearl, Amethyst, and Garnet fused together to make the ultimate crystal gem. Now all three of em is sharing each other's energy. Black diamond wasn't scared by it at all. In fact they all went to a epic battle making the planet shake all over. Eventually, Walking Onslaught gave Black diamond the final blow to defeat her. All of them powered down with a lot of pain going through their bodies. All of them formed  great big hug. The war with the crystal gems is now finally over. As they all partied and celebrated, Walking Onslaughts had to part ways and go on to their home planet. Before they left, they all gave each other something to keep them connected with each other. They all said their final goodbyes and are now heading back home. I wonder what's gonna be their next adventure....
#OffspringMysterious #WalkingOnslaughts #WalkingOsaughtsTaleShatteredPersonalities

The End/New Adventures

Alex Maelstrom a French music producer was originally trained in classical music on the piano. He later on switched to Trance music where his main inspirations are Illenium, Moby, Lindsey Stirling and movie music composer Hans Zimmer. Alex Maelstrom “These Artists really inspire me and make me want to come up with my own style and identity as an Indie Artist.” 
 
“The very fabric of our world & universe is influenced and set in motion by our thoughts, actions and emotions. All is but a wondrous dream made up of infinite ever lasting vibration, frequency and energy. In other words: we are STARDUST.”
Alex Maelstrom.