am0eba - Advice I Should Have Taken From My Future Self (songs from the cybernetic heart)

08APR2018: Moved this playlist to the spotlight on my soundcloud page - these tracks are pre-release versions of the tracks on the final CD album, released on CDBaby: store.cdbaby.com/am0eba4

Visit the album page at am0eba website: 2little2late.org/am0eba/Advice.html


21OCT2017: Made it public.


This album is a compilation of old and new material, most of it songs (just a couple of instrumentals) that to me seem to follow a common theme.

Buy Amazon MP3 album

Advice I Should Have Taken From My Future Self V3 [pre-release versions]

[lyrics provided below]

13FEB2015: Remastered in Reason 7.1 using Ozone.

20 July 2013 Draft version of another love song. This time, really trying to channel Robert Smith and The Cure.  Done in Logic Pro X.

Posted new mix 21JULY. More compression. EQ. A little re-balancing.

Another new mix posted 25JULY. More tweaking - fixed some bad notes, sped up the mid section tempo a tad, and fiddled with stuff. 

Hm. Can't stop tweaking this one... New mix 05AUG: tried to balance a little better and get some of the nasal quality out of the vocal.

Lyrics:

It's not the way that you feel when I feel you
It's not the way you stay when I'm near you
It's just the way you say "I love you"
It's just the way you say "I do"

It's not the days we stay together
It's not the years that seem forever
It's just the way I feel when you heal me
It's the comfort of calling your name

And in the dark it's easy to remember
And in the dawn we can see it's true
And in the day we can say "it's forever"
And in the evening we share a view

It's not the way I'm touched when you touch me
It's not the silence of the sounds around me
It's just the way you come when I call you
It's the way you cure me when I love you

It's not the way that you feel when I feel you
It's not the way you stay when I'm near you
It's just the way you say "I love you"
It's just the way you say "I do"

Cure Me

[lyrics provided below]

19OCT2017: fineMIX4 O8 mastering

19OCT2017: fineMIX3 O8 mastering

19OCT2017: fineMIX2 O8 Mastering

12OCT2017: fineMIX1 O8 mastering

09OCT2017: Slight remix and better mastering Ozone 8

08OCT2017 PM: Remastered in Reason using Ozone 8 plugin

08OCT2017: Remixed VerT2 using SPAN LANDR MED

22AUG2017: Version S remixed and remastered (high)

12MAY: Still fiddling with things... tweaked mix again. Fiddled with pre-loading the compressor at the start, but it didn't work. Restored to the way it started before..

10MAY: Cleaned up some of the guitar timing, added some cymbals, and tweaked the mix again (several times)!...

08MAY: More and less EQ and compression, tweaking the mix again. Added some vocal parts and ornaments... Not sure it's an improvement, but last night's mix seemed to take the guts out of it...

Much later 07MAY: EQ'd the guitars so they weren't stomping on the vocals, and tweaked the mix a bit. Still plan to add some ornaments near the end...

07MAY: Wow! Thanks for the comments, guys! Very helpful. Today: a new version that's a full-blown tune in the style of one of my favorite bands: Pop Will Eat Itself (For those who don't know, PWEI opened for NIN on NIN's American tour in the mid-90's and I think NIN actually opened for PWEI in Europe around the same time! I've been a fan forever, and have finally managed to do something that sounds a bit like them. ) Overnight, I fleshed out the lyrics, and I laid down the vocals during lunch today. Still needs tweaking, but I'm pretty happy with it overall...

06MAY: New file includes some vocals, some tweaking, and a little bit more structure. Most of the development is in the first half of the tune, so don't hold your breath for it to get better near the end ;^) It's feeling like a Pop Will Eat Itself style to me, which is a first...

05MAY2014: Seems like weekly now, I have little ideas in progress to post up and listen to wherever.  This is the latest one. I'm thinking it might turn into something about getting annoyed with little things... We'll see.

Made in Reason, using Malstrom, Alligator, Kong, Shreddage Refill, and other goodies...

Image: "Head On Far" 
Photography by William P. Brown III
TheSkewedEye.smugmug.com

Lyrics:

Here comes that itch again
Wanna feel like a real man
Lookin' for a way to vent my frustration
Everything's exacerbating my aggravation

'Cause
'Cause
'Cause
'Cause

Losing ground to the hipsters and politicos
Follow the money down the hole - where'd it go?
Wanna make a difference
got a need to be heard
Tryin' to form a sentence
But I can't find the words

Why? 'Cause Sonny, that's just the way it is
Why? it's all too much - it's pointless to resist

I've gotten far too old to stand up and fight
It's been too wrong for too long to ever make it right
My feet are freezing and my head is on fire
My aches and pains are damping out my every desire

Why? 'Cause Sunshine, that's just how it is
Why? Sometimes you gotta stand up and fight
Why? 'Cause sometimes it just might be enough
Why? 'Cause sometimes it just happens that you're right

You're right!

Why? 'Cause
Why? 'Cause
Why? 'Cause
'Cause why?

©2015 by am0eba - published by 2little2late

Cause

[LYRICS PROVIDED BELOW]

09OCT2017: Slight remix, added stab at end of 1st chorus, remastered with Ozone 8 in Reason

21AUG2017: Remixed & remastered medium

06JUL2016: More tweaking, including pitch-correction via Reason V9.0 - Very excited abut how powerful this feature is. And much easier now than previous method of exporting audio out to Melodyne standalone, then importing audio back in...

12MAR2016 (later): Re-tweaked after listening on a bunch of headphones...

12MAR2016: few more minor tweaks...

11MAR2016: New mix is up! Worked on the chorus vocals some, and backed off the maximizer a bit, and generally messed with the mix.  Comments welcome!

12FEB2016: Still a work-in-progress, but I've added a new B section (might even be a chorus), with new words...

27JAN2016 - Here's a rough version of a song that just came out of nowhere! I've been super busy with work lately, and getting pretty frustrated with my own performance... Took a half hour lunch and this thing came out. Been tweaking it since I got the boys home...

Features three instances of Ochen K's fantastic "4MER" Rack Extension - WOW!

Image: "Sewers of the Universe # 2"
Photography by William P Brown III
http://TheSkewedEye.smugmug.com

LYRICS:

Finding My Way

I'm finding my way and I have to say
It feels good to know that I'm on my way
And when I emerge from the hole I've been in
I''l be happy to tell you all about where I've been

I'm finding my way to be happy
I'm finding my way to get home
I'm finding my way to get out of here
I'm finding my way to be over and done

And it won't be long
It's not wrong to feel
It's so real, so strong
Need to keep on keel

There's a lesson to learn
There is Truth to discern
There is Wisdom to earn
There is Trust to confirm

There's a path to be found
There's a sound to be heard
There's a thought so profound
It goes beyond any word

Happy
Happy
Happy

I'm finding my way to be happy
I'm finding my way to get home
I'm finding my way to get out of here
I'm finding my way to be over and done

And it won't be long
It's not wrong to feel
It's so real, so strong
Need to keep on keel

And I don't belong
In a world, surreal
So I seek my home
Follow my ideal

I'm finding my way to be happy
I'm finding my way to be happy
I'm finding my way to be happy
I'm finding my way

Finding My Way

LATEST:

19OCT2017: WAV version of LANDR LO SEP192017

21SEP2017: LANDR LO


19SEP2017: Remixed, incl. chorus vocal processing/timing and remastered (LANDR HI)

03JUL2016 - 04JUL2016

Music & Words by epiphany algorithm (Scott Kauffman & Dave Read) 

image: trump campaign promotion

This version remixed - added P-Heads Studio Drummer RE and cleaned stuff up a lot...

published by 2little2late: http://2little2late.org

Lyrics (revised 05JUL2016):

It's a predatory world we live in
Dog eat dog - and none forgiven
Fighting for resources - natural law
Nature red in tooth and claw

Now reduced to base desires
Questioning to what Man aspires
Competition in every transaction
Winner takes all - no satisfaction

[chorus 2x]
Don't fight - gimme what I want
I pray for you
Won't fight - I'll give you what you want
I'm prey for you

Be the Hunter or be the Hunted
One will gain while the other's affronted
Domination and submission
Claim the prize or assume the position

Claws are scratching, teeth are sinking
Letting the Lizard do all the thinking
Blind aggression - forced defense
Only gain at other's expense

[instrumental break]

[chorus x2]

Now the relationship's getting possessive
I need you real, but you're all passive-aggressive
You think to dominate is part of your role
I wanna trust, but you just wanna control

Words are hurting, seeking, failing
Emotions blocking - tensions trailing
The competition keeps on escalating
It shouldn't be like this - it's just degrading

Is it any wonder that with what's going on
We bring a little bit of it into the salon?
Impossible to cope with all the pressure we face
We're acting out our anger every time we embrace

This is the church and this is the steeple
Open the doors and prey on the people
Pervasive violence - it's all so intense
The world's in chaos - it just doesn't make sense

[chorus x2]
[instrumental outro]

Prey For You - am0eba's Bloviation Mix

[epiphany algorithm] Prey For You - am0eba's Bloviation Mix

Newest 

18SEP20117: Lowered level by another 1 dB in AUdacity

22AUG2017: Lowered levl overall by 2 dB

Mastered on LANDR 14FEB2017

New Re-voicing, no percussion... 22JUL2017
Mastered in LANDR. 

and again, 23JUL2017...

solvalu [instrumental]

Latest -

20OCT2017: remix / remaster

13OCT2017: Nectar on vocs remix O8 mastering

01MAY2017: Been playing around with this one for about a week... Still not finished, but good as a demo.  (Second bass track needs re-working in many places... was winging it to get a feel... Vocals are rough, but possibly as good as it will get... Needs general clean-up and detailing...)

02MAY2017: More tweaking, cleanup, etc.

03MAY2017: Even more of the same...

06MAY2017: Reworked the vocals some more; more tweaking, cleaning, fixing...

10MAY2017: More cleanup and tweaking...

11MAY2017: even more...

Made in Propellerheads Reason V9.2 (Including Blamsoft's Expanse Hyperwave SYnth; ZVork's Oberon 2 Synth; KiloHeartz ONE Synth; P-Heads Parsec Synth; P-Heads A-List Power Drummer - manually performed; and Selig's Leveler.)

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Touched

Lyrics:
When it all becomes too much
When all the time is putting out fires and such
My comfort comes from simple contact
There isn't much to explain about that

I need your touch
It means so much

The endorphins, the pheromones
The violins, the saxophones
It's all the things I never need...
but now...

I need your touch
It means so much
When things are getting tough
Touching you can be enough
I need your touch

I need your touch
I need your touch
I need your touch

Touched

Updated 17MAR2019:
An old man reliving the joys of his youth, when he was blazing trails into analog synthesis at the the Boston School of Electronic Music in the 70's - currently using Propellerheads' Reason V10 with various Rack Extensions and VSTis... 

A variety of tracks in various states of completion...

Some songs , some instrumentals, some loops or soundtrack-appropriate tunes, in a variety of "styles".

All are original compositions. All music and lyrics by Dave Read, except where noted.



Check out @BSEM for tracks made by me and others at the Boston School of Electronic Music during the 70's.

Also check out @ameebadood for tracks by me and Judy Rochat done in the early 2000's.

And now epiphany algorithm @epiphanyalgorithm : Collaborations between me and Scott Kauffman (Daughters Of Industry, Rent Me, Current Device). (Our previous "band" name "YOINK!" was being used by too many other soundcloud folks.)

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