Raj played Drums
Ryan played non Drums
Both did computer stuff

Joel Robinow played piano on "Kyle Thinks a lot of Very Cool Thoughts"
Rosie Steffy sang on "Rhododendrons and Daisies (Tyler Wagner Wrote This Song)"
Roy Ruth said stuff throughout

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We went back in “the lab” in May and made another one of these things. And by “the lab,” I mean a soundproofed room in Jack London Square with halogen office lights, industrial carpet, and a box of SCSI cables to a mid 90’s Zip Drive that I remain hopeful to find one day. 

I have stupid little thoughts about stupid little things that deserve stupid little songs to be written about them. 

I read something about people buying lottery tickets for the dopamine rush and sense of hope it gives you, knowing damn well they aren’t going to win. Ok. 

I don’t smoke pot, but one time I did and scared myself into thinking I lived in a computer. It seemed like a privilege. I don’t think children digging up precious metals for Tamagotchi motherboards think the monotony and cruelty in their lives is a computer program. Sure. 

Everybody should be free and never hide who they are. Don’t let people make you live under their thumb. The world will always need more freaks. Wether it’s Toussaint Louverture or Dennis Eckersley. Yes, you get a song as well. 

I covered a Tyler Wagner song because I love Tyler Wagner songs. Tell him to hit me up if you see him around town. Same goes for Lee Marvin. 

Ok. Great. Thank you. Goodbye.

Other Lives of Magic and Wonder and Whatever

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ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 497

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Fresh Faves: Batch 497

My favourite tunes submitted to Fresh On The Net during my first stint as a moderator.

Debris Discs’ Best of the Net

John Rohek (Ro Ek) is a London-based electronic musician, building a uniquely haunting world from atmospheric production, striking visuals, and a focus on lyrical storytelling.

Listen to 'Honestly, Don't Get Up': https://found.ee/jrhdgu

Follow John Rohek:
Mailing List - eepurl.com/intoYw
Spotify - spoti.fi/3EQ8YbT
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@johnrohek
Instagram - instagram.com/johnrohek
Soundcloud - @johnrohek
Bandcamp - http://johnrohek.bandcamp.com

John Rohek - 'Honestly, Don't Get Up'

How do you recognise yourself?
You told me that your father was killed in Sweden
We know that that was someone else
And why do you suppose that would make us even?

Yes, I am calling into check
Listen, I am checking in
I am calling into check

Side to side around me
No, honestly, don’t get up
It would’ve been alright if you hadn’t found me
Cause I would’ve sniffed you out
Something of a crowd building up behind me
Trying to get out the door

Why don’t you do something that we can’t ignore

You’re suddenly beside yourself
And someone had to force you to say the reason
You’re lucky we arrived with help
You’re lucky we were there to absorb the feeling

But obviously I know, that was a while back now
Yeah, obviously, I know
That was a while back now
And I am calling into check

Side to side around me
No, honestly, don’t get up
It would’ve been alright if you hadn’t found me
Cause I would’ve sniffed you out
Something of a crowd building up behind me
Trying to get out the door

Why don’t you do something that we can’t ignore

I’m trying to adjust the lighting
So that we can all relax
Don’t know what it is that is so inviting
Or what we do after that
Something of a crowd building up behind me
Trying to get out the door

Why don’t you do something that we can’t ignore

Listen, I am checking in
Calling into check
Calling into check

Listen, I am checking in
Calling into check
Calling into check

Listen, I am checking in
Calling into check
Calling into check

Listen, I am checking in
Calling into check
Calling into check

Honestly, Don't Get Up

An effervescent pop song about depression and self-discovery. It’s fun.

Thick Terrain

Undercover

In one week during the month of September 2021, my brother had a baby, my sister got married and I broke up with my long term boyfriend and had to temporarily move back in with my parents. Someone has to be the hot mess.
During one tragic zoom session in that time period, my hot therapist told me when I was feeling this bad to remember to drink water and get dressed then my dad, passing me in the corridor afterwards, told me I had 'dropped my smile on the floor.' This is a homage to that tapestry of support I got at the time. The first verse is also a letter I wrote to myself to say thanks for getting through it.
I produced this in my Peckham flat and loved getting my violin out for the strings sections!
I also did the artwork with help from my dad on the car!

Credits:
Songwriting, production, singing, violins-Sansha
Mixing and mastering-Darren Woodford
Single artwork-Sansha and Anthony Lewis

Drink Water, Eat Biscuits, Keep Smiling-clean version

Paul F Cook and The Happy Somethings release their collaborative single ‘Something Happy’, a 2½ minute slice of positive pop that aims to put a smile on your face and a spring in your step.

The song is available in three flavours: Original, Acoustic and a Kitchen Disco Mix. It’s £1 a track or £2.50 for all three but you can pay more if you want to and all profits from the track will go to the mental health charity Mind (www.mind.org.uk).

Something Happy

Something Happy - paulfcook and The Happy Somethings

Clueless - Single

Clueless

Come On

Feel Good (Live)

Living Thing

‘Just a Little’ is a collaboration between NI songwriters Rory Nellis & Kris Marsden. Engineered & produced by Kris Marsden in his lo-fi studio, where he’s recording the third Kippysmuse album.
Drums by Stephen Leacock (General Fiasco, Nathan
Connolly).
Mixed & mastered by Phillip Watts d'Alton.

Just A Little

Raj played Drums
Ryan played non Drums
Both did computer stuff

Joel Robinow played piano on "Kyle Thinks a lot of Very Cool Thoughts"
Rosie Steffy sang on "Rhododendrons and Daisies (Tyler Wagner Wrote This Song"
Roy Ruth said stuff throughout

Wand'rin' Star

Rhododendrons and Daisies (Tyler Wagner Wrote This Song)

Kyle Thinks a lot of Very Cool Thoughts

I Bought a Lottery Ticket

Don't Ever Hide Your Face

Gone Are The Days

 天黑黑The Dark Day is a mandopop genre cover song music single. This is an acapella interpretation with no instruments added sound vocal audio included in the music release. It has already released through music distribution stores on Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer Music, YouTube, YouTube Music, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Tencent Music and others. 

🎶Music Streaming Link: https://push.fm/fl/eubz5hw8

#天黑黑 #thedarkday #acapella #acapellasong #coversong #coversongs #newmusic #music #newrelease #newreleases #musicreleases #musicreleases

天黑黑 Tian Hei Hei The Dark Day

Newborn Adult - Generation Feral

Tickly Synapse

Somebody New To Be Scared Of

B. Hamilton is songwriter Ryan Christopher Parks and drummer Raj Kumar Ojha (Once and Future Band). They cut their teeth in the warehouse days of Oakland around 2010 and recorded ramshackle records in flophouse attics, former army barracks turned Mills College noise musician housing, and their rehearsal space in Jack London Square that looks like an early 80’s accounting office, and a set from one of the “Saw” movies. 
 
Existing before and after tech created complete chaos in Oakland is the subject of a number of their songs. Other songs are about other things. Like cancer, John Wayne, and buying lottery tickets after church.
 
2024’s “The Freest Speech Ever Attempted Without Disintegrating” is about Elon Musk, kind of. 
 
“I tried to write a bunch of stuff about him, but ended up writing about the same loneliness and lack of connection that everyone has experienced at some point in their lives,” said Parks. “It’s the same loneliness that humanity might be leaning into as we go toward whatever the future is.”
 
I wrote this entire bio like you can't tell it's me writing it. I even referred to myself as "Parks," in the last paragraph like I'm a Naval whistleblower on "60 Minutes." Writing these things is the goddamn worst. Alright, have a good day.