This is a quick jam playing around with Rob Scallon's modern tuning.

Cheat #1 - Modern Tuning Jam

Voice memo recording of a song I'm working on.

Verse 1:
My mind whirred once, mighty machine
Crafting worlds, effort serene
My gears are clogged and rusted through
Brilliant spark so long subdued

Chorus:
I wish I had a sledgehammer
Break these walls and wander free
Light my soul, ignite my flame
See the world through a polaroid frame

Verse 2:
The wall is thick, the stone is hard
I keep swinging, it leaves me scarred
Struggle crushing, journey long
I'll break through to where I belong

Chorus:
I wish I had a sledgehammer
Break these walls and wander free
Light my soul, ignite my flame
See the world through a polaroid frame

Bridge:
With each strike, I hear the bells chime
Ringing through the walls of time
Persistence, pain, until one day
Light peeks through the clouds of grey

Chorus:
I wish I had a sledgehammer
Break these walls and wander free
Light my soul, ignite my flame
See the world through a polaroid frame

Sledgehammer

"I Feel I'm Weak"

VERSE 1
It’s sunrise, wake up on a scratchy carpet floor
Outside glares Triple 8, I wonder what went wrong
I rub crust from my eyes and squint back at the screen
Still incomplete, this rat’s nest, a stifled scream

PRECHORUS
It’s not the first time I’ve been here
Won’t be the last time I’m this near

CHORUS 1
I feel I’m weak all of the time
Burnt out, tired, losing hold of my mind
I just want to run away anywhere will do
Only choice I have is stay, I don’t know what to do

VERSE 2
My eyes, they can’t stay open, shuffle home to snore
Mouths flapping for attention, always wanting more
My SOS too subtle, guess they’ll never see
The shadow that they tread on is no longer me

PRECHORUS
It’s not the first time I’ve been here
Won’t be the last time I’m this near

CHORUS 2:
I feel I’m weak all of the time
Stumbling through, every step a landmine
If I have to hold it all, I won’t make it through
If I was the first to fall, I don’t know what they’d do

CHORUS 3:
I feel I’m weak all of the time
Burnt out, tired, losing hold of my mind
I just want to run away anywhere will do
Only choice I have is stay, I don’t know what to do

I Feel I'm Weak

A demo recording of an original song I'm working on.

I Won't Let You Go
by cevinius

VERSE 1

I met you at the dinosaur park 20 years ago
We were building towers, and laying down the roads
Making friends with lizards, as we got to know the ropes
Don’t stop running, stay alive, I won’t let you go

CHORUS

Ooooh how things change, how things stay the same
Ooooh life is strange, I won’t let you go
I won’t let you go

VERSE 2

I lost you at the North Pole, 15 years ago
Got stuck making coffee for the boss man “Ho Ho Ho”
Rode that train to buy a home, had to do my time
Don’t stop running, stay alive, hold onto my mind

CHORUS

Ooooh how things change, how things stay the same
Ooooh life is strange, I won’t let you go
I won’t let you go

VERSE 3

Now we’re on a rocket ship, blasting off to Mars.
You, me, a suitcase. How long can we last.
Planting in a barren world, don’t know if we’ll survive
Don’t stop running, stay alive, gotta stay alive

CHORUS

Ooooh how things change, how things stay the same
Ooooh life is strange, I won’t let you go
I won’t let you go

I Won't Let You Go (Demo)

Trying something very different to what I've been making... I got an OP-1 Field recently and made this entirely on that. I'm still learning to use it. This may be hot garbage but I had fun playing with the OP1.


Melancholy Kink

Verse 1:
A broken heart is only one text away,
A soul mate stolen when you miss their call,
A lock and key can’t seem to keep the world at bay
In every breath, there's too much pain.

Chorus:
We cling onto this, melancholy kink,
Wrapped in scars that never fade,
We play sad songs on an endless loop,
There’s comfort in never believing.

Verse 2:
Cold rejection from a shy confession,
A broken vow that makes you lose it all,
Miss a payment, lose your home and your possessions
In every breath, there's too much pain.

Chorus:
We cling onto this, melancholy kink,
Wrapped in scars that never fade,
We play sad songs on an endless loop,
There’s comfort in never believing.

Bridge:
When the sun shines bright, we must retreat,
Close the blinds, admit defeat,
Hope can launch us up too high
Can’t land back on our feet.
Can’t land back…
Can’t land back…
Can’t land back on our feet.

Chorus:
We cling onto this, melancholy kink,
Wrapped in scars that never fade,
We play sad songs on an endless loop,
There’s comfort in never believing.

Melancholy Kink

I had a prompt to write a song based on fairytale or folklore, and wrote this silly song based on Cinderella. I did it all on the OP-1 Field, including recording the vocals. Still having a lot of fun with the OP-1 Field.

Won’t Be Your Fool

VERSE 1

You left a slipper on the staircase, as you ran away
Thought we had a real connection, thought you’d stay and play
I mean it wasn’t even midnight, it wasn’t all that late
I’m not seeking complications, don’t need a switch-and-bait

CHORUS

If you’re going, why’d you leave behind a clue?
Don’t know the game you’re playing, I’m not gonna be your fool
The music’s loud, the lights are bright
It’s still my party, so I’ll dance the night
Don’t know the game you’re playing, but I won’t be your fool

VERSE 2

You left me spinning on the dance floor, I watched the morning break
I’m staring at your souvenir, I feel a hollow ache
Did you mean for me to find you, should I have given chase?
A question that I’ll never answer, I’ll wonder all my days.

CHORUS

If you’re going, why’d you leave behind a clue?
Don’t know the game you’re playing, I’m not gonna be your fool
The music’s loud, the lights are bright
It’s still my party, so I’ll dance the night
Don’t know the game you’re playing, but I won’t be your fool

CHORUS

If you’re going, why’d you leave behind a clue?
Don’t know the game you’re playing, I’m not gonna be your fool
The music’s loud, the lights are bright
It’s still my party, so I’ll dance the night
Don’t know the game you’re playing, but I won’t be your fool

Won't Be Your Fool (Demo)

First draft of a Christmas Song I’m working on.

“Christmas Comes Only Once a Year”

VERSE 1

Christmas comes only once a year
People smiling, they're so full of cheer
Christmas comes only once a year
It's a chance for love

VERSE 2

Christmas comes only once a year
Kids are happy, grinning ear to ear
Christmas comes only once a year
It's a chance for love

BRIDGE

The snow, so bold, it covers everything
The snow, so cold, it buries everything
I wanna forget all the trials
I wanna forgive you for a while
I wanna stop all the fights
And just look at Christmas lights

CHORUS

With you, with you
With you, with only you

VERSE 3

Christmas comes only once a year
Our kids are happy grinning ear to ear
Christmas comes only once a year
It's a chance for love

CHORUS

With you, with you
With you, with only you

“Christmas Comes Only Once a Year” (1st draft)

I loved the piano end credits music of Westworld Season 1 Episode 7, and I also recently started playing with electronic music, so I decided to see what I could do with that piece.

This is what I came up with. I'm very new at electronic music, and am still figuring things out.

This was made entirely using the KORG iDS-10 app on an iPad. I used the synthesized voice vocoder to make the little bits of voice in the track.

cevinius

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