I'm also from that generation when nuclear war seemed to be hanging over us, it's so sad that these words are still as relevant in 2022 as they would have been in 1982

Yes, this one is hitting something we all are concerned about. You have a nice song describing a real issue.

I love the sensitive appeal in your vocal, Christopher. Very well arranged and timely song, mate!

Great vocal Christopher and subject still a back of the memory thought that never leaves. Love the sound you have created excellent arrangements 👍

Got a great Beatles vibe...really punchy and great message and lyrics

the music and vocals reflect well the sense of anxiety/fear/anger. Your lyrics frame the issues so well and yes this is as timely  as it gets.

The vocal harmonies have a nice "lightness" to them.

.nediul nekkolk teod kilb raaH

It's All Over Now Baby Blue

This is a conceptual piece of music created to be a short science fiction film. 

The track is a journey through different dimensions of space and time and is broken into three movements. 

The first movement introduces the main characters and establishes the stories atmosphere and motivation. 
The second movement is a sound design piece I created to represent traveling though space and time. 
The third movement is our arrival and represents the emotional part of the story.

Written, performed, produced and mixed by David Mackenzie 

Mastered by Alex@debutaudio

Multiverse

After taking a hiatus I'd like to turn your attention to this latest upload of mine, featuring samples of the oud, a stringed instrument common to the Middle East. Please bear in mind that I didn't play the oud; sadly, I am not such a virtuoso. However, I am getting quite experienced in choosing samples that fit my jam sessions, and using this exotic instrument yielded quite enthralling results in my humble opinion.

In this particular session I was experimenting with G minor, which took me outside of my usual comfort zone of C minor. As so often the case, I used a combination of Eurorack modules, the Arturia MircroBrute, and some pre-prepared drum and drone pad samples. These sounds were looped on the Boss RC-300 loop station. 

After setting up the sound frame using Eurorack and the Arturia MicroBrute, I played back a couple of Youtube videos together with my sounds; something that I have been practicing for a quite a while now. At the end I settled for following two videos:
- G minor oud Improvisation (https://youtu.be/vIBjXLFv1vE)
- Emotional Gm (G minor) CHORD - Ambient Backing Track #13 (https://youtu.be/PLqvVSGuRlI)

The jam session was recorded in Audacity. In post-production I used the best parts from the jam session to create this track. As I already expected, I had some trouble with playing back the oud sounds in such a manner that they fit the track and especially its tempo. So I had to heavily edit these samples in post production and put them back together with my sounds in order for them to sound as desired. While doing so, I also employed some reverb, high pass filters and a limiter within Audacity, albeit very sparingly. Other than that, no elaborate effects or mastering techniques were used, you basically listening to a short and condensed version of the jam session.

As always, the result is highly dynamic, so headphones are recommended. Also, please turn up that volume knob because Loudness War is for losers!

MAB logo by @maxim-lichtenwald, check him out!

I hope you enjoy!

Oud Dub [Jam session sections: RAW2022 - 2]

Mood Exhibit - Aura Bound

EP A10
https://akitomisaki.bandcamp.com/album/a10

ead #4

Written October 2022.  Threats of armageddon are stupid beyond belief.  Listen with headphones.


Don’t Cross That Line 


I go to bed so fearful 
I wake up so tearful 
Don’t want to see those flowers of yours bloom 
I have children you see 
And I love my family 
I don’t want to know that they’re all doomed 

So what gives you the right 
To cloak the world in night 
And set a dying wreath upon our tomb 
Please don’t cross that line 
Please don’t cross that line 
Please don’t cross that line 
Just let the daylight shine 

To see the rockets fall 
In blinding flashes all
Where everything I love will be consumed 
The power that it brings 
To which your dirty fingers cling 
Means nothing to those alive nor in the womb

So what gives you the right 
To cloak the world in night 
And set a dying wreath upon our tomb 
Please don’t cross that line 
Please don’t cross that line 
Please don’t cross that line 
Just let the daylight shine

The world should only be over 
When the sun goes supernova 
And not burnt on the whim 
Of one whose ego matters more to him
Than all the lives you disrespect 
Who it should be your duty to protect 
Not destroy while you stand so proud 
In the shadow of a mushroom cloud 
But would press the button and then hunker 
Down inside a concrete bunker 
To emerge when entire nations
Are engulfed by the conflagrations 
And if this is what goes through your mind 
I don’t trust you not to cross that line 

So what gives you the right 
To cloak the world in night 
And set a burning wreath upon our tomb 
Please don’t cross that line 
Don’t you cross that line 
Don’t you cross that line 
Just let the daylight shine

Oh you’re all the same 
Leaders just in name 
Tyrants, despots, dictators, all fools 
As you try to shape the world 
With your hellish flags unfurled 
You’re creatures of my nightmares, demons, ghouls 

So what gives you the right 
To cloak the world in night 
And set a burning wreath upon our tomb 
Please don’t cross that line 
Don’t you cross that line 
Don’t you cross that line 
Just let the daylight shine


Image by CJW, coloured pencils on paper with filters

Don’t Cross That Line

YOUTUBE CHANNEL: www.youtube.com/user/WrittenForGuitar
BANDCAMP: georgewanat.bandcamp.com/

In The Fullness Of Time

Open Highway (Free Download)

I've been meaning to do some tracks inspired by Martha Wells's Murderbot story, "Exit Strategy". 
GreyCris is a corporate giant; brutally ruthless. 
The cover art is by ignacio197 and can be found on deviantart.com

GreyCris

Around to Lalo ......  ! 

https://soundcloud.com/serge-canovas  ; Acoustic guitar .
https://soundcloud.com/cyril-lacroix  ; Percussionniste .
https://soundcloud.com/specialceciliacappellas  : Words & Vocal .

VINYL LINES . Black Floyd & Canovas / Lacroix , feat Special Cecilia .

I have been writing songs on and off over the last 30+ years. In that time I’ve filled a couple of exercise books with quite a bit of music. I do my best with a very simple recording set up, the songs are all recorded using my 29 year old Washburn guitar and GarageBand on my iPad with a cheap mic in my front room, usually with a cup of coffee. And some biscuits.

Don’t Cross That Line

Christopher Joseph Wallace

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