Short and sweet

Wednesday Collection #91 - Thursday Edition

MOMENTS (vol 3)

slow thoughts short forever

Related tracks: DRIVEN - Lillithe & Paploviante

One Humankind: 25 Tasty songs from the SoundCloud community

Related tracks: In My Lifetime

featuring @4catsncoffee on violin
:
Suddenly you come across an opening in the forest - a fading landscape of forgotten names...
fading green is the third tune off the d'ville EP >soundcloud.com/jh0st/sets/dville

--------------------lyrics

No one said that
we would see
Family to no one
Sunlight through trees
No one asked for
an early grave

Stones of names a fade away…

When the clouds come down
water upside down
Order of each name
Feather on tongue

Thousand heart beats in the trees
now gone on the wings of…

day's fading green

d'ville

fading green

Buy on Bandcamp

fading green [ft. 4catsncoffee]

This piece won “Top Finalist” in composing competition by the Film Scoring Academy of Europe (2022)

Midi roll video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MdtA_3TWds

Fantasy - A Glimpse

This is a song that I thought was about someone else, but it's more likely just about me. 

lyrics

Looks like you've got everything you want
there ain't a single thing left that you need
you're flowing through life like the sea
boy you don't see the woods for the trees

I wouldn't decline no invitation 
to go smacking your head against the pavement
flick through warning signs but you don't read
boy you don't see the woods for the trees

keep pushing all our worries around
try to bury them deep underground
you better keep that spade close at hand
so we can dig out your head from the sand

when I burst into your surgery seeking remedies
you called the alarm
now I've swallowed all the pills you prescribed
I'm telling you I want to be discharged


Keep giving all the people your time
your family said you've got an altruistic mind
but they won't tell you when you're so sick
or that you're life's greatest fucking hypocrite

I know I don't got too much education
but I deciphered your charm from fabrication
I used to bite at the slightest provocation 
now I'll just growl and consider each situation

I may not have everything I want
but I got from you what I need
You ain't got nothing left for me
boy you don't see the woods from the trees

recorded at home on my tascam 8 track

Woods For The Trees (I'm Alright Jack)

Written and Sang by Travis Houghton.  Me- Guitar.  Drums- Greg Bartlett. Bass- Alex Kercheval

Unknown album (6/24/2021 8:52:24 PM)

In My Lifetime

I was trying to write a short and catchy pop song... I think I nailed it ;)

cover photo by 12019

Welcome Down The Rabbit Hole

For song and album art visit Wou-Wou & the Wormling at:
https://www.instagram.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://www.redbubble.com/people/thewormling/shop

This is the 4th song posted from the album I started using demo tracks given to me by Wou-Wou & the Wormling during the start of the pandemic when I had extra time due to society closing down. This song was inspired by Black Lives Matter and my own experiences with the police growing up in the California East Bay Area in the 80s. 

It has been an incredible opportunity working with Wou-Wou, Stricknice, and Bitzone on this album. I feel like we have a realized sound and vision for the overall style of the album. It is exciting to know that we have many more tracks ready to be released. 

Massive thanks to RUIZZOIDMAN (E-Ruizzo) for joining us on Cruising Through. RUIZZOIDMAN has massively contributed to the positive vibes and individual creative spirit that defines our SoundCloud community. This is the second track I have had the honor of RUIZZOIDMAN joining in on. Big ups RUIZZOIDMAN!!!   

Track Credits:

RUIZZOIDMAN (E-Ruizzo): Lead guitar, scratch guitar, additional guitar, elation choir
https://soundcloud.com/esemanolain-ruizzo
https://soundcloud.com/ruizzoidman21centurions
Stricknice: Outro Guitar, Samples, and Production
https://soundcloud.com/j-nice-6
Bitzone: Drums, Mix and Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Bass, Guitar, Synth, Drums, Percussion, Samples, Original Demo Track, Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://wouwouandthewormling.bandcamp.com
the Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Samples, Production
musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:

Hey I caught you sniffing
Get off my tail 
What you think you sniffing
Get off my tail
Hey I see you sniffing
Get off my tail
What you think your sniffing

Is it the neighborhood I’m cruising through
Is it cause I’m rolling deep with my crew
Is it cause I don’t ever trust you
Is it your suspicious of me

Hey I caught you sniffing
What you think you sniffing
Hey I see you sniffing
What you think your sniffing

Is it your suspicious of me

Still feeling shamed I reclaim that part of me you took
With looks of disdain as I refrained afraid to get booked For nothing 
I shook from your tree
In fact it probably be 
My inherited fruit first 
That now you attempt to hoard in force
In tradition with your legacy of scarcity  
But my ancestral fraternity is inherently abundant 
There’s nothing to defund from it
Word

Yea, that’s what I’m talkin’ about

This is the neighborhood I’m cruising through
This is my neighborhood and I’m cruising through
This is our neighborhood and we goin’ cruise through

Cruising Through

RUIZZOIDMAN, Stricknice, Bitzone, Wou-Wou & The Wormling & the Couch King - Cruising Through

@rick-4-1 - Broken Mouth Drums
@janinelevinson - Cygnet Sister Vocals 
@phil-mcwalter - Tambourine and The Other Stuff

THE ONLY PARTY IN TOWN

Well ooh yeah!

She didn’t look like her sister
She talked like a brother
Smoked like a trooper
Swore like her father

Her lips had gone solid
At the bridge by the station
Cold in the car but she 
Walked like a casino

So why! 
Why are you singing this song
Why have you all come along
Was she the only party in town?
Well oh yeah!

We painted cathedrals (red)
Crossed the Atlantic (in Lennon’s bed)
Hundreds of packets of sweeteners (When she was caught)
Were found in her pockets

So why!
Why are you singing this song
Why have you all come along
Was she the only party in town?
Well oh yeah!

Oh my…

She’s just a friend
But I love her too much
My parents would have been very pleased to see her
Most girls would wanna be her
Liked the look of her boat
Faster than an elegant quote
Doesn’t clean or sink or float
Well oh yeaah!
Swan of the Avon
Piper at the Gates of dumb (Norfolk) Broads
There could be flood warnings for millions of hordes and
She’ll always look after 
The cygnet committed to
Equality, Freedom, Freedom To Live
The love machine lumbers
Through all the hearts' chambers
Signet ring, heraldic crest and cuckoo’s nest
Always ran with the best
Curled up in the wardrobe
In a discarded vest
Playing the old tunes
And playing ‘em loud!
So why!
Why are you singing this song
Why have you all come along
Was she the only party in town?
Oh yeah!

So why!
Why are you singing this song
Why have you all come along
Was she the only party in town?
Well oh yeah!

© Jan 2022 Phil McWalter
Image: Anna Piaggi RIP
Song inspired by JAC

The Only Party In Town

Spotify

Original composition by Nylïa

All instruments, effects are performed, recorded, and mixed by me.
For more information, see my public Profile.
All rights reserved

Hidden country

If Only I Could Play... (Short Piano Piece)

Sorry we've been really inactive on here for awhile because we were so busy preparing for BTV! Thanks everyone who joined us for some all-new experimental music videos and performances. If you'd like to be on the next episode, hit us up on here or on instagram and let's chat.

This is the audio for our performance. It was an old demo we put aside for years and recently started re-working because it felt like the time to pick it up again. We wrote this song for Tota Kaneko, an avant-garde haiku writer and peace activist. We loosely translated one of his haiku as “Wake up there might be a war, so wander in the flower fields” and used that as the chorus of the song and the inspiration for the other lyrics.
If you'd like to check out the video: https://youtu.be/2Kv8EgKv20g

This was a DAW-less setup, using midi and live looping. Gear: CZ-101, SA-1, RC-202, SP-404MKII, Model D, Microfreak, soprano ukulele, Voice Live Touch, Keith McMillen 12-step, Streichfett string synth, and lots of fx pedals. 

And if you'd like to check out the whole stream with the other artists, here it is: https://youtu.be/2wEen7IqtOw

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyrics:

Robot hand to robot weapon
"Having a war is so much fun! 
Robot country's number 1,
land of the rising, sinking sun"
Robot friends, it's just begun
They'll teach us through animation
Propaganda to color in the schools 
Everyone follow the robot rules

Wake up there might be a war, so wander in the flower fields

Vote for Robot A or Robot B 
or skip it all and watch TV
It'll show you how fun life is 
if you drink lots of robot "fizz"
Government-issued conversation topics 
7-D glasses take you to the tropics
Who needs a holiday?
Work yourself to sleep every day 

Wake up there might be a war, so wander in the flower fields

Robot hand to robot heart
Put down gun, be still, be smart 
Inner world holds mystic treasure
Government feeds us robot pleasures
That way we won't protest the laws that we detest
I'm sure you can figure out the rest...
This is a robot loyalty test! 

You've let the propaganda take you away from critical thinking.

Come and wander in the flowers...

"Robots In The Flower Fields" Live Session For BTV Ep. 2 (2022)

Jon thought this version was too complex for the simplistic nature of the song.  I wanted to share this though, since I think it gives the song a much different vibe.

SlowDown By Jon Debellis (Monotronaut Alt. Rework)

Recurring thoughts sometimes circle our minds and get our attention again and again. It's as if they're trying to tell us something that's just a bit beyond us presently. ✨  Same is true of riffs that we discover.

Should we banish them, let them flow... or channel them into music?

Yet another of Life's mysteries. 😎

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2022
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2022

The Thoughts That Roam Within

This old song is my first version that "AcidFlashback" was remixed from >> https://soundcloud.com/martyn-r-jacobson/acid-flashback <<

In this song I played with the "SonicFoundry AcidPro" tutorial to make a song on it's DAW (Like shorting the name to "Acid" - hehehe)

SonicFoundry said the loops on the CD are royalty-free, I saw nothing excluding their Acid tutorial - hehehe

AcidFunk

A'BECKETT STREET
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Copyright 2022 AB Music
https://youtu.be/6CvNYcb_pao

JAMMING LOUD AT A'BECKETT STREET
106 A'BECKETT STREET
LOCK THE DOOR KEEP THE COLD OUTSIDE
TAKING OFF ON A REAL COOL RIDE

JAMMING LOUD AT A'BECKETT STREET
THE CITY'S DEAD BUT NOT A'BECKETT STREET
WE'RE PLAYING HARD ON A REAL COOL LINE
TAKING OFF ON A REAL COOL RIDE

HANGING OUT AT A'BECKETT STREET
106 A'BECKETT STREET
FORTY'S FOOD TASTE JUST REAL COOL
I'LL HAVE A HAMBERGER AND A CUP OF CHIPS TOO

A'BECKETT STREET

A'BECKETT STREET (see info for video link)

A folk/bluesy kinda feel, bout going with your intuition.

With You

Video can be watched here:
https://youtu.be/8S7NDn3Awq4
Greetings!

Nights in white satin, The Moody Blues, instrumental cover

Thank you to https://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein for creating this fine 🎶
Love will always be the greater force.

Lyrics: 
So, don't you think it's getting old now
Empty rounds, sprayed all around
So, don't you think it's getting old now
It could be different now
Somehow

Not another one, oh no

Wake up

not another one - Jonathan Beckenstein/cw

Llanpsych mix of a dub constructed by Entheogenic Psychonaut (Josh Clary) and cgmaness - cheers fellas :))))
Listen to Josh
 https://soundcloud.com/josh-clary-1?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
and Chris
https://soundcloud.com/user-419254289-15129531?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Wax Dab Dub - with Entheogenic Psychonaut and cgmaness

This is another one from the recordings we did with our former chanteuse Julia back then. Credits and hugs! Cheers @user-20931549 & @bonetender

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2svzzUWE6xKNHJkWpkdM1G

Original by The Velvet Underground!
©The Journey Weavers 2022 All Rights Reserved

Sunday Morning

Sunday Morning (The Velvet Underground Cover)

My mate Deggsy aka https://soundcloud.com/nakedverse
has some awesome music and i love working with him , please visit his work !
Lyrics-
When I was a younger lad I was bold
And jumped head first
Never thinking of the consequences 
I always quenched that thirst

I didn't ever turn around to see where I had been
Just kept on diving in the deep blue sea of mystery

With such a pure, pure heart
Never meaning any harm
I learned my lessons well
Even though I seemed to take my time about it

The memories
Come flooding back of my mistakes
And suddenly
I'm blushing and I can not hide 
The way I feel it
The distant past
Has led to where I am now
A different path
Has opened up before my very eyes
I travel on

I didn't understand how life and this whole
Damned system worked
Just carried on my own sweet way
Till I found out it's reversed

Was such an innocent time
All that playing in the sunshine
Was I so happy then
Being in the dark about the things I know now ?

The memories
Come flooding back of my mistakes
And suddenly
I'm blushing and I can not hide 
The way I feel it
The distant past
Has led to where I am now
A different path
Has opened up before my very eyes
I travel on

I didn't ever turn around to see where I had been
Just kept on diving in the deep blue sea of mystery

The memories
Come flooding back of my mistakes
And suddenly
I'm blushing and I can not hide 
The way I feel it
The distant past
Has led to where I am now
A different path
Has opened up before my very eyes
I travel on

Nakedverse & winkandwoo 2022

I Travel On

I Travel On - Nakedverse Ft. winkandwoo

Vocals / Lyrics / Cover Pic: Tam Jennifer @teejaymusicasides
Drums: Jens Fehrensen
Music, Guitars (Strat, Jazzmaster, Les Paul), Bass (P), Mellotron (Redtron), Mix & Mastering (DAW): @bonetender

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5YWPBuW94bnh2Mu3R0fsip

======= Lyrics =======

I’m spinning around
Trying to find my sound
When you look at the stars
You’ll see in my mind
And I’m missing you so much baby
Been alone on the road just lately

Been alone on the road
Been alone on the road
All alone
Oh oh

I’m humming a tune
Written just for you
When you open your eyes
You’ll quickly realise
That I’m missing you so much baby
Been alone on this road just lately

I hope as I go go 
Go with the flow
When you know you know
So don’t take it slow
Cos I’m missing you so much baby
Been alone on this road just lately

Been alone on the road
Been alone on the road
All alone

Been alone on the road just lately
All alone
Been alone on the road just lately
All alone

Been alone on this road
Been alone on the road
Oh oh

Been alone on the road
Been alone on the road
Been alone on the road

©Tam Jennifer, Jens Fehrensen & Bonetender 2022 All Rights Reserved

Alone on the Road

Alone On The Road (with Tam Jennifer & Jens Fehrensen)

The Crab Nebula
June 2022
Duration: 3:00
Listen to the Cosmic Soundscapes Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/cosmic-soundscapes
The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. A supernova remnant is the structure resulting from the explosion of a star.  The bright light from the supernova explosion that formed the Crab Nebula was observed by Chinese, Japanese, and Arab astronomers in 1054 A.D. The light has since faded and the Crab Nebula is no longer visible without a telescope.  The name comes from William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, who observed the object in 1842 using a 36-inch telescope.  Lord Rosse named the nebula the "Crab" in 1844 because its tentacle-like structure resembled the legs of the crustacean.
For strings, woodwinds, harp, celesta, Vibraphone, field recordings, virtual instruments and percussion.

The Crab Nebula

This is another track that started with a quirky volca drum beat. This time most of the melodic layers were made with Korg Module, and virtual synths from Moog including the Model 15 and the Model D. I also used a variety of other soft synths and a little bit of the Minilogue XD.

Cover image credit: Stewartbaird CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Lighter than Air

DRIVEN 
Backing track open collab: Paploviante
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/driven-paploviante-open-collaboration
Lillithe: adding Trumpets, Sax, Harmonica, Vox, Cuban Horns and sound effects
Lillithe: Arrangment and Production

DRIVEN - Lillithe & Paploviante

Speak For Love (Brian Peters)

Little Lady stepped out into the world
Little Lady was still mama’s little girl
One baby later, she was still twenty-five
Her marriage on the rocks but she was glad to be alive

And love is blinded in innocence
And love is calling out for defence

	Who’ll sing a song for the lonely ones
	Your darling daughters and your wayward sons
	Under the hand of the iron glove
	And who will speak for love

Little Man went walking in his daddy’s boots
Little Man was just following his roots
Wild dreams and schemes on the stock exchanges
Wild oats and loneliness among total strangers

And love is crying out to be heard
And love is holding out the living word

	Who’ll sing a song for the lonely ones
	Your darling daughters and your wayward sons
	Under the hand of the iron glove
	And who will speak for love

**Some talk about the third world debt
Some talk about a nuclear threat
Some talk about inner city crime
Some talk about intelligent design
Some talk about corporate greed
Some talk about terminator seeds
Some talk about the ascetic life
Some talk about simeon stylites**

And love is knocking at the door
And love is undergirding every law

	Who’ll sing a song for the lonely ones
	Your darling daughters and your wayward sons
	Under the hand of the iron glove
	And who will speak for love

**Some talk about global warming
Some talk about turbine farming
Some talk about genetic cloning
Some talk about the lunar landings
Some talk about ghetto thugs
Some talk about the superbug
Some talk about democracy
Some talk about conspiracy

Some talk about the world trade towers
Some talk about a one world power
Some talk about save the whales
Some talk about fairytales
Some talk about visual highlights
Some talk about navigation satellites**
…(to fade)

Speak For Love

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/307c6N3b6CwsZXhmg6B0vN?si=0_P5lwTDTHmh5uDBH8-3jA

Well I can't help myself, I'm going through this hell
The scars that's on my liver's from this medicine
Well I can't help myself, I'm going through this hell
The scars that's on my liver's from this medicine
My medicine, my medicine
My medicine, my medicine
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I got scars on my liver from this banquet drink
A honey on my mind, she don't feel the same
Running from my thoughts cause' they all cause pain
Tryin' to forget, so I drink it away
Yeah, I drank a fifth of liquor cause' I gotta keep sane
But you always gotta haunt me with your toxic traits
I'll drink it away, I'll drink it away, I'll drink it away
What have I done wrong to be shackled to your scars?
And your insecurities poking at me like a cattle prod
What have I done wrong to be shackled to your scars?
And your insecurities poking at me like a cattle prod
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I'm not enough
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Well I can't help myself, I'm going through this hell
The scars that's on my liver's from this medicine
Well I can't help myself, I'm going through this hell
The scars that's on my liver's from this medicine
My medicine, my medicine
My medicine, my medicine
-------------------------------------------------------
Going on ten long years, I tried
Now I feel myself has died
All those lonely nights I cried
I wanted a girl that would ride or die
Waging war inside my mind
But now we've run all out of time
Hold you up like a star, you'd shine
But now you're damned, no light of mine
My medicine, this heavy sin
You're fuck ups got me fucked up in the head again
My medicine, my medicine
-------------------------------------------------------
Well I can't help myself, I'm going through this hell
The scars that's on my liver's from this medicine
Well I can't help myself, I'm going through this hell
The scars that's on my liver's from this medicine
My medicine, my medicine
My medicine, my medicine

Liver Damage [feat. Kyle Updyke]

ChopChop

Janine: voice, lyrics, vocal melody, artwork https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson

Jonathan: initial music, instruments, mix

This is humankind
This is humankind

You hear the word god
You hear the word profit
you hear the word bullet
and you find yourself exploding

And although it should be clear
You will make yourself a witness
And the dais is a pulpit
Oh! your reverence is showing

This is humankind
This is humankind

you hear the word them
you hear it from your prophets
you hear the word trigger
and you find yourself imploding

And although it’s antithetic
You will worship disagreement
At your church of unforgiveness
Oh! your reverence is showing

Do not fret your thumping heart
We are humankind
This is just the way things are
This is humankind

This is humankind

To know your opposition
Feels like a new narcotic
You rely on distribution
Your opinion is the tonic

And although it should be clear
You’ll forget that you were something
And the answers will be soothing
Aw your reverence is showing

This is humankind
This is humankind

You hear the word god
You hear the word profit
you hear the word bullet
and you find yourself exploding

And although it should be clear
You will make yourself a witness
And the dais is a pulpit
Oh! your reverence is showing

This is humankind
This is humankind

This is humankind
This is humankind
This is humankind
This is humankind

Humankind (with Janine Levinson)

The first song I wrote with the lovely accompaniment of Theo Passingham on guitar and vocal.

Hannah

please also check my YouTube Channel:
https://youtu.be/9mTdMVL6jVY

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街の灯 / city lights
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その美しい曲線は　夜陰にまぎれて
照らすもののない隙間から　こっちを視ている

あたかも本当の風に　吹かれてるようだ
抜け道のはるか向こうへ　翔べるなら　堕ちるなんて遊び



背を向けられた路地裏は　一見静かで
照らすもののない街灯は　青白くなった

歩き去るならあまりにも　都合のよすぎる
抜け道のはるか向こうへ　夜の岸辺の　散歩でも



打ち棄てられた言の葉は　一見無口で
照らすもののない存在なんて　考えたくもない

あたかも本当の君を　視ているみたいだ
堕ちた砂粒の軌跡　その光を　見逃してしまった



その美しい曲線は　夜陰にまぎれて
照らすもののない空間で　夜明けを待ってる

あたかも本当の君に　触れているようだ
抜け道のはるか向こうへ　翔べるなら　堕ちるなんて遊び

not another one - Jonathan Beckenstein/cw

cam-o the chameleon