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released January 18, 2020
Recorded in Bloomington, IN, USA

Written by David T James
Recorded by Andy Beargie & Drake Ritter
Mixed by Ben Lumsdaine
Mastered by Andy Beargie

Ben Lumsdaine - drums
Drake Ritter - steel, guitar, synth
Matt Romy - keys
Josh Menashe - guitar
Glenn Myers - bass
David James - vocals, guitar


LYRICS

how do you like being part of the cloud?
it makes me feel nice knowing we could be connected
& once the climax hits
it's gonna blow us away with the bit born bliss

shoot me up sky beam down the list
you mighta seen something but you ain't seen this
I'm wearing a phone on my goddamn wrist
another secret agent with the bit born bliss

so snap me back jacket, let's search velcro!
somehow got me wondering bout my human soul
I's born to beat rocks in the dying tree
how they gonna save the world with technology

how do you like being part of the cloud?
there's whispers of whips through the north and the south
another day spinning in a world gone mad
oh you might've seen something but it ain't all bad

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Bit Born Bliss

https://djdj.bandcamp.com/

released February 28, 2025
Co-produced and mixed by Drake Ritter & David James
Drake - lap steel, bass
David - vocals, guitar


LYRICS

How long will I wait
to drop on in
start to begin

Aren't we, aren't we
Ready to move along
Right or wrong?

If I'd known it was kindness they'd shown
I'da dipped my feet in the pool
tough times on the sidelines
throwing out the rules

Walk by my eye line
curious cure, looking at earth
looking, oh choose, go on
please tell me your blue world blues

If I'd known it was kindness they'd shown
I'da dipped my feet in the pool
tough times on the sidelines
throwing out the rules

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Start To Begin

https://djdj.bandcamp.com/track/toast-too-quick

from Miss Seeing You Around - EP, released November 28, 2022
Drake Ritter - guitars 
David James - vocals, guitars
Glenn Myers - bass
Caleb Hickman - backing vocals & synth
Ben Lumsdaine - drums

written by David T. James
produced by Drake Ritter & David James
mixed by Ben Lumsdaine
mastered by Tim Smiley

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Toast Too Quick

https://djdj.bandcamp.com/track/calm-down-fantasy

from Miss Seeing You Around - EP, released November 28, 2022
Drake Ritter - guitars & other Instruments
David James - vocals, guitars
Peter Doyle - pedal steel
Glenn Myers - bass
Shaun Fleming - backing vocals
Ben Lumsdaine - drums

produced by Drake Ritter & David James
mixed by Ben Lumsdaine
mastered by Tim Smiley

LYRICS

sugar plums and berries never fade away,
start a new adventure, feeling never changed
calm down fantasy

sugar plums and berries never fade away,
start a new adventure, feeling never changed
calm down fantasy

how to stay calm in a world goin wrong
learning how
how to stay calm in a world goin wrong
learning how

sugar plums and berries never fade away,
start a new adventure, feeling never changed
calm down fantasy

staying calm in a world goin wrong
in a world goin wrong, calming down

sugar plums and berries never fade away,
start a new adventure, feeling never changed
calm down fantasy

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Miss Seeing You Around - EP

Calm Down Fantasy

from Miss Seeing You Around - EP, released November 28, 2022
Drake Ritter - Guitar +
David T James - Guitar
Ben Lumsdaine - Drums
Glenn Myers - Bass
Peter Doyle - Pedal Steel, Guitar

Mixed by Ben Lumsdaine
Mastered by Tim Smiley

https://djdj.bandcamp.com/track/miss-seeing-you-around-2

LYRICS

I remember what you said in 1994
Told me to leave as I dawdled to the door
I don’t hear that that much anymore
I miss seeing you around

I recall that time we had in 1996
Snow day off sledding over at the ditch
One went down and another just slid
I miss seeing you around

Flashing forward looking back at ‘04
Post 9/11 building spills on to the floor
Someone told me don’t you worry this is war
I miss seeing you around

On 08 or maybe it was 09
Spending half of the day screwing off online
Tug boat runs if the speed boat declines
I miss seeing you around

Decade flew said the years go by
I don’t think I’m gonna need another life
The funeral business is never gonna die
I miss seeing you around

Miss Seeing You Around

https://djdj.bandcamp.com/track/be-where-you-are-2

released March 10, 2026
guitar - Mark "Dr. Ray" McWhirter
keys/vox - David James

LYRICS

oh my sweet darling don’t you cry
i'll be home soon enough,
to say goodnight

so stay on the line i won’t be home on time
but ill be home soon enough,
to say goodnight

all i really want
is to be where you are
so close your eyes and wish
the static in my head sends a kiss

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Be Where You Are

released March 20, 2026
written by David T James
Ben Lumsdaine - drums
Glenn Myers - bass
Drake Ritter - guitars, synth
David James - vocals, piano
produced by David James/Drake Ritter
mixed by Tim Smiley
mastered by Andy Beargie

LYRICS
we get so good at leaving
sometimes we cant decide
whos worth standing
standing by their side

we get so good at leaving
sometimes we cant decide
whos worth standing
standing by their side

have you ever wished that you were someone else
sure I have myself sure sure I have myself
have you ever wished that you were someone else
sure I have myself sure sure I have myself

tell me that its not a long shot 
hoping for a new life in the next
tell me that it’s not a long shot 
hoping for a new life in the next

in the twilight hour, a tongue full of tomorrow
may have to do
in the twilight hour, a tongue full of tomorrow
may have to do

cause pennys drinking poppy tea, and sonnys on liquor
and they look up at me, as the me gets sicker
I know I know they’re not the only one
who gotta squint at the sky while staring at the sun

tell me how quicksand works
won’t you tell me how quicksand works
cause this ain’t the first time won’t be the last
i’ve said im stuck stuck stuck stuck 
i’m stuck stuck stuck before 

guiseppe come here my boy 
won’t you show me how you broke your toy
was it just the way you treated it
with a pull string you tie your shoe
you wound up me strawberry blue
if there’s purpose don’t go defeating it

with them little lies and smaller truth 
yes all of them fall back to you
if there’s purpose don’t go defeating it
if no purpose don’t go retrieving it

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Quicksand

Songwriter and recordist based in Bloomington, Indiana.  This channel collects songs written and recorded between 2015 and the present. Recordings range from home demos to finished tracks and document an ongoing body of work.

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Toast Too Quick

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