Pensées

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually as part of my next BandCamp solo album)

I’m a little perturbed to admit, it isn’t the desire to make music that’s standing in my way right now. It’s the disappointing realization that I can’t stop focusing on a world that feels very much like ‘bullet train about to meet brick wall’. I’m having a hard time seeing the positive at the moment, and it’s seriously messing with my ability to write hopeful messages to go with my songs. (more text below...)

I always want these liner notes to be uplifting; something you can visit from time to time, have a few laughs (thus the word ‘perturbed’. What a wonderfully silly word). Perhaps you’ll discover a fresh idea, or interesting perspective you hadn’t considered before; little morsels of hope and positivity. It’s one of the things I genuinely love about these multi-layered creations I get to put together (which oftentimes even help me process things better in my own mind), and I would love to keep that tradition going.

So that brings us back to the topic of what to write about. And thankfully, the perfect topic just happened this past week; my oldest daughter adopting the most adorably friendly puppy I’ve ever encountered. Her name is Fuji, she’s 6 months old (already 35 lbs), a Greyador (half Greyhound, half Black Labrador), and she is a miracle… on so many levels. 

I forget sometimes just how powerful the little things can be; and that is such an unfortunate thing to forget. Nothing fills my heart to overflowing more quickly than a small person or critter staring up at me with unconditional love and curiosity in their eyes. Is there any experience more heartwarming than a child grabbing your hand, or reaching out to you to be held? Or what about a pet that goes nuts when you get down on the ground with them, as they gleefully lick your face? These are beautiful, heartfelt experiences; and they are so worthy of our attention and gratitude. 

A dog or cat doesn’t understand you had a bad day at work. A baby doesn’t know how stressful doing your taxes can be. They just know that you are the center of their world, and nothing would make them happier than getting to play with you for a while. How awesome is that!!

So while society enforces this idea that we need to start molding these new lives early, to make them more acceptable to the structure… I suggest we stop serving what society wants (it’s a silly structure anyway), and start embracing the amazing gift of innocence and fresh perspective these young lives have to offer us. Sure, it’s important to teach a dog not to bark or bite. It’s important to teach a child to be kind and loving to others. But it is equally important to get down on their level from time to time, and remember to see things through their eyes. 

We may have more knowledge and life experience than them. But we also have an overwhelming number of opinions and biases; and they are not always right. These new lives start with none of the silly ideas we’ve adopted as our reality. They are tabula rasa (a clean slate), ready to absorb whatever new experience comes their way. They provide the clarity we need, and they provide quick reminders to stay present. If you’re not present with a baby (human or animal), if you are stuck in the mindset that they have nothing to teach you… you are missing out on one of life’s most precious gifts.

So sure, things might seem a little scary in the world right now. But if you have a young child or pet in your life, you have so much to celebrate. You are in the presence of true consciousness, and innocence, and unconditional love. And now is a great time to benefit from their overwhelmingly fresh perspective. I hope you enjoy my latest creation, ‘The Little Things’. Happy Holidays, my friends. :)

Vox Populi

The Little Things

Second Moviment

Kenna  Rae & DOLJ      Second Moviment

Just a bit of rain

A spot or two of rain

Deep South Roads

Having a little fun with my new Nord Stage 3 - all sounds except the percussion are native to the Stage 3 (synth and organ engine). No sequencers were used, but I did enjoy using the pitch stick.

Thinking a bit about a Black Swan event as I produced this, the 1st half representing life as usual, the event as a synth "solo" and the altered reality afterwards. Towards the end I was inspired somewhat by the soundtrack to Dunkirk as the planes harass the troops on the beach and I have to admit that Vangelis Chariots of Fire was on my mind throughout the track although I skipped adding any piano.

A black swan is an unpredictable event that is beyond what is normally expected of a situation and has potentially severe consequences. Black swan events are characterized by their extreme rarity, severe impact, and the widespread insistence they were obvious in hindsight. [according to Wikipedia]

Black Swan

One more EDM dance song examining what happens when we die lol.
Oy, this one was really tough. I have such a hard time with words. I guess by now, half the population doesn't even know what 't-tops' are anymore! The vocal is really out of my range, and transposing was nearly impossible but I did drop it down all I could without being in the mud then i did what i could do vocal wise. The demo I used to practice was kind of fun I might post that later...

Ah, those hot summer nights when it felt alright
Seems like yesterday
With a bottle of booze and your platform shoes
Off to dance the night way

And you ride through town with the t-tops down
And the wind blowing fast and cool
And you’re revved up hot in the parking lot
Nowhere to go and nothing to do

It’s the summer of dreams when you’re seventeen
There's no way that you can't win
Try new things, spread your wings
You don’t think about the summer’s end

Music’s loud in this lively crowd
She's dancing around the room
With the strangers you know and the friends that you don’t
Then you just turn around and they’re all gone

Where do the dancers go, when they’re not dancing anymore
Where do the dancers go when their feet aren’t on the dance floor
To the underground? To the atmosphere?
Do you stay around, do you disappear
To the great unknown, where the wild winds blow,
It’s a short ride here but a long way home   

Ah, those hot summer nights when it felt alright
What did we know
Now you lie in bed the music in your head
but you can't go back to long ago

when the dance is done and the lights come on
We all need a place to shed our skin
Place like home just to rest our bones till the night comes ‘round again

Where Do The Dancers Go When They're Not Dancing Anymore (VOCAL)

Words and music Antipodeans 2022. Recorded and engineered at Grovehill Studio, and mastered at the Hackey Sack by Dr Hackey. Kite by James Lee on Unsplash.com

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Nada Tan Sencillo

The Mysterious Decibel - Field of The Skin Leaf

🪦෴In Honor of Halloween෴🎃
                   
See it in stores: https://ditto.fm/field-of-the-skin-leaf

Lyrics, instrumental, Vocals, Sounds, mix, song structure - The Mysterious Decibel

Lyrics:

A strange sensation swallows the Autumn air drenched and filled with sin
But not to one man he lived discreetly, It was very pleasant to him
Now you don't want to know what goes on here, It's a wickedness to mankind
If you wanna take a peak in the depths of the insanity, Nature and being are truly combined
BEWARE! BEWARE BEWARE! The torture
That goes on down there!
By the time It's all over the victims will barely have any skin left to spare.
Labeled many names the man was evil Incarnate,
The epidermis monster, The skin shedder, The crimson skin, Skin thief
That's because when he slashes all the skin from your bones, He smiles and adds it to the field of the skin leaf

The field of the skin leaf
The field of the skin leaf
The field of the skin leaf
The field of the skin leaf

A killer like no other 
Crafting his skin leaves for his playground
Beware! Beware!

Attached to some of the leaves there were veins and all
Rearranged to look exactly like the leaves that fall
You see this process takes him all day and night
He must make sure that every leaf is just right
And when it's all said and and done he frolics through his field
Of his beloved skin leaf so he can feel healed
When he was young his childhood was despair
Could never have no fun or joy or wander with no care
Now he calls his field his special home
Acres and acres of the human genome
As the body count grows larger with every day
More skin leaf piles for him to play
If you stumble onto this piece of hell
You might run out of luck but I'll wish you well
So just remember as you look ahead
You better look out for the man who plays in the piles of the dead

Gimme your skin
Give it to me
From your feet to your chin
Gimme your skin
I don't care if your fat or thin
I gotta have your skin
or my mind will spin
On the Merry-go-round
With needles and pins yeah!

Enter my lair
I will have your skin
I will have your skin for my pleasure

🍂Field Of The Skin Leaf🍂

Out of the Box November 2022
Nymphets from Planet B visit Thereminia

Elusive World #3

experimental musician, I love sampling, breaking up and reassembling the fragments .... I have been working with musicians of various kinds and for some time together with my partner anam we have been producing rare pearls of a new hip hop.

Kenna Rae & DOLJ Second Moviment

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