Name: Topsy Turvy World by David J. Kemper in Brahms' 3rd Racket - Assorted
Duration: 2 min 59 s
Description: From the Brahms' 3rd Racket album, “Can’t Be Soulful”

An assortment of hits and oldies from the Brahms' 3rd Racket catalogue.

Brahms' 3rd Racket - Assorted

I released a video for this song too!  https://youtu.be/BGr6MbuzoTg

Shy Lips

little song I put together, still working on finishing it. let me know what you think !

metal demo 1

Villian Of The Piece

instrumental: electronica beats & guitars

rockon2020

doubt

Taken from the new album 'Bloom', out now!
Listen: https://stereolake.com/bloom

Bloom

time to Go

Get the music

Time to Go

Sunstroke

The Gray Fuzzy Middle
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

[instrumental]

[chorus]
With empathy declining
and guilt fading away
Does it matter what you do
Does it matter what you say

[pause]

[verse]
At one end there are the saints
The kind of people we are not
Those for whom all others matter 
and never have forgot
The help they have received
From where it came and what they got

[pause]

[verse]
At the other end the monsters
The kind we hope that we are not
Those who care only for themselves
Who must win above all else
Who believe they did it all
The whole world in their control

[pause]

[verse]
In between is where we are
Near the good or much too far
In that gray fuzzy middle
Where we don't know who we are

Where we balance every day
What we want, with what we pay
Where we must matter more
But how much more, 

Not that much
Not so much more

Not so much more

Not so much more

[instrumental]

[chorus]
With empathy declining
and guilt fading away
Does it matter what you do
Does it matter what you say

[pause]

[verse]
In between is where we are
Near the good or much too far
In that gray fuzzy middle
Where we don't know who we are

Where we balance every day
What we want, with what we pay
Where we must matter more
But how much more, 

Not that much
Not so much more

[chorus]
With empathy declining
and guilt fading away
Does it matter what you do
Does it matter what you say

[instrumental]

Not that much
Not so much more
Not so much more
Not so much more

[outro]

[Arrangement]
Laid-back drums and deep, reverb-soaked bass establish a relaxed groove. 
Tremolo-laden guitar lines weave through each verse, highlighted by expressive blues bends and fuzzy solos. 
The bridge’s vintage synth layers build a dreamy feel, dissolving into a slow, hypnotic outro.



The Gray Fuzzy Middle (bluesy)

Something about Hauntology
There's something about false memories 
there's something about the consumer in me
...and Marx gets fucked in the ass
I watch the Tube of You
...your play count just to click on thru
I'm sure Fisher, in death, sang the blues
...while Rand has a hard on of glass

Politically, can you tell where I'm at?
ooooh...
When I tell you the dead can come back?
ooooh....
aaaah....

Cancel your reality t.v.
There's something better as your kids can see
Tok Tik, the boy with sweet tits
Anime dances to your favorite playlist
Like, share and subscribe
Comment however you would like
Ad space will conquer and divide
as you use up, destroy and re-buy

Zombies

From the Brahms' 3rd Racket album, "Glitter Salon”

Glitter Salon

Babytalk

Buy it, now!

Puppet Show

Red Keds

From the Brahms' 3rd Racket album, “Can’t Be Soulful”

Can’t Be Soulful

Topsy Turvy World

From the Brahms' 3rd Racket album, “Highlights from the Peloponnesian Wars” - this is the SHORT version of the tune, which ends kind of funny here, because on the CD it segues into another song and then segues back for the big finale, complete with a rockin' Reelin' in the Years style guitar solo. Hit me up and I will send you a copy. Extra points if you can find the quote from Charles Ives' "Unanswered Question."

Highlights from the Peloponnesian Wars

Square Root of a Shoofly Pi

From the Brahms' 3rd Racket album, "Glitter Salon” - for the little "disco" guitar break in the middle I was really keen to sound like Louie Shelton on Boz Scaggs' "Lowdown" - how'd I do?

(They did it on top of a) Pyramid

Is'nana: The Were-Spider is a multi award winner, including 2018 Fan Award, Rising Star, and Best Male Character, and 2019 Best Writer and Story of the Year (Glyph Awards). Is'nana is based on Anansi the trickster god of the Akan people of Ghana, whose stories have spread for centuries throughout Africa as well as the Caribbean. 

Crawl on over to:
http://webwaycomics.ecwid.com/

Is'nana The Were Spider MFA Theme

Cool indie vibe with EDM flavor makes for a  super fun tune.
Written and produced by Stephen Rowley.
Vocals by Silke.

Different

David J. Kemper is a composer & producer from Chicago, Illinois, city of big shoulders, (former) hog butcher to the world, and home of Nelson Algren, Carl Sandburg, John Dillinger and Al Capone.  It has been speculated (by Mr. Kemper) that the gritty, rough and tumble energy of the streets from whence he hails has given extra bite and backbone to the sounds that he comes up with.  It is a theory, anyway.  Don’t think.  Just listen.  

The music featured here is but a modest selection from the ever-growing DJK repertoire, solo releases (Wet Work), as well as his "other" band/project/whatever, Brahms' 3rd Racket.

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