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Been putting together some of the tracks I play at open mics as acoustic demos

Acoustic Demos

A collection of stories woven together by both hand and machine.

Fabric is my first full-length album.

Ginseng

Tomer Krail - Guitars, Bass, Vocals 
Ed West - Drumting, mixting

Who has got any time anymore?
We've gained the world but we've lost our soul
Feeling hopeless
Feeling low down 

Elevator music row by row
Playing it just like it's a tv talent show
Feeling worthless
Feeling lowdown

And when they ask me
I say 'It's a work in progress'
I walk down the street
I feel the heat in the back of my neck 
All my friends
They say 'smile and get with the program'
Looking ahead
I'd say that the future's futile 

She gave me her love and I threw it away
The same old shit happens come what may
Feeling hopeless 
Feeling lowdown

Buy a boy a drink and he'll feel happy for a day 
Until it turns around and comes back the other way
Feeling worthless
Feeling lowdown 

And when they ask me
I say 'is it really worth this?'
I look at my life, it seems to be out of service
All my friends
They say 'hush monkey, dance to the music'
Looking ahead
I'd say that the Future's Futile

Oh man, have I had my fill
Living on top of a hill
Oh gee it's making me ill
Girl could you pass me my pills?

Faking it every concievable way
Push it till you make it oh well what do you say
Still feeling hopeless 
Feeling lowdown 

And when they ask me
They say 'must it be so flawless?'
I look at the world
With the eyes of Horus 
All my friends
They say 'could you skip to the chorus?'
All things considered
I'd say that the future's futile

The Future Is Futile

Wrote the lyrics for this a few years ago with the chords going back to when I had only been playing a few years and just learnt 7th chords. It's probably the original of mine that gets the most attention at open mics. I like it. So here is a simple acoustic demo version. One day i'll do the song properly, with a drum kit and a bass, and maybe finally figure out a nice harmony for the vocals.....

Get Your Head Up (Demo)

This is a song about breaking up, not because you want to, but because it seems like the best thing for both of you. Or maybe thats just how you rationalise it to yourself. Started working on this over a year ago but decided to not redo any of the guitars and do the best I could with it. Maybe that was a bad decision. If I ever decide to rerecord it I could probably make it sound better.  Kinda just wanted to get it out there and move on from the song (for now).

Lyrics:
Don’t do this easily
Don’t wanna cause you strife
Slowly killing us, I can’t safeguard your life
So much we could work on, so hard to find the time
Between breakups and breakdowns
Between half truths and lies

It’s not for myself
It’s for us both there is something wrong
We both need some more help
Taking our time, but everything leads back to this

Unhealthy partnership unhealthy minds
Searching for something you never find
Build it back to normal
Build walls in our lives
Between breakups and breakdowns
Between half truth and lies 

It’s not for myself
It’s for us both there is something wrong
We both need some more help
Wasting our time, cus everything leads back to this

I promised you this wouldn’t happen
A promise I could never keep
Both our worlds are so misshapen
This is what we really need
I’m ending this right now
Just need to find a way out

It’s not for myself
It’s for us both there is something wrong
We both need some more help
Taking our time, but everything leads back to this

Unhealthy Minds (Demo)

For the flying lotus emcee competition...Enjoy
Lyrics by Codex Scrolls

Black Balloon Reprise. Codex Scrolls Flying Lotus Comp

Had the guitar written for this for ages and recently put it to some nice lyrics about performing at an open mic, no ones listening except the one person you care about, and that's all you need. Lots of clean up possible but kinda burnt out on it and wanna move on, initially thought id have harmonising vocals and some strings but I never got them to work (hence the demo).

Lyrics:
The bar is filled with noise
Louder than my voice
My song will go unheard
Aren't open mics absurd
But you're always listening
I know that you care
lost the room but I'm focusing
On the moment that we share


Guess it feels the same
Our secret type of fame
You can't be outdone
My audience of one
Well do it all again
Our self indulgent game
You always make it fun
My audience of one


I crack a stupid joke
Your laughter gives me hope
You've heard them all before
Still laugh while they ignore
Dont care they're not listening
I just care that you do
Lost the room but I'm focusing
Focusing on you


Guess it feels the same
A secret type of fame
You can't be outdone
My audience of one
Well do it all again
Our self indulgent game
You always make it fun
My audience of one

Audience Of One (Demo)

A collaboration among 13 people from Indie Music Feedback and an immense treasure forged during a pandemic.

Closer to the stars is where I want to be
Walking these hills where the stars see me
Organization is the basis of life
It all begins with star-energy light

Living by the blessing of biology
I too ponder the mystery
What keeps a body ready to rise?
And what makes life disorganize?

Where do we get our energy,
And why does it fade so easily?
What do food and water really mean
And are they all we truly need?

Closer to the stars is where I am
When I feel the light in my own two hands
Just beyond the circle of life I see
How life begins at the boundaries

Here’s an observation from the gentle light
That restarts life every night
Intelligence takes more than a parting glance
You can’t see the pattern without the dance

Organization is the basis of life
And life has ways to organize
Disorganization is the basis of death
It yields to chaos all over again

Closer to the stars is where I go,
When I slow myself down to the deepest low
Now just beyond the circle of life I see
Matter returning to energy

Closer to The Stars by Among Suns

Joshua M Norton's Album

The View from the Seventh Layer     (w/jnortie)

I decided, after looking at several of Martin's paintings, that I wanted to focus on that precision repetition, the light/dark alternation, and the subtle gradations of field.

The track is an improvisation inside Live, with one instance of the Buchla Music Easel (providing the upper-register track) and one of ARP 2600 V3 (providing the lower one), with Live's BrainDance and Squishy Beat Repeat effects to put in additional emergent rhythmic effects. I potted down both synths, gradually faded them in, and then slowly tweaked the filter frequency and resonance on the ARP, gradually adding in ore modulation from the ring modulator, then slowly removing it. The Buchla's variations came from tweaking the effects following it, but basically leaving the patch alone to imitate the regular ruled lines.

The Tree, 1964 [disquiet0456]

Thank you to Barabbas T. Jones (Trex Jones) for playing drums on this track. All other instruments and vocals written, performed, and recorded by Bug.

Horse (feat. Barabbas T. Jones)

Mis/s Erase is finally done. What started as a quick looping jam in June soon grew to me one of my personal favourite full on songs for my album.

Enjoy

Unhealthy Minds (Demo)

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