really cool how you always get the speech in sync with the beat/ music. Nice collab! :-D

Another great track for the Bukowski collection! Nice approach on this one, a fine puller. Love the build-up! Nice Paul.

Nicely done, DD. And you can always trust Cheerful Charlie to start the day with a smile. ;)

https://the-serendipitous-cacophonies.blogspot.com/

Getting Bread

LET IT BE KNOWN (CHARLES BUKOWSKI)

TO KNOW YOUR OWN DEATH
IS TO DIE 
TWICE

ONCE REALLY
AND THEN HARDLY AT ALL

(Hardly at all)

LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THERE IS
NOTHING AS UGLY
IN ALL IT'S TANGENTS
AS THE HUMAN
BEAST

A TRICK
SET AGAINST THE BLOOD OF YOUR SOUL

(The blood of your soul)
LET IT BE KNOWN THAT
SOLITUDE IS THE ONLY MERCY
AND THE ONLY
(Lover)

LOVER

Lover)

LET IT BE KNOWN THAT 
A MAN NEED NOT BE CHRIST TO BE CRUCIFIED
LET IT BE KNOWN THAT
A MAN CAN BE CRUCIFIED EACH DAY
EACH MOMENT

EACH BREATH

(Each moment)

TO SLEEP AND AWAKEN AND BE TORMENTED AGAIN

LET IT BE KNOWN THAT
A MAN CAN DIE AND DIE AND DIE AND DIE 
AND STILL FEEL THE PAIN AND KNOW HE IS DEAD
AND STILL FEEL THE PAIN 

(Each breath)

LET IT BE KNOWN 

(Each moment)

LET IT BE KNOWN 

(Crucified)

LET IT BE KNOWN 

(Each day)
(Each breath)

THAT THE TEMPLES ARE NOTHING
AND THE BELLS ARE NOTHING 
FAME IS NOTHING
VICTORY IS NOTHING 
SEX IS NOTHING 
AND THAT SOLITUDE BRINGS MADNESS AND THE CROWD
BRINGS MADNESS AND DRINKS AND EATS THE BODY LIKE A TIGER

(Like a tiger)

LET IT BE KNOWN THAT
THERE WILL BE OTHER MEN SUCH AS I

(Crucified)
LIFTED FOR THE LION'S MOUTH

(Crucified)
BURNED DOWN BY FALSE LOVES


(Crucified)
TRICKED BY KINDNESS

MISLED BY INTELLECT

DIZZIED BY POESY

SACRIFICED FOR PROFIT

USED AS CHEAP LABOR

(Sacrificed)

AND THESE WILL BE
THE KINDEST OF THE HAPPENINGS COMPARED TO WHAT
WILL ENTER THE EYE AND THE EAR AND THE BRAIN

(Eyes, ears, brain)
AND SEEP TO THE INNARDS TO BEGIN THEIR DEATH-WORK.

I PITY ALL SUCH BROTHERS OF MINE WHO WILL FOLLOW ME
IN THE CENTURIES

(To know your own death)
UNABLE TO LOVE BECAUSE THERE IS
NOTHING TO LOVE

(Is to die, twice)
UNABLE TO KILL BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING ALIVE

(Once really)
FOREVER HANGING AND BLEEDING AND DIZZIED 
BY THE BEAST-HUMAN

(And then hardly at all)

THE WALLS, THE GARDENS
THE SUN, THE FLOWERS
THE KISSES, THE FLAGS
THE SEAS, THE ANIMALS
THE FOOD, THE LIQUORS
THE PAINTINGS, THE SYMPHONIES
 ALL USELESSNESS.


LET IT BE KNOWN THAT
THESE MEN NEVER EXISTED 
AND THAT THEIR FUNERALS WERE EXTREME FARCE

AND ALSO THE DEAD TEARS FOR THE ALREADY DEAD

(Dead, dead, dead, dead, dead)


LET IT BE KNOWN THAT
BIRTH IS NOT HOLY, THAT DEATH IS NOT HOLY
THAT LIFE IS NOT HOLY

LET IT BE KNOWN THAT
I DO NOT DIE FOR MANS SINS
(Sins)
THAT I DIE FOR WHAT MAN IS
(Sins)
AND FOR WHAT I ALMOST WAS


DO NOT TAKE AS PERSONAL
WHAT I SAY ABOUT LIFE

UNLESS ON ANOTHER PLANE
YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF
A DEFENDER OF LIFE AND MAN

WHICH IS ONLY ANOTHER NATURAL 
WEAKNESS OF THE SPECIES

(Weakness)
(Of the species)

LIKE A RAT GUARDING IT'S NEST

(Weakness of the species)

LIKE A RAT GUARDING IT'S NEST

(Let it be known)
THE ONLY SOLITUDE IS DEATH
(Let it be known)
BUT NOT THIS DEATH
(Let it be known)

NOT THIS DEATH
(Let it be known)
(Let it be known)
(Let it be known)

Let it be known (Bukowski, Dazzled)

Another dig at Starmer! I am having so much fun with this. I have incorporated a bit of a Frank Zappa tune that I recorded over ten years ago, as it seemed appropriate. I am sure Frank would approve.

Be Gone Damned Spot

Improvisation 11.05.2016 (pad+ version)

From the album 'Fretboard Challenged', available to download (full CD packaging artwork included) or stream absolutely FREE from ...
http://steamabacusproductions.bandcamp.com/album/fretboard-challenged

As a denizen of thefretboard.co.uk guitar community I
have been a regular contributor to the periodic 'Fretboard
Composition Challenges' under my forum username of
SteamAbacus.

Every 2 or 3 months there is a new challenge with a
different remit - these can range from as simple as
(Challenge #11) -
"Freedom! - Record whatever you like! No time
limit!"

through the more technical (Challenge #3) -
"Chord Fun. Create an audio track a minimum of 1
minute and a maximum of 2 minutes in length using
only the chords Bmaj7, Gmaj, Esus4 and the notes
within them"

to the downright silly (Challenge #9) -
"They said it couldn't and shouldn't be done but to
save the world you must compose the ultimate funky
folk mash up song! Go forth and ruin music forever,
good people!"

My compositions have ranged from simple guitar &
looper based recordings to fully-fledged tunes multitracked
on the computer. Part of my motivation in undertaking
these Composition Challenges was to familiarise myself
with my 'new and improved' computer recording set up -
which, for me, actually means a WindowsXP computer
running CubaseSX! Not without reason do these
productions go under the name 'Steam Abacus'.

This collection is a chronological record of each of my
submitted compositions and my struggles to embrace
modern (or not-so-modern) digital recording technology.

My thanks to Sheldon (Antique_Guitars on the forum) for
organising and to all the other contributors to these
Fretboard Composition Challenges.
- Steve Baker, 28/05/2016


© Steve Baker 2016

I Have A Door! (from 'Fretboard Challenged', FREE album at steamabacusproductions.bandcamp.com)

This recording is about 4 years old I found it and thought =I'd post it

GOING DOWN

Tom said "Fancy doing Superstition?"
We all said "YES!" 
Tom put an initial music bed together which was amazing, of course! Hedd sang the heck out of it and Rick laid some serious drummage on it. I added my stuff and here we have it... enjoy strutting your funky stuff! "Remember! Free drinks tonight!"

THRP were Tom, Hedd, Rick & Phil (RIP Hedd 2021)

Vocals: Hedd (RIP) @Randy-Hedrick
BVox: Tom @Tom-Roxx
Guitars & Synths: Tom & Phil @Tom-Roxx @Phil-McWalter
Drums & Percussion: Rick @Rick-4-1
Bass: Tom 
Brass: Phil 
Final Mix and Mastering: Phil

(If you are interested in guitars: I took the first solo/harmony section 2:05-3:04, Tom the second from 4:00 and out. Tom played all the funky rhythm stuff too :-). Please share some love on Tom's page too: https://soundcloud.com/tom-roxx/superstition-with-phil-rickhedd-and-tom-new

SUPERSTITION - THRP

I record music just for fun. 
12 guitars, E-Bow, Line 6 pods, TH2 amp modelling, Roland XP30, Omnisphere, Trilian, Stylus RMX, EZ Drummer, drum sample Cd's and Ableton Live Lite 7. Influences include - Guinness.

Let it be known (Bukowski, Dazzled)

Deeply Dazzled

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