The music is fragile and the vocals so dark and sad which adds up to to a great combination of interesting songwriting. Great delivery all round Dirk 👍

nice harmonies - great, sad song and performed so well!!

A real mood piece …….. deep and melodic, authentic and honest. Lovely song writing …….

You have a soothing voice. Nice lyrics too. Instrumentals classy and poppy! Like it!

** redone again, a lyric shift, and a few sparkles to present something of a juxtaposition, given our moods aren't always represented by what we show on the outside.

I'm really pleased I managed to record this with what was probably the worst cold I've ever had.  Refused to let it get in the way!!  🤒

Written in 2008, and only part of the vocal is from then, the droning "Low" backing vocal, the rest I recorded in 2022.

I quite like how "so low" sounds a bit like "solo" too, given they're two problems that reinforce one another, in this kind of situation.  

Lyrics 

I’m so low
I’m in pain
If I was high 
I’d be insane
I’m so low 
It’s not okay
I don’t know why 
I feel so strained

Strained

I’m so low
Became it's slave
And I’ve got stones
In my rib cage
I’m so low
It’s such a waste
Forever lost
Inside this place                 

I'm such a waste

I don’t know how I stumbled in
I’ve lost my head, as dead as Anne Boleyn
This winter chill, it breaks my bones
It seems so cold I barely fill my lungs

I’ve lost my soul, caught in this hole
I’ve no way home, I feel so low

I’m so low
I’m afraid
I might die
It seems I’ve strayed
I’m so low
Lost in the grey
These clouded eyes 
Can’t find their way

There's just no way to go home

I’m so low
Forgot my name
Might find it somewhere
On this grave
I’m so low
I've got no trace
Frozen like
I’m lost in space

I don’t know how I stumbled in
I’ve fell in deep, can't take it on the chin
It's like a debt that's froze my bones
It's what you get when you're on your own

I’ve lost my soul, caught in this hole
I’ve no way home, I feel so low


As far as the lyrics go - at the time I was working in a very, very challenging hospital environment, surrounded by young girls wanting little more than death for the most part (on account of some pretty dreadful early life experiences), in a mental health, somewhat secure, hospital environment - and such experiences have an effect! I can at least place myself where I was at the time this was written anyway and, because of what I'm droning on about, it must relate to that particular nugget of work experience, least I think so! 

I used to hate that job, really took it out of me, and I remember feeling quite resentful, towards myself, for putting myself back in that situation.   I left that job once before, and lived in China for the best part of a year, ended up going back home, full of dreams, but ended up back in my old job!  What a bloody misery - much different now thank goodness - so onwards and upwards!

Low (2008)

Tomorrow

Dedicated to my late father. It's grief in music.

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Sonnenwald

Special Containment Procedures:

The retail park containing SCP-3008 has been purchased by the Foundation and converted into Site-[REDACTED]. All public roads leading to or passing by Site-[REDACTED] have been redirected.

The entrance to SCP-3008 is to be monitored at all times, and no one is to enter SCP-3008 outside of testing, as permitted by the Senior Researcher.

Humans exiting SCP-3008 are to be detained and then debriefed prior to the administration of amnestics. Dependent upon the duration of their stay in SCP-3008, a cover story may need to be generated prior to their release.

Any other entities exiting SCP-3008 are to be terminated.

Description:

SCP-3008 is a large retail unit previously owned by and branded as IKEA, a popular furniture retail chain. A person entering SCP-3008 through the main entrance and then passing out of sight of the doors will find themselves translocated to SCP-3008-1. This displacement will typically go unnoticed as no change will occur from the perspective of the victim; they will generally not become aware until they try to return to the entrance.

SCP-3008-1 is a space resembling the inside of an IKEA furniture store, extending far beyond the limits of what could physically be contained within the dimensions of the retail unit. Current measurements indicate an area of at least 10km2 with no visible external terminators detected in any direction. Inconclusive results from the use of laser rangefinders has led to the speculation that the space may be infinite.

SCP-3008-1 is inhabited by an unknown number of civilians trapped within prior to containment. Gathered data suggests they have formed a rudimentary civilisation within SCP-3008-1, including the construction of settlements and fortifications for the purpose of defending against SCP-3008-2.

SCP-3008-2 are humanoid entities that exist within SCP-3008-1. While superficially resembling humans they possess exaggerated and inconsistent bodily proportions, often described as being too short or too tall. They possess no facial features and in all observed cases wear a yellow shirt and blue trousers consistent with the IKEA employee uniform.

SCP-3008-1 has a rudimentary day-night cycle, determined by the overhead lighting within the space activating and deactivating at times consistent with the opening and closing times of the original retail store. During the "night" instances of SCP-3008-2 will become violent towards all other lifeforms within SCP-3008-1. During these bouts of violence they have been heard to vocalise phrases in English that are typically variations of "The store is now closed, please exit the building". Once "day" begins SCP-3008-2 instances immediately become passive and begin moving throughout SCP-3008-1 seemingly at random. They are unresponsive to questioning or other verbal cues in this state, though will react violently if attacked.

SCP-3008-1 is known to have one or more exits located within, though these exits do not appear to have a fixed position, making it difficult to leave SCP-3008-1 once inside. Using any other door besides the main entrance to enter the structure or breaking through the walls of the retail unit leads into the non-anomalous interior of the original store.

Since containment began 14 individuals have managed to exit SCP-3008. Following100000 extensive debriefing all individuals have been administered amnestics and released.

Operation Ajax

Here is the title track and final release for the second falcon album "Lost For Sleep"

Link to the Video - https://youtu.be/tjITlMI3A7U

Lost For Sleep

It's been a while since I've made a track in this style, hope you like it :)

Cover art created with https://www.canva.com/


Peace

Dan

RiZLiX - Magnitude

art work:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2#/media/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB:Hermes_Maia_Staatliche_Antikensammlungen_2304.jpg

Maia

I've been writing songs for ages and ages, because it's something I enjoy doing, and that's about it. 

I've added dates to titles, however, these aren't always dates recorded, mostly just dates written because the original offerings, back then, had little to be desired with consideration to production values and all that stuff!  For the older tracks some tracks have the old backing with a modern vocal (often with a lyric rewrite), the original vocal with a new backing (when I could work with the original vocal, but not the original backing), the original song newly recorded in all areas, and less often the original vocal and backing, but with a few additions, "No" is one such example.  Otherwise, most of it is newer stuff, post 2018, and is as is, when written and recorded.    

I've had to re-record some things on account of my abilities to record demos and all that being very limited once upon a time.  

In the early days I only had a Farfisa F1 workstation thing (it's amazing what I managed to do on that), later an Atari ST, with Cubase 2 probably, a Proteus 2000, and Fostek 8 track recorder thing, and now I've got Native Instruments 14, and Cubase 12, in what amounts to an astonishingly good set up compared to my earlier resources, for about the same money as that older rubbish was back then. 

I still use the microphone I've had since I was 18, though did just recently upgrade that as well, however still pick up and use the old one, as it's still good - a Sure SM58 with a dent in it! My upgraded mic is a Sure SM7B, which is great, and I see it all the time on TV and podcasts, so must have made a good choice! 

My musical chops are focused on the piano, my main instrument, and the ukulele, which I play a lot as well.  Not doing a lot of piano-orientated songs at the moment, but I do sometimes, and mostly try to get the best out of my Native Instruments stuff.  I'm barely scratching the surface with all of the NI stuff I've got.

Low (2008)

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