whoah talk about emphatically depicting regret in a tune --these lyrics are Prine level;  and your voice is superbly expressive and adept --and pitch perfect in the live moment!  Well done Doug

Very good song. It's à pleasure to hear you 

Hello Silence (you whisper loud) .............(my guitar playing suffers ...wouldreally love a great music track)

A simple little tune, sparse and undressed

I Know You

The Winds Of February

Lyrics;
The tears that fell from Autumn's eyes
freeze upon the winter skies
And fall as ice upon where Summer played

Bare trees sway along the street
clouds obscure them from the heat
The sun in hiding. Dark becomes the days

The icy winds of February
Echo through a cemetery
Lost to all that dwell inside those gates

Flowers rest upon the stones
That rest upon the resting bones
bereft of soul no longer burdened by the weight

Nowhere are the birds that sing
the promise of a newborn Spring
The future frozen, hope seems all but lost

Long passed dreams of summer days
That warmed the place where Autumn played
Now burns the frozen fire of the frost

The icy winds of February
Will not offer sanctuary
Foreboding river glacial in it's flow

Frozen flowers in bouquet
Colors bleeding into gray
Bleak and broken upon the bitter snow

  The tears that fell from Autumn's eyes
freeze upon the winter skies
And fall as ice upon where Summer played

Bare trees sway along the street
clouds obscure them from the heat
The sun in hiding. Dark becomes the days  

The icy winds of February
Will not offer sanctuary


Song Notes:
This is the first song by Dan X2 that start with Dan Blackard developing a vocal and guitar idea.  He then sent it to Dan Lockhart who added the rest of the music (piano, acoustic guitar, viola, percussion, and background vocals.  Dan Lockhart then mixed and mastered the song.  We hope you enjoy our first song reversing our process.

The Winds Of February

Wasn't sure about how well this fit with the Frankenstein album but, in the end, what the hell, I've tagged it onto the end.
I find Frankenstein's creation a paradox. The monster's desire is to belong and be accepted, even loved, especially by his creator. But this turns, through its frustration, into hate, despair and murder. But, after wreaking his vengeance, he cannot live without his god, despite the superhuman pulse of life that courses through his veins. 

All Right Reserved 2022

The Loneliest Exit

Hello SILENCE… (You)WHISPER LOUD 
Cries of lonely … (you) ECHO NOW 
You live beneath my skin … crawl up on my soul   
Now I’m living in this emptiness that I own 
There’s nothing …more crowded...Then alone 

Hello darkness... Good MORNING … PAIN   
Sure is crowded… in this place 
 Regret just go away…already paid for my mistakes   
Coz I’m living in this emptiness… I own 
And … There’s nothing …more crowded...Then alone 

I’m here in this room   
 In my corners of confusion 
 Bounded by illusions Safe from all ...the truth 
 Every light is out now 
 Every shade is drawn 
But every sound still echoes Just as strong...       
In my room... My corners of confusion

There’s nothing more crowded … than empty ground   
 Girl your ghost is still a round   
You live beneath my skin … crawl up on my soul   
Now I’m living in this emptiness that I own   
Hello SILENCE…you WHISPER LOUD   
Cries of lonely … (you) ECHO NOW   
You live beneath my skin … crawl up on my soul   
Now I’m living in this emptiness that I own   
 Nothing …more crowded...Then alone 
There’s nothing …more crowded...Then alone 

 
 Hello darkness... EVENING PAIN       
Sure is crowded…in this place 
 Regret just go away…already paid for my mistakes  
Now I’m living in this emptiness that I  own   
And … There’s nothing …more crowded...Then alone   
Nothing … more crowded...Than alone

Nothing More Crowded Than Alone (LIVE -Venue)

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by
Carlos Vivanco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCrBaQEEjeM

Purple Melodies

Against The Current

Out of the Box May 2022
The place where there is no guide

Space

Targets
lyrics & music by Kate Stanton
guitar by Garrett Kirby

You're like a diamond
from pressure and heat
they'll think they crushed you
like grapes under feet
so fine wine they will drink
keep shooting at your targets
cuz we'll dodge them...

I see you child.
Blossoming through the concrete. Open your window.

Your spark was dancing 
light on the rain
puddles that glisten 
christened in the pain
we don't sulk in defeat
there's beauty in the ashes
and we'll still love them.

I see you mother.
I see you sister.
I see you brother.
I see you father,
see you child.
Oh, I see you child.

You're like a diamond
from pressure and heat
they'll think they crushed you
like grapes under feet
so fine wine they will drink
keep shooting at your targets
cuz we'll dodge them...

Targets (feat. Garrett Kirby)

Warning, please do not drive or operate machinery while listening to this track which contains ASMR tiggers and was recorded in a frequency other than the 440Hz of most music played on modern radio stations. Always listen to our tracks at a lower volume, as well, preferably through headphones for maximum effect. 

We created this track to soothe the pain we've felt... physically, emotionally, and spiritually throughout our body in light of the elections, Covid Chaos, and propensity for discord within us, since we don't agree with the majority of outspoken divisiveness we encounter when leaving our home... since we choose to read from a variety of sanctioned and unsanctioned resources... rather than drinking the kool-aid poured for us from the skewed news and ever-increasingly exposition of the failings of the "sanctioned information only" western education systems.

We asked spirit to guide this project, after the grief we were feeling upon returning home from voting on election day. When we're a gender fluid, lesbian, disabled, veteran in a female physicality... the weight of each of those "minority statuses" BEing within us while approaching, entering, standing in line, and voting amidst signage, campaign representatives we encountered outside as we entered and left the polling center to cast our vote amongst a hugely biased conservative majority who have no problem exercising their "right to free speech," while neglecting their responsibility to extend those same "rights" to "all the people..." can create so much pain and tension within us. We asked our angels, guides, and ancestors to take the pain we were feeling and use it to show us how to express it and release it in a healthy way. 

This was the most amazing experience we've had to date in creating a piece. Every note we played and recorded was Divinely guided and perfectly placed, the first night we worked on this piece. We only made one small adjustment of placement to one segment within one of the instrument tracks. The second night, as we progressed through the same guided request and worked towards completing this piece in record time, compared to most of our works, WE FELL ASLEEP 3 TIMES!!! And, we didn't fall asleep during the relaxing trail out; but, during the hypnotic percussive sections!!! (We have to caveat that we aren't a scientist... so we cannot for certain say whether we were asleep or if we simply entered an extreme trance; but, we were "OUT!!!") We "came back," before the song ended... and from what we've learned these past few months... that's more indicative of coming out of a trance; because, if you're asleep, you typically don't awaken before a meditative piece ends; but, you continue sleeping once the song has ended. So, as we stated, we cannot tell you for certain which was the case. We can share that whatever happened, we have felt like we had some sort of serious transformative experience while creating this track with our angels, guides, and ancestors... and since those three instances... we have more inner peace and calm than we've ever experienced, as an adult who's experienced multiple traumas. So, as we state at the beginning, please never drive or operate machinery when listening to our creations. We hope you have as equally a transformative experience.

Logic Pro X
2022 Copyright/Sound Recording/All Rights: One Stop. 
For Licensing Contact:
Rainier Daze
Rainierdaze@gmail.com

Panaway

This one's for Ray and Jimmy and the boys from the Dark Water Band. Thanks for the music and the positivity! : )

State Of Mind Blues

Heart and Soul

I wouldn’t know love without you
(Mark Irving Anderson)
 
…Lately, I been thinking about life
With all the twists and the turns
God draws straight using crooked lines
A lesson I’m trying to learn…
 
…When it comes to the question of romance
I don’t have the answer, it’s true 
I only got here by holding on
I wouldn’t know love without you…
 
[Chorus]
…I wouldn’t know love without you
No, I wouldn’t know love without you
I could pretend that I knew what I’m doin’
But I wouldn’t know love without you…
 
…I’ve pondered the spark of the moment 
From a clear-eyed state of grace
A better view for understanding you
The changes taking place…
 
…We both know that I came up empty
Cause, I couldn’t find much of a clue
I only got here by holding on
I wouldn’t know love without you…
 
[Chorus]
…I wouldn’t know love without you
No, I wouldn’t know love without you
I could pretend that I knew what I’m doin’
But I wouldn’t know love without you…
 
[Bridge]
…I’ve learned enough about other stuff
To get me through the years
But I couldn’t see how love could find me
If you wasn’t here…
 
[Chorus]
…I wouldn’t know love without you
No, I wouldn’t know love without you
I could pretend that I knew what I’m doin’
But I wouldn’t know love without you…

I could pretend that I knew what I’m doin’
But I wouldn’t know love without you…

I wouldn’t know love without you

YOUTUBE VIDEO......"FIELDS OF QUIET SOIL"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyYHjxPPBgc 
YOUTUBE VIDEO(NEW) ... "POCKETFUL OF LIES "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay9vAZQgmN4

SOMEDAY THE WEIGHT OF THIS YEAR ON MY LIFE WILL BE AN ALBUM FULL OF PAIN,... BUT, RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE I'M CENTRALLY LOCATED IN HELL

1987 WENT TO Nashville for a “short week” Music row to make the big time … wow … nobody listens in lawsuit land in those days. 1988 WENT TO NASHVILLE for 3 days (surely, I would crack this puzzle and become famous …) so many on benches in front of churches. Frustrated, didn’t sing publicly again basically for 25 years. (after all, where would a singer/song writer, make a name for himself in Karaoke land).
2010 discovered open mics (new world begins). WRITING SINCE …a lot! Had someone to produce me in limited acoustic style for a couple years…I think a few were damn good “Fields of Quiet Soil”. Had a lot of offers to write lyrics and/or sing for a lot of other artists here. (but no recording capability …let alone a decent computer for my own. TODAY, THINGS CHANGE …I’m here to make an impact (got 4 new ones under my belt recently) …plus some old ones you will not be disappointed listening to. Welcome old music fans and artists., potential serious collabs.
I’m locked and loaded this time!
FB Doug Roossien

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