The thirteenth album-logo subdivision, ranging from March 1, 2024 to March 20, 2024

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SexDeka

In a universe where prevailing dating advice is that desperation is the worst turn-on, the song title seems to be the case.

Pretty good litmus test, if your target, there, doesn't have a sense of humor about how this is a bad pitch to where they still run with it anyway and give you a pass, they're not in the zipcode of being The One.

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You'll Transform Me Is Always A Hard Sell

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I got taken behind the wood shed and told to make it 'more melodic'

This is the result.

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You'll Transform Me Is Always A Hard Sell (More Melody)

The silent Debate of the Valar after the death of the Two Trees and the flight of Melkor (and the Noldor's pursuit) particularly after Fëanor has left and the Rebellion has already started.  This would be while they discuss making the Sun and Moon, and how they are going to conduct the later Ages.

In the track art for this piece I assert that the Valar would have made some kind of improvised glowglobe situation just for the benefit of the throngs of Elves milling about, while they think.

Completely free, unmonetized track because it's Tolkien based.
All rights reserved to the current rights holders of the franchise.

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Māchananaškad (Ring Of Doom After The Death Of The Trees)

My first vocals for anyone in 24 1/2 years.  That's right folks, since May of 1999 at Seattle University.
So I will sound a little out of practice and secondly I set myself a hard task with the instrumental track being made first and the vocals later.

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brackets are lyrics left on the cutting room floor.

One day the fool came walking by
And the king said 'let's have laughter'
[Then the fool said 'Well I'll make a jest'
'But let's just not kill me after']
(replaced with some da-da-da'ing)

He proceeded then to make his pitch
And the king besat there, all bewitched
But there came a point which had a flaw
And the fool knew he might lose it all

[So he turned to something he felt safe]
[And the king then seemed to forget the gaffe]
But the fool well knew his lucky break
And he quickly then made his escape

Being free to muse on the fickleness of rulers
As the day grew gaunt and grey
He thanked his stars
That unlike his peers
He lived to jest another day

The Fool's Jest

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I do enjoy the clavichord/wah sounds a lot, much to the chagrin some times of the people rating my stuff on Re-Ex.

So this was a little trip around the block with that.  As iffy as the timing problems are on this, it's already received some edits with Mixcraft to modify the speed of some sections and remove pauses.

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Wah-Wah Walk

The third rather experimental vocal track.  A lot of compressing sections to go faster and match instrumentals.

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Lyrics:


And if it isn't too much trouble
I would like to know just what you were angling for
For the time... grows...short
To search for redress, tidy the mess

Riddle me this

As we sit here treading water
Why is it that you keep dodging the issue
Are the terms... too... steep
To broker a deal
What is it you feel

I didn't want, to be cruel
But there comes a time
Begging validation
Plays me for the fool

Why Are You Malfunctioning / Whimsy Number 2 (Lyrical)

A therapeutic journey into a mix of jazz, classical, and a blend of types of electronica.  And a wry, gradual observation that promotion tends to only go as far as you push it.  At least I make my fellow musicians laugh a little.

Why Are You Malfunctioning / Whimsy Number 2 (Lyrical)

Doug Stoothoff