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Bonus Track

A New Path

GTAMF

Lost At Sea

Song written by Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell.  Arrangement by Eddie Sharp.

Billie and Finneas have a good thing going, they're writing good music and have an original style.  Just about all of Billie's vocals are a whisper though.  As if the screaming girls at a show aren't enough, Billie is whispering and you can't friggin' hear her.  That's right folks, I went to a Billie Eilish show!  I saw her last show of the 2020 tour just before the pandemic shut down the world.  I respect all music and I have two daughters.  So back to my point, I wanted to do one of her songs where the vocals weren't whispered and there was  no doubt they could be heard.  I took one of her quietest songs and "sharpened" it.  I hope you enjoy it.
. . . and one more thing, that's Dee Dee Ramone counting it off.  He's really really good at counting to four.

Rock On

Come out and play - Billie Eilish cover

This song starts in the key of B flat major.  The first rhythm progression is Bb - Cm - Dm - D to Eb.  The last chord, an accidental, quickly slides up to Eb and I think coming right off the Dm helps the Dmaj chord to fit better too.  (The beginning arpeggio is Bb - Cm - Dm - D with no slide up to Eb and it still sounds pretty cool.) The next progression is F7 - Bb - Cm - Gm.  The second time played it ends on Bb (then sliding up to B) instead of Gm.  This slides us into the first key change Bb to B major starting at 0:56.

The progression in B major is B - C#m - D#m - E and you'll notice some synth that kicks in (my keyboard playing the B major scale with several different effects.)  The third play-through of the guitar progression ends on E7 quickly sliding down to Eb7 to help nudge us "back" into the key of G Minor starting at 1:20.  It really does sound flat here, the dissonance is kind of cool though, I think.  So in the new key, I start the lead on G and this helps cement the G Aeolian mode instead of a return to the previous Bb Major (which the ear is more expecting as it’s a “return to home.”)  This new progression is Gm - Eb - Dm - Cm.  It ends the third time through on a Cmaj chord instead of Cm which pulls us into the key of C major at 1:44 and I play the progression C - Dm - Am - C against some more zany sounding synths from my keyboard.

Finally, at 2:08 the final key change is into F major using a C7 chord instead of the final C major in the third play through of C - Dm - Am - C.  This section is interesting though because I use very, very similar progressions to what I used at the beginning of the song:  F - Bb - C(C7) - Gm(Gmaug5) and Bb - Cm - Dm - D to Eb.  This time however, it is firmly in the key of F, not Bb.  I start the lead on F and I stay soloing in the F pentatonic scale the whole time so even though I use almost the same chords it is now F major (of course being a fifth apart they have many of the same chords being used, except the C and the Eb.)  This is an interesting thing though, the lead guitar really does determine the key.

Reminisce

저 오늘은 수상운동 제이로 개명함으로써 데모 하나를 올립니다.
I'm going to put up a demo today by changing my name to Watersports J.

거실 (The Living Room) - Demo

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UNBALANCED CONSEQUENCES

Go on, please, wake me from this peculiar scary dream
I've been falling long time
I've been lost in this, which has no path prodigious field
wondering in circles all the time

Drive me home

Well, release me
Don't restrain me
Guide my path home
Don't lead me wrong

it won't be easy
the goal is far away
the night is a long one
temptations vastly

Drive me Home
guide my path
Should I embrace my blinding Pain

Raise me above this
Don't leave me alone

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Help in the realisation of this song gave their contribution:
A magnificent virtuoso Mr. Mladen Pecovic 
https://www.youtube.com/user/pecovicm
my metal brother Mr. Kutkut 
https://www.youtube.com/user/KutOnBass
and a genius maestro Mr. Nenad Paunovic

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HYPATIA - Unbalanced Consequences

Another post-album collab. First use of a mandolin on our tracks!

LYRICS:

Careful, you’re bending the frame
Be gentle, extinguish the flame
Walking, smoking, drinking in the sun in the park
Staring at the embers then go home in the dark

Maybe we’re moving too slow
Safety, it’s overrated you know?
Driving, parking, getting on the train to the sea
Staring at the embers, see you staring at me

Staring At The Embers

Prayer Warrior

Second collaboration with COMBSTEAD💀
(@combstead-928282858).

Like always amazing music base produced by him

Lyrics and vocals are mine

Saint and Sinner (feat. COMBSTEAD💀)

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Independent artist making songs that rock.

I don’t know about you but I miss hearing songs that just rock.  A couple of guitars, bass, drums, vocals, and harmonies make such a powerful combination.  It’s this power and energy that I’m after in the songs I record.
I perform all parts on these recordings unless otherwise specified. I’m primarily a guitar player and never considered myself a singer but I started doing it to complete my songs and I may be finding a voice for myself.
I’m open to collaboration so reach out if you’d like to work on some tracks.  I don’t have any rap on my tracks, don’t listen to much rap, but I have a couple of incomplete songs I’m interested in brining some rap into.  So let me know if any of you rappers want to collaborate with a rocker.
Recording, mixing, mastering is just as much of a hobby as playing the music is.  If you’d like another ear on your mix or some mastering done, drop me a message.  I’m not looking for money for it, just the opportunity to practice my skills on other artists work, see what I can do, and help a fellow musician.
Finally, I’m looking to put together a band to see how my songs work live.  Reach out if you’re interested and in the RDU area.  Follow me on my social media links to get the latest updates on the journey and share some music and laughs.
Cheers!