(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually, as part of a future solo album)

Happy Sunday my SC friends. I’m having a great time revisiting my favorite books and movies, trying to find inspirational material for these liner notes. The author I want to share today is one of my greatest influences in life (and one many of you know as well)… Ram Dass.

I’ll be sharing some of my favorite quotes of his momentarily. But before I do that, I would like to mention why he was so inspiring to me. 

What makes Ram Dass a unique esoteric/spiritual voice is that he actually started out as an Atheist. But he openly struggled with not knowing the answers to life’s most profound questions, and he was willing to pursue alternative ways of thinking, and update his beliefs based on his direct experiences. 

While he was still Dr. Richard Alpert, he began his explorations through the use of psychedelics while teaching at Harvard University. He joined Timothy Leary in these studies; but Harvard wasn’t thrilled with this potentially scandalous exploration, and fired them both. He then decided to take his spiritual explorations to India. This is where he had a perspective shifting, unexplainable first encounter with Neem Karoli Baba (who later became his guru, affectionately known as Maharaj-ji). He was given the name Ram Dass (servant of God) by his guru; and after spending several years at Neem Karoli Baba’s ashram, he became one of the leading voices of the 60s counter-culture movement. 

For me, his is a voice of love and humor and acceptance. And when I read his books and hear him speak, the feeling I get is ‘Hey, I don’t have it all figured out just yet. But I’m willing to put in the daily practice, and see if I’m a better person tomorrow. Do you want to join me on this adventure, fellow traveler?” And that is so refreshing when you just need the gentle, loving voice of a compassionate friend. 

Here are some of my favorite thought provoking quotes (many from his book, One Liners):
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“In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight.”

“You can’t be free if in any fashion you’re holding the hand of fear.”

“It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.”

“Treat everyone you meet like God in drag.”

“At the moment when there’s nothing more to lose, the Ego breaks open—and then we see who we are behind who we thought we were.”

“A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there’s work to be done.”

“To materialist eyes, India is a developing country; to spiritual eyes, the United States is a developing country.”

“If you think you’re enlightened go spend a week with your family.”

“Our journey is about being more deeply involved in life, and yet less attached to it.”

“Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it.”

“We’re all just walking each other home.”
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Those are just a few of my favorite quotes. If you enjoyed those, you’ll love his books and recorded lectures (easily found on YouTube) as well. His voice has been a kind and gentle presence for me since my teens, and his passing back in 2019 was a sad day for me. But it’s like he said, “When someone we love dies, we get so busy mourning what died that we ignore what didn’t.” His ideas will live on in my heart for the rest of my life, and that is a priceless gift. I hope you enjoy ‘Upgrading My RAM So DASS Will Launch’. :)

WTF! The Musical

Upgrading My RAM So DASS Will Launch

High on Eagles wings.  Ft. Lioness Pinky🇯🇲

“This song is inspired by late 90’s US Rock/00’s Pop-Punk and 00’s British Indie Pop. It is about anxiety. Musically it is an attempt to showcase the storm and calm that anxiety can create in daily life. Lyrically it is about wanting to reset emotions and be free from worry and self doubt - to be yourself; a self without anxiety. This is a kind of conceptual art record.” 

A song about anxiety - “Be My Somebody”

Let me take, take what I need to take
Let me think what I need to think, meditate it away
Sometimes the world around me feels like I live in hell 
I treat everyone better than I treat myself

I’m chasing freedom while you are chasing me 

Stay away from me anxiety
Get away from me anxiety
Get outta my head
Get outta my body
Take me back to the start so I can be my somebody
Stay away from me anxiety

Getting caught up inside my head
Can you figure it out? 
Taking the torch away from the world
Goodbye reality
Don’t forget that this will pass 
Be your best friend 
Feelings come and feelings go 

© Heart House Records 2023

Written, recorded, performed, produced and mixed by Heart House Records
Mastered by DOLBY

Inspired by:
#FooFighters #blink-182

BE MY SOMEBODY

*downloadable
my good pal muterial offered for me to remix his splendid track "Descent" -
https://soundcloud.com/muterial/descent
Other muterial remixes:
https://soundcloud.com/r-salchaks-mood-exhibit/muterial-embers-mood-exhibit-1
https://soundcloud.com/r-salchaks-mood-exhibit/muterial-operator-mood-exhibit-copilot-mix
https://soundcloud.com/r-salchaks-mood-exhibit/muterial-reactions-mood-exhibit-hue-mix

muterial - Descent [Mood Exhibit Dendron Mix]

Delighted once again to be working with Per Jensen (aka PJ Project), awesome guitarist & composer, creator of the most beautiful melodies and a great friend. (@user-474544459)

Guitars: PJ Project
Original Composition, mix/master: Electrometis
Vocals: Royalty free acapella

Free download if you like it :)

Thank you for listening ♥

I Opened My Eyes

I Opened My Eyes (feat. PJ Project)

The extracted and altered picture shows NATO razor wire in detail, source: Wikipedia


The Bulky Latch

in
(This is how we look like our borders)  (4)

1
Here it goes no further
Thanks to "strategic partnerships“
And with a lot of financial support
High fences
NATO barbed wire
And trenches
Detention centres
Uniforms and armament
Identification and
Exploitability checks
Exclusion, exclaves

ref
And sun and sand and waves
And sun and sand, waves

2
Onrushes
Distribution keys
Control of crowds and masses
By all means necessary
No more loopholes
Don’t talk about the rest
This is how we look like our borders (rep)
Exclusion, exclaves

ref 
And sun and sand and waves
And sun and sand, waves (2)

out
This strangeness in me
(just a part of the tragedy)
Oh there is a strangeness in me
(just a part of the tragedy)

The Bulky Latch

Let Me Know/ Paploviante / Offer Open Collaboration
Paploviante: Bass, Composing, Arrangement, Mix, Picture and Mastering
BPM 80
Free Download
If you want the track different ... contact me!
The track is downloadable as a Wave file!
You can complete what you want!
If you publish it, you have to mention me in the description and title!

Let Me Know - Offer Open Collaboration 80 Bpm

My amazing friend Jake passed away in May aged only 26. He was an amazing singer, poet and creative wizard. His parents recorded his heartbeat and asked for friends to compose music with it if they could. I will miss you always, Jake. Taken far too soon.  💕🎵

Thanks to my lovely Sander for mastering. ❤️

https://youtu.be/MMebQaU7k60 
And for making this beautiful video. ❤️🎶

THE WIZARD (for Jake)

Vocals & Artwork: Juni Morning  soundcloud.com/junimorning

Music & Mixing: James Toburen

Fotheringay

Fotheringay (w/ Juni Morning) (Fairport Convention cover)

Park Meditation (For three guitars)

dreamers delight

At home producer of electronic tracks in varying styles - I really enjoy experimenting with melding different genres. 
Been writing songs since the mid 70's whilst playing bass & drums in various bands (the first one was a punk band) and digitally writing since 2006. Retired now, so much more time for having fun with music :) It's just a hobby for me these days; Soundcloud is just a great place to share music & connect with people who have the same interests.  All my recent music is free to download - if you want to download any that don't have a download link, just let me know :)
I appreciate - and love to listen to - all genres, from orchestral through to metal. 

Thank you for reading, and hope you enjoy the music.
Fiona x