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(4 February)the beginning [first day] of spring (in the traditional Japanese calendar).

The first spring embrace you

Track 4 in "Phases of the Moon" (2019) by Alex M: composed, played, arranged, edited and recorded  by Alex M in GarageBand iOS, 24 and 25 October 2018, and mixed in Logic Pro X, 26 October 2018; posted on SoundCloud on 15 December 2018 (before the release of the album as a whole). The artwork cover for the album and each track in it is based on images from NASA available online at © Stockphoto.com\Delpixart, designed and edited in PowerPoint and Preview.

Duration: 7:42 minutes
Tempo: 80 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Key Signature: E minor

Digital instruments used, in the order of playing and recording:
 1. Piano - Boesendorfer Grand Piano
 2. Strings - Cinematic - Violin
 3. Electronic Drum Kit - Drum Machine - Epic Electro
 4. Keyboard - Alchemy Synth - Pads - Epic Cloud Formation
 5. Keyboard - Synth Classics - Machine Language
 6. Keyboard - Alchemy Synth - Arpeggiated - Bell Echo Arp
 7. Keyboard - Alchemy Synth - Synth - Notched Squares
 8. Keyboard - Alchemy Synth - Stringed - Chorus Shimmers
 9. Bass - Heavy Sub Bass

Phases of the Moon

Waxing Gibbous

White Cloud Blues

Para Desinhibirse Un Poco

Plenty of guitars beats harmonies solos and time changes,,,,,,enjoii

Tiph - Shift

PdS - 11 - 11 - 3

Numbskulls & Nuisances

Tres

Stones

hear and there

Lambda FX

So we are stuck in our own ways
I try to spice things up but your eyes have long since glazed

CHORUS
Perhaps in a sad song
Is where we truly belong
Stuck in a sad space
Like half of our fellow race
A tale with a sad sting
You never felt anything
Are we just plain sad or just a phase?
[We are stuck in our own ways
We sunk without a trace
We are stuck in our own ways]

How we struggled through hard times
Searching for some true love but true love is hard to find

CHORUS

So we are stuck in our own ways
But I will break free from this glue one of these days

Stuck In Our Own Ways

It is a myth that unsigned music equals inferior music; the only way we can blow that myth out of the water is to do it together!
DON'T JUST LIKE, LISTEN; DON'T JUST LISTEN, COMMENT! And support musicians that support you!

MY TUNES ARE ALL ABOUT CREATING ON THE FLY; NO COOKBOOK, NO RULES, NO PREPARATION, NO PLAN; IT JUST HAPPENS!

FORMULA THINKING AND BOUNDARIES PUT EXTREME LIMITATIONS ON THE CREATIVE PROCESS; TRUE ART CAN NOT BE PRODUCED WITHIN A RESTRICTED SPACE!

I DON'T BREAK DOWN BOUNDARIES, BECAUSE THERE WERE NO BOUNDARIES IN MY WORLD TO BEGIN WITH!

MUSIC MUST CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, AND THE ECLECTIC APPROACH IS NOW THE ONLY WAY FORWARD, BECAUSE INDIVIDUAL GENRES HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED!

CREATING WITHIN A SINGLE GENRE, THEREFORE, RESULTS IN REGURGITATION, REPETITION, AND MEDIOCRITY!

And way too much emphasis is placed on production value; actual creativity and diversity are taking a back seat! Inventive lyrics also rarely get the credit they deserve. This indifference to the talents that actually set musicians apart plays into the hands of a money-minded music industry, signing our own death warrants!

PROGRESSIVE MEETS POST-PUNK MEETS THE 60'S/70'S

DON'T JUST LIKE, LISTEN; DON'T JUST LISTEN, COMMENT!

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FLOYD PINK AND THE PUNKS