Splintered Finger

Music I like 38

A piece of music inspired by winter walks in the woods. The snow, the cold air, the frozen lake, a sweet friend...
Joé Johnston- Bass guitar, synths, drum sample programming. 
Recorded, mixed and mastered at the cottage, winter 2021.

Walk In The Woods (with you)

Title of this track is inspired by my work lately. The repetitive motion of tinting wood, apply, wipe off, repeat...Apply, wipe off, repeat...Apply, wipe off, repeat...
Produced at lake Clyde by Joé Johnston, April 2021.

Apply, Wipe Off, Repeat.

Wanted it to feel like absolutely shredded fingers, which Splintered Fingers supplied wonderfully and generously! Thank you so very much! 

PALLET: Splintered Fingers; Mervin Matthew; Music Junkies; Fluke; Karaoke Versions Stems; NIN; Pearl Jam; Metallica; PieceWork
All Rights reserved to original artists

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SPLINTERED FINGER - The Splintered Finger (Balsam Mix)

Absolute GREAT BIG thank you to Splintered Fingers https://soundcloud.com/fraudstein?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing  for their generosity and kindness all these years...has it been years already? Another great tune "Fortunes of the Wind"  inspired another audio painting. Please enjoy the original as well as the rest of their work! I hope you find some enjoyment in the sculpture too! Thank you for letting me share!.... Please check out the Pallet below:

PALLET: All licenses and/or permissions are NON commercial and NON transferable. All rights reserved to the original artists.
SPLINTERED FINGERS: Featured composition "Fortunes From the Wind"
https://soundcloud.com/fraudstein/fortunes-of-the-wind?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
NIN: Beat Creation - "God Given"; beat, synth, fx slices and manipulations in combination with the PieceWork Library
AUDIOMACHINE: Danail Getz - "Black Mirror";  https://search.audiomachine.com/tracks?tracks=am26-28 
Harry Lightfoot -"The Fabric of Time"
https://search.audiomachine.com/tracks?tracks=am81-1
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KARAOKE VERSIONS: guitar slices from the cover of Tool - "Prison..."
karaokeversions.com
CREATIVE/TECH CONSULTANTS: Charles Bailey, Michael Bailey, TJ Bailey
ALBUM ART: JoAnna Bailey

SPLINTERED FINGER - Vortex Mix

Composed Arranged & Produced By Splintered Finger


Fortunes Of The Wind

All Guitar's By Splintered Finger
Produced By Splintered Finger

Inspired By Marcus Swambo

The Splintered Finger

With the confinement we where forced to do, everyone told me, Joé, take this time to compose music, do what you love... Having been very busy with work, i was eager to make new music.....But, blank.... I had a total creative block, writer's block, call it what you want, i was there, all the time in the world for music but no 'juice', nothing... No inspiration was coming from the world's events....At all!
Anyway, after a while, i just 'pressed play' like i say in the song. I just did something and it led to this, basically a song about writer's block. It all started from a bass line, then acoustic guitar, then i wrote words and tried them on the music, one step at a time, i was back at what i liked, creating! 
Now, confinement is over, work has started again, less time for music....Again...
But, this is not the only track i made during this time, i now have many little unfinished tracks, just waiting for me to finish them and post them, in time. 
A message for everyone, when trouble hits you, never stop your passion... It will save your life and mind. If you do not have a passion, find one...
Be kind, be safe, be creative.
All music performed live in my studio by me, bass guitar, acoustic guitar and drum sample mixing. Of course, i do the vocals! :)
Copyright 2020

Blank...

All Instruments By Martin Reed,
Produced By Martin Reed.

I Guess I Should Have Knew The Ledge

After close to 4 months of silence... I bring you my latest creation. All recorded at the cottage by the lake in my time off work. Been really busy with life!
This is a song about first loves. It is a consensus (well almost) that our first love is , most of the time, unforgettable. We experience deep love, a connection with another at a deep level for the first time. I am very grateful to have had the best first love in my teens. Someone very special indeed. All those memories will follow me till i die! 
 Here is the text, not in specific order as to how i recorded it, but how i wrote it originally.

That feeling I'll never forget.
First time deepness, one energy.
Warm tingles in the gut and spine.
Still feels fresh, even if it's been an eternity.
They say first loves never die, i agree.
Never forgot how pure it was
Never forgot how deep it felt.
Never forgot that loving feeling.
Never forgot how much you cared.
Never forgot how much i loved you.
Never forgot that sweet face.
Never forgot you...
Never forgot you...
Because first loves never die.
The warmth of your neck , under your ear...
The softness of your skin.
The authentic feel you have.
The kindness of your touch.
Your sweet laughter is music to my ears.
I remember you since forever, and I'll love you forever.
Because first loves never die.

Joé Johnston- Bass guitar, Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and drum programming. Recording, mixing and mastering.
Photo credit; Noëmie Forget
Copyright 2020

Never Forgot

Side Effects

Music inspired by life at the lake. The photograph was taken by me, on my dock, right before winter arrived. I am very fortunate to live where i am, it is very isolated, one has to walk in the woods or take a boat. No road leads to my home. It is surrounded by beautiful nature, wildlife, large trees and of course, the lake. 
I have been absent from social media, or very quiet. Life here is different, i have to tend to my firewood, water in the cottage is an issue i have to constantly tend to...Water comes from the lake, it needs filtering to be potable. Lots of snow to clear and stuff to do, all that while working full time, something i am very grateful for, these times have got a lot of people without work...
Music is still very present for me, even if i don't share much on here...More shall come, i keep recording all my practices, i am sitting on a few good pieces of music in the making.
Thanks for listening, commenting and sharing! 
Joé Johnston- Bass guitar, all guitars, drum sample mixing. 
Recorded between fall 2020 and winter 2021. 
Copyright 2021.

OneThreeThreeTwoTwo

We sincerely thank everyone who actually listens and likes our music.
But unfortunately due to the rat race of life. We haven't always got time to reply back. We really do appreciate it.
splintered finger is a collaboration between martin reed and marcus swambo. our aim is to showcase some of the  music we have been producing recently and over the last twenty years. our love of music has many different influences. Hence the 4 differant platforms. You can find martin reeds own music under the name, where He put His Stuff & All of our Collaborator's under One Umbrella https://soundcloud.com/its-tophonicus. and another collaboration between martin and myself which you may find under the name the fudge nuts.https://soundcloud.com/helenswambo
some tracks have been recorded using low budget equipment such as tape multi-tracking. hence some tracks may not be great quality. 
hope you enjoy our music as much as we did when creating it.