Meaningless! Meaningless! Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.
What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. The wind blows to the south and turns to the north;
round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1:1-9

Mixed and Mastered by Derek Allen
Recorded at First Baptist Church of Owasso and Trinity Episcopal Church of Tulsa with iPhone 6 and 12 in the summer of 2020

Photography by Dakota Harrington
Model - Roy Lee

Dakota Harrington - Piano
Casey Cantwell - Pipe Organ

Special thanks to First Baptist Owasso and Trinity Episcopal Church for letting us record in your beautiful spaces and Roy Lee and Casey Cantwell for making this amazing experience happen.

Church Nøise (There is Nothing New Under the Sun)

Farhad's Landing (Where Tulips Sprout) is a score inspired by the photography of Brittany Rose Hardcastle. The focus of the piece was to bring out the beauty of the flowers while also exploring the mystery of what lies beneath them.
 
In the language of flowers tulips symbolize “perfect love” - in Persian and Turkish folklore the flower represented the love between Farhad and Shirin. Shirin died tragically and Farhad threw himself from a cliff in desperation and heartache, and red tulips sprouted where his blood covered the ground

Photography by Brittany Rose Hardcastle (Insta: @Clovenmoon)

Mixed, mastered and performed by The Blackstar Experience

Equipment used: Micorfreak, Ultranova, guitar, Strymon iridium, BOSS DS-2, Ableton Live, Granulator II,

Farhad's Landing (Where Tulips Sprout)

“Bem Bem” é o primeiro single de uma nova fase artística, trazendo uma composição vibrante e dançante que simboliza o início do verão. Baseada em colagens de samples musicais, a faixa reflete a energia desta estação, mesmo sem a declamação do haikai original, que também é de minha autoria:

Bem, sigo cantando.
No calor, eu bem te vi,
dançando com pássaros.


translation:
“Bem Bem” is the first single of a new artistic phase, offering a vibrant and danceable composition that symbolizes the start of summer. Based on a collage of musical samples, the track captures the energy of the season, even without the recitation of the original haiku, which I also wrote:

Literal translation:
Well, I keep singing.
In the heat, I saw you,
dancing with birds.

Adapted translation:
Still, I keep singing.
In the heat, I clearly saw
you dance with the birds.

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Bem Bem (Original Mix)

André Akira - Bem Bem (Original Mix)

5PRUCHNUMM3R ((L3UCH7F3U3R))

a pop song i made to tell my friends i'm sad so they don't get too sad
Einstein's Parable of Quantum Insanity: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."
lyrics:
 I keep hiding from everyone
And wondering why I'm lonely
I keep mulling over trauma
And wondering why I'm sad
Now it's late
But I can't sleep
I need to see a friend
Or I'll stay up
In agony
Swatting thoughts swarming in my head

I keep drinking myself to sleep
And wondering why I can't wake up
I keep overeating cheap food
And wondering why I feel dead
I get no rest
I wake up more
Beat than the day before
I worry that
In 5 years of this
I won't be able to move anymore

I don't know why I sabotage myself
I know that I know better than that
It's just that in the moment I forget
Every single moment I'm alive

I keep doing the same old shit
That keeps me in a nosedive
I can't break the habit
To save my life

Parable Of Quantum Insanity

Field recording outside Three Jewels Dhamma Hall — www.threejewelsfortbragg.org — during indoor meditation one fine Sunday morning. Approximately two miles inland from the Pudding Creek trestle bridge and Pacific Ocean, Fort Bragg, CA.

Loren Gilmore, alto saxophone — https://soundcloud.com/loren-gilmore
Thanks for making this special and love always.

Three Jewels Morning

John & Loren Gilmore - Three Jewels Morning

After watching the movie 'Arrival' by Denis Villeneuve, i couldn`t help but notice the marvelous soundtrack (by johan johansson) that played in the background of every scene...so i had to create something with inspiration that suddenly came to me.

The Antecipation

written and produced by André Graciotti
featured vocals by Valerie Warntz (https://soundcloud.com/valeriewarntz)
mixing and mastering by Luis Calil (https://soundcloud.com/est-dio-casa-do-ch)
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you were in my wildest dreams
of distant lands and seas
pictures, charms and souvenirs
are all that’s left to keep

And I waited all my life
for this moment to arrive
but now it feels
so out of time
we both know we just love goodbyes

in my heart there are secret keys
that no one’s ever found
with you I shared my fantasies
a world with no locks around

and the sun will set and rise
in seashores and riversides
so wipe your tears
hold me tight
we both know we just love goodbyes

we both know we just love goodbyes

Mind No Longer Has Me

Gimu