Eschaton

La Petite Coquette - (The Little Flirt), 1913

A very fun little ragtime piece by J S Zamecnik  (interesting biography here... http://ragpiano.com/comps/zamecnik.shtml )

I discovered this just browsing old sheet music.  The artwork and the title just caught my attention.  It's a little different from the other rediscovery music I am doing - just piano.  I'm not sure if I will try to do something else with this; maybe do an arrangement for brass?

La Petite Coquette - 1913

Newest Moon

「Hollow Purple  Gojo vs Toji」Jujutsu Kaisen S2 EP4 PIANO OST 呪術廻戦

Singing in the Shadow, written by Jeremy Fieler and Greg Fieler, performed live at Cheatham Street Warehouse January 3, 2024

Singing in the Shadow

Singing In The Shadow

In that High Place in the Darkness

Artwork by Vladimir Kush

Written 18 years ago.... is what I'll say in ten years.

I’ve been an addict all my life long
to games I can’t win and puzzles I can’t solve
It’s been some kind of sick fascination
to find myself in impossible situations 
-
and this one is one of those
I’m a deep sea fish reaching for a desert rose
I’m a parking lot, hoping that a garden grows
I’m me and you’re you and my only way through is to divide by zero

you don’t like me much but I promise you this
if you knew me better you’d like me even less
If you could see what goes on in my thoughts
I think you’d personally lead the firing squad

but even though I wouldn’t agree
I’m so flawed, I’d assume I deserve it for something
this song just needs to be worthy of suffering 
I just want you to want something you can’t get anywhere except from me

It puts me out of sorts, but I think you’re my twin
and I ought to sue you for copyright infringement
but i’m sure at the court you’d have this winning defense:
my best is your ground floor, you do all I do and more, you’re improved at the core, so I’d best be out the door, with my obsolescence 
-
but you don’t know the thing you’ve offered
for a minute my sadness has an object
before this it hung shapeless as fog upon me
Now it’s fenced in a daydream that I can keep and smother by slow degrees
(And I guess you'd call that "sorrow laundering")

so even if it’s been in your mind
and even if there were enough time
and even if it’s true, what I swear I have seen
what you’d have to do would split you at the seams
-
it’d never be worth the risk
a dream gambled for so much less
just come clean, a daydream is all this is
some scene, from a movie we probably all saw as stupid kids

I’m sure you can tell most of this is an act
It can all go to hell, as a matter of fact
If I even thought this one could be solved
If I even thought the words could be carved
If I even thought I had something you want 
I’d ruin my life for those lottery odds.

Sorrow Laundering (Acoustic Demo)

Be here now.wav

alternative version recorded with click/drum track 

Tyranny of Ecstasy
(Intro) 
Highway of Hunger, paved with neon dreams, 
Engine of wanting, fueled by phantom schemes. 
Got a pocketful of echoes in a cold heart full of holes, 
Chasin' that ghost train, losing all control.
(Verse 1) 
Tick-tock goes the clock, but time ain't on my side, 
Just this gnawin' in my gut, nowhere left to hide. 
They call it heaven, a sweet and siren song, 
But the melody is twisted, something's going wrong.
(Chorus) 
Ecstasy's a tyrant, with a diamond-crusted chain, 
Whisperin' sweet nothins' while she drives you insane. 
You're a prisoner of pleasure, in a gilded cage of lies, 
With the devil at the crossroads, starin' from your eyes.
(Verse 2) 
Every hit's a promise, a temporary high, 
But the comedown's a canyon, where old singers go to cry. 
You're searchin' for salvation in the bottle, pipe and pill, 
But the only thing you find there is a deeper, colder chill.
(Chorus)
Ecstasy's a tyrant, with a diamond-crusted chain, 
Whisperin' sweet nothins' while she drives you insane. 
You're a prisoner of pleasure, in a gilded cage of lies, 
With the devil at the crossroads, starin' from your eyes. 
(Outro) 
The highway stretches onward, to a nowhere land, 
With a broken-down guitar clutched in your trembling hand. 
You're a ghost rider now, a shadow in the night, 
Lost in the tyranny of ecstasy's cruel plight

Tyranny of Ecstasy

tyranny of ecstasy guitar bass demo chroma

Marked By The Beast

My first piece for the Disquiet Junto (Project 0065: Piano Overlay).

I improvised at the piano to find some harmonic territory to stake out.  I outlined this with the "Deep Round Synth Bass" in GarageBand.  Then I did some melodic improvisation using the SoundsDivine Simple Sine patch in Aalto (http://madronalabs.com/products/aalto).  The piece was assembled, and some echo effects added, in GarageBand.  The fade-in and -out were done in BIAS Peak.  The result is in the spirit of Eno's Music for Films.

More on this Disquiet Junto project at:

http://disquiet.com/2013/03/28/disquiet0065-pianoverlay/

More on the source composition by Jared Brickman at:

https://soundcloud.com/one_hello_world/every-day-were-dying-and-outer

The browser-based tool that segmented the Brickman track for this project was coded by Disquiet Junto member Ken Mistove, more from whom at:

http://kenzak.com/

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/


16:33 Outpost (disquiet0065-pianoverlay)

Please contact me for sync and licensing.

You can find some of my music on Bandcamp:
Modern Folk/Singer songwriter: https://crazyunclegregandthedudeistpriest.bandcamp.com/
Multifarious music and experiments: https://gregfieler.bandcamp.com/
Fun Old Stuff: https://southshoresingers.bandcamp.com/

I have dozens of instruments and some very old sheet music surrounding me, begging for my attention.  I try to give it to them and even keep buying more.  I can’t stop myself from using instruments to move air in ways move emotions.  I just love to make music, all kinds of music.  Here you’ll find all kinds of different stuff.   

Hopefully there is something you’ll enjoy.  If you really like something - I occasionally feel confident enough in a finished piece to distribute it online.  So you could buy it if you want.  But, you don’t have to.  I’m pleased if you like my music - feel free to download it here.  (i retain all rights)  If you’re a performer i’m honored if you decide to perform one of my songs (please give me credit).  

Instruments
Violin
Viola
Cello
Bass guitar (2)
Classical guitar
Acoustic guitar (5 - i keep 2 in open D tuning)
Electric guitar
Banjo
Irish banjo
Erhu
Lap steel guitar
Ukulele (2)
Mandolin (2)
Theremin (2)
Melodica
Recorder (bagpipe practice chanter on loan)
Electric piano
Workstation keyboards (4)
Dozens of odd music making toys
And lest i forget - plenty of stuff to shake and bang on with hands, sticks, feet and even broom bristle brushes

La Petite Coquette - 1913

GregFieler

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