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My Sept 2022 Favs

September

MYSTERIOUS MINDS IN THE DEEP MIST

The Upload

FEAR OF DEW (INSANE ERRORS)

Mixed for Nyitia

Mixed for Lillithe

GrevusAnjl Works

Thank you for listening!
A new collaboration with another two great SoundCloud Artists.
It has been a pleasure to collaborate with the very talented singers and musicians Ren Faye and GMaks.
Check out the great work of Ren: @soundcloud.com/renfaye-1
Check out the great work of GMaks: https://soundcloud.com/gmaks
Lyrics and main vocals: Ren Faye
Backing vocals: GMaks and Emilio GS

Green Eyes (Feat. Ren Faye and GMaks)

Adlestrop is a village in North Gloucestershire.

This track is featured on Triplicate Records Red Shift Comp so check it out, its great and features so many great artists and me :) 

https://triplicaterecords.bandcamp.com/album/red-shift

Red Shift

A Short Stop In Adlestrop

Fun with some found sounds and a beatnik poetry clip from the movie "High School Confidential" 

Lyrics:
You're inside my head
With those things that you said
Throwing smoke bombs in the stairwell
Hand grenades in the bed
And you've brought
Cigarettes, kindling, and gasoline
You've got me looking all over the neighborhood
I'm checking my phone 300 times a day
You'll come over
But you'll never stay

Chorus:
Baby, please give me the keys
Release me from this firetrap
Give me the keys
Release me from this firetrap

The oxygen is down on the floor
It keeps me on my knees
3000 degrees
(Chorus)

When did you discover that you were such a magnificent liar?
Is it when you were young?
Look them in the eye
And send them on their way
I head out to bars
To see some friends
But, I can't have any fun
Feeling the fahrenheit 
(That's tight)
And the kerosine nights
And the footlights
And the magic that you do
While you're in my head
With kindling and gasoline
I beg you, baby
Please, give me the keys
Won't you release me from this firetrap
Release me from this firetrap

Firetrap

A true story from my heavier drinking days
From my new Album "Friends, they're gonna get your story wrong"
Check it out on Soundcloud under album tab

Lyrics: 
Well, this is was a very delicate and drunken operation
You see, when you have a wasp nest on the side of your house
You have a couple options
One thing I do know is that man must always control nature
At least that's what my girlfriend said
One: You can get up on a ladder
Tape a bag around it 
That's kind of a dangerous  proposition
Or you can just call someone to take care of it
But, I'm an all American man!
Yes!

Option #2: You get up on a ladder
With a broom, maybe with an extended handle
Poke at it
Then run like hell
You know, a wasp nest is nothing but a pest
I'm a drunken mess!
Yes, yes, yes

Option #3: My friend Chuckie, he said he'd come over
You get up on the ladder, I'll hold your beer in the cozy
You smoke a big bong load of weed
Blow it right into the wasp nest
Multiple times
They'll all go to sleep
Extract the Queen
They'll will all die of heartbreak
Yes, yes, yes!

She said: before you begin
Let me call my friend
Were going to get some wine
And watch you from a distance
And see how a real man gets things done
Yes, yes!

Drinking Chronicles #24:Wasps

It never sleeps

studio per trio d'archi

This is an old song idea built from scratch back in 2015. We didn't think if someday we'll release this song due to lack of knowledge and budget limitation as well. But here we are now, hope you enjoy this hidden gem!

The Lost Tale

Nicknames

Cheer for your team

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

Sometimes the synchronicities come together so perfectly, you can’t help but laugh. I’ve been working on this song for a few weeks now; a piece inspired by a charmingly snarky friend of mine, from my favorite chat group. And on the day I planned to release it, I discover it’s also our host’s birthday. So it is with great excitement that I get to dedicate this quirkiest of songs to our dear friend Eddie Shook; the host of ‘Anything Goes’ (now broadcasting on alt-Thursdays on Mixlr (http://mixlr.com/sleepy-bass-radio/); then uploaded to Mixcloud (https://www.mixcloud.com/DJMenamenasta/)). Thank you Eddie, for 4.5 fantastic years (at least, that’s when I joined in. Haha) of great music; and for introducing me to a wonderful new circle of friends. You truly know how to put together an evocative and entertain show; and draw a kind and friendly audience as well.

Now to share some of the funnest things that have resulted from Eddie’s show over the years, starting with the title of this song… *nudges Janine gently into the spotlight*. Thanks to Eddie's generosity, my music has made an appearance pretty much every week since I discovered ‘Anything Goes’. My songs are usually nestled in between a modern day band emulating the electro sounds of the 80s or 90s, and a band authentically from the 60s or 70s (the show is very diverse, as the title suggests). Two shows ago, as my latest creation was playing, Janine made the comment ‘Your music always has this Subversive Robot Leprechaun element’, and everyone in the chat room loved the comment. After a brief discussion, we concluded… I needed to make that song. And so here it is. And thank you, Janine… for being the impetus behind this one. :)

Next wonderful story. Even before I discovered ‘Anything Goes’, Carlos was already a regular attendee in chat. When I first heard his music, I was honestly overwhelmed. My ears were not prepared for his depth and breadth of instrumental skill, and his time signatures quite simply boggled my mind. But after several shows I began to see the brilliance in the structure; and after several more, I began to ask questions. Carlos is truly generous with his knowledge, and he always takes time to explain musical concepts to me. Just listening to the show, I learned so much about music theory. Recently, Carlos generously offered to teach me some music theory basics (as well as how to actually play piano), and now a whole new phase of my life has begun… at the age of 52. And after just a few lessons, I can now play several musical scales and chords (like the Minor Pentatonic scales, as well as finally understanding that whole Circle of Fifths and Fourths thingy). So thank you, thank you, thank you, my friend. I can’t put into words how exciting this is for me.

And then of course there are all the collaborative projects that have resulted from this show (and the connections that I’ve made). I’m now at 20 collaborations/remixes; all with people I discovered (or actually met) on the show… and it’s a spectacular list: Carlos, Janine, Darren and Kelley (Keldari Station), Johanna (jOjO’Star), Stoney (Stone Catcherye), Jason (Asleep with Headphones and Lazy Dada, and also the generous provider of the Mixlr account), Michael (Think Good Audio), Frank and Kara (Honor in Treason), and Cheryl and Bevan (Vague Notion). I’m honored to have met all these talented musicians, and privileged to have worked with many of them. So… many thanks to all of you as well.

So there you go, Eddie. Thank you for everything. Happy birthday, my friend. I hope you are having a wonderful day today. And I hope this quirky little song puts a smile on your face. I look forward to chatting with you again next Thursday. :)

And for the rest of you SC music lovers, I hope you enjoy ‘Subversive Robot Leprechaun’. :D

WTF! The Musical

Subversive Robot Leprechaun

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually as part of my BandCamp PWWO #07 album)

It is with unbridled glee that I finally get to share a (long overdue) first collab with our dear friend, and ambient artist extraordinaire, Jo (https://soundcloud.com/minimal_drone_grl, https://minimaldronegrl.bandcamp.com/). The results are quite exciting, to say the least. We hope you enjoy our sonic adventure, 'Flora's Beautiful Dream'. :)

And now for our little story...

The first signs of morning sunlight appear above the mountain’s rock covered peaks, as the Earth spins us around to witness the brilliance of another new day. Bright rays shine visibly through the morning mist, and dewdrops sparkle like diamonds among the tree leaves as the valley below slowly fills with warmth and light. 

Flora watches from her vantage point high above; witnessing her friends in the forest come alive to greet another day; and the people in the city streets down in the valley below come alive to serve another day. She’s watched this dance for many years; the forest remaining peaceful in its ancient perfection; the people below growing ever more unsatisfied as they strive for an illusionary and strangely unattainable perfection of their own.
	
This idea might sound sad to you and I. But over the years she has also seen miracles occur among us. From her vantage point she sees us like fields of energy; and the majority of that energy looks rather stagnant and mucky, like cesspools of unmoving water, unaware of the renewing stream we have been cut off from. But once in a while, an explosion of light energy will burst outward from a single house or apartment building, as someone becomes disenfranchised from their false identity, and their hearts open up to new ideas for the first time.

Surprisingly, these changes often occur after great loss. And she suspects this is due to the fragility of our illusion. She sees how lost we all are in these roles and characters we have built for ourselves, and she sees how quickly that false identity can shatter when we lose the things we prioritized the most. The loss of a relationship or loved one, a terminal illness in the body, the end of a career, a complete collapse in financial stability… when we lose the things we thought mattered most to us, some of us experience a miraculous opportunity for awakening to the truth that we were never those things to begin with. 

Flora lovingly watches the majority of us grow more sickly and stagnant with time. And she never loses hope… because every evening, she has the same beautiful dream. 

In her mind, the first signs of morning sunlight appear above the mountain’s rock covered peaks, as the Earth spins us around to witness the brilliance of another new day. Bright rays shine visibly through the morning mist, and dewdrops sparkle like diamonds among the tree leaves as the valley slowly fills with warmth and light. 

But even brighter still are the explosions of light energy bathing the valley down below. After so many truly dark nights, many of us finally wake up the next morning to discover we were never all the things we lost in the night. In fact, we are something much larger. And as our energy explodes out, and the laws of attraction take hold, these simultaneous bursts prove to be strong and frequent enough to cause a chain reaction… and the whole valley lights up brighter than the sun itself. 

We have finally realized we are simply conscious life, and nothing more. And in our new found freedom from identity, we all begin again.

Flora slumbers peacefully, knowing full well… this dream will some day come true.

PWWO07

Flora's Beautiful Dream | Minimal_Drone*GRL & GrevusAnjl

Part 93 of 266
One of the very few TAFFETA chapters with no percussion.
Chapters released every weekend. All TAFFETA tracks are created within seven days. 

I use a complete hybrid of organic & electronic sounds within the scope of the Taffeta project. Nothing is out of the question and no limits are set on how things may evolve one way or another.

If you want to hear everything that has come before:
The TAFFETA Albums are available for free on Bandcamp.
Released in 15 part/chapter increments:

TAFFETA VOL. 6 releases on July 6, 2022.

TAFFETA VOL. 5  is now available on Bandcamp: https://belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-5

TAFFETA VOL. 4 
belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-4

COVER YOUR TORSO WITH TAFFETA! Check out the official TAFFETA 2022 t-shirt!
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TAFFETA Volume 1:
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TAFFETA Volume 2:
belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-2

TAFFETA Volume 3:
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The TAFFETA Playlist is always kept up to date:
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TAFFETA | 93

Kit: po16, Volca fm, uKORG, Logic Pro X
Acknowledgements:
Vocals - Modulated excerpts from “Imagining Imaginal (Stems)” by SackJo22 (copyright 2022) Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
Cover Art - Detail from “Another Place” by Anthony Gormley, 2007 (Crosby Beach).

“Open the heart to receive love,
Receive love to be loved"

X Marks The Spot (ft. SackJo22)

A beautiful day and the sun is shining down
Those golden rays help to wipe away the frown
Keep the vibe high
Don't let a 
Thing pass you by
A beautiful day , A beautiful day

winkandwoo 2022

A Beautiful Day

improvisational xuckery

Pierre Bordetti productions (c) 07/2022.
Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Pierre Bordetti

An Electro-Jazz track inspired by one of the very 
beautiful photos brought back by Julie during a recent 
trip to Tanzania.
Many thanks to Julie.

Une piste Electro-Jazz inspirée par l'une des très belles 
photos rapportée par Julie lors d'un récent voyage en 
Tanzanie.
Un grand merci à Julie.

Savanna

Gryy

The Mysterious Decibel - Deep Fried Heartbreak 💔

Part of an original music short series

Lyrics, instrumental, Vocals, Sounds, mix, song structure - The Mysterious Decibel

Vocal mix/master: Mark McClellan 

Listen to the instrumental here:
https://soundcloud.com/themysteriousdecibel/deep-fried-heartbreak-instrumental

Lyrics:
Why did you pull my heart right out of my chest?
Throw it on the chopping block with all the rest?
Dabbed them all in sauce, Cuz you said that's the zest!
The oil screams with the final quest!

To get the.. 
Deep fried heartbreak
A stinging flavor
Deep fried heartbreak
Am I my savior?
Deep fried heartbreak
We're all in the line
crystalizing, capsizing, going south of benign

I am the eater
The cheater
the breaker
the taker
The shadow of misery that meets your maker
Can you pick which one is yours?
No, cuz you're dead!
You were dead before
Now your heart is the dance floor
Down here where no water exists
I drink the tears of the broken, love fades in the mist
Until I slash out your heart, while I steal another
Manifest them all on the surface, smother them in butter!

Deep fried heartbreak
Deep fried heartbreak
Deep fried heartbreak
We're all in the line!

Deep Fried Heartbreak

___🎹_____A_N_O_T_H_E_R___M_U_S_I_C_____🎹___
_____BE CURIOUS, CREATIVE, INVENTIVE, DARE! ___

🙂 All titles, available for download

British scientists believe they have discovered a small planet made entirely of diamond outside our solar system. It is believed to orbit a pulsar some 4,000 light years away in the constellation Snake in the Milky Way. 

🙂 Tous les titres, disponibles en téléchargement

Des scientifiques britanniques pensent avoir découvert une petite planète entièrement composée de diamant en dehors de notre système solaire. Elle serait en orbite autour d'un pulsar situé à quelque 4 000 années-lumière dans la constellation du Serpent dans la Voie lactée. 
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🛠 - Made with MOOG & Modular / Multi-tracks
🎹 - Composed, arranged, performed, produced by Pier WILL & Studio 4H09
🔲 - Artwork - Pier WILL
🙏 - Acknowledgements - Ableton, AKG, Arturia, Audacity, Cantabile, Dell, Focusrite, Hewlett Packard, Logitech, Korg, M-Audio, Sony, SoundCloud, Teac, Techniks, Yamaha.
⚙️ - #Ambient #Movies #Experimental
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❤️Love, 🕊️Peace, 🙏Respect

The Mysterious Music of the Diamond Star

The Mysterious Music Of The Diamond Star

In a world so threatening everywhere, these melodies appear, with  the great drummer JAY WEINBERG of SLIPKNOT, greetings to all brothers, I will visit you soon

ROCK METAL 2

INSANE JAZZ METAL

INSANE JAZZ METAL (METALIZADO WHIT JAY WEINBERG  SLIPKNOT) free download, share my art

Let Me Go

Isn’t it amazing how a lifetime passes by – you are a father now and once you were a son
And everyone who knew you then still think they know you now – judge you for all you did not what you've done
I’d like to think I’m drifting on a cloud and looking out upon the souls that I have touched along the way
And like to think their looking back and as they smile they say – Hey man you know what you were okay
And when I feel I’m going nowhere – I’m going nowhere fast I look into your eyes once again
And when I feel I’m going nowhere – I’m going nowhere fast I realize that you're my one true friend
Isn’t it amazing how a lifetime passes by – you were a warrior and you still are now – and everyone who knew you then still think they know you now but because of you I made it through somehow
I’d like to think I’m drifting on a cloud and looking out upon the souls that I have touched along the way
And like to think their looking back and as they smile they say – hey man – you know what you were ok
And when I feel I’m going nowhere – I’m going nowhere fast I look into your eyes once again
And when I feel I’m going nowhere going nowhere fast I realize that you're my one true friend
Isn’t it amazing how a lifetime passes by kids have grown they got their own lives to live
I thank the lord they see me now same way they saw me then but to go back twenty years what I wouldn’t give
I like to think I’m drifting on a cloud and looking out upon my kids who understand my forte
And like to think their looking back and as they smile they say you know what – Dad you were okay

Eric Festa's Album

Nowhere Fast

Poppy Seed 00:00
Bikini-clad Ice Maiden 05:44

Poppy Seed/Bikini-clad Ice Maiden

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

Latin, literally ‘not having control of one's mind’.

If there was ever a time in my life when I questioned the sanity of the world, this would be it. So many things are not working; and so many people in power seem to want to keep it that way. How does one maintain hope (and provide others hopeful ideas), when the daily news tells such a different story? At what point do the hopeful messages just feel out of touch, rather than helpful?

Bo Burnham’s comedy special ‘Inside’ (on Netflix, but you can find several skits on YouTube as well) should be recommended viewing for all human beings right now. It’s a brilliantly insightful and snarky view of the world we live in, and a candid peek into his struggles facing that world. Half charming, half alarming… he is unapologetic and razor sharp in how he interprets the modern age. Here’s a line from one of the opening songs that really hit home for me:

"The more I look, the more I see nothing to joke about. Is comedy over? Should I leave you alone? Cause really who's gonna go for joking at a time like this? Should I be joking at a time like this? I wanna help to leave this world better than I found it. And I fear that comedy won't help, and the fear is not unfounded."

This so accurately summarizes how I feel right now. Is what I’m doing helping? Or does (you pick the hot topic driving you nuts at the moment) seem so out of control, that I seem out of touch with reality… trumpeting loving and hopeful messages in the face of the chaos? 

In the end, I feel there are only two paths available to us at any given time; activity and inactivity. I don’t know that the specific activity matters as much as the drive and purpose behind that activity. I suspect the point is simply to do anything positive that tells the universe where your heart and intent are focused. The alternative… inactivity probably looks a lot like freezing in your tracks, getting lost in fear (or anger, which I consider a sub-category of fear)… and refusing to (or feeling like you can’t) move forward. It’s pretty easy to imagine how that energy won’t be helping anyone… especially you.

So maybe it’s as simple as just doing something that seems meaningful to you. Maybe that means protesting. Or donating to causes that align with your values. It might be conserving water, limiting waste, and recycling. Perhaps it’s providing your services and skills to someone in need; or simply smiling at someone as you pass them on the street. And it can also take the form of artistic and creative expression; a valuable offering for people in need of evocative images, sounds and ideas. All of these things hold power. And all are important in my mind. So rather than questioning whether we’re doing the right things, or enough of the right things… maybe we just need to follow our hearts (not our minds), and see where that leads us. Our hearts already seem to know us better than we know ourselves anyway. Let’s try trusting that little fellow, and see where it takes us.

I hope you enjoy my latest sonic adventure, ‘Non Compos Mentis’. :)

Non Compos Mentis

track from 2022†ATMOS†PHERE † OF GOD AND † DEVIL†: "†Δ Funeral Mist Δ† (EP)" free download this track and the full EP, from 2 alternative links:
- https://archive.org/details/funeral-mist-ep
- https://skulltriangleskull.bandcamp.com/album/funeral-mist

†Δ Funeral Mist Δ†

FɄᑎERΔŁ MI§† [Humanfobia Haun†ed House Mix]

Red Carpet Procession - Music by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] |  Live V-Synth Jam | Electro Space Pop

The King and Queen are now finally walking down the elegant-extravagant Red Carpet to officialize the vital ties, the surrounding connections, the obligatory motions here-on from this day forward...and all eyes indeed are on them...a splendid celebrity high-fine, status-star-procession...it carries on, as today is the day of all days, it's the marriage day, the match of all astral matches...sacred vows fully embraced, a majestic unforgetable soul to soul, now about to be etched in stone, for all near and far to realize...yes, this couple destined to be, from the very start, will rule like good royal nobles do...only to execute their eminent duties for the good of their people. Hope you all enjoy this heart to heart Red Carpet Procession my lovely distinguished guests of honour XOXOXO-REKHA

Music Performed & Recorded, Composed & Produced, Mixed & Mastered by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] at IYERN [Fe] RECORDS in CANADA


M: RCP Procession BU 2

Trailokya

RED CARPET PROCESSION

Red Carpet Procession - Music by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] |  Live V-Synth Jam | Electro Space Pop

This track is built on top of a sequence that I produced with the microfreak sequencer which I was quite happy with. The drum track was created in Korg Gadget and many of the added synth lines are from the minilogue.

"A cascading failure is a failure in a system of interconnected parts in which the failure of one or few parts leads to the failure of other parts, growing progressively as a result of positive feedback." - Wikipedia

Cascading Error

Morning Dew On The Window

This is a song i wrote for my next album[Tales of generation x]
it is about class division how the rich and the poor have to share the same citys and the same planet  how we conquer and divide.
Its also a song about our fears and anxietys about love and how we interact with other humans.
We make our own desires so mind the gaps of history us wolfs we hunt alone
keep calm and carry on -jim sept 2022
watch the music video on my youtube https://youtu.be/wLanb1-hulI

Fear of Attraction

fear of attraction

Fear Of Attraction [watch the music video on youtube]

the sun is dead

Pośród zgiełku.Linia życia(suplement)/IIn the midst of the hustle and bustle. Lifeline(supplement)

Under The Hood.

I've forgotten what love is, what it is to you 
If I die, will you cry over this? 
if I die, will you come to my funeral? 



please don't cry I'll be back tomorrow and if not leave 7 flowers on my grave
if you love me, say it to my face 
You have a chance now, you have a chance 
because tomorrow I could be somewhere else and I could lose myself in haze  
I'm like a ghost and your words are like a breath of fresh air 

I want to shout it to the world I have you in my head all the time 
Now everybody knows I love you 
I want you on my side  
I don't want to lose you 
I want to kiss you till I drop dead tonight 

in the back seat of my b benz 
I give you my love I give you everything I can 
in my bed I want to touch your lips 
I want to touch your hands I want to touch your neck again 

You give me pain I'm crazy but I like it 
you make me crazy, I'm crazy about you more than these last things
that made me almost die that made me cry inside. 
that made me attem suicide

sick weedd - love me

(Written by Terry Reeves)
Terry Reeves: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Hans Albers: All other instruments, Arrangement & Production

I think it’s important to say that a lot more women than you think have had one or multiple miscarriages. It’s just that it is a subject not often talked about because of the very personal pain that the couple go through. The unborn life has no contact with anybody else except the mother and the emotions are often only remembered by the mother and father.
When Jo and I were expecting our second child we were very excited and looking forward to having another Reeves in our growing family. I will never forget the day that we were told we were going to lose the baby and once told, left sitting in an open A & E waiting area having to cope with all our raw emotions and the prospect of the impending loss amongst the rest of the other patients.
Jo had to go through a painful operation to terminate the pregnancy and it is a day she will never forget. We were a family of three planning being a family of four having now to plan being a family of three recovering from an invisible loss and explain it to our young son.
It was an extremely difficult time but we were fortunate that after a few years we did have two more children. Jo tells me that although it is difficult to explain the connection she had with the unborn child that the presence of life inside her will never be forgotten.
I felt I couldn’t let this moment in our lives pass by without acknowledging our unborn child in some way. The rollercoaster of emotions we shared at that time from euphoria at increasing our family to devastation and bereavement at our loss were felt intensely only by Jo and myself played it’s part in forging the strong bond we have had throughout our relationship. (Terry Reeves)

Two giving chance for more to love
Sharing excitement of a life that grew
Future moments by imagination
Holding tightly to a dream, not knowing who

The moment will always be there

No blessing from a hand of friendship 
Could change the feeling of love untried
A desperation of disappearing contact
Sixteen weeks of wonder with a life inside

The moment will always be there
Will always be there x2

Will always be there x3

It’s hard to share the tears of life unborn
Expectations waiting, true feelings strong
Growing three to four into a family together 
Not knowing where to be or why we belong

The moment will always be there
Will always be there x2

Many questions asked reasons who or why
Emotional growth but no name it’s true
An everlasting memory impossible to share
Changing 4 back to 3 kept just between two

The moment will always be there
Will always be there
Will always be there
Will always be there

FOUR TO THREE - CRIPPLE CLUB & HANS ALBERS

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

Good afternoon my SC friends. This year, I thought it might be fun to share some of the brain rebooting information I’ve discovered over the years that helped me navigate life a little easier. So if you like the idea of following along with these liner notes, you’ll want to watch this video first (about 1 minute... Selective Attention Test video: https://youtu.be/vJG698U2Mvo), before you continue reading down. It’s quite challenging to get the count right, but the results are utterly fascinating. :)

*waits patiently*

Welcome back. So, if you haven’t already seen it before, you just watched a video that brilliantly demonstrates our limited capacity as observers. I admit, I was so busy counting the passing ball… I totally missed the gorilla. Most of my family missed it as well. And according to the creators of the video, at least 50% of the audience will. That’s mind blowing.

So what does that say about our perceptions? It seems to suggest we’re not as aware as we think we are. And that is a lovely thought, because it means we don’t have to be so hard on ourselves when we misperceive things. We are literally incapable of taking it all in, and therefore we don’t always have the full picture (or even the same picture as our fellow traveller).

And that just demonstrates the limits of our mental awareness. Now consider our senses for a moment… how our hearing range is limited to a range of 20Hz to 20kHz. Think about how our vision doesn’t go below the ultraviolet or above the infrared. And I know I can’t smell things to the excellent degree my family’s pets can. 

The one that really blows my mind is that we aren’t ever physically touching anything. There is always an atomic amount of space between all objects. So when I sit down in a chair, what’s really happening is the molecular particles that collectively agreed to make up my butt are interacting with the molecular particles that collectively agreed to make up that chair; and the signals are all just electrical stimuli to my brain. I believe I can feel the smoothness of the polished woodgrain… but it isn’t a full or accurate story.

So now we have an idea of the limitations of our five senses. Add to that how we are limited to those five senses in the first place (unless some of you have physically developed sonar like a bat or have the ability to create an external multi-member neural network like fungi do underground), and you start to have a better idea just how much of the picture we are missing. 

So in a nutshell, we simply don’t have the full picture; and that can be a very liberating realization. That idea gave me the wisdom I needed to release my stranglehold on being a perfectionist… just a little bit. If I’m constantly missing things I don’t even know I’m missing, perfection isn’t even an option. I can also take these ideas out into the world with me, and realize we really don’t perceive things as similarly as we think we do. We are constantly being influenced by everything from our senses and mental awareness to cognitive dissonance and the bias of preference. We are each having different experiences, and that underlying realization is a great place to start, if change be the thing we desire. :)

So if you found this write-up interesting, you might enjoy ‘The Invisible Gorilla, And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us’ by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons. It’s a thought provoking read. 

I’ll share other inspirational books and TV shows in future song notes. In the meantime, I hope you enjoyed my latest sonic adventure, ‘Develop Mental’ (especially all the little details I added in the 21kHz+ range, as well as the ‘scratch and sniff for dogs’ elements). :)

Develop Mental

Papo de cria numa jam session na casa do Paulinho.
Naquela velha parceria louca.
Vocal/Letra/Violão - Paulo Simões
Guitarra/Beats/Synths - Enrico De Luca
Produção Lubraxx - Cafofus Records.

Bafafá Monstro - Caqui Com Mamão.

Evocative song to listen to without hurry... most serious job I've done lately, say no more.

Letra / Translated lyrics:

SI TÚ ME FALTARAS  /  IF I MISSED YOU

Abre tu risa mis ojos,  /  Your laugh opens my eyes,
olor a café por la mañana…  /  smell of coffee in the morning…
Para murmurarte un beso  /  So as to whisper you a kiss
me levanto de la cama.  /  I get up from the bed.

Aaaay! Si tú me faltaras  /  Aaaay! If I missed you
aaaay! de tedio moriría.  /  aaaay! I’d die of weariness.

Me despierta muy temprano  /  Wakes me up very early
el olor de tu cuerpo a mi lado.  /  the smell of your body beside me.
Para que se haga de noche pronto  /  So that it gets dark soon
rápidamente me he levantado.  /  I have got up fast.

Siento que mi vida se desliza por el sabor tan suave de tu cuello y de tus besos.  /
I feel my life slips along such a soft flavor of your neck and your kisses.

Puedo ser ligero como el aire y filtrarme con mi fuego en tus sueños y en tus deseos.  /
I can be as light as air and percolate with my fire into your dreams and your desires.

Busco el momento cada día de volver para gozarte, para olerte, para amarte…  /
I look for the moment every day to come back so as to enjoy you, to smell you, to love you … 

para amarte, sí, aaaay! para amarte.  /  to love you, yes, aaaay! to love you.

Juega tu lengua en mi cerebro,  /  Your tonge plays in my brain,
recorren mi espalda tus caricias.  /  your caresses cross my back.
Miro el reloj y suspiro,  /  I look at the clock and sigh,
deseando que acabe el día.  /  wishing the day to finish. 

Aaaay! Si tú me faltaras  /  Aaaay! If I missed you
aaaay! de tedio moriría.  /  aaaay! I’d die of weariness.

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Si tú me faltaras (de tedio moriría)

Ursa Minor Dance Patterns (Demo)

A cover version of the song "The Sweet Escape" from the Finish Rock band "Poets of the Fall", with Japanese lyrics.

"The Sweet Escape" was written by Poets of the Fall and was released in 2018 on the album "Ultraviolet". Our version was created as fans to honor a beautiful ballad.

Japanese adaptation: Miss Sato and Kirine
Vocals: Kirine (https://soundcloud.com/kirine11)
Musical arrangement and recording: Spektralfarben

The Sweet Escape - female cover in Japanese (feat. Kirine)

Track shows a very delicate theme and a quite hard-riffed part, both alternating and finally flowing up to an endless symphonic dream (words are half a poem I wrote previously (not these, but lyrics below)).

Letra  /  Translated lyrics:

No despiertes (Sólo un sueño)  /  Don’t you wake up (Only a dream)

No... despierta... no... no despiertes  /  No ... wake up ... no ... don’t you wake up
no, cuidado... no despiertes, na na na na na...  /  no, take care ... don’t you wake up, na na na na na…
... despierta al fin y date cuenta  /  ... wake up at last and realize
de que todo ha sido un sueño, na na na na na...  /  everything has been a dream, na na na na na...

Una vez más, nervios y resentimiento,  /  Once again, nerves and resentment,
todo en mi vida es sueño, sólo ha sido eso.  /  everything in my life is a dream, it has only been so.

Y de nuevo, con el tiempo,  /  And again, with time,
incubando un nuevo sueño,  /  incubating a new dream,
me voy hundiendo en mis propios brazos,  /  I am sinking in my own arms,
me acuno, me canto y me voy acostumbrando...  /  cradle myself, sing to myself and get used...

Otro escenario, otros personajes,  /  Another stage, other characters,
la misma historia, na na na na na...  /  the same story, na na na na na...
que durará un día, un milenio,  /  which will last one day, a millenium,
toda mi vida, na na na na na...  /  all my life, na na na na na...

Pero sin duda vendrán a despertarme  /  But undoubtedly the laughs of people
las risas de la gente, alguna tarde.  /  will come to wake me up, any evening.

Y entonces, con miedo...  /  And then, fearfully...

No... despierta… no… no despiertes (…)  /  No ... wake up ... no ... don’t you wake up (…)

No despiertes (Sólo un sueño)

(Jan 9th, 2025) Just a quick message to let you know I'm not going to be active here for a while. If you need to reach me, you can always message me at GrevusAnjl@mac.com. 
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Welcome to my sonic playground. I don't consider myself a skilled musician. I just sculpt sounds to quiet my mind... often with surprising and humorous results. Thank you for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed your visit. :)