AndyP with BenJammin'
BenJammin' Planted this seed, we grew it together.

Project 18

Hello All
We just wanted everyone who has submitted a track to know that Smirks is continuing to work on these. We are both proud and pleased to say that your response was simply amazing, with such brilliant pieces to work on and, because we want the finished product to be the best it can be, putting everything together is taking time.  Smirks also contracted Covid some weeks ago, which has laid him quite low for a time - another reason things have been held up.  But we wanted to assure you that the project is very much ongoing.  

So Smirks decided to put this together to give listeners a taster of what we want the end product to be.  He hasn't included any of your submissions because he didn't want to spoil the element of surprise for everyone involved.
There are many collabs currently being put together - even my brother Tel and myself are working on something - so it's a very complex entity, all things considered.  But rest assured, we are getting there.
Thanks to all for all your patience.  (Gary Reeves)

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Samples used ( to name a few )
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Voice Actress Jennifer Hale - Game - OVERWATCH - Ashe
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G6nWZ61j_w

MJ - Black or White
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTFE8cirkdQ

intro - ELDERS REACT TO DUBSTEP - 2012
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgII2gDY-Rw

Beats International - Dub Be Good To Me
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MnELifX3sQ

Gaming Music - Star Ocean 3 OST - Requiem For A Saint
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G28copkOp0

Faithless - Salva Mea
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON3PC7ApBB0

Opera - Maria Callas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iwGIBewHPM

Movie - Gone with the Wind 1939
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja1fqOo4ukc

Movie - Scarface 1983
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35p6iA24_w4

Bobby McFerrin - Ave Maria
www.youtube.com/watch?v=14LcvpXmb74

Duo des fleurs - Sabine Devieilhe & Marianne Crebassa 2017
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ZL5AxmK_A

The Doors - Light my fire
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbj1RFaoyLk

Dick Clark Interview - Jefferson Airplane 1967
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKtJ0XTwgTE

Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtfZbj4J71A

Golden Earring - Radar Love
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRlSHG5hRY4

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye5BuYf8q4o

Queen - Another One Bites The Dust 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwwaWVP2PGE

The Beatles - Love me do
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_ND5fVCEqI

Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp9G0zkorio

Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHcYFxU4fMo

and lots more ...

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Soundcloud samples used
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Mountain Songs

Norman Chop Trio - Yes we are 1973
Mountain-songs –  https://on.soundcloud.com/Z3B7

Norman Chop Trio - The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood
Mountain Songs - https://on.soundcloud.com/y4ui

Vocals - Hippie Sara - Love me closer
Sara B Vocals -  https://on.soundcloud.com/96Lb

Cello - Rachael Lander
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM9bFD8pq28

TCP MUSIC
Teresa-Powell – Mist
TCP MUSIC - https://on.soundcloud.com/pBs8

ECSTASY OF FUMBLING - A Town Called Ghost
ECSTASY OF FUMBLING -  https://on.soundcloud.com/1Gfy

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Collab info
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Collab admin - Mountain Songs
@mountain-songs - 
Remixer - Lyrical Smirks
@user-820148039
@user-518378272

*New OBC
Mountain-songs – One-big-collaboration-revived-project-please-read-description-for-all-the-info -  https://on.soundcloud.com/fkXE

ONE BIG COLLABORATION UPDATE - Please read description...

MY DAYS IN EYDON.
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Second time I collaborate with Peter.

Great musician, exceptional lyricist and masterful social critic. All his work is full of social winks, a memory of something or someone or a beautiful poetry, and you can see it in the link below.

https://soundcloud.com/user-264930040

The first time he was kind enough to give me, on top of music I sent him, wonderful lyrics about my city, in which I feel deeply lucky to live. Do not publish this song as a gift, but you can listen to it in the following link.

https://soundcloud.com/user-264930040/hot-seville-night?si=d574dcbb06ff45648b332f9ffaca4522&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

That's why I decided to finish an unfinished song in December 2015 so that I could describe the town where he lives and return the gift to him.

Thank you Peter for your patience, enthusiasm and dedication.


Lyrics.

Ghosts
Float through my mind
Souls from ancient times
Speaking in their song of bones
Through tombstone telephones
....and they're whispering
…....they're whispering

Stones
Spangled with iron
In perpetual denial
Of earthly ticks and tocks
Doing time in village stocks
....and they're whispering
…....they're whispering
…..........they're whispering.... now....

Earth
Soft as the bells
Old hands forged them well
When you can smell the time
And hear the fires shine
....and they're whispering
…....they're whispering

Ghosts
Float through my mind
Souls from ancient times
Speaking in their song of bones
Through tombstone telephones
....and they're whispering
…....they're whispering
…..........they're whispering.... 
…..............but the whispering …..is mine.....
…...................it's all mine....

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16 tracks from Music Studio 2 with native instruments and from the Xewton forum.

2 Synthmater KV331 tracks

Music: Midisound
Lyric and voice: Peter.

Cover art of Eydon by Peter.

Editing and mixing: Midisound
Made on Ipad September 2022.

The mix....the usual...in the car.

We hope you like it

Thanks for the feedback.

Paco.

My Days In Eydon (Peter & Midisound)

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

Good morning my SC friends. 

So… this is now a thing I created. o.o

Turns out, I had a few pints of bitter ennui that were about to expire (hidden in the wine cellar of my soul). And rather than letting it go to waste, I decided to uncork the whole lot. 

Needless to say, it proved quite fumigating. And when I woke from the haze and daze of the experience… this track was the surprising end result of breathing in those iffy gasses. 

All snark aside, it was actually quite cathartic, creating something so… apocalyptic (for me). My wife and I have always laughed at the fact that, even though I was a huge fan of industrial/goth (Front 242, Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, etc.) in my youth… my personal creations surprisingly never went that dark. ‘Blues Clues does a cover of Bauhaus’ was about as close as I could get.

But over the last few years, my headspace has changed a wee bit (and I’m sure many of you are in the same boat). It’s as if the happier sounds seem a little out of touch with reality these days. And I’m not saying I don’t want to return to those spaces ever again. But I am discovering that my music flows more naturally, if I honor whatever comes of it (rather than trying to run everything through the taffy pull of insincere chipperness).

So I guess the moral of this story might be… if you are feeling stressed/depressed/angry/afraid, those emotions provide a great opportunity for growth, if you channel them into something creative. Nothing helps me process my emotions better than a deep dive into self reflective writing, or creating smart-ass art, or sculpting a song with some sharper edges. It’s like the old saying goes… if you don’t go within, you go without. And oppressed and buried feelings and emotions will only fester over time. Plus, it’s amazing how often that self-made monster in the closet turns out to be nothing more than a giant dust bunny… when you shine a light on it.

I hope you enjoy my latest, and perhaps darkest (and we’re talking ‘SpongeBob does a cover of Skinny Puppy’ dark) offering, ‘WTF! The Musical’. :)

[Oh, and another tip of the hat to my dear friend Carlos. I was able to make good use of my Major Blues Scales lessons here. Thank you muchly. :D]

WTF! The Musical

This track is classical music that is mysterious and existential. It comes with dramatic grasp.

Walls

My favorite Beatles song… since I can remember!! All recorded on “ touch” instruments @ GarageBand!!!

Strawberry Fields Forever ( The Beatles cover )

Paola Madeleine:  Vocals
Ben Juul:  Drums, Mix & Master
Dirk Taubenheim:  Guitars, Bass, Vocals

This song is based on the great series "The Chosen", which portrays Jesus in a very different way than usual. Here you can see why He wowed people so much! Many thanks to Paola for her incredible vocals and to Ben for friendship and musical support!

He will come  ft. PAOLA MADELEINE

Choking Hazard

Vocals, lyrics by Nadia Selvaggi
Instrumental & mix by Toshi Rio: https://soundcloud.com/toshi-rio
*Photo: My mother, Esther, Williamsburg,  Brooklyn, NY

Italian American
By Nadia Selvaggi

Shadows creeping over
tailored plastic upholstery
A chorus rising
from the Kings of Williamsburg

O, As gray and worn out
as the buildings on Grand St, Bedford, and Ainslie
O, Sauce from a brown paper bag,
breaded artichokes, and Angela's gravy

Shadows creeping over
baccàla and calamari
Undershirts, hairy chests, 
the thrill of Brylcreem

O, Plaster saints, plastic rosaries,
OLMC's Giglio Feast
O, A hundred black haired lifters
and the scent of Tony's powdered Zeppoli

I am an Italian American

O, Uncle Sal's pre-paid crypt
at St. John Cemetery, Queens
O, Fifty grand for
Gabriella's fancy sweet sixteen

I am an Italian American

Shadows creeping over
the Brooklyn Bridge and Domino's factory
Marco and Carmella's fancy wedding

O, Red, white and green
on a box of Fortunato's pastry
O, Cherry ices,
Uncle Angelo's embroidered shirt
stained with Spumoni

I am an Italian American

O, Uncle Pete's pasty pancaked corpse
at Mastroianni's
O, Twenty grand
for marble cased eternity

Italian American by Toshi Rio & Nadia Selvaggi

Bakhmut

Mellow

(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. :)