This took me by surprise, such a beautiful Bossa sound and a heartbreaking story. Great presentation and performance, so memorable

Ain't it the truth? Great juxtaposition of musical style and lyrical content. You don't even feel the knife going in.

The bossa chords contrast nicely with the unsettling lyrics:)

a nice Bossa Nova take on the Jim Carroll theme -- the photo looks like my dog Buster, who developed a neurlological disorder in his lower spine and had to be put to sleep; dang messy universe indeed

Pulling me in different directions, This is really good man.

The music content lightens the incredible dark lyrics. Excellent vocals.

Blues songs about drinking, death, God and the Devil

The Curse Of A Good Looking Ghost

Song recipe: Borrow chords from the CCR Songbook that my Dad gave me for my 12th birthday, play some distorted Elmore James guitar licks, shout some vocals, become a human beatbox, add black magic, press record.

Lyrics:
When John met the Devil
The Devil was in a hole
And the Devil said to John:
Give me your hand and I will give you riches like you've never known
Just give me your hand John
I'll give you riches like you've never known
I'll give you a brand new (to you)
Gently used mobile home
Oh, John don't worry about the bad
Cause the bad sleep well
Every single night
I'll leave you lots of whisky and bones
With meat...
Meat on them bones!
You can have all the love that you want
From these bathing beauties
in this Devil factory
It's like a bad restaurant
That's not very good
But you can have all you want
Understood?
One man's good luck charm
Is another man's burden
One man's suicide tree
Is just another man's shade
John, I can give you guile
Vanquish demons
I can keep you in style
Indulge your Id ego
I'll help you keep it under control
Hey John, Let me out of this hole
Get me out of this hole
Give me your hand John!
Your hand John
Lift me up and out of the hole

John Meets The Devil (Act 1)

The slow death of a hard drinking ladies man
Lyrics:
After all these years of drinking in this place
They still haven't change the carpet
On that plywood stage
If you want to know about my fall from grace
Just read the roadmap
And the lines on my face
 I'm a post-modern
Existential
Drunk
I use to love the ladies until the sun came up
Not reading books!
Being handsome  is so much harder than it looks

(Chorus)Oh, I don't mean to boast
Your drinking with a good looking ghost
Out looking better than most
The curse of a good looking ghost

The ladies they say Shade:
"When you hit 30, that hard living going to catch up with you"
All that drinking
The pills and the thrills
So I gave up on the sauce
But it  made me so angry
Like devil meeting his new boss
(Chorus)

Satin sheets
You know that I've been down many of the wrong streets
I'm full of medicine
And my bullshit
The ladies seems
So reticent
Hospital wishes
Horoscope kisses
Avoiding the Mr
Of the Mrs
The curse of a good looking ghost
Who knew being handsome is harder than it looks?

Curse Of A Good Looking Ghost

A sentimental country-ish ballad with a big sad finish.
Dedicated to anyone suffering from memory loss. Thanks for listening.
Lyrics:
I can still remember
Felicia in December
Outside in the cold
Smoking Swisher Sweet Cigarettes
But she would always forget
If you're gonna inhale that shit
You know she always got sick
She'd chewed down the tip

It's like I told you on the phone
My mind is not all my own
All my memories are dissolving
Our nights in Arroyo Park
Out feeling that spark
That Datsun that would never start
My bad Cure haircut (disaster!)
My heart was beating faster
A sketch of a love scene
Painted behind
A gothic old master

I was selfish with my time
And now I seem to lead my life
Conducting orchestras in my mind
Oh, I don't know how this sounds
But sometimes I listen to the ground
To hear and feel the rumblings
I think that you're coming around

All my memories are dissolving
Soon, I'll have no memories of this world
I'll have no memories of this world
So let's go out tonight
And shoot out the lights!
Let's break our hearts tonight
I'll have no memories of this world

I wanted to drop you this line
To thank you for the time
And thank you for being in my life
Thank you for being my life

Let's Break Our Hearts Tonight

3 Miles.

A song about a narcissist who is oblivious to those around him.
Lyrics:
Punctured with your needles and tubes
Inside your hotel room
Life is like a cyst
Or an open wound
Waiting to exhume
I've never been emotionally deep
I think that's why I'm still alive

We met over drinks
And our shared emotional baggage
Minor characters
We'd lost the plot
At first thought
It's all the damage that I brought
Sitting next to you
Clearing my head
Outside your abstract sick bed

I always seem to get my way
You know that's the way this boy was raised
I've learned everything from American movies
The way that I talk
The way that it rots
The way I walk
With feelings twice removed
Inside your hospital room
Abstract sick bed

(Abstract) Sick Bed

Blues about the fall from grace of a former drinking partner.
Lyrics:
Well, well, well,(cough) well, well
So here you are
Your back in the bar
Well, well, well, well
You've been living the life of an eccentric
You've been out there in the realm
Like way out there man
Like gone, like real gone
You'd been living it up downtown
But uptown, you've lost your shine
Hanging around the Garden of Babylon
It's where you left your keys, your heart and your mind
Well, well, well, well
It's the bottom rung of the ladder blues

What did I see?
Out of my peripheral vision
My friend?
They always say:
You always come back to where you begin
You've been living uptown
But downtown, that's right
The money, the money , the money, the money
She never treats you right
C'mon!
Well, well, well, well
The bottom rung of the ladder blues
I hit the bottom rung of the ladder blues

Well, Well, Well, Well (Bottom Rung Blues)

Bloom

I BRING THE NOISE / IPG1 & Paploviante 
IPG1: Vocals 
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/i-bring-the-noise-vocals-86-bpm
Paploviante: Music, E Bass, Mix, Mastering and Picture

I Bring The Noise - IPG1 & Paploviante

1 - 5-2024

True stories
From my Album " The Curse Of A Good Looking Ghost"
Lyrics:
Kelly, she took her Dad's sports car out for a ride
She hit a tree
That girl was just 17 years when she died
My friend Carew
He always knew what to do
To keep his mind and body healthy
He never drank beer and never smoked pot
Out for a Sunday run
Hit by a Greyhound Bus
Ohh God keeps a messy house
God keeps a messy house

My friend Mike T
He swam out to the sea
Trying to rescue a drowning boy
Who fell down to the bottom of the ocean
I swear this story is true
That boy went on to kill his family
The Lord works in mysterious ways
Lord works in wondrous ways
God keeps a messy house
Works in wondrous
Mysterious ways
God keeps a messy house

God Keeps A Messy House (Acoustic)

This is a re-mix of the original we did years ago . Jeff Roberts who created it from my basic acoustic idea wanted to remix and get it out on Spotify under the name of The Bird Thieves . 
Jeff was the first artist I ever collaborated with on Soundcloud and I will always be grateful to him for giving me the opportunity and believing in my raw ideas. 
Since then I’ve have worked with many great talented musicians from Soundcloud . The Conscience Of Kings project with Noobly simply transformed me and my love for being creative all over again. 
Thank you to everyone I have worked with and everyone I have engaged with on this platform.
Enjoy this tune all over again and a massive thanks to a Soundcloud legend that is Jeff Roberts. 
Spotify link : https://open.spotify.com/track/46zHcDFbLSZIPWtFb18Ttf?si=bZFoDWzhQbu4DCKO2K6Hcw


Our Carpe Diem 


Candy to my eyes 
Sweet poison in my heart 
We were electric together 
But safer miles apart
In wild times we were living
And you always made me laugh
When you Dancing on the tables
And falling over in the dark

If your gonna judge us
You better be perfect 
And if you’ve got something say
It better be worth it
we lived for the moment x2
I’m our very own Carpe Diem 


Caught a train to London 
In hindsight shouldn’t of went
We stayed out 48 hours
And drank next months rent
Beautiful minds equal beautiful times
it was never gonna last
But what an absolute blast

Chorus with a times 4 

Outro

Ohhhh Darcey 
With lived for the moment x4

Our Carpe Diem Remix 2024 The Bird Thieves

Hello, here I'm back with pop-rock and a lot of electronic groove.
I hope you enjoy the listening 🎧🔈 have a nice trip 🚀🙂

Cheers CJ

CJR-Music originals | more info also here: https://www.cjrogersmusic.com

Trance Ship

By Michele Ansani, 2022.
This music is meant to evoke the stages of life, the hopes, the cracks, the losses, the confidence, the disappointments, the achievements, the conflicting emotions of everyday.

Recorded for the umpteenth and last time on 12 June 2024 in Milan, with Lorenzo Di Biasi (https://www.sartoria57studio.it/)
Picture is from Pietro Corrao.

Timelines

This Way

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Carlos Vivanco

Desert Shadows

Multi Universe 2.0

Yeah OK sorry this is presuming a lot from my peers but I'm gonna post this before version of a tune as a "new" tune with the hope that it might prompt generous listeners to check out the newer, heavily edited version of it uploaded in the original spot.

Take You Down DRAFT

I try to write with rich lyrical details and self-deprecating humor about the human condition. Plus, that unique Shade Structure sound!  It sounds best with headphones. Thanks for any comments, reposts or likes.

Discography: Available under Album tag on my Soundcloud main page. Free Downloads/ Always Free
* The Curse Of A Good Looking Ghost (2024)
* Low Profile (2024)
* Smilers (EP 2023)
•Short Songs For Tall Minds"  (2022)
•Friends, They're Gonna Get Your Story Wrong (2021)
•A Suburban Dadaist With Some Store Bought Beats (2021)
•All Feel and No Technique (2020)
•This Is How I Spend My Nights (2019)
•California Songs (2018-2019)
All sounds contained within are home-made/DIY recordings. Most songs are short stories, as I am influenced by Musicians & Writers like Raymond Carver, Warren Zevon, Mountain Goats, Tom Waits, Mark Eitzel,  Randy Newman, Destroyer, Steely Dan, Captain Beefheart, Loudon Wainwright III, Leonard Cohen & The National. Most songs have the lyrics on the song page. Thank you for listening!

God Keeps A Messy House (Acoustic)

Shade Structure

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