You have succeeded in making the track sound like a busy brain when sleeps the last thing thats gonna happen.

Perfectly catches the insomnia nervousness, great (and hope you can sleep soon)

Great lyrics and bad  ass drums and drums and singing, Jo!! The sleep thief has stolen many years from me, as well!! Oh well! Sitting ( laying) on a couch on a whole day off, scrolling thru X and SoundCloud… it sometimes helps, ha!😂 great one, man, brother!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏

Oh man, that thief is is my house too the bastard. Really like this production.

ha, I had the same Captain Beefheart  comparison that someone else made here. What a killer sonic assault!

MegaMix 3rd December 24

What up Dan, Darklands audio, persistence paaayz...

The Answer

#originaltrack #originalsong #songwriter #improvise 

Hear me (improvise)

Aqua Green

I normally go for "light and melodic" in my music but here i've gone for "dark and percussive" for a change!! 

Music,composition,arrangment,mix and production ... Pablo
Retro-Tone Audio ©2023

The Dream Chaser

The Dream Chaser ................ Scary Mix ...............

when you gotta make a song to give her the hint lol

Do What's Right Master

Words and Music by Roger Whittlesey. All sounds by Whittlesey. © 2024

Dear Reader, 

Not all songs must exist on the grid. This song has no click track and therefore, it breathes. As a result, nothing was quantized. It's real playing and real performances. I hope that you can hear it. 

Of course,  the song was multitracked (I played and sang everything, so it had to be) and since there was no grid, I had to listen and react to make it gel.  I hope you consider what I did a success. 

Thanks as always for coming back to listen to more of my music. In the past four years I have produced more than 140 original music videos and I have gained 800 subscribers. This is only the beginning. I have much more music to write, arrange and produce, and I am thankful for every listen. 

Respectfully, 

Roger Whittlesey
July 2024

Something Up Your Sleeve

I just can't sleep. Sleep thief, why are you picking on me?
From the album "Röckers" (2024)

Lyrics:
I've tried sleeping pills
And chamomile tea
The woman on the screen 
She's whispering at me
Sometimes, she would crinkle a bag
And make a sound all soft to my ear
Reminds me of like, being back in the womb
Sleep thief
Why have you done me wrong?

Sleep thief
Why are you picking on me?
No sleep. It's affecting my concentration
My conversations
I go off onto a tangent
Those hamsters in my head
They're running on the wheel
Like they're abandoned
Sleep thief

I've been cherry-picking slogans from Chairman Mao
I've been slinking around
The electric underground
I keep my demeanor flat
I keep my emotional needs at bay
I've been holding in 
Emotions too deep
For too long
Sleep thief

The lack of sleep it leaves me on the edge
I'm full of kykeon
And a spiritual  blockage
My escalation of terror
Can Hunter S Thompson still be my pallbearer?
(No! Because he's dead)
Sleep thief
Why are you picking on me?

Sleep Thief

Video!! -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8MiJhAP5uY

Hazel & the Hoffs...

... on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HazelandtheHoffs
... on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hazelandthehoffs.band/
... on the web: https://hazelandthehoffs.wixsite.com/home

... are: Fatos Drbaci, g; Florian Lüthi, keys; Markus Neckermann, dr; Renata Giannini, vox; Reto Kaspar, b.

Book us in and around Switzerland! -- https://hazelandthehoffs.wixsite.com/home

Demo recorded, mixed and mastered by Sigi Nikitscher. Video shot and produced by Ron Sumners.

Over My Shoulder - Hazel & the Hoffs play Mike & the Mechanics

What's Got Into You

Alien pilots

Rust

Close To The Edge (2023) Anthology CD5 Track 13

'Inner Sanctum III' is a Jazz Fusion Track in collaboration with my friend John  Corsaro. Joining John, an excellent drummer and percussionist, on this track was an absolute blast and just an honour to play with such a great player. I actually posted this track up 8 years ago, but on a chance hearing of it being played randomly on Youtube recently, I decided to give it another airing. I hope you find it enjoyable and thank you in advance, if perhaps, you might have some thoughts to share in the comments.
Alan.

John Corsaro - Composition and Drums
Alan Hamilton - Composition. Keys, Bass, Brass and Wind, arranging and production

Inner Sanctum III

Inner Sanctum III (Feat. John Corsaro)

Anything Goes
IPG1 Vocals and Verses: 
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/anything-goes-vocals-106-bpm
Paploviante E Bass, Music, Mix, Mastering and Production:

Anything Goes - IPG1 & Paploviante

sdmk: great arranger & composer

https://on.soundcloud.com/b7xzzNguvtQ9Fbsa7

Tricky Lofi  Digits (prod. sdmk)

Thanks you so much for listening!

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!

Sleep Thief

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