Name: Shelter Me w/Jussi Welin by J.Rivas
Duration: 3 min 18 s
Description: When Jussi sent me this track I was elated and I couldn't wait to start working on it.

excellence at every level, fantastic song writing and performance

Tops! Strong vocals J. Excellent musical platform.

Reposted and commented on Jussi cloud when it came out but only just catching up here now. This is such a natural fit, I can understand how you were inspired to work with this fine song. Best to you both.

So very Good to hear you Singing man.. I love love love this song. What an excellent productiojn you two!!! 😁

i can certainly feel the Elation in it. What a Song!!! 😁

Oh yeah...the Love is propelling this one. And yeah...the creative Juices are definitely flowing.... 💖

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Five guitars.

A companion piece to: https://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein/billy-i-am-ruined

Billy I Am Ruined, Too

Also available on YouTube https://youtu.be/hJN0h3cZcl0 

More behind the music on Tiktok 

https://www.tiktok.com/@mandyalicia83/video/7057963969646021893

Don't let your fears stop up. See past your fears to what is right in front of you. And know that you can take control and not let your fears control you. 

Some Lyrics

THE FEAR
IT BUILDS
AND GROWS
DAY BY DAY
THROWS US
OFF OUR PATH
GOING THE
WRONG WAY

OUR WRONG
DIRECTION LEADS
TOO INFECTION
WHEN FALSE
TRUTHS BECOME
PROOF PROJECTION

WHAT I KNOW IS
TRUE THERE'S POWER
IN ME AND YOU
TO HEAL WHAT
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH

SEE PAST THE FEAR
AND LIES YOU'RE
POWERFUL BEYOND
MEASURE
BE YOUR CURE
YOUR PEACE
YOUR TREASURE

The Fear

Just Step Outside

When Jussi sent me this track I was elated and I couldn't wait to start working on it.

03/June/2022

Shelter Me w/Jussi Welin

Rest in Peace, Sasha, best buddy forever.  (Nov. 2007 - Sept. 25, 2022)

Lyrics:

I’ll try to take it in stride, there’s something hurting inside, 
It seems I’m gonna have some issues with my heart.
I didn’t sleep well at all, just staring straight through the wall,
Maybe it’s time to turn this feeling into art.
It seems I’m just avoiding looking at the reason
For the shadows floating through this head,
You know it’s obvious we’re in the rainy season
And we’re getting closer to the watershed.

I know you’re leaving us soon, I hope you make it through June
Or even all the humid days that summer brings,
We’ll take them one at a time, treat every one as sublime,
Try to distract ourselves from mulling darker things,
Looking for clues to the spread of the bruise
That is creeping from your tongue to your toe,
Will only funnel me into a deeper tunnel
Than the one that I already know.

Oh…oh close to the watershed,
Oh…  focus on the light ahead,
Flowing down the mountain on the other side,
Shining down in rivers that arise in the great divide.

I know I’m vaguely unwell, an ache I need to expel,
Is there a medicine to smile this pain away?
I see a colourless face, it feels it looks out of place,
As it attempts to make arrangements with the day.
You see I’m just avoiding looking at the reason
For the trouble floating ‘round in my head,
Soaked to the bone because we’re in the rainy season
And the clouds are thick around the watershed.

Oh…oh close to the watershed
Oh…  focus on the light ahead
Flowing down the mountain on the other side
Shining down in rivers that arise in the great divide.
Ohhh…

Watershed

Great to work with Jussi again....he added bass and fabulous guitar playing to this.
Jussi mixed and mastered this track beautifully.

14/July/20222

Who Knows w/Jussi Welin

I never really cared for the finished product i posted last week, it never really sounded right. I loved the Roy Bittan style piano, and that took a long time to learn and record, but it didn't work so i scrapped it for the fender organ that i played on the fly. And I transposed it up a third, and reworked the words and completely remixed it.  I think it works a lot better now.. 

I don’t want to be the one you call up on the telephone
To see if I could come around ‘cause you don’t wanna be alone
Don’t get me wrong I want to spend some time with you
Don’t get me wrong but do you feel the same for me I feel for you
I don’t want to be the one that’s always looking in your eyes
Then you turn lights down low
And suddenly I’m paralyzed
It makes my heart start to stutter my knees they shake
and my words they flutter
I don’t want to be the one that ends up feeling like a fool, 
I don’t want to be the one when love has faded and we’re through
Love’s so overrated, it makes your life so complicated

I Don't Want To Be The One (Redux)

Diamond: An original song by;

This started with Eddy sending me the bass and rhythm guitar tracks set to a click, which I still have a hard time wrapping my brain around better l because it's got so much feeling. Then I added a riddim that Tez (Llanpsych) created. Then I added the organ and the intro guitar and the outro guitar and the vocals. Then I sent it to Tez, who came up with the fill guitar during the verses. This was truly a collaborative effort between three guys who share very similar musical sensibilities. We hope you enjoy the result. You can check out a similar version on Tez's page that's slightly different, but equally as good.

Knocking on Heaven's Door (with eddyoffline and Llanpsych)

The Adventures of Vector Owl - Winter Fun Theme
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I noticed the original upload tempo was a bit fast. I've now re-uploaded with a more ponderous version, especially for the band sections. It sounds better to my ears now, more what I intended. I was a few bpm too fast. :-) 
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A relatively short piece of music to support an upcoming Winter Fun themed Vector Owl short animation.  I wanted two contrasting styles of music in this piece to give more animation possibilities. 

So I went for the sound of a Tyrolean band in one section and a more dreamy, string-based section with a choral element. Hopefully the whole piece will invoke the sense of fun and Winter wonder.

Vector Owl is a cheeky magical owl who gets up to various antics in the forest he calls home. Quite often, he just wants to have a quiet snooze but pesky creatures keep disturbing him.

Thankfully, with his understanding of the power of vector magic, he can conjure up solutions to these annoyances and get back to having a well earned rest.

YouTube link to the full animated Intro

www.youtube.com/watch?v=imB5RzyaMpg
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Instrumentation Used

Viola / Cello / Ensemble Strings / Ensemble Trumpet / Ensemble French Horn / Ensemble Trombone / Tuba / Alto Flute / Bb Clarinet / Baroque Bassoon / English Horn / Harp / Glockenspiel / Vibraphone / Ymir Choir / St. Peter's Choir / Bass Drum / Sleigh Bells 
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Background

This project began with a 10 second piece of music and a very simple 2D animation of a little character called Vector Owl.

The music was expanded into a full theme tune, a brand new redesigned Vector Owl emerged and a change of animation software resulted in what you see here. Whilst familiar with creating music, animation is a completely new world to me and I'm still learning as I go.

All the graphic elements are vector-based, using a combination of Serif Affinity software for graphical development and various open-source packages for animation and video editing, with the original music created in Cubase Pro.

The idea of a Winter Fun Short for Vector Owl seemed a good idea after doing a Halloween-based one. The idea of two distinct types of music in the track gives possibilities for more varied animation and I'm hoping to add a few extra characters to the Forest for this one. 

When completed, the Winter Fun short link will be posted here, but for now it can be enjoyed purely as a very short piece of orchestral incidental music. :-)

Vector Owl - Winter Fun Theme

Monday Afternoon

I didn't choose this obsession it was chosen for me unknowingly.
Lucky me no regrets.

Shelter Me w/Jussi Welin

J.Rivas

Recent comments

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