and by this point i dont even know where 'here' is ..

i want to see, or better still - make- the film that this is from.. i think it's a special one

To give the days some purpose, me, Austin Basham, Jack In Water, Alex Kozobolis and Lila Tristram set ourselves a weekly isolation challenge to each create a piece of music using the same stems as a starting off point. It’s been a great way to stay productive & creative.

We're calling this Isolation for Beginners.

Jamie chose the stems this week. They were some ghostly harmonies, a warped recording of a cassette of children's versions of classic pieces of music, a Jewish man singing in Stoke Newington, a phone recording of a little song with Will, and an instrumental piece called Excerpt.

Listen to this week: soundcloud.com/isolationforbeginners/sets/isolation-for-beginners-week-5
Listen to Week Four: soundcloud.com/isolationforbeginners/sets/isolation-for-beginners-week-4
Listen to Week Three: soundcloud.com/isolationforbeginners/sets/isolation-for-beginners-week-3
Listen to Week Two: soundcloud.com/isolationforbeginners/sets/isolation-for-beginners-week-2
Listen to Week One: soundcloud.com/isolationforbeginners/sets/isolation-for-beginners-week-1

Isolation for Beginners: Week Five

STREAM/DOWNLOAD: https://tonetree.ffm.to/said

'Said' is about the harsh reality of realizing that someone you thought you knew, isn't who you assumed them to be. It's about how we can often be blind to the red flags that are so blatantly obvious to everyone else and how, in some relationships, we can gradually change into someone we're not. When it ends, we're left wondering if any of it was even real.

Find The Hollow Men on
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thehollowmens/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2n1XDJJ6HBSQvn4essanna
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/thehollowmens
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehollowmens/

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The Hollow Men - Said

The Days of Summer

"Better to You" started with the line "I am the salt in your wound" and is about how you stay with somebody even when there is pain.

Self produced and mixed in my little studio in Berlin. Many thanks to Lil Ulmann for performing violin and her great patience with my poorly written Notation skills!
And as always thank you to Darbymusic for knocking it out of the park with her backing vocals.

Mastering by : Zino Mikorey mastering 

Artwork by : Bisera Krckovsuka

Better to You

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Lyrics:

If only people knew what you'd been through
They'd ask you
How you could still smile at all?
You'd grimace back, and say
After all that, smiling's no walk in the park
You'd say I spent many nights crying alone in the dark
In the dark

Did it all for you,
I give you my life
Did it all for you,
Child of mine

Started asking the right questions
Broke my heart in two
'Cause all of a sudden, I could see right through
You became a superhero
Because you had to
You'd say I'd do it all again, so I'd have you

Did it all for you,
I give you my life
Did it all for you,
Child of mine

She said I knew in the seventh grade
A good mother I would make
But life went wrong, and I was afraid
Didn't know how much it would take
How much it would take
This life of mine
Give it all to you, child of mine
I give you my life, did it all for you
No matter how much it takes
And I'd do it again, too

"Superhero" by Jules Renner

The Prophet And The Gambler

Scared Of Everything

Young Again

Part of the project 'Isolation for Beginners'

This project was born out of the quarantine and the desire to collaborate. Every artist was given the same set of samples and challenged with creating anything they wanted within a deadline of a week. Click on the link below to see the full playlist from week five.

https://soundcloud.com/isolationforbeginners/sets/isolation-for-beginners-week-5

Muscle Rememories by Jack in Water

To give the days some purpose, me, Austin Basham, Jack In Water, Alex Kozobolis and Lila Tristram set ourselves a weekly isolation challenge to each create a piece of music using the same stems as a starting off point. It’s been a great way to stay productive & creative.

We're calling this Isolation for Beginners.

I chose the stems this week that seemed to make it harder to feel inspired. In the end I used two stems, one was some ghostly harmonies that I've had on a loop pedal for a decade and the other was a warped recording of a cassette of children's versions of classic pieces of music recording using, as far as I can tell, some early synths. 

Somehow this week's piece starting shifting into the type of song a Disney villain (in this case voiced by Tom Waits) would sing in the company of a snivelling sidekick. Not something I've done before but I as risks are in the spirit of the project I went with it and apparently this is where I ended up.

Death Of A Salesman by The Last Dinosaur

It is Week 5 of Isolations for beginners. This week Jamie provided the stems. For my piece, I used parts of a piano track, a recording Jamie captured of a man singing in Stoke Newington and some harmonies from Lila.

Makeshift by Austin Basham

On My Way

Higher

Singer Songwriter / Producer that makes melancholic and dramatic sounding hopeful music. I Left A Light On EP Out Now

Isolation for Beginners is Alex Kozobolis, Austin Basham, Jack in Water, Lila Tristram and The Last Dinosaur.

This project was born out of the desire to maintain creative community and a positive mindset throughout lockdown. Each artist was given the same set of samples and challenged with creating anything they wanted within a week.

Find our more about each artist:
http://www.alexkozobolis.com/
https://austinbasham.bandcamp.com/
https://www.jackinwater.com/
https://www.lilatristram.co.uk/
https://www.thelastdinosaur.co.uk/

Muscle Rememories by Jack in Water

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