a song created from a sample of my sister singing from the early 00's.

vocal snippet found on a cassette that was then digitized. Pitch correction and EQ was placed over it. A guitar loop created to accompany.

The Guy in My Eye

The Guy In My Eye

i found this saved in my yahoo account. 

recording date: Fri, Jun 12, 2015

jake: guitar
mason: vocals

Song With Mturner - The Free Masons (Fri, Jun 12, 2015)

It was the morning after you died
The sun did rise and I wasn’t scared
I heard you speaking to Nan
And I felt silence take over my fears

And Marshall’s voice woke me up
Like it did every morning

Oh you struggled for so long
Trying to stay the hell out of Dodge
But the doctors did what they could
You’ve been gone since you first left

the neighborhood
the neighborhood
the neighborhood

gunsmoke

Irae

jake - vox, guitar(s), keys
robbie - words

Swallow Falls (idea)

Dear Pablo
Can you remember?
When we were kids
Playing in a shed

Making all the ends meet
Smile for smile, cheek to cheek
Sleeping in on Saturdays
Until that fire took you away

Dear, Dear Pablo
Any minute now
The Lord will come
And cleanse your Holy face

Jerusalem’s grip
Free from Zion’s gaze
Angels softly weep
Never too lost to be saved 

guitar, voice - jake
written by: jacob ritmiller (bmi)

Dear, Dear Pablo

Capo 1 (2020)

the rivers filled with blood

voice, guitar(s), glock, drums, jingle bells, melodica - jake

Rivers Filled With Blood

Julia, I love you. Happy Birthday <3

lyrics:
When I wake up in the morning
You are my sun
And I will think of you all day
Until that day is done

When I close my eyes at night
I feel your body against mine
It warms my mortal soul
And I know I will be fine

Oh, Julia
I can’t believe you’re mine
Oh, Julia
You’ll always be mine

I swear I’ve wandered all the earth
Searching for someone like you
Spent hours sorting bolts and screws
Looking for a heart that’s true

Til I found you 

And I hope that’s all right
That we spend our lives
Wrapped around one another
Tangled up with each other
Hiding under blankets and covers
From Peach and her brother 

written and performed by: jacob ritmiller (bmi)

guitar, vocals, programming, everything else - jake

Julia, I Can't Believe You're Mine

valerie

Lyrics:
some friendships don't last for eternity
some fade and blacken into obscurity
some stray away from purity
some stay in decency
some last for a lifetime
but not in our life

some of the innocent and the ignorant
They die with the saint-less
you both take different paths
in the wrong directions
you smooched my lips in the name of vulgarity
i had another woman on my wrist
fingers intertwined
you distracted me from my vessel
with your beautiful mind


The Eye of Heaven shines
and lightens your hair
bringing out your real colors
i see fear in your eye
i am stunned and petrified

What are we becoming?
Just the remnants of a past love catastrophe

I do not like
what we are becoming.

vocals, guitar, vinyl fx, faux synths, reverbed sticks- Jacob Ritmiller

The Eye of Heaven (2015)

Oh Lord! I've Been Trying

ideas/b sides & such

Singer/Songwriter from Baltimore, Maryland

Jacob Ritmiller

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