I love the way your music responds to your lyrics as opposed to them being separate layers. You're good at writing songs Janine.

I love the "the Problem" is making music again.  Very cool perfomances here by all and well mixed

Magnificent work ... like it so much  !!!!

What a quirky, enchanting delight!  Love the time signature and clever wordplay!

wow!! you always write charming songs, but this might take the pie. So much to love, from the gorgeous melody to the very clever lyrics. This is a day making song:)

so liking how you reinvent a fairytale with free-verse and some cool choruses, and wonderful music... Janine, Jose and Doug.

Charmingly and beautifully quirky. In top form Janine and the guys.

some echos are not that good... ;) great song, wonderful vocals!

Really enjoyed, music,vocals,lyrics all work together - and your right about getting rid of certain echoes! - Miki

SHOUT IT TO THE WIND

The other side of night(Mix 1, December 6, 2019)

Written, performed, and mixed by Tim Griffis at Princeton Studio. This is the last song on my "Drive Time" project.
Hope you like the melodies and the sound ;-)
Photo by Adrian Danciu at Kinocut Pictures (visual.kinocut.com)

Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio
Guitars: Fender Strat; Fender Squire Bass

Mics: Neumann TLM 67 
Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Eventide Eclipse effects

Lyrics
Verse 1
On the other side of night
We could take our chances there
It's a story to rewrite

Chorus
We could find our way
We could find our way
We could find our way tonight

Verse 2
Two spirits in the night
We're searching for daylight

Chorus
We could find our way
We could find our way
We could find our way tonight

Bridge
We're two spirits in the night
We're just searching for daylight
I thought I saw you there
I thought I saw you there
But you walked away in the night

outtro 
thought I saw you there
on the other side of night
thought I saw you there

The other side of night

I found this track in my archives recently was done a long time ago......I do not write many love songs, not a very good writer of love songs ..This song was  written by William Bell an American singer and songwriter , also covered by loads of artists globally  , however ,this my "own" version . ..This was "one of the 1st song" I posted on SC maybe 10 yrs ago or more but i took down all my songs in 2016  now obviously its uploaded again ......... Be safe !! Thank  y'all!!

Forgot To Be Your Lover By Jam York! (original verson )

Let Go of that Echo . 2019

Song, Vocals, Bass, Keys, Percussion, Piano:  Janine Levinson @janinelevinson
Keys: Jose Freitas
Mix: Doug Grean @terpsichords

Let Go of that Echo

Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye
My head’s full of blackbirds but they won’t fly

Gotta let go, let go  

Sang a song so quiet, nobody heard
Kept it in the cage with the sad blackbirds

Gotta say no, say no to that echo echo  
That just won’t let me be free
That just won’t let me let go  -- gotta say no, say no

Sing a pretty question, keep it in my clothes
Answer with a puzzle and weave my prose?  no!!   

I gotta let go, let go of that echo echo       
that just won’t let me be free
that won’t let me let go
Gotta say no, say no to the echo, echo   
Oh I gotta be free,
I don’t know If I can let go, let go 
And just be me!

Kiss me in a signal, tap me a song
Four and twenty codewords can’t be wrong. no!

Gotta let go, let go of that echo echo 
That just won’t let me be free
That just won’t let me let go -- gotta say no, say no

I’m gonna stand tall and speak up   
I gotta say yes to find love
I’m gonna be real and speak out   
I gotta say yes to find  out
I’ve gotta let go, let go, of that echo

Let Go of that Echo

This song first entered my mind while I was comparing translations of the poetry of the remarkable Song dynasty poet Li Qingzhao.

	The attraction I have to Li Qingzhao's work is twofold - firstly: the sheer power of her expression, which speaks to me through each and every translation (some translations being so different that I often fail to recognize them as being the same poem) - secondly: her “Ci” poetry, is, for all practical purposes, songwriting.   “Ci” poetry began as lyrics to be sung to tunes both popular and original, not unlike the “12 bar blues” or “rock and roll” songs of the modern world.

	The imagery used in this song largely comes from her Ci poem “Banana Trees”, but should in no way be thought of as a translation - I do not pretend to have that kind of scholarship or talent.   It is, at best, a re-working of theme and image for a contemporary context.

	I do not know the original source of the cover art I have used here, but I found it at http://www.chinesetimeschool.com/en-us/articles/li-qingzhao/.   There are no extent images of Li Qinqzhao from her own time.

Lyrics:
        looking from our door, I see the poplars that we planted
	their green shadows fill the lawn
	their green shadows fill the lawn, leaves a-flutter in the breeze,
	in the quiet of the moment, they seem to share my thoughts

	they seem to share my thoughts, I recall a last farewell
	at the gateway of our home
	at the gateway of our home I listen to the sound, 
	in the quiet of the moment, to the rustling of leaves

	the rustling of leaves, a sound you’ll never hear again
	it breaks my heart
	it breaks my heart we can no longer share our thoughts,
	in the quiet of the moment, looking from our door

Looking From Our Door

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Looking from Our Door

Just around the corner

Written and mixed by Tim Griffis at Princeton Studio.
Mix 1: June 16, 2020
Mix 2: July 19, 2020 -- mixed to an MCI JH-110 tape machine at 15 ips using ATR master tape.

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Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio
Tim's Guitars
Rhythm: Gibson Les Paul Standard
Lead1: Gibson Les Paul Standard
Lead2: Fender Stratoscaster
Bass: Fender Squire

Pedals:
Fulltone wah, OCD
MXR analog chorus
Line 6 delay

Mics: Neumann TLM 67
Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)


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Lyrics

Verse 1
Hey summer, where have you gone?
you've left me here all alone
Heatwave, bring on the storm
and wash my sins away

Chorus
Summer's calling, but I'm locked away another day
Summer's calling, but I'm locked away....

Verse 2
Heartache, leave me alone
find someone else to play
Fires rage, in the sky tonight
there's broken glass in the moonlight

chorus 2
Summer's calling, but I'm locked away another day
Summer's calling, but I'm locked away....

backing vocals 
you can see the light
you can see the light in your eyes

Outro...

Locked away another day

What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. I think this track is about optimism. Music Composed/Produced by Guitarbeard © 2020

Buy https://guitarbeard.bandcamp.com/track/and-no-matter-what

Dialectica

And No Matter What ...

First collaboration with the great https://soundcloud.com/zipboy83

Vocal and lyrics by kaerian  
music created by Eileen Noise with Garageband and Logic Pro X, use of synth guitars and sampled drums.

That girl was pretty
coming from the country side
she had big dreams inside
you could see on her face
Pretty Rachel
she was so unique
she wanted to change the world
she just wanted to be heard
that girl came in the city so trusty
promising so many things
but in the end
she gave too much of herself
she lost that spark in her stare
Lonely Rachel
get lost in her city cell
she's lost
prison with no bars
but it became her hell
but in the end
she gave too much of herself
but in the end
she became a random girl
avoiding the city swirl
her flame has gone out
suffocated

Collabs 2020

Lonely Rachel

Lonely Rachel feat. EileenNoise

My wife happened to walk in as I was working on posting this and saw the title  and I got in trouble. Of course, it wasn't about my lovely wife. Be careful what you title your work, I guess. In reality it's just an instrumental track about this mortal coil of ours. Always, always, always love working with the hugely talented Mr. Gary Rees!!! @gary-rees-since-87

Your Spark Is Gone | Belial Pelegrim & Gary Rees

This dance music is composed with many synth tones and  I have added the tones of Indian percussion instruments with the beats of Drums

The Dance Of Synths

amazon

Voodoo

deep lake

Composed and performed by Admiral Krank. Drums by Mo Sheen. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h93gPZvVvrA&ab_channel=AdmiralKrankandHisMightyBandofSpacemen

Gravitational Slingshot

Firstly on easy listening 6/4 bars, I cut some notes out of the main theme so as to give it dynamism, and finally obtained a prime amalgam of 17 quarter notes. I hid any recognizable thing in the accompaniment, and for the organic lines (voice and guitars) I tried the strong rhythm would not fix too much the melodies, first paying a lot of attention, and finally ... just letting me go.

Translated lyrics:

Oídos sordos (17 negras)  /  Deaf ears (17 quarter notes)

Quiero gritar todo lo que siento, estando solo;  /   I want to shout out everything I feel, being alone;
pero gritándolo al viento y si no contesta,  /  but shouting it at the wind and if it doesn’t answer,
dime, ¿de qué me sirve? (bis)  /  tell me, how does that help me? (bis)

Todos los vientos conocen mi historia  /  All the winds know my story
pero no hacen nada.  /  but they don’t do anything.
¿Será que no me oyen? (bis)  /  Perhaps they don’t hear me? (bis)

He estado aquí y allí gritando como un loco,  /  I’ve been here and there screaming like a madman,
pero todo sigue igual.  /  but it’s all the same.
¿Será que no me oyen? (bis)  /  Perhaps they don’t hear me? (bis)

Quiero gritar…  /  I want to shout out…

Ahora sé que no sirve de nada;  /  Now I know it’s no use;
el viento sois todos que callais al verme,  /  all of you are the wind, silent when you see me,
y dejáis que hable y hable,  /  and letting me speak and speak,
y dejáis que hable y hable y hable.  /  and letting me speak and speak and speak.

No creo que vuelva mañana  /  I don’t think I’ll be back tomorrow
a escuchar vuestro silencio.  /  to listen to your silence.
Quiero encontrar a alguien. (bis)  /  I want to find someone. (bis)

Quiero gritar…  /  I want to shout out…

©1995 E-RUIZZO – ®2013 FRANCÉS RECORDS ;)
Image: "Red eared cactus", photo by Ruizzoidman

Oídos sordos (17 negras)

Perchance To Dream

Thank you for visiting !
Janine and the Problem recordings are:
Janine Levinson @janinelevinson, Jose Freitas & David Levinson @midiits 
with the occasional visiting player

cover art: janine levinson

New site after E-Ruizzo: https://soundcloud.com/esemanolain-ruizzo

Many thanks to Alex https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
and Richal https://soundcloud.com/rickitansky for their fantastic pics !!

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