I've been experimenting with a bunch of fun sounds this weekend, this is the result (or one of them ;-) ). I hope you enjoy!

GROUNDWORK

Listening to some Robyn tracks inspired this song. I wanted a hard synth pop vibe with a little bit of hell raising. Take a deep breath because this piece doesn't breathe at all. It's an audio onslaught from start to finish. 

...If you like ghosts... At the end of the track is what sounds clearly like a voice speaking, yet there were no mics, organic instruments or analog input of any sort. The voice emerged out of the conflux of late mastering decisions using compression and harmonic enhancers, but didn't appear until the final export. Truly strange! 

If you've experienced something similar, tell me in the comments. 

[Ver. 26 Baked 07 UAD]

Root Of The Floom

made this in less than an hour. don't bully pls 

Short Beat

There's a girl in my neighborhood
She turns all the heads
She looks so good
In my neighborhood
In my neighborhood
I gotta stop
Think for a minute
How much better this world is
With all of you in it
In my neighborhood
In my neighborhood.

There's an old man
Just up the street
Sometimes he's surly
Sometimes he's sweet
In my neighborhood
In my neighborhood
I gotta stop
Think for a minute
How much better this world is
With all of you in it
In my neighborhood
In my neighborhood

We don't have to be like
Best friends or lovers
We don't have to be
Like sisters or brothers
Ain't too hard to realize
To grasp or discover
We got nothing in this world
We got nothing in this world
If we don't have each other

Bunch of young kids
Playing on my grass
Obnoxious and loud
A pain in the ass
In my neighborhood
In my neighborhood
I gotta stop
Think for a minute
How much better this world is 
With all of you in it
In my neighborhood
In my neighborhood

Now there's some people
I don't recognize
They're not from 'round here
I realize
In my neighborhood
In my neighborhood
I gotta stop 
Think for a minute
How much better this world is
With all of you in it.

We gotta stop
Think for a minute
How much better this world is
With all of us in it
My neighborhood
In my neighborhood

In My Neighborhood

original instrumental "leaked" from Paploviante, genereously offered by the talented Paul, who has his SC page Paploviante and friends, among other projects.

Leaked / Paploviante Open Collaboration Offer 
Paploviante: E-Bass, Music, Composing, Arrangement, Mix and Mastering 
BPM 90

State of confusion  lyrics

I went to a doctor because i hear things  that aren’t there
My mind wanders mentally
I hope you take this seriously

Perception deceiving
Perception  Not believing

I’m hearing voices
That no one else hears
The sound ’s so frightening me
Because   i know they aren’t real

Perception deceiving
Perception  Not believing

So doctor you must help me
To chase this voices and visions away

Tell me this hallucinations are only  temporarally

I  feel things moving under my skin
Imagine the state wher” I’m in
State of confusion, depression hallucination
confusion, depression hallucination

(In layers: lyrics all together)

State Of Confusion (collab Paploviante)

Echo chamber, You're living in an Echo chamber
Echo chamber, You're living in an Echo chamber

You used to get in your car and you’d listen to nineties grunge
But now you turn on talk radio and you absorb it like a sponge
There’s a guy on cable news who says the things 
you were afraid to say out loud
But now you shout them out in polite company
and it makes you feel so proud.

Living in an echo chamber surrounded by people who agree with you
And you’re not interested in hearing any other point view
You used to believe that issues were grey
 but now you see things in black and white
You used to live and let be but now you just want to fight

You say cut taxes for the rich and it’ll trickle down to you and me
And when they sing the national anthem, you’d better not take the knee
You think electric cars are foolish and gas stoves are your God given right
And when you turn on your lamp to read Atlas Shrugged it better be an incandescent light 

Every single second of every single day
you’re walking around muttering that things are not okay
The pundits on the cable news
 say we’ve reached the point of no return
We’re in a downward spiral 
and we’re goanna crash and burn

Living in an echo chamber surrounded by people who agree with you
And you’re not interested in hearing any other point view
You used to believe that issues were grey 
but now you see things in black and white
You used to live and let be but now you just want to fight

Echo chamber, You're living in an Echo chamber
Echo chamber, You're living in an Echo chamber

Echo Chamber

Collab with Laar https://soundcloud.com/user-325797522
Pt.2:
https://soundcloud.com/30gradx/laar-raffinesse-30-grad-x-green-tea-rmx-pt2
Original track:
https://soundcloud.com/user-325797522/raffinesse

Laar - Raffinesse (30 Grad X Green Tea Rmx)

Party Virus 127

"Me and You" is a song for the dance floor. Rhythmic, rich bass, and catchy vibes.

Me And You

Buy track here: https://www.beatport.com/release/amsterdam-dance-event-2025-nastygrooves-ade-essentials-vol1/5398889

Release Date: 2025-10-10
Label: NastyGrooves Records
Catalog: NG031
Mastering: Forest People

https://linktr.ee/nastygrooves

Buy tracks here

Amar Redzovic - Vice (Original Mix)

Crystal Shard Runner (Instrumental)

Composer and Media Producer from Kent, Ohio, USA.  Has released works as Xyst, Sonoxia, and JeffRay for Hypaethral Productions, Pearls Before Swine, and Mesa Publishing. Now focused on creating mostly instrumental music for video, tv, games and motion picture scores. 

Although the thumbnails are created using Dall-E or Stable Diffusion, NO AI WAS USED TO CREATE ANY MUSICAL COMPONENTS. 
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There are far too many people to thank, but I'm going to try: 

FIRST AND FOREMOST: 
Image-Line's FL Studio DAW
https://www.image-line.com/
https://soundcloud.com/fl-studio

I cannot begin to express how much this software helped me find my musical voice. (Image-line has not paid me anything for my endorsement.) Buy it once and get lifetime unlimited upgrades. I've used it since 1999 and since then, they've introduced dozens of new synths and effects I received for free. It just keeps on giving. I absolutely love FL Studio because of it's step sequencer core, beautiful interfaces, ease of use, robust help, versatility and incredible sound quality. 

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I'll be cycling through a list of FAVORITE SOUNDCLOUD ARTISTS here. So many incredible musicians worth mentioning...

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary) 
https://soundcloud.com/josh-clary-1

Thrillmonkey
https://soundcloud.com/thrillmonkey

FlexHead
https://soundcloud.com/flexheadfunk

Seiso Sanshu
https://soundcloud.com/sanshu-seiso

AnandaTuk
https://soundcloud.com/user-11396379

Ni!
https://soundcloud.com/ni-ni-shrubbery

Earnest Woodall
https://soundcloud.com/user-235089528

Werner
https://soundcloud.com/wejfi

Frans Beelaard
https://soundcloud.com/user-936947521

Fabiano Matiolla
https://soundcloud.com/fabianomatiolla

Shaddenhook
https://soundcloud.com/schaddenhook
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If you follow me and haven't heard from me recently, send a message. There is so much great music out here, it sometimes take a while to get back and listen to the wonderful stuff you are all making.

Root Of The Floom

JeffRay3