Jeremy J. Saks 4

Textures of Summer

Culmination Approaches

Thanks to you all who commented on Solar Kama Sutra tracks!

Alcyone

Dishing Out The Appreciation: Thanks for all your awesome playlists and comments on You Listen!

Betelgeuse

Finer Grooves: 30 new ones from the SoundCloud community

One of the things in Life that Keeps us Happy is Music. 
In this Time of crisis, in many places, we can't even dance, but at least we still can play Music.
Here is a Special Selection of Many Various Styles around the Topic...

Thanks in advance to SC members for like the Playlist & the Tracks in it :)
Showing Love & Support to One Another <3 <3 <3

The Episode 4 of the New Season of Friendly Playlists will come out soon...
2 others Episodes are yet online : 
https://soundcloud.com/user-883466627/sets/still-waiting-for-better
https://soundcloud.com/user-883466627/sets/freedom

NB > As it takes time to listen all & as there is a limit of 100 likes a day on SC, if you did yet like more than 20 others tracks elsewhere, you can manage to like some today & some another day...
Friendly Playlist

MUSIC KEEPS GOING ON - New Season Episode 3/4

A collection of trip hop, abstract hip hop and instrumental hip hop music.

Trip Hop

Nex album out now!!

Grab it (vinyls , cds, digital) :
http://cd1d.com/fr/album/let-the-ghosts-sing

Siberian Vengeance feat Paloma Pradal

2014 version of the "blood out connection" album hidden track , enjoy ;)

Dead end Hidden Track (2014 Redit)

Track from the almbum "let the ghosts sing" available on CD & Vinyl here :

http://cd1d.com/fr/album/let-the-ghosts-sing

Gangsters & Rudegirls feat Danitsa , Bonnie Li & Jessica Fitoussi

Just A Whisper In The Wind

Jeremy J. Saks - Just A Whisper In The Wind

This must be from the 70s. Copy of a song written by Shane Love Appling.

Album

LaterTonight

Secondary Guidance

Jeremy J. Saks - Secondary Guidance

Headphones highly recommended for this track........

Beyond The Bloom

Jeremy J. Saks - Beyond The Bloom

This Is A Time

Photo art by: Belial Pelegrim 

Always honored to collaborate on a track with my friend Belial Pelegrim  & this time was no different!!!! Its always an adventure working with him & I always end up picking up new tricks & ideas & find myself more open to pushing boundaries & learning from his inspiring work!!!!
We really hope you enjoy the new piece!!!!!!!

No Cure For Regret

Belial Pelegrim & Jeremy J. Saks - No Cure For Regret

Korowai

The Korowai, also known as Kolufaup, are a population of western New Guinea, southeast of the Indonesian province of Papua. Their number is estimated to be about 2,868 (2010). They live in the southern coastal region north of Boma and east of Senggo in the Kabupaten of Merauke.

They live in the trees, working while singing and smiling at life!

This music was inspired by what I saw and felt :-)

#Ambient #Chillout #Deep-Ambient #Electro #Experimental #Minimal #Space

High House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaH3m-yQbFk

surfer girl dreams
_____________________

hello surfer girl, it’s a good thing comin’
where have you been? 
in the southern wind
back again?
it’s a good thing comin’

hey surfer girl, where have you been?
it’s a cool thing comin’ in the summer wind
and it’s a sweet dream that’s happenin’
well it’s a good thing comin’

hey surfer girl, how have you been?
it’s a good thing comin’ when it’s happenin’
and it’s a southern wind blowing through
your sweet dream

hey surfer girl, where have you been?
it’s a clear dive down to the water within
your sweet dream that you’re swimmin’ in
feels good again

hey surfer girl, where have you been?
it’s a slow burn down to the fire within
your sweet spells that you’re chantin’ in
feel real again

hey surfer girl, how have you been?
it’s a good thing blowin’ in the summer wind
and those sweet smells that you’re breathing in…
it’s a good thing comin’

hey surfer girl, where have you been?
it’s a deep sleep now that you’re sinking 
into your sweet dreams that you’re swimming in
 feel good again

hey surfer girl,  how have you been?
it’s a deep sleep now that you’re sinking 
into your sweet truth that you’re swimming in 
feel good

hey surfer girl, where you have been?
it’s a good thing blowin’ in the southern wind, 
and those sweet smells that you’re breathing in…
it’s a good thing comin’ ...

Surfer Girl Dreams

It's my great privilege to mess, beyond reason, with Hank's solo banjo instrumental of this old-time tune.

Hank Tilbury: banjo, original arrangement
Dan: percussion, guitars, bass, melodica, jaw harp, analog synth

Hank credits the tune to the clawhammer playing of Sidna Myers, field recorded in 1965. 
Dan credits his arrangement to overexposure to electronic/folk fusion in the mid 1990s.

Hank's piece can be heard on his terrific new album 'The Beast With Five Strings' which can be listened to and downloaded for free (or more) at https://hanklebury.bandcamp.com/album/the-beast-with-five-strings

Many thanks to Hank for continuing to encourage my worst tendencies.

Go ahead and download for free, and then pop on over to Hank's record and download that too.

Hank Tilbury - Twin Sisters (ldsb '90s ethnodance mix)

Нічний Експрес (Night Express)

ANOTHER WORLD
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Copyright 2015/2020
Re-Mastered by Andrew Borderick OCT 2020

I'VE HIT THE ROAD, TO FAR TO SEE
WITH ALL THE LONELINESS, IN FRONT OF ME
IT'S GREAT TO SAY, I AM YOU
AND TAKE MY LOVING TO, ANOTHER WORLD
(chorus)
I HOPE YOU'LL BE COMING BACK
I'D DANCE WITH YOU
TO TAKE THE LONELINESS TO ANOTHER WORLD

OUR LIVES ROLL BYE, WHERE ARE YOU
I'D TAKE THE CHANCE ON YOU'D, FALL OVER SOON
WILL TIME LET GO, THIS PART IN ME
I GUESS THE BAR MAN, WILL REMEMBER ME
(chorus)
I HOPE YOU'LL BE COMING BACK
I'D DANCE WITH YOU
TO TAKE THE LONELINESS TO ANOTHER WORLD
to take the loneliness to another world / to another world x2
(break)
(chorus)
I HOPE YOU'LL BE COMING BACK
I'D DANCE WITH YOU
TO TAKE THE LONELINESS TO ANOTHER WORLD
to take the loneliness to another world / to another world x4

2020 From the Vault

ANOTHER WORLD

This is our house, protect it :)

https://soundcloud.com/trancylvaniapessoabocage/progressively-disrupted

Psyhouse

PsyHouse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-XlzwWw4yc

A rough English translation
Huh!
Can you hear that?
A guy on a moped
Climbing the hill
To see his girlfriend
It does my head in

Always in first gear
Move it youngster
Put your exhaust pipe back on
Leave me alone
Ya breaking my ears
With that dam hum


Le Mec Sur La Pétrolette.

Ah ben dis donc
Ça... tu entends?
Le mec sur la pétrolette
Il monte la colline
Pour voir sa copine
Mais ça me donne mal à la tête

En première vitesse 
Roulez jeunesse
Remets le pot d’échappement
Fous-moi la paix
Tu me casses les oreilles
J’en ai marre d’entendre ta ronflette

Errrrrrrrmmmm
I think he’s on his way
Errrrrrmmmmm
Must love that girl, anyway
Squiddly deet dat doot doo dat
You know that where I’m at
Squiddly deet dat doot doo dat doot day

Ça… tu entends?
Poile au bidon 
C’est le mec sur la pétrolette

En première vitesse 
Roulez jeunesse
Remets le pot d’échappement
Fous-moi la paix
Tu me casses les oreilles
J’en ai marre d’entendre ta ronflette

Squiddly deet dat doot doo dat 
Doot doot dat, doot doot dat, doot  dat 
Doot doot dat, doot  squiddly do dat do day 
Errrrrrmmmmmmmmmm
Yeah, that’s all I got to say

Le Mec Sur La Pétrolette

"And when I hearken to the Earth, she saith:
'My fiery heart shrinks, aching. It is death.
Mine ancient scars shall not be glorified,
Nor my titanic tears, the seas, be dried.'"

Terminal

Track three from the album "However Measured or Far Away", now available at Bandcamp: https://hanklebury.bandcamp.com/album/however-measured-or-far-away

Hymn To Photosynthesis

Vincent van Gogh passed away July 29th, 1890,
“Vincent’s Letter” was released July 29th, 2020

I figured there’s no better time than 130 years later…

When I was very young, I had dreams about his paintings. 
 His paintings inspired a deep love in me for art at an early age, and I wanted to be a painter like him

 Music won me over, but I remember being about 10 or so - when I first started playing music a lot - and I promised this self-portrait painting of Van Gogh that I’d write a song (or several) for him that a lot of people would hear.  Yea I made a verbal promise to a painting.  
It wasn’t the first or last time...  I was a weird kid.

The funny thing is?  This isn't even Van Gogh, as I much later found out.  It's "Dr. Gatchet", who was a physician who was treating Van Gogh.  Vincent painted him, and they actually look a lot alike!  But I made the promise to this painting, so here it is
   I hope you enjoy it
_____________________________

Vincent’s Letter
____________________
home, it’s a little loud
a love breaks me down every day
a little more, she comes & slips away
my love hurts me now
a little more every day
love simply breaks me down, 
a little more every day
I’m hearing you crying inside,
 why don’t you look outside and find yourself?
I’m trying every day, a little more in every way

my heart, my hands are sleepy
my foot is stomping on the paint
a little love, colors break my heart
a little more every day, 
a little love, comes in breaks my heart
a little more every day
a little love, cousin, breaks my heart
a little more every day

my home, will you break me down?
a little more every day
our love, cousin, breaks me too
a little more every day…
a little home, my!…
crazies out of the sky!
it’s a yellow one!
I’m wondering why?
I got my heart beating still
mixed together with the colors that spill
I got my heart cousin
a little more every day
heavens harps, cousin, come to break me down
a little more every day

Vincent's Letter

Free playing tenor quartet mixing with soprano/alto/tenor themes with synth textures. Bizarre concoction.

Chimera

Song by: The Boilerman
Eric created & plays: All acoustic lead & rythm guitar and all distorted lead and rythm guitar
Eric created & mix's: All drum, bass, banjo, cello, vocal & ambient instruments
Master mix by Eric T.

Song is dedicated to all my friends in the Smokey Mountains, God bless you Mountain Folk!

French Fried Taters

More Illegal Moneytransactions

Engine

Special thank you to Textured Grooves for the slick drum work
Photo/Artwork by Pat W. R. Smith

The Theory Of Sound

Jeremy J. Saks  - The Theory Of Sound (Ft Textured Grooves)

Magnolia - Fleursonseaux
All rights reserved - © Copyright

Magnolia

“The past is a black hole, cut into the present day like a wound, and if you come too close, you can get sucked in. You have to keep moving.”

“Memories beget memories. Fever being a disease of remembering, the fevered are trapped indefinitely in their memories. But what is the difference between the fevered and us?"

Severance

I was watching a movie called ‘ The Darkest Hour’. About two Americans  flying to Moscow to sell their social networking/party locating software. Upon arrival they go to a nightclub and meet two girls, an American, and her Australian friend. The lights go out in the club and everyone heads outside. There, they witness a policeman investigating  being  disintegrated by this ball of lightning. The invisible entities begin hunting and killing people, sending them into a panic. They begin this cat and mouse chase across the city, trying to survive and get to a safe place.
I was totally inspired and produced this track. Enjoy. Love to all. Copyright protected ©

Alien Skies ©

The ancient Persians worshipped many gods. So did the ancient Egyptians, Romans and the Greek. Hindus to this day have a multitude of gods. But the most stubborn and relentless one seems to be the Abrahamic God, worshipped by Jews, Christians and Muslims. This vengeful and jealous God, created by man, in his own image, is the last surviving fictional deity in whose name many a wars were fought, women and children slaughtered and enslaved. Eventually tho, this God shall.take his rightful place amongst the dead and forgotten gods of the past and then and only then, humans can finally live in peace. Just imagine that... it's easy if you try!

For the bass line, which I recorded last, i played the entire track in reverse... going backwards while playing and recording the bass line. Then I played the track back in normal mode, which gives the bass line its backward sounding effect. You know, nothing too crazy, just a little experimentation while in quarantine.

Abrahamic God, Last of Man's Imaginary Deities

Watch the video and listen to You Listen while soaking in the vibes of Mexican agriculture circa 1950s here: https://fb.watch/2tXYb4EpAr/

I deeply recognize the disparity in ways natural and human disasters affect different groups of people and the need for greater equality of care. I also recognize that I live with many privileges that others do not have. And with these recognitions, I still believe there is space for us all to have a gratitude practice while passionately endeavoring for positive change.  

I am grateful for all the accumulated creativity and work of our ancestors that lead to the eventual creation of the internet and SoundCloud which has enabled us to remain artistically connected during this period of increased physical isolation. 

May everyone’s seeds be fruitful and multiply.

Jonathan Beckenstein: Rhythm Guitar, Fake Steel Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein
Calebass: Guitars and Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/calebass
Jon Lock: Bass
https://soundcloud.com/jon-lock-5 
Janine Levinson: Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson
 the Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, and Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Russell Sinfield: Mix, Master, and Campfire Leader
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
The Chaos Cookhouse: Studio
https://chaoscookhouse.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:

We thank this seed with its potency
To bring forth fruits so copiously
With opened hearts and festivity  
4 20 days of ceremony 
 
You listen
Oh, you listen
We’re thankful that 
You listen

You listen
Yea, you listen
In the morning dew
You glisten

We honor you with crimsoned desire
Following Nanahuatl who jumped in the fire
May your sacrifices continue to inspire
And bring forth gratitude until we expire 

The days are long and the weather is hot
We call on the rains to weather our crops
Bless the labor of men and divined thought 
Honored to sacrifice for all that we got 

We thank this seed with it’s potency
To bring forth fruits so copiously
With opened hearts and festivity  
4 20 days of ceremony 
 
We be handing out the alms for the love of Xipe Totec
Got the gods in the house garlands all around their necks
Sitting on sheaves, leaves of tzapote 
Honoring renewal of life and all that is holy 
Flayed in the way maize loses layers 
With hope of vegetation we given up the prayers
Flayed in the way maize loses layers 
With hope of vegetation we given up the prayers

Jonathan Beckenstein, Janine Levinson, Jon Lock, Russ, Calebass & CK - You Listen

Is music an essential  element?  @specialececilia and Ricø think so!!

Here is where I got the art https://picsart.com/i/image-my-autumn-186105107002201

Enjoy!!  Dx 😀

Si6th **(The Spice of Life ReMix)**Cecilia  & Ricø **

Amazon

Good Night and Sweet Dreams

It has been a pleasure to work on a new collaboration with Jay Walker Black.
Jay is a POET of Rap!
Check out the great work of Jay Walker Black: @jaywalkerblack

Lyrics:
Tryna keep my life in balance 
I ain't gone lie lifes a challenge 
And I got a wife in marriage 
She fed up I should a got her twice the carrots
But why cry over spoiled milk
I be outside where them boys killed
Same reason why that boy knelt
All I hear is skirt like a boys kilt
Cover me cause they color me bad
From the hood never had a luxury pad 
most people good the government bad 
Tellem I been reppin it wasn't a fad 

Hit the studio jars of Kush 
Bars to push
Walker black always going off the hook
Make cash off the books 
U lookin at a saucy crook 
I dont know what u thought this was
The mission is to climb and never go down
Non stop like a merry go round
Fuck settling down don't wrestle with clowns never a doubt when peddling loud feeling like the president now but more like Eric b
U sweeter than a Cherokee cherry tree

And we wont stop cause we cant stop
And we wont stop cause we cant stop

I want the finer things in life 
I want the same thing for u
I want the finer things in life 
I want the same thing for u

Tryna get my shit in order 
Gotta shipment that's ready to hit the border
Reading everything like I hit the borders
Anything heaven sent I'm a big supporter 
Moving at god speed 
his Angel's my army tango with the devil and his demons cant harm me 
Feeling blessed when I shouldnt be rapidly graduated with a hood degree

Finer things in life (Feat. Jay Walker Black)

Pierre Bordetti productions (c) 08/2020.

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Pierre Bordetti

Special thanks to my friend Alain for the beautiful photo of Crete and "title" song.
This photo inspired me with this unidentified musical object.
It's also one of my favorite dishes, the octopus salad with garlic, parsley, olive oil and of course a squeeze of lemon.

- OctoBlues -   (Octopus groove)

I embrace you with my long arms,
with sprawling love,
I won't let go, my white dove,
until to slam my beak warm,

this time i am the hunter,
before you crucify me in the sun
I know about you, it's fun,
my pulpit is more tender,

sprawling love,
sprawling love,
sprawling love...

OctoBlues

Here's A track Featuring the amazing Special Cecilia. You can find more of her work here;

https://soundcloud.com/specialececilia

Peace

Dan

Vital Sound Ft. Special Cecilia

MIDNIGHT HOUR
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Copyright 1988/2015/2020 AB Music

MIDNIGHT HOUR, YOU SAY THERE'S NO LAW
IN THIS HOUR, YOU GO ALONE

CHANGING YOUR NAME, IT'S NOT REALY YOU
AND IN THIS HOUR, YOU'LL MAKE, YOU'LL PAY
(chorus)
WATCH ME THERE NOW
SO........... REMEMBER SO
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
AND NOW YOU ARE TORN

THE KIDS ARE ALL SHOUTING, PLAYGROUNDS A SONG
CATCHING THE COLDNESS, I'M ALL ALONE

MIDNIGHT HOUR, YOU'RE UNDER THE LAW
IT'S IN THIS HOUR, YOU ARE ALONE
(chorus)
WATCH ME THERE NOW
SO........... REMEMBER SO
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
AND NOW YOU ARE TORN
(break)
(chorus)
WATCH ME THERE NOW
SO........... REMEMBER SO
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
SO........... REMEMBER SO
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE

Another  World

MIDNIGHT HOUR

Like a duck on the pond. On the surface everything looks calm, but beneath the water those little feet are churning a mile a minute.”
— Gene Hackman

Always fun to collaborate with Belial who seems to have discovered the fountain of youth with regard to ambient sounds. 

Rhodes, Bass, Percussion, Synth: Jan Schonander
Ambient sounds, Percussion, Synths: Belial Pelegrim 
https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim

Faux Chill

Faux Chill | Belial Pelegrim & TheGat(s)

So.... finally.... this is it. Andrew Huang's #3. I never thought that i will be able to finish it...... The process for this one is really best to be described as "from HATE to epic FATE".

Number three even destroyed once more the way of how i "usually" and "naturally" proceed with things and do them, when it comes to creating and assembling musical structures. Especially, when there is a "vision" in adding vocals, or even go for a vocal track. I realized, that i did it not exactly, as shown and to be the applied method for this one, as presented in the course. Classic songwriting process from A - Z. Damn you!!!

As the timeline came closer and closer..... i found myself struggling so hard, but still was able , they kinda encouraged us to deliver whatever is ready at that point, to drop a final structure with all the basic core elements as raw as any "diamond" could be, mined deep under the surface in dark caverns....

Then the real struggle began. Course was over, but not this unfinished piece and my natural extremism, which did not allow me to leave it just as it is. At a certain progress you decide - trash it or do it for the sake of learning and finish that damn project! Then i recalled (hehe), and remembered a quote Andrew dropped at a certain stage in the course, which says like "to do something you like, you have to do alot of stuff you dont like".

Keeping this in mind, i took a short break to relax myself and get rid of the pressure -> course over, deadline ended anyway , so why go mad bro? Then the thing developed. I found myself being able to go more and more in the direction i imagined and went down to the rabbit-hole-like tunnel, dug up some more diamonds, back onto the surface, and then processing and grinding and shaping, until they meet the quality you want to have in your jewelry. 

No detailed numbers this time but again, big cred to my fiance for being so supportive and sustaining my sanity, while i still went full psycho mode on this one - but i had to, like for me, personally, this finished song number three is the overall end of this course and the way i shape msyself into music making and trying to make it as entertaining as possible. 

Money is not what I'm after, as this is my hobby, my other love in life, and even if you just don't like stuff sometimes , yet you love it deeply and it deserves that you seriously take care of it....... so here it is... i hope it is a good listen to you - enjoy this little space drama! ;o

Thank you all for tuning in and valuing what i do - again, this community is just so awesome. You all are! <3

####################################################
Intro:
I, didn't see it coming....
I, didn't see you running....

Verse:
You sneaked out of mission control
smoke and fire everywhere
no hesitation, to abandon us all
smell of searing flesh and hair

verse:
believed we will survive this together
dreamed our kingdom will last forever
now hunting you across the galaxy
with the last broken pieces left of me

chorus:
unpredicted, came this downfall
i recall
heavy wounded, but still i crawl
i recall, i recall
your betrayal, i don't want to recall
recall, recall
was to blind to see it all
i recall

verse:
memories now, coming and fading
my screams, they're all in vain
bombs are flying, troops invading
what's left is only pain

verse:
far across, your ships air-frame
gonna end now your last run
fooled me with your vicious game
aiming, and pull the trigger of my gun

Solo

Chorus:
unforeseen, it is now our end
i recall, i recall
closer and closer, ready to ascend
i recall, i recall
visions of our younger selves appear
i recall i recall
a final thought, a bittersweet tear
my last recall
####################################################

Recall

Backing track: Paploviante and Friends
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/boundless-paploviante
Vocal: Special Cecilia
https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/waiting-for-your-sunshine-standing-in-the-moonlight
https://soundcloud.com/specialececilia
Lillithe adding: Piano, Horns, Strings, Beat, Synth

Waiting for your Sunshine / Standing in the Moonlight / Cecilia, Paploviante & Lillithe

This is the story of my first “eclipse”, experienced alone in the wilderness of Oregon in August, 2017. It’s a long story, but the story behind this song.

I drove to Oregon alone to see the great American total solar eclipse of 2017. In Oregon, there is a famous national park called Crater Lake.  This is the deepest lake in America.   In the middle of Crater Lake is Wizard Island. This lake was formed when a huge volcano blew its top a long time ago.  My plan was to see Wizard Island, get a hotel room, and see the eclipse the next day.

There have been numerous stories of strange occurrences around this area from multiple people over the course of centuries.

The time was around 7 pm when driving up Crater Lake Mountain to see Wizard Island… I wasn’t sure where I was going, or how to get down from the mountain. Finally, I saw Wizard Island just as the sun started to set. I remember there was this misty haze in front of the Island. I could barely see it. I got the chills and a weird feeling... It was very eerie.

I tried to find my way down from the mountain in my car, but it was too late, I was lost, and it was too dangerous. There are areas where you can drive off a ledge and fall a long way. No fun. I had to pull over in the wilderness and spend the night in my car…

Hours passed, and I fell asleep.

What happened next is the strangest thing I’ve experienced in my life. I woke up, it was still night. My phone wasn’t working, my car wouldn’t start or turn on any lights. I didn’t know what time it was. It was disturbing to me they were both "dead", and I was panicked. Then I noticed the area around my car was alternating in brightness, like truck lights... But that wasn't it. I got out of my car to check it out.

But the sky was weird. The moon was weird. It was all weird. The moon was alternating between being clearly visible… And being pitch black. Like it was “blinking”. It would take 5 seconds to get black, then about 5 seconds to get bright again. The stars were barely visible. I stared in disbelief for maybe 30 seconds, it kept happening.  The air around me had a feeling of electric charge to it.   I started hearing a lot more animals, and they seemed to surround me. They were in the bushes and trees, everywhere. It got more troubling quickly when I could discern soft human voices. I couldn't see animals or people. 
I wasn't on any drugs, I was saving my drugs for the following day and the journey home.

Time seemed too slow. I backed up to my car, got in, and locked the doors. I remember a feeling of utter disbelief in my senses. Without any idea what to do, I climbed in the backseat and lied down. I thought any second I could die.

The next thing I remembered, I woke up. It was about 6:30 am. My car worked. My phone worked. And this was the morning of August 21st, 2017… The first day of the total solar eclipse which many of us would see later that day.  

But what I saw was something else.

Something very weird happened to me up there on that mountain that night, and it’s haunted me. I know several people will think "Manufactured lies!" Several others will think "Cool story bro...", well think what you want...

Later that morning when getting breakfast, still shook-up, I asked 2 waitresses if they heard of anything strange last night around Crater Lake. One said "no", the other said, "There's always something strange happening".

I remember one time a girl asked me why my music is so dark...
I’ve seen some sights.

Try to check out Crater Lake, Oregon, if you've never seen it.
Don't get lost.

- John

Crater Lake Eclipse

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

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"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science."
-Albert Einstein

Jeremy J. Saks - The Theory Of Sound (Ft Textured Grooves)

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