I Can't Write A Song

Wet Tables

Fast paced progressive alternative rock song with an eerie anxious feel from the vocals and guitars, driven by a hard-hitting infectious drum kit rhythm. It's about life in a freedom-less government-controlled society on the verge of apocalypse.

It's That Time Again

Goodbye my Blue

The idea of the game jam's prompt was to evoke a cave.  Doesn't specify what kind, could be spelunking alone but I went with a joke that it's a D&D thing where the the adventurer is in the one place that isn't deadly and stuff is closing in.  Gelatinous cubes in all directions etc.

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Rumbling Cave (submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam 3 for Itch hosted by emscottish January 2025)

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Rumbling Cave - submission Weekly Note Composing Jam 3 for Itch hosted by emscottish (Electro Final)

eye on the prize

Nissan

river

Metallica - Fade to Black cover w/Machallica

this is my vocal cover of the song 'Burning Burning Down The Nicotine Armoire, Pt. 2' by the band Dance Gavin Dance. all vocals done by myself over the DGD instrumental.

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[LYRICS]

[ still grinding teeth
trying to follow you home
i'll stop the world
'cause this plan is slow
wait across the street
in the parking lot
the tree is dead
the front door is locked
the moments i framed
have cracked and crumbled
grabbed us by the throat
then i choked and stumbled
this will never work
this will never work
check my pulse as i swallow dirt ]

I'm cutting myself with my own morals
I never meant to write about you (I never meant to write about you)
The one contact that I loved so much
But passing my own heart, what could possibly be within?

Do you think about your actions?
Do you ever wonder what the consequences are?
[ your licensed M. Bison
got stabbed with a five dollar syringe ]
Oh, the dullness of existence
[ your licensed M. Bison
got stabbed with a five dollar syringe ]
Oh, the dullness of existence

[ i'm dressed in white
shine so bright
hair so tight ]

And I have no sympathy for this
He needs somebody else to leech off of (Somebody else to leech off of)
The one contact that I loved so much
But passing my own heart, what could possibly be within?

Do you think about your actions?
Do you ever wonder what the consequences are?
[ your licensed M. Bison
got stabbed with a five dollar syringe ]
Oh, the dullness of existence
[ your licensed M. Bison
got stabbed with a five dollar syringe ]
Oh, the dullness of existence

[ prescribed the throat
i need the antidote
it's fucking
mind over matter
prescribed the throat
i need the antidote
it's fucking
mind over matter
prescribed the throat
i need the antidote
it's fucking
mind over matter
prescribed the throat
i need the antidote
it's fucking
mind over matter ]

My concepts are rested
And manifest in ways you can't forget
My concepts are rested
And manifest in ways you can't forget

My concepts are rested

[ if you're gonna wear the uniform
sell the fucking cookies
don't come to my house
asking for a handout
if you're gonna wear the uniform
you better sell the cookies
don't come to my house... ]

Burning Down The Nicotine Armoire, Pt. 2 (Dance Gavin Dance vocal cover)

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🎤 Jim Helsel – Bio (2025)
Producer. Songwriter. Artist. Drummer.

I’ve been writing, recording, and mixing my own music since I was a kid with sticks in my hands and fire in my chest. My debut album, Lucidly Surreal, dropped in January—and since then, I’ve been chasing the edge of every sound I create.

Now I’m back with a second album in progress—AfterShock—and it’s already packing heat. Six tracks deep and mastered. One single out: Love Lost. This isn’t background noise. This is full-on emotional expression—layered guitars, dark textures, tight arrangements, and raw energy.

My soon-to-be-released track, Runner, was born in the shadows of Christchurch—pulled from personal struggle, raw emotion, and the restless energy of a city with something to prove. It’s about moving forward when everything's stacked against you. It's rock. It’s rhythm. It’s real.

Based in Aotearoa New Zealand, I’m a local artist with a global sound. Every song I write is a story from my life—tangled in emotion, textured with rhythm, and always relevant.

I don’t write songs for algorithms—I write for connection.
If you feel it, it’s yours too.

Expect the unexpected. And turn it up.