Exceptionally powerful message conveyed here Joan, this hits close to me. Amazing work to do something like this, showcasing the struggles that we hide and how it can over encumber us and to how it's best to talk to someone. Excellent work Joan.

fabulous upshot of metal  into this compelling interview/spoken word/awareness track. totally rad.

Wow this is nightmarish - and I mean that in a good way:)

We're trying to bring it to the surface more and more. Talking about suicide is only good. Psychological problems, especially among young people, have only increased due to Covid. Silence is a mortal sin. The music you hear is my creative expression of my past mental problems.

when I myself had mental problems and became suicidal, no one noticed. I didn't show it to the outside world. Certainly not for the people I cared about most. I wanted to protect them from my own negative thoughts. So no one asked about it.
So try to make it negotiable in some way!
www.crisistextline.org/
https://988lifeline.org/
if you have anything to say about this :email me on Soundcloud or joonhendriks@gmail.com
https://youtu.be/QvwI1DmIJwY https://youtu.be/aqzamLrc6ds

the happy result of a destructive mind (thoughts about death)

Music: Jan Schonander

This is about as close to a "dittie" as you get in the synth VST world. I loaded up 5 different VSTs, four from Logic Pro X and 1 from Kontakt, mapped them into 5 different and sometimes overlapping parts of the keyboard and played it all in one go. In other words this is a one man band piece that can be performed live - there are no overlays just a single play. It was kind of fun doing this and I felt like one of those street musicians playing on a pedestrian street in front of an old-fashioned department store while playing. Maybe some of you will enjoy.

Liftoff & Alit

We had met for a jam session without plan and purpose during the last sunny Saturday afternoon last year. By the time of this recording, we hadn't known that soon we would want to go for pee break, that the studio door is self closing, that the key was left in the studio, and that we would end up with nothing but the clothes on ourselves, one face mask and a bit of cash, and that we would spend the rest of the day waiting in front of some pub until it would open because there were rumors that some Tim working there has another key.

Andrè Gärtner, bass
Martin Söhnlein, drums https://soundcloud.com/martin-s-1
FL, piano

Cover art by Katarzyna Von Kopytko (obviously she made jokes of my scribbling inabilities).

Fun fact 18 days after publishing: Martin just showed up at our place this morning, he had lost his keys, wallet, phone etc. again. I served him a glass of water.

The Band Without Keys

Youtube Video:  https://youtu.be/b70uQ3Xycyc

WE WANT TO FLY 
(c) JunkHeap Jul 21 2022 / remixed Oct 2023

Thinking about the day 
and feedin' on the summer vibe, 
do you feel it?

Later that night I need some sleepin',
crawl into bed, soft sheets are cheering.
The pillow says hello,
and I fade below.

Someone waves to come along,
through a field, beside a pond.  
It's idyllic. 
Jump up high, and say goodbye
flying up and out of sight.

Hit the clouds.
In the clouds.
and there's the sun.
and the beautiful Earth.
For all it's worth,
in this day and age.
Turn the page
and you see the rage.

it's all sort of malign.
Politicians turn a blind eye.
They don't have the fortitude
to satisfy all our needs.

We want to fly.

Sitting on a beach near Naples;
Standing in Krasna Square;
Meet some people at the Pyramids of Giza;
then hit downtown NYC and see its flair.

Dreaming of a simple bliss, 
where I feel her lovely kiss.
But a dark flows in so slowly,
blots out the light, 
and I feel people want to get away.

We want to fly.

We Want To Fly

ONLY HERE FOR THE RIDE

video - sketch is here:
https://youtu.be/PQ9UtDz7lZw

5/4 of my heart

Now rest your head and close your eyes
Sweet darling don’t you cry
I am right here by your side

leave the troubled world outside
In the morning
I know things will be alright

Maybe I’m too naïve but when I look at you I still believe
Together we’ll get through the night

I’ve seen you struggle with your fears
And I look beyond your tears
I have seen the way you try 

You took the chance to have it all 
And you were not afraid to fall
But were afraid that you would fly

Maybe I’m too naive but when I look at you I still believe
W e can reach the sky

Let’s Give it one more try
We’ll rise up to find new heights
Spread our wings and aim towards the sky
Hang on and we’ll take flight

You taught me how to start again  
What it means to be a friend
When I felt so all alone 

You showed me what it means to love
And how it feels to be loved
 A thing not everybody knows

If I could only be just half of what you see in me
I would know where I belong

Taking Flight

A fun collaboration with the talented and inspiring
https://soundcloud.com/todd_wilder

Physical

Physical (Todd Wilder & Libby Laksmi)

Chapter 121 of 266
Chapters released every weekend. All TAFFETA tracks are created within seven days.

I use a complete hybrid of organic & electronic sounds within the scope of the Taffeta project. Nothing is out of the question and no limits are set on how things may evolve one way or another.

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daydreaming

Daydreaming

unfortunately I am free of any profound knowledge at the keys ! but I can not leave it :-D .... free improvisation in one go ... I hope the layered sounds make the piece interesting enough ! ... I myself feel it's nice to dream away ... The pretty illustration is by Juanita Mulder, pixabay
.......... a little joke on the side: I used completely fearless all black and white keys ...!

some jingling - free improvisation

I try to make original music, it doesn't have to be perfect. It has to radiate a certain feeling.I try to explore the boundaries of music.

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