I love the bass❣️ It's very funky...nice work‼️

Fantastic track and collab, found that missing piece…brings it all together nicely. Superb production!!!

Very Good 😌😊👍 Awesome!!!!🌠🌠🎷

Summer 2022

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually as part of my next BandCamp solo album)

Greetings my wonderful SC friends. I hope you’re enjoying October as much as I am. I adore all the -ember and -ober months. As seasons go, this is my happy space. It’s a great time to reflect, and a great time to reset.

Creatively speaking, this song caused a peculiar reaction I wasn’t expecting; enough to make it the topic for my liner notes. The reaction was... nostalgia. The world instruments made me pine for the experiences of my Scottish (clan Mackay) ancestors. And some of my other synth choices sparked happy feelings of being a teenager in the 80s. 

Even now, I’m strangely comforted by this song (a sort of mother’s love/lullaby effect). It makes me yearn for what I imagine to be easier, simpler times… and I couldn’t be more wrong. 

I know my Scottish ancestors had quite a brutal and destructive history. And if I’m really being honest with myself, I never expected to survive the Cold War in the 80s. In fact, I actually adopted a very dystopian view of the world because of it. So why do I (or any of us) have such a strong desire to return to ‘the good old days’, when almost all evidence points to those times being worse for the majority of us?

I’m reading a book right now that puts all of this into sharp perspective. It’s called ‘Enlightenment Now’ (by Steven Pinker); and it has less to do with being enlightened, and more to do with using reasoning to help us rummage through the inaccuracies stored in our minds. I’ll be the first to admit… I struggle with a lot of the concepts (because my ego loves the drama of believing it’s all going to hell). But truthfully, we have never seen a time when so many people were experiencing such a decent quality of life, and Steven has the analytics to prove it. For example:

On the topic of life…. The average human lifespan is now 71.4 years. In the 1700s it was 35.

On the topic of sustenance… Premodern Europe suffered famines every few decades. The typical diet in France in the 1700s was comparable to Rwanda in 1965 (the most malnourished nation for that year). Today, India’s billion people get an average of 2,400 calories a day. Hunger hasn’t disappeared entirely. But it’s nothing like what our ancestors experienced.

On the topic of wealth… the average preindustrial European was fortunate to own a quality garment only a few times in their lives. And it was not uncommon for clothing to be stolen off a dead body during an epidemic… thus continuing to spread the epidemic. Now we have to store our winter clothes to make room in the closet for our summer attire. And we order these items on our smart phones, to be delivered tomorrow.

On the topic of equal rights… Consider Michelle Obama’s quote from the 2016 National Democratic Convention, “I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves, and I watch my daughters, two beautiful, intelligent black young women, playing with their dogs on the White House lawn.” That is a hopeful indicator of how far we’ve come toward achieving racial equality. And there are people still alive today who were born before women had the right to vote. Now women can run for President. Another great indicator we are heading in the right direction. We definitely have a long way to go. But again, it is much better than it was.

These are some of the simplest examples pulled from the book. If you need a booster shot of positivity, I highly recommend it. It’s one of the best researched, most logically presented perspectives I’ve encountered in a while; and it is unapologetically hopeful. It reminds us… the ‘good old days’ weren’t really that good; and the best days are now. So let’s focus on what we need to do next, and maybe park those fond (but faulty) memories.

I hope you enjoyed my latest musical offering, ‘Nostalgia’. :)

Vox Populi

Nostalgia

Lyrics:

Made your way, alas a wall
Something aye o aye
Bloom in April after all
You never knew you
Fall, DUI
And  you warp deep inside
You wail off somewhere else
Your weighed it all
You weighed it all, I….

I’ve closed the door too many times
Feel the blood that’s racing
Hold the axe until it’s high
Bring it down upon my head
I don’t wanna be here tonight

Gave me something yesterday
A little my oh my
Hold it up and throw away
You always do, you
Fall deep inside
And you rail in your mind
You bail out somewhere else
You rail and fall
You rage and crawl, I...

Tonight

Akenaton

Special Guest Sergio Parraga from Spain..Congas. Tracks Recorded in Modesto, Ca.  Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo.  Harmonica solo. Alto Saxophone solo. Fender Electric Bass.  Roland 880 Synthesizer Bass. Baritone Electric Guitar Rhythm.  Gibson SG Electric Guitar Rhythm.  Horn Section, Trumpet, Alto, Tenor & Baritone Saxophones.  Trap Drum set. Percussion Congas, Timbales, Cowbell, Triangle Partido Alto, Djembe, Shaker.

Still Kickin'

Alternating

Ein bisschen Empathie schadet nie! ❤️

A bit of empathy never hurts! ❤️

https://open.spotify.com/album/37DZchaaUrWyEyQFbeKdy2?si=ZPBt6z3oRKm9Sar0A_Xpbw

Empathy

Delighted to work once again with the awesome Jörg (https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx) on our second collab - Echoes.
I figured the track needed a bit of sax magic injecting into it, so who better to ask than this amazing musician?
Great fun and a wonderful result - thank you so much, Jörg ♥

joerxworx - tenor sax
Electrometis - original composition, master mix

Thank you for listening ♥

Echoes

Echoes - feat. joerxworx

Dance till you see double :-)

https://youtu.be/tXKCYL9iFk0

Facts about this Track:
Idea, Arrangment, Audio-Editing and Midi-Programming,  Mixing and Mastering by Ray

Vocals: Audio-Samples

DAW: PreSonus Studio One Professional 5
Drums: EZDrummer 
Percussion: EZDrummer
Bass: Presonus Mai Tai
Keys:  EZKeys 
Pads: Nativ Instruments Analog Dreams

Double Vision

Enjoy some Deep House ;-)

YouTube: https://youtu.be/47YwCuvdBlM
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/3mtw75we

Facts about this Track:
Idea, Arrangment, Audio-Editing and Midi-Programming, Mixing and Mastering by Ray

Vocals: Audio-Samples

DAW: PreSonus Studio One Professional 5
Drums: EZDrummer
Percussion: EZDrummer
Bass: Presonus Mai Tai
Keys: EZKeys
Pads: Nativ Instruments Analog Dreams

Issue

I could not ignore this Paplo track with that cool slap bass :-)
.. so here's my humble alto sax interpretation of his hot track & open collab !!!
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/driven-paploviante-open-collaboration
... with big thanks to Paul and his great work for the community ! Enjoy !
backtrack - Paploviante // sax - joerxworx ........ photo: Lubo Minar, unsplash

Driven / by Paploviante / saxophone remix

YEAAAA!! I REALLY REALLY ENJOYED MAKING THIS INSTRUMENTAL, I HOPE Y'ALL ENJOY IT TOO! I WISH Y'ALL MUCH LOVE, KINDESS FOR U & PEACE! XOXOXO!

KRAE-    ~"LIES THEY TOLD"~                                        _INSTRUMENTAL_FOR NOW HEHE

Beachdrums ---   Rerelease

A Sexy House Song By The (Old) Romantic Named MatiniOh! ...

"15% faster mix" by Groovecalibur (2022)

Original Version > performed by MatiniOh! (2018)

The Rhythms Of Life

Nice, Sweet And Sexy (A Romantic💑Rendezvous)

Shining

I'm posting with some trepidation.  I mean, Bach?  The Most High? Even on this, the world's simplest piece (at least on the surface), I am aware that my technical deficits are such that I can play this for the rest of forever and it still will not touch the hem of Bach's lower garments.  Anyway you slice, though, this is like concentrated sunshine in a bottle and I wanted to share its beauty as best I can.  May this bring some peace, joy and beauty to your lives.

Bach Prelude In Cmaj - Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

https://soundcloud.com/chips-in-nose-and-ears had a beat, and I had a chord set…we shared them and started following different inspiration lines to get this eclectic but coherent suite:

CINAE-R SUITE (1) Rapped Andalucia (with chips-in-nose-and-ears)
(https://soundcloud.com/esemanolain-ruizzo/cinae-r-suite-1)

CINAE-R SUITE (2) Tirolese Jam (with chips-in-nose-and-ears)
(https://soundcloud.com/esemanolain-ruizzo/cinae-r-suite-2)

CINAE-R SUITE (3) Rasta Pasta (with chips-in-nose-and-ears)
(https://soundcloud.com/chips-in-nose-and-ears/cinae-r-suite-3-rastapasta)

This 2nd movement got a funk rock vibe, by hand-playing bass instead of my usual programming. Descriptive guitars and much more complete this number's story teling.

(Images: photos I took of some graffiti on my hometown walls)

CiNaE-R SUITE (2) Tirolese Jam (with chips-in-nose-and-ears)

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Jörg S. born in Cologne, from youth on, was fascinated by all kinds of art, so he taught himself the saxophone very early. Nowadays flutes of all kind are also part of the equipment, as are jaw harps, percussion, bass, guitars and keyboards.
He was and is always involved in many band projects and session events.
In the 80s he was a saxophonist in the Adam Noidlt Intermission Orchestra with gigs in Berlin, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Basel. Very early on he also worked as a writer with live readings in the Cologne area and was a painter with large formats for many years, all in addition to his job as a graphic designer. Now, retired, devoted solely to music: home recording with the platform of choice, Soundcloud and global collaborations.

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