I've been listening to a lot of this amazing shoegaze/hardcore/prog metal band out of the UK called "Loathe".  They play baritone guitars that sound ridiculously cool.....so I did some research and found this very affordable baritone guitar out of the UK called the Subzero Rogue which the band "Loathe" also utilizes.  Although this song may sound like its tuned real low, it is actually in standard E.  The baritone guitar has a 30 inch scale length and string guages of 90-20!  So, you get the string tension and clarity of standard E with the low end boost.  I can match up the bass tone perfectly like this because bass tends to get pretty sloppy when tuned too low.  Hope you enjoy it!!

Auras of Control (2022)

Propelled by momentum, keeping me aflame.
Keep me here for someone's sake, I know it isn't mine.

Drowned in worldly contention, stifled and restrained.
I look calm but I'm barely contained, and something's got to give.

Pulled up by dawning awareness, illusions shatter in the light.
I feel the breakthrough but I'm so afraid, what will happen to me?

The Quiet Earth Orchestra

The Prophet

The Prophet (by John Ludi as the Quiet Earth Orchestra)

Colibri

Escaping

district zero

She's Leaving Home

Last Day

Cover art by: Eetu Iljamo
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Mixed, mastered and production By Reedy, https://soundcloud.com/user-716607695

Shooting at passing cars (featuring Reedy)

A song about learning from mistakes

LYRICS:

Who do you think you are fooling with that smile?
A stare cold and brooding
Gloomy and wild
The clock keeps on turning
in spite of your pleas
The fire, slowly burning
approaching the trees

Today is impossible
to repeat
so don't try
The rain is unstoppable
Come in
and stay dry

Too many times we have been here before
It blew out your mind
and it knocked down your door
It pays to revisit
the places we found
when we were explicit
with our feet on the ground

Explicit

Appalachian trails - Robert Grigg & Combstead

Released in 2025 by Century One Records, Valerie's latest album is an exceptional work of art. It features a masterful fusion of opera and vocal melodies with orchestral piano that builds in a powerful, climbing crescendo.

Whispers in the Rain

MUSIC FOR THE THINKING FEW.

(NOTE for RepostEx users: I don't repost AI if I can detect it, and I only repost songs I like or show some level of competence or promise...and they usually don't involve an 808, misogyny, Autotune or singing off key over a prerecorded track...and at my age I'm FAR more interested in quality connections with listeners than going "viral". ALSO: mostly an aging rock/folk/prog/indie guy...can't really judge or really relate to Hip-Hop, Auto-Tune and other more modern styles...sorry.)

John Ludi is a musician/singer-songwriter/cultural relic with a diverse and "arty" array of influences and lyrical interests who was "Indie" before the term even existed. Working outside of the music industry by choice has given Ludi the ability to release songs of a level of lyrical depth that are anathema to the current culture.  Ludi lives off-grid in a yurt in the woods of WI and finds the materialistic priorities of our civilization incredibly wrong and destructive.