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Hidden Gems 2025-09

Songs I've written and produced since 2007, across various instruments, programs, equipment and levels of understanding. Thanks for listening.

My Original Songs

Light (It's Always Lived In The Dark) Featuring Drop on Drums!

Descent (with Dropouts on Drums)

Copyright 2025 - Johnathan Dunn - IToTheI Studios

I look to the clouds
The wind begins to blow
The Sirens call
The Dark descends upon me

Not much time now
There's not much left to go
I'm going down
Just throw some dirt upon me

The Pain and Strife
Of who I was before
I see my life
Gone through an open door

Not much time now
There's not much left to go
I'm going down
Just throw some dirt upon me

The winds grow faint
All steps dissolve away
Each mark I've made
Lives on another day

No moments left
The tide it draws me near
I sink below
To cross a veiled frontier

Beneath the waves
The others break me free
Night turns to day
As I begin to see

No struggles now
I'm just where I belong
I shake my head
and recognize my home

Descent featuring Drop on Drums!

The is my Original song "Stand" with Drop on Drums. I'm on Vocals, Lyrics, Guitars, Bass, and Production. We hope you enjoy!

Stand (Featuring Drop on Drums!)

The idea for this song came to me randomly while driving down some backroad a few years back, and I recorded the initial idea spur of the moment. For whatever reason, the rather morbid theme came out in the process and I just went with it. Nat is a daring soul and surprisingly encouraged that we record it and with her considerable help we fashioned this recording. Notable is that Nat has taken on the ability to add some beautiful pedal steel guitar throughout the song using her well established keyboard skills and this first run at it was very satisfying. Let us know what you think!

Craig Durgy: vocals, guitar
Nat Daniels: vocals, piano, pedal steel, bass, percussion
All music written and performed by Daniels & Durgy
Produced by Nat Daniels of Gentle Rain Records 
©2025 Daniels & Durgy

Lyrics:
It took me a while to believe it
If you’re stuck in a bad place, you leave it
And I was that place, that she had to erase
A place that suited me just fine

Then one day I put away my rosy glasses
As I waited for her to come back home.
But watching dust settle, 
On the couch and the kettle
I could see it was me, that made her have to leave
Me to build this coffin home of mine

Yes, I’m building a coffin to live in
Surrounded by forests of green
‘Cause if I ever knew love, 
I guess that I threw love
Away with the girl of my dreams

Well, it don’t feel like living, without her
Though the sun still shines brightly through the pines 
I can tell I have a pulse, 
But my heart has tested false 
If only I’d seen the warning signs

It’s the simple things that seem so complicated
Thought I knew what I should do, to make it 
But then the ship that sails, 
Leaves you pounding coffin nails
Now it’s, twenty-four seven, this coffin that I live in
With all the “could have beens” that it confines

I’m just building a coffin to live in
Surrounded by forests of green. 
‘Cause if I ever knew love, 
I guess that I threw love
Away with the girl of my dreams

Pounding away, day after day
Waiting for the girl of my dreams
Someday, she’ll be back

A Coffin To Live In

great to have you two on Board, Nice Blue Note track, Big Thanks Guys for your great Pervormances
Torben Schmitt - Guitar
Joerxworx - Saxophon https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx

lunatics 236 / Blue Nigth / Schmitt-Joerxworks & Ratzzz

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Amplified Studios
Carlsbad CA, June 2025
Drums: Marc Polit
Electric guitars: Tristan Brooks

LYRIC
We hear the guards shout
It’s 9 and lights out
The truth is so stark
Alone in the dark
No ‘nighty-nite’ here
And no ‘sleep tight, dear’
No one to console
Us on our bedroll

We serve our sentence
Despite our repentance
No one’s obliged to sympathize
Here's what life has shown me 
We get so lonely we could die

A narrow window
Is all that we know
A glimpse of the sky
A bird flying by
That must sustain us
Thought it can pain us
To know there’s so much
We’ll never touch
So we muster resistance
To look off in the distance
But sometimes our hearts ask us to try
We see an old leaf blown free
And get so lonely we could die

The world’s betrayal
You know each day’ll
Break like it’s new
Then disappoint you 
My term’s determined
Of that I’m sure, friend
And yours is as well
That much we can tell
No pleas, no whining
No silver lining
In clouds that clutter up the sky
A single ray may break through
Just long enough to make you want to cry
How bad can the unknown be?
Here
We get so lonely we could die


we get so lonely we could die

I'm not here for fame. I'm here to change the game.

Game Changer

I'm not saying you're not a real man if you don't cry but maybe you should try it, it feels good.

Real Men Cry

This track is a collaboration between myself (Guitar, Bass, Mix, Production) and my friends MattJH (Lyrics/Vocals) and Dropouts (Drums). Lyrics were written my MattJH. Copyright 2025 IToTheI Studios. Out soon on all major platforms!

Freefall by MattJH

When there can not be peace
With another 
As the black water falls
And this island gone

When you can not be reached 
Under cover
And as time passes all
When the silence comes

Brave with me
Stave with me

It's time to release out of me
this storm that the lightning calls
I'm one with this velocity
And now we freefall

It's time to release out of me
This storm that the lightning calls
I'm one with this dark misery
Escape this freefall

Feel the light shine on me
Before the night comes
Don't let earth shatter me

I'm in freefall
I'm in freefall
I'm free
I'm in freefall

When the dark clouds subside 
Into nether
Every drop washes clean
Dirt and paint adorned

Wipe a tear from your eye 
Wonder whether
Was it all just the rain
Nothing left of scorn

Brave with me
Stave with me

It's time to release out of me
This storm that the lightning calls
I'm one with this velocity
And now we freefall

It's time to release out of me
This storm that the lightning calls
I'm one with this dark misery
Escape this freefall

Feel the light shine in me
Before the night comes
Don't let earth shatter me

I'm in freefall
I'm in freefall
I'm free
I'm in freefall

Freefall (Featuring MattJH and Dropouts)

Inspired by the myth of Atlantis, but IS it a myth?  

The Trials Of Atlas (Instrumental Guitar)

This is a very special song with my good friend, Drop, from Dropouts and Lydar on Drums! Out soon on all major platforms! Please - be sure to check out Drop's pages below 👇 Drop is THE hardest working and most talented Drummer I know. He continually lends untold amounts of time and support to various musicians, is a good dude, and I know he'd appreciate the support! If you like this song, please - like, subscribe, comment, share or anything you feel lead to do with it as it helps with YouTube's algorithm. Thank you for listening and your support 🙏

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6q5dgoL9v8ERq6uOosVCi5?si=Xx1tRh1gSNiybdZlLpnFeQ 

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ucrD7AI9K9d2WsDOPx5TY?si=MM5lV9hpTb-1d_H4IOWrjw

https://www.bandlab.com/dropouts_oficial

https://m.youtube.com/@LYDAROFFICIAL

https://www.bandlab.com/band/band8636734611785311

In Time

In Time (Featuring Drop on drums!)

Nestled in the shadowed embrace of a wooded hilltop, Johnathan might (or might not) seem quiet on the surface but in his heart music roars with raw intensity. Captivated by darker, soul-stirring sounds, he pours his heart into crafting tracks that ignite his inner flame. Though local artistic connections remain elusive, he yearns to find collaborators nearby—but has united with creators on Bandlab—to breathe life into both shared and original visions. A guitarist through and through, Johnathan dives deep into every aspect of production, honing his skills to evolve as an artist. Every song emerges from his home studio, ItotheI Studios—where he writes, arranges, performs, records, mixes, and masters—with rare guest contributions adding texture and depth. His covers pay tribute to the trailblazers who inspired him, and to those who truly listen, Johnathan extends heartfelt gratitude.

Freefall (Featuring MattJH and Dropouts)

Johnathan Dunn Music