A quiet ballad of a relationship analysis.

What Can I Do- Slow version

The Valley of Mexico was the heart of Aztec civilization: here the capital of the Aztec Triple Alliance, the city of Tenochtitlan, was built upon raised islets in Lake Texcoco. At its pinnacle, Aztec culture had rich and complex mythological and religious traditions, as well as achieving remarkable architectural and artistic accomplishments. 

Thanks to Daniel for the nice image.


Sacred Jungle

Original tune - first conceived in 1966 when I was 17 years old.  Never got around to completing the lyrics and putting together a decent recording until now!

What A Lovely Couple

This "Surf-style" original song was written by John Abrahams and recorded by John and Steve Rifkin back in the early 90s at what was Steve's analog studio. Words & Music by John Abrahams. John Abrahams: Lead Vocal, Guitars, Keyboards, Drum programming. Steve Rifkin: Backing vocals/Main harmonies. Produced by John Abrahams & Steve Rifkin. Engineered by Steve Rifkin. (Steve Van Nostrand made a cameo appearance, joining in on the vocal harmonies during the guitar solo.)

"It's OK" by John Abrahams (w/ Steve Rifkin)

My friend lost his cat and I was thinking about my french friend Pascal . We had great times together. A humorist and intelligent man.

Pascal and the black cat take a walk

Sonic imagery from along the Indus River, through the South Asian subcontinent, from its origins in Tibet to its terminus in the Arabian Sea.

- Music by: Robin Benjamins, @blunt-force-serenity, http://BluntForceSerenity.com
- Arranged and produced by: Robin Benjamins

Key: C minor, F# minor and G# minor
Time signature: 11/4 and 8/4
BPM: 80

Instruments: 
- Arturia KeyLab 88

DAW: 
- Mac Pro 12 Core, macOS 10.12.4
- Apple Logic Pro X
- Plug-ins: Ez Drummer, Bazille
- Focusrite Saffire Pro 40
- Mackie Control Universal

- Copyright: Robin Benjamins, bluntforceserenity.com

Photograph: “Indus Valley. Near Leh, Ladakh, India” by Nilanjan Sasmal at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nilanjan_sasmal 
Photograph copyright: Nilanjan Sasmal at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nilanjan_sasmal/9675371593

Total Aquarium

Indus

My tribute to Chris Cornell.
Song originally recorded by Audioslave.

Like A Stone

Arrival

Another Number

Vocals by Mercy Weiss  https://soundcloud.com/mercyweiss
Song and production by Christopher Pellnat  https://soundcloud.com/pretentiousmusic
Photo: Michael Hudson Photography www.michaelmhudsonphotography.com

Lyrics:

Another Number

Give me another number it's not working
They answer and say there's no one there by your name
Did you transpose the number that you gave me?
I'd like to think it happened accidentally

And I'm not gonna say you are the one to blame
But isn't it kind of funny just the same?

Give me another number it's a dead end
A couple of rings and he picked it up again
I apologized and I explained us
Sorry I had to throw you under the bus

But I'm not gonna say you are the one to blame
But isn't it kind of funny just the same?

Give me another number this one's faulty
Picked up again he invited me for coffee
Said that he was happy that I made the wrong call
Maybe the number isn't random after all

But I'm not gonna say you are the one to blame
But isn't it kind of funny just the same?

You said to call you anytime
And I did because I was so inclined
Beyond my comprehension though
Whether unintentional
Or were you messing with my mind?

Give me another number like the last one
Try once more to pull another fast one

Cause I'm not gonna say you are the one to blame
But isn't it kind of funny just the same?

Another Number - Mercy Weiss

Q - Funk

A performing musician for decades, Johnny has hit the recording studio to capture the influences acquired over the years. He currently writes, sings all parts, plays all the instruments, records the tracks, Mixes and Masters the final results. He is a Classically trained Bassist playing Double Bass, Fretted, Fretless Electric and Acoustic Bass, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Keyboards and Digital Drums as well as Baritone Vocals. Collaboration and sponsorship is always a welcome addition in these efforts. 
Johnny performs on a regular basis with the Washington DC area based band called Misspent Youth (www.misspentyouth.com), PLays Double Bass with the NIH Community Orchestra and plays Bass and sings with The Rockville United Church Church choir.. 
Between the hard work, he teaches classes and maintains a Cleanroom at the Nanocenter of the University of Maryland. 
He writes, records and produces his own original music and is looking to collaborate with similarly inclined musicians

What Can I Do- Slow version

Johnny Abrahams