First single from the upcoming album "Flown Arrows."

Written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by John Value.
Spring 2023 - Summer 2024.

released August 13, 2024


Photo by Georgi Dwiggins -
Summer Lake Hot Springs - Paisley, OR
May, 2024.

Days To Dust (Single)

Recorded on Thanksgiving Day 2015 for all my loved ones. 

I Love the Living You (Roky Erickson)

A cover for my mom for Christmas. All instruments are me.
Happy Holidays!

RIP Jason Molina

O! Grace (Magnolia Electric Company)

Feat. Dakoda Bradley on electric guitar.

Thank you to Killer Mike for using the title phrase during an onstage rant opening for Lorde at the Moda Center in Portland, OR.

Story about the photograph: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3968696/Meet-man-dedicates-life-preventing-suicides-China-s-notorious-jumping-spot-saved-321-people-13-years.html

Love to you all.

John Value
Portland, OR
Father's Day, 2018

Lyrics:
mic check, mic check, mic check check check
i'm a nervous wreck
check check check
i need respect 
need respect from myself
i'll respect my respect more than i respect wealth

no need to be free if i'm free with a check
there is no currency that is not suspect
some people disagree/that need to protect their neck
with my soul i will owe no debt
mic check

no,
suicide is not an option
suicide is not an option


ya/i've read hunter thompson 
i've been around the bend
losing friends/ on a hellspin trend/ to the end
i'm never coming back again

i read about nirvana
yeah you can come as you are
but never leave as you are/you must change who you are
fuck the insane who you are/the deranged who you are

you have come very far and it's not over yet
you will fall very far/you may fall to your death
but there will be no regret/bleeding me like a theft
but the glory of god/that will take my breath

no,
suicide is not an option
suicide is not an option
x2


fuck hemingway anyway/you're a macho burden
there's a false flag waving like the wizard's curtain
there's only one thing certain that i've come to expect
i may be down, but i'm not over yet

i wanna live like Baldwin
i wanna live like DuBois
I wanna live like Maya
I wanna live with poise
i wanna lose my desire
you can take all my toys
i wanna stand for something
track it down
i wanna bring the fucking noise

no,
suicide is not an option

Suicide Is Not An Option (Demo)

Written, performed, recorded and mixed by John Value at the Tillamook House in Portland, OR. 

Year unknown.

Hourglass

Written, performed, recorded and mixed on May 31st, 2020. 

New album coming soon, this won't be on it. Just needed to purge some darkness.

For Emily Bronte

Come Hither Child

Written, performed, recorded and mixed by John Value on 6/9/2020

Last Man In Greenland (Early Retirement)

Written, performed, recorded and mixed by John Value on 6/15/2020.

Inspired by the Capitol Hill protesters, the Paris Commune of 1871, Shirley Chisolm, Attack the Block (film), and a little sprinkle of Johnny Thunders. Peace and love.

the remedy is in the repitition
that's why i walk the block
another pirate radio transmission
reset the doomsday clock

i'm too old for teenage angst and
too young to feel this old
crawlin around this teenage wasteland
beggin for hands to hold

run em out of office
another one down/another one down
is that gonna solve it
they pass around the crown/pass around the crown
the boss always has more bosses

run the block
it's all we really got
don't need no mayor/don't need no cops
run the block

the enemy is hypnotism
that's why they hit the streets
we're a long way from shirley chisholm
but we won't taste defeat

run the block
it's all we really got
don't need no mayor/don't need no cops
run the block

people over profit
we're shuttin it down/we're shuttin it down
they can try to stop it
we'll never back down/we'll never back down
people over profit
we're shuttin it down/we're shuttin it down
your stocks are not our losses

run the block
it's all we really got
don't need no mayor/don't need no cops
run the block

Run The Block

Written, performed, recorded and mixed by John Value on 6/19/2020.

Happy Juneteenth.

Cat Eat Dog

Written, peformed, recorded and mixed by John Value on 6/24/20.

Tuesday Morning's Night

Written in late June. 

Performed, recorded and mixed on July 2nd, 2020.

Painting by Georgia O'Keeffe.

Week Old Love

The second single released from the upcoming album, Transcendental Medication.

Album releases 10/31/20.

Song written, performed, recorded and mixed by John Value.
Mastered by Mike Bridavsky at Russian Recording.

Artwork by Raul Louis Parra. (raullouisparra.com)

Joan Of Snark

Written, performed, recorded and mixed by John Value.

10/24/20.

Photo by Sam Wilson. http://www.samwilsonphoto.com/home

johnvalue.com

Every Night Is Halloween (Demo)

This page exists to connect you to the music of John Value and his One Mic Recordings.

The songs you'll find on here are strays: demos and b-sides that as of now stand alone, without a home on a record. Every song on this page was recorded, mixed and posted on the same day. It's a rough and immediate glimpse into my songwriting process.

To get the bigger picture, visit http://johnvalue.bandcamp.com/ to stream and download full length albums. 

Thanks, enjoy!

John

John Value

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