sounding real good here. Janine nailing it.

great tune. Lyrics are really cool. Instrumentation and production are perfect. Great job. Wonderful collab.

You can't go wrong with Janine's vocal and lyrics.  Production is top notch on this sir.  Great arrangement.

So much space. Cool vocal Janine! Some tricky earworms, very nice. Chris

Love the jazz-infused vocals, indie vibe, and masterful orchestration!

the slightly out vocals are cool, kinda Buffy St Marie, and great chorus phrasing/rhythm   the dropout is badass

Super dooper instrumentation and production along with Janines fabulous vocals and lyrics make this a winner for me.

Janine Levinson: words, vocal melody, voices, image https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson

Jonathan Beckenstein: instruments, music, mix

Thanks so much, Janine! It was good making this with you.

You can’t relax around a coiled spring
No matter what they say 
Cause what they do is everything
You can’t relax around a coiled spring

What did you think was gonna happen? 
What did you think was gonna happen?

No matter what they tell you
The snake is not your friend
That’s just me being me, he said
I’m the snake for heaven’s sake oh what did you expect?

What did you think was gonna happen?
What did you think was gonna happen?

But snake also needs a friend
A snake ought to haaaaave a friend
A snake also needs a friend
A snake ought to haaaaave a friend
Ssssssssssssssss

You can’t relax around a person who snaps
No matter how they kiss
A morsel of cheese and a tango perhaps,
But turn your back and you’re just a mouse in a trap

What did you think was gonna happen?
What did you think was gonna happen?
What did you think was gonna happen?
What did you think was gonna happen?

Mousetrap (with Janine Levinson)

A laboratory with an open bar and floating altar. Come on in! 

Here are various solo and collaborative projects - songs, soundscapes, live looped solo guitar improvisations. 

This project used to be called "imaginary friends", but it became too real for that name, as did many of you.

I hope you enjoy something you find here. Do feel free to be in touch, you never know what might happen.  

I also invite you to attend @hypnopompetus, a duo project with the illustrious Cheesemont Paisley-Paisley https://soundcloud.com/sel-sync, and Fictive Sisters, a transatlantic band with  the incomparable Wheelwright https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com/album/immaculate-distraction.

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