IT WAS SOMETHING YOU SAID
IT WAS THE THINGS WE DID
THAT PUSHED THE TRAIN OFF THE RAILS
NEVER TO BE BACK AGAIN
NEVER TO BE BACK AGAIN

NOW SEPARATE WE SAIL
I BET IT’S HARD TO TELL
WHICH ONE TO BLAME 
FOR WHAT HAPPENED HERE 
STILL DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE

YOU COULD THE KING OF THE WORLD
THE FORESEER OF IT ALL         
BUT IT’S NOT LONG BEFORE WE FALL           
CAUSE THE HEART KNOWS WHAT IT WANTS
IT WANTS IT ALL

IS YOUR BOAT STILL FLOATING
CAUSE MINE IS SINKING

I THOUGHT I WAS THE KING OF THE WORLD
THE FORESEER OF IT ALL
BUT IT WASN’T  LONG BEFORE I STALLED               
CAUSE THE HEART KNOWS WHAT IT WANTS
I THOUGHT I WAS THE KING OF THE WORLD
THE FORESEER OF IT ALL
BUT IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE I STALLED            
CAUSE THE HEART KNOWS WHAT IT WANTS  
THE HEART KNOWS WHAT IT WANTS
IT WANTS IT ALL

Something You Said

Inspired by the poem "I am Rich" by my dear friend, Dr. Ludwig Palacio.  In 2016, my wife and I were diving the Belize Barrier Reef and ended our trip visiting Punta Gorda, Belize. A pack of stray dogs hung around the ATM near the town square and one caught our attention.  We needed a veterinarian and were introduced to  Dr. Palacio.  Dr. Palacio was generous with all his resources and nursed the  sickly mutt back into good health within a few months. It was while we were touring the We Art Gallery, I first read the poem Dr. Palacio had published. He asked me to put it to music.  The final version will be released in December in time for Christmas.

I Am Rich

Wheelwright: voice, lyrics, vocal melody, synthesizer, theremin sample @wheelwright

Beckenstein: initial music, guitars, bass, drum programming, mix

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We stayed up very late then took the flight from Kyoto 
The blossom on the wind the artificial sky reminded us of something

Oh did you hear that a storm is coming 
Oh did you hear that we were making plans

That girl said she was you when you were in that noise art band
 But it was hard to tell if she was really real or just another ghost

The shadows on the wall 
The clinical blue light 
The trouble's hidden in my heart

I'm watching from above it's like we're in a TV show
 We're standing on a bridge the mountain in the distance like a Hokusai

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image: Marlon Josué https://unsplash.com/@paladin_04 further processed by Wheelwright

Thanks to Fady for inspiration various.

We Were Making Plans (with Wheelwright) (Fictive Sisters)

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Kaltevat Marenkisillat

Recorded at Chillhouse Recording Studio with Will Holland.
Art mine.

(In)Sane

Confronting Depression and Building Resilience to Overcome

May your courage move forward... That's how I put my feelings!　It's a song that moves forward.🎻🥁🎺

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thank you for listening!!
Have a good day against the cold!!

DAW: Cubase pro 12

March of Courage

a quick one in the morning............cheers for having a listen

I'll Be On My Way

I wrote this for Townes several years ago. Recorded on a Zoom H-1

Townes would have been 80 on March 7th.  Brilliant, sad, self-destructive singer-songwriter.

No Place To Fall

Heal My Heart ©
Riff Beach - Original 
RiffWerx - 2024
In the darkness
With the stars so bold
He keeps searching for the warmth he’s owed
He walks the streets
With his head hung low
He has a struggle with nothing to show
Got his dreams strapped on his back
A Heavy Load…..
Been walking too long
On this Broken Road
In every beat, a somber note
In every line, a whispered hope
He’s reaching out for something real
For someone who can help him heal
Oh, Come Heal My Heart
Because it’s been torn apart
Come On now
And Heal My Heart
Wanderin’ through the storm he fights
Just longing for a Ray of Light
He hides the scars inside his soul
Spent too much of his life….
Out in the cold
Come Warm My Heart

Sunny Beaches

Beyond Earth And Sky (for Piano)

Wind

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.

We Were Making Plans (with Wheelwright) (Fictive Sisters)

Jonathan Beckenstein