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Related tracks: Lost Ritual

Related tracks: Death is the enemy

Bandcamp: https://expansionoftheauralcognizance.bandcamp.com/track/it-eludes-us-yet
Youtube: https://youtu.be/fYy8Mt7lxUE

*NEW* Piano Sheet Music: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IZPnD3F02X3rQ1mBwPIPViyMqT7MBv1x/view?usp=sharing

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It Eludes Us Yet

Potrei sbagliarmi
Potrei ricordare male però 
Queste cose le ho già viste 
(le ho già viste) lo so 

Se non vado errato
Son passato varie volte qua
Una musica nota 
Mi suona sconosciuta 

Anche tu straniera del giorno
Amica della notte
Mi confondi coi tuoi mille volti
E il tuo profumo 

Sogno/realtà 
Dimmi tu che differenza 
(che differenza) fa
Una parte di me
Ha bisogno (bisogno) di te 

I miei occhi
Sfumature del cielo scrutano
È proprio vero o no 

La terra umida
Che tocco con le mie mani 
Ci sarà ci sarà domani 

Anche tu amica del giorno
Straniera della notte
Mi confondi coi tuoi mille volti
E il tuo profumo 

Sogno/realtà 
Come pagine di un libro
Letto per metà
Una parte di me
Ha bisogno (bisogno) di te 

Sogno/realtà 
Dimmi tu che differenza 
(che differenza) fa
Una parte di me
Ha bisogno (bisogno) di te


Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved

Sogno

One last wing one last time one last fairy

The Last Wing

All rights reserved, (c) & (p) 2023.
Taken from the upcoming full length album, by Shock the Algorithm (PTBR mid-2024)
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/R6xz2BumOPs
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lyrics:
Another day goes by
another war inside my head

another trace of fear
but i never won't give in

Another night passed by
another midnight washed my sins

but i will face the day
no i never won't look grim


You said go and face your demons
don't let another day get wasted!

Death is the enemy, Death is the enemy oHhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh
Death is the enemy, Death is the enemy oHhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh
Death is the enemy, Death is the enemy oHhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh


Another year goes by
another book of memories 

and time doesn't wait
doesn't wait for no one

and don't you look away
you have to stand on your own feet

no matter what will come
you have to get your shit together


fight the good fight
fight the good fight

Rock and Roll Kills

Death is the enemy

The drink that pushes them over the edge. The drink that turns them into someone they won't remember. Stay out of their way or else...

Number 1s to Remember

Fight Pint

Original track. Dean on all vocals and guitars 

LYRICS
Landed from outerspace, fish out of water
Centre of everyone's attention 
asleep in the corner
Searching for kinsmen who might 
be on the same path
Wrong destination feels like 
a b&w photograph

Suburban wasteland, no home for aliens
Suburban wasteland, no home for aliens... 
like me

Kissed by the golden sunshine 
in from the cold
Lucky to find ocean solace 
to paint canvas bold
Silence the extrovert who is buried within 
Smiling alone in the shadows 
a loss is a win

Suburban wasteland, no home for aliens
Suburban wasteland, no home for aliens... 

Where is my rocket to take me home
Exit closed, signs overgrown 
Darkness comes, I got nowhere to go 

Suburban wasteland, no home for aliens
Suburban wasteland, no home for aliens... 
like me, like me, like me

Suburban Wasteland

Lonely Road.lead vocal.Frank Scimia

PS Perkins: Guitars, bass, lyre, vocals
Ron Thomas: Autoharps, Drums

Production notes:
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Very early on we wanted to use autoharps on this song to create a sort of swirling backdrop, reminiscent of the harps in Indian/Bollywood soundtrack songs of the seventies.

Right away there were challenges because the song is in B flat and is not wholly diatonic to begin with, utilizing a chord built on the augmented lydian scale in the choruses. So rather than transpose the song to a more amenable key (since the chromatic bits weren't going to work no matter what key we used) we instead re-tuned the autoharp. Moving through the strings one by one we tuned them either up or down a half step where applicable to bring them into key. Where the augmented chord hit in the choruses, we excluded those notes so that the autoharp was filling the diatonic parts of the chords and omitting the accidentals. It took us several tries to get it right. In the end we arrived at a chord progression that could be strummed on the autoharp and the modified chords could be played with existing dampers.

We also tuned the lyre so that the top half of the strings included the chromatic augmented notes while the lower register of the lyre was tuned using the diatonic, so the lyre could play the melody all the way through both parts of the song.

The inspiration for this song was essentially fourfold:
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First, H.P. Lovecraft's terrifying necromancer Joseph Curwen (from "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward") who masked his true identity in order to thwart suspicion from his fellow townsfolk. He has many secrets lurking in his underground catacombs where he performs acts of necromancy most foul, extracting the "salts" of the dead in order to raise them at will and learn the secrets of ancient eldritch deities.

Second, a poem by Rudyard Kipling titled "En-Dor" which was a warning against the rise of spiritualism and the cost of communion with the dead in the early 20th century.

Third, the biblical Saul who traveled in disguise to visit a witch at the city of Endor in order to summon Samuel from the dead and garner advice on defeating the Philistines, but who only prophesies doom for Saul. Saul dies later the next day in the battle of Gilboa.

Lastly, the story of Odysseus communing with the underworld where he enlists the help of Tiresias to have a chat with the dead and secure for himself a safe journey home.

They all seek communion with the dead for one purpose: to gain knowledge which only those who have crossed over between realms might possess. 

Lyrics:
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A mask may reveal what it’s meant to conceal
From those who are standing beside us
Armor of pride, so we learn to abide
By the monsters which hide deep inside us
The monsters which lurk deep inside us
Oh, how they scratch and they bite us
The monsters which lurk deep inside us

Only to know what the professor knows

Eating black bread, wearing clothes of the dead
The soil soaked in honey around us
For fear if we failed, leave the ogre unveiled
And it’s back in the grave where they found us
Back in the grave where they found us
Freed from the ties which had bound us
Back in the grave where they found us

Only to know what the professor knows

In the catacomb vaults, we extracted the salts
From cadavers to lengthen our youth
Chanting the names at the edge of the flames
And a mirror to show us the truth
A mirror which speaks only truth
See how it seeks not to soothe
A mirror which speaks only truth

Only to know what the professor knows

In the underworld maze, in the night of no days
Concocting the plan we’re devising
Much to endure on the road to En-Dor
And to snatch from Elohim arising
To snatch from Elohim arising
Snatch from Elohim arising
Snatch from Elohim arising
Snatch from Elohim arising
Snatch from Elohim arising

BARDS:Of The Shimmering Seraphs

The Professor

Will The Lightkeeper can illuminate our path and lead to safety through the storm of these infamous times?

¿Podrá el Guardián de la Luz iluminar nuestro camino y guiarnos a puerto seguro a través de la tormenta de estos tiempos infames?

The Lightkeeper

If you only knew how hard I tried
To put on my happy face and act like I’m satisfied
Then maybe you might start to understand
Why I can’t stick around and and be your happy man.

I want to see what’s over the next hill
This present situation is making me feel ill
I’m gonna keep on trying until I get it right
And I don’t care if it takes me the rest of my life

I’ve spent way too many years in front of a computer screen
Absorbing radiation, designing complicated machines
Some folks would tell me that I’ve got it made
It’s not a backbreaking job and at least I’m getting paid

I know there’s lots of people who are worse off than me
And I’ve got no right to complain
They say the grass is greener on the other side of the fence
But I suspect when I get there it’ll be the same

So I maintain the status quo
I try to go with the flow
Every day I ask myself 
Should I stay or should I go

I want to see what’s over the next hill
This present situation is making me feel ill
I’m gonna keep on trying until I get it right
And I don’t care if it takes me the rest of my life

I’m gonna keep on trying until I get it right
And I don’t care if it takes me the rest of my life

Gonna  Keep On Trying

"A Love Like No Other"

Recollections of flowing memories from when you entered my life
Your long black flowing hair & those beckoning eyes that still call me
It was obvious that we were never through which is why I returned
And in this world, who could ever say they knew of romance like this?
A Love Like No Other

Am deeply sorry for the pain I caused from an addiction that destroyed me
You were always the one & I struggled to cope with all I could not say
As time slowly passes by, I know in my heart you will be back in my arms one day
A Love Like No Other, a girl that gave me a reason to smile
A Love Like No Other, the connection of two souls that become one

Shane Beck (The Last American Poet)

1 - A Love Like No Other - Shane Beck

L-Prefetching

I Overlooked An Orchid- Gene Jumper, ( cover ) Micky Gilly.

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Alto Saxophone solo. Fender Rhodes Electric Piano Rhythm. Hammond B3 Organ background Rhythm. Fender Electric Bass. Full Drum kit set.

Bluez at Home

Ream Dream

Music & Production by David k. A. Spencer
https://soundcloud.com/david-spencer-543878720

Vocals & Lyrics by Cosmic Keanu

Find the Truth

In the search for truth
Where do we turn?

Is anything
new Under the sun?

Why can’t we be satisfied
with enough?

Endlessly pursue our
increasing desire

As the candle burns ever
lower with time

[chorus]
And all of this
is sand beneath our feet
A faded photograph,
a fading memory

The ear is never filled
by endless learning

There’s no memory left
Of earlier things

[chorus]

And, what remains
When we close our eyes?

Is anything there
beyond endless night?

Even legends die
Stars fall from the sky
The Truth never lies
God is only light

I have seen enough
to believe

Once you’ve seen the Truth
You can’t unsee

Ask in His name, and it’s given
to you 

Seek and you will find,
find the Truth

Find The Truth (David k. A. Spencer & Cosmic Keanu)

When I need to lay my troubles down about things beyond my control, I take a stroll across the Indigo Bridge for safe passage over the Big Blue. The only toll required to crossover — temporarily letting your worries go. And, hopefully, you enjoy a songbird serenade on the trip to the other side. 💙✌️

70 bpm
DAW Apple Logic Pro X
MIDI Akai Pro MPK 
E-instruments:
Steinway Grand Piano
Boesendorfer Grand Piano 
SoCal Ballad Piano 
Deep Organ
Cellos
Upright Ballad Bass
Studio Brush Kit 
Studio R&B+ Kit
Lo-Fi Remix 
Latin Kit 

Audio of bird chirps recorded live June 29, 2024.

Cover art: Derived from a public domain photo of the Golden Gate Bridge via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Golden_Gate_Bridge,_San_Francisco,_California_LCCN2013633353.tif

Indigo Bridge

New Name

Lost Ritual

Watch the video on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/cWoWGl3O2zg

A Century Of Loneliness

SitnThere

Samples vocals : « When the magic dies » (Culture Code).

SCARS IN THE DARKNESS

Déclin

Vidéo : https://youtu.be/RVOcoq2FZPA

Texte : Sanzen
Chant : Baie des Anges
Musique : Alain Illos

J'ai retrouvé le goût, 
la force de vouloir.
 Revenu des confins, 
des ciels brouillés...

Voleur de mots,
je me suis enfui
En quête de fleurs rares, 
de plages où je languis.

Et j'invente un pays
qui me ressemble.
Fait de soleil et d'océan. 
De parfums qui embaument

J'ajoute mes mots,
aux voix qui psalmodient. 
Enfin, je sens ce que je suis.
 La divine comédie...

Et j'invente une vie 
qui me ressemble, 
un paradis.

Revenu des confins,
voleur de mots, amoureux... 
Je sais qu'il est trop tard,
 pour être heureux.

Et mon âme en déclin 
et mon coeur fatigué. 
Et les soleils mouillés
 et les plus rares fleurs

Et j'invente une vie 
qui me ressemble,
un paradis.
Voleur de mots, 
enchantent mon âme...

Déclin avec Baie des Anges

Hip Hop fans on Soundcloud are likely to have come across the prolific talent of Ian Greaves (aka @IPG1). Ian's smart & slick vocal tracks are widely used in collaboration by other artists, as I've done here with one of his more popular lyric tracks, "Modern Times".  

On this collaboration, all lyrics are written & sung by IPG1, and most of the music is performed by me, with the exception of the sampled vocalization in the middle bridge and ending, and a few minor sound effects here & there. The beginning starts off normal enough, but the middle section takes a bit of a left turn before I 'go off' on the synth in the second half. I kind of enjoyed working the sliders on the live synth performance.   ;)

HUGE thanks to IPG1 for his generosity and helping me put together what is effectively my first hop hop tune, originally composed as an instrumental track. The lyrics are a topic close to my heart too, so really enjoyed being able to add my 2 cents in a way. 

Here's the link back to IPG1's original vocal track; please give him a listen!:
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/modern-times-vocals-150-bpm

And here's a link to the instrumental version, which was composed first before adding Ian's lyrics:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/modern-times-instrumental

I don't gotsta tell y'all this would be best played loud with headphones.   ;)

AI image designed & created using ChatPGT 4o

Modern Times - The Digital Age (Hip-Hop collab with IPG1)

"For The Blood, Not The Tears" is the third album by Jeremias Langsämmer and features modern works for strings and piano.

You can listen to the album as it emerges at soundcloud.com/these-guitars-say-sorry/sets/for-the-blood-not-the-tears

Ghost Fence by Jeremias Langsämmer

Songs with a twinge of humor (and some a bit more serious).  
I do not use AI to create my songs. 
Recently I have had the urge to pick up my guitars (Taylor 114ce and Fender Squire) and I have been trying to use more guitar in my songs.  
My go to .vst plug ins are  EZkeys 2, EZ Bass and  EZ drummer 3) and my DAW is Logic Pro 11. 
I welcome your comments and enjoy listening to all the great music on SoundCloud. 
All songs are originals and copyrighted.

Gonna Keep On Trying

Joe Stroffolino