Some piano parts with fx inspired from the walks I've been taking lately



Treelygns

This is a rhythmic collage of vocal samples I took from a couple of rehearsals with a church band here in Dallas. The worship leader has a unique way of vocalizing rhythms and making all kinds of cool sounds, all of which lends itself well for a remix.

Boom Backah Pow

http://youtu.be/IzcC1exrn8Y
It's like a fellow I once knew in El Paso. One day, he just took all his clothes off and jumped in a mess of cactus. 
I asked him that same question, "Why?"...He said, "It seemed to be a good idea at the time."

Low Gravitation

For chamber orchestra. Premiered at Snape Maltings Concert Hall in July 2011.

Frame/Refrain

o severance stings / never lasts / these noble failures / have fallen on / yesterday’s lost hopes / and you realize you’re laughing / on fire / ‘cause it’s been so long since you could shed skin / that you can just barely feel the pain/ this is how i feel / as i’m caught / laughing on fire / o i feel like i’m laughing on fire / sunless on strawberry fields / idol worship tattooed on our foreheads / hands of the clock around our necks / these are delusions hidden deep within the voices of angels / COULDN’T FIND THE THINGS WE WANTED / IT’S SOMETHING THAT THEY NEVER TAUGHT US / EXPECTATIONS GROW BRUISED AND CLOTTED / NEVER FORGIVEN BUT SOON FORGOTTEN / O i feel like i’m laughing on fire / IN THE VOICES OF ANGELS / sunless on strawberry fields / idol worship / tattoed on our foreheads / hands of the clock around our necks / these are delusions / in the voices of angels / even when there is no hope / this is how i feel / as i’m caught / laughing on fire


Laughing On Fire

'In Control' is the first single off DOLLS + Fauxplay's album EAT IT UP  - check the video HERE https://youtu.be/DajUghB3TZE and you can buy the track on iTunes, Bandcamp, Tidal, Amazon, Google Play (pretty much everywhere). If you like it, please share + actually _buy_ the music...  Support Indie, because it's the sexy thing to do. Come find me on Twitter/IG/FB @dollsxx

With 80's electro bass and hooky synth lines, 'In Control' darkly drives a catchy déja-vu backdrop for DOLLS' trademark lyrical juxtaposition - this time threatening listeners with a gritty, but blasé kind of true love.  

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In Control (DOLLS + Fauxplay)

This song explores themes of being lost or at the end of your rope, dealing with said mindset, and eventually accepting where you are in order to move on or move forward. 

Shipwrecked

Pieces

Tom Waits (on Jim Wilson): "Wilson, he's always playing with time. I heard a recording recently of crickets slowed way down. It sounds like a choir, it sounds like angel music. Something sparkling, celestial with full harmony and bass parts - you wouldn't believe it. It's like a sweeping chorus of heaven, and it's just slowed down, they didn't manipulate the tape at all. So I think when Wilson slows people down, it gives you a chance to watch them moving through space. And there's something to be said for slowing down the world."

Source: "Woyzeck to run at Freud Playhouse". Daily Bruin (USA), by Andrew Lee. December 3, 2002

Find more on the recording on this link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023815586

Tom Waits on Tom waits talking about this recording - http://gloriousnoise.com/2008/tom_waits_interviews_tom_waits

More on the recording - http://hearingvoices.com/transcript.php?fID=142

You can buy original recording here - http://www.amazon.com/Gods-Chorus-Crickets-Jim-Wilson/dp/1932192077?tag=viglink124132-20

Original recording from the author - http://www.constancedemby.com/godscricketchorus_f.html

And more: http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2013/10/13/weekend-diversion-is-this-an-amazing-chorus-of-slowed-down-crickets/

Jim Wilson | God's Chorus of Crickets | crickets audio recording slowed way down

Never Enough

Track from "Skalpel" album, 2004, Ninja Tune

Skalpel - Break In ("Skalpel")

Arms and legs crossed. Cigarette in left corner of mouth.

Laughing On Fire

Joshua McGill