I love the vibe so much - great use of reverb to create such a vulnerable sound - great guitar parts. Nicely done!

Always loved this song. Great unique take

love the sound of the room on this one. like an instrument itself. goes well with the tune.

really good guitar melody and tone..soft/serious...grabs your attention throughout...vocal matches that sense well..lyrics thoughtful

Shock the Algorithm

R O C K

Kiss Of The Sun

Mark H. Davis - Percussion (@adamsrelic)
Cass Dvorak - Vocals (@user-501928298)
Rock Sinders - guitars and keys

Why do you always look so
sad about the future.
Why can't you forgive yourself
for things you did before?

Cause nobody promised you
this life would be that easy.
Someone so blue like you
will always ask for more.

But I... couldn't settle the score.
And I... couldn't follow, couldn't follow you anymore.

Well maybe the world around you
bent around you easy.
But baby you'll never learn to
bend along with things.

Someone so blue has never
been outside the city.
Someone like you has never
felt the way life stings.

But I... wouldn't settle the score
And I... couldn't follow, couldn't follow anymore.

Solo

So you can be blue like you
and leave without believing.
Wherever you go you'll never
be... here.

Never leaving, never believing
never could see your life that way.
Never leaving, never believing
never could see your life that way.
Never leaving, never believing
never could see your life that way.

And I'll be off livin' all my days...
believing...
Never thinkin' about those times again...


- V5.02

Someone So Blue

Serial

"Killing Moon" JTSunrise cover of Echo and the Bunnymen 

Check out the Video on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1VINoByVXj/?igsh=dmhtMmpvaG91ZWNp

Released in 1984 as the lead single from their album "Ocean Rain," the song has since become one of the band's most beloved and iconic tracks. With its ethereal atmosphere and poetic lyrics, "Killing Moon" captures Echo and the Bunnymen's sound and left an indelible mark on the music landscape

Formed in Liverpool, England, in 1978, Echo and the Bunnymen quickly rose to prominence in the post-punk era with their unique blend of dark, introspective lyrics and melodic rock. The band was founded by Ian McCulloch (vocals), Will Sergeant (guitar), and Les Pattinson (bass), and were later joined by Pete de Freitas (drums). Their music drew inspiration from a variety of sources, including The Velvet Underground, David Bowie, and The Doors. Their sound is simultaneously moody and anthemic

Legend has it that their drummer, Pete de Freitas, named their drum machine "Echo" because he believed it would confuse their rivals. The idea was that whenever other bands would talk about Echo and the Bunnymen, they wouldn't know whether it referred to the band as a whole or just their drum machine. The song should be played to a drum machine for 1980s authenticity, 124 bpm

"Killing Moon" gained renewed attention in popular culture when it was prominently featured in the 2001 cult film "Donnie Darko." The song plays during a crucial sequence in the movie, adding a sense of mystery and intensity to the scene. Its inclusion in the film introduced a new generation to Echo and the Bunnymen and solidified "Killing Moon" as a timeless classic

[Verse 1]
   Em
Under blue moon I saw you
    C
So soon you'll take me
Em
Up in your arms too late to beg you
    C
Or cancel it though I know it must be
     Em
The killing time
    C
Unwillingly mine


[Chorus]
G    Cm
Fate
                 G   Cm
Up against your will
                        G   Cm
Through the thick and thin
                G   Cm
He will wait until
                      G   Cm  Em C
You give yourself to him


[Verse 2]
    Em
In starlit nights I saw you
    C
So cruelly you kissed me
      Em
Your lips a magic world
      C
Your sky all hung with jewels
     Em
The killing moon
      C
Will come too soon


[Chorus]
G    Cm
Fate
                 G   Cm
Up against your will
                        G   Cm
Through the thick and thin
                G   Cm
He will wait until
                      G   Cm
You give yourself to him


[Solo]
Bm A G Em
Bm A G Em
Bm A G Em
Bm A G D  Em C


[Verse 1]
   Em
Under blue moon I saw you
    C
So soon you'll take me
Em
Up in your arms too late to beg you
    C
Or cancel it though I know it must be
     Em
The killing time
    C
Unwillingly mine


[Chorus]
G    Cm
Fate
                 G   Cm
Up against your will
                        G   Cm
Through the thick and thin
                G   Cm
He will wait until
                      G   Cm
You give yourself to him

G    Cm
Fate
                 G   Cm
Up against your will
                        G   Cm
Through the thick and thin
                G   Cm
He will wait until
                      G   Cm
You give yourself to him

G    Cm
Fate
                 G   Cm
Up against your will
                        G   Cm
Through the thick and thin
                G   Cm
He will wait until
                      G   Cm
You give yourself to him
                      G   Cm
You give yourself to him

G    Cm
Fate
                 G   Cm
Up against your will
                        G   Cm
Through the thick and thin
                G   Cm
He will wait until
                      G   Cm
You give yourself to him
                      G   Cm
You give yourself to him

Original: https://youtu.be/LWz0JC7afNQ

Mac when he is older, still got the Mojo: https://youtu.be/8guh5hCamWA

Frank the Bunny: https://youtu.be/nw9YfZF48_U

KIling Moon

Killing Moon

Night Walker

AudioBake + Insatiable Void - When That Existential Nihilism Kicks In At The Rave

https://youtu.be/3fHo4B1x_BY

Seems to be an endless repeated theme for me ~ running away to the countryside, and in recent years this has been the Australian wilderness, from the deep south to the far north.

Dedicated to, and featuring Gary Reeves (aka Mountain Songs) on drums and cymbals (remixed) at the start. Banjo, lap slide guitar (acting as bass), beats and vox by myself. This song is for Gary, who has been a wonderful musical compadre for many of us around the world, via this  Soundcloud Village.

Respect and acknowledgement to the Traditional Owners of the lands, waters and skies in this video, both in Australia and New Zealand. Particular thanks to the Yolgnu people of Gapuwiyak who made me feel so welcome during my short visit to Arnhem Land last year.

Looking Up & Down      Song, recording, audio & video July 2023 - Chris Okunbor (APRA)
I was chained to the city, thinking I could fly,
I gazed at the heavens as the clouds rolled high.
Long, long days working to the plan,
I changed my way of living and I left that town.

Now I'm higher than the mountains, looking down below,
rolling miles above cotton candy snow.
Way beyond the city, just going with the flow.
running to freedom to a place unknown.

Got a window seat, got a beer in hand.
Feeling in my heart for this ancient land.
Well, wild rivers snake,  jeweled seas shine.
Djerimanga Songlines are spinning out my mind.

Higher than the mountains, and the madding crowd,
cruising miles above cotton fields of cloud.
Way beyond the city, going with the flow,
running to freedom, to a place unknown.
To a place unknown.

Looking Up & Down

Looking Up & Down  ~ a song for Gary (video link in notes)

Rainy Holidy

There are twists and turns before a song is completed.Sometimes looking back to the first demo, we find that it sounds tasteful.

Song & Lyrics: Hiroyuki Ishimoto 
Performance: Gatta
Produce: Davy Lotsbooks

Arranged: https://soundcloud.com/user-109612266-663984932/you-know-things-i-dont-know-feat-ucchy-t?si=d9918f5ea07044b8bcceb2e49c5c06fb&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Lyrics:

There you are, lost in the light.
Where is there?
In my dreams... you are smiling.
Where am I?

Far away from here, even now you are laughing?
Even now I catch something...
Where are you?

We all want to catch something someday.
When the world far, far away seems distant and hazy
I smile.

Oh, nothing, I don't know, growing up.
Oh, who the hell you might be

Always making me... la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la....

BANG!

Oh, no one, go to, there's a place...
Oh, nobody, nobody, la-la-la-la-la-la-la...

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la....

BANG!

You know things I don't know (1st.Demo)

I normally go for "light and melodic" in my music but here i've gone for "dark and percussive" for a change!! 

Music,composition,arrangment,mix and production ... Pablo
Retro-Tone Audio ©2023

The Dream Chaser

The Dream Chaser ................ Scary Mix ...............

This Thing You Call Love

Into The Mist!

Even evil Masters of the Abyss get their groove on now and then – and what better time than Halloween! Poor Raewyn doesn’t really feel like joining in, but she doesn’t have much choice!

No particular storyline (and not really part of the Elvenland saga), just a bit of Halloween techno fun from John and myself 😊  

#halloween 🎃

John Buckle: Synths, Mood Sound Layering (@john-buckle-166792889)
Electrometis: Original composition, mix/master

Free download if you like it.

Thank you for listening ♥

Elvenland - Halloween Spoof

Elvenland - Halloween 🎃 (feat. John Buckle)

(p) & (c) 2023/2024. Taken from the debut album (to be released mid-2024, under the tittle "Rock and Roll Kills").
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/Ls4kYAwMN2w
lyrics (Parental Advisory):
------------------------------
You're so strage to me

you got offended so fast
you're not built to last
you're made of sugar, butter and shit

You think it's only you
you cry like a bitch
your job it's only to abuse

whatever i say is wrong
your life is like a crappy song
no reason to talk to you anymore!

Rock and Roll Kills

You're So Strange To Me

Blind Eye (demo)

Heavy Punk Rock 'n' Roll band turns into Synthwave nowadays! Brand NEW album "Ultraviolet Cosmos" available NOW!

@JTSunrise was born in Chicago, IL (the City of Blues) in 1968. JT grew up on a rural horse farm at Cuba Township near Fox River Grove, along the C&NW tracks, about an hour by train outside the city. Summer nights before the internet were for sleeping outside and watching stars, singing and playing guitar to his girlfriends, and hitching trains from his backyard. Anywhere JT went, he had his acoustic guitar slung around his back. JT also learned bass and banjo, and started a folk band in high school, playing house parties and school concerts and busking the commuter train station in Barrington, IL.

His teenage years took him around the world and to Tempe, AZ in 1987, (age 19) where he lived in the same building (and jammed often) with Spiral Stairs, a seminal guitarist who would later form the band Pavement. JT played acoustic sets at the legendary Sun Club. During this time, Robin Wilson of the Gin Blossoms (JT’s record store clerk friend) did his sound.

Seattle Music Era

Arriving in Seattle in 1992 with his Tempe barista girlfriend PJ (now wife), JT immersed himself in a city alive with music innovation. This was to become known as a time when Seattle bands reshaped the musical landscape. Amidst the scene, JTSunrise carved a niche and performed shows, blending busking music with the amplified Seattle sound, his Tempe-styled lyrical command, and the soul of Chicago street blues.

His performances became the background of Seattle’s music venues, from the intimate setting of **Art Bar** to the historic **OK Hotel**, where grunge legends made history. He captivated audiences at **Sit & Spin**, a venue combining a laundromat with a bar and live music, and found a true home at the **Lake Union Pub**, a legendary punk dive bar that embraced him as their own. Each chord, each lyric, carried the weight of personal experience.

Musical Influences and Style

JTSunrise draws from icons like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and Billy Bragg, alongside bands he admired in Tempe such as Gin Blossoms and Dead Hot Workshop. The bands at the Sun Club and Long Wongs in Tempe, AZ shaped his sound and approach. These influences, coupled with the music scene in 1990s Seattle (including Elise Sauer, Obe-Wan Kenobe, and everyone to ever perform at the Lake Union Pub), molded his blend of folk, punk, country blues, and acoustic pop.

Signature Songs and Contributions

Among his many contributions to the musical landscape, a few songs stand out:
- **"Saint James Infirmary"**: A haunting rendition of the classic ballad.
- **"Biscuit Roller Blues"**: A soulful, gritty track that showcases blues roots.
- **"Kevin Song"**: A heartfelt, melodic piece that resonates deeply with listeners.
- **"Cure For Pain"**: A Morphine song that explores themes of struggle and redemption.
- **"Mama Tried"**: A tribute to Merle Haggard, blending acoustic blues with heartfelt emotion.
- **"O Danny Boy"**: A timeless ballad, rendered with sincerity and grace.
- **"Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain"**: A fusion of folk and rock.

Prolific Output

JTSunrise has a substantial discography on SoundCloud, with over 200 tracks available. This includes a mix of original songs, raw covers, and collaborations with other artists. His music spans genres like folk, bluegrass and country blues, cowboy country, and 90s acoustic rock, reflecting his diverse influences.

Commitment to Seattle’s Artistic Community

JTSunrise’s influence extends beyond music. His commitment to authentic Seattle art is evident in his participation and support of local artists and musicians. As of 2024 he remains a licensed Pike Place Market busker, a role that allows him to share handmade music directly with the community any time, creating intimate, memorable experiences for locals and visitors.

Thanks everyone for support! 

Find other Art  and Videos by #JTSUNRISE: IG, YouTube, X, TikTok, BlueSky interweb media @JTSunriseMusic
www.linkedin.com/in/jtsunrise-music-1528072b0

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