this is hypnotic. reminds me of two of my favourite artists: Kate Bush and Joanna Newsom, but hugely original and excellent on all levels.

I love these chords and vocal harmonies – shifting in and out of dark and light. A great piece of music, and Lisa has added to it brilliantly and seamlessly. This *is* wonderful!

And this is an apt vocal... and still room for more .... :)

Piano Jam 78

Lapin ihmeellinen luonto and soundboard tinkerers

Music – guitar, bass, beats and synths - Petri of Lapin ihmeellinen luonto
Vocals – johns of soundboard tinkerers
Produced by soundboard tinkerers and Petri /December/January 2021/2022

Cornerstone - a long way out

It's a long way out / in the glare
the spin follows / as we go

ship on the horizon
moving in the eye
the whirlpool turns and churns
a sea of red and mud
the tossing waters burns

feeling introspective
things were only just OK
Then it turns to mud / bloody mud and dust [rust]

P-pushing the needle in / hush now/ for the sting
the mind thoroughly stalked / washed and brained
with the spin working overtime / overtime climbing feats
as feet slide underground

so hands auto-touch face / can't see a thing
uncomfortably dumb / I wonder why / there's a cry
blood full of razor blades and eyes full of blasting heat
cutting, wearing, bursting through those bloodshot eyes

we pass the cornerstone

we pass the cornerstone
circle around again

past the cornerstone
crumpled, on hands and knees

past the cornerstone
colourless, frayed and cracked

Lyrics by johns of soundboard tinkerers December 2021

Datum what? Ahoy there!

Cornerstone - A Long Way Out [Lapin ihmeellinen luonto and soundboard tinkerers]

[heard on Mar 13, 2014 here: https://soundcloud.com/alternateaudio/alternate-audio-podcast-vol-2]

March 9, 2014

How fitting to have my first all-female collaboration fall within the month of March, National Women's Month in the U.S. It was such an easy joy working with Faerytale (Lisa West), and this graceful experience restores my faith that SC collaborations need not involve ego-driven drama or bully game-playing.

Lisa is such a great talent, as everyone who hears her is already well aware. She has graced my guitar+ improv track [see description at https://soundcloud.com/kat330/gracewater-waltz] with poetic lyrics and a lead vocal here that is in turns earthy rich and airy ethereal. Earth and Heaven and the Gracewaters of March all rolled into an elemental 3 minutes 39. Thanks for this early birthday gift, Lisa!  ♥

Gracewater Waltz Lyrics
by Lisa West [Faerytale]

Brushing reeds, unruly things!
Move aside that I may see the sky!
Lily pads frame this form
Nodding in their approval, noble things!
Respecting the solemn presence of my passing,
The clouds are pierced by golden shafts
Swords, spears, thrusting through 
The fragile clothes of that naked, blue sky
I reach for, but cannot touch,
So I settle myself in this place
The water carries me with grace
Its current extols my heart and body
Its warmth holds me by the waist
I hold the light in one hand
As we sway in a dance of grace

Gracewater w/Lyrics & Lead Vocal by Faerytale

The tension is almost unbearable as we here await our election. I made this as a quick and dirty way to express and process that tension. And guess what... it works for Halloween, too!

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[https://youtu.be/tDDGKSTzBxk Mar 30 video gift from JT on my I Disown You] This site is for music fans who think outside the boxy confines of genre labels. Find here and soundcloud.com/kat330repost/tracks my originals and covers on anything from felons to lovers, arranged for and performed on a variety of instruments, for sounds ranging from sweet to sassy and reedy to brassy; from lofty to lowdown and soulful to hoedown; from serious to silly and urban to hillbilly.

I am so grateful you are taking the time to listen to these self-recordings, many of which required an enormous amount of my time and effort to produce. If I also introduce you to a singer-songwriter you never knew, or if something I wrote or recorded brings a smile to your day, well, that's just the sweet icing on my aim-cake!

Hope you will seek out the original artists' versions of cover tunes unfamiliar to you and, please, share my sounds with any like-minded listeners. I also urge you to click on individual track titles to read my production notes and lyrics before or as you push play. Some notes are informative, some are entertaining and some may be neither or both. ☼:) Kathleen xxxooo

Gracewater w/Lyrics & Lead Vocal by Faerytale

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