Copyright 2021 Mitchell/Hallinan. Lyrics by Ken, Music by Dave. Written as a reflection on all the Covid disruptions.

Dave Hallinan:  rythym guitar, vocal.  Ken Mitchell:  percussion, bass, lead and fill guitars, synths.  Mixed, produced. mastered:  Ken Mitchell.  Remixed and remastered Nov 2023.

THE TIME WE LOST
Copyright 2021 Dave Hallinan (music)/Ken Mitchell (lyrics)

The time we lost, we’ll never see again
It’s down the bend on a long-gone train
Hunkering down in a town with no name
And the lone wind blows

But here inside I still have you
Our vow of love has made it through
You dance to me and I dance to you
And the fire glows

BRIDGE:  Can’t undo the cold
                 Can’t undo the rain
                 But the time we lost is time we gained

The time we lost has no regrets
The things it did it now forgets
What’s coming up is anyone’s bet
And nobody knows

INSTRUMENTAL

BRIDGE:  Can’t undo the dark
                 Can’t undo the pain
                 But the time we lost is time we gained

We got stuck in the great charade
But now that debt is fully paid
Our story etched in an endless praise
And it really shows
It’s not who you know
It’s simply what you sow.

The Time We Lost (prog rock)

Copyright 2023 Kenneth A R Mitchell. Written, performed, produced and mastered by Ken Mitchell.  I've had the chorus in my head for several years...I used to sing it in the Post Office before I left for my route.  I had to go (pit stop) before I left!  LOL  I finally decided to write the entire song before someone else did.  One of those great country titles.  :)  Invoking the spirit of live Jimmy Buffett best I can.  Sound effects courtesy of Freesound.org, enhancements by KM.  Thanks to Sam D for post-mastering suggestions.  Remixed 1-4-24

LYRICS:

I GOTTA GO (BEFORE I LEAVE)
Copyright 2023 Kenneth A R Mitchell

When I was young I didn’t aim too well                             
A quick look round and anyone could tell
My mommy and daddy wouldn’t wait til it dried
And a long time before signed up for this ride.
As I got older things got better
I left the place a little less wetter
                                                                                       
Later my nights were parties and beer
But early morning, man, and I’m gettin out of there
The smell of stale sugar, the smell of stale coffee
If that’s all there is, make it caramel toffee
But gimme just a minute, I’m leaking like a sieve
Old Mother Nature got something up her sleeve
Well I gotta go before I leave

INSTRUMENTAL

In   time I went along and met my wife
She’ll be there for me and I can bet my life
She made me better than I ever coulda been
She’ll keep me walkin’ if I ever lose a limb
But men and their bladders, floating at the teeth
Old Mother Nature got something up her sleeve
Well I gotta go before I leave

INSTRUMENTAL 2

Well look around ya now you know its true
Look for those people that were sitting next to you
Half of them gone, now standing in the line
Standing there complaining since this they can’t believe
Old Mother Nature got something up her sleeve
Well I gotta go before I leave (3X)

OUTRO Chatter

I Gotta Go (Before I Leave) REMIX

Copyright 2023 Kenneth A R Mitchell.  A Christmas gift to my son and his lady from their cats, adapting the lyrics of Jingle Bells to their experiences.

All performances, mixing, production and mastering by Ken.  Mixing assists: Janet.  Loops used were from Freesound.org.  Feebie supplied the meow.  :)  Parody written by Ken, Janet and Avery Mitchell, and Michelle Clock.

Jingle Bells
Original Music and Lyrics by James Lord Pierpont
Lyric Update by K., J., and A. Mitchell, Michelle Clock

(Fynn purring)	
Feebee:  “Hey, Fynn, look at that shiny new ornament at the top of the tree!  Let’s go get it!
Fynn:  “Nahhh, I’m getting a bit too old for that…you do it!”
(Tree crashes, ornaments break)
Feebee:  “Ooops!  They probably won’t notice.”
Fynn:  “Tell ya what!  You handle this!  I’m going under my blanket”
Feebee:  “You can’t go to bed!  We have to do that surprise for mommy and daddy!”

Jingle bells
Catnip smells
50 feet away            (TWO TIMES)
Oh, what fun
It is to run
Through dad’s sneaker tray

Fynn:  “Did you catch that YouTube video with the singing cat?”
Feebee:  “Yeah, we should try that sometime…”
Fynn:  “Aren’t we doing that now?”

Dashing through the house
On sleeping heads we play
O'er the couch we go
Tearing mom’s duvet
Ha ha ha
Watch those cat tails swing
Knocking down the lights
What fun it is to jump and run 
All through the Christmas nights

Jingle bells
Catnip smells
50 feet away           (TWO TIMES)
Oh, what fun
It is to play
In mommy’s baking day

(Feebee meows)
Fynn:  “Is mommy in the shower?”

Now the TV’s toast
Glad we got that done
No more CSI
That was really fun
Look!  A brand new stand
A fireplace to break
Now’s the time to mess it up
See how much they can take

Jingle bells
Catnip smells
50 feet away
Oh how we
Love to be
With you every day hey
Jingle bells
We can tell
50 feet away
That you’re here
To love us dear
And we loooove youuuu allllll thhhhhe waaaaayyyy

(Laughter by Aves and Mimi)

Feebee:  “Are they laughing at us?”
Fynn:  “Nope!  They are laughing WITH us!”

Something Up Her Sleeve

Fynn's & Feebie's Jingle Cats

Verse Copyright 2024 Davis Hathaway Moore.  Music Copyright 2018/2024 Kenneth A.R. Mitchell.  Vocal by Davis. Music (anchored by Ken's "Ambient JKJKA"), written, performed and produced by Ken.  Davis read this powerful verse to me for recording in one take.  I then added a number of synth washes, my older track, and sound effects (Freesound.org). LYRICS:  Everything is shared.  Ending piano tamed 3/25

Fight fair.

(falling stars)
Kings and queens raise up their hands
Out ahead of their bands;
Raise up bright ones.

Do not let fall death upon the armless
-hugs.
And for the headless
-not armies—
Gardens, fields, and forest

To grow again:
Limbs
Crown
NIKE

END WAR
Just do it.

NIKE

Nike (feat. Davis Hathaway Moore)

Copyright 2023 Kenneth A R Mitchell (lyrics)/David Hallinan (music).  Recorded at MARE Studio, Exeter, NH.  Musicians: Dave (vocal, rhythm guitar, synth horns, piano, strings); Ken (harmony vocal, drum tracks, synth bass, shaker, treatments, expansions/enhancements).  Mixed, produced and mastered by Ken.  A rich, uplifting piece of pop cake, Eno-Martin style.  :) Remaster 3/26 0905                                LYRICS follow:

I WILL ALWAYS
Lyrics Kenneth A R Mitchell
Lyrics tightening David Hallinan
Music David Hallinan
Copyright 2023

I will always be true to you 
One of one, through and through
Keep me young, make me sing
I owe you everything

We know that that friends are hard to get
They come and go, we soon forget
We are the ones, with guiding stars. 
You and me, eternal heart

CHORUS 

Thank the heavens, thank the earth
Giving truth, giving worth
All I am now, because of you
Being ourselves: what we do

INSTRUMENTAL

Time goes by, a wispy breeze
Lifts us well above the trees
So let me say, my through and through
I will always, be true to you. (Repeat)

Roadtrip

I Will Always

A song written for my trainer and dear friend at my first weather job.  She left to focus on her pregnancy and motherhood, and we all missed her greatly.  I sang it to her live in our office just before she left.  

Copyright 1982/2024 Kenneth A R Mitchell.  All performances (drum reprogramming and live second track) played live by Ken Mitchell.  Mixed, mastered and produced by Ken.

LYRICS:  

Mother to be, how old under someone’s eyes
Do I have to be, to be remembered, when you’re free
Mother to know you’re going when I’m barely in place
Makes me colder, I can remember, seems a dream

Will you give us the right to never forget you
To always regret you went away
When you leave us tonight I’ll never forget you
Just want to let you hear me say

Mother to be, can “Hey, I love you my friend” really say it
You know already, I really pray it
That you’ll give me the right to never forget you
Just want to let you hear me say

Mother to be the world is such a lovelier place
Because you’re in it, because you’re in it
A new beginning, mother to be

Mother To Be

Copyright 1982/2024 Kenneth A R Mitchell.  A "cleaner" mix to accent my piano track throughout (more Elton-like), but essentially maintaining the second-half buildup of the original.  A song written for a dear coworker leaving work to focus on motherhood.  I sang it to her live in the office back then. All instruments/vocal performed live (save drums); mixed; mastered; produced by Ken Mitchell   LYRICS FOLLOW:

LYRICS:  

Mother to be, how old under someone’s eyes
Do I have to be, to be remembered, when you’re free
Mother to know you’re going when I’m barely in place
Makes me colder, I can remember, seems a dream

Will you give us the right to never forget you
To always regret you went away
When you leave us tonight I’ll never forget you
Just want to let you hear me say

Mother to be, can “Hey, I love you my friend” really say it
You know already, I really pray it
That you’ll give me the right to never forget you
Just want to let you hear me say

Mother to be the world is such a lovelier place
Because you’re in it, because you’re in it
A new beginning, mother to be

Mother To Be (clean alt mix)

A Satori is a short period of existence when you are suddenly at total peace, one with all things.  I had one in my late 20s and it was/is an astonishing gift to see how life CAN be.  This track incorporates a NASA clip of the Sun's "song", which turns water molecules into perfect crystals.  And hence our own water molecules.  This is a "Zen-ambient" piece to honor my own Satori, and to help you find yours.   The 7 Chakra-cleansing frequencies are courtesy of Jagadamba of Freesound.org, as are the birds and waves sounds.  I used a guitar loop from Apple, and Logic's metronome (which appears at the start and end to simulate the end and restart of time).  The rest is me playing.  

Copyright 2024 Kenneth A. R. Mitchell.  Performed, recorded, treated/mixed, and mastered by Producer Ken Mitchell.  Thanks to Sam D for the pre-publishing quality check.  Remastered Oct 24 using Waves.com's Curves Equator

Satori (Song of the Sun)

Copyright 2010 Andria Mason.  https://kenmitchell.bandcamp.com/track/lost-this-fight to buy :)

Andria Mason:  vocal and guitar.  Ken Mitchell: percussion, synths and treatments.  Recovered, produced, treated/mixed, and mastered by Ken Mitchell

LOST THIS FIGHT
Copyright 2010 Andria Mason

Honey don’t mean to hurt you, there's just so much I need to work through
In my mind, in my mind
Wish that I could find the words to make it all seem worth it for you
To hang on, to hang on

I can’t say just what it is I’m livin' for
I can’t stop you this time from walking out that door
If you ask me to make up my mind tonight
Well honey I just lost this fight

There’s so much that we’ve both been through
No and I’m not trying to cause you pain
Cause you pain
But it’s my mind that’s not at ease
No and I’m not easy to please sometimes
Oh, sometimes

I can’t say just what it is I’m waiting for
I can’t stop you this time from walking out that door
If you ask me to make up my mind tonight
Well honey I just lost this fight
Honey, I just lost
Honey I just lost this fight

Lost This Fight

Copyright 2009 Andria Mason.  https://kenmitchell.bandcamp.com/track/when-youre-gone to buy.  :) Second release from this wonderful EP, Lost This Fight!  Gorgeous writing and performance.  Andria Mason: vocal and guitar.  Kevin Dambruch: eletric guitar and bass.  Ken Mitchell: percussion, synths.  Recovered, produced, treated/mixed, and mastered by Ken Mitchell

When You're Gone

Copyright 2009 Andria Mason.  https://kenmitchell.bandcamp.com/track/best-hand to buy.  :)  The third release from this wonderful EP, Lost This Fight!  Gorgeous writing and performance.  Andria Mason: vocal and guitar.  Kevin Dambruch: eletric guitar and bass.  Ken Mitchell: percussion, synths.  Recovered, produced, treated/mixed, and mastered by Ken Mitchell

Best Hand

Copyright 2019 Kenneth A R Mitchell.  A song for the special night!  Remastered and slowed a bit.  Performed, produced and mastered by Ken Mitchell.  Photo courtesy Paul Lacourse. 

(CHORUS)  IT’S FRIGHT NIGHT, THE RIGHT NIGHT
TO PRETEND YOU’RE SOMEONE NEW
IT’S TRICK OR TREAT WITH EVERYONE YOU MEET
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GOTTA DO…   GO BOO!!!

IT’S HALLOWEEN, CAN’T WAIT TO BE SEEN
I’M DRESSED UP LIKE A WIZARD
I’VE GOT MAGIC MOVES AND MY MAKE-UP GROOVES
MY PARTNER’S OUT AS A LIZARD

IT’S THE TIME OF GHOULS AND THERE IS ONLY ONE RULE
TO GET A TON OF CANDY
BUT IF YOU’RE FEELING FEAR ‘CAUSE THE SCENE’S TOO WEIRD
JUST KEEP YOUR LIGHT SWORD HANDY

CHORUS    

IT’S THE WITCHES’ MOON AND THERE’S A SPELL THEY’RE BREWIN’
IT’S BEST YOU GET ON BY
BUT IF THEY DRAG YOU IN, I SUGGEST YOU BEGIN
TO SCREAM LIKE YOU’RE GONNA CRY

INTRUMENTAL  

KEY SHIFT (yikes!)

IT’S THE TIME OF OWLS AND THE GRAVEYARD HOWLS
THE WOODS ARE DARK AND CREEPY
ALL THE CHILDREN KNOW THAT IS NOT WHERE YOU GO
IT’S WHERE THE ZOMBIES ARE SLEEPING


IT'S THE AUTUMN GIG, IT'S GOTTEN REALLY BIG
JUST DECIDE WHO YOU WANT TO BE
THERE’S A LOT OF CHOICE, AND THE STREETS ARE MOIST
BUT DON’T DRESS UP LIKE ME

(CHORUS)  IT’S FRIGHT NIGHT, THE RIGHT NIGHT
TO PRETEND YOU’RE SOMEONE NEW
IT’S TRICK OR TREAT WITH EVERYONE YOU MEET
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GOTTA DO   GO BOO!!!

It's Fright Night (The Halloweeb Song)

Fright Night (The Halloween Song)

Copyright 2012 Andria Mason.  https://kenmitchell.bandcamp.com/track/all-i-have-left to buy.  :)  The final release from this wonderful EP, Lost This Fight!  Gorgeous writing and performance.  Captured from an mp3 recording.  Andria Mason: vocal and guitar.  Kevin Dambruch: eletric guitar and bass.  Ken Mitchell: percussion, synths.  Recovered, produced, treated/mixed, and mastered by Ken Mitchell.

ALL I HAVE LEFT

All I Have Left (w/ Ken Mitchell)

Copyright 2018 Written/Performed/Programmed/Produced Ken Mitchell.  Turns out GarageBand drums were perfect for this country spoof.  Written in the 80s, I lost almost all the words so had to rewrite parts of verses for this recording.  "Thunder" toms play a big role LOL, plus a new MIDI surprise at the end. :) Remixed and remastered in Nov 2023 in Logic Pro on Waves Abbey Road and other software.

Hidden In Plain Sight

I Just Stepped On A Rake

I Just Stepped On A Rake 2022

Copyright 2020.  Written, performed, produced by Kenneth A R Mitchell. Live drums and all other instruments by Ken.

Not only a love song to my wife...but a huge tribute to a major influence in my music life:  David Bowie. This recording started out life as "Let Me Know When The Coffee Runs Low"...but I realized the meter and feel of the finished recording were all wrong.  So I did a complete rewrite.  When "I See Blue" popped into my head as the title, it took about a month for the rest to show up...the main body of lyrics arrived over the space of 24 hours, and the bridge lyrics while driving to my sister's...LOL...and plus I always do my best revisions an hour before the vocal take.  This was initially recorded on Garageband and nursed along on Logic over the past few years, as my skills and knowledge grew.  Remastered Dec 2023, and again in Oct 2024.

I See Blue 2024

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RECORDING HISTORY:   About me:   A few decades of experience!   I’ve been writing, performing and producing music since my late teens, keeping up with tech advancements. With my recording, practices and live performances in bands, I have well over 10,000 hours of experience! 

I am on the Waves subscription plan, which with my DAW, Logic Pro, and other software purchases, gives me lots  of options to get the best sounds and loudness!  Add my speaker system and studio reference headphones, constant software and skills upgrades, and I am ready and able!

Musicianship:  I play drums, electric and acoustic guitars, electric bass, and keyboards. I sing, harmonize well. Primary influences: Beatles (and George Martin), Brian Eno, David Bowie, Elton John, & Leonard Cohen. 

I am in this for the joy of creating music.  It has always been that way, since my first transistor radio (!) to hours of absorbing the masterful sounds of my influence for hours on end…and blending them with my abilities.

I started on two cheap reel-to-reel recorders in 1970, using  a surprisingly successful sound-on-sound technique (in my late teens and early 20s).  I moved to a professional reel-to-reel sound-on-sound for a spell (later 20s), and then eventually to 4-track cassette mixing recorder, mixing to reel, with several effects units (later 30s). 

I took a 14 year break from the mid-90s on, as work and family became all-consuming.  I retired from working in July 2018.  I then began writing/recording again that August, now in the digital era with GarageBand at first, then Logic Pro late winter of 2020.  

I also played drums, then guitar, and sang, in the local covers-band, Revolver...which I left in 2021.  I record/produce other artists and add instruments as needed.  Thanks for reading all this!

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