MONOSYLLABIC MANZITTI
Music by Overdrive

Check out the IG promo video:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C1bBwXxxpKd/

This is certainly my most labor-intensive composition to date and it required an insane amount of work for months on end. At the time, it wasn't uncommon for me to spend the whole night to create just 5 seconds of music. The Ableton Live screen for this song shows an equally peculiar view -- large amounts of micro-samples lined up one after the other, corresponding to individual notes that had their durations and pitches meticulously altered. 

In fact, samples of real instruments were previously chopped up almost note by note and some of these pieces were picked out and lined up on another Ableton audio track. In this way, the brass sections were created very slowly and in a totally experimental manner.

The title is a naughty joke about an unusual situation I went through. While I was working on the track, I sent a message to a musician I admire, highly praising his work and style, and also asking if he would like to take part in a collab. The answer came back with just one word: “no”. Well, I couldn't help but make fun of the whole situation and the title of the song came naturally... lol 🤣

The main influence for this experimental song is the work of Hoyt Curtin and his best-known score, the opening and closing themes of the 1960s cartoon Jonny Quest, aired by Hanna-Barbera Studios (my all-time favorite cartoon).

The promo video is an edited version of the short film "Jazz'in" (2011), an extraordinary work by Gobelins L'Ecole de L'Image & Citia. Check out the original video on the Gobelins Paris YT channel:

https://youtu.be/PAzmB0C7_JA

Hope you enjoy the song.

Monosyllabic Manzitti

This track was submitted to a local church's songwriting project during the 2014 but it got ignored. After burying the track for almost a decade, eventually we've managed to remaster the song with our new production skill and DIY vocal. Fortunately everything goes well and just like what we've imagined! This is Parallel Universe, a gift from our younger self to our loyal listeners! Enjoy!

Mother Nature

Parallel Universe

If you need
A hand
I can be
Part of that plan
If you need
A hand then

I’m your man
You know that
I’m your man
I want you to remember that
Cause you
Sometimes forget

I will be
Listening
You tell me
When to come in
Can’t you see
I’m all in
You see because

I’m your man
You know that
I’m your man
I want you to remember that
Cause you
Sometimes forget

I'm Your Man

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Unraveling

"Anomie" is now available on all major streaming platforms!

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Anomie

This is an old Fuzzy Grubb song, the first one we wrote, and in our first practice.  Feels like home playing this one.  I miss those days, those nights, and the people who filled them.  Hope you enjoy it.  This song is for you all (you know who you are!)

This Night 

Verse 1: 

It just felt right.  It came on the air that night.  My eyes closed and I opened my arms. 

I smiled so wide, that pain brought a tear to my eye, and my dreams danced in the sky with the stars. 

Chorus:  

I don’t know what I feel anymore.  Not quite as empty as I was before 

Everything was right, uh huh, on this perfect night. 

Verse 2: 

Surrounded by friends.  Laughs that stirred up the past.  Campfire songs carry us into the night. 

A haze of beer and memories.  I felt something stir deep inside of me. 

One by one we all drifted to sleep. 

Chorus:  

I don’t know what I feel anymore.  Not quite as empty as I was before 

Everything was right, uh huh, on this perfect night. 

Bridge: 

I guess things were bound to change.  Familiar faces all faded away.   

Our circle of friends was falling apart.  Tonight we are kids again.  Living for dreams that haven’t died yet.   

This moment is everything and everything was right on this perfect night. 

This Night

(Kind of obsession)
(Going Crazy)

Just a day in his life
(Kind of obsession)
It's a matter of courage
He just wants to climb that building
(Going Crazy)
Disappearing into the sky

It's a strong obsession
(Strong obsession)
Just a matter of time
His new goal is that building
(Going Crazy)
That pierces through the sky

He's got no rope, no plan
(Kind of obsession)
But his hands know the way
Each window is a promise
(Going crazy)
Each ledge a step to the top
(A step to the top, to the top)

No ropes, no rules, no reason
(Mr Robert)
No fear, no doubt, no ceiling
(For Mr Robert)

People stop and stare up
As he walks on air
Mr Robert controls his fear
He leaves nothing to chance

No ropes, no rules, no reason
(Mr Robert)
No fear, no doubt, no ceiling
(For Mr Robert)

Mr Robert is the man who kissed the sky
(A true legend)
Mr Robert is the gravity breaker
(The gravity breaker)

No ropes, no rules, no reason
(Mr Robert)
No fear, no doubt, no ceiling
(For Mr Robert)

Mr Robert

Rolling

I wanted to CREATE another ROCK element song that I've only DABBLED in a few times. THE vocal STYLING I did in the CHORUS reminded me when I use to sing in CHURCH, LOL! THE CHORUS is really CHURCHY if you catch IT! I kept SINGING the melody "MY MAN, YOUR MAN" and I was like what am I saying... LOL! I wanted this SONG to express SEXUAL FREEDOM with no boundaries and I'M in tears on what it became OVER TIME. WOW! I THANK you GOD for giving me this GIFT, it really gives me something TO LIVE FOR!!!!!! XO!

MY MAN, YOUR MAN | #THECRITICALLYRICAL

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