somewhere in your mind
maybe you could find the drive
maybe you could find the lion's share of your motivations
somewhere far from here
somewhere you could play the game
somewhere that you cannot blame for your dispassionate stance

but nothing ever gets you there
and nothing ever strikes your fancy quite enough 
and it's a damn fine chance

finished up with school
out to do the work you love
trying to find which work you love but it feels so elusive
it won't fall into your lap
not like everything else did
not like when you were a kid and it all came so easy

you'll never do the work for it
and even if you did the odds of getting there are
a damn fine chance

all the pretty boys 
that you see out at the bar
you don't ever get too far with your dreams of romance
holed up in your room
always wondering what to do
never working on the things that you know your worth at

and the feelings never come to you
and the odds of it all working out increasingly are
a damn fine chance

Took forever to put this one anywhere because I wasn't satisfied with the mix for a long time and then I was planning on making a lyric video which never happened.
Written October 18th, 2019. Recorded January 2020 in Bellingham.
Thanks to Ben S. and June B. for mixing advice!

Damn Fine Chance

A KK Slider cover of Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears For Fears from the album Songs From The Big Chair.
Album art by static oceans! [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaa3gAKUXRHNa26YQ2E_BVg]
[https://twitter.com/staticcoceans]

All instrument sounds are from the original Animal Crossing (N64/Gamecube) 

Arranged by Jonathon McCullough
Music composed by Roland Orzabal/Curt Smith
Sounds by Kazumi Totaka/Nintendo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkPdJjBuc7o

KK Slider Covers

KK Slider - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Tears For Fears)

made this kind of quickly on 3/19/2022 while processing loss and didn't feel like posting it at the time. still miss you, Oliver. 

the dog in 19F is sick
don't think he'll see another year
organs stretched beyond their measure
astounding he can find some cheer
in the headwinds of the day

the sinners all have lost their drive
to reexamine their true feelings
now the wander about aimlessly
trying to stumble into meaning
against the headwinds of the day

we always knew these days would come
but never tried to stop the swelter
too busy trying to fill our coffers
now busy trying to find some shelter
from the headwinds of the day

Headwinds

A response to the sculpture "Explosion at Raspberry Farm" by Parks Anderson. 
In this piece, each chord is tuned in its own just intonation tonal center, making each interval pure, but also causing some interesting tuning shifts with common tones between chords.
Makes use of Absynth, ARP 2500, and Eµ modular synths.
This is a stereo fold-down from a quadraphonic mix.

Explosion At Raspberry Farm

For Christmas last year my sister’s boyfriend gave me a flash drive with 64GB worth of various samples that he had acquired over the years, the vast majority of these being drum machine hits, loops, and studio acapellas. This is my attempt to put his gift to good use and contains over 1000 unique samples. This piece and its theme came out of nowhere and is not to be taken seriously.
Thanks, Corey!
This is a stereo mix, distinct from the original quadraphonic version.

You! Boys!

A mashup of "Listening Wind" by Talking Heads with "Aquatic Ambience" from the Donkey Kong Country OST by David Wise

dawn and acquiescence

kyle