Daily Mix 1 - 19 N0v.2023

NOTES
Conceptually the song works on two levels. 

The literal meaning involves two descriptions, one of escaping a bad place by boat only to be returned by bad weather, and then on returning, witnessing the imprisonment of friends. These descriptions signify the difficulty of escape.

The second level is metaphorical. The existentialist philosopher Albert Camus famously explained the absurdity of life’s existence by comparing it with the situation depicted in the Greek tragedy, The myth of Sisyphus. Sisyphus is condemned to the meaningless task – like that of repetitive work – of pushing a boulder up a hill only for it to roll down to the bottom, and for the process to start over again, ad infinitum. Sisyphus always ends up back where he was before. Camus speculates that even though, like all of human life, the predicament is crazy and horrifying, Sisyphus defies his situation and presses on. “One must imagine Sisyphus happy” says Camus.

I like Camus’s approach to absurdity: to confront it with sanguine, upbeat, defiance.

LYRICS
Suddenly life changes
Suddenly we’re gone
Lining up with strangers
To travel far away
We are uncertain (all of our lives)
Of what in hell we might find
Oh!
Suddenly life's dangers
Suddenly are here
Say goodbye to all of our friends
We sail.
We sail.
~
The wind, it blows
It was howling
The moon so full
It was rising, pointing
Towards a place of hope
~
There’s only so much we can take
Then suddenly the storm clouds break
Riding the waves to shore
Seems we’ve been here before
Back where we were before
~
Suddenly life changes
Suddenly we’re home
Lining up with neighbors
To do it all again
We’re very certain
Of what in hell we will find
Oh!
Suddenly life’s dangers
Suddenly so clear
Say hello to all of our friends
In jail
In jail
~
The walls
So high
They were
Scraping scraping
The sky
So grey
It was 
Falling, warning
‘gainst a taste of hope
There’s only so much we can take
Before we crash these walls and break
Out of the blue once more
Seems we’ve been here before
Back where we were before.

Sisyphus

To the River, To the Sea (Rough cuts and demos 6)

A dark journey through the parts of America that are beyond repair.
Glad to have Phil and Janine on this trip.
Great singing and dynamics from this duo.
https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter
https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson

01/October/2022

Save Your Soul w/Janine Levinson and Phil McWalter

In collaboration with Laar @https://soundcloud.com/user-325797522
and Muterial @https://soundcloud.com/muterial and his open collab: https://soundcloud.com/muterial/off-the-rails

Music: Laar (Recorded with Squire Jaguar, Squire CV 70s Jazz Bass and Fruity Loops. Drum patterns are taken from FL FPC plugin

other collabs here -> https://soundcloud.com/muterial/sets/off-the-rails-collaborations

Off the rails
get off the rails
you'll find much different beauty, you'll see
don't be afraid to be alone
don't be afraid to go on your own
believe me you don't need your phone
no, you need to get lost
and to get out of the frost
can you imagine a second
the world differently
can you take a decision
without someone to agree
look differently
try sometimes differently
can you be brave enough
to stand up by yourself
can you be courageous enough
to choose for yourself
despite what may happen
follow the flowers
follow the smell
that attracts you
whatever happen
remember
you are the one
you are alone

Collabs 2023

Off the rails

Off the Rails (Kaerian and Laar / Muterial Open Collab)

O
Got out too far ahead cause 
can’t help myself 
saw an angle and I slid in
I’m a natural 

Got the scent deep in my throat 
the sticky end of health 
the sweet debris
that captures me 
observe my deadly stealth 
I am the prayer
the hope 
Yea 
I Got out too far ahead cause 
can’t help myself 
saw an angle and I slid in
I’m a natural 

In the thicket on the jagged slope 
in the icy water 
this hunger in my belly
this ‘high’ running in my blood 
it’s a thing that I’ve grown to love
Yea 
an answer to a prayer 
it’s the hope a design undreamed of

Won’t you listen as I wail and cry
a victim of what’s driven 
broken on the jagged slope 
smashed and gored and
Ribboned 
O
Got out too far ahead cause 
can’t help myself 
saw an angle and I slid in
I was a natural

Sweet Debris (amped)

Introduction in English:

Last year, my wife and me bought a cottage on the Baltic Sea. It was to be something like our retirement home for the next thirty years. 
Unfortunately, this vision has so far been thwarted by our increasingly resentful neighbours. Consideration is a foreign word for them. They let their children play loud basketball as long as they want; they grill foul-smelling meat as long as they want and they party as long as they want. 
If you ask them nicely to be quiet, you will be dismissed with slogans like "We don't give a shit", "Move away if you don't like it" or "We'll do what we like".
In my helplessness and speechlessness over this dissocial stubbornness, I came across an old Beatles song called "Not a Second Time". Of course, it was composed by John Lennon in 1963 in a completely different context.
But its lyrics fit just as well with my desperate and so far largely unheard plea for more neighbourly consideration. - In particular, the lines: "You're giving me the same old line/ I'm wondering why/You hurt me then/ you're back again/No, no, no, not a second time“ sum up our current plight with these self-centred neighbours.
And as always with covers, my aim is not to get as close as possible to the original, but to transform it into a Karlit-O-Kay sound design.
The picture cover for the song is by German artist Markus Schuke.

Einleitung auf Deutsch:

Letztes Jahr kauften meine Frau und ich an der Ostsee ein Häuschen. Es sollte so etwas wie unser Alters- und Ruhesitz für die nächsten dreißig Jahre werden. 
Leider wurde diese Vision bisher von unseren zunehmend renitenten Nachbarn durchkreuzt. Rücksichtnahme ist für sie ein Fremdwort. Sie lassen ihre Kinder lautstark Basketball spielen, solange die wollen; sie grillen übelriechendes Fleisch, so lange sie wollen und sie machen Party, so lange sie wollen. 
Bittet man sie freundlich um Ruhe, wird man mit Sprüchen wie "Ist uns doch scheißegal", "Ziehen Sie doch weg, wenn es Ihnen nicht paßt" oder "Wir machen, was uns passt" abgefertigt.
In meiner Ohnmacht und Sprachlosigkeit ob dieser dissozialen Dickfelligkeit stieß ich auf einen alten Song der Beatles namens "Not a Second time". Der ist natürlich damals 1963 von John Lennon in einem ganz anderen Zusammenhang komponiert worden.
Seine Textzeilen passen aber ebenso gut zu meinem verzweifelten und bisher weitgehend unerhört gebliebenen Bitten um mehr nachbarschaftliche Rücksichtnahme. – Insbesondere die Zeilen „You're giving me the same old line/ I'm wondering why/You hurt me then/ you're back again/No, no, no, not a second time“ bringen unsere derzeitige Not mit diesen egozentrischen Nachbarn auf den Punkt, 
Und wie stets bei Covern geht es mir nicht darum, dem Original möglichst nahe zu kommen, sondern dieses in ein Karlit-O-Kay- Sounddesign zu transformieren.
Das Bild-Cover zu dem Song stammt von dem deutschen Künstler Markus Schuke.

Not a Second Time

Not A Second Time (Lennon/Mccartney)

Vocal and lyrics : Sogué

Instru and guitar : Zucco

Sogué & S.I.B - Shrooms (BARROU demo)

Pic art by Nelson Masinde

This is the second part of this story . 
After "Finding peace", then "Turning the page"

Je Tourne La Page (Turning the page)

ALFONSO LLORENTE: LYRICS, VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, BASS, DRUMS & ORGAN
TOBIAS GONZALEZ: PIANO

THE SEA
Some days you´ll feel like a leaf on a turbulent river
Sometimes you´ll hit rocks, other times you´ll get stuck on the shore
Don´t get upset because you´ll reach the sea where it all ends
Just let your dreams keep rolling
No matter where you are
Bridges don´t exist
Just become a memory of love and go home
You might try to hold on a rock on your trip
You probably don´t know why you travel on this river
Just let your trip flow as you hold on your dreams
You´ll wake up floating in the sea of love
And as your dreams are rolling
You´ll see where you are
Don´t think of shortcuts
Just become a memory of love and go home
Just stick to your dreams, go home
Don´t reject your trip just go home, go home
Let go just flow to the sea of love
Become a memory of love as you seek the sea
Welcome to the sea of love!

THE SEA (ALFONSO LLORENTE)

Another collaboration with my awesome friend:  ⭐ Roberto Klavi ⭐

Arrangament ...synthesizer...mix...- Roberto Klavi
Ukulele and vocals - Just 

Enjoy 😃🌺

U2 - ONE ( cover with uke)

Submission ready 10.25.23
"Neev" - Great Artist, pleasure to work on this song.

Neev - Seawall (Dreaming While Awake Remix)

Original by Gasolin 1976

Vocal : Janne Hennie

This Is My Life W/ Janne Hennie

Composer :   Karl Heimgartner Dat: 27.05. 2023  / © Copyright              
Contributors: Drum Jim Dooley  / jimdooley.net/user/register
Genre: Pop / Rock 
Single: 2023
Track : 4.
Title:    Enjoy the New Time
Lyrics:  Karl Heimgartner

My workstation with: Presonus Studio One 5 Professional and LANDR Studio Montreal Canada.

Mixed and  Christine  Sampson , Mastred by  Alessandro Giordano of MTM
https://masteringtruemusicproductions.es/

https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/5Zr7CFGYN7bkIg1pmkM3HD?si=ee36bc950a4a465d

Groover - Musikpromotion
https://groover.co/band/referral/2-KARL-7C3D2/

Enjoy the New Time 4th Single 2023 

 I worked on this rock song from the beginning of 2023 until the composition on May 27th. 2023 was created. In addition, a text that I wrote was sung in a melody and not always easy. Because I used 28 tracks and additional plugins. My notebook reached its limit and had to listen to the song in the project over and over again.
Mixing and mastering was not possible. I passed this song to MTM Mastering True Music Production in Spain.28 stems and master track and reference track for mix and mastering.
For me it was very worthwhile to pass this mix and mastering on to an external company. As you compose and record, mix and master, your ear stays anchored in your DAW (brain). You often don't think your sounds are that good. That's why I use an external mixing and mastering studio to check. I really had a very positive experience with MTM. With young ears and professional training that completed my work.

This song now has the sound I imagined. They also found a good solution with my singing.

Thanks for the collaboration, Freddie and Team MTM Mastering True Music Production
Mixed and  Christine  Sampson ,  Mastred by  Alessandro Giordano of MTM
 
Enjoy this rock song with my real guitars, bass, vocals and the second drum from the middle by Contributors: Second: Rock - Drum James Carmichael Dooley.

Enjoy The New Time

When I was young I played beneath a big old Lilac tree that was in my grandmothers garden and I felt safe when I was hidden in under the branches surrounded by the beautiful purple flowers and the pungent aroma of the Lilac perfume this was a safe and a happy place for me. This feeling has inspired me to write the Lilac tree and dedicate it to my Grandmother Lilly (Elizabeth) Her husband died very young and left her with 5 young children to bring up  by herself, she was an awesome woman and this song is for her. 

I would like to thank my friend Finn Eces for bringing this song to life with such feeling and beauty. Finn is an awesome producer and a truly amazing vocalist and Musician and a great songwriter. Thank you Finn for this truly beautiful Lilac Tree.

 A very big thank you to Doina Bora who's amazing playing has added immensely to the feel of the song. Thank you so much.

more from Doina here www.youtube.com/channel/UC52RssrQfHu-751e-0rqIFw
www.tiktok.com/@doinabora3?is_fr…&sender_device=pc

Song written By: Johnny Mc Farlane 
Played, produced and sung by : Finn Eces  https://on.soundcloud.com/maUoc
Violin : Doina Bora

The Lilac Tree    (Featuring Finn Eces & Doina Bora )

Tonight / feat. OFFICIALKMRS
Vocals and Lyrics:
OFFICIALKMRS
https://www.looperman.com/users/profile/1881390
Paploviante:
Bass, Music Composing, Mix, Picture and Mastering

Tonight feat. OFFICIALKMRS - Paploviante Music

Storm

Hopeless feat. ODARKA / Paploviante Music
Vocals and Lyrics ODARKA:
https://www.looperman.com/acapellas/detail/21943/hopeless-150bpm-dance-acapella
https://soundcloud.com/odarkamusic
Paploviante:
Bass, Music Composing, Mix, Picture and Mastering

HOPELESS feat. ODARKA

little sailor - This Tide

Video for this song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggjYx1Xf65w

One of my heroes has always been Johnny Cash and I wanted to include one of his songs on my cover album. I originally was going to record his version of Depeche Mode’s song “Personal Jesus”. After going through the amazing list of over 1500  songs that Johnny Cash wrote I came across this gem that he recorded in 1974. My immediate reaction was “BINGO” -  this is the song that does it for me. He was clearly a man ahead of his time. To date, he has sold over 90 million songs.
RIP Johnny Cash.

JJ(Johnny) Vienneau:
Drums
Keyboard
Bass
Lead & Rhythm Guitars

Peter Wheeler:
Vocals

Produced by; JJ Vienneau & Peter Wheeler
Recorded at: Rawkin' Productions - Montreal

Daily Mix 1 - 19 N0v.2023

Lillithe