Mixed for Lillithe

My current take on this monumental track from the amazing saxophonist Julien Loureau. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i9G_UvA1XU

Vodoo  House (Julien Loureau)

Here's a new song in demo form. You can watch the video here if you need some visual input to complete your listening experience: https://youtu.be/VLK4Mcqvg3Y

Listen to the finished studio version: https://soundcloud.com/robert-gray-music/stones-in-my-pockets

LYRICS:
Stones in my pockets, dragging me down.
Got to reach the riverbank before I drown
I'm wading through water, it's deep and it's brown.
I've got stones in my pockets
Dragging me down, down, down.

I'm spinning my wheels
Driving on sand
Don't seem to move forwards,
And I can't understand.
I had gold, I had silver but they slipped right through my hands.
I'm spinning my wheels
I'm driving on quicksand.

   Politics and preachers, dividends and deeds.
   I'm sickening slowly with the modern disease.
   I don't belong here, I'm down on my knees.
   Somebody help me, help me please.

I'm walking in circles, drifting around
Tell me where I come from, tell me where I'm bound
And the dreams I've been chasing have been run into the ground.
I'm walking in circles
Spinning around.
Stones in my pocket
Dragging me down.
Stones in my pocket
Dragging me down, down, down, down, down.

CREDITS:
Words & Music: Robert Gray
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Stones In My Pockets (acoustic demo)

YOUNG & OLD (A poem by Charles Kingsley, ft. Senorita Ali)

I Should Have Tried

I Should Have Tried (Original Mix)

Electronic psych thing with lots of organ.
The electric bass was played by "Dehaas"

Dreams

🖤

Acoustic Guitar and Djembe recorded with AKG P170
Drum patterns taken from FPC plugin
Mixed with Fruity Loops

Torella

The Navigation

Love

Mood Exhibit - Revealing Secret Charms of the Arcane

by Jimmy Repp

Jimmy: Electric Bass, Guitars, Keys, Vox
Trey: Keys, Drum Programming, Production, Mix
Mastered by Marc Felish

Lyrics:

Jesus’ little sister her name is Rita
she’s warm and bright and full of life
she’s a fine mamacita
we hardly ever see her
a maitre d’ at Papacitas 
working her way through junior college
For a degree in engineering

Oh Rita, we hardly ever see you
won’t you take some time to free your mind
Rita, don’t become a stranger
your physics and your mathematics
are all that you can see

Jesus is her hero
played CFL football
was in a mariachi band 
now he’s a rep for Guitar Hero

She moves like Shakira
likes Kinky and Weezer
She laughs every time 
the DJ plays the Macarena

Oh Rita, we hardly ever see you
won’t you take some time to free your mind
Rita, don’t become a stranger
your physics and your mathematics 
are all that you can see

Won’t you come over tonight
Rita please!
Won’t you come over tonight

Rita    - - -   Jimmy Repp + COtu

Impulses across a synapse, stars across a galaxy, love from me to you

Songs from a Satellite      
Janine levinson 2022
mixed by Russ https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
#ChaosCookhouse


Songs from a satellite 
Circling the green and blue
And floating down all over you
Stars from a galaxy a forehead wide              
Rocketing from ear to ear
And shooting out of both our eyes

Kids are gonna study us baby for a thousand years to come

The glow of a distant star 
Shining on a distant life
And writing all about us
The quill of a distant pen
An etching of a single life
Took a millennia to write

Kids are gonna study us baby for a thousand years to come

The big swirl of dust and the capillaries
The wedding bells and the flower petals
As the bathwater drains to a tidal eddy
From the tips of the branches counting back to infinity 
The big swirl of dust, and the
Songs from a satellite orbiting the green and blue

Come in? 
Roy G. Biv, paging Roy G. Biv to the galaxy
Roy G. Biv, is there a Roy G. Biv here?
Roy?

Blue on a frequency beyond the light, invisible to human eyes
Is lapping all around us
And we, tethered to the perigee, effectively are bound to be
In love with the world

And the world is so in love with us baby!
The kids are gonna study us baby!
They’re gonna study us

Songs From A Satellite - mixed by Russ

Lyrics & artwork: Cosmic Keanu. Backing vocals. David. k. A. Spencer

Coming back to cosmic reality. (Vocals. Cosmic Keanu.

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually, as part of a future solo album)

Latin, literally ‘not having control of one's mind’.

If there was ever a time in my life when I questioned the sanity of the world, this would be it. So many things are not working; and so many people in power seem to want to keep it that way. How does one maintain hope (and provide others hopeful ideas), when the daily news tells such a different story? At what point do the hopeful messages just feel out of touch, rather than helpful?

Bo Burnham’s comedy special ‘Inside’ (on Netflix, but you can find several skits on YouTube as well) should be recommended viewing for all human beings right now. It’s a brilliantly insightful and snarky view of the world we live in, and a candid peek into his struggles facing that world. Half charming, half alarming… he is unapologetic and razor sharp in how he interprets the modern age. Here’s a line from one of the opening songs that really hit home for me:

"The more I look, the more I see nothing to joke about. Is comedy over? Should I leave you alone? Cause really who's gonna go for joking at a time like this? Should I be joking at a time like this? I wanna help to leave this world better than I found it. And I fear that comedy won't help, and the fear is not unfounded."

This so accurately summarizes how I feel right now. Is what I’m doing helping? Or does (you pick the hot topic driving you nuts at the moment) seem so out of control, that I seem out of touch with reality… trumpeting loving and hopeful messages in the face of the chaos? 

In the end, I feel there are only two paths available to us at any given time; activity and inactivity. I don’t know that the specific activity matters as much as the drive and purpose behind that activity. I suspect the point is simply to do anything positive that tells the universe where your heart and intent are focused. The alternative… inactivity probably looks a lot like freezing in your tracks, getting lost in fear (or anger, which I consider a sub-category of fear)… and refusing to (or feeling like you can’t) move forward. It’s pretty easy to imagine how that energy won’t be helping anyone… especially you.

So maybe it’s as simple as just doing something that seems meaningful to you. Maybe that means protesting. Or donating to causes that align with your values. It might be conserving water, limiting waste, and recycling. Perhaps it’s providing your services and skills to someone in need; or simply smiling at someone as you pass them on the street. And it can also take the form of artistic and creative expression; a valuable offering for people in need of evocative images, sounds and ideas. All of these things hold power. And all are important in my mind. So rather than questioning whether we’re doing the right things, or enough of the right things… maybe we just need to follow our hearts (not our minds), and see where that leads us. Our hearts already seem to know us better than we know ourselves anyway. Let’s try trusting that little fellow, and see where it takes us.

I hope you enjoy my latest sonic adventure, ‘Non Compos Mentis’. :)

WTF! The Musical

Non Compos Mentis

Under The Hood.

All Original music, performance, vocals, instruments, and production by Riff Beach via RiffWerx Records-3B Productions. Martin GPC-11E, Hohner Rocket Harmonica, Warm 47 Jr mic, Volt 476, Logic Pro X. 
Flower Girl  ©
Riff Beach - RiffWerx 2022
The flower that she was way back when
Grew into the woman she is today
I loved her from afar, Lord
Then, she offered me…….
a warm place to stay
We never looked back 
Our Love, it’s found a way
Time has been most kind
And, it’s brought us here today
I wish the days could be longer
And…..the feeling’s growing stronger
As we move along our way
For the Flower that she was
Is the woman
She is today
The time left in our Lives, Lord
Falling more and more in love 
Each and every day
Falling more and more in love
Each and Every Day

Sunny Beaches All Around

Flower Girl ©

Flower Girl  ©

Cold Combo--hot is lava cold as ice

You can’t go wrong if you leveled up double down 
if you leveled up double down—-and keep it going just for fun
You can’t go wrong if you leveled up double down 
if you leveled up double down—-and keep it going just for fun(X2)

Years gone by still doing  me naturally 
in this maze of confusion ——can’t follow blindly 
somewhere deep inside I find my reality 
still a dream ain’t nothing —-but a fantasy
but believe me I’m the master of my own destiny
breaking the mold is like hitting the state lottery 
A visionary in plain sight for all to see 
Screw the copycats —-mimics—- and wannabes

Next level feed the hype let it sink in 
and I bet you connect with what I’m thinking 
I ain't crazy I ain’t high and I ain’t drinking 
bitch I’m fresh and on the grind like I’ve been Pimping 

next level hype this as I sink into this mix 
hits several don’t miss like a guided rocket ship
flexing finesse coming through legit
And I ain’t satisfied till the track is lit

Throw a flag on the play—— it’s out of bounds 
yeah —I feel your concern cause —-I’m world renowned 
morning —day —noon— and night —I’ve been getting down 
with the levels I’ve display—-for oh so long 
hot is lava cold as ice —-and it’s all said and done—with precision on the mic
check to turn around 
tear the roof down pump it up ——sound on sound 
still repping to this day ——-the deep underground

un—-con—ditional —-always———— original———————-
turn up the volume——-crank it up —and—-listen y’all
———and if you’re feeling the groove let’s——get physical—-
it’s in the culture————not—- stereo—-typical 
carving up —-this track—almost———surgical…
and my nature is on the rise—————yeah ———vertical
Better vibes———————-real —appeal——that’s —-all notable
Higher highs ——that’s the deal cause it’s ——-- magical 
Ride the tide———keep it real——that’s devotion y’all 
Vibing off—-how I feel————that's——-incontrovertible

Cool Combo

What a wonderful splash!

Papo de cria numa jam session na casa do Paulinho.
Naquela velha parceria louca.
Vocal/Letra/Violão - Paulo Simões
Guitarra/Beats/Synths - Enrico De Luca
Produção Lubraxx - Cafofus Records.

Bafafá Monstro - Caqui Com Mamão.

Ursa Minor Dance Patterns (Demo)

A cover version of the song "The Sweet Escape" from the Finish Rock band "Poets of the Fall", with Japanese lyrics.

"The Sweet Escape" was written by Poets of the Fall and was released in 2018 on the album "Ultraviolet". Our version was created as fans to honor a beautiful ballad.

Japanese adaptation: Miss Sato and Kirine
Vocals: Kirine (https://soundcloud.com/kirine11)
Musical arrangement and recording: Spektralfarben