Had a great time recording this ! I hope its likable .

In A Wooded Field (1)

Punk Baby

Here is a link to the youtube video for the song! https://youtu.be/sXd5B2iSWck
I looked back at the few notes I collected during this Photo Op's song development time-frame and concluded I did not have much to go on after a two year lapse.  The lyrics were not fully documented in my notebook. I must have been using lyric ideas and ad-libbing them into the song. I do not know my state of mind and wish I was better at capturing this closer to the song's conception point.

Life was still fairly locked down due to Covid, Trump was still in-office and the George Floyd protests were ongoing. The song was created without any direct outside musical influence driving the creative direction. This was me inside my studio starting from ground zero and evolving the song over the course of probably several weekends by playing around with sounds, rhythms and textures until a fuzzy shape of cohesion slowly emerged.

Listening back, I suspect, I smashed together two fairly divergent musical ideas. Bold move Dave and perhaps disastrous from a song gluing perspective. I like it anyway. Lyrics were influenced by what was going on around me and one of those things was a narcissist clutching a bible and clearing a peaceful protest with tear gas to enable his next photo op in front of the church.  A holy moment indeed. 

Lyrics
Photo Op
by David Husted

Dew drop dreams
Silly games
Buy some more stuff
Throw it away
Is it me?
Where did I go?
When we turn our backs
let them take it away.

They say it's gonna rain again
I don’t have an umbrella
They say its time to hate again
Photo ops and killing

Is it really so improbable?
State news and oligarchs selling fools
Make lies a game, and fear predominant 
Shake the base of our democracy

Photo Op

The Sanctuary

Everybody talked about how funny 
she was but to me she was very attractive. 
What a killer combo Sexy & Funny!

Tribute Doris Day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Day

Remixed by LS / 2012.

Don't you find me attractive? feat Doris Day

I'm all for having a good time, I love to party, but look after yourself and those around you.

Bright Light. 

HARD LIQUOR WAS THERE TO TEST ME 
AN ANGEL WAS SENT TO BLESS ME 
THEN THE TIDE CAME IN, WASHED OVER EVERYTHING

MAMA COCA WAS OUT TO GET ME
TRIED TO LEAVE BUT SHE WOULDNT LET ME
PRAY THE WIND GETS UP N BLOWS AWAY EVERYTHING


DON'T LOOSE YOUR SOUL MY FRIEND
CAN'T REMEMBER ANTHING AFTER TEN
BRIGHT LIGHT DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE AWAY
DON'T LOOSE YOUR  SOUL MY FRIEND
CAN'T REMEMBER ANY PLACE YOU'VE BEEN
BURN BRIGHT STAR LIGHT FIND A WAY

HARD LIQUOR WAS THERE TO TEST ME 
AN ANGEL WAS SENT TO BLESS ME 
THEN THE TIDE CAME IN, WASHED OVER EVERYTHING

MARY JANE WAS THERE TO GREET ME
IN HER ARMS I CHILLED COMPLETELY    
THEN THE CLOUDS CAME DOWN AND I FORGOT ABOUT EVERYTHING

DON'T LOOSE YOUR SOUL MY FRIEND
CAN'T REMEMBER ANTHING AFTER TEN
BRIGHT LIGHT DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE AWAY
I SAID DON'T LOOSE YOUR  SOUL MY FRIEND
CAN'T REMEMBER ANY PLACE YOU'VE BEEN
BURN BRIGHT STAR LIGHT FIND A WAY

DON'T  LOOSE YOUR  SOUL MY FRIEND
CANT REMEMBER ANTHING AFTER TEN
BRIGHT LIGHT DONT WASTE YOUR LIFE AWAY

Bright Light

Brian Butts - Guitar, Drums, Bass, Keyboards, Master Mix
https://soundcloud.com/brian-butts-565934842
cosmic keanu - Vocals, Lyrics

Lyrics:
Our so-called intellect
is ignorance defined
A veil that blinds 
our eyes

We think we know it all
And that’s why we'll fall

The ancients, now buried
Believed themselves as gods

Their deafening silence
proves that they were wrong

Gentle bravery preserves
While hubris destroys

We’ve forgotten ourselves
Consumed by our toys

We think we know it all
And that’s why we'll fall
Again and again
And again

Our so-called intellect
is ignorance defined
A veil that blinds 
our eyes

We think we know it all
And that’s why we'll fall

A mighty army lies vanquished
The snake consumes itself

The one who kills
destroys themselves

Subtle perseverance
steers us to the way

Our collective madness 
has chosen – has chosen --
Another fate

True words may be ugly
While the beautiful may be false

Have respect for everyone
don’t exalt yourself

The great are laid low
The soft and gentle remain

This world could be a paradise
But we have initiated the fall

Flumina (Brian Butts Feat. Cosmic Keanu)

Watch the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsra06CSQRY

Music, Vocals & Art by Cosmic Keanu
Produced and mastered by Hobocop @metrocityrecords

Lyrics: 

I am a human being,
Not a blue cat man
I want to be a blue,
A blue cat man!

They live in trees
And run through the forest,
Shoot poison arrows,
ride dinosaurs!

Taller than humans,
Stronger and faster!
Oh so much wiser,
Healthy and sane!

Connecting with spirit
Is what they live for!
They love the trees,
And animals too!

They have a braid
That plugs into nature,
See through the eyes
Of all living things!

I am a human being,
Not a blue cat man
I want to be a blue,
A blue cat man!

Humans destroy all they see
For shiny rocks!
We do not know
The value of things!

We have machines
and bombs and explosions!
We’re really good
at blowing up things!

They stand for nature
And all that’s lovely,
They stand for freedom
And what is right!

If we were them
We would be the victors,
And always win
Because we unite!

I am a human being
Not a blue cat man
I want to be a blue,
A blue cat man,
Meow!

Next Avatar (OfficerMurphy Mix) VIDEO AVAILABLE

The eternal quest for inspiration,starring the inevitable setbacks. 

Searching for inspiration
Sweating blood and tears
Sometimes all information
Just disappears

Easy times in days of youth
I knew the way
Time to face the hard truth
I've nothing left to say

It's all gone away

Nothing left to say

Running down a dead end street
Chasing the muse
Finding more chaff than wheat
Nothing to use

Nothing left but tired old tat
Done the same old way
Pick the lyrics from a hat
No one listens,anyway

It's all gone away

Nothing left to say

Chasing The Muse

THIS IS THE MOMENT  Lillithe & Paploviante
Backing Track Hot Sand II : Paploviante
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/hot-sand-soundtrack-without-vocals
Vocal:  www.Ghosthack.de
Demetri and Emily
Lillithe: adding Horns, Trumpet, Flute, Tabular Bell, Tamburin, Conga, Vocals

This Is The Moment Lillithe & Paploviante

Lillithe