Awe yeah! This has all of my favorite qualities from reggae and dub! Fantastic!

Sloppiness is a good thing! Man, I forgot this greatness.

Like japanese art: every masterpiece needs one flaw.

It was not me, It was you. You spoke of bad drums - I speak of fine drums!

music, vocal mix, final arrangement & master . Monkey Blood Lowdown @monkeybloodlowdown
lyrics, vocals & their premix, cover design . Mariam Zohra D : Myrh
photo by Michael Louw; artwork includes MBL's avatar

THE CEDAR BOARDS
__________________________
Redwood Love
Gives it away

Our own scent is mixed within it.....
our own scent is mixed....

our own scent is mixed
our own scent is mixed
the coolness lets the heat escape
lets the heat escape
lets the heat escape

the coolness
the coolness

Redwood Love
Redwood Love
Redwood Love

Aroma

The cedar boards and the rays of sun
Gives it away

hey, as i wake
as i wake
a fire burns
to my senses
but the cedar boards
the cedar boards
give it away
give it away

Gives it away!
Coolness
Coolness

The coolness
The coolness
lets the heat escape

Heat!

Redwood Love

The Consolers

The Cedar Boards | The Consolers

At a Distance

Many years ago, at one point I accidentally noticed the chorus of some of my songs were inter-changeable. From then onwards, I made serious efforts for my songs to sound not so alike. I know I am not a decent singer but as a songwriter, I would be very glad if listeners can differentiate between my songs.

This new entry here is another love song mainly inspired by a drama. The purple rose is the closest song pic I could find as I think the petals do look like lips. Just see what you think.

Thanks for stopping by.

[CREDITS]
Music / Lyrics / Vocals / Synth / Programming – Michael C. Lynn
Guitar Solo – Brent Mason @Band_in_a_Box

[LYRICS]
Feelings I never showed
Embedded in stories untold
Love sounds we built underground
Too much for this heart to hold

Songs that never rhymed
Revelry that once was mine
Tried so hard to be with each other
Always ran out of time

CHORUS
Time passed quickly by in the blink of eyes
How I missed the purple kisses
You were there, beautiful & rare
Couldn't resist the purple kisses

Out of mind, out of reach, chances ditched but after all these years
You still appear in dreams

Memories of us seemed trite and pressure was never light
Drowned in an overworked affection
My thoughts remained with you

Instrumental

Time passed quickly by in the blink of eyes
How I missed the purple kisses
Longings sealed, passions unfilled
Carried away in the magic of your touch
…..haunted me so much

Repeat Chorus

Purple Kisses

After a bad 9/13/18 hemorrhagic stroke, Pops was stuck in an LTAC unit to wean off ventilator and wake up, and to everyone's surprise one of the first things he started to do was sing along. This was 5 weeks after the stroke and around a week after he started exhibiting conscious behavior.
I hadn't even known he knew this song, but it was a Weavers staple (Wreck of the John B). As soon as he overheard some of us talk about him going home, this came out of him. I fortunately had his old four string on hand  and recorded this to iphone voice memo.

Pic is Dad, taken same day as the recording.

Dad sings Sloop John B, 10/19/2018

Sasquatches Playing Tennis In This Area demos

5.4 Clouds

Thank-you https://soundcloud.com/thunder-minds-collab!

If you want to watch how I made this track (~7hrs):  
https://odysee.com/$/playlist/202177012da60fce511ec2f286458bb5d9059755

*** Made entirely with samples from Swvrms by THUNDER MIND↯ CO-LAB
https://soundcloud.com/thunder-minds-collab/swarms

THUNDER MIND↯ CO-LAB Open Collabs Playlist:
https://soundcloud.com/thunder-minds-collab/sets/joininn

THUNDER MIND↯ CO-LAB - Swvrms (remix)

Omeism

Experimental drone track in (mental) preparation of a new synth that's on it's way... Whipped out some criminally benched-for-too-long hardware to make something odd..

All sounds and effects, except for mastering effects, are hardware devices.

experimental video: https://youtu.be/jhCU-XeLkN0

Tempest

Tempest (Psychic Archaeology)

Summer night
transforms to daybreak.
I count fleas.

haiku by Ryōkan Taigu https://allpoetry.com/Taigu-Ryokan

picture by freestocks https://unsplash.com/@freestocks

For more information visit http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

gainful notch

halF countinG [naviarhaiku479]

Another very common fiddle tune that is played at Irish, bluegrass and old-time jams, I absorbed this one by osmosis at some point and didn't realize I knew it until I started whistling it early this year. Then I had to backtrack and figure out what tune it was, which wasn't all that hard since there are a bajillion versions online.

Getting more comfortable with the new electric instruments, which also makes recording easier (less likely to pick up ambient noise) now that none of my kids are going to bed on time any more. Also enjoying more the electronic post-production, mixing and editing, thanks to ongoing tutelage from Hank and Jeff. This was originally envisioned with the bass-led third time through as a slinky funk break, but obviously went in a different direction that hopefully doesn't jar you too badly.

Guitar, bass, mandolin, jaw harp, melodica, drum kit & percussion. 

Pic: Closest I could come to red hair. Still had garden tomatoes into December this year, picked before the first frost and ripened indoors. Crazy. Front two are Big Rainbow;  rear is Orange Strawberry.

Red Haired Boy

I muck about in the basement on a variety of instruments, a 4 track, and a pint of homebrew, trying not to wake the wife & kids. Starting point is traditional old-time music and Folk Revival fare, ending point is yet to be determined.

Always up for collaborating! A huge thank you to the many musicians who've let me wreck their tracks over the past few years. 

Since 2014 I've mostly been working alongside Jeff Burns, aka Squirrel Jam Zombie Banjo, in our imaginatively named project Greenwood & Burns:
https://soundcloud.com/greenwood-burns
Our debut album, Modern Sounds in Old-Time Music, and our guest-filled holiday spectacular, at Bandcamp: https://greenwoodburns.bandcamp.com/

Red Haired Boy

lonesome d string band

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