Made on Linux Studio Ubuntu OS with Ardour (DAW), Hydrogen (Rythmbox), Rosegarden, Vital (Synth), Yoshimi (Synth).

For this one, I sang and played guitar. 

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Lyrics :

Stop running
Fly

I Figured out you did it
That’s sad enough
Back like a zombie storm

I always have a deal
With such gods, just
Processing the details
Always

Hey you have to feed my ghost
No reverse
We backed into the drive

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In an alternate universe I make music in a band called kagayaku hako with deju (https://soundcloud.com/user-807505212 ). We did the following alternate version https://soundcloud.com/kagayaku-hako/into-the-drive-master

Into the Drive

Cafe Risque

Shirt Off My Back

End of the Day.           (c2021)

lyrics ,music &arrangement by MASAYOSHI MATSUNAGA in 2021 
Vocal by IA English CeVIO
Illustration & Video by Punio ( https://twitter.com/puniotopunio )

YouTube https://youtu.be/tHm3ac983uY
ニコニコ動画 https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm39737708

In use instruments : 
・Guitar 1 : Impact Soundworks Shreddage 3 Archtop
・Guitar 2 : Impact Soundworks Shreddage 3 Stratus
・Guitar 3 : Native Instruments SESSION GUITARIST Electric Sunburst DELUXE
・Bass : Spectrasonics Trilian
・Drums : XLN Audio Addictive Drums2 

～ Lyrics ～

On the night in the forest ,you and I were still dancing joyfully.
There were many bright stars. A gentle breeze was blowing around us.
We gazed each other with love and exchanged many words and smiles in the moonlight.
We had our hope for the future.  And it was the happy moment for me.

You were lovely and beautiful ,and dancing like a fairy.
So I was having my eyes glued to you ,who I've loved.

The bird has flown away and vanished. The moon and stars have disappeared. 
Now there's daylight around me. I am just standing alone in front of a flower.

"What a beautiful flower. How blue."

I can only be murmuring dispassionately and having my eyes glued to the blue flower.
Soon I say good-bye and leave from the forest.

The sunray is hot for me. Ravens are flying in the air.
I'm very thirsty and lonely in a broad moorland without you. 



Surrounded by a thick fog ,I am hearing something quiet.
And I am starting to walk after the voices in a faint light and the fog.
As I go on ,I feel more comfortable and nostalgic for you.

"Good to hear your voice ! Please come again in front of me !
I'm anxious to dance with you as if that night in the deep forest..."

...The fog lifts immediately. I can just see a blue flower on a black grave.   

Black wild horses come running through a strong wind and midnight.
The ground is quaking as if fury ,so I cannot be standing. And I'm falling down.
The blue flower is blown to a great height. In front of the horses ,I give up all.
I am so sad to lose your voices. I wonder if I should have sacrificed myself.  

"Forget it all ! Forget it all !" ,someone is talking to me.

At the great height ,the flower is glimmering with blue. 

Gravity is catching and pressing me ,and I cannot come up to the flower.
Soon the horses might break up my body into pieces.
There's heaven there. God must deliver me from evil and confusion.
But I am regretful that I cannot reach the blue flower. 

Our memories must have something meaningful 
,though bodies will be broken up into pieces.
Even though there are lots of confusions and evil wills 
,the world definitely needs our memories.
So I should remember them in the world and don't have to forget you and your voices.  
Black wild horses come running to me shortly ,through a strong wind and midnight.

"Forget it all ! Forget it all !" ,someone evil is shouting to me.

At the great height ,the flower is shining with bright blue... ... ...

Practices for IA English C

【IA English C】 The World Needs Our Memories （習作的英語ソング No.9 ～ Study for English Song No.9)

You need balance they say.
I curse the skies that turn to grey.
Far off where the sunset meets the sea
balance there was and balance there shall be.
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Here is an acoustic track from our EP "Centurions"
This album features voice, piano and cajon. (plus ... a few other real instruments on other tracks) 

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Mastered by Tainted Icarus https://soundcloud.com/taintedicarus
We highly recommend him if you need mastering help. Be sure to follow him on soundcloud. He is a great musician and a great guy!
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You need balance they say.
I curse the skies that turn to grey.
Far off where the sunset meets the sea
balance there was and balance there shall be.

We only need one wheel.
The smallest spark can start a flame.
We don't need any brakes
when we're driving insane.
Oh we're already gone.
No, it didn’t take long.
It's only one wheel. Only one wheel.

Bills note:
This EP and especially this song has been very difficult to put together. Yes, we wanted to release this in November but it just wouldn't happen. I tried but I'm a miserable failure.
Thank you Jeff for putting up with me ... again.
Melissa was able to make the melody work. She changed it from what I originally created and I'm glad for that! The result is quite good.
This is all real music and sounds quite similar to what someone could hear at the majority of our gigs these days.
We find ourselves doing quieter acoustic kind of shows, but hey, that's not a bad thing is it?
 (By the way - I really have no patience for people who put "helpful" comments about the sound of the kick drum or the snare or the synth sounds I used. THERE ARE NONE! It is just a piano, a voice and a cajon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caj%C3%B3n That's all.)
Will is my right hand man. Hopefully you can hear the interplay between the piano and the percussion. To me, his percussion playing really adds a cathartic energy as the piece goes on.
Okay.
Enough of the rant.
I hope you enjoy the music.
If you've actually read this far then God bless you! You are truly the most important people in the world to us.
Imagine a small family living in the woods of New England making music that people all over the world listen to? since 2014 ... how cool is that?
Cheers,
Bill from NS

Balance

lyrics ,music ,arrangement by MASAYOSHI MATSUNAGA in 2022
Vocal by IA English CeVIO
Illustration ,Video Editing by Punio ( https://twitter.com/puniotopunio )

YouTube: https://youtu.be/2TqgERigLnk
ニコニコ動画： https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm40238168

In use instruments :

・Guitar 1 : Impact Soundworks Shreddage 3 Stratus
・Guitar 2 : Native Instruments SESSION GUITARIST Electric Sunburst DELUXE
・Guitar 3 : Impact Soundworks Shreddage 3 Archtop
・Bass : Spectrasonics Trilian
・Drums : XLN Audio Addictive Drums2

XLN Audio RC-20 retro color

～ Lyrics ～

An accident ,there was an accident ,while I was driving through the highway.
The siren rang ,the siren screamed loudly ,so I was too upset.

Out of control ,the traffic got out of control ,I could not arrive at the center of the city.
I got stuck in ,we got stuck in traffic ,but I had to get there.

Red lamps confused me with the accident.
The sirens irritated me in the highway.

Then the full moon was coming out from behind a few clouds 
,like looking down on the people and the city.
And the night was too humid ,so I wiped the sweat off 
,surrounded by the sirens and the loud cell phone calls.
I suddenly realized that I had lost consciousness in a driver's seat
,when I saw the moon ,the silver bright moon.
Awaking to my full mind ,but I was not sure what happened.  
There were just the accident and the siren's noises.

The full moon ,there's only the full moon ,without any stars ,there are no stars.
I wonder why I had to arrive at the center of the city.

Thick chimneys ,that are smoking badly ,in a wide river ,dirty water is flowing.
And in the view ,I am starting forgetting the accident and the sirens.

Red lamps are glistening like warning.
And forgetting the accident ,I cannot remember something else. 


Suddenly my cell phone is ringing ,but I'm getting stuck in my car and my daydream 
,at my own blank heart.
So I don't think I need to get on the phone ,my ringing cell phone.
I say to myself ,"Who calls me ?" absent-mindedly.
The ringtone is getting louder and louder ,so I throw the phone out of my car window
,with a matter of worry.
I'm beginning to sing a funny melody ,though in the accident.
We're still getting stuck in traffic congestion at midnight. 


The night is still too humid ,so I wipe the sweat off 
,the silver full moon at the great height.
Something is exploded and sirens are screaming so piercingly.
Thick chimneys are smoking badly. The wide river is dirty.
People are forced to get stuck in the terrible accident.
They lose consciousness. They are too confused.
It is impossible to arrive at the center of the city. 
And finally nobody really knows what happens.

My car getting stuck in the highway and the accident                
,I can just sing ,just sing a funny melody joyfully
,under the moon ,silver brightness at the great height... ...

【IA English C】 an accident （習作的英語ソング No.10 ～ Study for English Song No.10）

.. and what will our centurions say when all the colors fade to gray where they used to run wild and free?
Put a fence around it.
You can charge admission then. 
If we raze it they will come. It's not "if" but "when".
And, all the money makers say God's beauty shouldn't be free.
Some see our perfect world: others opportunity.
Put a fence around it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5zX60WCycU

Put A Fence Around It

Z to A.          (c2021)

lyrics ,music ,arrangement by MASAYOSHI MATSUNAGA in 2022
Vocal by IA English CeVIO
Illustration ,Video Editing by Punio ( https://twitter.com/puniotopunio )

YouTube : https://youtu.be/O8YIRSCZP0c
ニコニコ動画 : https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm40638723

In use instruments :

・Ac.Guitar : Native Instruments SESSION GUITARIST Strummed Acoustic2
・E.Guitar 1 : Impact Soundworks Shreddage 3 Stratus
・E.Guitar 2 : Impact Soundworks Shreddage 3 Archtop
・E.Guitar 3 : Native Instruments SESSION GUITARIST Electric Sunburst DELUXE
・Bass : Spectrasonics Trilian
・Drums : XLN Audio Addictive Drums2

XLN Audio RC-20 retro color

～ Lyrics ～

A gentle breeze makes me feel good in the warm sunshine.
The white sands glitter in the scent of ocean.
My heart is so quiet as if the picture of the smiling Virgin Mary I have looked at once.
Why am I here? Since when have I been here?
I cannot remember anything at all.
In the calm view ,I should pray to God for people I have left behind on a far country.

A number of white birds are drawing a circle in the air.
At the great height ,they are singing as if songs at church.
So I am feeling dizzy ,I am feeling a little fear.
All of them make me concerned and those cause my blackouts.

I might have left behind my family on a far country ,I must have left...left behind my friends
on the far country that is filled up with confusions and fights.
And I realize I cried and regretted leaving behind the people ,who I have loved
,on the far country that is filled up with evil wills...

...Really Sorry! So Regretful!

A blast of wind blows ,I am blown as if a feather.
The Virgin Mary in my distant memory disappears into the bright air.
My arms are on fire as if burning up my sins.
The number of white birds around me are flying to the Sun at the great height... ...

A gentle breeze makes me feel good in the warm sunshine.
The white sands glitter in the scent of ocean.
My heart is so quiet as if the picture of the smiling Virgin Mary at an old church.
Why am I here? Since when have I been here?
But I don't need to know that ,I am so quiet.
In the calm view ,I always pray to God for people I had left behind on a far country.

【IA English C】 after a long journey （習作的英語ソング No.11 ～ Study for English Song No.11））

Reimagined this older song after being inspired in my backyard...

Firefly

ONLY METAL DREAMS COME TRUE by @PanAtTheParadox (#PanagiotisBarliakos) featuring #StevenVellouHorne & #ApostolosGeorgoulis

Whoever did the final mix on this tune pushed the second verse of the vocals way out of sync. Not sure how he managed that as the rest of vocals remained in sync. Unfortunately, Steve can’t fix this, nor re-record the vocals, because the tracks are no longer available. A pity, because he feels the vocals could be done better second time around, given more time to perfect them.

Some of the best music around today is #UNSIGNED so don’t dismiss it without a listen; it is a #MYTH that it is inferior to #SIGNED music!
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Don't let the MUSIC INDUSTRY FOOL YOU, the best tunes around today are #UNSIGNED, #INDEPENDENT & #UNDERGROUND!
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And don't let anyone tell you what music to make or how to make it, JUST MAKE IT….DO WHAT YOU FEEL!

【IA English C】 an accident （習作的英語ソング No.10 ～ Study for English Song No.10）

Der Wurm Blumchen (mappu)