I’ve faced numerous challenges in my life, sometimes stoically enduring them. However, it’s difficult to articulate this particular feeling. I hardly showcase my softer side. The truth is, I experience far more pain than I let I love everyone in my family deeply, including my friends I’ve known throughout my life. I’m incredibly grateful for what I have in my life because I’m acutely aware of what I’ve lost. 

I Long for the Times

I don’t know how to process
Losing everything in my life
Missing friends and family 
I hoped would still be there today 

My younger years is when I thought I knew
life’s game 
Should have known 
that time can strip it all away 

This brutal honesty is 
A way to sort my feelings
I’d give up everything and
Go back to way it was again 

In my later years thought I’d accomplish
everything
Now all I hope is more time
with those who’ve flown away

This brutal honesty is 
A way to sort my feelings
I’d give up everything and
Go back to way it was again  

I wanna fade away this time
I wanna face away this time

Moved here thinking it be a wonderland 
Slowly turned into a brutal nightmare 

This brutal honesty is  (I wanna feel again)
A way to sort my feelings 
I’d give up everything and 
Go back to way it was again (Don’t wanna wait for some other day I wanna feel again) )

This brutal honesty is 
A way to sort my feelings (lost my) 
I’d give up everything and (lost my)
Go back to way it was again (way again) 

I long for the times when we were a 
little island 
I wanna heal from the scars
they’ll never go away

I Long for the Times

NG-Xp is experimental music created by naldo & guillaume
https://soundcloud.com/naldeau/tracks
https://soundcloud.com/guillaumelecompositeur/tracks

I'm a composer, working from a 3' x 5' studio (some may call it a dinette) in a 5th wheel camper, while traveling the United States. I've been on the road for six years, so most of my recent work will have come from a different state (of mind and location) during my travels.

Music makes me feel better about everything. I don't know that I'm ever happier than when I am creating. I sometimes wonder if creativity isn't one of the primary keys to happiness. Do you ever feel better than when you say, "Look what I did."? This phrase magically conjures the purest sense of childlike joy.

Music works for every part of our lives. We all have music for when we are sad, happy, celebrating, meeting others, when we are alone, and even when we are lonely. Did a song come to mind as you read each of those situations? I remember the first song I ever heard on the radio, on my first bus ride to kindergarten. One of my favorite musical memories is playing in a band for steel beach on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.

I love telling stories with music. Everybody loves John Coffey in the Green Mile, but Mr. Jingles should have a song commemorating his reaching and joining the circus at Mouseville. If you agree, join me for this and similar journeys. The music here is synthetic, but as real as you would choose to have it.

My music most often lands on Soundcloud first and is inspired by one of my favorite communities, Naviar Haiku:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
I find writing to a Haiku prompt sufficiently limiting and exquisitely inspiring.

Original music written & produced by The Day Afters 
-=Oceanside, CA=-
& Previously Unreleased Material from Baltimore's Soma Holiday
(Bob Maddox, Chuong Pham, Ian Wilhelm, Amit Trivedi)
Featuring @ZenGazer on Bass

Producer of space rock, experimental lo-fi, House, EDM, vaporwave and synth-wave.

My music's not gone, just gone to a private server.

This was always just for my friends and fam, and with the private server, they aren't subjected to Soundcloud's ads.

Thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts, opinions and support!

Progressive Rock Musician / composer / Recording Artist / Home StudioProducer

Ambassador of #carpediem! Maker of insane sounds! Servant of the Universe! Violent Nerd! Zen-Kokopeli! May The Force Be With Us All!

>>> Welcome! Please enjoy my first album, #FromSpace and my second one, ULTRA DEEP FIELD on 2 Playlists here on Soundcloud.  
Clips available also on Youtube (#FromSpace only).
Follow me on my Instagram page for some cool extras and Easter Eggs. Peace out!





*more music on the way!🎧👽👌

Freelance translator, I'm also an amateur musician (don't have long experience but I'm determined to get better). I started to play the guitar back in June 2021. I enjoy listening to all types of music in which we can hear electric guitar or not. And if you plan to come and visit Lyon, gimme a shout. 

(Traducteur freelance, je suis également musicien amateur. [Encore peu expérimenté mais déterminé comme jamais]. J'apprends à jouer de la guitare depuis juin 2021. J'aime tous les genres musicaux avec guitare électrique ou pas. Et si tu passes à Lyon, fais-moi signe)

I'm glad you found my music.
I've always wanted to express the music deep in my heart.
My music is music that overflows from the album jacket.
My music will light up a projector of your memories.
It's like finding your old album!
And above all, I hope I can make you all happy.

I Long for the Times

Mark Antares