(Traditional; arr. Michael Ash Sharbaugh)
Gary Reeves [ https://soundcloud.com/mountain-songs ]: 'facilitation' and co-production
Jamie Rhind [ https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind ]: organ
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, synthesizers and sequencer programming, drums and drum machine programming, 'found sounds,' and production
Composed and Recorded ca. ? to April 17, 2021.
sm65 [CB05] [24WAV].

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"I am desirous to thank both Gary Reeves and Jamie Rhind for their expert opinions, patience, perserverence, and art-work on this song; it would not effervese with such life had they not been part of the project!"

~ Michael

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"The House of the Rising Sun" contains varied Creative Commons licensed samples:

"Vocodor" by tripjazz
"G_Ghostchord_128" by DWSD
"women_scream_AAA" by thanvannispen
"sidechained build up at 128bpm" by djfroyd
"synth loop at 128bpm" by djfroyd
"EDM style Hook" by SSS_Samples

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The House of the Rising Sun

>> download <<

"The House Of The Rising Sun" - Michael Ash Sharbaugh [feat. Jamie Rhind and Gary Reeves]

(Duran Duran; arr. Michael Ash Sharbaugh)
Carlos Carty [ https://soundcloud.com/carloscarty ]: Chinese dizi flute and "Canyon Quena"
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, drums and drum machine programming, synthesizers, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. 1982 to May 21, 2021.
sm71 [CB02] [24WAV].

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"Thank You for the amazing 'trackage,' Mr. Carlos Carty! I was extremely fortunate to have Your talents aboard this track!"

~ M A S

The Chauffeur (feat. Carlos Carty)

The Chauffeur

>>> DOWNLOAD <<<

"The Chauffeur" [a Duran Duran cover (1983)] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh [feat. Carlos Carty]

(Farner; arr. Jon Lock and Michael Ash Sharbaugh)
Jon Lock [ https://soundcloud.com/jon-lock-5 ]: drums and drum machine programming, guitars, 'Rhodes piano,' 'piano,' 'Clavinet,' and bass guitar
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, synthesizers, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. 1970 to June 19, 2021.
sm30 [CB01] [24WAV].

I'm Your Captain | Closer to Home

"I'm Your Captain | Closer To Home" [a G. F. R. cover (1970)] - Jon Lock + Michael Ash Sharbaugh

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals [?!]
Composed and Recorded ca. August 20, 2021.
sm2 [edit] [32AIF].

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"Whew! Just completed this project, and, boy ... am I pooped; most disquiet projects/experiments 'write themselves,' but this one was exhausting: due to the absolutely open-ended nature of Marc's prompt, I had nowhere to begin; I just had to 'go with it.'

I quickly laid down some vocal sounds into the DAW and then imported them into a software tool I don't normally use: Roni's 'Amazing Slow Downer.' [It's fab and smooth-quality!] I only had recorded a minute or two of vocalizations, so I slowed them down drastically -- some to 20% of their original speed. I also pitched them up and down so as to make my personal voice unrecognizable. Then I imported them back into my DAW and started composing.

It feels as if I have never been so deliberate with the placement of sound files and volume edits: I spent four hours formulating a 'three-part rhythm' out of the amorphous vocalized sections I had.

I orchestrated them painstakingly, and then 'effected' them -- some on-the-fly, since I naturally had blooming intentions in mind for both the sounds, themselves, and the overall piece, as I composed it.

Here it is: 'Knell.' I chose the name for the dark and eerie nature of the piece."

~ Michael Ash Sharbaugh

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"More on this 503rd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Sing Song (The Assignment: Record a song using only your voice transformed beyond recognition) — at: https://disquiet.com/0503/

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0503-sing-song/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to marc@disquiet.com for Slack inclusion.

The image associated with this project is by John, and used thanks to Flickr and a Creative Commons license allowing editing (cropped with text added) for non-commercial purposes:

https://flic.kr/p/2hMq7fw

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/"

~Marc Weidenbaum

Knell

"Knell" [disquiet0503] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

[(Duran Duran) Le Bon, Rhodes, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, arranged by Steady Delta and Michael Ash Sharbaugh]
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, synthesizers, bass synthesizer, drum machine programming, and found sounds
Steady Delta [https://soundcloud.com/steadydelta ]: synthesizers, synthesizer and drum machine programming
Composed and Recorded ca. 1983 to August 19, 2016.
Remastered October 17, 2021.
sm33b [eM].

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Mixed by Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]. ('Thanks' go to Russell Sinfield [ https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield ] and Steady Delta [ https://soundcloud.com/steadydelta ] for their invaluable guidance during the mixing process!)

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“Secret Oktober”

wise on a birthday party
in a world full of surprising fireworks
and sudden silence (shhh!)

lies on a stranger’s bed
the new day breaks like a speeding train
or an old friend—ever expected, but never knocking

holding your own in a battered car
all night parties, cocktail bars, and smile
when the butterfly escapes the killing jar

sure eyes awake before the dancing is over
wise or naked in secret oktober

freefall on a windy morning shore
nothing but a fading track of footsteps
could prove that you’d ever been there

spoken on a cotton cloud
like the sound of gunshots taken by the wind
and lost in distant thunder

racing on a shining plane
tomorrow you’ll be content to watch as the lightning plays along the wires
and you’ll wonder

sure eyes awake before the dancing is over
wise or naked in secret oktober
sure eyes awake before the dancing is over
wise or naked in secret oktober

Secret Oktober [2021 Remaster]

Apple Music | iTunes

"Secret Oktober" [a Duran Duran cover] [2021 Remaster] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh + Steady Delta

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: piano, synthesizer, tape manipulations, and found sounds
Composed and Recorded ca. 1988 to October 24, 2013.
sm3 [LANDRlo].

While constructing this improvisational piece, I envisioned a skeleton playing a piano in a 1920s Victorian era ballroom.

It is a improvised work, recorded in 1988 on a four-track recorder. Forgive the tape noise; forgive the drop-outs; forgive, forgive, forgive.

I am releasing this as an ode to Halloween 2013. Enjoy.

1920s Ghost Piano

(Peterson | Sharbaugh)
Calebass (Mikael Peterson) [ https://soundcloud.com/calebass ]: vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion and drums, and melodica
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: lyrics, 'steely' guitar, drums and drum machine programming, synthesizer and sequencer programming, and 'found sounds'
Recorded by Mikael Peterson [Calebass] [ https://soundcloud.com/calebass ] and Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ].
Mixed, Produced, and Engineered by Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ].
Words and Lyrics by Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ].
Composed and Recorded ca. December 7th, 2021 to February 14th, 2022.
sm19 [edit01] [eM] [24WAV].

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"Bittermouth II" has two 'sister' recordings that preceded it, "Bittermouth I" [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh/bittermouth-disquiet0520-on-the-clock-sm7 ],
and "Bittermouth II" [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh/bittermouth-ii ]-- both instrumentals; this one, "Bittermouth III," features Calebass singing My following lyrics:

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with bittermouth
I take You in

arrested in thought
adorned in sin

betrothed am I
to another's hand
yet succumb so swiftly
to this Siren's strand

where can My Savior
anchor His feet?
where might He gild His lungs
with an air so sweet?

nowhere close
is what I fear
once chance taken
the cost so dear

with bittermouth
i take You in
detesting this thought
the sinister sin

of My Lover's entropy

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"I, for years, had wanted to collaborate with this fine, unique artist, Calebass; this is the fruit of that labour.

Thank You, Mikael!

"

~ Michael

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Bittermouth III

"Bittermouth III" - Michael Ash Sharbaugh + Calebass

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizers
Composed and Recorded ca. 1992.
[sketch] E4TK [raw].

"Triumphant Theme" (sketch)(ca. 1992) - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

(Duran Duran; arr. Sharbaugh) 
Bonetender [ @bonetender ]: electric guitars 
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ @michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, drums and drum machine programming, synthesizers and sequencer programming, and 'found sounds' 
Composed and Recorded ca. 1982 to March 16, 2022. 
sm83 [eM-The Mellow High Mix 02] [24WAV].

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"The original version of this song made Me who I am today: I heard #duranduran 's original version for the first time when I was 13, whilst doing homework at the dining room table, and was floored by its beauty.

By the time the song was halfway through, I knew that I wanted to make something as #haunting -ly beautiful, and set out to write #music and #poetry for the rest of My life.

This cover is a #homage to that ‘forever feeling’ -- of #dedication, and of the endless #devotion to My #musical craft. (’Till #death shall #music and I part!)

I have a #video in the works for it, and plan to release #remix -es soon!"

~ Michael

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Anyone Out There

>>> DOWNLOADs soon <<<

"Anyone Out There?" (a Duran Duran cover [1983]) - Michael Ash Sharbaugh (feat. Bonetender)

(Barry Gibb)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ @michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocal
StarMaker [an Android phone app]: music
Recorded ca. May 18, 2022.
_____.

KARAOKE [raw] - "[Wo]Man In Love" [2022-05-18] [Barbara Streisand cover] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

(Farrar; arr. Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, guitars, synthesizers and sequencer programming, drums and drum machine programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded 1979 to May 26, 2022.
sm75 [EDIT 01] [32AIF].

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This song is dedicated to Heather Vanderpool: "Thanks for introducing Me to 'Xanadu'-proper."

~ Michael Ash Sharbaugh

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come take My hand
You should know Me
I've always been in Your mind
You know I will be kind
I'll be guiding You

building Your dream
has to start now
there's no other road to take
You won't make a mistake
I'll be guiding You

-

Ya have to believe We are magic
nothing can stand in Our way
have to believe We are magic
don't let Your aim ever stray

and if all Your hopes survive
destiny will arrive

and bring all Your dreams alive
for You

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from where I stand
You are home free
the planets align -- it's so rare
there's promise in the air
and I'm guiding You

through every turn
I'll be near You
I'll come every time You call
I'll catch You when Ya fall
I'll be guiding You

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Ya have to believe We are magic
nothing can stand in Our way
have to believe We are magic
don't let Your aim ever stray

and if all Your hopes survive
destiny will arrive

and bring all Your dreams alive
for You

and bring all Your dreams to life
for You

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[ haaaaaa >>> ]

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Ya have to believe We are magic
nothing can stand in Our way
have to believe We are magic
don't let Your aim ever stray

and if all Your hopes survive
destiny will arrive

and bring all Your dreams alive
for You

and bring all Your dreams to life
for You

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Magic

... on Spotify!

"Magic" [a "XANADU" cover] (originally performed by Olivia Newton-John) - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

(Finn)
StarMaker (karaoke app for Android phone): music and background vocals
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: lead vocal
Recorded ca 2021 | 2022.
version 01.

KARAOKE [raw] - "I Got You" [a Split Enz karaoke version]

(Withers)
StarMaker karaoke app for Android [cellphone]: music
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocal
Recorded ca. 2021 | 2022.
version 01.

KARAOKE [raw] - "Ain't No Sunshine" [a Bill Withers karaoke version]

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizers, percussion, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded January 25 to 27, 2014.
sm3 [LANDR].

Humanizing this piece was of the utmost importance. Throughout its composition, I could not keep Bassel Safadi [ باسل صفادي ] out of my head: his plight, his privation, his predicament. I viewed the video as requested, but it ‘went in one eye and out the other’; Mr. Bassel was my prime concern.

Having never composed Syrian or Syrian-type music, I familiarized myself with Syrian music scales as approximated to Western scales. Multifid are the Syrian scales I discovered, so I settled upon one that felt aesthetically comfortable: C – Eb – E – F – Ab – (C).

Further unsure of my handle on these Syrian scales, I secured (paid for and downloaded) an improvisation based on the most ancient tablets containing Syrian music transcriptions—pianist Malek Jandali’s “Echoes from Ugarit.” Without listening to Jandali’s part, I imported the introduction to this piece into my DAW, pitch-shifted it down a whole-tone (from D to C), expanded it to conform to 123 BPM, and improvised to it myself using the musical scale outlined in the paragraph above. I recorded my improvisation. It took about sixteen takes.

I then removed (muted) Jandali’s recording and added ‘contrapuntal’ tracks—bass, bell, and strings. The driving rhythm was provided by a sample of a bottle dropped onto a concrete sidewalk and almost broken—a sonic representation of what it might be like to be in Mr. Bassel’s place. The field recording of Syrian grasshoppers was added to highlight what I could imagine would be the despondency and loneliness of Mr. Bassel’s predicament.

More on this 108th Disquiet Junto project (“Create a soundscape for the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.”) at:

http://disquiet.com/2014/01/23/disquiet0108-freebassel/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/?p=16588

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

More on the campaign to free Bassel at:

http://freebassel.org/

For their collaboration on this project, special thanks to: Niki Korth, Barry Threw, and Jon Phillips.

Ballade of Bassel

Buy on iTunes ...

"Ballade of Bassel" [disquiet0108-freebassel]

(Depeche Mode, arr. Michael Ash Sharbaugh)
Liam J. Boyle [ @liamjboyle ]: electric guitar [choruses]
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ @michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, drums and drum machine programming, synthesizers and sequencer programming, and 'found sounds'
Barry Snaith [ @barry_snaith ]: electric guitars [verses, choruses, instrumental, and cadence] and 'pyrotechnic' guitar solo
Composed and Recorded ca. 1990 to March 20, 2022.
sm50 [eM 10] [24WAV].

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"Liam and Barry ... thank You so much for your lending Your imaginations to this work, and for inspiring Me always, and for continuously adding so many deeper, cerebral dimensions to My works that I could never hope to do alone!"

~ Michael

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Halo

Spotify

"Halo" [the 'Zephyr Kills' mix] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh, Barry Snaith, and Liam J. Boyle

(Sharbaugh | Vercelloni)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizers, drum machines, and found sounds
Steve Vercelloni [ https://soundcloud.com/steve-vercelloni ]: guitars, bass, drums, and drum programming
Composed and Recorded ca. November 2014 to July 26, 2015.
[MAS 02 Edit 2] [LANDR].

Steve ... your additions knocked it out of the park!

To hear more of Steve Vercelloni's fine music, go here: https://soundcloud.com/steve-vercelloni

Pixie Dust Jam

Buy on iTunes!

"Pixie Dust Jam" [Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Steve Vercelloni]

(Dyer | Scott)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizers, drum machine programming, and found sounds
Composed and Recorded ca. 1975 to December 21, 2015.
sm77 [vox] [LANDR].

Blown Round By The Wind
Thrown Down In a Spin
—
I Gave You Love
I Thought That We Had Made It To The Top
I Gave You All I Had To Give
Why Did It Have To Stop
—
You've Blown It All Sky High
By Telling Me a Lie
Without a Reason Why
You've Blown It All Sky High

You, You've Blown It All Sky High
Our Love Had Wings To Fly
We Could Have Touched The Sky
You've Blown It All Sky High
—
Up Round I've Flown
Then Down Down Like a Stone
—
I Gave You Love
I Thought That We Had Made It To The Top
I Gave You All I Had To Give
Why Did It Have To Stop
—
You've Blown It All Sky High
By Telling Me a Lie
Without a Reason Why
You've Blown It All Sky High

You, You've Blown It All Sky High
Our Love Had Wings To Fly
We Could Have Touched The Sky
You've Blown It All Sky High

You, You've Blown It All Sky High
Our Love Had Wings To Fly
We Could Have Touched The Sky
You've Blown It All Sky High
—

Sky High

"Sky High" [a Jigsaw cover (1975)] [(Dyer | Scott)] [Michael Ash Sharbaugh]

(Gallup | Hartley | Smith | Tolhurst)
Liam J. Boyle: bass guitar, guitars, and drum programming
Michael Ash Sharbaugh: vocals
Composed and Recorded ca. 1979 to February 2, 2016.
sm15 [ARIA (B)].

To hear more of Liam J. Boyle's musical works, visit his SoundCloud page: https://soundcloud.com/liamjboyle

A huge thank you to Liam J. Boyle for 'taking me in' on this track. I loved the experience, and hope to do it again!

"A Forest" (Gallup | Hartley | Smith | Tolhurst)

Come closer and see
See into the trees
Find the girl
While you can
Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your eyes
Just follow your eyes

I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark
I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Into the trees

Into the trees

Suddenly I stop
Though I know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
All alone
The girl was never there
It's always the same
I'm running towards nothing
Again and again and again and again and again and again …



A Forest

"A Forest" [a The Cure cover (1980)] [Liam J. Boyle and Michael Ash Sharbaugh]

(Hallam | Sharbaugh | Weber)
Adrian Hallam [https://soundcloud.com/blue-room-green]: guitar and drum machine programming
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh]: synthesizers and found sound
Christofferson Weber [https://soundcloud.com/christoffersen-weber]: vocal
Composed and Recorded ca. 2013 to March 17, 2016.
sm5 [LANDR].

C. W. (Christofferson Weber): https://soundcloud.com/christoffersen-weber
Adrian Hallam (Blue Room Green): https://soundcloud.com/blue-room-green
Michael Ash Sharbaugh: https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh

This song is based on two previous releases:

"Galaxy No. 9" by Blue Room Green: https://soundcloud.com/blue-room-green/galaxy-number-9

... and ...

"Galaxy" by Cam-O the Chameleon and Blue Room Green: https://soundcloud.com/christoffersen-weber/galaxy

Galaxy No. 9 [C. W.'s Reprise]

"Galaxy No. 9 [C. W.'s Reprise]" [Blue Room Green, Cam-O the Chameleon, and Michael Ash Sharbaugh]

(Bacharach | Hilliard; arr. Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, drums and drum machine programming, synthesizers and sequencer programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed, Adapted, and Recorded ca. 1961 to 2000.
[final] [LANDRhi].

Please Stay

Buy on iTunes!!!

"Please Stay" (a The Cryin' Shames cover [1966])- Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ca. 2000]

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh: vocals, synthesizers, guitar, bass guitar, drums and percussion, magnetic tape manipulation, and found sounds
Composed ca. 1983 — 1994.
Recorded ca. 1983 — 2007.
HwSk_sm16ANOnCbh_J5.

Tracks:

01. Fingers of My Lady's Clock [intro]
02. Ballade of Godzilla
03. Ladder
04. i have driven this road
05. Erin's Net
06. Near
07. Hollow and Hidden
08. Who Shall Take This Bride?
09. Clam
10. Anchor Garden
11. BitterSoil
12. Fog +1
13. Frostland
14. Snapping Pool in Winter
15. Sunflower, Dandelion, and Plum
16. Mesa Mesa
17. Caliope 1
18. Caliban
19. City of Fischer I: Industry
20. Canopy of Dreams
21. Meona's Bass
22. City of Fischer II: Bells
23. The Glass, the Sphere, and the Opalescent Sea
24. Eructed Eschatology
25. The Foraging Calm
26. deadroseflowers I
27. deadroseflowers II
28. 1920s Ghost Piano
29. Kaplan as a Child
30. Yugina
31. City of Fischer III: Harbour
32. 5th Portal
33. Fingers of My Lady's Clock [extro]

Between the Womb and the Gathering: Halloween Sketches

(Idol | Stevens, arr. by Michael Ash Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocal, synthesizers and sequencer programming, drums and drum machine programming, and 'found sounds'
Billy Gewin [ https://soundcloud.com/billy-gewin ]: bass guitars
Jacob Kersey [ n/a ]: trumpets
Colt Elvis Simmons (C Fo Fifth) [ https://soundcloud.com/cfofifth ]: "breathy gasps" and "hey"; inspiration for mid-section rhythm, 'rap,' and lyrics
Composed and Recorded ca. 1984 to April 17, 2020.
sm167 [eM] [24WAV].

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"My #ode to Billy Idol and [My Favorite] guitarist, Steve Stevens, took 8 months to complete, and was just released today across the interwebs.

I wish to thank trumpeteer, Jacob Kersey, bassist, Billy Gewin, and Good Friend, Colt Elvis Simmons, for their creative contributions toward this project!

David Grace [ https://soundcloud.com/david-grace-songs ]: thanks for the rap section suggestions!

I am very proud, and highly thankful!"

~ M

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#eightiesmusic #popsong #eyeswithoutaface #billyidol #stevestevens #michaelashsharbaugh #rebelyell

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"
I realize she's a siren disguised
her lullaby is injected as her teeth incise
she's highly infectious
she's leavin' me feckless
I follow a deathwish when I hear her breath hiss
eyes without a face
her lips do encase
she's like Eve with an apple
'Arsenic and Old Lace'
[yet I'm drinkin' her down]
what's all this fuss 'bout a psychedelic trip
[when she can murder me and still be hip]
I'm so blue --- she's out there
so ... I'll say my prayers
say my prayers
say my prayers
"

Eyes without a Face

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"Eyes Without A Face" [a Billy Idol cover (1984)] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

(Martinez | Sharbaugh)
Daniel Martinez: guitar and bass guitar
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, synthesizers, drums, drum programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. April 7, 2014.
sm14 [vox] [ARIA (A)].

"Dark Things" inspired by and generously lent by Daniel Martinez (Perfect_Kiss).

https://soundcloud.com/danul

these dark things
surround me
arrest my sight
i'm havin' a dream
all's not as it seems

these dark things
have found me
test my faith
but your love comes like beams
to banish the creeps

will my heart be heard
in history?
when comes fame?
time's closing in
it's time to begin

Dark Things

DOWNLOAD

"Dark Things [The ARIA 'A' Mix]" (Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Daniel Martinez)

(Cohen, arr. Michael Ash Sharbaugh)
Jonathan Beckenstein [ https://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein ]: guitars
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, synthesizers, drum machine and drum machine programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. 1984 to July 8, 2020.
sm43 [24WAV] [CB].

"Hallelujah" contains a Creative Commons [Attribution License] sample of Adam Wayne Gistarb's "Guitar & Mexican Flute."

https://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_4401185/sounds/242088/

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Jonathan:

Thank you! It was a pleasure working beside Ya. I've admired You for a long time. As expected, Your parts were 'right-on': deft + dreamy, and completely wonderful! They truly infused this song with a grounding of warmth and vitality! ;)

~ Michael

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Apple Music: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1524503630

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/01vwoFVqcTjUg1Qqf6iLpn

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Hallelujah

"Hallelujah" [a Leonard Cohen cover] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh [feat. Jonathan Beckenstein]

(Sharbaugh [and 'others'])
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. 2013 to July 26, 2020.
sm5 [32fpWAV] [eM].

During this tenuously denormalized environment that we, as humans, face currently amid the COVID-19 epidemic, most musicians [and non-musicians] are discovering ample time on their hands that can be utilized for creative endeavors; hence, for this week's disquiet junto, I imagined, as Marc had stated, "[an] idea of looking ahead, of projecting, and inhabiting that projection," and set out to produce a work of sound that might become representative of manners of compositions by musicians and non-musicians, alike, briefly ahead in the future.

To that end, I struck off into this project intending to be pure audience to the piece; that is, I desired build a soundscape that was completely out of my control, and to which I never input a single note or sound via my usual musical tools and instruments. Six months from now, I imagine the word's aural archive will have grown in its number of works created by non-musicians with no musical instruments, save a computer for retrieving, and mixing, pre-composed soundfiles.

But, of course, when composing and mixing a project in a DAW, egotistical control and inward aesthetic always prevails in my case -- I had to choose and edit several huge beds of sound, layer them side-by-side, and judge the manners in which they collided and existed together (i.e., volume fades, effects, and panning).

I chose the pre-recorded online file archive of freesound.org as my nest egg of sound options: I entered the words "space" and "a-note" into the search field over a period of five hours, and auditioned, chose, and melded, seven distinct soundfiles that were ten- to ninety-minutes in length, as might a non-musician [?1], and mixed them together -- of course to my aesthetic (i.e., volume fades, effects, and panning).

This is the result: "In the Orbit of a Victorian Fireplace."

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"More on this 447th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Listen Ahead (The Assignment: Make some music for the near future), at:

https://disquiet.com/0447/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0447-listen-ahead/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion."

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The soundfiles contained in this composition can be found below.

"factoryplace" by Omar Alvarado
https://freesound.org/people/Omar%20Alvarado/sounds/474157/

"Alien Soundscape - Long" by Speedenza
https://freesound.org/people/Speedenza/sounds/198532/

"mix mfo3b7 113" by ERH
https://freesound.org/people/ERH/sounds/138436/

"Spaceship Ambience" by revolt2563
https://freesound.org/people/revolt2563/sounds/443499/

"Glass Aquaphone Drone 2" by be-steele
https://freesound.org/people/be-steele/sounds/322990/

"A Spaceship Fly-by" by InspectorJ
https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/397948/

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In the Orbit of a Victorian Fireplace

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"In the Orbit of a Victorian Fireplace" [disquiet0447 - 'Listen Ahead']

(Sharbaugh)
Adrian Hallam [ https://soundcloud.com/adrianhallam ]: drums and drum machine programming and bass synth
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, synthesizers, drums and drum machine programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. September 28 to November 12, 2020.
sm31 [24WAV] [CB1].

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"Give Yourself Completely."

"Don't ever Wander Far."

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Warm 'thanks' [!] for the supportive contributions furnished by  long-time collaborator, Adrian Hallam: his rough sketch, "Chasing Your Tail" [2020], inspired this track.

This song is dedicated to Amy Dixon Alarcon.

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Give Yourself Completely (feat. Adrian Hallam)

"Give Yourself Completely [reprise]" - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

(Ledwidge | Sharbaugh)
Chris Ledwidge [ https://soundcloud.com/chrisledwidge ]: (real) piano and recording production
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizers and recording production
Composed and Recorded ca. January 2021.
Disquiet 0473 [2 Of 3] [L - R Separated Mix] sm2.

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This disquiet junto 0473 [part 2 of 3] track, "The Wolf's Baleen," was inspired by the disquiet junto 0472 [part 1 of 3] recording by Chris Ludwidge [https://soundcloud.com/chrisledwidge ] called "No. 34 in Am" [ https://soundcloud.com/chrisledwidge/no-34-in-am-disquiet0472 ].

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"I was so overwhelmed by the work by composer, Chris Ludwidge, and his disquiet junto 0472 piece, "No. 34 in Am," that I promptly downloaded it and got to work for this week's Disquiet Junto assignment, 'Placebo Effect."

I had but three hours to compose my piece, "The Wolf's Baleen," and knew I would have to fly into it. What struck me about the floating fragments of Chris' piece was how much it reminded me of some of Brian Eno's piano fragments and treatments on "Ambient #1: Music for Airports"; thus, I set out instinctively to complement Chris' tinklings on the piano: I first learned his piano figures, mimicked them, and based emphatic stylings upon certain notes (namely the B-flat note), adding treatments, such as a rhythmic delay and erratic reverberation changes.

I would write more, but my time has run out at the studio.

Thanks, Chris!"

~ Michael

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More on this 473rd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Placebo Effect (1 of 3) / The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio that others will complete — at:

https://disquiet.com/0473/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0473-placebo-effect/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Image associated with this project is by Israel Avila, and used thanks to Flickr and a Creative Commons license allowing editing (cropped with text added) for non-commercial purposes:

https://flic.kr/p/5bFGMU

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

The Wolf's Baleen

"The Wolf's Baleen" - Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Chris Ledwidge [disquiet0473 - part 2 of 3]

POP | AMBIENT | SPACEROCK | EXPERIMENTAL

the #person : Michael Ash Sharbaugh is a #composer , #singersongwriter , and #instrumentalist from the US. Since 1985, he has released hundreds of recordings in numerous genres, but is known primarily for producing #atmospheric #pop, #spacerock, #ambient, and #experimental #musics.

the #sound : Michael's #melodious , #pop -ish , #spacerock sound marries the #sexy #moody -ness of #darkwave #electronica and #triphop #psychedelia: #bass - #heavy #rhythms root #dizzying #swirls of #synthesizers, alongside what he calls his 'found sounds.' His #ambient and #experimental #musics, on the other hand, are #soothing, and, at times, #alien to the ear: they #float and #shimmer, #meander, and -- more often than not -- #haunt.

the #influences : Duran Duran, The Weeknd, Blondie, Depeche Mode, Billy Idol + Steve Stevens, Stone Temple Pilots, Dead Can Dance, Siouxsie & The Banshees, This Mortal Coil, Air, Naked Eyes, Tears for Fears, Alice in Chains, John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, The Chameleons [UK], Brian Eno, The Cocteau Twins, ABBA, The Bee Gees, Claude Debussy, Frederick Chopin, Guillaume de Machaut, Early Music, Renaissance music, Baroque music, and Joe Meek.

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#duranduran #weeknd #blondie #depechemode #billyidol #stevestevens #deadcandance #siouxsieandthebanshees #air #tearsforfears #johnbarry #lesliebricusse #claudedebussy #mauriceravel #frederickchopin #eriksatie #brianeno #thecocteautwins #abba #beegees #joemeek #chameleons #octoberproject #patbenatar #haroldbudd #lindseybuckingham #nakedeyes #aha #ceefarrow #omd #thismortalcoil #stonetemplepilots #aliceinchains #baroque #renaissance #earlymusic #theweeknd

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