(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 [The Bold Bolero Master] [eM05] [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

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"This opus was much less a cover of Duran Duran's original version, and much, much more a cover of The Sneaker Pimps' cover of this song."

~ M A S

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The Chauffeur [The Bold Bolero Master]

>>> DOWNLOAD <<<

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

(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

(Radiohead [Yorke])
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ @michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals
StarMaker (phone [Android] app): music
Recorded on a cellphone ca. January 28, 2022.
[Slow Piano Version] [early 2022 - 2022-01-28] [raw] [MP3].

KARAOKE - "Creep" [Slow Piano Version] [early 2022 - 2022-01-28]

(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? (feat. Bonetender)

... on Spotify >>>

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

(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] [VOX] [em 01] [2022 REMASTER] [24WAV].

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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

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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

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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

>> DOWNLOAD <<

"Magic" [a "XANADU" cover] (originally Olivia Newton-John) [2022 REMASTER] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizers and sequencer programming, sampler and sample editing, and 'found sounds'
Erokia [Jordan Dean] [ https://soundcloud.com/erokia ]: synthesizers and sequencer programming
Composed and Recorded April 29, 2023.
sm5 [eM 02] [24WAV].

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" ... just another 'exercise' to end-out the hallowed month of April [2023]. April always holds much promise for My creative musical output -- has since I was 17-years-old in '87. Cheers to April!!!

This tune utilized the chirps of tree frogs for its percussive background, and the simple, rambling twiddlings of dreamy synths and percussive accents.

In the [humourous] [paraphrased] words of a Friend ... : 'these sound[s] may or may not have been altered via stretching, scrunching, delaying, reverbing, panning, EQing, distorting, frequency filtering, layering, cutting, chopping, truncating, and altercaton via numerous, other sound-processing techniques.'"

~ Michael

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My pitch for Spotify radio:

"A meditative, calm, and soothing, ambient-electronic piece adorned with the hallowed sounds of nature, "Jaded" features Boards-of-Canada-ish textures and loops, yet tips-its-hat to nature, as it features -- for percussion -- the soft, rounded chirps of tree frogs and other night-time jungle beasts! It began -- like most of My works -- as an 'exercise; that is, I don't ever await inspiration to strike, but actually sit down intentionally to compose, audience to peaceful, inspiring 'randomness.'"

~ Michael Ash Sharbaugh, May 22, 2023.

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"Single Frog Chirp 'cluster'"
by Tom McLaughlin:

https://freesound.org/people/The_Sample_Workshop/sounds/631429/

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"MSfxp11 - 72 - (Synth Loop 100 BPM)"Check out Erokia on #SoundCloud [ Check out Erokia on #SoundCloud [ 
https://on.soundcloud.com/VDKnB]:

https://freesound.org/people/Erokia/sounds/664475/

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Jaded (feat. Erokia)

"Jaded" - | - Michael Ash Sharbaugh (featuring Erokia)

(Sharbaugh)
Katarina Rose [ https://soundcloud.com/womb_affliction ]: 'upper-register female' vocal
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: drums and drum machine editing, synthesizers and sequencer programming, sampler and sample editing, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. May 4 to May 14, 2023.
sm33G [eM 01] [24WAV].

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"This track was composed whilst appreciating the 'sonic spirits' of two inspirational Friends ...

David Grace + Jonathan Akira Hartnett."

~ Michael

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womb_affliction:

"whimsical female vocal"

https://freesound.org/people/womb_affliction/sounds/330662/#

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Fall Again  Rise Again (feat. womb_affliction)

"Fall Again, Rise Again" - | - Michael Ash Sharbaugh (feat. Womb Affliction)

(encym | Hanrath | Kitzmann | Sharbaugh)
Andreas Kitzmann [ https://soundcloud.com/andreas-kitzmann-27370936 ]: [electric?] guitar loop improvisation
encym [ https://soundcloud.com/encym ]: acoustic and electric guitars improvisations
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: editing, mixing, and 'found sounds'
W:I:L-o´the-wisp [ https://soundcloud.com/flyingtonefish ]: 'theremin' and synthesizer 'solo' improvisation
Composed and Recorded ca. April 19 to 21, 2023.
sm13-02 [eM 03] [24WAV].

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"I was completely enthralled by Andreas', Roland's, and Wilfried's musical 'answer' to the last Junto assignment (0593 -- a trio recorded at 'asynchronous' times and places). I lovingly dissected their sonic opus, and concocted My own answer to this week's Junto challenge -- 0594, the 'Threemix.'

I first diced the intro of Andreas' initial, guitar loop, kept only its first two 'notes,' expanded and looped them to 64.35 BPM -- and repeated them throughout the piece.

encym's guitar meanderings were sliced into brief phrases. I ended up with thirty of them, yet used only two of them to offset Andreas' forceful drones. Also featured are two improv sections of His at very low volumes, in order to suggest an subtle 'undulation' in the piece.

encym's tonality was originally pitched one semitone higher ('Western-scale'); thus, I lowered (pitch-shifted) it a single semitone. The result is consonance.

(One of My fave 'happy accidents' occured while isolating a brief, percussive 'dink' during encym's guitar part [a fingering error?]; that dink -- when saturated, and run through a slap-back and ping-pong delay series -- provided a 'drum' beat that backed the piece.)

As the work nears its cadence, enter Wilfried, with His wond'rous 'theremin' riff, of which I isolated one recorded flourish, and repeated it four times. The motif He played introduces itself at a low volume level, fed through two delays and a reverb, which deepened in intensities as the motifs progressed. 

What makes this piece special for Me is the highly complex -- and joyfully painstaking -- effects automations I crafted throughout it. It took hours of mathematical computations, and programming, in order to make the piece -- itself seemingly 'simple' and 'droney' -- to 'sound' so complex."

~ Michael

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"Disquiet Junto Project 0594: 'Threemix'

The Assignment: Remix an asynchronously produced trio.

Step 1: You’re going to make a remix of a track from the most recent Disquiet Junto project, which was a collection of trios constructed over the course of three weeks. Listen through the playlist, and check out any additional tracks in the discussion forum:

https://soundcloud.com/disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0593

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0593-the-charm/

Step 2: You might elect to use some of the constituent parts of the series, so do seek out the solo and duet that led to your chosen trio and feel free to employ those, too. Check out the respective llllllll.co threads:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0591-the-loneliest-number/

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0592-better-than-one/ "

~ Marc Weidenbaum

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"The complete work from which this remix borrowed constituent parts can be found here:

https://soundcloud.com/flyingtonefish/wilfried-hanrath-with-andreas-kitzmann-encym-encounters-in-the-disquiet0593

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The subsequent duet penned by Andreas Kitzmann and encym can be found here, at disquiet0592:

https://soundcloud.com/encym/tete-a-tete-disquiet0592

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Andreas Kitzmann's lone, discrete track, which was destined for the initial Disquiet Junto assignment, "disquiet0591," can be found here:

https://soundcloud.com/andreas-kitzmann-27370936/disquiet0591 "

~ Michael

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Trinkets + Tatters (feat. encym  Wilfried Hanrath &amp; Andreas Kitzmann)

"Trinkets + Tatters" - Michael Ash Sharbaugh (ft. Andreas Kitzmann, encym, and W:I:L-o´the-wisp)

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, synthesizers and sequencer programming, drums and drum machine programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. July 4 to July 13, 2023.
sm48D [VOX] [RAW] [32AIF].

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i'll make a bet with myself
and give it some time
animal magnetism rarely keeps me waiting in line

it's far too early
to give up the wine
'cos loves gonna happen, and life's gonna treat me fine

(STEP OUTSIDE YOURSELF)
(LOOK AROUND)
(JUST BREATHE)

funny ...
you never answered before
but somethin's pricked your ears, and you don't wanna lose your score

i've been uneasy
just biding my time
trapped in a corner, anxiously awaiting some sign

(LOVE YOURSELF)
(LOOK AROUND)
(JUST BREATHE)

love ... oh, love ...
(you need love)
bad ... so bad ...
(you need love)

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Trapped (You Need Love)

"Trapped (You Need Love)"

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ @michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: drums and drum machine programming, synths and sequencer programming, sampler and sample editing, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. August 21 to August 30, 2023.
sm31CE [eM 05] [24WAV].

UNTITLED 13

"UNTITLED 13"

([Sharbaugh] -> [all tracks] | [Rose | Sharbaugh] -> [track 4] | [Dean | Sharbaugh] > [track 7])

Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ @michael-ash-sharbaugh ] [on all tracks]: vocals and lyrics, drums and drum machine programming, synthesizers and sequencer programming, sampler and sample editing, and 'found sounds'

Erokia [Jordan Dean] [ https://soundcloud.com/user-968301525-56177770 ] [on "Jaded"]: synthesizers and sequencer programming

Womb Affliction [Katrina Rose] [ https://soundcloud.com/womb_affliction ] [on "My Thoughts Scatter Like Colour"]: vocals and lyrics


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Composed and Recorded ca. April 18 to November 12, 2023.
Compiled ca. November 6 to 12, 2023.
Released across the world ca. January 19, 2024.
sm18 [non-stop] [RAW] [32AIF].

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EP: "The Changeling" (2024) | [non-stop] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh (feat. Erokia and womb_affliction)

1] "Fall Again, Rise Again"
(Sharbaugh)

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2] "Linnaeus' Lovely Day"
(Sharbaugh)

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3] "The Last Stand"
(Sharbaugh | Sobel)

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4] "Divinity"
(M.T.W.D. | Sharbaugh)

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Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, drums and drum machine programming, synths and sequencer programming, and 'found sounds' (all songs)
Mike Sobel [ https://soundcloud.com/mikesobel ]: [acoustic] guitar ("The Last Stand")
M.T.W.D. [ https://soundcloud.com/mtwd ]: drums and drum machine programming, and synths and sequencer programming ("Divinity")
womb_affliction (Katarina Rose) [ https://soundcloud.com/womb_affliction ]: vocals ("Fall Again, Rise Again")
Adrian W. Hallam [ https://soundcloud.com/adrianhallam ]: [dubby] guitar ("Divinity")

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Composed and Recorded ca. 2013 to 2023.
Remastered ca. February 29, 2024.
sm5 [non-stop] [RAW] [32AIF].

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A FORMER COMMENT:

"This EP has been released, and making Me very pleased. ;)"

~ Michael
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A FORMER COMMENT: "This uploaded track is a brief glimpse into My newly completed, brief, 13-minute [ + or - ] EP, "es|tu|dios." Although slated for release in April of this year, I invite You, My SoundCloud peers, to judge, and to criticize it prior to its release."

~ Michael [Ash Sharbaugh]

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es | tu | dios

EP: "es|tu|dios" (2024) | [non-stop] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh (feat. Mike Sobel + M.T.W.D.)

(Hallam | Potterton | Sharbaugh)
Adrian Hallam [ https://soundcloud.com/adrianhallam ]: guitar
Andrew Potterton [ https://soundcloud.com/andrew-potterton ]: synthesizers, drum and synthesizer programming
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, synthesizers, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. November 28, 2014 to January 1, 2015.
sm8 [LANDRlo] [FLAC].

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This work was inspired by--and contains--Andrew Potterton's following samples:

"K Kiddies": http://www.soundsnap.com/k_kiddies

"a tunje": http://www.soundsnap.com/node/23043

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"A Scent Of Mercury" - Tangent 9 (Michael Ash Sharbaugh + Adrian Hallam [feat. Andrew Potterton])

(MTWD | Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: drums and drum machine programming, synths and sequencer programming, sampler and sample editing, and 'found sounds'
MTWD [ https://soundcloud.com/mtwd ]: drums and drum machine programming, synths and sequencer programming, sampler and sample editing, and 'found sounds'
Carlos Carty [ https://soundcloud.com/carloscarty ]: dizi flute
Composed and Recorded ca. 2016 to April 14, 2024.
sm19 [eM 04-Mi-hi Ci-lo B-up] [24WAV].

Nightmarish Monotony [Yer Rare] (feat. Carlos Carty) [with M.T.W.D]

"Nightmarish Monotony [Yer Rare]" - Michael Ash Sharbaugh with MTWD [feat. Carlos Carty]

1 ] - "A Foray into the Eleven Exhalted Exorcismic Elements" [2024 interludes [I] remaster] (Sharbaugh) [110 BPM]
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2 ] - "Give Yourself Completely (reprise)" (2024 interludes [I] remaster) (Hallam | Sharbaugh) [120 BPM]
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3 ] - "Nightmarish Monotony (Yer Rare)" (2024 interludes [I] remaster) (MTWD | Sharbaugh) [120 BPM]
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4 ] - "Bush Honey" (2024 interludes [I] remaster] (Sharbaugh) [73 BPM]

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(Hallam | MTWD | Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, synthesizers and sequencer programming, sampler and sample editing, drums and drum machine programming, and 'found sounds'
Adrian Hallam [ https://soundcloud.com/adrianhallam ]: synthesizers and sequencer programming and drums and drum machine programming [on "Give Yourself Completely (reprise)"]
MTWD [ https://soundcloud.com/mtwd ]: drums and drum machine programming, synthesizers and sequencer programming, and 'found sounds' [on "Nightmarish Monotony (Yer Rare)"]

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Composed and Recorded ca. March 2, 2019 and April 14,2024.
Compiled, Edited, and Remixed and Re-Recorded, and Mastered ca. July 1, 2024.
sm7B2 [eM 01] [24WAV].

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Interludes

EP:  "Interludes [ I ]" (2024) | [non-stop] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh (feat. M.T.W.D. + Adrian Hallam)

This work is track 1 on Michael Ash Sharbaugh's 2024 EP release, "Interludes."

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(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizers, drum machines and drum machine programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. March 2, 2019.
Remastered ca. July 1, 2024.
[sm7] [short] [EP-Interludes] sm7B3 [eM1] [24FLAC].

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T = 110 BPM
key | scale = A-sharp / B-flat minor

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" ... for Jonathan Akira Hartnett, Friend & Mentor, March 2, 2019."

~ M

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A Foray into the Eleven Exhalted Exorcismic Elements

"A Foray Into the Eleven Exhalted Exorcismic Elements" [from the EP "Interludes"]

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugjh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synths and synthesizer-editng, sequencer, samples and sample-editing, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. September 9 to 10, 2024.
sm15 [eM 01] [24WAV].

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"This piece is dedicated to Artiste, Ruth Franklin, and Her conversations with Me about experimental loop-musics from the 20th century."

~ Michael

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Cello samples provided by ...

calpomatt ::: "LastMan.wav" ::: [License: Attribution 4.0]

https://freesound.org/s/124001/

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... shall be released on October 1st on Spotify, Apple Music, and EVERYWHERE -- just in time for Halloween '24!!!

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Ruth's Sunny Blisters

"Ruth's Sunny Blisters"

(Cocq | Sharbaugh)
Julsy [ https://soundcloud.com/julsy ] (Julie Cocq | Montpellier, France]: synthesizer and sequencer programming, electronics and sample editing
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizers and sequencer programming, sampler and sample-editing, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. April 22, 2013.
Remastered ca. September 26, 2024.
sm6 [LMTD] [eM 01] [24WAV].

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Based on Julsy's original sketch/work-in-progress, "Sans Nom," circa 2013.

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T=79.88

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Glitter Sun Harbour

>>>  DOWNLOAD <<<

"Glitter Sun Harbour" (feat. Julsy) [circa 2013] [2024 REMASTER]

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: drums and drum machine programming, synthesizers and sequencer programming, samples and sample-editing, guitars, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. December 22 to 30, 2024.
sm24 [eM 01] [24WAV].

The Paradise Beside Me

"The Paradise Beside Me"

"This is an alternate, non-stop, high-quality (24-bit), streaming version -- exclusive to Soundcloud -- of My EP, 'Post-Partum Appendices.'"

~ Michael

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1 ] - "Vast Ionic Charges in an Angel's Eye" (PPA 2025 MASTER)

2 ] - "My Pulse's Pride" (PPA 2025 MASTER)

3 ] - "Amidst Winter Branches" (PPA 2025 MASTER)

4 ] - "The Paradise Beside Me" (PPA 2025 MASTER)

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(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ @michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, guitars, drums and drum machine programming, synthesizer and sequencer programming, sampler and sample-editing, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. November 17 to December 22, 2024.
Interstitial 'musical' interludes recorded ca. January 3 to 8, 2025.
Mastered January 14, 2025.
[int RAWs] sm25 [eM04lClEQ] [24WAV].

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Post-Partum Appendices

Post-Partum Appendices (non-stop)

EP: "Post-Partum Appendices" (2025) | [non-stop] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

"This version of this release is available on My EP, 'Post-Partum Appendices.'" ~ Michael

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(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ @michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: drums and drum machine programming, synthesizers and sequencer programming, samples and sample-editing, guitars, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. December 22 to 30, 2024.
Mastered ca. January 14, 2025.
([int RAWs] [eM04lClEQ]) sm3 [24FLAC] (PPA 2025 MASTER).

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"The Paradise Beside Me" (PPA 2025 MASTER)

"This version of this release is available on My EP, 'Post-Partum Appendices.'"  ~ Michael

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(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ @michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: drums and drum machine programming, samples and sample-editing, guitars, synthesizers and sequencer programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. December 8 to 17, 2024.
Mastered ca. January 14, 2025.
([int RAWs] [eM04lClEQ] sm3 [24FLAC] (PPA 2025 MASTER).

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"... dedicated to the coldest days of Winter."

~ Michael

Amidst Winter Branches

"Amidst Winter Branches" (PPA 2025 MASTER)

"This version of this release is available on My EP, 'Post-Partum Appendices.'" ~ Michael

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(Campbell | Sharbaugh; arr. Michael Ash Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ @michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: drums and drum machine programming, synthesizers and sequencer programming, sampler and sample-editing, guitars, and 'found sounds'
Matt Campbell [ @mattcmusic ]: guitar and synthesizer ('interlude')
Composed and Recorded ca. November 18 to 28, 2024.
Mastered ca. January 14, 2025.
([int RAWs] [eM04lClEQ]) sm3 [24FLAC] (PPA 2025 MASTER).

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My Pulse's Pride

"My Pulse's Pride" (PPA 2025 MASTER)

"This version of this release is available on My EP, 'Post-Partum Appendices.'" ~ Michael

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(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ @michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: samples and sample-editing, synthesizers and sequencer programming and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. November 17 to 18, 2024.
Mastered ca. January 14, 2025.
([int RAWs] [eM04lClEQ]) sm3 [24FLAC] (PPA 2025 MASTER).

Vast Ionic Charges in an Angel's Eye

"Vast Ionic Charges in an Angel's Eye" (PPA 2025 MASTER)

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh: vocals, drums and drum machine programming, synthesizers and synthesizer programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. 1991 to January 23, 2016.
sm26b [short version] [LANDR master].

no more words
no more roses
no more nights
hiding dark poses

there’s just the night
there’s only you
all that’s black
all that is you

—

isabelle, I think that you know me
cos I’m the one who tore your heart
away from you and now you don’t want me
but I’m gonna get you get you back isabelle

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you hide your face
behind a canvas
and paint your face
when every chance gives
but here in the night
but here with me
all fades to black
all goes away
and then, and then I’ll see

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isabelle, I think that you know me
cos I’m the one who tore your heart
away from you and now you don’t want me
but I’m gonna get you back you’ll see

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still I cling to you like violence to pain
cos violence and pain is what made me
yes I cling to you like violence to pain
cos violence and pain is what made me

—

Isabelle

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"Isabelle" [circa 1991] - 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

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

(Gore [arr. Michael Ash Sharbaugh])
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, synthesizers, loops, drum machines, 'happy accidents,' and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. 1987 to January 19, 2019.
sm428 [24AIF] [CB D + B mix].

... the instrumental version:

https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh/i-want-you-now-drums-bass-instrumental-mix-instrumental-michael-ash-sharbaugh

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I want you now
tomorrow won't do
there's a yearning inside
and it's showing through

reach out your hands
and accept my love
we've been waiting for too long
enough is enough

I want you now

my heart is aching
my body is burning
my hands are shaking
my head is turning

do you understand
it's so easy to choose
we've got time to kill
we've got nothing to lose

I want you now

and I don't mean to sound
like one of the boys
that's not what I'm trying to do
I don't want to be
like one of the boys
I just want you now

'cos I got a love
a love that won't wait
a love that is growing
and it's getting late

do you know what it means
to be left this way
when everyone's gone
the feelings they stay

I want you now

I Want You Now [Drums + Bass mix]

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"I Want You Now" (the 'Drums + Bass' mix) (a Depeche Mode cover [1987]) - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

(Gore [arranged by Sharbaugh and Klevling])
Ivan Klevling [ https://soundcloud.com/ill-dub-productions | https://soundcloud.com/wizardshoes | https://soundcloud.com/dark-korvettes ]: guitars and 'stringed atmospherics'
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, electronics, drum machines, synthesizers, 'atmospherics,' and found sounds
Composed and Recorded ca. 1990 to January 19, 2019.
sm185 [CB Deep House master] [24WAV].

... the instrumental version:

https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh/blue-dress-ambient-inst

...

Tempo = 65 BPM.

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put it on
and don't say a word
put it on
the one that I prefer
put it on
and stand before my eyes
put it on
please don't question why
can you believe

something so simple
something so trivial
makes me a happy man
can't you understand
say you believe
just how easy
it is to please me

because when you learn
you'll know what makes the world turn

put it on
I can feel so much
put it on
I don't need to touch
put it on
here before my eyes
put it on
because you realise
and you believe

something so worthless
serves a purpose
it makes me a happy man
can't you understand
say you believe
just how easy
it is to please me

because when you learn
you'll know what makes the world turn

Blue Dress [Deep House mix]

"Blue Dress" [a Depeche Mode cover (1991)] ['Deep House' mix] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh + WizardShoes

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: pianos, synthesizers, drums and drum machine programming, sequencer programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. January 18, 2021.
sm6 [16WAV].

Today, having had the studio [MY studio] available to Me, I diverted My attention away from a dobro piece I was working on with a Friend, Gil Borguez, and decided to set out to create something brand new.

I always know the Marc Weidenbaum's [and Everyone's] disquiet junto project will furnish some ideas, should I wish to participate; thus, I checked My email, and discovered this week's assignment, "Jam Time [part 1]," and just, simply, 'got to work.'

The notes and three-chord-structure of "Monk's Placid Pillow," I realized earlier -- but after the fact -- somewhat loosely parallels, and carries the rudimentary chord structure, of My Friend, Gil's dobro song, "Cry." I can't be blamed, really, because Gil's song is all I've been working on for days -- it's fixed in My darned psyche!

Cautiously, and desiring to not 'finish' the piece, I ceased My work upon it, and submit it here for the consideration of Others. I uploaded a 16-bit, 44.1kHz WAV file to SoundCloud for Others to download, but can provide a higher-quality, 32-bit floating point version, if anyone desires one.

More on this 472nd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Jam Time (1 of 3) / The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio that others will complete — at:

https://disquiet.com/0472/

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-0472-jam-time/

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 Meg Jones, and used thanks to Flickr and a Creative Commons license allowing editing (cropped with text added) for non-commercial purposes:

https://flic.kr/p/mDRT9

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

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"Monk's Placid Pillow" contains a Creative Commons Attribution license from 'looper' Cold Womb Descent [ https://freesound.org/people/ColdWombDescent/ ]. The sample is called "CWD_F_accidental beat," and can be found at ...

https://freesound.org/people/ColdWombDescent/sounds/511975/

"'Monk's Placid Pillow' [part 1 of 3]" (disquiet 0472 - 'Jam Time' [1 of 3])

(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

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

POP | SPACEROCK | VAPORTRAP | TRIP-HOP
AMBIENT | EXPERIMENTAL

the PERSON, the SOUND : Since 1985, Philadelphia-born Michael has composed and released hundreds of audio recordings, and published dozens of [erotic] poems.

His 'sonic-sojourn' began suddenly when he was just a teen -- feet splashing rhythmically through puddles leftover by a seaside rainstorm. Having just parted ways with the then-love-of-his-life, Michael composed his first ballad [and first song] ever -- "Tina." He rushed to his beach-side home to record his visceral 'awakening' on a tiny micro-cassette recorder, and vowed -- from that day on -- to create art for the rest of his life.

He began zealously amassing used music equipment, and had built a modest home recording studio by age seventeen, all the while crafting simple pop, ambient, and experimental works that HE had wanted to listen to -- that HE had wanted to hear, affectionately emulating the works of his then-idols, Duran Duran and Brian Eno.

Now, decades later, he has relocated to a small village outside Atlanta, Georgia, and continues to voraciously attend to his dream as a young, heartbroken boy -- to create and release music that he, himself, wants to hear.

Although no longer sequestered to pop and ambient musics, Michael's signature sound has merged the two, having integrated the R&B, hiphop, and psychedelia he has grown to love as a older gent -- having absorbed the edgy rhythms and dreamy soul of the southern United States (Atlanta and Miami).

Michael still puts forth ample amounts af ambient musics, but his recent 'sound' hovers elsewhere -- somewhere amidst the genres of vaportrap, spacerock, and trip-hop.

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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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