(Sharbaugh)
Thomas C. Grant: guitar
Michael Ash Sharbaugh: vocal, synthesizers and sequencer programming, drums and drum machine programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. September 6th to October 4th, 2017.
Remastered ca. November 25, 2021.
sm62 [eM02soft] [edit02] [24AIF].

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well there’s a woman I just met
and now my heart’s already in debt

she’s the lady upstairs
who has soaked in all my stares

I bet there be stars in her room
bet there be stars in her room

now she’s the sweetest girl I’ve known
she keeps her candles all aglow

she’s my lady upstairs
and now she soaks up all my stares

—

there be stars in her room
they hiss and quiver with the Moon
they astound and they surround
they leave me bound and drowned
like her loving

—

now there’s a woman I adore
she strikes me deep within my core

she be a maiden yet untouched
by a love like mine and now she’s clutched

there be stars in her room
there be stars in her room

—

there be stars in her room
they hiss and quiver with the Moon
they astound and they surround
they leave me bound and drowned
like her loving

—

they astound and they surround
they leave me bound and drowned

they astound, they surround
I was lost, but now I’m found

---

This song is dedicated to Amy Dixon Alarcon.

There Be Stars in Her Room (feat. Thomas C. Grant)

There Be Stars in Her Room

Apple Music | iTunes

"There Be Stars in Her Room" [2021 Remaster] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh [feat. Thomas C. Grant]

(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

(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

(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]

(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)

>>> DOWNLOAD <<<

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

(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 [ @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)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizer and sequencer programming, sampler and sample editing, drums and drum machine programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. September 3 to 4, 2023.
sm5 [eM 01] [24WAV].

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"I often just sit down with the intention of 'writing' an [audio] track. When I experience no inspiration, or have no idea for a concept of an original recording, I usually turn to the Diquiet Junto prompt of the week to set-out to compose one. 

This week was no different:

I read the disquiet prompt -- 'record a simple track at 60 BPM in 4/4 that will be reworked subsequently by other musicians' --  Sunday evening, and started that minute. I worked seven straight hours on it without getting out of My seat.

I set-out to create something simple, tonally, and mode- and key-wise, and something that did not have a bunch of changes or sections, that COULD be easily reworked into a more, highly complex piece.

Recording a lone, aggressive, staccatto, string patch and looping it led Me to recording another variation with slight percussion, and then I just added a long, time-expanded bed of a violin being tuned judiciously in sections.

I added a 'head' [introduction] and a 'tail' [cadence], and that was it.

Here is, ' ... to the Beach, Asunder.'"

~ Michael Ash Sharbaugh

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"More on this 609th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Speed Limit Pt 1 (The Assignment: Record a track at precisely 60 BPM with the intention someone will subsequently rework it), at: https://disquiet.com/0609/

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0609-speed-limit-pt-1/ "

~ Marc Weidenbaum

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"... to the Beach Asunder" [disquiet0609] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

(Idol | Sharbaugh | Stevens; arr. Michael Ash Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals and [mid-section] lyrics, drums and drum machine programming, synthesizers and sequencer programming, sampler and sample editing, 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 My mid-section rhythm, 'rap,' and lyrics
Composed and Recorded ca. 1983 to April 17, 2020.
Remastered ca. October 15, 2023.
[2023 REMASTER] [eM 03] [24WAV].

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"My #ode to Billy Idol and [My Favorite] guitarist, Steve Stevens, took 8 months to complete, and [the 2023 remaster] was just [rte-]released today [-Halloween 2023] [on all streaming services and retailers] 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 #darkpopsong #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 makin' 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
"

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Eyes without a Face

"Eyes without a Face" [2023 REMASTER] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

([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.
sm18 [non-stop] [RAW] [32AIF].

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EP: "The Changeling" (2024) [The Non-Stop SoundCloud Version]

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

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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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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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"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].

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

(Walden; arr. Sharbaugh)
Jon Lock [ https://soundcloud.com/jon-lock-5 ]: bass guitar and guitar
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, drums and drum machine programming, synthesizers, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. 1981 to July 17, 2021.
"Re-done" ca. March 13, 2024 and May 20, 2024..
sm50exp [2024 RE-DEUX] sm2 [eM 03] [24WAV].

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"How 'bout Us?" [2024 RE-DEUX] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh + Jon Lock

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: drums and drum machine programming, synths and sequencer programming, samples and sample editing, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. March 20, 2024.
sm23 [eM 01] [24WAV].

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"Lick'rish"

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh []: synthesizers and sequencer programming, drums and drum machine programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. 1987 to March 22, 2013.
Remastered ca. March 4, 2024.
Released ca. March 30, 2024.

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Michael Ash Sharbaugh

August Rains [2024 REMASTER] II

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizers and sequencer programming, drums and drum machine programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. 1987 to March 22, 2013.
Remastered ca. March 4, 2024.
Released ca. March 30, 2024.

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Whales of the East [2024 REMASTER]

(Diaz | Sharbaugh | Winterer)
Daniel Diaz [ https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz ]: bass guitar
Krakenkraft & Etherkraken [Andreas Winterer] [ https://soundcloud.com/winterer ]: synthesizers and 'found sounds'
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizer and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. March 7 to 27, 2024 -- in France, Germany, and The United States of America.
sm5 [RAW] [32AIF].

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... "I went with my gut feeling until I had the feeling that I couldn't contribute any more." ~ Andreas Winterer ...

"Having pasted that just above this explanation of My process for this week's Junto project, I state that that was My mantra in composing My part -- about 5 or 6 notes on a KORG DW8000 synth. I recorded My part once, and then edited it with various intensities of extensive time compression techniques over a period of 4 hours, until I was pleased, and felt that My contribution was no more than a simple whisper within this piece that My collaborators had recorded."

~ Michael [Ash Sharbaugh]

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Based on Daniel Diaz and Krakenkraft & Etherkraken's work, "Reflecting Fragility" (disquiet0637 > 'right (2 of 3)':

https://soundcloud.com/winterer/reflecting-fragility-disquiet0637?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0637

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Daniel Diaz' piece, "Live Bass Soundscape - disquiet0636":

https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz/live-bass-soundscape-disquiet0636

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More on the 638th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Center (3 of 3) — The Assignment: Complete a trio begun by two other musicians — at https://disquiet.com/0638/

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"A Delicate Mirror" (disquiet0638 - center [3 of 3])

(Duran Duran; arr. Michael Ash Sharbaugh)
Carlos Carty [ https://soundcloud.com/carloscarty ]: Chinese dizi flute and "Canyon Queña"
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, drums and drum machine programming, synthesizers and sequencer programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. 1982 to May 21, 2021.
Remastered ca. March 27, 2024.
sm71 [eM13] [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 version of this song!"

~ M A S

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"The Chauffeur" [2024 REMASTER] (a Duran Duran cover) - Michael Ash Sharbaugh [feat. Carlos Carty]

(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]

"This is a preview of My up-and-coming, new EP entitled "interludes."

It had been slated for an initial release date on National Black Cat Appreciation Day -- August 17th, but technical issues derided its arrival.

Now, it shall be available for pre-ordering in all worldwide, web-stores as of August 31st, and destined for its official release at one minute after the stroke of midnight on Saturday, September 14th.

Look to Apple Music, Spotify, the iTunes Store, and Pandora, and elsewhere on those dates to procure Yourself a copy ... and 'listening seat.'"

~ Michael

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01 ]> "A Foray into the Eleven Exhalted Exorcismic Elements" [2024 interludes [I] remaster]
(Sharbaugh) [110 BPM]
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02 ]> "Give Yourself Completely (reprise)" (2024 interludes [I] remaster)
(Hallam | Sharbaugh) [120 BPM]
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03 ]> "Nightmarish Monotony (Yer Rare)" (2024 interludes [I] remaster)
(MTWD | Sharbaugh) [120 BPM]
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04 ]> "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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EP:  "Interludes [ I ]" [2024] | [non-stop] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh (feat. M.T.W.D. + Adrian Hallam)

This work is track 4 on Michael Ash Sharbaugh's 2024 EP release, "Interludes."

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(Juncherre Beatz | Sharbaugh)
Juncherre Beatz [ @juncherre-beatz ]: drums and drum machine programming, loops, and synthesizers
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ @michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, drums and drum machine programming, loops, synthesizers, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. August 2019 to February 2, 2020.
sm54 [2022 REMASTER] [em 01] [24WAV].

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“B U S H  H O N E Y”

never was one to hold my tongue
fear is last | and I am young

never ever gonna hold back my hand
from your skin | cos you’re my land

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cos you - are an all-night party
you - not a one-night stand
you - lead me to the fields
I beckon you

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never was one to hold my tongue
fear is last | and I am young

never ever gonna hold back my hand
from your skin | cos you’re my land

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cos you - are an all-night party
you - not a one-night stand
you - lead me to the fields
I beckon you

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ooooo – I don’t want to spook you,
but I’ve got to tell ya,
‘you’re my forever girl’

I’m puttin’ my cards right on the table
cos you have been my world

if there’s any chance
we could reign forever –
side-by-side –
let the dream unfurl …

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This song is dedicated to Amy Dixon Alarcon.

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Interludes

Bush Honey

"Bush Honey" [from the EP "Interludes"] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh + Juncherre Beatz

This work is track 3 on Michael Ash Sharbaugh's 2024 EP release, "Interludes."

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(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.
Remastered ca. July 1, 2024.
sm19 [EP-Interludes] sm7B3 [eM1] [24FLAC].

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Nightmarish Monotony (Yer Rare)

"Nightmarish Monotony (Yer Rare)" [from the EP "Interludes"] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh + M.T.W.D.

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"]

This work is track 2 on Michael Ash Sharbaugh's 2024 EP release, "Interludes."

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(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.
Remastered ca. July 1, 2024.
[sm31] [EP-Interludes] sm7B3 [eM1] [24FLAC].

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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 (reprise)

"Give Yourself Completely (reprise)" [from the EP "Interludes"] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: drums and drum machine programming, synths and sequencer programming, samples and sample editing, and 'found sounds'
Violette Boulanger [ n/a ]: [experimental and treated] violins
Composed and Recorded ca. July 20 to September 1, 2024.
sm42 [INST] [eM 04] [24WAV].

WIP (work-in-progress): "In The Darkness, Our Souls Are Light" [circa 2024]

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh]: vocals, synthesizers, drum machines, and found sounds
The Inconsistent Jukebox [Barry Snaith] [https://soundcloud.com/barry_snaith]: guitars and synthesizer
Adrian Hallam [https://soundcloud.com/adrianhallam]: bass synthesizer
E-Ruizzo [Manuel Ruizzo] [https://soundcloud.com/esemanolain-ruizzo]: xaphoon
Composed and Recorded ca. 2013 to December 03, 2015.
sm60 [LANDR master].

Thank you, thank you, thank you to Barry Snaith, Adrian Hallam, and E-Ruizzo for laying down superb complimentary tracks to this song!

The Inconsistent Jukebox [Barry Snaith]: https://soundcloud.com/barry_snaith
Blue Room Green [Adrian Hallam]: https://soundcloud.com/blue-room-green
E-Ruizzo: https://soundcloud.com/esemanolain-ruizzo

“No Tribal Ties”

wandering
the back roads
so alone

urban strolls
through small towns
it’s all I own

I look to the sun
but it’s just blinding me
I call to the moon
but it’s not minding me

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no tribal ties
no tribal ties
no tribal ties
no tribal ties

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so intent
my footsteps
away from you

my solace
my savior
no one home

how far must I go
to keep you from finding me
how far must I go
to keep love from binding me

—

no tribal ties
no tribal ties
no tribal ties
no tribal ties

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No Tribal Ties

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"No Tribal Ties" [Michael Ash Sharbaugh, The Inconsistent Jukebox, Adrian Hallam, and E-Ruizzo]

(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

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

(Idol | Stevens, arr. by Michael Ash Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, synthesizers and sequencer programming, drums and drum machine programming, sampler and sample editing, 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 makin' 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
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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

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"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)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: prepared piano, synthesizer, and electronic percussion
Composed and Recorded ca. May 3, 2013.
DJ 2013MAY02 sm2 [16bit][LANDRlo].

In picking my two notes, I sat in my studio chair and blindly reached over to the keyboard of my synthesizer twice. The first time I reached I touched a G key; the second time, I struck two keys—an A and an A#|B. I had three notes. Thus, I kept the G [392 Hz], and then summed the frequencies in Hertz of the A and the A#|B and divided the result by two, which gave me 453.08 Hz for my second note. Since 453.08 Hz is not part of the usual Western tempered scale, I tuned my synthesizer to the frequency using a signal generator.

I recorded the first note—a G on a prepared piano—and butted it right up to the beginning of my ‘sequence.’ I then wanted to fill the minute, so I time-expanded it by over 600 percent—to exactly the end of the minute. I then copied it and pasted it to a location at around 30 seconds into the piece.

The second note was recorded from a synthesizer—a Korg DW-8000. As soon as the sequence began, I started playing a patch tuned to 453.08 Hz. I held down the note until 58 seconds had elapsed, leaving room for the reverb tail to fill the remaining two seconds.

I combined the notes as directed into one stereo track, leaving the prepared piano dry and adding reverb to the Korg synthesizer.

Careful to be sensitive to the piano’s subtle beats, I listened back to the prepared piano track and added my favorite drum sound—a 909 kick tuned all the way down. I then added a reverse tambourine to punctuate the kick drum, putting it through a random panning plug-in effect, “Orbit.” Next, I solo-ed the DW-8000 drone. The beats in the tone were plainly apparent, enabling me to easily add a bongo played with a drumstick to match them. I added the same reverb to this bongo as was used for the DW-8000 drone. I then bounced the percussion tracks down to one stereo track.

All drums and percussion were added in real time without the use of a sequencer.

I summed the two recorded stems, feeding them through a limiter. This is the result.


More on this 70th Disquiet Junto project, which involves creating a single piece of music from two tones and three beats, at:

http://disquiet.com/2013/05/02/disquiet0070-2tones3beats/

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:

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

"Afternoon in the Woods" [disquiet0070-2tones3beats]

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

the PERSON, the SOUND : Michael Ash Sharbaugh is a composer of music and poetry, a lead vocalist and synthesist who hails from Philadelphia, PA. Since 1985, Michael has released hundreds of recordings, but known primarily for his atmospheric pop ("Give Yourself Completely"), jarring spacerock ("Dying in the Killing Jar"), and ambient-experimental works ("Infrastructure," "point65c," "Three Aimless Clouds").

Michael's sound is a synergy of 'darkwave-y' electronica and 'trip-hop-y' psychedelia: bass-laden rhythms form the gravity for his own breathy vocals and his soundscapes of dizzying synths and 'found sounds.' His ambient and experimental musics are soothing, and somewhat 'alien' to the ear: they float and shimmer, meander, and -- more often than not -- haunt.

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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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#duranduran #theweeknd #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 #skeler

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