"I Play Well with Others" [Various Artists (featuring Michael Ash Sharbaugh)]

Adding to this list as I remember so sorry if I missed something off! 

Collaborations

(Sharbaugh | Sinfield)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh: drums and drum programming, synthesizers, and found sounds
Russell Sinfield: vocal, guitars, bass, and synthesizer
Composed and Recorded ca. February 3, 2013 to March 8, 2016.
smB13.

( Based on Michael Ash Sharbaugh's "abandoned sketch," "Knowing No. 2": https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh/knowing-no-2-an-abandoned-sketch )

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he's got himself a suit
looks in the mirror, thinks I'm cute
he's plastered down his smile
eyes full of disregard and guile

he's a suit yeah
it owns him and defines him
it closes up his mind

he's a s ssss suit

'xcept on the weekends

ha ha ha ha haa ...

'si yllaer eh nataS si leahciM'(Michael is Satan, he really is )

Knowing You Are a Suit

"Knowing You Are a Suit" [Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Russell Sinfield]

(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]

Buy on iTunes!

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

Collaborators:- 
Drums - Pete (https://soundcloud.com/midipunk) 
Rap and Rap Lyrics - Marquis (https://soundcloud.com/couch-king-presents)
Synths, Lasers and Wobbly bits - Michael (https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh)
Loops, Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Lyrics and Stuff - Russ (https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield)

Mixed and Mastered at the Chaos Cookhouse

I'm loading my laser gun
Aiming at you, cos there's no time to run
Now I got you my sight
It's time for you feel my might

Chorus

Picture me I'm dressed to kill
I even give myself a thrill
don't resist, soon you'll adore me
Amuse myself, until you bore me

Adjusting my power from 1 to 11
Megawatt smile to take you to heaven 
Pulled into an orbit, a shinning star 
Try to escape you'll not get far

Repeat Chorus

Over to you Capt. Aquatic A.K.A. CKP!

My laser's set on stunning 
My tractor beams got you running 
To my rocket ship of loving 
Sonically I got you coming (danger crash zone!)
Around and around and around and around 
Call me the banshee of getting down 
My X-factor makes me fantastic 
The Nightcrawler who is charismatic 
If you prefer we can get aquatic 
The motion of the ocean is hypnotic
Go down in my submarine Explore what's deep and in between 
I'm The King

Picture me I'm dressed to kill
I even give myself a thrill
My gun will fill you with delight
But please don't ask to stay the night 

Space jam time, light the joss sticks :-)

Inspiration - Mick The Laser Dick [you probably think this song is about you :-)]

Capt. Aquatic and the Love Laser Jam Band

I dedicate this song to the art of collaboration and cocreation. May we all inspire and take each other to new destinations and heights.  

Ang Kerfoot: Lyrics and Vocals 
https://soundcloud.com/angelakerfoot
https://soundcloud.com/dana-dau-ang-kerfoot
Blankets: Guitars
https://soundcloud.com/allergeist
Michael Ash Sharbaugh: Synths
https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh
James Fenwicke: keyboard riff
https://soundcloud.com/plantain
Couch King: Production, Arrangement, Mixing, Mastering
Wind: wind chimes
Ill / Wizardshoes: Final Master
https://soundcloud.com/ill-dub-productions
https://soundcloud.com/wizardshoes

Lyrics:

The Skeleton 
she rests upon 
the bloods Lagoon
Here eyes are waves of dust
blink Sea faring moods
Sits thin among the
wind as it causes her bones to groove like sand...
blows her down the thirsty stream
the arrowheads of ancestors
gleam 
in the slivered 
moons faint steaming
the rain in outer space
burns up bits of her marrow
she bandages with rocks 
along the trails of gypsum guarded by sparrows
her heart it beats it bleeds on
through her timid ribs
you can see the valves
like locamotives trying to
hold onto blood shes got no skin
to keep it all in
if the wind dies down it'll all fall out
for the breeze is holding her into a piece

Ang Kerfoot, Blankets, Michael Ash Sharbaugh, and the Couch King - Rambling

This is a remix of the Keldari Station original, (https://keldaristation.bandcamp.com/track/moving-forward-looking-back-single-mix) I kept the bass, keyboards and samples and 3D added some new vocals to fit the groove setup by:-
Pete (MidiPunk https://soundcloud.com/midipunk) drums
Jorg (https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx) on soprano Sax 
Bitzone (https://soundcloud.com/bitzone) on additional percussion, processing and keyboards
Me (https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield) on bleeding hours of fiddly fun, mixing and mastering, which is why 3D graciously let me post this remix to my profile, however you will also see a link to the Bandcamp page where this track is for sale and all proceeds going to the continued effort to pay for the Keldari Station synth bay upgrade, pay what you want, the sky's the limit ;-) 

Art by 3D and magic mushrooms from the look of it :-)

You can find more of Keldari Station on SC https://soundcloud.com/keldari-station and individual projects Ping https://soundcloud.com/kelleyvond and D. D. Danahy https://soundcloud.com/darren-d-danahy

Lyrics by Keldari Station
"this time 
let's open up our minds 
and who we find 
could be ourselves 
and if we recognize 
the lies 
the ties that bind us 
simply melt 
maybe 
the answers that we seek 
really are closer 
than we think 
a look inside 
with our own eyes 
is realized 
within a blink 

moving forward 
while looking back 
how can we be moving forward 
if we're looking back 

If we deny 
the things inside 
we try to hide 
or cause us fear 
you can believe 
that we'll succeed 
at only drawing 
these things near 
we can't transcend 
if we pretend 
that which we run from 
isn't real 
such false sincerity 
can only be 
a mask 
for how we feel 

moving forward 
while looking back 
how can we be moving forward 
if we're looking back"

Thanks guys for making this sound so good with live instrumentation, all of your listening to the multitude of work in progresses and being there, joining in and making this global musical community my little home from home!

Buy on BC support KS

Moving Forward, Looking Back - Keldari Station Sound System

I think this track started 2 years ago. I remember talking about the vision with Jamie on the phone and then Jamie sent me a bunch of stems to choose from. I chose the standing bass and recorded my verse with a 90’s vibe in mind. I sent the track over to Russell to add some guitars, he sent that funk rock intro and riff back, and then I don’t know what happened after that? A bunch of other songs got made and the vision for this track expanded to include cutting my second verse and bringing Jon Lock in on vocals. Then the song sat again. Jon and I even started and completed And So You Say and Training Day after we had already got this song started. Since this track was visioned to be part of the first song on the set with Training Day, eventually it had to be completed. Wou-Wou then join in with his synths, rhythm guitar over Jon’s part, and some additional guitar over the first section. This gave the track the final fire it needed and Russell mixed and mastered it like a champ!

As always, massive thanks to Wou-Wou and Russell who have been regular collaborators on so many projects, on SoundCloud, Facebook, and Bandcamp. Wou and Russell will always be the core of my musical team. Thanks for being great friends! 
Big thanks also to Jon, who I have worked with on 3 songs now, with 2 more in the works already! 
And thanks to Jamie for all his patience, support, and for the completion of our second project together!   

This song goes out to all the music nerds, appreciators, and lovers with strong opinions. Keep those conversations going. I spent many, many years, going to the record store several times a week, hanging and talking with the staff, some who became good friends. 

Jamie Rhind: Standing Bass 
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
Jon Lock: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/jon-lock-5
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Guitar and Synths
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
Russell Sinfield: Guitar, Mixing and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Production, and Art

Lyrics 

Everything changes 
Nothing stays the same 
I used to hate it when my people would say it's a shame 
Stating that the games gone lame 
Claiming that today the music is wack 
At times I would refrain and take a step back
But most of the time I would counter attack 
Back in the day, we would say, Clever repartee 
When we were clowning around 
But now a days we taking the things a bit more serious 
Or maybe it's just me, see 
I ain't playing around as much as I used to be 
Conversations at a minimal 
It's not that I'm more critical or cynical 
It's that I am a more apathetic individual
I  just don't care 
Call me hypocritical 
I be like that's fair 
Yo
What happened to all the innovators, rhyme slayers, originality generators
You know
There really all still there
Back in the days we had to dig in the crates
Looking for the lessor known greats
I guess that's still the way it operates 
Hates a narrow minded state 
And It take effort to educate
So 
I’ma stay open and keep on diggin’ 
Vibin' on the sounds that I be hearin’ 
Yea 
And you know it's like that 
And you know and you know and you know it's like that 
Keep keep on, keep keep on
keep keep keep on

And you know it’s like that

Here comes the backup plan
The man without a name
Don’t want to be no star
Just musical acclaim 
Brush back those famous hats like children in the street
I’m gonna sing a bit while Couch King cracks the beat
Whoa baby now shake
Like momma told you now
Whoa baby now shake
Like this was made for
This is a slice of funk
USDA prime
Let it get to your head
You will feel fine
Poetry in motion
Images in time
Back beats and refined commotion 
Aged like fine wine 

Any you know it’s like that

Jamie Rhind, Jon Lock, Wou-Wou, Russell & the Couch King - You Know (It's Like That)

Eight Soundcloud musicians together, what an experience!
I wet my pants and at the same time I am incredibly proud. This song is one of the most exciting I've ever done. 
I am really grateful for the encouragement from all sides during the process, thank you very much!

I hope to speak for all involved - may you, esteemed listeners, enjoy the song!


vocals: Frawstakwa https://soundcloud.com/frawstakwa
vocals: Couch King https://soundcloud.com/couch-king-presents
vocals: Stone Catcherye https://soundcloud.com/stonecatcherye
brass: Joerxworx https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
guitars: Russ Sinfield https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
organ & co-arranging: DeeP. https://soundcloud.com/detlef-piepke
drums: Noah Biggeleben https://soundcloud.com/theblacksuedeshoes
electronics, bass, additional drums & odd melodies https://soundcloud.com/bitzone

mix & master: bitzone

*Black Into Blue*
(Frawstakwa)
we’ve dreamt in the darkness ending with dawn
opening upon vast expanses beyond
the shadows of structures we’re stretching across
intersections of our systems of thought
which should serve to strengthen us all
awakening the sleeping dragon c’mon
I take it we might need to break down some walls
to let in some light clear the air knock it off

(Couch)
I’ve been holdin’ on vision goin’ strong
Days are long not looking forward to the dawn
When the rays are gone sleep can linger on
Eternal rest I’d be blessed ain’t saying sinners wrong 
I can confess but god be my witness 
I never did much harm so why do I feel forlorn 
Manifest the stress of the station I was born
You gave me hope but I was torn pessimistic 
Fellin’ the pressure to be realistic 
That’s a whole lotta haters talking
That’s my inner mocking 
That’s the life generations have been walking
That’s the future for my kids I’ve been hopping I’ve been stopping
You say it’s just me who’s been blocking
Ain’t knocking the pursuit but startin’ negative on the loot
Got me resolute this dream was never true 
For me 
Still heading black into blue 
We’ll see

(Frawstakwa)
if not that then let us pause 
in silent reflection a song
somehow inspiring awe 
black into blue and I yawn
as the eastern pearl of blonde
rises and fires a shot
from where the horizon was born
that single line on the dot
signed sealed delivered and hot
get up give it all you’ve got
we’re only here on this rock
to do what we need to so what do you want?
time for me to stop

(Stoney)
keep your head strong, when light comes, I will meet you where 

the sky will brighten up my dear, 
your eyes will finally see clear, 
outside it's too cold for this fear, 
black into blue, this bruise will heal

is the dream ending here, goodbye to the fear, from cave I appear

the sky will brighten up my dear, 
your eyes will finally see clear, 
outside it's too cold for this fear, 
black into blue, this bruise will heal

Black Into Blue #Frawstakwa|Couch King|Stone Catcherye|Joerxworx|Russ Sinfield|DeeP|Noah B

D3 (https://soundcloud.com/darren-d-danahy) and I did this as a musical laxative, both of us suffering a blockage of sorts, seems to have worked - 
Cheers ears.

Shits And Giggles

Written by DD Danahy (see below for credits) 
Reptilian aliens from Planet Z
Controlling our minds with phones and T.V.
They don’t really care about what we believe 
Gonna mess up the earth, and then just leave

I don’t like brag about the things that I see
No one ever takes me very seriously
But I’ve been watching and I know what’s up
I got a line on this conspiracy stuff

Everybody laughs at my tin foil hat
But I don’t any part of that
It isn’t funny and it’s not a joke
They always seem to think we had too much to smoke

Reptilian aliens from Planet Z
Controlling our minds with phones and T.V.
They don’t really care about what we believe 
Gonna mess up the earth, and then just leave

Transistor radio tuned to Art Bell
Confirming all the theories I know so well
He has a lot of info and knows the deal
With the geometric shapes in my cornfield 

I heard they were conspiring with the “reds”
Pretty soon we’re all gonna be dead
gonna violate us with an anal probe
We’re already hooked up to the electrodes

Reptilian aliens from Planet Z
Controlling our minds with phones and T.V.
They don’t really care about what we believe 
Gonna mess up the earth, and then just leave


D D Danahy Electronic Instruments, Guitars, Lead Vocals 
https://dddanahy.bandcamp.com/
Kathy Freeman Backing Vocals
https://kathyfreeman.bandcamp.com
Stone Catcherye Drums and Backing Vocals 
https://soundcloud.com/stonecatcherye
Russell Sinfield Bass, Mixing and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield

Darren Douglas Danahy wrote a complete demo version of this song in Ableton Live and as is our usual workflow he sent me the whole project and we went from there.

Drums from Stoney were added to replace most of the Digitakt ones, new bass was added by me and another lot of Bass 6 by 3D as well as vocals from Kathy Freeman and Stone.

All in all a fun project and a great track to launch the new BC page, thank you 3D for graciously letting me have your hard earned creativity adorn this and for Kathy and Stone joining in the fun.

The art is by the very magnificent Wou Wou & The Wormling 
Instagram.com/wouwouandthewormling

Cheers Russ 31/03/2020

Buy Me On Bandcamp

Reptilian Aliens From Planet Z

(Sharbaugh | Juncherre Beatz)
Juncherre Beatz: sampling, arranging, mixing, electronic doves, and drum programming
Michael Ash Sharbaugh: original composition (synthesizers and piano)

https://soundcloud.com/juncherre-beatz

"Ladder" [preview] (Juncherre Beatz feat. Michael Ash Sharbaugh)

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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#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