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

(Hallam | Sharbaugh | The NME)
Adrian Hallam [ https://soundcloud.com/adrianhallam ]: guitar and lead and background vocals
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizers, 'found sounds', and background vocals
The NME [ https://soundcloud.com/thenmebeats ]: drum and synthesizer programming and production
Composed and Recorded ca. September 2013 to February 2014.
("String of Pearls [Lollipop Swirl III]" [mix 3] [LANDR master])

A collaboration with:

Adrian Hallam: https://soundcloud.com/adrianhallam
The NME: @thenmebeats

Deepest thanks to these artists for their contributions!

The work that inspired this piece can be heard here:
Thenmebeats – Free-beat-live

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dressed in white with a string of pearls
city lights they rule your world
drapes of gold in a window pane
hear your song playing again

just a gem in your Daddy's eyes
hosting parties to socialize
had a trust fund before you were five
gave you what you want whenever you cried

(and you play it again)

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String of Pearls

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"String of Pearls" - Michael Ash Sharbaugh, Adrian Hallam, and The NME

(Bosch | Hamrick | Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, synthesizers, drum machines, and 'found sounds'
Amelia Hamrick: piano
Composed and Recorded ca. 15th century to March 2014.
sm19 [LANDRlo].


In his "Garden of Early Delights" triptych, Hieronymus Bosch--the famous 15th and 16th century artist--painted a brief musical score on the buttocks of a figure featured in the 'Hell' portion of his painting. The notes' appearance resemble the plainsong popular in his day. This work is based on musician, Amelia Hamrick's, transcription of those notes.

To hear Amelia Hamrick's piano transcription upon which this track was based, please click here: http://chaoscontrolled123.tumblr.com/post/76305632587/luke-and-i-were-looking-at-hieronymus-boschs

To visit Amelia's blog, click here: http://chaoscontrolled123.tumblr.com/

Erogenous Bosch

"Erogenous Bosch" [Michael Ash Sharbaugh, Hieronymus Bosch, and Amelia Hamrick]

(Juncherre Beatz | Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: original composition [vocals, synthesizers and synthesizer programming, drums, percussion, and drum machine programming, and 'found sounds']
Juncherre Beatz [ https://soundcloud.com/juncherre-beatz ]: Native Instruments Maschine remix, drum programming
edit 2 master.

The original song can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh/fog-rise-echo-wip

More from Juncherre Beatz can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/juncherre-beatz

Fog Rize Echo

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"Fog Rize Echo" [Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Juncherre Beatz] (a. k. a.: "Fog Rise Echo")

(Anstie | Baker | Hallam)
John Anstie [ https://soundcloud.com/poetjanstie ]: vocal [reading]
Abigail Baker: words
Adrian Hallam [ https://soundcloud.com/adrianhallam: ] synthesizers and sequncer programming
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: production, mixing, and mastering
Composed, Compiled, and Recorded ca. June to August 16, 2014.
sm5 [ARIA(A)].

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Mixed and 'Mastered' by Michael Ash Sharbaugh.

John Anstie: https://soundcloud.com/poetjanstie

Abigail Baker: [Twitter = @The_Linnet]

Adrian Hallam: https://soundcloud.com/adrianhallam

Michael Ash Sharbaugh: https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh

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"This recording was featured on episode 009 of the "Blue Sky Highway"--an episode compiled and hosted by Roger Allen Baut:

https://soundcloud.com/blue-sky-highway/blue-sky-highway-episode-009-a-kaliedoscope-of-music-sound-and-spoken-word ."

~ Michael

Roger Allen Baut: https://soundcloud.com/roger-allen-baut

"Prism" [Adrian Hallam and poet, John Anstie's, reading of an Abigail Baker poem]

(Sharbaugh | Stevens)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh: bass drum, synthesizers, and found sound
Morton Stevens and His Orchestra: drums, percussion, guitar, bass guitar, piano, and synthesizers
Composed, Recorded, and Remixed ca. 1968 to August 4, 2015.
sm12edit [LANDR].

Morton Stevens [1929—1991] was film score composer extraordinaire! He is best known for—and won two Emmy Awards for—the “Hawai’i Five-0” [1968 to 1980] television series.

I idolize him, and remixed one of his tunes that aired on the “Hawai’i Five-0” series, meanwhile adding some instrumentation of synthesizers, drums, and found sounds.

One can find more on legend Morton Stevens here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Stevens
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004022/
http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/2010/082010.html

One can find Morton Stevens and His Orchestra's "Up Tight" here:
http://www.discogs.com/Mort-Stevens-And-His-Orchestra-Original-Hawaii-Five-O-TV-Sound-Track/release/2502644

One can listen to Morton Stevens and His Orchestra's "Up Tight" here, but it's a bad-quality version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0w4Qtww7Vw

Here is my found sound—a Cretan lyra:
http://www.soundsnap.com/node/59730

Up Tight

"Up Tight" (Morton Stevens Remix) [Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Morton Stevens and His Orchestra]

(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]

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"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

(Mueller | Pick | Sharbaugh)
P. S. Mueller [ http://www.psmueller.com/ ]: words and vocal
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizers, tape manipulations, and found sounds
Kenny Pick [ https://soundcloud.com/kenny-pick ]: mix and production
Composed and Recorded ca. September 18, 1989 and October 24, 2016.
sm1.

Based on an original story authored by writer and radio personality, P. S. Mueller [ http://www.psmueller.com/ ], "Late."

Music from composer, Michael Ash Sharbaugh's [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ], "Empty, yet Full in Her Sky": https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh/empty-yet-full-in-her-sky-sm1

Radio personality and musician, Kenny Pick [ https://soundcloud.com/kenny-pick ], mixed and produced this collaboration.

Late

"Late" [story by P. S. Mueller | music by Michael Ash Sharbaugh]

(Cox | Sharbaugh | Stanton)
Cranky Fox [ https://soundcloud.com/crankyfox ] (Franky Cox): electronics
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: drum machine, synthesizers, and found sounds
Wou-Wou & The Wormling [ https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling ] (Alexander Stanton): electronics
Composed and Recorded ca. October 30, 2015 to November 9, 2017.
sm28[LANDR]WAV].

This piece is My [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ] musical answer to Franky Cox [ https://soundcloud.com/crankyfox ] and Alexander Stanton's [ https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling ] call for an open collaboration based on their original piece, "Mousey's Roar [Amphetamine Blues]." The original track can be found here:

https://soundcloud.com/crankyfox/mouseys-roar-collab-with-wou-wou-the-wormling

I [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ] remixed it, lengthened it, and added drums, synths, and found sounds.

This is the instrumental version; I plan on adding vocals to it soon.

[November 6th, 2017]

Mousey's Roar [Amphetamine Blues]

"Mousey's Roar" [Michael Ash Sharbaugh, Cranky Fox, and Wou-Wou & The Wormling] [instrumental]

(Joe Melson | Roy Orbison)
Esteban G. Anastasio [ ]: guitars
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, synthesizers, piano, recording, production, and found sounds
Recorded ca. 2000.
Crying [HURTme_m63-T1].

I was all right for awhile
I could smile for awhile
But I saw you last night
You held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say, "Hello"

Oh, you wished me well
You, you couldn't tell
That I'd been crying over you
Crying over you

When you said, "So long"
Left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying
Crying, crying

It's hard to understand
But the touch of your hand
Can start me crying

I thought that I was over you
But it's true, so true
I love you even more
Than I did before

But, darling, what can I do?
For you don't love me
And I'll always be crying over you
Crying over you

Yes, now you're gone
And from this moment on
I'll be crying, crying
Crying, crying
Yeah, crying, crying
Over you

"Crying" [a Roy Orbison cover (1962)] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Esteban Anastasio

This is a remixed version of our cover of Bowie's "MWSTW" 

Thank you to @michael-ash-sharbaugh for kindly offering to spend time giving this one some love - Love your take on it:)
And thanks again to @jon-lock-5 for offering this classic tune for collaboration with me:)

The Man Who Sold The World(Bowie Collab. with Jon Lock)Remixed by Michael Ash Sharbaugh

(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)

(Marinaro | Sharbaugh)
Gianfranco Marinaro: drum programming, electronic bass, samplers, and synthesizers
Michael Ash Sharbaugh: vocals, synthesizers, and drum machine
Composed and Recorded ca. May 14, 2013 (15th anniversary Frank Sinatra's death).
sm9 [limles] [ARIA(B)].

To hear more of Gian da Conquistador, check out ...
https://soundcloud.com/gian-da-conquistador

The original, base piece for this work can be found at ...
https://soundcloud.com/gian-da-conquistador/all-of-me

kickin' around
in this lonely place
nothing to do but smile
lookin' around
for a lonely face
checkin' my hair and style

take all of me
yes, take all of me

you think that I don't know you
but I've been here before
lipstick and peppermint lies
you make love a chore

take all of me



"Take (All of Me): Veal Sinatra II" [Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Gian da Conquistador]

https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh/monks-placid-pillow-part-1-of-3?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0472

Monk's Placid Pillow +Strings And Horns (Duet with Michael Ash Sharbaugh)

Abstract Counterpoint Improvisation (disquiet0474)
Getting together through music,  in times of isolation...
I recorded here (France)upright bass over the duet by Chris Ledwidge (Ireland): piano and Michael Ash Sharbaugh (USA) synthesizers. 

I improvised over the original track twice, first take was a disaster, second was slightly better but still I couldn’t figure out what the piano was doing so my notes are bad and my timing is also bad.
 I mean, I'm following the sort of pulse but I'm not playing in the right spots, I'm afraid...


So, to save the thing from the trash lid I decided to label my ramblingness as an “abstract impro”, a tag that can excuse or justify many “out of focus” things. I added another thing that I use to bury sloppy things and pretend they are avant-garde brilliant statements: Valhalla Supermassive.
And I did a very creative use of the Delete button


DISQUIET0474 With Michael Ash Sharbaugh And Chris Ledwidge
For this late January 2021 junto:
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0474-police-action/

Original track:
https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh/the-wolfs-baleen-michael-ash-sharbaugh-and-chris-ludwidge-disquiet0473-part-2-of-3

Photo by DD

@michael-ash-sharbaugh
@chrisledwidge

Abstract Counterpoint Improvisation (disquiet0474) with Chris Ledwidge and Michael Ash Sharbaugh

The beautiful and compelling duet by @chrisledwidge and @Michael-ash-sharbaugh entitled "The Wolf's Baleen" made me think about the lone agony that the wolf endures.  I tried to capture this with recorder and violin tracks.

Le Chant Du Loup(disquiet0474)

Credits and thanks to my co-creators @user-711331258 (K Joule), @Michael-ash-sharbaugh and @chrisledwidge. 

My submission for
Disquiet Junto Project 0475: Low End (4 of 3)
The Assignment: Remix a trio by doing forensics on its component parts.
https://disquiet.com/0475/

Canis Lupus Loops(disquiet0475)

A clockwork remix of Michael Ash Sharbaugh's "Closer."  His original version: https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh/closer-sm17-wip

The music video: https://youtu.be/6U0aHaPrx0U

Closer - Neons Gone Mad Clockwork Remix

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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