(Book, Lucero, Paskowitz, Paskowitz, Perdichizzi; arr. Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, drums and drum machine programming, synths and sequencer-programming, samples and sample-editing, and 'found sounds'
~BONES1327~ [__]: guitars
Composed and Recorded ca. 1998 to October 7, 2025.
sm88 [FV] [RAW] [48-32AIF].

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hey, what's the point of this?
oh hey, what's your favorite song?
maybe we could hum along?

well, I think you're smart
you sweet thing
tell me your name
i'm dying here

ah-ooh, got you where I want you, oh yeah
ah-ooh, got you where I want you, oh yeah

hey, maybe just a smile?
oh hey, did you know that i can dance?
could we talk for a while?

well, I think you're smart,
you sweet thing,
tell me your sign
i'm dying here

ah-ooh, got you where i want you, yeah
ah-ooh, got you where i want you
where i want you, i want you, yeah

(suffer, suffer
me don't get no rougher
rub it up, baby girl, torture me like no other
suffer, suffer
me don't get no rougher
when me rock me, baby, put me pain on me, lover
suffer, suffer
me don't get no rougher
rub it up, baby girl, torture me like no other
suffer, suffer
me don't get no rougher
when me rock me, baby, put me pain on me, lover)

i think you're smart
you sweet thing
tell me your name
i’m dying here

ah-ooh
(suffer, suffer, me don't get no rougher)
rub it up, baby girl, torture me like no other)
got you where i want you
(suffer, suffer, me don't get no rougher)
yeah, i've got you where I want you
(suffer, suffer, me don't get no rougher)

yeah, i've got you where I want you, want you, want you
got you where i want you
i've got you where i want you
got you where i want you

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WIP: "Got You (Where I Want You)" sm88 [full version] [RAW] [48-32AIF] (temporarily released)

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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