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Experimental Piano. My mother was hospitalized yesterday...

I-The day my mother was hospitalized

Music & Lyrics: Jan Schonander

This is unapologetically inspired by the A-side to one of my favorite albums of all time. I'll let you guess which album that is - if you are older than 50 it will most likely be easier.

A lot of us spend our lives chasing a dream, and despite reaching milestone after milestone the dream is always just beyond our reach. If you're lucky all you need to do is stop and think - maybe you're already there. I was reminded about this when told a story about a popular beach boatman asked by a hedge fund manager why he doesn't invest in an additional boat. After many questions the investor tells him that after years he could become so financially successful that he could spend his afternoons with his family and friends. The boatman tells him that after his morning fishing run that is already what he does. 

The guitar is a Logic Pro X Heavy Metal Guitar. For the drums I "mixed it up" a bit by using more reverb on the snare than on the rest of the drums. Also had a hi-hat in there initially but I took it out as I thought it muddied up the sound too much. In general I debated how much reverb to use and progressively used less and less to try and warm it up. For the bass I combined an electric bass with a traditional standing base. I departed from my usual approach of trying to reproduce as natural a piano sound as possible by using equalization to mainly remove some of the high and low end - the purpose being to create a "lo-fi" sound. Finally, the synth is Nord Native and treated with some ringshift to get the moving in and out your ears effect.  

LATELY MAYBE

Too much
Not enough
Will I ever
Is it never
I can’t see
Will it ever be

Lately, I’ve been thinking too much
Lately, I’ve been dreaming too much
Maybe, I’m in heaven
Maybe, I made it yesterday

Is this the end
Or could it be the beginning
I can’t tell
It seems a bit like hell
So many moving parts
So many false starts

Lately, I’ve been thinking too much
Lately, I’ve been dreaming too much
Maybe, I’m in heaven
Maybe, I made it yesterday

Too much
Not enough
Lately
Maybe
Lately it’s been too much
Maybe it’s been too much

Lately Maybe

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Transforming The Night

Still

Part Of Your Smile

We wiggle our toes into the golden sand.
And look up to the sky
There's just one thing on our minds today.

Every little part of your smile
becomes part of my life.
Oh Baby

We slowly make our way out of the ocean.
We wash the rays away.
The daylight will be slipping into to night.
 good night.

Every little part of your smile
becomes part of my life.

We tend to stay along the coast
to keep from losing our way.
We tend to face into the wind
We get our power from the wind…….

We wiggle our toes into the golden sand.
And look up to the sky
There's just one thing on our minds today.
Every little part of your smile
becomes part of my life.
We tend to stay along the coast
to keep from losing our way.

The production details:
music bed is from the wondrous Chinese Shadows track composed and performed by Alexis Roche..found here: 
https://soundcloud.com/alexis-roche-2/ombres-chinoises

The electric solo at the end of the song provided by
Hans-Michael Albers known as Clouders for:
Lyrics, Vocals and middle Guitar solo by Conover
© 2016 Conover/Roche

Part Of Your Smile (Conover/Roche)

Jimena initiated this song idea with a melody/progression idea a couple of months back.  Like most other collabs we've done, we bounced ideas back and forth via SoundCloud prototype tracks and just let it grow organically.  At first, we had only a somewhat reggae/ska feel going with the verse, but then we  stumbled upon a useful chip-tune type of oscillation setting that was catchy, flexible and begged to be rocked.  Suddenly the complexion of the song took an unexpected turn into some real hard funk rock and we knew that we were back on track again with another morphing-character Excorde song.  We are quite please with the results, especially with the addition of fine lead guitar work from our friend https://soundcloud.com/dairv-dubbleyew for the finishing touch.  Please check out his page for some fine examples of creative playing and songwriting.

And be sure to visit https://soundcloud.com/jimenaarroyo to read her highly imaginative lyrics for this song.  Don't forget to leave her a comment and a like on her track... it's like giving a tip but a hundred times better! :)

Thanks endlessly to both Jimena and Dairv for their awesome musical powers!  You two rock!

Instrumental Composition, Production & Final Mix: Jonnie Cook (@jonnie-cook)
Vocal Composition & Lyrics: Jimena Arroyo (@jimenaarroyo)
Guitar solos & Background Support: Dairv Dubbleyew (@dairv-dubbleyew)
Copyright © 2018. Excorde (Jonnie Cook and Jimena Arroyo). All rights reserved.

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