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i'm tired of this (and i told you)

It Is What It Is

My Faith Has Abandoned Me

Inspired by the microtonal Iranian music mode Bayat-e Zand.
Listen on headphones or stereo speakers.

Chilling in the Middle East

My friend Bruno Cadillon (Cab: https://soundcloud.com/bruno-cadillon-847608847) proposed to me last summer to arrange this song of his. I did it, altough with my less than excellent skills. I think the song is very beautiful. And the video produced by Bruno is also very nice, giving a better idea of his versatile talent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktr-SbZqnv8
I think here the lyrics are difficult to translate into other languages, so (as he did) I leave them in French.
All imperfections are mine, as always.

Cover picture: Pierre Bonnard, 'Workshop with Mimosa' (1935), Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou.

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De mon pouce
Je repousse
La mousse

Dans l’eau douce
Barberousse
S’émousse

Je pars en mer
Éphémère
Quitte ou double
Assis par terre
Un chien couvert
De plumes d’oie
Aboie sur un chat
Qui s’en fout bien
Il demande un verre
Qu’il boit d’un trait
Vodka glacée
Me regardant
d’un air étonné

De mon pouce
Je repousse
La mousse

Dans l’eau douce
Barberousse
S’émousse

Accroché là
Éphémère
Quitte ou double
Assis par terre
La peau couverte
De plumes d’oie
J’aboie à la lune
Qui s’en fout bien
Lui fait une prière
Vodka glacée
Très épicée
C’est terminé
Et m’endors par terre

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Lyrics and music: Bruno Cadillon.
Arrangement: Michele Ansani.
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, October 1th.

Barberousse [Bruno Cadillon with Michele Ansani]

Mixed and Mastered by Woods Studio
https://soundcloud.com/woods_studio
Artis: https://soundcloud.com/spukschreibmaschine

Howl At Nowt  - SpukSchreibMaschine

Cast of characters:
Surfers Like Us– @user-411502040 –Artur–composition, arrangement, and foundational rhythm guitar
Llanpsych– @llanpsych –Tez–electric guitar, composition, mix, and production
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– acoustic guitar
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – organ and electric piano
K2 and the Three [and the Four]-- @k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums and percussion
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –four string fretless bass 
Mistermark --  @user-432503709 — Mark — production engineering

This song began its life all the way over in on the other side of the pond, where our frequent collaborator, Artur wrote it on his electric guitar. Being a fan of surf music, he composed this awesome piece with The Eclectic Collective in mind. He shared it with the group through Tez, who was first to respond to Artur's guitar with his own, creating a psychedelic base of sound for the rest of us to add to. 
  Ken was up next, laying down his always exciting drums and percussion. Josh, of course, followed straight behind him, now that he had a beat to play to. JJ came soon after, laying in his ethereal organ and dancing electric piano. Last, but not least, Stephen laid in a really trippy acoustic arpeggio based acoustic guitar part to kick it to the next level.
  Of course, every great song needs a great producer. But before we even started the song beyond what Artur and Tez laid down at the beginning, Mark deftly separated Artur's basic beat from the music. Amazing what technology can do these days! For rest of the production, we tapped the very talented Tez to do the honors, which he did perfectly.
  This song marks about half a dozen we've done with Artur. We're all big fans of his unique surf rock sound, and jump at the chance to collaborate with him. If you like what we've done here, you should check out his page, as it's loaded with gems in the same strain. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Flow of Life (Surfers Like Us with Eclectic Collective)

Keys In My Blood

I believe that interstellar communication using quantum entanglement will be realized in the future, so I created this by imagining what future dialogue would look like. I hope that we will be able to communicate with extraterrestrial life forms and that the universe will become a peaceful world.


Deep ambient with Violin Synth(Roland SY-300) and Superego
Enjoy!

The Resonator of  souls -interstellar communication using quantum entanglement

Invisible Things 97 BPM

Dip Your Pen into the Marrow of My Soul

Hello! I’m a university professor of history who enjoys playing guitar and piano/keyboard, and occasionally composing — unpretentiously, just for fun.
Most of my recordings (made with a KorgD8, Audacity, and more recently Reaper for MIDI and the Spitfire Audio libraries) are entirely homemade and decidedly imperfect.
My music includes old songs (all written back in the last century; here I’ve only shared the ones I’ve reworked in recent years) as well as both old and new instrumentals — usually in several versions, some of which eventually disappear because they’re simply unlistenable.

Thanks for stopping by and giving something a listen; in the description you’ll often find explanatory notes or translations of the lyrics.
Here I’ve discovered a community of talented musicians and songwriters, and plenty of beautiful music to enjoy. Whenever I like, comment, or repost a track, it’s always the result of attentive listening. For the same reason, I’m not interested in trading empty “likes” without real engagement, and I won’t reply to messages from would-be promoters — follower counts don’t matter to me in the slightest.

Update (2024, September 9). Completed the "AI & (fake) songwriting project". Here: https://soundcloud.com/mick-hansan 

P.S.: A prayer, a humble request to those who publish songs: use the description area to make the lyrics available... This would make listening to them more complete and enjoyable!

I've posted some 'live' homemade performance here: https://www.instagram.com/michele_ansani/