Agua Fresca

El otro día pensando en cambiar
esta rutina de tanto esperar
tomé la ruta y me fui a manejar
lejos de esta gran ciudad

llegué a un pueblito y me puse a mirar
un cartel dice aquí no hay un hospital
pregunto como no hay enfermedad
Es el agua del lugar, y me das.

Agua fresca de un canal,
que viene de un manantial,
quien la toma no se enferma,
no se muere, no se va.

Los de este pueblo no tienen maldad
no hay campo santo, si hay vitalidad
vivir mil años es lo más normal
es al agua del lugar,
y me das.

Agua fresca de un canal
que viene de un manantial
quien la toma no se enferma,
no se muere, no se va.

No hay policías, no hay autoridad
no hay papeleos, si no hay tribunal.
y si hay conflictos se van a brindar
con agua del manantial.
Y me das.

Agua fresca de un canal
que viene de un manantial
quien la toma no se enferma,
no se muere, no se va.  

Letra y música:
Pichy Sotomayor

Original song 2011 / Reversion 2023

Agua Fresca

Way back when, my friend J and I used to jam our Sundays away on our Atari. Me mixing our own pre-recorded loops and unique, melodic arpeggios and J improvising melodies over that mix, often resulting in hourlong opuses. I have fond memories of long sessions that almost felt like they were beyond time and space; just creative capsules of music and intuitive collaboration. Not many words were uttered; we spoke with each other through the music.

Now, many years and other priorities later, we have rekindled our musical co-creativity and breathed new life into our old format from those jam sessions: Spacemaze, but with a different take on the collab because of geographical reasons. J has made Spacemaze Apollo I part 1 and 3 and this is my continuation of the project, part 2. We aim to continue this project together and post our finished mixes on SC under our old band name, @PekPax.
https://soundcloud.com/pekpax/sets/spacemaze-apollo-i

Spacemaze Apollo I Part 2

this is another song recorded on a mt50 4track cassette........ ........not sure why i cant reply as my comments arnt being saved, cheers for the listen


hey babe what you thinking
have you gone and made up your mind
why this ship's, just drifting
and there aint no land in sight

no bell tower in the distance
no moon to guide the way
it's hidden far behind the darkness
waiting for dawn, morning brings another day
waiting for dawn

so long, we been waiting
for the tide to turn the other way
heavy rain, wind was howling
ripped right through our sails

and what waits down below
is much to deep to say
try as we might we can't get it right like the dawn
morning brings another day
waiting for dawn

Waiting For Dawn

Teide

What a nice surprise when groove master Cosmic Ratzzz sent me his original Blues For Mr Rhind and asked if I could join him.  Check out and follow his vast collection of tasty and grooving originals:  https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz

And thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

Blues For Mr. Rhind - Cosmic Ratzzz / Jamie Rhind

UnBoxed August 2024

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Dark Garden

Guitar driven punk song from 2022

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All rights reserved

VARISONIK - Jog On

Up, up snapping air
Got to change direction 
I told you once, I told you twice 
It’s not me, it’s them, that need inspection

No more begging
Just let myself be
Turn and walk away
I’ve found the key

My cap in hand days are over
I’ve got roots that keep me from falling
My friends didn’t turn their backs
They covered up the worst attacks

A man’s life is long, many would say
But can be ruined in a day
If you judge me, you judge yourself 
It’s just like that, simple in a way

Happier

Lyrics: Mick Hansan
Music: AI

LYRICS (with deliberate grammatical errors)

[Assistant costumer]
Creating 8752 songs means
you’re not just playing around
you’re mastering this craft.
Every new track is another step forward in your artistry.
We can’t wait to see
where your music takes you next.
where the hell your music takes you next.
where the hell your music takes us next.

[Costumer]
Thank you, but the results
are always horrendous
Even an infant would understand
that it is fake music.
Fortunately, you will never be able to replicate
the soul and heart of real musicians,
you will only continue to produce plastic
that is useless to humanity,
valuable only to your bank accounts.
to your bank accounts
to your bank accounts
to your fucking bank accounts

[Assistant costumer]
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention.
We appreciate you taking the time to report this,
as it helps us identify areas for improvement
and ensure that we provide
the best possible experience for our users.
helps us to identify
helps us please
there are areas for improvement
for improvement

ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

[Assistant costumer]
Your feedback is valuable to us,
and we will investigate the issue
Please feel free to reach out
if you have any additional information.
helps us to identify
helps us please
there are areas for improvement
for improvement

[Costumer]
‘to identify areas for improvement’.
Perhaps I was not clear enough:
the music that is produced
with your software is vomitous,
it is rubbish, it is absolute nothingness.
it is absolute nothingness.
it is rubbish
it is absolute vomitous rubbish

[Assistant costumer]
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention.
We appreciate you taking the time to report this,
as it helps us identify areas for improvement
and ensure that we provide
the best possible experience for our users.
helps us to identify
helps us please
there are areas for improvement
for improvement

ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

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1. Dialogue between an AI Customer Service and an AI songwriter [lyrics in the description area]

A Fairground Night (A collaboration with Ylan)

Forgotten Faces Behind Shattered Glass

UPDATE (9/9/2024):
The project is over.
Please follow me, if interested, on the principal SoundCloud page: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani

 Here I have only posted six songs in English created in collaboration with AI. The rules were: I write the lyrics (with only two exceptions), AI proposes the music to me, after following (if possible) my prompts. In the end I'm the one who chooses. Of course, this is just a bit of fun, the purpose of which is only to use AI to criticise the increasing exploitation of AI in songwriting. It's true: the problems posed by artificial intelligence go far beyond the music's issue (which still has important social and industrial implications). But, if nothing else, we should defend and claim the time and energy we have invested in music.

* Here where I am the national anthem is the "AI sucks song" (https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/ai-sucks-song and https://soundcloud.com/joseph-stroffolino/ai-sucks-song)

1. Dialogue between an AI Customer Service and an AI songwriter [lyrics in the description area]

Mick Hansan - AI & (FAKE) SONGWRITING: A PROJECT