Why didn't they ever warn me
That being nice can be toxic
 
It requires me 
Not to show
What I really feel

It takes so much energy 
Holding it all within
Pushing it down
Don't let the cracks begin

Tears are weakness
Tears are tears in your soul
God forbid you're just being human

Bad boys get no loving
Bad boys don't go to heaven

Bad Boys

Yesterday I was having fun imagining what it would have been like to play with Frank Zappa. Of course a unique genius with a wacky sense of humour.
On "Shut up and play your guitar" there is a track titled "variations in the secret Santana chord progression"
So this track is called Zap-pa pa ti as an ironic take on that track
and I took the meaning of "zap" as inspiration 
"a sudden effect or event that makes a dramatic impact, especially a sudden burst of energy or sound "

Zap-pa pa ti

Traversing Wormholes in Time

Breaking The Spell

In honour of David Lynch "There is Goodness in Blue Skies and flowers but there is another force- a wild pain and decay-also accompanies all"

Blue Skies And Wild Pain (for David Lynch)

Struggles Hidden From The World

Breaking Down - Breaking In - Breaking Bad

Airborn

the Valley of Dreams

Time to move on, no going back...........

Burning Bridges

Releasing Astral Ghosts

Chasing the Samadhi Dragon

Dressing up as people all we need is heart

Runestones

The Way Through

Dedicated with all my love to Huckleberry

The Fear of Losing Your Best Friend

Shaking out the Nonsense

Entering the tunnel of Death

Taking the Leap

Gently into the Night

Inspired by the novel  "to Cook a Bear” by Mikael Niemi

I will go wherever you want

Infinity's Gaze

The Long Goodbye

a Light Greater than the Sun

Briefly Looking Back as I drive Away

Awake in the Dream

Inspired by Maya Luna's poem Senseless Perfection

Senseless Perfection

Dressing up as people all we need is heart (REMIX)

Safety Net removed

Thoughts are like passing Clouds

A Passing Storm

Will you come away with me
It's fine you're invited
Come and live down by the sea
Down by the sea

A wish you never knew you made
Has now been granted 
New life, new skin, new love

Invisible doors are opening
Calling and drawing us on
Invisible doors are opening
Time to walk on through

Invisible Doors

My aim with (neo)- psychedelia
Is to be free of formal song structures. 
To allow emotions, both dark and light, to express themselves and reveal deeper images and messages from the subconscious and from soul. (Soul inspired music btw is not always pretty and polite)
I like to create atmospheres in which to hang out for a time
No barriers so I can then hybridise with other genres
I'm open to everything from Bach to Billy Idol (excepting Strauss waltzes and fairground organs... however I'm open to persuasion)
Hopefully to surprise and to disorientate. To use minimalist repeating phrases which build and give a hypnotic vibe or groove
Psychedelia teaches us that there is no rush, it's not the end that matters it's the process of getting there, that is my true goal
But I also bear in mind the imperative to be relevant 
The late 60's early 70's gave us so many great musical gifts (Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa etc the list is very long) and I for one am happy to keep unwrapping them
I highly value improvisation and jamming (but I have a no noodling policy). Instrumental music has a vocabulary of emotions with which I'm always mindful that there is a story encoded. 
I always record the first take as this is where magic, beyond the mind, can instantly emerge. An out of key, "mistake" is redefined as an accidental note or a borrowed chord a "surprise" and can liberate the piece from predictability. A degree of disharmony and musical tension are often necessary within a piece so that the subsequent release into harmony and joy is a highlighted sense of relief and spaciousness 
It's not so much about striving for technical perfection, it's about first and foremost serving the song.
I love that a piece can literally emerge from the tone of a single note, lightly asking "I wonder where this will take me?"
This keeps me guessing and ever curious 
In musical flow states, I am sometimes transcended into subtler realms of spirit. I've met some of my muses there... it can be very ecstatic 
Life on this planet, when observed for long enough, consists of periods of challenge leading to more settled blissful states... but one can only ever acknowledge these and keep on moving through, cycle after cycle.
Sometimes the pain and the bliss are simultaneous.
Psychedelia is here to remind us, usually with a mixture of compassion and gentle non insistent wisdom, that we are all equally valid and as important as one another.
The generation of this music doesn't require me to be in any specific state, prior to playing, in order to engage with it.

Chimera Riddle (alt rock and psychedelia)

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