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The music and repurposed voice samples are intended to reflect a sense of (something) slowly built over time.

Silt (Layer 2)

« Autumn » (Part 3) for Septuor - Completed !!! (with video)
For Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Violin. Violoncello, Horn in F & Vibraphone
Composed in my home-studio with Dorico Pro 3.5.20 from Wednesday 6, October 2021 to Wednesday, 20, October, 2021.
Franck Douvin © 2021 Instantaneous Contemporary Music
Thanks for listening. I hope you'll enjoy!
Here's the video link on YouTube : https://youtu.be/3HCVlPRwtnc

« Autumn » (Part 3) for Septuor - Completed !!! (with video)

Cheap Stones
Music and Lyrics by Mike Krath

I had a sister
Who died too soon
Sixteen years
What could I do
Announced by my mother
Who’s now dead too
Both died young
What could I do
Harden my heart,
But life broke through. 
like a cheap stone
A cheap stone.  
Just like a cheap stone. 

On and on,
Life goes on,
On and on,
with a heart of stone
On and on, 
Life goes on,
On and on
But with a cheap stone,
Just a cheap stone
A cheap stone. 

I’ve had friends,
Who died too soon
twenties, thirties,
What could I do
Announced by my friends 
who loved them, too
All died young
What could I do,
Harden my heart,
But life broke through. 
like a cheap stone
A cheap stone.  
Just like a cheap stone. 

On and on,
Life goes on,
On and on,
with hearts of stone
On and on, 
Life goes on,
On and on
But with cheap stones,
Just cheap stones
Just cheap stones.

Cheap Stones

I'm proud to be part of this cool track by https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz , who features some friends - I'm glad to be one of them, with the tenor saxophone at the last third ;-))
Blue Lagoon, Grindavík, Iceland; photo by Doruk Yemenici on unsplash

Lunatics 56 / I try my luck in the lagoon / Cosmic Ratzzz feat joerxworx

Space Trip

'Talking To Myself Again' is a fusion track of two varying elements.

Talking To Myself Again

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Alto Saxophone solo. Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Fender Electric Bass. Roland Synthesizer Bass. Fender Rhodes Electric Piano Rhythm. Vibraphone Rhythm. String Quartet, 1st & 2nd Violins, Viola, Cello, Bowed Acoustic Bass. Trap Drum set. Percussion Timbales, Cowbell, Triangle, Tambourine, Djembe.

Getting it

Aficionada

Paul's Return

Something's a Hole in My Shoe
Music and Lyrics by Mike Krath

You may wonder why I’m doing nothing 
when you’re not around. 
It’s so easy to explain, so easy you see,
You know, it’s simply this, I’m doing nothing because, well,
Because you’re simply not here with me.

And something is nothing when you’re not around. 
Something is nothing when you’re not around. 
Something is nothing when you’re not around,
And you’re not here right now. 

Now I know anything is better than something 
When you have nothing better to do 
But since you’ve been gone anything is nothing,
And something’s a hole in my shoe. 

something’s a hole in my shoe.

I can’t find something,
Something to do when you’re not in town. 
And something is nothing when you’re not around. 
And when you’re not here, something is never found. 

And something is nothing when you’re not around. 
Something is nothing when you’re not around. 
Something is nothing when you’re not around,
And you’re not here right now. 

Now I know anything is better than something 
When you have nothing better to do 
But since you’ve been gone anything is nothing,
And something’s a hole in my shoe. 

something’s a hole in my shoe.
something’s a hole in my shoe.
something’s a hole in my shoe.

Something's a Hole in My Shoe

Wishing you a very safe and warm holiday season.

Many thanks to so many who continue to support the creative process here, with your generous time listening, your comments and your shares.  And also to the many musicians around the world who have joined me in creating so many terrific pieces across genres. 

Mask up!

Santa Claus Is Comin To Town

Hi folks,
something very, very, very bad is happening nearby!!!
 I am so happy that so many musicians are leaving their support for the affected country. Honor to the Russian citizens who are demonstrating against the war despite the threat of long prison sentences

Hidden Information

Some times ago there was a totalitarian state
which was ruled by a dictator so cruel
and he did not want - that his folks
should know all about the wrongdoings he made

There were pictures that they could not see of children who were suffering
and with faces wet by tears from their eyes
and they missed their dad - this day
since he had to go to war and maybe never come back

The dictator had started a war and he was bombing civilian folks
and he closed down all medias that report
about horrific war scenes - that were observed
so his people believed that he was such a good guy

Hidden Information

I’m a song-writer who enjoys creating music of any genre.

My son recently introduced me to A.I. and taught me how to do covers of my previously released non-A.I. music. Since I've never considered myself a performer (except playing with worship bands at church or solo-piano at a rehab center) using A.I. is right up my alley.

Since I've  exhausted using my previously released music for A.I. covers, I now compose music in a DAW, rip to a wave file, and make an A.I. cover of this wave file. I then write lyrics to the A.I. music. It takes around 100 A.I. iterations to complete the lyrics and get a style I'm happy with.  

Brief Bio: Lived more than a quarter of my life overseas (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan). Each country gave me an appreciation for different types of music plus probably why I get bored easily in sticking with one genre or another.