Super interesting concept. I feel like the listener can interpret machine to mean many other things. Same thing for going blind. The synthwave sound is fun and matches the entitled absurdity of it all quite well. Nicely done, Mike!

I Hear Bagpipes

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I Hear Bagpipes
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
DAW: Reason
Mix: Ozone 11

Lyrics

I hear bagpipes,
On this still night,
I hear them at this moment,
Can you hear them?

I hear bagpipes,
On this starry night,
I hear them in the shadows,
Can you hear them?

Chorus
I hear them playing,
From over the hill,
Coming for me,
then coming for you
Can you hear them, my friend,
Can you hear them?

Interlude

I hear bagpipes,
On this moonless night,
I hear them in the darkness,
Can you hear them?

I hear bagpipes,
On this quiet night,
I hear them from my future,
Can you hear them?

Chorus

Outro

Full Time Punk

NIN Setlist 


Right where it belongs
Ruiner
Piggy
Wish
March of the pigs
The Frail
The Wretched
Reptile
Copy of A
Gave Up 🥳
Vessel
Parasite
Came Back Haunted
Mr Self Desteuct
Heresy
Closer
Afraid of Americans 😃 (the smile is because it's a David Bowie song 🙏🏽 It actually felt a little bit weird not hearing his voice but was still epic)

the hand that feeds
Head like a hole
Hurt


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Love

MoneyMoneyMoney

ancient names

Out of My Mind

72 bpm
pc say e minor
but 90% of all note d or d♯ and zero e
but piano need tune, been many decade
Photo by OC Gonzalez on Unsplash
no major chores today!!!!<3<3

Good Morning☀️☀️☀️☀️  rough  piano sketch with 2 metronomes 72 bpm

I into an 80's kick at the moment.  This is based on a short story idea where the man went blind only to discover his eyesight had all these years been dependent on a machine in his house.  After that, he had an issue trusting anyone around him since he didn't know who had turned off the machine in the first place.

Why Am I Here?
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

Happy, happy,
Why not,
So rich,
Money flows,
Life's a cinch.
No worries,
No cares,
Not like my servants,
All day waxing chairs.

Oh, oh, why am I here?
Need someone to lead me,
Someone who needs me,
Not those beneath me (no, no),
Someone who knows,
I've gone blind?
Oh, oh, oh (x5)

There's a machine
Down  the hall,
Turned off,
That's all,
Not broken, 
But now I can't see,
Oh, oh, oh
Who (who) did this?
Who (who) did this to me?
Who, who, who (x5)

Oh, oh, why am I here?
Need someone to lead me (don't want them),
Someone who needs me (don't trust them),
Not those beneath me (no, no),
Someone who knows (no trust),
I've gone blind?

Happy, happy,
Why not,
So rich,
Money flows,
Life's a cinch.
But I can't I trust myself,
to turn on my machine,
I don't I trust others,
oh, oh
I don't I trust them,
Oh, oh,
To turn on my machine
No, no,
oh, oh,
They turn me off.
Oh, oh, oh (x10)

Oh, oh, why am I here?
Need someone to lead me,
Someone who needs me,
Not those beneath me (no, no),
Someone who knows,
I've gone blind?

Oh, oh, oh (x20)

Why Am I Here?

An Ambience Of Something Weird (Beat Mix)

A song loosely based on my musical "career, I don't often base my lyrics on reality/personal experience but guess there are a few exceptions. I actually found this somewhat difficult to write.  I went through 5 versions/edits. I did not pay special attention to rhyming at first, but gradually changed the lyrics until the rhyme scheme worked for me. Obviously I am not one for "free writing"; all my poems could be said to be "old fashioned"....

A  Magnificent Illusion

Day Dreaming

Sand
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Well you see
All the craziness
Of the world is going away
Well you see
All the craziness
Of the world is going away
Well you see
All the craziness
Of the world is going away
Going away
Away
Today

Can I buy you a drink,
Sit out in the sun,
Burn to a crisp,
Oh what fun.
Do you burn, 
I'm your man, 
Lather you up,
Feed you with sand.

[Instrumental]

[Verse 2]
Well you see
All the craziness
Of the world is going away
Well you see
All the craziness
Of the world is going away
Well you see
All the craziness
Of the world is going away
It's going away
Away
Today

Sand

Link to video:
https://youtu.be/w85R9Fylyhc

Bubblegum Friday.

Oh, Your Smile
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

Oh, your smile,
when I'm sad,
Lifts me up,
makes me glad,
When you're around,
Never down,
I cry when you go,
want you so oh,
By my side,
Never say goodbye,
No, no, no,
bye, bye (x20)

Chilling,
Groovin’
What more can I say?
You lift me up, 
Please, please stay,
Never leave,
You've made my day,
Don't go, no, no,
No, no, no,,
No, no (x20)

I cry when you go,
want you so oh,
By my side,
Never say goodbye,
No, no, no,
bye, bye (x20)

Oh, Your Smile

Reversed an old song of mine with vocals and made an AI cover.  If you reverse the AI, you get gibberish.

Backward Praise

AI cover of original song with original lyrics.  Song made to go with an AI video. Link below. 

Video Link: https://youtu.be/lCTOmHIoND4

Rowing in the Dark
Music and Lyrics by Mike Krath

Lyrics

There are times someone shows you the right way to go,
But you ignore them and head for the common flow,
Preferring to be caught up in the stormy gale,
While waves batter against you to keep you still,
And then you only cry for help when you are sure no one is near,
A futile calling when there is none to hear.

Many times you’ve acted like you’ve wanted someone by your side,
Walking toward you on the water to make your storm subside,
But it was only pretend as you stayed on the wider route,
So you could row here and there and all about.

Rowing without direction is your preferred way,
To keep your lack of peace as a summer’s day,
And you ignore the waves flooding your boat as the end draws near,
Then have the audacity to sink with the look of fear.

Rowing in the dark is what it is all about,
Rowing in the dark is where your mind is at.

You row with no direction to go.
In a river that’s wide to make it so,
No rock in sight to keep you secure,
And even if seen, you always make that quick detour.
Rowing in the dark until the bitter end.
Rowing in the dark with your so-called friends.

Rowing in the Dark (Remix)

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.

Why Am I Here?

Mike Krath

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