This is so good...it's hard to wrap my head around how you guys do what you do!

Thought I'd given up sniggering... but you guys cured me!

Splendid ! 😍 💐 🙏 🍀 🎶 🎧 

“The version They Tried to Bury- Mic in the Rubble” is a ciphered anthem of survival, refusal, and sonic reclamation. It’s about the voice that wasn’t silenced—the version they tried to bury but couldn’t. The lyric positions the microphone as a symbol of resistance rising from destruction: not polished, not pristine, but embedded in the debris of historical betrayal and imperial distortion.
Here’s the core narrative:
🔥 The Rubble: Represents the aftermath of deceit—broken treaties, erased testimonies, and silenced truths. It’s the physical and symbolic residue of colonial mandates, propaganda, and systemic violence.
🎙️ The Mic: Emerges from that rubble as a tool of reclamation. It’s not just for speech—it’s for indictment, coded critique, and ancestral echo. The lyric suggests that even when the world collapses, the cipher survives.
🧠 The Message: You can bury the archive, distort the optics, and pave over the truth—but the voice will rise. The mic in the rubble isn’t just a metaphor—it’s a refusal to let silence win.

The version They Tried to Bury - Mic in the Rubble #Hip Hop Cipher

I've been seeing more and more articles in the news about mental health issues in these trying times. If you have a moment, give this song a listen and really try to listen to the lyrics.  Thank you.
Wrote this song to help raise awareness of the anguish and suffering of anyone afflicted by any form of mental illness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqr22JOLKn0

Intro:  
Left: Afraid, broken, vulnerable, sadness, oppressed, hopeless, insecure, empty, nervous, abandoned, consumed, dejected, alone, emotional, suicidal, fragile, hurt, miserable, overwhelmed,

Right: Devastated, paranoid, crushed, exhausted, shattered, withdrawn, tearful, weak, suffering, isolated, helpless, distraught, anxious, brittle, defensive, suffocating, numb, pain, failure.

Verse 1
These voices in my head
   I hear them calling but there’s emptiness in there.
These voices in my head
   The echos bouncing in the darkness of my mind.
These voices in my head
   The chatter blurring thoughts that are barely there.

Chorus:	
I feel emptiness and fear, of being all alone.
I sit and wonder, anybody see the pain.
I’m scared and hopeless dare not share my shame.
Loneliness consumes me, eats away the ye-ears 

Verse 2
These voices in my head
   I dare not dream, I fear nightmares and pain.
These voices in my head
   Fill me with sorrow, I see no end in sight.
These voices in my head
   Make me insecure and bring me guilt and shame.

<Chorus>

Instrumental:

Verse 3
These voices in my head
   Suffer through the pain trying to hold out my hand.
These voices in my head
   The crushing darkness breaks my heart consumes my mind.
These voices in my head
   Does anybody notice, does anybody care.

<Chorus>

Verse 4
These voices in my head
   I ask why, there are no tears when I cry.
These voices in my head
   No one hears the silent screams in my mind.
These voices in my head
   You don’t understand when I tell you I’m fine.

<Chorus>

Outro: (with just guitar and synths)
These voices in my head
   I hear a soothing voice reaching for my hand.
These voices in my head
   I see a light, where darkness filled my soul.
These voices in my head
   Someone heard my cry, now I’am alone no more.
These voices in my head
   These voices slowly fading from my mind

Playing a Godin xtSA through a Roland GR-55. A Schecter P series bass straight into the input interface. Recorded through an AudioBox 22VSL using Presonus Studio One 4. Drums and synths played on and Impact LX49 using Studio One instruments.

These Voices In My Head

Slow Revolution

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MOTIVATION!
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Downloads Enabled
Folks who tore it up with me: 
Boilerman - https://soundcloud.com/boilerman-615719656/no-one-ever-says-by-tainted-icarus-ft-the-boilerman
Thom TWP - https://soundcloud.com/thewelcomeparade/no-one-ever-says-thoms-retort

As I mentioned, last month I broke my leg!  6 weeks in to this I am realizing its going to take a while to get back to normal.  

This track, well more of beat is open for anyone to take and finish.  Originally Jay and I had discussed it being a Beastie Boy type of piece.  Time has gotten away from me...as well as a leg. 

The Welcome Parade has 6 tracks in production and I am behind schedule on everything.  

So hey if you want to take this and do something cool to it.. you have my blessing and just be sure to give me a credit!  

Peace and love my friends and see/hear you soon!

No One Ever Says

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Vibe on the tide

A Dream Named Wolf
Written by TJG November-December 2020
Dark songs for dark nights ;-)

From the shadows of the subconscious comes a sonic tale that prowls and pulses. A Dream Named Wolf is more than a track—it’s a moodscape: burnt orange skies, midnight tremble, and longing caught in howl-form.

Mix 1: Dec 14, 2020 
Mix 2: Jan 13, 2021 output transformer engaged on tape machine.
Thanks so much to Andrew, Rene, and Kevin for comments on an early draft!

Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio

Guitars
Rhythm 1: Guild DV52
Rhythm2: Les Paul Standard
Lead1: Les Paul Standard
Bass: Fender Squire
Effects: an overabundance of a phaser (sorry)

Mics: Neumann TLM 67 and AGK C414 XLS
Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using  ATR Master Tape. 

Lyrics 

Verse 1
There’s another fork in the road
Wish I could decide....
Feels like a wolf is tearing at my side

Interlude 1: 

Verse 2
Sometimes you hit the wall
You can’t bridge the divide
Feels like the heat will never subside

Interlude 2: 

Refrain 1
Feels like I’m walking alone at night
Feels like a wolf tearing at my side
 
Verse 3
A full moon is begging to rise
Wish I could fly....
Feels like a wolf is tearing at my side

Interlude 3


Refrain
Feels like I’m walking alone at night
Feels like a wolf tearing at my side
Feels like a wolf tearing at my side

MOTIVATION

Mind Watching Your Elbow

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