sounds amazing, been gone awhile. nice to see you're still at it, and thank you for the support back in the day

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Segue on the Beach - ML Ruubz

Ladies & Gentlemen... I give you my heart and soul.

For a FREE download click "Buy"
Apple Music: https://itun.es/us/KL1Qab?i=1084971680 
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1Omncyui45EGTEZvOlEmt4


This song has been ranked on SoundCloud's top 15 Experimental tracks and #1 on The Artist Union's Experimental charts for months. This track has also been supported by: 
- Florida International University's Student Media division
- @theartistunion
- @chillandvibe
- @the-fx-six (http://www.thedeafnerfx.com/the-groove-combine-fall-2015)
- ...and various others around our world. (Thank you!)

This is the 3rd episode on my ongoing concept tape series: D.A.H. Warm Up. Find others songs from the tape here: https://soundcloud.com/dahtrump/sets/d-a-h-warm-up-beat-tape

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Heart & Soul

My latest is another collaboration with the legend, Bruce Conover. He invited me to add some horn to his recent recording, Trickle-Down Day. I've added a melody at the beginning, doubled up using two different mutes, as well as a solo towards the end. 

Check out Bruce's other works: https://soundcloud.com/conover

Here is a link to the original track: https://soundcloud.com/bruce-conover/trickle-down-day

I have made this track downloadable in high-resolution. 

Melodyne notes: Using Melodyne Studio, it was easy making touch ups on the melody at the beginning. There are two different trumpet tracks where I recorded the same part with two different mutes. Being able to see both tracks overlayed together makes it easy to tighten up the timing. Super cool. =^]  

Photo manipulation art by Styrmonix.

Trickle-Down Day

TRICKLE - DOWN DAY - CONOVER & STYRMONIX (Free DL)

Jamie Rhind invited me to collaborate on this recording which was amazing as these guys are solid. With Jamie as the bandleader directing the show, the result is fabulous and funky. =^]

Jamie Rhind: Keyboards, Arrangement, Mixing
Styrmonix: Trumpet and Voice
Stephan "Pinner" Lipinski: Rhythm Guitar and Guitar Solo
Scott Nelson: Guitar Solo

Check out their music:
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
https://soundcloud.com/pinner
https://soundcloud.com/scott-nelson-364333064

Photo manipulation art by Styrmonix.

BA BA DE BAP

BA BA DE BAP - Jamie Rhind / Stephan Lipinski / Scott Nelson / Styrmonix

Singer: https://soundcloud.com/duela 

Lyrics:
See we all feel it
But we can't be sure
Don't understand it
But we cant ignore
But what they won't tell you
I'll reassure
Cause I feel it too
There's something more


I wish you well 
I wish you learn to fly 
I wish you heaven 
I wish you never die
You'll live forever
See you on the other side
We'll fly together
I won't be hard to find

And this heart of mine/
Beating from the ancient to the modern times
And I don't mind
If I gotta go cause I'm on God's time
And I been here before, I'll do it again
Same soul but I'm in different skin
Im so indefinite
Infinity beyond
Dig up my tomb see these lyrics on the wall
I remember like I never died
In the physical but live like it's the otherside
In this pivotal moment 
I choose to live in the moment
Though I know I'm still existing in other times
Do you remember me?
Don't have a familiar energy
I was born in your thoughts through your instincts
Twas a short lil divorces did you miss me?

Many lifetimes many many lifetimes
I been at this music for many lifetimes
Played on them planes where they aint got no planes
But there aint no complaints
Cause the wings in your minds eye
I put plenty in their right mind
I tell them life and death is just like day and night time
Just because its dark doesnt mean it aint the right time
There is beauty in death like there's beauty in the night sky
Do you remember me?
Do you really think you did this independently?
Does looking in my eyes jog your memory?
Tell me what your feeling is it meant to be?
When we was other side you fly beside me
Our souls intertwined you the light inside me
The synchronicities will lift the blinders
She asked me "what took you so long to find me?"

If you feel it inside you
Then let me remind you
Thoughts they travel
Feelings they travel
You may be feeling what I do
So that feeling is real
But they don't know they won't there
But we are aware
We'll be live forever
I'll see you again

Untitled (by Apollo Main X Duela)

Your Lips feat. Debra.mp3

Speculative Prelude
ML Ruubz
From my debut album, 'Segue on the Beach'

CDs in gorgeous digipak packaging + concept artwork available at www.mlruubz.bandcamp.com

:)

----- Lyrics -----

There’s a place and time
In your world and mine,
Where our paths collide
And our lives intertwine.

By the beach of my dreams,
Playing under the moonbeams.
You are the sand and I’m the sea;
Gently, I pull you into me.

----- Credits -----

Composition, lyrics, & production | ML Ruubz
Piano, vocals, & backing vocals | ML Ruubz
Electric piano, synths, & pads | Johann Rodricks
Bass | James Vinciullo
Drums | Ryan Daunt
Co-production, engineering, & mixing | Rob Agostini
Recorded at | Soundbaker Studios, Perth
Mastering | Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles CA
Artwork | badlands
Graphic design | Angelyne Wolfe at Bling Design
Video credits | Chutzpah Creative
Video shoot | Lloyd Summers
Video post production & editing | Fayann D'souza

----- Links -----

Band Camp: https://mlruubz.bandcamp.com
SoundCloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/mlruubz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlruubz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mlruubz
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mlruubzmusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mlruubz

Segue on the Beach

Speculative Prelude

Speculative Prelude - ML Ruubz

Goodnight, Distant Lover - ML Ruubz
ML Ruubz
From my debut album, 'Segue on the Beach'

CDs in gorgeous digipak packaging + concept artwork available at www.mlruubz.bandcamp.com

:)

----- Lyrics -----

How I wish
I could tell you all the right things to make you feel alright.
And I wish
I could be all the best things to bring you back to life.

Talk to me, boy.
Tell me what’s on your mind.
How am I supposed to know what to do about you
If you never let me inside?
Yeah.

Can the heart not open up, without first being cut?
And can you love so much, without running out of luck?
(Without getting fucked?)

Goodnight, distant lover, XO.
“Why distant?” you ask.
Well, we’re not exactly close.

’Cause we don’t tell each other shit
’Cause we don’t see the use
In a guilt-tripping hullabaloo.

And we don’t tell each other shit
’Cause it’s not worth it,
But if only we knew.

’Cause out of what you feel and what you say,
Which will affect how her heart sways?
And out of what you say and what you do,
Honey, which is telling the truth?

(Goodnight, distant lover, XO.
“Why distant?” you ask.
Well, we’re not exactly close.

Goodnight, distant lover, XO.
You keep my bed warm
And my heart in the cold.
Yeah.)

Little do you know that you’re now a part
Of the melodies in my heart.
Little do you know...

----- Credits -----

Composition, lyrics, & production | ML Ruubz
Piano, vocals, & backing vocals | ML Ruubz
Electric piano | Johann Rodricks
Bass | James Vinciullo
Drums | Ryan Daunt
Co-production, engineering, & mixing | Rob Agostini
Recorded at | Soundbaker Studios, Perth
Mastering | Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles CA
Artwork | badlands
Graphic design | Angelyne Wolfe at Bling Design
Video credits | Chutzpah Creative
Video shoot | Lloyd Summers
Video post production & editing | Fayann D'souza

----- Links -----

Band Camp: https://mlruubz.bandcamp.com
SoundCloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/mlruubz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlruubz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mlruubz
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mlruubzmusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mlruubz

Goodnight, Distant Lover

Goodnight, Distant Lover - ML Ruubz

Just a Little
ML Ruubz
From my debut album, 'Segue on the Beach'

CDs in gorgeous digipak packaging + concept artwork available at www.mlruubz.bandcamp.com

:)

----- Lyrics -----

Boy, I think I’ve got a crush on you.
Something ’bout your music, maybe, something ’bout your groove.
Oh, boy, I’m not quite sure what you do
That’s got me got a crush on you.

So, you wanna go for coffee.
My study break is next week; cutie, are you free?
And so, you wanna get to know me?
Let’s catch up over coffee.

You’ve got a good job.
You’ve got a pretty face.
You’ve got a million friends
But can you make my heart race?

You’ve got your hot voice
Coupled with your Rhodes groove.
You’ve got your fancy hands
And boy, I’ve got a crush on you.

Oh, now why you tryna hold my hand.
Paying exy dinners like a fucking gentleman,
And oh, your cologne’s an aphrodisiac.
Now why you tryna hold my hand?

Hey, I see what moves you’re tryna pull –
Those sneaky little kisses, dropping ‘babe’ and ‘doll’.
But wait – I can’t afford to fall
For all these moves you’re tryna pull.

You’ve got your sweet talk.
You’ve got your tender touch.
You’ve got your checklist
But do you know how to love?

You’ve got your heart set
On hunting down ‘The One’ soon.
You’ve got me wondering
Why, boy, I’ve got a crush on you.

Boy, I think I’ve got a crush on you.
But honey, to be honest, I just wanna play it cool;
Enjoy my freedom and my own groove.
It’s just a little crush on you.
It’s just a little crush on you.
It’s just a little crush...

----- Credits -----

Composition, lyrics, & production | ML Ruubz
Clav synth, vocals, & backing vocals | ML Ruubz
Electric piano | Johann Rodricks
Bass | James Vinciullo
Drums | Ryan Daunt
Co-production, engineering, & mixing | Rob Agostini
Recorded at | Soundbaker Studios, Perth
Mastering | Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles CA
Artwork | badlands
Graphic design | Angelyne Wolfe at Bling Design
Video credits | Chutzpah Creative
Video shoot | Lloyd Summers
Video post production & editing | Fayann D'souza

----- Links -----

Band Camp: https://mlruubz.bandcamp.com
SoundCloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/mlruubz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlruubz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mlruubz
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mlruubzmusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mlruubz

Just a Little

Just a Little - ML Ruubz

Minute by Minute
ML Ruubz
From my debut album, 'Segue on the Beach'

CDs in gorgeous digipak packaging + concept artwork available at www.mlruubz.bandcamp.com

:)

----- Lyrics -----

It’s dark.
We’re all alone,
Under the stars,
In a secret paradise.

I confess,
My heart rose
When I heard you caress
Those smooth black and whites.

Won’t you grab my hand?
Oh, oh no!
Honey, go on ahead,
And play me like a sweet piano.

Be it minute by minute,
Or week by week,
Baby, I’m not complete
Without you filling the spaces between me.

Don’t touch,
’Cause we’re hot as hell
And we’ve way too much
Mind-blowing chemistry.

Listen, love, listen,
As the two of us melt.
Be my new rhythm;
I’ll be your sweet melody.

And don’t you trust
What we felt
The night that we lost
Each other?

It’s dark.
We’re all alone,
In your car,
Foggin’ up the windows.

Be it minute by minute,
Or week by week,
Baby, baby,
Won’t you fill in the spaces between me?

----- Credits -----

Composition, lyrics, & production | ML Ruubz
Electric piano, vocals, & backing vocals | ML Ruubz
Organ, synths, pads, & piano | Johann Rodricks
Bass | James Vinciullo
Drums | Ryan Daunt
Co-production, engineering, & mixing | Rob Agostini
Recorded at | Soundbaker Studios, Perth
Mastering | Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles CA
Artwork | badlands
Graphic design | Angelyne Wolfe at Bling Design
Video credits | Chutzpah Creative
Video shoot | Lloyd Summers
Video post production & editing | Fayann D'souza

----- Links -----

Band Camp: www.mlruubz.bandcamp.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/mlruubz
Facebook: www.facebook.com/mlruubzmusic
YouTube: www.youtube.com/mlruubzmusic
SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com/mlruubz

Minute by Minute

Minute by Minute - ML Ruubz

Pen to Paper
ML Ruubz
From my debut album, 'Segue on the Beach'

CDs in gorgeous digipak packaging + concept artwork available at www.mlruubz.bandcamp.com

:)

----- Lyrics -----

It’s been a while since I put pen to paper.
Scared I’ll never get it back if I push it any later.
Scared my heart’ll fall for a dream I’ll never live.
Scared I was shit to begin with.

It’s been a while since I lost it all,
But still the pain of that day sometimes haunts my soul.
Trapped in the ennui of fearing losing you again.
Convinced my heart was better dead.

Will it ever fade?
Will it ever fade?
Will it ever fade?

It’s been a while since innocent bliss.
Yeah, it’s been a while since I felt like this.
Could I bargain for another take or two of youth,
Or is that insult to the truth?

It’s been a while since I strode through that door.
The price of freedom was fear; of strength, heart-sores;
Of wisdom, insanity; of compassion, pain. But

/Why/ won’t it close up?
Why /won’t/ it close up?
Why won’t /it/ close up?
Why won’t it /close up/?
Why won’t it /close up/?
Why won’t it /close up/?

----- Credits -----

Composition, lyrics, & production | ML Ruubz
Piano, vocals, & backing vocals | ML Ruubz
Bass | James Vinciullo
Drums | Ryan Daunt
Co-production, engineering, & mixing | Rob Agostini
Recorded at | Soundbaker Studios, Perth
Mastering | Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles CA
Artwork | badlands
Graphic design | Angelyne Wolfe at Bling Design
Video credits | Chutzpah Creative
Video shoot | Lloyd Summers
Video post production & editing | Fayann D'souza

----- Links -----

Band Camp: https://mlruubz.bandcamp.com
SoundCloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/mlruubz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlruubz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mlruubz
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mlruubzmusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mlruubz

Pen to Paper

Pen To Paper - ML Ruubz



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Feel II

A track as delicate as it's title.

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Hanakotoba (花言葉)

Here's a swinging version of Summertime, George Gershwin's classic.  I'm on Hammond organ on the right channel and playing to a Jamey Abersold backing track.  

Thanks as always for your generous time, for your comments and for your shares.

Summertime

Vocals & Lyrics: Clerida, @apollomain
Production: Moo Latte
Mix & Mastering: Brian Massaka
Artwork: Debra Brown Baez

Lyrics:

I never seen a reign so long
I swear I never wanted to make this song
I never seen the fam so hurt
I swear I never wanted to write this verse

As a man i dont understand it/ im a parasite to the planet/ where paradise was apparent/ im a pair of dice to the paradigm/ its a gamble what you inherit/ cause black lives will vanish/ if i take back im a bandit/ when the earth storms im abandoned/ as the earth clease realize im the dirt/ cause I get washed and I get hurt/ then im stepped/ by the other man/ but the brother man get above the rim/ above the goverment/ raise above against/ the ones that come against him/ but the dark abyss make it hard to banish that curse/ sometimes we make matters worst/ 

You may be grown
You may feel crazy
But you still Gods little baby
Baby... baby
Please don't be what you see

You may feel old
And forgotten lately
Your still Gods little baby
Baby... baby
Please don't be what you see


I know your hunger kid
I know they hung your dad
Burned your mama crib 
I know that hurt you bad

I love living atrocious/ I love living it broke and cinnamon toast for dinner with roaches/ love hideous clothes/ denim with holes and dingiest loafers/ I wanna live in a hole where women are hoes and niggas are volchers/ I wanna sit on my throne and depend on my own/ while hitting them corners/It's the adrenaline of no benevolence living in hell with the cobras/ and I'll remember it like imma elephant/ that I'm a innocent hopeless/ and imma settle for loading the metal and blowing your head off your shoulders/ and imma prey I make it to heaven when under these heavy emotions/ cuzz I'm on a level with all of the Devils so can not tell who's the culpret/ and so for the hell of it put on my helmet holding my head imma soldier/ and I'm gonna stand cuz I'm a real man don't dare put your head in my shoulder/ cuzz when I am alone and I had no home/ you won't let me sleep on your sofa/ so when I got dough I'm gonna reload and you gonna reap what you sowed up/ cuzz I don got cold while living in lows looking for heat to warm up/ I wanna go and I wanna float but I'm so deep in the water/ that I can breathe it's over/ 

Cuzz it's too late for a brother like me
Before I'm born you dug a grave for a brother like me
Won't lend a hand but you just prey for a brother like me
Don't understand so degrading a brother like me

Spotify

God's Little Baby - Apollo Main feat. Clerida (Prod. Moo Latte)

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'Chasing Summer' album out now!

'Segue on the Beach' album available at https://mlruubz.bandcamp.com/releases
:)

Dear listeners, thank you very much for every 'like', repost, and lovely comment. Hugely appreciated! Much love :)

Enquiries: Message me on my Instagram or Facebook page.

Band Camp: https://mlruubz.bandcamp.com
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Just a Little - ML Ruubz

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