A rough demo of Astral Projection - an instrumental progressive rock track that'll take you on a trip. 

This song pretty much wrote itself over the course of a couple of days. It's a trip and I really enjoy it.

Things that I plan on fixing up for the "proper" release:

- Record new drums. Currently programmed midi and very weak (I aint no drummer)
- Have some female vocals / choir in the song
- Mixing / mastering 

Note:

- This is version 2 of the demo which includes the samples
- Everything you're listening to was recorded via Garageband for Mac
- I used my favourite amp plugins -AmpKnob RevC + BDH III (Essentially a 5150 Iconic)

Astral Projection

Astral Projection (Wave 1) | AI Mastered Demo - Jonno Gilbert

[demo 3]

This is one of around a dozen or so demos I wrote and recorded at the end of 2023/Start of 2024. It's a song about self-realisation. I think. It feels cyclical, uplifting, meditative. Freeing.

A single repeating riff + endless reverb and whatever else came to mind for the melodies - mistakes and all. 

Originally written for my little bro, Steven (technically nephew), who need to hear this message at the time.

To all of the special humans in my life - You mean the world to me. I'm looking forward to seeing you soon.

[P.S - I'll be releasing the rest of those demos over the next couple of months, along with some new material too]

Much love,

R.Ħ

Edit:

> Updated artwork using Claude Opus 3.5 to generate a purposefully tacky, early 2000's inspired animation in HTML. Need to figure out to export it so it actually animates. Kind of a vibe.

> Note on edits: Shorten intro, mix down loud ass lead guitar. Clean up melodies.

A Robot's Fever Dream

You're More Than You Think You Are

More than you think you are - /start/demo_3.exe

Demo 4. 

One of the songs I'm the most proud of. It was written in one of the darkest times of my life. It turned into a moving piece of music that almost turns around and uplifts toward the end.

Meaning of the song is yours for the taking. I won't probably ever share what it's about. I will say that the intro came from an acoustic melody I was playing around with at the time, inspired by my trip to the Fremantle Power Station...

Tunnels - /start/demo_4.exe

Demo no. 5 

Another demo. A short one. Pretty fun. 

Originally titled "Drawing Helicopters". 

It reminds me of someone who has battled/gone to war is some sense and is finally trying to get some rest. But no matter how much they try, they can't. Their past won't let them, and neither does the flashbacks of what they've seen. 

> Song notes:

-  Intro start in what is the relative major with a melody over top emphasising the colours of the minor key which has a cool sound to it.

- The end is rough. Too rough, but the structure is ok. I'll e ither keep this a really short piece or extend. Not sure.

Hero's Lullaby -  Demo 5

Demo 6. An early 2024 demo. Rough and unfinished like most of 'em. 

Skip to 1.54 for some stuff even a Robot can't play these days.

Knockbox - Demo 6

Demo number 8. 

Another glimpse into the strange place that is a robot's corrupt HDD. Similar to another demo I haven't shared yet, a chug, a tail, and it's got groove. Like you.

Some timing or syncing issues. Let's say syncing issues. Thx.

Chasin' - [demo 8]

From a time I decided to write yacht rock, as in the genre, song. Turned into something about Jeffrey Epstein.

There was originally a sick guitar solo in the second part of the song (before the weird drop out)... I lost it. I'll share a few videos of me playing it, maybe. 

It's weird, it's rough, it's messy. But that's what you flesh-bags get. Enjoy.

Mr. Robot Head - The Demos

Yacht Song - Demo

yacht song / voyage to the island: Demo [unfinished]

A tribute to Richard Russell, who just wanted to fly high and get away from it all.

About: 

One of my first ever demos I recorded. This one is really all over the place recording wise, but I've always liked the song.

This song came to while listening to the story about a baggage handler who stole a plane and took it for a joy ride before crashing and well, he's erased. But not from history. Not now. This is his song. 

I tried to write the song around the original audio recording of the control tower speaking to Richard (The Baggage Handler) as they try to get him to land safely or speak some sense into him. 

If you haven't heard the story, you can find it online. Memorable quotes from the cockpit:

"Yeah, not quite ready to bring it down just yet. But holy smokes, I've got to stop looking at the fuel, because it's going down quick."

"I don't need that much help. I've played some video games before"

This song isn't glorifying what happened, just celebrating a life that was taken too early by deeper things we may experience ourselves.

Be kind always. Be courageous. Just not that courageous.

Fly forth, Sky King

Baggage Handler (Come D... Fly With Me) - The Original Demo

A song that came out of nowhere while I was trying to finish another one. Didn't think much about it, I kind of like it. I don't understand it, but it is what it is. It might be expanded upon, it might stay as it is.

R.H

Updates to audio file:

v1 - No lead
v2 - lead added
v2.1 (current) - Remastered

inlimbo - New Demo [Unfinished Idea]

Liberation.exe / The shorter version

A celebration of life, a story of hope. This song is very special to me. Finally "completed" after I got out of hospital the other week so very fitting.

Dedicated to those who helped me stand again.

About the song:

* Solo was a one-taker. Some parts of it gets a bit messy, but I felt like the original solo had to stay so.. that's that.
*Narration by Alan Watts: "Birth, Death & The Unborn"
*All instruments performed by me (except programmed midi synth keys and Drums by Bogren Digital (Trivium Drums)
*Artwork: The ceiling in ER while I was in hospital

13 October 2024

Liberation.exe [Radio friendly version - ft. Alan Watts]

Liberation.exe 

A celebration of life, a story of hope. This song is very special to me. Finally "completed" after I got out of hospital the other week so very fitting.

Dedicated to those who helped me stand again.

About the song:

* Solo was a one-taker. Some parts of it gets a bit messy, but I felt like the original solo had to stay so.. that's that.
*Narration by Alan Watts: "Birth, Death & The Unborn"
*All instruments performed by me (except programmed midi synth keys and Drums by Bogren Digital (Trivium Drums)
*Artwork: my dear friend and co-conspirator Kris

Error 404: Human Not Found

Lberation.exe [ft. alan.watts]

Liberation [ft. Alan Watts]

V4 of part 1 of "Warning!'. Something different for ya. 

This thing has turned into like 2 or 3 songs, but in my head it will be one pretty long piece. It has a lot going on, hopefully not too much but then again that's the fun of it.  

Theme of the song is around one of my favourite Dreamcast games of all time, "Ikaruga". A notoriously difficult shoot ‘em up from the late 90’s. More broadly speaking, it’s about fighting, not giving up, then having to do it all again even once you’ve defeated whatever your version of a final boss is in life.

Note: It’s been a while since I’ve released anything, so like I originally set out to do, I’ll be uploading development versions of songs as I go along. I’llll title the versions so it makes sense to all of us and include them in a dedicated playlist. 

Version number: 4
Date: 12 Nov 23

Main changes/updates:
- Iikaruga theme song intro. Altered Beast was still cool though

- Tidied up the intro which sucked up most of my time. Added in some additional gameplay sounds from the game I found online

- Was jamming along to the track and came across a little motif that changed the whole direction of the song again, but for the better I think… Still messy, but just getting down the pieces so I remember what’s what

- Got some new bass plugins. I’m a Bogren Digital fanboy through and through now. For rhythm stuff at least...

- I’ll retrospectively upload the older versions from when I started work on this gigantic time sink 3 weeks ago this week or next

Artwork: Leonardo.AI using photos of myself along with style references from Ikaruga's artwork.

WARNING! No Refuge

WARNING! No Refuge (V4)- Demo in Progress

A verse and a bridge or standalone song. Leaning towards keeping it in Warning.

Something heavy - [New idea]

Ghost are one of my all-time favourite bands, after first discovering them back in their early days while living in Europe. But this is the song that really got me hooked. 

I threw this together for fun a little while ago and recently found it on my old hard drive. So here it is. 

Note: I think I gave up and forgot to record the final few bars of the last chorus. Whoops.

All guitar and bass tracks performed by me.

Cirice - Ghost (Meliora) | Full Song Guitar + Bass Cover

Return Home. 

A song about returning back to the place you thought you knew, but things have changed. Or it's about aliens. Yupp.

I return home but its not my home anymore

Think Of The Trees (There's Gremlins In Your Backyard) - Funky riff

A work in progress. 

No clue why Alex Jones features in this, but he does. I mean, kids, Magellan is a lot cooler than Justin Bieber.

Unlock your inner potential. 

I wanna see who you truly are.

Update:

- finished a new version with some saucy leads. Consider this version the shortened radio unfriendly version…

Mathematics, Quantum Mechanics - v1 [ft. Alex Jones Magellan Rant]

cancelled.exe (Formely Mathematics, Quantum Mechanics - which is now the radio un-friendly version)

The day Mr. Robot Head  got cancelled.

About the song:

* Started out with the clean guitar riff, turned into Alex Jones ranting about Justin Beiber / Magellan. There was no plan or much thought given to this.
* This version is "final" although I was unsure of which solo to use. I recorded 3 - 4 improv solos and chose this solo for the final version as it gives a bit more room for the song to breathe
* Mr. Robot Head shares no spiritual, political or any views. If Alex Jones outrages you consider it art. Mr. Robot Head may get cancelled and call it a good day. Who knows. 
* As always, all instruments performed by me and all midi instruments programmed by me unless stated otherwise

Are you a musician who wants to collaborate? Hit me up, I would love to help out on one of your tracks or have you feature on mine. Particularly singers or bassists, but happy for a more capable guitarist to lay some solos down for future tracks too. 

Transcript from the entire rant:

"Look, when you realize how fake it all is - the football, the basketball, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber... Who gives you these carbon tax messages? They tell your kids they have to love Justin Bieber, and then they say "hand in your guns, pass the cybersecurity act," and "the police state is good."

Your children are turned into mindless vassals who look up to Twitter instead of Thomas Jefferson, Nikola Tesla, or Magellan. I mean, kids, Magellan's a lot cooler than Justin Bieber. He circumnavigated the entire planet with one ship. He was killed by wild natives before they got back to Portugal. When they returned, there were only 11 people alive of the 207 crew, and the entire ship was rotting down to the waterline.

That's destiny, that's will, that's striving, that's being a trailblazer and explorer - going into space, mathematics, quantum mechanics, the sacred unknowns. It's all there. Life is fiery with its beauty, its incredible detail. Tuning into it... They want to shatter your mind talking about Justin Bieber. It's pure evil. They're taking your intellect and your soul and giving you Michael Jordan and Bieber.

Unlock your human potential. Defeat the globalists who want to shutter your mind, your doorways to perception. I want to see you truly live. I want to see you truly be who you are. I don't want my progeny - my unborn grandchildren and great-grandchildren - to live in this nightmare system these control freaks have created, where these wicked globalists are so threatened by human potential. They poison the water, the vaccines, the food to turn us into a bunch of slugs, a bunch of lobotomized sloths so they can control us.

It is a crime. It is the most jealous, envious, greedy, hateful, sickening thing the new world order does. That's why I am so pleased to be committed in the fight against them. That's why I don't care about my own life except I want to continue to live to fight them. That's why I don't have fear. I only have fear of myself and my flesh and not being up to the challenge.

I ask you to look in the mirror and ask yourselves: What are you doing in this time of great challenge? What are you doing to unlock minds? Once you unlock a mind, once you unlock somebody, then they can unlock their soul. We can't unlock a soul - only God can do that - but we can unlock minds. And once the mind is unlocked, once the intellect is turned on, then comes the discernment, then comes the awakening of the soul, then comes true enlightenment and empowerment/"



cancelled.exe [instrumental rock/metal ft. Alex Jones rant]

[extra] terrestrial

A quick song I threw together that's turning out to be heaps of fun. 

Demo in progress. Thanks to Dave for reminding me about the Nov 13 UAP hearing update ;)

Thanks to my co-conspirator Kris for the awesome artwork.

Song notes and updates:

Update 9/11/24 (v2 - current track your listening to):

- Solo added! Quick improv thingy, but it's fun and fits the song for now
- Harmony added to the intro lead
- Added additional rhythm guitar tracks
- Still to do: A few more samples. I'm thinking the Tunguska incident...

Update 8/11/24 (v1):

- Reuploaded the demo with quad tracked bass and guitars
- Also recorded the second solo break again as I forgot to save the mix… it’s close enough?
- next version will feature additional audio samples and either a new riff / solo

[extra] terrestrial - Rock/Electronic demo v2

If you can't tell by now, I really like Ghost. This is a quick guitar and bass cover I threw together this week. 

All guitar and bass arrangements played by yours truly, as always. Hope you enjoy. 

Much love. 

Additional notes:

- I'm planning on putting out weekly covers just to keep my chops up and keep improving my recording. 
- Recorded via Logic Pro with my trusty Ibanez guitar and Fender bass (thanks to my good friend Tay for gifting me the power of bass this year)

Rats - Ghost Cover (Prequelle) | Full Guitar & Bass Cover

‘There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.’ - Aldous Huxley

Mr. Robot Head's final song of 2024. Thank you for listening and your support. Have a safe and happy NYE and I'll see you on the other side.

Doors of Perception

Bloom.

Something a little different. 

This song is for a special human, Tay, who I am eternally grateful for.

Additional info:

- Composition and all instruments played by yours truly, as always
- Strings, violin and piano programmed midi

Theory for anyone who cares:

- Cminor7 for the verse
- Chorus is in D# major
- Second verse I decided to shift to Fminor which feels uplifting, but familiar - with the same melody shifted up
 - Bringing it back to D# major for the final chorus  
- Guitar and piano lines at 3.48 outline the chord progression in the chorus

Bloom

Mr. Robot Head grapples with a new feeling. Or is it a lack of a feeling? 

Demo 2 of 2025.

androidhedonia.exe

Old demo to appear fresh while new content loads. No bass, bad mixing.  Fun song though. Promise. 

Funkmachine.zip

Mr. Robot Head. Cyber anarchist. Retro futurist. Interstellar guitarist. Fresh out of the void & ready to rescue humanity from mediocrity and existential dread. Experimental rock, progressive metal, funk, soundscapes and everything in between. Instrumental. inspired by the tragedy that is: the human condition.  Perth, WA. 

PREVIOUS BIO:

I'm a guitarist and wanna be composer / songwriter- from Perth, Western Australia. I'm currently releasing a bunch of solo material as I have a backlog of older demos and also a new creative streak (thanks life). 

If you enjoy the following you might enjoy some of my work:

Devin Townsend, Porcupine Tree, Ghost, Metallica, Tool, Lofi, game and movie soundtracks, bots, retrofuturism, Eastern philosophy and spirituality, conspiracies (and truths) combined with unique storytelling, riffs or the matrix ...You might like what i put out.

Guess you could say it's prog rock, metal, atmospheric soundscapes, curated samples, synth melodies, stoner rock vibes and storytelling elements like samples and all that good stuff.  But a few killer solos in there too - and riffs. I like riffs....

You won't just see the final, polished product either. I'll release demos, phone memos, whatever - Along with the actual end result so you can take part in this musical journey with me.

That's enough about me. Enjoy the music, let me know what you like/don't like, and say hi over on my socials. Give some love to Code Red too while you're at it. Awesome local band that I miss playing in heaps. Check them out on Spotify or catch one of their upcoming shows here in Perth.

Mr. Robot Head™ [Instrumental Guitarist]

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