That Was unexpected ! love the mysterious start to this moving part !

we listen to our music and stare at the silver screen
that’s where we got all our wisdom
but we haven’t learned a lesson yet,
no we haven’t learned a lesson yet oh no, oh no

records and concerts and flowers and dope
love-ins and blue jeans and politics and hope
meditation yoga and non pollutant soap, oh yeah
it all loses meaning when you’re crazy and broke
it all loses meaning when your crazy and broke oh no

it’s just the time now to sing the rhyme now,
it’s just the time now to sing the rhyme now,
oh yes i swear now that i’m aware now
oh yes i swear now i say a prayer now

we listen to our music glued to the colored sets
we pretend that we don’t care at all
but we haven’t learned a lesson yet,
no we haven’t learned a lesson yet oh no, oh no

communes and stereos and women’s rights,
it all loses meaning in the new moonlight
dance in the clubs to the lazer lights oh yeah
it's all or nothing, which one is right
its all or nothing, which one is right oh no

it’s just the time now to sing the rhyme now,
it’s just the time now to sing the rhyme now,
oh yes i swear now that i’m aware now
oh yes i swear now i say a prayer
..........
written & sung by eddie angel
produced and recorded by kid otari
drums by greek god yannis alfiers
keyboards by guillaume
guitars & additional vocals by naldo

Recorded on Otari MX5050 8-channel 1/2" tape at the Laundry Room, Oakland California

Silver Screen 3.3-4 44k EQ'd

Silver Screen

Indie. Dream pop. Shoegaze. https://davidkaspencer.bandcamp.com/track/true-love-s-on-its-way-feat-coco-haze
Vocals. Cyna Slater. 
Music composition & artwork. D. k. A. Spencer. 
From the original song, https://on.soundcloud.com/MsTESiuipe3vNzMT9 CRUEL LOVE, (Harry & Cyna Slater. Lyrics: Russell L Slater, Janice Slater

WELL THAT CRUEL CRUEL LOVE

IS

OVER  A HILL

AND THAT TRUE TRUE LOVE'S YET TO GIVE ITS FILL

OH THOSE CRUEL COOL LOVER'S ARE OVER A HILL

OH A NEW NEW LOVE

DOES THE ANSWER LIE WITH YOU?

OR 

AM I TO HIDE SO

 LONELY INSIDE?





chorus;

NEW NEW LOVER 

HEY 

now CAN YOU RELATE?

CAN YOU GIVE ME BACK MY HEART

THAT I HAD TO THROW AWAY?

HEY 

NEW NEW LOVER 

HEY

 now WHAT CAN YOU  SAY?

CAN YOU SHOW ME TENDERNESS

yeah 

TRUE LOVE's ON ITS WAY

True Love’s on Its Way. (Feat: Coco & Haze

Home Beneath The Sun

everything's gettin' good

2037 Corporation Rebellion

Copyright 2025 Joe Stroffolino
Guitar strumming tracks and picking tracks Taylor 114ce: Joe Stroffolino
Vocals & Backup Vocals:  Joe Stroffolino
Drums:  EZ Drummer 3
Bass:  PG music Real track

Hey sugar, hope you’re doing alright. I’ve been thinking about you.
Hey sugar hope you’re doing okay. Wonder what you’ve been up to.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen your face, and you had me under your spell.
We’ve both taken a quite a few trips around the sun. Hope time has treated you well.
As for me, I’m a little worse for wear, I’ve gained some weight and lost some hair
But I try to watch my diet and exercise and take care of myself. 
You’re just a memory, it would probably ruin my fantasy, if we were to meet up one day and try to rekindle that old chemistry.
Cause chemicals have an expiration date and it’s probably too late to put ourselves in
 a test tube and get that reaction going again.
Hey, sugar I’ve been thinking about you.  Do you ever think about me too.
Time passes and my memory fades and you become more beautiful
I feel like a boxer who’s past his prime and I’m looking for one last fight
Sometimes I wake up and I think about you in the dark and lonely night
Time keeps on passing and there’s not much you can do
It’s easy to look back and regret those options you didn’t pursue
You can spend your days waxing nostalgic, you can cling to your fantasy
Or you can jump in that water under the bridge and take a chance on reality
You’re just a memory, it would probably ruin my fantasy, if we were to meet up one day and try to rekindle that old chemistry.  
Cause chemicals have an expiration date and it’s probably too late to put ourselves in
 a test tube and get that reaction going again.
You’re just a memory, it would probably ruin my fantasy, but it sure would be nice to rekindle that chemistry.

Just a Memory

Thx Project
https://soundcloud.com/thx-project

Rive gauche

File Update #9: Made outro voicings way more operatic and they now align with the power of guitar bass and drum to end

File Update #8: First lead guitar feeler run

File Update #7: Drums expanded to help lead the gallop late on. Rolling toms thoughout pitch shifted down -1 and -2 octaves one track each. The gallop is achieved by playing 8th notes with a dotted delay giving that off beat in the delay. You can tend to go from following the dotted rhythm to back straight to straight 8th's giving beats with delay like this even more movement across the phrase from that shift in expression

File Update #6: Adjusted drums to reflect guitar power better. Added Peruvian pan flutes mirroring vocal in some lead parts. Added cellos & basses to unison the guitar power chords. Playing with reverse effected Blackbird vocal at the end also. What I may do is make this rev effected BB vox properly on the whole phrase and then TBD sing it forwards over that and should sound cool… then do the same again . reverse my TBD forward vocal and should have a very weird and wonderful double forward double reverse unison to finish. Schweeeeeeeeeeet

File Update #5: Two electric guitars added. Each with slow arpeggio to start with one evolving to rhythm and the other to lead/rhythm. Again possibly too dominant will be fixed in a mix

File Update #4: Little Alexa chat at the end more prominent

File Update #3: More TBD voice trying to get closer to Blackbird. I'll fix any busy~ness that has cropped up with some mix TLC when I think we're done.  Put in a crow sound at the end because I'm a furking stoner and asked alexa (I call mine Computer because I feel like Picard 👴🏽😆) to make a Blackbird sound haha

File Update #2: TBD voicings more prominent and Blackbird stereo tracked and spread. Tom prominence increased. Real Bass in throughout.

File Update #1: Extended with double time dance mode (164bpm) and normal time outro (82bpm)


Listen to A song without words.m4a by Blackbird on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/9tKvnLErzFwqSGkh9

Feast your ears on more Blackbird above 👌🏼🔆

Listen to A Song Without Words (featuring Blackbird) by Box Number Ten on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/64197xkCPmvVDHvC9

Big thanks also to artist Box Number 10 for giving me the idea to tackle this. You can listen to their wonderful rendition above.

For this rendition I aligned the Acapella with an 82 BPM project and built from there. The way the original vocal is built lends itself very well for this as there are nice spaces to chop it up with minimal detriment. I think 82 (maybe 81) the best tempo to work with if you wan to try this for Blackbird and let your imagination run wild with it. It's incredible vocal practice and I think the enthusiasm is there for more versions.
My cat Yoda pays us a visit too throughout...



A thank you poem...

When Maria Carey retired, Falsetto lovers pined...

Then along came a Blackbird with voice sublime

So the beautiful dark muted in word

Picked up the guitar with tremolo absurb

Some simple piano

Some hums and some he's

This magpie minds your eggs

Now I'm free

Thanks dear artist I hope I did fine

Your voice truly is sublime



Listening to this just fed me a wonderful memory. In 3rd year Music class in school Mr Kelly asked the whole class, "What is the most beautiful instrument of them all?"
We took turns guessing... Guitar, Violin, Piano....
Mr Kelly's answer, "The human voice"
I whole heartedly agree Sir 🫡

Song without words (by Blackbird)

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Hello again Listeners,

I do realize that i have been posting a lot lately as i catch up on all the weekly jamming that my Saturna Island friend illio and i continue to enJoy... but what can i say? Only that we Love sharing our musical conversations with all of you.

This one has a lovely lilting Classical feel to it. I would even go so far as to say that "it's a thing of beauty"! 

We hope you'll continue to enJOY.

Spirals

This isn't a finished track or a real song — just bits and pieces I like, captured during the moment. Don't take it as anything more than a vibe I wanted to record.

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