Dave still knows some country songs from his being raised in Texas and occasionally sings them when he thinks nobody's listening and nobody can convince me otherwise

[S] Dave: Keep it real like chill

Finally, as promised long ago, a Night Vale song! This one is for Carlos the Scientist, back when he was still stuck in that desert otherworld.

Stay tuned for the upcoming Home Pt. 2...
•••
As I wander through this strange world
with these bright skies and these red lights
I just wonder how you all are
all the way back home.
 
Is it sunny? Is your cold gone?
Did I leave the kitchen stove on?
Are you happy? Do you miss me?
How are you getting by alone?
 
Well I’m alright, I’m fine.
I guess I’m meant to roam.
To never settle down somewhere,
to never have a home.
 
And I don’t know where your town is
and I don’t know how I came
I just know that once I got there
my entire life had changed.
 
It’s not what I was expecting
it’s not what I thought I wanted
but these moments I’ve collected
are the times I’d never trade.
 
And they’re all in my mind
These memories you’ve sown
like when I asked and you agreed
that we could start a home
 
I guess I was delusional or otherwise just juvenile
to think that just by wishing I could change the facts
but I’m a scientist and none of this can alter the hypothesis
that I don’t belong anywhere, in fact
 
I’ve been thinking for some time now
maybe this was meant to be
maybe I’m meant to get stuck here
and you’re meant to be here with me
 
But sometimes I close my eyes and
I see nothing but the strange land
where I found friends, love, and purpose
and for once I was not alone.
 
When those doors shut, then I realized
that no matter how hard I tried
I could never be a part of
that place that I called home.
 
But that’s alright, it’s fine
‘cause thanks to you I’ve known
what it feels like to live somewhere
what it feels like to love someone
to truly have a home.

Home Pt. 1

This is the demo for Mr. Greg from the Steven Universe episode, Mr. Greg!

I love old timey, vaudeville-y schtick.  And Greg spending big bucks at a fancy big city hotel had old timey schtick written all over it.  While writing the outline for Mr. Greg, I came up with the first half of this tune and pitched it a cappella to the group.  It felt very silly, but it must have amused everyone enough to stay in the picture.

We started making a demo.  I had the beginnings of a bass line and the percussion, and Jeff came in and made it an actual song with some great jazzy chords and an insane guitar solo, which I'm pretty sure he just improvised.

Like I said before, the song was originally only the first verse and the instrumental.  In the outline, Greg, gets so caught up in the spirit of the music that he asks Pearl to dance, and that's when she pulls away - showing that Greg and Pearl have a long way to go.

We showed the demo to Joe, and I believe he was the one who said this needs a second verse.  And together we wrote a second verse, with Pearl singing, that incorporated those story beats into the lyrics.  

So have a listen!

Guitar & Steven Vox: Jeff Liu
Bass, Butlers & Greg: Ben Levin
Pearl Vox: Joe Johnston

Lyrics by Joe Johnston, Ben Levin and Jeff Liu
Music by Ben Levin and Jeff Liu
Image by Joe Johnston from the episode Mr. Greg

Mr. Greg (Demo)

from my album "the summer i met the storm" inspired by denpasei's "ultramarine weather." 
download the album: http://helenaruth.com/storm
read the comic: https://tapas.io/series/ultramarineweather

the summer i met the storm

meet her / the wind and the waves

All Star - Smash Mouth (Emmanoodle Cover)

winter wonderland // dodie

have yourself a merry little christmas // dodie

its beginning to look a lot like christmas // dodie

let it snow // dodie

dashing through the snow // dodie

I paired the instrumental version from the show with Rebecca Sugar's vocal from her original demo version.
Posting this here since my YouTube upload got blocked in 9 countries, ha ha ha

Custom 'CD Single' cover I made for this: https://imgur.com/a/Y3KForA

dashing through the snow // dodie

idk man

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