Who Noise - Grigg, Butts & Combstead

Your iris opens wider 
When you use 
the dimmer switch 

But why would that 
make it any simpler 
to know which is which 

(Your eye sees
The middle of 
Off and on)

What you perceive 
when the lights are low
in the realm of the dimmer switch
Can be mistaken for the way it is
in the realm of the dimmer switch

Only see 
What your mind wants you to see 
Cause that’s all you have

You gotta be able to see 
Where you dropped a stitch 
It’s blinking real fast 
It’s a son of a bitch

And so just about 
A half of that image is made up 
In your cranium

What you perceive 
when the lights are low
in the realm of the dimmer switch
Can be mistaken for the way it is
in the realm of the dimmer switch

Dimmer Switch

cold weather

Stony groove with a bunch of schizoid jamming over it.

All guitar part are captured with Zoom H1n recorder directly from my Orange Crush 35RT amp (no amp simulation on this track!).

Recorded in Abu Dhabi, December 2023.

Also available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/40lpJycPjqFVR5FsIez4MC?si=3607537d08394131

And the other platforms.

Stargazer

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Vocal Engineer: Sam
Mixed and mastered by B Steele. 
Lighter: Psychedelic Revolution
Mouth Trumpet: Psychedelic Revolution
 

There’s some polyrhythm with the lighter in triple meter and the rest in simple meter. Then polyrhythm again at the bridge with the bongos paired with a Latin bass line. There’s a backdoor cadence for the verses and a Picardi cadence at the end. Lead playing has a whole tone scale and diminished scale in there. I also superimposed the organ to play F pretty much the whole way through. For key changes, I used the subdom and then dom of the following key instead of my more abrupt ‘common chords or ‘Dom of following key’ approach. Initially, the first phrase of the chorus was just ‘Holding on’ but I came up with the 4 lines she sings at the very end. ‘Blip piano’ effect functions as the sound of keys, phone calls, and ICU at the end. Piano voicing, now cover both vocal melody and easy bass lines so I ended up singing a 7#9 chord if I combined the notes which was cool.  The debut of my mouth trumpet at 3:00. I have also switched to neck pick ups for the rhythm guitar to give it a more Fendery and warmer tone.



Lyrically, I once asked a teacher in high school about ‘Another Brick in the Wall.’ “How do you feel about being a teacher and hearing that song?” He replied, “Well, its’ actually about teachers who abuse their power.”
So this isn’t an anti drug song but an anti drug abuse song.   I think a lot of teachers would say their personal lives are not exactly smooth sailing.  It  is similar to the film Half Nelson except that the drug of choice is weed. Teachers are able to deliver good classes while having a drug habit.  “黄猫、黑猫，只要捉住老鼠就是好猫.”  I was hanging out with the ‘bad kids’ from WAB a few years back for a smoke break and one of them said, “B is such a dumbass. He posted pics of weed on his WeChat.”
Song is based on my fictional character roommate. The junkie joke is that he once was at a McDonald’s and asked, “Do you have some coke?…to drink” in seriousness. I love McDonalds! “They got that burger I like. Starts with a Q” 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAtvxFFsoeg

Then, oxycodone became popular in the States in 2011-12.  He did say, “I want to Turkish slap and then river dance on her corpse.” Unfortunately, the professor he was talking about overheard. It would be amusing if people danced to this song. In the end, I think he never graduated but that is OK because he is high up there and is now working in finance. I was talking to an old friend about another guy who did nothing all day and he said, “Hey, if it was me in his shoes, I’d do a lot worse.” So, that’s my view. He was into ‘Red Baron’ by Billy Cobham, the Stones, ‘Hard Times’ by Ray Charles,’Sitting…’ by Otis Redding, ‘Can’t Be Touched’ by Roy Jones Jr (cos’ he was a talented/hard working boxer when he was younger) and ‘What a Waster’ by The Libertines. I think with a royal weight on your shoulder that can be tough as there are no lands left to conquer for him. But, if I can name 3 people with bigger shoes to fill off the top of my head than the kids at int’l schools shouldn’t worry. 

Oh your dad’s a king? See: Alexander (The Macedonian one)
Oh your dad’s an actor? See RDJ.
Oh your dad’s a  footballer? See Frank Lampard.

Angels Fall

S.A.D

Guitar, Bass and Keys by Robert Grigg

YouTube Link:
https://youtu.be/pW9Wgj8fskg

Funky Monkey Love

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Featuring the wonderful April Rick, Please check out her music here. https://soundcloud.com/april-rick

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RIz Cult x @bawl-slant
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
I’m preying on for a kill
Vultures' favorite meat 
I’m waiting on for a thrill
In the city’s streets 

It aint like what it seems 
I bite the hand that feeds
Oh baby pretty please 
I want you on your knees 

I’m waiting on for a kill
Vultures' favorite meat 
I’m preying on for a thrill
In the city’s streets 

It aint like what it seems 
I bite the hand that feeds
Oh baby pretty please 
I want you on your knees 

Everyone saw it coming 
Everybody but me 
I don’t want to be bothered
Don’t you mess with me

Don’t you wanna be me 
Don’t you wanna be me
 Living your life free 
Don’t you wanna be me

 Now I see it coming
 I’m a social disgrace 
My mother's crying
At the sight of my face
 You gotta pay to be free
You gotta pay to be free
 Nothing in life is cheap
 Don't you wanna be me

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