I'm writing a song a day in January 2022. Anything can happen.

JAMuary 2022

Chris Cutting's demo uses the sounds of Los Andes Pan Flutes blended with other sample libraries.

We've team up with Argentinian Pan Flute master and Antara Records founder Alejandro Fatur to bring you Los Andes Pan Flutes. This outstanding collection of four traditional Argentinian pan flutes, exploring a broad key range and variety of chromatic articulations, expressive effects and phrases.

Chris Cutting - It Came From The Sky - Soundiron Los Andes Pan Flutes

I'm writing a song a day for #JAMuary. Song 5 is a terrifying story about a used car possessed by evil forces. Suspenseful 9th chords, heartbeat bass, autotune, and vocoder.

I’m afraid to drive this car.
It looks and sounds and smells bizarre.
We could just walk. It’s not that far.

I’m afraid to touch the brakes.
Don’t like the hissing sound it makes.
I woke up the undercarriage snakes.

I’m afraid to touch the gas.
What if my nightmare comes to pass?
It ends with a spray of broken glass.

I'll tell you what freaks me out the most:
Seeing the former driver’s ghost
And when the lights across the dash
Start their coordinated flash. 
Some people say it’s no big thing.
They haven’t read much Stephen King!
I’m afraid to touch the wheel.
I don’t even know what’s real.
And when the handles and the locks
Start to dispense electric shocks,
I’m afraid to drive this car.
Can’t we just leave it where we are?
It looks and sounds and smells bizarre.
We could just walk. It’s not that far.

Snakes in a Car (#JamuarySongADay 5)

I'm writing a song a day for #JAMuary. On number 29, I start with this nifty chord progression and just kept overdubbing stuff until I ran out of space in the mix.

On the Count of Six (instrumental) (#JamuarySongADay 29)

Written by Nathan-Andrew Leaflight and Paul Nordquist.

I asked my longtime musical colleague and collaborator Nathan-Andrew Leaflight to send me some lyrics that I could use for #JAMuary. He send me this poignant and witty tale of Bigfoot trying to adapt to the modern world. But I didn't manage to get this complicated production finished by the end of January. In the spirit of "better late than never," here's my JAMuary bonus track for you.

If you gave neanderthals a shave,
Dressed them up in business suits,
They wouldn’t rate a second glance
From brow-ridges to cowboy boots. 

The tale is different altogether
For the giant hairy guy.
No shave will help him pass much better
Than a camel through a needle’s eye.

Through swamp oak, beech, and evergreen,
In sunlight or in fog,
The best Woodwose no one had seen
On hill or creek-y bog.

He’s got to adapt, got to evolve,
Be a natural selection. 
When even trees grow camera traps
He still avoids detection.

But it’s a small world after all,
And only getting smaller 
For a walking anthropoidal wall,
Already four feet taller.

The wilderness is going fast,
Plagued with noise and human trash.
What option does a giant cryptid have?
Sasquatch has to find a job,
Become another working slob,
The man-beast of the woods has gone beyond!

If a Bigfoot leaves the forest 
And everyone’s there to see him,
Will the news-bites make a sound?
Will the cameras stick around?

Krampus Global, LLC was
A monstrous operation.
Far too big for one fell beast
To staff the celebration. 

He hired Bigfoot on the spot
For Krampusnacht parades.
The nine-foot brute that time forgot,
In a sneaky masquerade.

But the Skunk-Ape is a musky lad,
Unfit for human noses.
When he showed up, the people ran
To grab shampoo and hoses. 

And Wild Man though he might be,
His temperament is distinctly mild.
Bigfoot wouldn’t hurt a flea,
Much less bag a human child. 

If a Bigfoot leaves the forest 
And everyone’s there to see him,
Will the news-bites make a sound?
Will the cameras stick around?

A monster needs a certain flair,
Which our Yeti must be lacking.
The big ape had no wish to scare,
So Krampus sent him packing.

But fortune found the Hairy Man,
His new job befits his skills.
He leaves fake footprints in the wild,
And plays Bigfoot in films.

Through swamp oak, beech, and evergreen,
In sunlight or in fog,
The best Woodwose no one had seen
On hill or creek-y bog.

Bigfoot Troubles (Jamuary Bonus Track)

Noise Mutant - Old Wires (Library Only) - Soundiron Hopkin Instrumentarium Weighted Strings

AAS Velvet Chic for Strum GS-2 and AAS Player sound pack by Thiago Pinheiro
www.applied-acoustics.com/velvet-chic/

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Lustful by Thiago Pinheiro

song number five, written for F.A.W.M February album writing month 

my aim is to write and record 14 songs in 29 days and complete the challenge 

my recordings are very basic and lofi at moment,  but I my keep them that way... it's quite raw, but hey... it's real! what do you think? would you like to hear fuller versions of the songs?

created using an ipad and a shure MV5 mic 

Why why why

Siel Flow captures the nostalgia of an iconic 80s synthesizer, making it a must-have for genres like vaporwave, chillwave, nu-disco, funk, and those unforgettable Saturday morning cartoon themes.

Chris Cutting - Lens Retrospective (Library Only) - Soundiron Vintage Keys Siel Flow

Bah & the Humbugs are back with this fervent prayer for season precipitation.

2024

Bah & the Humbugs: I'm Just Saying We Could Use a Little Snow Around Here

I’m Hungry - I’m Starving

You asked me if I wanted to come over. In the gap before answering, I thought, here’s the thing: I could look for parking, wonder "is it something I ought to be sparking?"

I could spin the block, revel in the knowledge that it’s never going to look the same the next time I go round, I let out a sound, I open my eyes and look down at you.

That’s when I realized I never answer

I guess I come off uncouth. I’ve never been all that smooth.
You trust me awkward. You wouldn’t have me any other way.

Awkward (#SAWC 2025 No. 1)

Blazer captures all of the flavor and punch of that classic anime sci fi sound of the ‘70s and ‘80s. This mighty collection of playable synths and sound design elements has been lovingly-crafted to tap into the funky vibe of that first golden wave of Japanese animated science fiction television that so many of us grew up on.

 

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Thawing into motion, ever rising to the breaking point

Spanner (Instrumental)

Songwriter, producer, keyboards, vocals, and sometimes guitar and bass. Member of Bah & the Humbugs. Songwriting teacher/coach. Composer of theme songs, musicals, film soundtracks, meditation music.

Snakes in a Car (#JamuarySongADay 5)

Paul Nordquist

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