In another time another place
We measure our progress through our disgrace
And danced in the halls knew who we were
Escaped the race and gave it away

Now we are set and running late
Hard to believe we lived so free
Bent in the way -the branch swings
Caught in the grace of the Byzantines

Mosaic of color helps escape
The beauty of art starts taking shape
Inspiring those from under its wing
this modern world is fleeting 
remembering days of creating
Byzantine dreams run through my head
Sometimes  I live there instead
 Beautiful locks of abstract gold
Perfect icons and frescos 

Living off the dreams of the Byzantines

Dreams of the Byzantines

Nothing

Thanks to Carl @TheBeautifulDark for inviting me to work with him in creating this version of an already beautiful song 🙏✨💖

Listen to the original here
 https://soundcloud.com/thebeautifuldark/the-moment

Find your frozen flower. This flower appreciates it's time left way more then most human beings do. It makes itself as beautiful as it can to hold onto its niche and attract other niches of life to help it. It's doing everything in its power to weather the cold and for us it can represent what humanity needs to do. We are a frozen flower except we have the ability to thaw ourselves and expand our own existence yet we choose to mostly stay frozen. Maybe we should thaw ourselves out before the planet melts us altogether. We thaw ourselves living in the moment one human at a time

Lyrics

(We genuinely hope they make your moment better. The fact that this has your senses now is improving ours so 🔆 thanks a centillion 🔆)

Now they say
This is me!
To the moment I pray
It's my only deity

To the moment

But what of tomorrow?
What of yesterday's marrow?
I figure my past has future answers to borrow!

To the moment
To the moment

But now they are answers
Brought to present in solution
Taught to oneself,
Fear is mind pollution
Chemicals in brain figured, not dithered
It ejects us from our now
In fear our energy is withered

The moment
The moment
The moment
The moment
For the moment
The moment
Just the moment

Lament the moment
It's your sanity enrolment
Fear is relegated
As it's never an opponent
Lament the moment
Now, in today

Fear mind profanity of old self
We've sent presence to present... hold it
In now, fud can't even get a shelf

We're in a moment
Be the moment

Now I say
I am me
To the moment I pray
One singularity

One moment
Now
Here
How
Water clear
Light
Sound
Now

It's near
Come over here
Comb over fear
Love is presence
Wow

The Moment

Remixed Version. I will continue to hone the mix in and update here when I do. Feel free to leave a comment as it is greatly appreciated.

Spinning Out

Lyric

"Everything in moderation"
Thank you Mum
My grounded station
This passion pounds your greatest truth
You are sobered video in mind since youth

A break to break
Out goes this cycle of playaholic make
Time to work for peace of mind
Time to apply your unconditional kind

The goals are great
The goals are good
For bodies sake
Good break
I should
Therapy for the truly free
Let's shelve muse of love
Now, just children of me

Children of me
Fix for the future
Passive in bliss
Sown Motherly suture
My Mary is Earth
Birthed by the Sun
Break-time by glistening victory won


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Did three live runs playing along to the previous recording each time. It's a good reason to hold onto an older phone or have that handy no effort live mic/memory /speaker device.. Having two you can handily setup live mic and playback and you can record an idea anywhere and build pretty cool live mic sessions fairly fast and while the idea is most fresh in your head... the moment you make it. A good exercise for playing to your instinct

Record on Phone 1

Play back Phone 1 and record on Phone 2

Play back Phone 2 and Record on Phone 1

etc etc... an effortless daw like / live sounding result to bring to your actual daw and deliver it there with arguably a lot less thought and effort

The original recording process is also less screen distraction. On your DAW its harder to avoid screen. You can turn the phones over and leave them play / record and its square lights out. In my opinion this is important as screens are our trigger for the monotony of the matrix that is the internet.  Me included most of us have used it as this super handy tool and ignored the subliminal information we get fed all the time... So even if we are not being live fed it during the creative process I believe there could still be detrimental triggers involved which may hinder your creative side. I need to research this more but its basically how our brain and it's subconscious is triggered by norms (doing monotonous things on streaming sites) So i suggest we should be endeavouring to create an environment that flicks the correct switches... our creative ones and for many of us... screens don't do that regularly enough to be an inspiration and maybe they are not our best creative trigger. I guess thats another reason a pen/pencil is good to use... Maybe that helps trigger yourself from using it in school... always an ultra creative time in most lucky peoples lives

Break to Break

A new simple idea I am developing currently. Please feel free to comment as it always helps and is very appreciated.

Reluctant Hope (Early Demo)

Another snippet from Califo Paean, this time featuring bass guitar fighting for its life amongst the reverb. 

Caligo Paean is a 1 hour long sound piece installed on river front property in the town of Franklin, Tasmania as part of the exhibition "When The Fog Clears". It formed part of the Ten Days on The Island Festival March 2025.
The work was installed in several locations across the property including a stack of subs under an old bus, in the main exhibition space and in an abandoned shed some 40 metres from the main area . The speakers were 'tuned' quite differently depending on their location and the sound was not delay corrected with the result of each mini-installation merging with each other in odd sonic ways - kind of calling the listener from one spot to another. The the work features field recordings, percussion, piano, bass guitar and Intonarumori as well as this special one off choir : )

Caligo is the Ancient goddess of Chaos. Born of the fog she controls the darkness, dwells in the void and is as old as the primordial matter that created the universe. This work is a tribute to the goddess as she continues to influence our lives and, in the case of this installation, the site and concept informing the show.

Official press release below for The Fog Clears

Every day, the mists of the Huon Valley perform a seductive dance, gently obscuring and revealing contours of the fertile land and waters. Situated in The Watershed Franklin, When The Fog Clears features six artists from lutruwita / Tasmania exploring the region’s iconic mists through a variety of mediums including installation, sculpture, illustration, sound, and video.

Developed exclusively for Franklin, this exhibit extends from the waterfront itself into the chambers, kilns, and rafters of the shed, inviting visitors to consider fog as an atmosphere that can cloak us in unexpected ways.


image credit: Rosie Hastie

Caligo Paean (Bass solo)

Under the twilight sky
light shimmering on the pond -
swallows in autumn
(Dakotsu Īda)
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku595-under-the-twilight-sky/
Komposition1071 Klavier

light shimmering on the pond (naviarhaiku595)

4 Reflections Jeff Snyder  Full Moon

Unreal Bridges

My Own World

Just messing around learning. My little collection of demos, songs, experiments and instrumentals. I hope you enjoy them. I'm a guitarist / Vocalist / Producer and enjoy learning to express my moods, emotions, dreams and thoughts as I go.


Thank you all for the likes comments and reposts.

Reluctant Hope (Early Demo)

Dreaming on Another Distraction