Abgesang 22 // remix of "YearTwoZeroTwoTwo" by Paploviante

Paul put this revved up open collab out there under the title "Rock a Car"...well I took it for a reckless joyride.  I was using it to get those ripping, rockin' runs under my fingers. Yes, I may have hit the guardrails a few times with Paul's badass muscle car. But it was a helluva ride! ;0

Stolen Car (Paploviante "Rock a Car" Collab)

It's always hard to lose someone you care about. 
It's even harder to lose someone from your youth.
A great friend, someone who was always there for you
no matter what. Just like family!

She was a real Tomboy. I still chuckle and smile thinking about it.
One time she got into a fight because some random person grabbed her ass
when walking by. She knocked this dude right through the bar's window!
That's how badass she was, hence her nickname " One Punch Nicky ".

She was very pretty and had a killer friendly smile which in turn
caught most people off guard due her aggressive nature.
Which often would work in her favor! She was a real spitfire. 
Can't even remember how many times
I grabbed her by the hair to break up fights! She wasn't a hateful person.
Just one of those things growing up. Troubled, being young and stupid!

So many good memories and even the bad, will cherish those always.
It's bin so long now, still missing you dear Nicolai.
This track is a reminder to myself that I will never forget you!

This ones for you X

Guitars - Lyrical Smirks / 2012.

One punch Nicolai - Still missing you

Compassionate scale.
Each impulse results in a force. The more momentum we take, the higher we jump. When there is a misfortune, an impulse of greater or lesser strength is generated. Here is a personal scale of that compassionate strength.
Cs0 Compassion predisposed asleep We are not aware of the existence of a misfortune. There is no force.
Cs1 Instant Compassion. We have seen it on a newspaper page and we have turned the page. It has caught our attention.
Cs2 Indirect compassion. Donations to charities. A person assaults you in the street and asks you, do you want to be human? And you say how much money you do it for. It is instant, but voluntary.
Cs3 Daily Compassion The news of the day. Floods, wars, social injustices. Your ideals come to light. To each one by his side and based on close experiences with said news.
Cs4 Compassion live. You are present when a misfortune occurs, but it is not with you. A violent situation that left a big impression on you.
Cs5 Compassion known. Here we begin to exceed the limits. A friend tells us about the misfortune of his mother. We offer our humanity.
Cs6 Voluntary compassion. You are a volunteer. You offer hours of your life to others many times without knowing them.
Cs7 Compassion target. The bomb explodes in your house, in your family or in your friends. You do everything you can to help.
Cs8 Self-pity. Misfortune concerns you directly. Prevent you from drowning. It can be extraordinary and lead to overcoming or useless if you no longer believe in it.
Cs9 Total compassion. It is when you give yourself to others putting your life at stake. I am not talking about a soldier, I am talking about a missionary in Haiti who does not leave, even if they tell her to leave.

COMPASSIONATE STRENGTH 3

Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drDFa7p_0aw

Ft. Murtzel

Mixed by: https://soundcloud.com/foodproduct

Lyrics:

Feel the waves x2 on my feet
I’m crashing down everyday 


It doesn’t have to be this way 
Way off course I don’t wanna bother 
What’s your favorite escape 
Oh my god the possibilities 
Face it we’re Melting away 
Caught up in the currents and we’re on delay 
Say what ya wanna say 
No ones gonna stop ya if ya feel that way

Spacious EP

Currently

Currently ft. Murtzel

Built around a recording of an alarm forming the audio background to a hospital visit. Musings on dementia.

Turbulent word streams, erratic coherence
Urgent meanings frustratingly mislaid
Inner sense to outer muddle [innocence]
Interface to inner struggle [in your face]
Fragmented paranoia, translucent target, floating beyond the grasp of balanced conscience
Unviolated nuance beyond interpretation
Disjointed intelligence, resentful agitation

Agitation

Driving by a cupcake shop after hours, I witnessed a horde of rats devouring a stack of cupcakes left out in their trash. I said, "Cupcake Rats...that sounds like a pop punk band!" And, with an assist on lyrics from my brah Roger Vaughn...on the vocals from an incredible StudioPros vocalist...and on the mix from our buddy Peter Pope...a delightfully silly confection was born. I'm playing all instruments, and cut the drum loops.
LYRICS
Cupcake Rats, masters of the night
A sticky-sweet blight on polite society
Cupcake Rats

In the alley, they're on a mission
Sugar-starved rats near Cupcake Kitchen
In the moonlight, a shinny vision
Castaway cakes some bum has pissed in
Scurry, scurry, in a hurry
A seedy feeding frenzy, furry ball of fury
Chocolate icing, so enticing
A gutter buttercream dream in food porn lighting

When we're sleeping, rats are feasting
Cupcake Rats, masters of the night
A sticky-sweet blight on polite society
Yeah, that's right, Cupcake Rats
I know you saw that rodentia, didntcha?
Cupcake Rats!!

The air is grimy, slimy smells
Putrid sewer steam, swirled with sea salted caramel
Loaded pistols, assorted sprinkles
Slashing, gnashing teeth--all intermingled
Teaming vermin are a-squirming
Mangled angel food cake, squeaky rat sermons
Be sympathetic, it's pathetic
Most of those rats are Type II diabetic
CHORUS
GUITAR SOLO
CHORUS

Cupcake Rats (Silly Lyrics in Description)

Reach Out is a song about love and friendship in the midst of tragedy. It could be war, or the pandemic, or any circumstances where two people try to make it work, against the odds. We probably all have such a story. The resilience from close friendship always comes…so long as we continue to reach out. 

The song was written a while ago, and sung with Jen Di Biasi; it started with some arpeggios on my classical guitar (C maj 9, G sus2/B, Am7), and some sketchy vocal lines. I’ve come back to it periodically, always building in new ideas and layers…but I think this baby is ready now! It’s got an 80s rock ballad feel I guess, with a little dancing section just past half way!

Reach Out

Listen w Headphones!

So much hate and violence in this world
Mista Alien lands his ship on the busy city road
and starts playing his sax. Spreading some love
with his music! Like my musical brother says:
Make music not war ~ c r u m i u s.
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Remixed by LS / 2022.

The Happy Saxy Alien / Make Music not War!

And now for something completely Different! 😄

Merry Merry Christmas to all! :D

EnJOY the enlivening Improvisational Trio of:

Tim Elliot on Telecaster
Jörg Stohwasser on Soprano Sax
& Anomon on Electric Clavinet

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot & Jörg Stohwasser  2022
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot & Jörg Stohwasser  2022

Clavi & Tele Go To Town w. Joerxworx

Music & Lyrics: Jan Schonander

This is unapologetically inspired by the A-side to one of my favorite albums of all time. I'll let you guess which album that is - if you are older than 50 it will most likely be easier.

A lot of us spend our lives chasing a dream, and despite reaching milestone after milestone the dream is always just beyond our reach. If you're lucky all you need to do is stop and think - maybe you're already there. I was reminded about this when told a story about a popular beach boatman asked by a hedge fund manager why he doesn't invest in an additional boat. After many questions the investor tells him that after years he could become so financially successful that he could spend his afternoons with his family and friends. The boatman tells him that after his morning fishing run that is already what he does. 

The guitar is a Logic Pro X Heavy Metal Guitar. For the drums I "mixed it up" a bit by using more reverb on the snare than on the rest of the drums. Also had a hi-hat in there initially but I took it out as I thought it muddied up the sound too much. In general I debated how much reverb to use and progressively used less and less to try and warm it up. For the bass I combined an electric bass with a traditional standing base. I departed from my usual approach of trying to reproduce as natural a piano sound as possible by using equalization to mainly remove some of the high and low end - the purpose being to create a "lo-fi" sound. Finally, the synth is Nord Native and treated with some ringshift to get the moving in and out your ears effect.  

LATELY MAYBE

Too much
Not enough
Will I ever
Is it never
I can’t see
Will it ever be

Lately, I’ve been thinking too much
Lately, I’ve been dreaming too much
Maybe, I’m in heaven
Maybe, I made it yesterday

Is this the end
Or could it be the beginning
I can’t tell
It seems a bit like hell
So many moving parts
So many false starts

Lately, I’ve been thinking too much
Lately, I’ve been dreaming too much
Maybe, I’m in heaven
Maybe, I made it yesterday

Too much
Not enough
Lately
Maybe
Lately it’s been too much
Maybe it’s been too much

Lately Maybe

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ONE WAY   LIlithe & Paploviante
Backing track: Paploviante
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/one-way-paploviante-open-collab-offer
Lillithe : adding Violin, Beat, Piano, ,Vox, Turkish Flute, Strings, Percussions and Turkish Oud
WE WISH  ALL OF YOU 
A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

ONE WAY   LIlithe & Paploviante

It's All Irony 148 BPM

DARK FOCUS // A small musical journey through the mysteries of space.
@docfritz // Soundscape, Rhythm-Design, Drums, Mix & Production 
© 2022 // Composed, Arrangement and Performed by docfritz

DarkFocus

DRUMAX No. 11 // DANCING WITH VENUS | HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023
@docfritz // Composition, Arrangement, Soundscape, Rhythmic-Design, Mix & Production 
@joerxworx // Tenor Sax // EWI 
© 2022 by docfritz and joerxworx / DRUMAX PROJECT

DANCING WITH VENUS

DRUMAX No. 11 // DANCING WITH VENUS

'Dunard Lane' Is a Fusion track inspired by the place I spent my first 6 years of life....Mixed memories of Dunard Lane, some good, others not so. But on the whole an exciting time just after World War II.  So I choose just to remember the good times.

Dunard Lane

Fly Like An Eagle

Come on DOWN to the Abyss.....dictators; war criminals; so-called 'populist' politicians; despots; authoritarian nut jobs and the rest....you know who you are!! Welcome to the Abyss...meet up with your famous discredited forebears.

Intro. tunnel...synth, soprano saxes, oboes, clarinets, beats.
Edge of the abyss...flutes...oboes...soprano saxes
Descending into the heat...tenor saxes, clarinets
Getting hotter ....flames building..beats, clarinets, tenor saxes, flutes, sopranos.
Ouch!

Many thanks to Kahtnipp ( @kahtnipp ) for the striking artwork
Check out Kahtnipp on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/tFyik


Welcome To The Abyss

looking on the bright side of life

Year Two Zero Two Two / Open Collaboration Offer
Paploviante: Composing, Arrengement, Mix, Picture and Mastering
free download
BPM 70
The track is downloadable as a mp3 file!
You can complete what you want!
If you publish it, you have to mention me in the description and title!

Year Two Zero Two Two - Paploviante

... with hugh thanks to Paploviante; open collab: https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/year-two-zero-two-two-paploviante ... all I did was adding sax and flute & minor EQ and compression settings ... with best wishes for 2023 <3 ... photo: Oleh Morhun, unsplash - Location: Cherkasy, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

COMPOSER - PRODUCER - MUSICIAN
I PLAY BASS GUITAR AND DRUMS
IN THE BAND „4NO1“
(ALL STYLES, SINCE 1992)