Prodigal Son

Penn Johnson’s lastest single release Keep Keepin On (featuring and produced by multi-instrumentalist Flint Blade) is a shockingly personal spoken word soliloquy inspired in part by the questions gifted by alternative medicine. At its core it’s a mantra for us to keep pushing ourselves forward despite the continuous complications of the human experience. The song displays depth and vulnerability in every lyric, acting as a paradigm-shifting manifestation by shedding light on issues such as the growing housing crisis, environmental disaster, social anxiety, phone addiction, and the alienation often associated with following a new spiritual path. Through deliberately debilitating depictions of self doubt and questioning, Penn explains that despite everything always being in ‘divine alignment,’ life is still pretty tough for all of us. The silver lining of the song is that rather than “drowning in the prose,” and believing we’ve “miscalculated,” Penn suggests we place our hope in our words and prayers being “sung and recognized around the multiverse” and while those prayers are in the process of being answered, in the meantime, we do what we can to inspire others to keep keepin on.

Keep Keepin On (official release)

Cruisin’

I Am Not My Body (First Draft)

Doing My Best

One of my favorite harmony songs of all time. I created this arrangement with four tight-knit, crossing vocal parts that layer on with each verse. This wonderful song is in the public domain and has travelled through many circles and traditions with many variations.

This is a recording used as a practice track for the Wholehearted Chorus of Monterey and Big Sur, CA, under the direction of Lisa G. Littlebird. Lyrics and individual part tracks can be found at:
http://thebirdsings.com/humble

Humble

Two years after the first installment, Adam Deitch returns to his NY boom bap roots, now filtered through the visuals of Colorado sunrises seen while finishing each track, to offer a seamless mix format on the sequel album Late Nite Collection II. Aiming at curating a harmonious compilation of tracks from his vault of beats, the drummer, producer and composer maneuvers through all echelons of positively charged downtempo beat orchestration with an emphasis on snapping snares, burly bass and textural synth interplay.

Tracklist
1. Up Above ft. Jesus Coomes of Lettuce on bass
2. Wanna Go There
3. Just Imagine
4. Labour of Love
5. Heartaches and Pain
6. Get Ready
7. Away Goes Trouble ft. Brandon Meeks and Richard Sleepy Floyd of Native Sun
8. Specialty

Produced, played, mixed and mastered by Adam Deitch.

Artwork by Mike Tallman of Add Noise Studios.

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Late Night Collections II

Adam Deitch - Late Nite Collection II

Yoga's Culture of Sexual Abuse: Nine Women Tell Their Stories

First track back into the realm of music production. This track was collabed with my homie Seth. We used the production software Garage Band. Enjoy!

Project S & W

Lyrics by Noah Fense
Produced, Composed, Mixed and Mastered by Smigonaut
Art by Will Wofford

Lyrics:

Slip inside this vibe for size, just give it a try 
Still dreaming
As I’m Twisting the skin of my arm
I started to get to know myself when my rhythm was off
i got Feelings involved, but those feelings evolved
I was cuttin for the bucket, had to give me a lob
I made a point, and an assist and the same damn time 
I made a hit, and threw a pitch to the same damn guy
I won’t tell you what to think, 
Ima let you decide
These Yes men, bobble heads, all fit in a box
I found me, that’s the key
I be Pickin the lock
With Smigonaut
Twistin nobs to a different notch
Permission or not
Commission or not
Consistently drop fire, it’s deliciously hot
I’m grab the mic and make it sizzle like I’m hittin a glob 
With this Position I got
Im everywhere, quantum superposition 
Through my vision I’m connecting the dots
Simultaneously existing in different spots
I’m defined my physics
With these rhymes I’m spittin 
Vibrating, as im
Timeline shifting 
They hatin while I just Mind my business
You decide your limit
As Im juggling the limes and the lemons life throws my way but I’m an alchemist 
From a higher dimension
Where time isn’t present (haha)
Welcome to your divine intervention

(Drop/chorus)

I’m back in it
I shattered the box I can’t fit in 
I’m dropping hooks like a tackle box, this cats fishin
Victory lappin before the victory happen 
They sit back and relax as I’m manifesting this planned vision 
That can’t finish 
Im dynamic 
As time passes, I fly past it 
Everyday is the climax of my passage way 
To the highest frequency I animate 
Can’t fathom where I’m headin, man,
I can’t wait
Done a few things that I can’t erase
Lost a few things that I can’t replace
Fuck It though now I have a more Expensive taste 
My intention and my quality they resonate
So.. everyday I gotta dedicate 
Take risks, Neva hesitate 
Make shit Generate (Ay)
Hope I answered some questions
Welcome to your divine intervention 

(Drop/chorus)

Download here

Divine Intervention (w. Noah Fense)

Mindtality - Pullover [Refrakted EP]
https://soundcloud.com/massivemusicstyle/mindtality-just-a-nick?in=mindtalitymusic/sets/justanickandtrippedep
Mindtality - ID
Shiloh - Sex For Breakfast (Mindtality Bootleg) [unreleased]
Mindtality - ID
https://soundcloud.com/mindtalitymusic/testing?in=mindtalitymusic/sets/mindtality-music
Thought Process - Chocolate Morsels (Mindtality Bootleg) [unreleased]
https://soundcloud.com/blackmoonsyndicate/mindtality-perplexed?in=mindtalitymusic/sets/nodes-via-black-moon-syndicate
Mindtality x Subslip - ID
https://soundcloud.com/meanmugmusic/mindtality-im-sayin-streaming?in=mindtalitymusic/sets/mindtality-music
https://soundcloud.com/mindtalitymusic/full-circle?in=mindtalitymusic/sets/mindtality-music
Mindtality - ID

Another Journey In The Mind #2 (Original Mix)

Penn Johnson’s music is folk medicine for the soul. Inspired by the fingerpicking expressions of generations past, conscious hip hop, and ancient songs passed down through alternative medicine – each song tells a story that encourages the listener to transmute their pain into blissful awareness. In what could be referred to as Shadow-Work Storytelling, every line of every lyric is carefully crafted to evoke deep emotional releases from the trauma and triggers associated with a human existence. Penn is often told by listeners that he puts to words the emotions they’ve been feeling, but are unable to portray or explain.

In his 10 years living the traveling life, Penn has performed alongside artists of nearly every genre including: Trevor Hall, Mike Love, Lizzy Jeff, Desert Dwellers, Feral The Earthworm, Yaima, The Elovaters, Bumpin’ Uglies, Daniel Waples, Sessions Americana, Justin Biltonen (3 Doors Down), and Christina Holmes, among hundreds of others.

Keep Keepin On (official release)

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