"Go on...Time is running out too fast"

This track, AOR/West Coast rock of the muscular American kind ca 1983, draws inspiration from Toto among other iconic bands of the time. Majestic, heavy on synths, Steve Lukather inspired guitar riffs and solos and cracking, soaring vocals makes you wanna ride the streets in a convertible, under the sun, in shadow of the palms with the shoreline at your side. Listen and have a great time doing it.

Thank you Jimmy, Daniele and Magnus - great fun as always! A special shout-out to Magnus who's constantly chasing me down about doin' more West Coast ;-)!

Enjoy!

Music: Peter Bennborn (infused with bright ideas from Magnus Jansson and Daniele Turani)
Lyrics: Peter Bennborn

Vocals: James Rivas (@j-rivas)
Guitars: Daniele Turani (@danieleturani)
EWI: Magnus Jansson (@the-ewi-master)
Keys, synths, synth basses: Peter Bennborn
Drum & percussion programming: Peter Bennborn

Mixed & Mastered: Peter Bennborn (with Daniele Turani)

Lyrics:

Hold on
To the love we thought we left behind
Keep on
To the love we thought we had

Move on
Gotta move on from the past
Go on
Time is running out too fast

We’re on a journey
There’s no tomorrow
No looking back
No excuses last
We’re on the train
Cannot refrain
For the sake of time
Not be left behind

Move on
See beyond the clouds up in the sky
Keep on
No adventure passing by

Hold on
To the fun we had before
Go on
To the joy of having more

Running Out of Time

Running Out of Time (ft. James Rivas, Daniele Turani & Magnus Jansson)

Getting through each day with a wink and a smile.

NO MESSAGES ABOUT PROMOTIONS PLEASE!!!

Independent artist, writer, producer


I started playing gigs in 1968,  I believe I was in the eight grade. It was only junior high school dances but at the time, it was electrifying. In 1964, I remember watching "The Ed Sullivan Show" and seeing the Beatles perform live and they pretty much jump started my interest in music, Long hair, guitars and Beatle boots, very cool, still cool. I have always enjoyed good harmony parts and George's slide work has always inspired me. Over the years like so many others, I’ve played concerts, night clubs, special events, coffee houses, bars and such. Also toured the U.S. in 76. Now it's all about writing, recording, having some fun and being a part of the Sound Cloud community. Yeah man! 
Debut Album called “ Seafoam” released 2018 at Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby.


Some of my fav producers would be Gary Katz, Jeff Lynne, Sir George Martin, Eddie Kramer and Mark Hudson. As far as guitar players, great hooks from Keith Richards, best tone Eric Clapton, best feel SRV! Best slide guitar George Harrison, Sonny Landreth, Derek Trucks and Ry Cooder. Most creative exploration Eric Johnson. The most original and always inspiring the GOAT Mr. Jeff Beck, he is amazing. Walter Becker had the cool factor and the Mu chords as well as wrote such interesting lyrics.

Early Influences__________________
Beatles, Cream, Jeff Beck, Jimmi Hendrix, Steve Windwood, Roy Orbison,Tom Petty Todd Rundgren, The Yardbirds, Lacerne Dixon, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Spencer Davis Group, The Who, Rolling Stones, SRV, Wings, Sparks, T-Rex, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, ELO, Steely Dan, Boyce & Hart, The Who, Rory Gallagher, Taste, Grinn, The Nazz CSN&Y. Many more to add here.

Gear___________________________________
Logic pro 10, Native instruments software, focusrite scarlett 2i4,  Yamaha HS8" studio monitors and Krk Rokit 5 , Blue Mic, Blue Baby Bottle, Neumann TML 102, MXL mic, Sure 57, Assorted guitars mainly Fender Stratocasters, telecaster, Gibson SG Jr., Parker PM20G, Rickenbacker, Godin Session custom, Violin bass, Fender Precision fretless bass, Native instruments Komplete Kontrol S-61 Keys. Glass Slide, Neural DSP: Tone King Imperial MKII,  Mesa Boogie, Soldano, Positive Grid: BiasAmp 2, AmpliTude5: Fender, iZotope Ozone 11, plectrums Galore and a black cup of coffee.

Please stop back by I'll be adding more tunes, I greatly appreciate all the comments, support and reposts. 

 Thanks again all. Peace Greg

Also please check out some of my fav talent below!

https://soundcloud.com/ruby-larue
https://soundcloud.com/jeff_roberts
https://soundcloud.com/mike_kavanaugh
https://soundcloud.com/user-425535373
https://soundcloud.com/ghostlybeard
https://soundcloud.com/tom-roxx
https://soundcloud.com/bobbinkley
http://soundcloud.com/the-musical-crucible
https://soundcloud.com/derek-cornett
https://soundcloud.com/orbiting-freakshow-orch
https://soundcloud.com/richard-orange-7946449
https://soundcloud.com/danarchx
https://soundcloud.com/lee-lucas
http://soundcloud.com/marycigarettes
https://soundcloud.com/esemanolain-ruizzo
https://soundcloud.com/the-fisherman
http://soundcloud.com/jungle-dog
http://soundcloud.com/sun-tower
https://soundcloud.com/finn-slide-guitarist
https://soundcloud.com/william-j-lepetomane
https://soundcloud.com/gus-goad
http://soundcloud.com/klutzee
https://soundcloud.com/sagoba
https://soundcloud.com/markjbennett
http://soundcloud.com/dave-mckeown

To promote, what I consider to be, the best and most entertaining music and artist.

Piano is my instrument, inspired by the world. Sounds like whatever I like, intent on a cool vibe, often somewhere in between Swedish melancholy and Brazilian bittersweetness... 

Peter Bennborn Project is a diverse musical experience ranging from romantic piano ballads to alternative indie metal rock and everything in between, but for country and reggae so far...

The music is either performed alone or in worldwide collaborations, wherever the appropriate musician for the task is located - no limitations and no limits in a borderless world... 

SoundCloud collaborators (from Sweden, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, USA, Cuba, South Africa, Dubai, India, Philippines, Australia):
Vocals; https://soundcloud.com/michelle-yaneza, https://soundcloud.com/neisy-wilson, https://soundcloud.com/jogoldie, https://soundcloud.com/vapmok, https://soundcloud.com/nazneen-1, https://soundcloud.com/just-andre, https://soundcloud.com/kosmi-1, https://soundcloud.com/milanazilnik, https://soundcloud.com/michael-obadja, https://soundcloud.com/markexander, https://soundcloud.com/vocalatti, https://soundcloud.com/steveferguson, https://soundcloud.com/vocalatti, https://soundcloud.com/ruud-lockefeir, https://soundcloud.com/padruna
Drums; https://soundcloud.com/walter-w-kelleher, https://soundcloud.com/powerhell, https://soundcloud.com/manuel-muzzu, https://soundcloud.com/moodymo
Bass; https://soundcloud.com/jonnytrobrobass, https://soundcloud.com/vladaroo, https://soundcloud.com/manuel-muzzu, https://soundcloud.com/stringburner
Guitars; https://soundcloud.com/danieleturani, https://soundcloud.com/flohbold, https://soundcloud.com/raphaelgtr, https://soundcloud.com/single_espresso, https://soundcloud.com/jerry-kramskoy-1, https://soundcloud.com/lando-orz, https://soundcloud.com/derek-cornett, https://soundcloud.com/robertdahlstrom, https://soundcloud.com/danarchx
Horns; https://soundcloud.com/dave-mckeown, https://soundcloud.com/waynemorley, https://soundcloud.com/michel-martineau, https://soundcloud.com/jomama-2, https://soundcloud.com/the-ewi-master
Vibraphone: https://soundcloud.com/cocogdiez
Keys; https://soundcloud.com/martinmusic-1, https://soundcloud.com/balammusic, https://soundcloud.com/benjamin_meilink, https://soundcloud.com/johan-rigner
Remix/Drum Programming; https://soundcloud.com/mixed_meta4
Lyrics; https://soundcloud.com/jaime0223, https://soundcloud.com/non-sapiens

https://soundcloud.com/bitbybeat

Enjoy!

Influences: Acid Jazz, Bossa Nova/Latin, Classical; Early inspirations; Satie, Debussy, Ravel, Rachmaninov, Narada Michael Walden, Level 42, Ultravox, Incognito, Shakatak, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Jay Graydon/David Foster, Quincy Jones

::.Stay Tuned.::  
If you can, please check out one of my newer tracks--I'm not sure if the system didn't put it out with the feasible algorithm...IDK 
https://soundcloud.com/electrotrek/coming-down-from-going-up
Thanks, in advance if you can>>

🎵💥To refute the headhunters who ASSUME stuff....
Special Bio notes extended: 
I have worked with a lawyer to sign several petitions for human rights outside the USA. I signed to stop the Syrians from being murdered in the middle of the night & to end rape of women & children, & to free hostages. The United Nations needs a wakeup call! 

I have used my Hohner Harmonica for music here.
I Have a fingerless synth guitar which I have used here.
I have a MOOG Theremin.
I have a pan flute which I have used here.
I have used drums that I actually broke a thick wood stick playing so hard. Let me tell you standing drums are one helluva a good workout! 
People have lied about me doing porn & stole a modeling account I belonged to & rewrote my stats & changed my eye-color, then said I do escort & porn...Which I never did & it was a German Agency. 
*Former Fierce Model Talent Agency Model --I was accepted based on my art neveu facial bone structure.
*Former 54 Once Model Agency from Peru Model
*Former Cologne Germany Agency Model
*Former Royal Talent Academy Agency Model
*Former Comic Con Model, Artist, Musician, & Concept Character Creator Winner
*Former OMP model with the Spotlight Multi-Award-Winning Michael Rosen Photographer out of Chicago requesting to use me for a project.
*Winner of a wood placard from Chicago's 92.3 FM Radio station for Voice Over Advertising with the help of a Chicago Photographer who did wedding photography. 
*Former Muse Cube Model with a few times Spotlight Winner for Digital Artist, & then just Model. 
*Asked by the President of the USA to be on an advisory board & get paid, but turned it down.
*In my early modeling days: I was invited by special invite to The Cartier Jewel Event as told I was 1 in only 100,000 selected to have received this honorary privilege. 💎
🎃Celebrate Halloween with my video clip from Instagram>>
https://www.instagram.com/p/DI2OWYoRZOb/
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😎🎵👉🏼🙌🏼🎵🔥As of 10-08-2025:) My SoundCloud Playlist Sideline Spot of Artists is:
https://soundcloud.com/electrotrek/sets/lovely-lounge-legacy
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Recent Update: 🎥~🎶Newest 18 minute+ Track release 
https://soundcloud.com/electrotrek/the-magicians-lair-the-binding-illusion
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🎵📝Bio:
Intro:) Lady ElectroTrek is an artist of varying fields... who doesn't feel like she can be crammed into one genre. She creates where she feels the spirit of the moment takes her.../' Lady ElectroTrek has done live choir performances, even had an experience with TV group performance. ElectroTrek has been on radio, different stations--won an award out of Chicago, & received a radio artist plaque for her efforts. ElectroTrek has won group trophy for best in regional singing. ElectroTrek was asked to be a select member of 8 singers called: "The Pantherettes" as a freshman.
ElectroTrek grew up knowing she had a desire to sing, but never anticipated that she would one day take part in a burgeoning exploration of creativity within the instrumental field.
Electrotrek first learned how to play the flute recorder, while attending a private school & studying under a German teacher. Arthur was her teacher, & later saved her life from freezing to death in the snow, when her stepfather 'conveniently' forgot to pick her up & left her there while he was in another town away from where she was going to school & she was left outside until past 8:00 o'clock at night as a middle school child. No cell phones back then, & no money was given her for in case of emergency. The fact that she has survived many abusive encounters, is indeed a miracle in itself.
ElectroTrek has taken flute classes with a popular YouTube teacher from Utah. She has a Sterling flute imported from Australia.
ElectroTrek studied some guitar underneath an aunt of hers who was a Music Major & a music shop owner. Although she never bought instruments from that aunt's shop, due to her relocating over 1500 miles away.
ElectroTrek took piano lessons with a German piano teacher who was very strict to the point that he would hit her hands with a solid wood ruler that had a metal edge & left her hands stinging. Told her that her homework from school was not as important as the piano & demand her to cut her nails off, though they were only moderately grown out. She later switched to a teacher by the last name of Miller, but that proved to only bore & be drawn out to the point of ridiculousness, & only seemed as if paying for lessons but not allowed to progress became evident of being taken advantage of. She then found solace & understanding under her stepfather's brother's wife's teaching.
From there she began to gather tidbits from reaching out to several high-end Professionals & has expanded on trying many new things.
Her life is a story of working against constant odds & mistreatment & she can hold her head with dignity. She has earned her right to be treated as an equal & not cut in half & projected upon by predatory narcissists. Assertiveness is her right to maintaining her boundaries.
ElectroTrek has been involved in many things outside of music as an altruistic activist & rights advocate...& signed many petitions to prevent cruelty & abuse.
An Indian photographer once nominated Lady ElectroTrek for a Nobel Peace Prize on a public forum for her voluntary commitment & diligent work to protect underage models against human trafficking.
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🧠👉🏻🎯
FYI: Answer the Q: :D NO I'm NOT a robot! Robots don't wear expensive perfume, have a social security number, have a driver's license issued to them, & have blue, aqua or green veins. Robots do not have menstrual cycles nor experience Amenorrhea--which I have... & do not have one of the rarest eye colors--I do. Robots don't get goosebumps when getting cold. Robots do not get hypothermia--I went on a White Water Rapids trip in Hell's Canyon --My boat flipped over & was suspended in mid air for what seemed like 45 seconds before it capsized. I survived being drug up a steep cliff, with my hips & legs temporarily paralyzed & my lips had turned purple due to lack of oxygen & severe cold in the month of September. So a nurse, the guide & his dad & his daughter saved me from freezing to death. Stripped me down to just my panties & saw my naked natural tits & got me in a sleeping bag & the two women got inside stripped down to generate body heat to revive me. Robots don't go through that--I'm 101% HUMAN. So enough of your needless assumptions & projections. I play Piano, Guitar/Electric guitar, Harmonica, Flute Recorder, Synth, Pan Flute & Drums, I sing, write, compose, won award for a Comic-Con Convention contest for being an all in one package deal>> digital artist, model, music, & concept. etc. Don't hate me because I have times where I can create faster than you. Don't hate me because I'm from European bloodline but live in America. I have causes I support & I stand up to those taking advantage of others.
The American Red Cross has certified me as having a rare blood type---They or their needles withdrawing the blood don't lie...I have given blood before.
Because of owning acreage I keep busy, I am involved in saving certain wild life or species...I have pets, & I bleed like any other human--red, not oil. When was the last time you saw a robot with pierced ears? I get this can be a dirty, cutthroat industry. I prefer to enjoy the mature & sincere folk that remain within this music industry. Don't hate me because you think I'm on one political side or the other...I'm INDEPENDENT & will help or correct either side...That's how I roll. ...>>

Intro:) Lady ElectroTrek is an artist of varying fields... who doesn't feel like she can be crammed into one genre. She creates where she feels the spirit of the moment takes her.../' Lady ElectroTrek has done live choir performances, even had an experience with TV group performance. ElectroTrek has been on radio, different stations--won an award out of Chicago, & received a radio artist plaque for her efforts. ElectroTrek has won group trophy for best in regional singing. ElectroTrek was asked to be a select member of 8 singers called: "The Pantherettes" as a freshman.
ElectroTrek grew up knowing she had a desire to sing, but never anticipated that she would one day take part in a burgeoning exploration of creativity within the instrumental field.
Electrotrek first learned how to play the flute recorder, while attending a private school & studying under a German teacher. Arthur was her teacher, & later saved her life from freezing to death in the snow, when her stepfather 'conveniently' forgot to pick her up & left her there while he was in another town away from where she was going to school & she was left outside until past 8:00 o'clock at night as a middle school child. No cell phones back then, & no money was given her for in case of emergency. The fact that she has survived many abusive encounters, is indeed a miracle in itself.
ElectroTrek has taken flute classes with a popular YouTube teacher from Utah. She has a Sterling flute imported from Australia.
ElectroTrek studied some guitar underneath an aunt of hers who was a Music Major & a music shop owner. Although she never bought instruments from that aunt's shop, due to her relocating over 1500 miles away.
ElectroTrek took piano lessons with a German piano teacher who was very strict to the point that he would hit her hands with a solid wood ruler that had a metal edge & left her hands stinging. Told her that her homework from school was not as important as the piano & demand her to cut her nails off, though they were only moderately grown out. She later switched to a teacher by the last name of Miller, but that proved to only bore & be drawn out to the point of ridiculousness, & only seemed as if paying for lessons but not allowed to progress became evident of being taken advantage of. She then found solace & understanding under her stepfather's brother's wife's teaching.
From there she began to gather tidbits from reaching out to several high-end Professionals & has expanded on trying many new things.
Her life is a story of working against constant odds & mistreatment & she can hold her head with dignity. She has earned her right to be treated as an equal & not cut in half & projected upon by predatory narcissists. Assertiveness is her right to maintaining her boundaries.
ElectroTrek has been involved in many things outside of music as an altruistic activist & rights advocate...& signed many petitions to prevent cruelty & abuse.
An Indian photographer once nominated Lady ElectroTrek for a Nobel Peace Prize on a public forum for her voluntary commitment & diligent work to protect underage models against human trafficking.
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*A non-quotidian smidgen media tip matter about me:
~ Here's my brief summary:-) .::. The art of character acting in still frame can be like a sempiternal lively soubrette on a night stroll after the 'high' of visiting her lover>>>

**** (Drum roll)My panegyric portion of Extra Special Thanks
for touching my life:-)
UPDATE: I want to THANK ALL OF YOU HERE for your support & fab compliments & for making my Cloud stay the best experience...
⁂My mother's parents are full blooded Europeans. One was 100% German & the other was 100% Norwegian. I cannot help what country I was born in... Neither can you choose your genetic DNA inherited.>>
The intense hatred towards Americans is evident...And some people are too dense to consider that we did not choose our leader & the faults of the Country. No more than you can choose if a thief targets you or IF Putin puts you on the run. Just STOP. 🚩
⁂ THANKS to ALL my NEW Followers & sending love to my longtime friends! You make the world beautiful & keep adding your magic to the planet...Remember you're irreplaceable! ;) 🖖🏻🤟🏻☮🕊🌞🙌🏻💐


☑Was blue check verified on Twitter as of =>May 4 2023:) --Later cancelled due to political unrest on the platform./'
⁂My Sundance Escapade song & video/Please Visit: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqmNidpsSuc/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
🎶⭐🧵I have done collaborations with the following amazing talents:
⁂ Mat Ward/No Mates Ensemble :)
⁂ MOO :)
⁂ Espen Skaar/DWA :)
⁂ Terry R. C./Tea R. sea :)
⁂J. L. T./T.I.T.
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**Some of Lady ElectroTrek's initial vocal music influences are as follows:
*Donna Summer
*Diana Ross
*Paul McCartney
*LeAnn Rimes Cibrian
*Olivia Newton-John [R.I.P.]
*Madonna--Mage of Change
*Lady Gaga
*Stevie Nicks
*Karen Carpenter [R.I.P.]
*Van Halen--With either David Lee Roth or *Sammy Hagar (*Happy Rocktober 13th Birthday;) 
So many more.....





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💥*ℌ𝔢𝔯𝔢'𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔟𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔶𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔯 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔘𝔨𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔢...𝔐𝔞𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔳𝔦𝔩 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔟𝔢 𝔩𝔞𝔦𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔱, 𝔢𝔦𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔦𝔫 𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔯 𝔦𝔫 𝔪𝔢𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔤𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔭𝔢𝔯 𝔬𝔣 𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔢.*⚖
⁂You can find me here, too...
https://distrokid.com/videos/watch/mv-vU1Lc3w8Z
📌Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas 👉🏼🌹🌹🌹
⁂Cornix cornici oculos non effodiet
⁂𝕮𝖍𝖊𝖊𝖗𝖘 𝖙𝖔 𝖈𝖊𝖑𝖊𝖇𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖎𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖉𝖚𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖞! :-*
𝕃𝕖𝕥'𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕦𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥 & 𝕨𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕥, & 𝕟𝕠 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕦𝕤 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣! 𝕃𝕠𝕧𝕖 & 𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕝𝕝>>
I can now be found on the following>>
🕊️Twitter:) https://twitter.com/ElectroTrek ....
💖iHeart:) https://www.iheart.com/artist/electrotrek-35467144/
🌟Amazon:) https://music.amazon.com.au/albums/B09MN7CTM3
⁂My state law prohibits the following job interview questions:
prohibits employment practices that discriminate based on race, color,
religion, sex, age (40 years and over), mental or physical disability, national origin, or genetic test results. To do any of the following, constitutes employing discriminatory measures./'
⁂Tonight, I have received a notice that I have reached my maximum amount of people I can follow on the Cloud as of 4/10/2021. /' |: :|

⁂Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones quote:
"A painter got a canvas. A writer got a reams of empty papers.
A musician has silence."
⁂About love: It is utter nonsense to leave the generalization that if you give love, you get love in return. It is simply NOT true... When I look at abused children who have been entrapped within the confines of circumstances, all the love in the world doesn't STOP the abuser from seeing things in a perspective that will harness his faults he fails to identify.
⁂Some experiments may fail, but if we never tried, then we would not be moved to join on a path of something better...Why should there be shame? ⁂Experience can bring evolutionary changes. (Food for thought:)
⁂FYI: I have to admit I am not trying to find a particular genre niche in my musical endeavors...I'm just wanting to enjoy the expedition of the musical wheels! ;)

Collaboration of
Negative Headphones - Japan
Side Hustle Prophets - USA

My sounds were born because I was tired of (not) listening to what the media were offering, since the mid-90s, without paying any attention to the quality of the music.
I don't define myself as a musician, but a sound craftsman who, thanks to new technologies, enjoys experimenting with notes and sounds, and through SoundCloud I put myself to the test.
I thank all those who listen to me, but especially those who follow me.