...a detail I should have included in the description of this song.  This was one of the songs I worked on during my recent trip to Portland, and I finished it up last night back in Seattle.  In honor of the Portland conception of the track, the temporary project name for this track was "Big Bowl of Tomo Ramen"--named for an incredible (and generously portioned) lunch that my kid and I enjoyed at the little Tomo Ramen spot on Hawthorne.  (We will definitely be back...and if you find yourself in PDX, and love ramen...this place definitely gets the Interbay Seal of Excellence!)  But, the name had to change because the song turned out not to be about a big bowl of Tomo Ramen.  (Or didn't it????)

One of the hardest records we ever did still pounding today!!

Lift Up The Needle (Razor N Guido Remix)

Autumn Optimism

All rights reserved January, 3 2025

Inside, the heart still aches
There’s no way around, all the sights and sounds that greet the day
What will it take
Just To climb that hill, such a bitter pill..that lingers there

Outside, the air is light, as the sun appears, and you feel the fears
Begin to grow…another fight
Then you hold the tears and the yesteryears
Inside your mind…

Now I’ll be on my way watching days go by
Searching to find a way and wondering why

Til then I’ll try again, as I watch the change through the windowpanes
And soldier on into a world
Such a pointless cause stuck in these four walls
As darkness falls

Now I’ll be on my way as days go by
Wasting away and a wondering why…

Darkness Falls

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Run it Back

Original song by Mileena Rayne
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I know you mean every word you say,
You think giving me love will make me stay.
But I’m not lost, I’m not unsure, 
I just know I need something more.
You say you’ll wait, but I wish you wouldn’t,
Love me now like I know you couldn’t.
You swear you’ll break down my walls,
But they weren’t made to fall.

You keep hoping, but hope’s a blade,
Cuts you deep when things don’t change.
You keep swearing I’m worth the pain,
Like I’m someone who’d do the same.
You think if you give it time,
I’ll wake up wanting you to be mine.
But hearts don’t change just ‘cause you stay,
And love don’t grow when it’s forced that way.

Don’t wait for me, don’t waste your time (Don’t wait for me)
Love’s not enough if the timing ain’t right
You want forever, I need space (Don’t waste your time)
You’ll only lose yourself this way
Don’t hold on, don’t try to stay (Don’t hold on)
I won’t be yours just ‘cause you pray
Don’t wait for me, just walk away (Don’t try to stay)
Before I’m the one who makes you break

It’s not that I can’t, not that I won’t,
It’s just that right now, I already know.
Love ain’t something you can demand,
And I can’t give what I don’t understand.
You deserve more than open wounds,
More than someone who won’t choose you.
I know you want this, but I know the truth,
I can’t love you the way you do.

You keep hoping, but hope’s a blade,
Cuts you deep when things don’t change.
You keep swearing I’m worth the pain,
Like I’m someone who’d do the same.
You think if you give it time,
I’ll wake up wanting you to be mine.
But hearts don’t change just ‘cause you stay,
And love don’t grow when it’s forced that way.

Don’t wait for me, don’t waste your time (Don’t wait for me)
Love’s not enough if the timing ain’t right
You want forever, I need space (Don’t waste your time)
You’ll only lose yourself this way
Don’t hold on, don’t try to stay (Don’t hold on)
I won’t be yours just ‘cause you pray
Don’t wait for me, just walk away (Don’t try to stay)
Before I’m the one who makes you break

One day, maybe, I’ll look back and wish,
But I won’t lie, I can’t promise this.
If you stay, you’ll only bleed,
So please, for once, don’t wait for me.

Don’t wait for me, don’t waste your time (Don’t wait for me)
Love’s not enough if the timing ain’t right
You want forever, I need space (Don’t waste your time)
You’ll only lose yourself this way
Don’t hold on, don’t try to stay (Don’t hold on)
I won’t be yours just ‘cause you pray
Don’t wait for me, just walk away (Don’t try to stay)
Before I’m the one who makes you break

Don’t wait for me, don’t waste your time (Don’t wait for me)
Love’s not enough if the timing ain’t right
You want forever, I need space (Don’t waste your time)
You’ll only lose yourself this way
Let me go, don’t turn back (Just let me go)
You deserve more than a love like that
Don’t wait for me, don’t waste your time (Don’t turn back)
Find someone who can love you right

Don't Wait For Me

Harmoney

59,999999 years old not 60

Before Interbay, my songwriting process was based around the words I write.  Those words would provide the song structure and I would craft the music around those words either by myself or with a songwriting partner, banging the words into shape as the music develops.  Then, most of the time, I would then be the one singing those songs--on stage or in the studio at the original Phantom Labs.  

Interbay has been different.  So far, my Interbay process usually begins with a musical idea.  (It's as close as I've ever come to "jamming".)  There are times when my process begins with a word, and then I see where that takes me musically.  I have not yet done an Interbay track by starting with a structured lyric.  (Sometimes, structure and lyrics gets baked into the track later...but it never "starts" with that.)  

Part of that might be my continued reluctance to sing on Interbay tracks.   (So far, with over 300 SoundCloud Exclusive tracks, only two of them have my voice on them.  BONUS INTERBAY POINTS IF YOU CAN NAME THOSE TWO TRACKS. ;) )  It is still the plan that I start voicing these tracks myself...but, for now, all vocals (and it is a rule that ALL SoundCloud Exclusive tracks have some sort of vocal element) are either royalty free samples (true for today's track), or spoken word text to speech (numerous programs giving me different options there), and occasionally Icarus-threatening "found sounds"--snippets from movies, tv, (checks Icarus current situation) and occasionally other sources.  

I like working with vocals.  It is the way I had been used to working--but the new normal is to create a vocal from various elements...to construct a narrative out of some odds and ends--because you rarely get to use a full song's worth of words, structure, or singing...  (I don't know any singers to come down to Phantom Laboratories West to collaborate.  Another thing I'd like to do someday.)  

Today's track is one of those style songs, where you're hearing a song built around three royalty free vocal samples.  "Out There" was the first one--and for a change, I "un-darked" it (and yes, I know that "un-dark" is not a word...or is it, now?).  The full lyric was "There is Evil...Out There."  The music ideas I had weren't happy, but they weren't "evil" either.  From the same sample pack, but a different collection of songs, came "Truly waiting."  The last vocal sample, "I'm Lost Without You" came from a completely different sample pack, by a different artist.  (OK, there's also some "percussive grunts" in the track too.  Oh, "Percussive Grunts"--good band name, if anyone needs one!)    

What kind of narrative can be built from "I'm Lost Without You, Out There, Truly Waiting"?  And yet, when I heard those samples in connection to the music I made for this track--my imagination filled in all of the details.  I'm hoping that YOUR imagination will do the same when you listen to it.

I kept the arrangement simple--but this is Interbay, nothing is EVER truly simple.  Somehow, I managed to take a synth sound and make it sound like a heavily processed psychedelic guitar...AND I took a guitar sound and made it sound like a bleating trombone.  (It might be a stretch to tag this with shoegaze or darkwave, but those elements are in there.)       

This is a groove.  A vibe.  And, a nice change of pace from the energetic noisy stuff that I've been putting out lately.  I hope you like it.  (...and do all the things I always ask you to do. ;) )

"Lost Without You (Out There)" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Night Watchman

Cinematic audio tapestry woven with mystery, emotion, and transformation.  

Detachment By Mark Mori:
The current pulls me, The waters murmur and devour.
I fight — But my arms grasp emptiness. The shadow waits, watching.
Then it appears: L’Insaisissable, No shape, no form, just presence.
"Ne retiens rien," it whispers, And I become the water.
An endless stream, I flow — No struggle, no fear, Only the flow.

https://markmori.bandcamp.com/track/detachment

Detachment

Indie, electronic, and mutant pop in various styles (seriously!)--new tracks being posted daily (so far!)

Interbay is the new project of Peter Greyy (previously of Cremation Dance and DangerScience).

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