Late night live session with my Mood Matriarch, Behringer 2500, Modal Cobalt, Modx6 and Deepmind 12 into a Strymon Nightsky and Zoom CDR70. Brought together in Reason 12. Mixer is an Allen and Heath Zedi 10FX, which has multi channel outputs via USB.
Matriarch continues to surprise the more I experiment with modulation using its LFOs into filters and such. Many blips and drips. Three of the sequencers are synched but the Deepmind (string pad) is asynchronous to offset.  Very little post processing (not my thing). Just a high pass here and there in Reason 12 to remove some of the mud.
Cobalt was recorded and sequenced live in two passes to provide some glitchy digital slices.

Ghostship

NJ Transit (voice memo)

Heart

Beyond me
Is the what
I want to see.
Past the accorded value
That the mind
Will not be ignored.
To be restored
Direct my awareness
Toward
A world 
That’s unabsorbed.
Love and perception
Go hand in hand.
Seeing past
The blindness
Of fear’s demands.
You fear
And cannot see
Obscuring in darkness
Looking at me.
The truth eclipsed
By fear
Soothe
Not becoming clear
The tale
Of two worlds
The choice is mine
To seek and find
Or
To seek and NOT find
This is all
I decide
What I wish to hold
In my mind.
To drop and roll
To experience
What unfolds.
OR
Just be still
And listen.
The two worlds
Become
The grand decision.
Freeing the mind
Into love’s divine.
Flowing through
Gratitude
Like a vine.
The unreal or the real
True or false.
Heaven or hell
It’s a choice
Just decide
To let go
Of that spell
Placed upon your eyes
By a decision
Of a storyline
Reaching to tell
Seek and find
While healing
The mind.
That shifted 
Its foundation
Away from time.
The task at hand
Is your decision
Of where to stand.
With vision at hand.
Faith and desire
Go hand in hand
For everyone believes
In what they want
Understand?

Tale of Two Worlds

LYRICS

(Verse)
Shivers runnin' down my spine
Hearts cold in the summertime
When you told me it was over
Baby
You took me under

(Chorus)
If you want it
You got it
Don't need it
Then drop it
Just tell me
Do you really care?
And if you're not about it
Don't even start it
Baby
Just leave me nowhere

(Verse)
You call me like you're used to
To tell me you're in the mood
When you told me it was over
Baby
You took me under

(Chorus)
If you want it
You got it
Don't need it
Then drop it
Just tell me
Do you really care?
And if you're not about it
Don't even start it
Baby
Just leave me nowhere

(Bridge)
Leave me nowhere
Ooh-ooh
Mm
If you want it
You got it
Don't need it
Then drop it
Just tell me
Do you really care?

(Chorus)
If you want it
You got it
Don't need it
Then drop it
Just tell me
Do you really care?
And if you're not about it
Don't even start it
Baby
Just leave me nowhere
Leave me nowhere

Leave Me Nowhere

let's see what's hidin' behind the hills .


beat : Daniel Paris Production


Take the road with me tonight
I wanna hold you close in the dark of night
I wanna - see you again
'Cause I can't pass another sunset without you, my dear 

And I wanna hear your voice
'Cause it's been years since I left
But I still remember it
Oh, ohh
And I wanna see you dancing in the river
'Cause I'm tired of waiting for a shadow of the past
Oh, my dear 

And I feel like I'm fading away
If you join me a little too late, just
Throw my bones in a grave in front of the sunset
And let me rest 

And I wanna hear your voice
'Cause it's been years since I left
But I still remember it
Oh, ohh
And I wanna see you dancing in the river
'Cause I'm tired of waiting for a shadow of the past
Oh, my dear 

Here I am, and you know I do all I can
All these pills and all this alcohol got me slow
Ooh
Through the night, I call your name but its all in vain
I'll sit there and I'll wait until the stars fall out of the sky 

And I wanna hear your voice
'Cause it's been years since I left
But I still remember it
Oh, ohh
And I wanna see you dancing in the river
'Cause I'm tired of waiting for a shadow of the past
Oh, my dear

Shadows of your voice ( ft. tetrivoid )

From ARR-073 Greg Ashley - "Neon Exotica" LP on Almost Ready Records 

Greg Ashley - "Sandra On The Tropic Of Capricorn"

Don't make me say it... If it is over, tell them it's really over, and make sure they never come back. Disappear, go ghost, that sh*t stings but you have to do it

Time (voice memo)

Primary Colors

An Unwritten Plain

Billy Rowe
© 1998 by Eric Carl Dahl

I saw Billy Rowe at the Stones last show,
he looked like he’d just been gassed.
He said Sheila’s gone, they couldn’t get along,
nothing in common but the past,
and it went through my mind
to tell him we’re fine,
but I was feeling something different inside,
the truth keeps changing and the sky gets
deeper, then our eyes are open wide.

I wanna start over, I wanna all start over,
right here in the present time,
not living in the past like a pantomime,
why pretend? It’s not like it was back then.

I saw Sue Hale, she said Gary’s back in jail,
for dealin just a little bit strong.
It was always just fun till he had to get a gun,
she doesn’t know if she can wait that long,

And it went through my mind
to tell her we’re fine
but I was feelin something different inside,
the truth keeps changing and the sky gets
deeper, then our eyes are open wide.

I wanna start over, I wanna start over,
right here in the present time,
not living in the past like a pantomime,
why pretend? It’s not like it was back then.

She said I’m easy in this light, I said I don’t
feel right, then I left your friend Karen at the bar.
When I took off my coat, I found your note
saying you’d be driving all night with the car,
And it went through my mind
to just say “that’s fine”
but I was feeling something different inside,
the truth keeps changing and the sky gets
deeper, then our eyes are open wide.

I wanna start over, I wanna start all over,
right here in the present time,
not living in the past like a pantomime,
why pretend? It’s not like it was back then.

Bandcamp

Billy Rowe

I've written my own stuff since I was a kid and have basically chronicled my life, which most songwriters do. I was quite into guitar until I broke my hand fending off an intruder who tried to break into my home. Little finger didn't play fair. So now I'm into synths and keyboards, have built a decent collection including a Moog Matriarch, Prophet 5 Rev4, the Behringer 2600 and 2500 semi-modular, the UDO Super 6 (truly awesome), Novation Peak, Yamaha Modx6 (such a workhorse),  Deepmind 12, Digitakt, Modal Cobalt (surprising and, yes, digital) and the Behringer Crave. They each have their strengths, but the Matriarch is my go to for inspiration. (Update: Super 6 is now the fave)

Ghostship

Peter Judd