The other side of night

Fun Rock

2019 songs

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Say You Won't Leave

Say You Wont Leave

Peach Plum

Swimming Pool

Firstly being a song with traditional 6/4 signature, I redid the central section in 4/4 to add strength, same as with my previously posted song.

Also, I 'needed' to cut last quarter note out of the instrumental bridges and play them in 5/4.

After these artificialities, I tried a mild sound to please your ears ;)

Letra (Translated lyrics):

Ven (Come)

Ven… cógeme con tus manos, tan limpias, tan solas, tan blancas, tan suaves, ven…
   (Come … take me with your hands, so clean, so lonely, so white, so soft, come …)
Ven… bésame con tus labios, tan tiernos, tan prietos, tan lejos, tan dulces, ven…
   (Come … kiss me with your lips, so tender, so tight, so distant, so sweet, come …)

Ven… guíame con tus ojos, tan puros, tan ciegos, tan tuyos, tan graves, ven…
   (Come … guide me with your eyes, so pure, so blind, so yours, so serious, come …)
Ven… pídeme lo que quieras y dime que nunca podrías dejarme… ven…
   (Come … ask me whatever you want and tell me you could never leave me … come …)

Ven y méceme en tus brazos. (Come and swing me in your arms.)
Ven y guárdame en tu seno. (Come and keep me in your bosom.)
Ven y duérmeme en tu regazo. (Come and get me asleep on your lap.)
Ven… ven… ven… (Come … come … come …)

Ven… cántame con tu risa, tan clara, tan rara, tan fresca, tan triste, ven…
   (Come … sing to me with your laugh, so clear, so rare, so fresh, so sad, come …)
Ven… llámame con tu gesto, tan sabio, tan lacio, tan quieto, tan fuerte, ven…
   (Come … call me with your gesture, so wise, so languid, so still, so strong, come …)

Ven… ámame con tu vida, tan dura, tan libre, tan hueca, tan calma, ven…
   (Come … love me with your life, so hard, so free, so hollow, so calm, come …)
Ven… pídeme lo que quieras y dime que nunca podrías dejarme… ven…
   (Come … ask me whatever you want and tell me you could never leave me … come …)

ER38FI05 RUIZZO©1996 – FRANCÉS RECORDS®2017

Ven (pide lo que quieras)

I went down a rabbit hole with this track. Not sure what it is or what to do with it. I'll call it an experiment or an indulgence... Uploaded with AudioShare app - http://kymatica.com/audioshare

Childhood Mystery

Lead Vocals, lyrics and song by William Paterson https://soundcloud.com/w-paterson-1-1
Matt Warnick Mixing
Backing vocals, lyrics, keyboards, harmonica and Production by Conover
© 2016 Patersongs/Conover

I Wanna Die
When you told me we were through
That we were bye
And that you found someone new….
Another guy
Now your holding him
Now we said good-bye
Now your holding him it makes me want to cry
I wanna die
I wanna die
I wanna die
I wanna die

Then I saw you yesterday…. you looked so fine
And I felt I ought to say…. wish you were mine
Now your holding him
Now we said good-bye
Now your holding him…. it makes me want to cry
I wanna die
I wanna die : “There is always tomorrow”
I wanna die
I wanna die : “There is always tomorrow”

Now everyday I think of you…I need you so
But there ain’t nothing I can do except let you go
Now your holding him
Now we said good-bye
Now your holding him it makes me want to cry
I wanna die
I wanna die
I wanna die
I wanna die

I Wanna Die (Patersongs/Conover)

Music Composed and recorded by conover
Jussi Welin on 6 string vintage flamethrower

Texarkana  (Conover/Welin)

Evocative song to listen to without hurry... most serious job I've done lately, say no more.

Letra / Translated lyrics:

SI TÚ ME FALTARAS  /  IF I MISSED YOU

Abre tu risa mis ojos,  /  Your laugh opens my eyes,
olor a café por la mañana…  /  smell of coffee in the morning…
Para murmurarte un beso  /  So as to whisper you a kiss
me levanto de la cama.  /  I get up from the bed.

Aaaay! Si tú me faltaras  /  Aaaay! If I missed you
aaaay! de tedio moriría.  /  aaaay! I’d die of weariness.

Me despierta muy temprano  /  Wakes me up very early
el olor de tu cuerpo a mi lado.  /  the smell of your body beside me.
Para que se haga de noche pronto  /  So that it gets dark soon
rápidamente me he levantado.  /  I have got up fast.

Siento que mi vida se desliza por el sabor tan suave de tu cuello y de tus besos.  /
I feel my life slips along such a soft flavor of your neck and your kisses.

Puedo ser ligero como el aire y filtrarme con mi fuego en tus sueños y en tus deseos.  /
I can be as light as air and percolate with my fire into your dreams and your desires.

Busco el momento cada día de volver para gozarte, para olerte, para amarte…  /
I look for the moment every day to come back so as to enjoy you, to smell you, to love you … 

para amarte, sí, aaaay! para amarte.  /  to love you, yes, aaaay! to love you.

Juega tu lengua en mi cerebro,  /  Your tonge plays in my brain,
recorren mi espalda tus caricias.  /  your caresses cross my back.
Miro el reloj y suspiro,  /  I look at the clock and sigh,
deseando que acabe el día.  /  wishing the day to finish. 

Aaaay! Si tú me faltaras  /  Aaaay! If I missed you
aaaay! de tedio moriría.  /  aaaay! I’d die of weariness.

ER40FI07

Si tú me faltaras (de tedio moriría)

Howidokus = Howie Holden + Gweniplodokus
https://soundcloud.com/howidokusmusic
@howieholden
@gweniplodokus

A music especially made for spending a strange but good summer. Take care of yourself and pay attention to Mother Nature. Please don't let this selfish mankind turn you into a backbone.

Gweniplodokus: words, initial melody and whole song's structure, lead vocals here and backing there, electric bass, lead & rythm & texture guitars, keyboards, programming and producing
Howie Holden: lead vocals there and backing here, additionnal guitars

Howidokus - Beware Of The Sun (august 2018 remaster)

Para Lia - On My Way Home
words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2018

i can feel the heartbeat of the rivers song
it is flowing down to places i used to know
so near as if i were never gone

i'm on my way home
i'm on the road today
i'm on my way home
and the distance fades away

every mile a trip down memory lane. a close-up view
when the sky is bright the shadows are wide and they walk with you
as the one you left behind when you were gone

i'm on my way home
i'm on the road today
i'm on my way home
and the distance fades away

and when i left all this
i got no clue about it
gone days are never gone

On My Way Home

Para Lia - On My Way Home

A music hall experiment in 3/4 time waltz, drums in the style of Manic Depression by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, another poke at social conventions and my distaste for conformity...

Portrait Of Absinthe Minded Polly

Harriet's sister lives life wantonly
Uninvited attentions are welcomed with glee
But all eyes are on Etta 
For she's tres jolie
Oh they just can't see

They just can't see
Why?

To forget Sir Walpole Ratchett
You sit on your mother's casket
Drowning droplets of green pleasure 
With Earl Grey tea

Wilhelmina declines ooh la la
Attending occasions 
With perfect sang froid
But they all laugh with Etta
For she's fancy free
So what about thee?

They just can't see...
Why?
 
To forget their expectations 
Of class and society
You decline to entertain 
Any notion of propriety

Portrait of absent mine dead Polly
Where did you go?

They just can't see.

The 1969 plays; vocal, vocal harmonies, bass guitar, electric guitar, 12 string electric guitar, piano, electric harpsichord & hammond organ plugins, drum loop sequencing.

Produced and mixed by The 1969, mastered by The 1969, additional mastering by John Marc Bimonte @ Sharp Guy Productions

Recorded September 2018

Portrait Of Absinthe Minded Polly

Thanks to Jeff Roberts for seeing different possibilities for this song - adding a different rhythm track, keyboard flourishes and a total remix

https://soundcloud.com/jeff_roberts

IN BLACK AND WHITE - Steve Low & Jeff Roberts

A 'classical' re-arrangement of a melody that I've come back to a few times, arranged for cello, piano, and strings.

Melancholy Morning

Para Lia - Hawk Hill

+ Bandcamp: https://paralia.bandcamp.com/track/hawk-hill
+ Spotify: spotify:track:1FOqWHvfn0zchqsLBQXmmB

Watch the music video on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiplJ-eh2W8

Follow Para Lia on:
https://www.facebook.com/paraliamusic/
https://www.instagram.com/paralia.music/
https://twitter.com/para_lia_band
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNABsfHKaCDk28fOj91Dc1g

words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2019
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin
cover art: Phillip E. DAoust
Thank you so much Kevin (Mr. Cagey), Fady (Mr. The sporz), Tim (Three Photons) and JJ (Subject To Revision) for giving feedback to the song when the work was in progress!  

lyrics:

strolling down the street i knew so well
when i was a boy and made my way to
school

and the school was closed long time ago
because bleeding us dry nowadays seems to be
cool

we create new dead end towns

goodbye hawk hill lane
i don't miss you
goodbye hawk hill lane
don't let it get you

young people turned their backs on that one way street
and all the factories are rotten but you built a new town
hall

and the color of the town slowly turned into a grey
like the face of a forgotten but the cemetry is pretty
green

a field of broken dreams

goodbye hawk hill lane
i don't miss you
goodbye hawk hill lane
don't let it get you

goodbye hawk hill lane
i don't miss you
goodbye hawk hill lane
you know i still love you
don't let it get you

Hawk Hill

This is “Sky Lanterns” highly (un)anticipated fourth single!🤪🤣 
Written by L.Bull/J.Alm (aka Pebble Wreck & Jambrains)
We hope you love it!! Ps...no banks were actually robbed in the making of this!🤣

Lyrics
Zoe’s eyes show her resolve
And I love her more
Our hearts beating fast
She pulls outside the bank and it’s time.

I feel the sun, it’s freedom on my face
But God we need the cash, I pull down the mask
Cos I don’t see another way...oh no.

Chorus.
This is the part where you tell me
Everything is gonna be alright
Taking a chance on a feeling
Oh no, this is the part where you tell me
Everything is gonna be alright 
Baby’s got an alibi.

Engines running, I come stumbling
Bag of cash in hand.
But some stupid guard took a shot
I wasn’t armed just a finger, in a jacket

I feel the sun, grow colder on my face
Zoe hits the gas, I’m losing blood fast
I see her wipe a tear away...oh no.

Bridge.
I know this wasn’t the plan
Pull over, you’ve still got a chance
I throw her the cash
I kiss her tell her don’t look back.......drive!

Alibi

A LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC
(T J Boswell)

First light
You might 
Scarcely believe the way it felt last night
Twas enchanting alright 

Romanced
Entranced
But could it all be just a crazy dream?
Sure was something

Yeah, there’s a little bit of magic
In the night
There’s a little bit of magic 
You can’t fight
And every time you come to me
There will be
Just a little bit of magic

This time 
They’ll find
Your hardened heart ain’t taken in so quick
It’s all a simple trick

Sweet words
Soft light
S’all misdirection 
You done broke the spell 
Your eyes are open

But there’s a little bit of magic
In the night
There’s a little bit of magic 
You can’t fight
And every time you come to me
There will be
Just a little bit of magic

A Little Bit Of Magic

ROCKING IN THE NIGHT - Re-Mastered Sept 2020
Written, Performed & Produced by Andrew Borderick
Copyright 2019/2020 AB Music All rights reserved.
Mastered by Soundcloud Sept 2020
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aswmJvnP6Y

EVERYBODY'S GONNA HIT THE GROUND
GOT A TICKET TO A GREAT BIG SOUND
AND THE SIGN SAYS RAIN HAIL OR SHINE

NOTHING'S EVER GONNA MAKE ME STOP
DANCING ROCKING LIKE THE BLITZRIEG BOP
THERE WILL BE ROCKING AND ROLLING ALL NIGHT

YOU KNOW IT MAKES ME WANT TO FLY
WHEN I'M ROCKING IN THE NIGHT
AND IT MAKES ME FEEL ALIVE
I'M HEARING SOUNDS I'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE

WE MIGHT END UP DANCING WITH THE COPS
ROCKING ON TO THE JAILHOUSE ROCK
AND THE JUDGE SAYS ROCK ON ALL NIGHT

YOU KNOW IT MAKES ME FEEL ALIVE
WHEN I'M ROCKING IN THE NIGHT
OH I MUST BE HYPNOTIZED
I'M HEARING SOUNDS I'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE

EVERYBODY'S GONNA HIT THE GROUND
GOT A TICKET TO A GREAT BIG SOUND
AND THE SIGN SAYS RAIN HAIL OR SHINE

YOU KNOW IT MAKES ME WANT TO FLY
WHEN I'M ROCKING IN THE NIGHT
AND IT MAKES ME FEEL ALIVE
WHEN I'M ROCKING IN THE NIGHT
OH I MUST BE HYPNOTIZED
I'M HEARING SOUNDS I'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE

Rocking in the Night

ROCKING IN THE NIGHT - (see info for video link)

The Excellent Drums @rick-4-1
The Other Stuff @phil-mcwalter

A Japanese dance troupe celebrating Hinamatsuri discovered this dangerous waltz procedure inside an un-pulled and otherwise empty Christmas cracker in an underground bunker in Buckingham Palaces' grounds after an early Spring  garden party. 

It is a secret service adaption of a native South African weaponised waltz; used to protect one from unwanted advances for several minutes when sober. 
(Allegedly less effective if cardboard party hats are present in large numbers.)

To initiate the strike just shout the trigger  "hitch-hiker" to the band leader who will immediately start the secret count (1 and 2 and 3 and 1 2 3 and 4)and the following melee of winded dancers and limb dislocations should ensure a safe exit for the agent. 

Generally only used as a last resort by UK secret services due to the unpredictable depth of collateral damage and abnormal level of vituperative complaints from adjacent dwellings.

MUSIC TO WORRY HITCH-HIKERS (THE LOOSE SNAKE IN THE FOOTWELL MIX)

PRIVATE EYES - LIVE at The Swan, Fulham Broadway, 1992

!!! WARNING CASSETTE RECORDING !!!

PRIVATE EYES - THE MOVIE - TRAILER HERE: https://youtu.be/bTkxtORdD0s

PRIVATE EYES

Vocals: TJ Robinson
Slide Bird Whistle: @dave-heaven (2nd solo)
Keys: Tom Doyle
Bass: Fred Dunlop
Drums: @romek-parol
Lead & Main Guitar: @phil-mcwalter (1st, 3rd solos & wah-wah outro)

Live At The Swan 19.2.92

Little Wing

Little Wing - Private Eyes - Live @ The Swan, Fulham Broadway 1992 - MOVIE TRAILER LINK

RUNNING AWAY

When you've climbed up the mountain
All you can see are rivers running away
Running away
Running away

Our rivers...

Running away

RUNNING AWAY

This is an extension of a character from the Beatles 'Get Back' track...

Part II is here: https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter/loretta-part-two-2-m

There is also an Open Collab free download based on Part II: https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter/loretta-open-collab

https://youtu.be/vIRc6uQoXMs

LORETTA Pt. 1

Oh Loretta
What have you done?

Now the rain is going to wash your high-heeled clicks away
Back the way you came

Oh Loretta
What have you done?
You broke a big man
You made it look fun

Now the rain is going to wash your high-heeled clicks away
Back the way you came

Oh Loretta
What have you done?

 © Aug 2019 Phil McWalter

Rick-4-1 on the skins and just perfection as always... How does he do it?

This is based on the fictional character in The Beatles 'Get Back' track.

Spotify

Loretta - Pt. 1

BUTTER KNIFE HEAVEN (BOP BOP)

@Rick-4-1: Well, he played drums on this, if you can call it just that. It's something much bigger really, it's like the hairs on the back of your neck on new batteries for the first time in your life.
@phil-mcwalter: Well, just the other stuff.

Enjoy heaven.

PLAY IT LOUDER

Heaven

I think I had forgotten 
How to fall in love
I got it right first time 
When I was young and pure like heaven
But it’s never been as good
In fact it’s been as rough as wood
And it’s splintered me

I sort of forgot
How it's supposed to be hot
And when it had gone cold
And I looked at what I'd got
It was not a lot

I’ve wasted some time 
Heaven
Well most of our lives 
Heaven
It feels like a crime
Sharp as a butter knife
I’ve been spread too thin
By kith and kin

Original sin
But not so original
I should have told the Pope
That there was no hope
And what would you know 
He’d agreed with me
It’s not a great story
Not bloody or gory
You just get one shot
And I must have given mine to someone else
It should have ended my game
But I’ve passed it on
It’s a little bit lame 
Just the same
Like everything else 
Bop Bop
I’m now at a full stop
Bop Bop
It’s just a pensioner’s bus-hop away 
(Anyway)

I think I had forgotten 
How to fall in love
I think I have forgotten (How to say goodbye)
How to end it all

It’s just been a waste
Heaven
A copy and paste 
Heaven 
I haven’t been traced
Lost or misplaced
I feel debased 
And disgraced
It leaves a bitter 
Aftertaste
But I aint crying
I’ve just been sprayed with Mace…

Bop Bop

Heaven…

© Aug 2019 Phil McWalter

Butter Knife Heaven

Butter Knife Heaven (Bop Bop)

waters

Trendsetting keeps within the spirt of “It Ain’t Looking Good” by taking it’s inspiration from people I meet at work and the neighborhood I work in. Two youth I know were really proud of having fake Yeezy Boost 350s. I have never been into sneaker culture but have had friends at various points in time that were. I had never seen Yeezys before, and don’t like Kanye's personality, but I had to find out more about these shoes. I eventually went down the rabbit hole and learned more about counterfeit shoes. It reminded me of a scene from the movie “I’m Gonna Get You Sucka,” where they were talking about fake gold necklaces making your skin green (at least I think it was a scene in that movie, lol). It also reminded me of a time I went to Malaysia and someone I knew was following lead after lead, into alley after alley, to get the highest quality imitation purses and watches. Capitalism. Consumerism. Well whatever. lol

Huge shout out to Bitzone, DeeP, and Frawstakwa for regularly reaching out to make music with me. I am grateful to have so many collaborators and online musical friendships. You are all the best. Having friends to make music with and a community to share creations with is what matters the most. 

This song goes out to being in nature instead of a store.  

Bitzone: Keys, Bass, Drums, Mix & Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
DeeP.: Assistance with chord progression & Spirit
https://soundcloud.com/detlef-piepke
RS Frawstakwa: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/frawstakwa 
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, and Vocal Arrangement
musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Russell Sinfield: “I don’t know”
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield

Lyrics

Couch King

Got cheap knock offs all the way to that good shit 
Looking so fly even though it’s all counterfeit  
What you wanna buy if you wanna it i can get it
Bet it looks so real its a steal, don’t forget it
I’m on this hustle fo sheezy, breezy
Duffle full of kicks on the shoulder cause it’s easy
Russell what you think of that
I don’t know
Bro don’t knock it cause it’s cheesy 
Yo yo wez be slanging 
Hanging on the corner  
With that 90 beeper ranging 
We be trend settin’

Doesn’t matter if it is the real thing 
As long as photos looking just like magazines
Still coppin’ that lifestyle without the means
Ya still jockin’ my lifestyle like I got the cream  

Movin’ luxury hoax at hyper speed
We lootin’ big money folks cause you got them needs
These black market sneaks legit they don’t mislead 
Flexin’ dem bootleg fits with that bargain price greed 
You see it’s all about making impressions, flexin’ 
Who be first wearing what’s next n,’ vexin’
Haters commentators disrespectin’  
Fakers gettin’ caught catchin’ wreck’n 
Next time bettin’ you learn your lesson 
Upgrade fool 
We be trend settin’ 

Heart click gold

Doesn’t matter if it is the real thing 
As long as photos looking just like magazines
Still coppin’ that lifestyle without the means
Ya still jockin’ my lifestyle like I got the cream

Frawstakwa

Suckas swear they’ve got style
I sit back and smile
Kick my feet up
We might be here for a while
You see the thing about style
That is so worthwhile
Is it’s a feeling
Not a product that you buy

Nonetheless fools will try
Like it ain’t no lie
You won’t believe what
They’d do so you’d think they’re fly
And fit the image prescribed
Fashion designed
It all to keep the
Bottom line in mind
But, um
Does it pay to advertise
Or pay to play the part
Pay attention to the price
You pay they say that time
Is money but to treasure life
Can’t be measured by
User metrics influencers provide
Virtually unreal ventures capitalized
On the findings
Black Friday good tidings
Gift wrapped you’re welcome
But, you are not that fly

Bitzone, DeeP., RS Frawstakwa & the Couch King - Trendsetting

A track to have fun, i just needed my electronic fix... Of course i had to add bass and guitar... To keep it somewhat 'organic'... 
Sending love to all!
Joé Johnston- Bass Guitar, all Guitars, Synths and Keys, Sample mixing.
Photo (me) by Noëmie Forget  https://www.instagram.com/noemieforget/
Copyright 2019

Trippy Road of Life

Salida
Original Composition + Guitars : Juan Ernesto Velasquez
 https://soundcloud.com/guitarratrompa
Additional Midi Composition / Production : Chris Dargay
E.O.S. ~ 2019

Salida

Salida *ft. Juan Ernesto Velasquez ~ aka ~ guitarra&trompa

Gone

The other side of night(Mix 1, December 6, 2019)

Written, performed, and mixed by Tim Griffis at Princeton Studio. This is the last song on my "Drive Time" project.
Hope you like the melodies and the sound ;-)
Photo by Adrian Danciu at Kinocut Pictures (visual.kinocut.com)

Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio
Guitars: Fender Strat; Fender Squire Bass

Mics: Neumann TLM 67 
Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Eventide Eclipse effects

Lyrics
Verse 1
On the other side of night
We could take our chances there
It's a story to rewrite

Chorus
We could find our way
We could find our way
We could find our way tonight

Verse 2
Two spirits in the night
We're searching for daylight

Chorus
We could find our way
We could find our way
We could find our way tonight

Bridge
We're two spirits in the night
We're just searching for daylight
I thought I saw you there
I thought I saw you there
But you walked away in the night

outtro 
thought I saw you there
on the other side of night
thought I saw you there

Rick Medlock @rick-4-1 on The Sticks
Me @phil-mcwalter on The Other Stuff

From The Whistle (Don't Take The Pea!)

Everyone came to look inside me
See what they can see
I did my best
Put on a clean vest
And let them be

See inside me (from the whistle)
Don't take the pea (from the whistle)
Here inside me
It echoes and wobbles and sometimes goes...

Bang!

Nobody saw my head
Go out of the door
They all had a shock
I rolled on the floor
They all shouted “more!”
Now we had quite a flock

I  see inside you
As you look inside me
I borrow your dreams
And swim off like a silvery bream
Off like a silvery bream...

It swam off with my head
It was getting ahead
I was back on my tod
Looking for God 
In the lavatory quad
With a fishing rod
I had to applaud  
The name of the Lord
Behind psychology’s fraud

("Sit you down Father, rest  you")

When they all went
We stayed in a tent
In the County of Kent
We had a swift ale
A blackbird beer
A fishwives’ tale 

See inside me (from the whistle)
Don’t take the pea (from the whistle)
Hear inside me
It echoes and wobbles and sometimes goes...
 
Free!

(don't call me old-fashioned but...)
(you don't very often see one of those...)
(D'you 'ave that with gravy?)


© Dec 2019  Phil McWalter [Ver 8-M]

From The Whistle

From The Whistle (Don't Take The Pea!)

Update 2/15/20 - Another year down... another lesson in humility,  always next year! 

Lewitt Mixing Competition

Saint Agnes - Move Like A Ghost

Mixed By Tainted Icarus

As December starts off my friends its back to one of my yearly guilty pleasures.... the competitions.   Even if it doesn't net a win... its a year over year marker of progress.   I hope you will join me this year.  It runs until the end of December!  So still time left to mix!

This track by Saint Agnes is a live single room recording.  This style of recording presents a whole series of interesting issues to deal with.  Without a doubt a fantastic reason to jump in and experience a high end recording and get a chance to deal with industry standard issues.  

They have a great 1.5hr video that walks you through the mixing process.  I would recommend doing that after you finish your work and you can see the differences in process.  

https://www.lewitt-audio.com/mix

Hey you can have some fun too while your at it!

A shout out to Bill (https://soundcloud.com/november-love-680008043 )from November Sound,  who I asked to help me with identifying issues. After a while you start to lose the necessary objectivity! One of the greatest assets you can have is an engineering friend who will really try to help you eek out the best version of your work.  For being that Bill you have my gratitude!!

Special thanks to Brian (Another set of ears).  To Lewitt for hosting the competition, the plug-in and the mixing video.  Finally to the band Saint Agnes for allowing a group of hungry engineers to mess around with pro level work..  Thank you and rock on brothers and sisters!

Move Like A Ghost

Competition - Move Like A Ghost by Saint Agnes - LEWITT mixing competition

A tribute to my late Mother in Law, who passed away recently...

Humanoid

Get the Album

Nana (2019)

Hey,  I'm welcoming a new decade with my partner in vibes @specialececilia and her uplifting vocals on

https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/vocals-elevate-everyone-wish-you-all-all-the-best-for-everyone-hapiness

 I hope you all have a wonderful 2020 my friends.  

Cheers
Dx

Cecilia & Ricø -  Wishing you all the best!!

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Music and Bass: Paploviante 2019
Vocals: www.Ghosthack.de
Lyrics:
Every day, Mom told me don't be like everyone And if all of a sudden everyone starts to jump You should not follow them I do not want to go to hell 
I don't need spells Keep calm and relax, mom This is not for me, ma'am Dont worry, ma'am 
I'd rather be online Then go out to sunlight And at night I'll look at the moonlight

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One Clock at a Time
Three Photons featuring The Gatsbys
Written and mixed by Tim Griffis at Princeton Studio. 
Thanks to Dirk Taubenheim for agreeing to help with this song.  I have great admiration for Dirk's musicianship and sense of music!
Mix 2: April 7, 2020 mixed to a 1/4 inch 2-track tape system (MCI JH-110)

Thank you to Adrian Danciu at Kinocut Pictures (visual.kinocut.com) for his Clock photo in old downtown Mexico City! 
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Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio
Tim's Guitars
Rhythm and Lead Fender Stratocaster
Rhythm Gibson Les Paul Standard

Dirk's Guitars 
Bass 
Arpeggios - Silvertone
Rhythm - Rickenbacker
Rhythm - Acoustic

Dirk's backing vocals recorded at his studio.

Mics: Neumann TLM 67 
Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Eventide Eclipse effects
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Lyrics
Verse 1
If I could see
all the things that waited for you and me
I'd change the world
One clock at a time
I'd wave my magic wand
for you...

Chorus 1
There's a light in your life
let it be your guide
The clock keeps score
for you tonight
We can change the world 
one clock at a time
don't let it tick away....

Verse 2
If I could see 
through the shadows of life
I'd change the world
One clock at a time
I'd wave my magic wand 
for you...

Bridge
One clock at a time
One clock at a time
I could change time
One clock at a time

Chorus 2
There's a light in your life
let it be your guide
The clock keeps score
for you tonight
We can change the world 
one clock at a time
don't let it slip away....

Outro
One clock at a time
One clock at a time
I could change time
One clock at a time

One clock at a time (ft. The Gatsbys)

words and music K. Gennery
Ickle felt Betty & Dave (supercats) made by my dear friend and fellow cloudie Nic Evennett

Go to sleep my little man for its nearly over,
soon you'll have to leave, me.
Rest your weary head on my trembling hand,
I can feel you breathe for the last time, soon you will be free,
chasing butterflies way beyond the stars.

The grass grows tall where your'e going and the sun it always shines.
You can stretch out just like supercat, catch some rays and watch the ducks glide on by.
Someday we will be there by your side, till then wait patiently.

Rest in peace my baby boo soon your pain will cease to be
 then work it's way into me.
Pull my flesh apart cut deep inside my heart.

Go be with your brother now, where the sun it always shines.
You can stretch out just like supercats catch some rays and watch the ducks glide on by.
It's safe there no need for you to hide, cause soon I will be there by your side.
Till then wait patiently.
I'll be counting the weeks, months and years, till I see you again.
And hold you in my arms.

supercats

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Songs: We find them unpainted in our hands, throw them up into the air of our imagination, turning them in the colours we see after we close our eyes until they feel just right, and sometimes we catch them perfectly, without blemishing them...

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I work in different styles, as the inspiration, dreams or bubonic plagiarism comes! I use Logic Pro X on Mac.
 
I write, produce and play all my own stuff (unless otherwise stated), play vintage Tokai Strats mainly, PRS Torero, Steinberger, Gretsch G2627T, Classical, Fender Dreadnought, Yamaha and Rickenbacker basses, keyboards and sax. I use Native Instrument's Komplete, Omnisphere 2 and my own organic samples.

I mix on Sennheiser HD 280 Pro's and HD 650's (closed and open headphones) when not making a bigger noise through my Yamaha HS8 studio monitors. I use Focusrite Clarett 2Pre ThunderBolt and Apogee audio interfaces, Neumann & iSK condenser & AKG dynamic mics. 

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I love collaborating with other musicians and will compose with, play guitar for, produce, arrange, master or even just hum along with other SC musicians. Please ask!

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