"Born With It" by MEGA PIXEL ( www.megapixeltheband.com )

Listen to the echo of your drum
Only you can hear the sound that it bumps
Only you could fit the shoes on your toes
You the only one to wear that sole 
You the only one to play this role
No understudy, understand this your show
And you the only to blink those eyes
You the only one to own what you got inside, yeah

(You you you, oh you)
You can’t buy courage
You can’t buy grace
You can’t buy style, child
You can’t buy taste
Baby you were born with it 
Baby you were born with it

Listen to the echo of your drum
Only you can hear the sound that it bumps
Only you could navigate that brain
No matter what you could never be the same 
You the only one to move on your path so,
Move past anybody running with the stat quo
You the only one to have that voice
Make noise, only you could make that choice

(You you you, oh you)
You can’t buy courage
You can’t buy grace
You can’t buy style, child
You can’t buy taste
Baby you were born with it 
Baby you were born with it

Baby you were born with it
Baby you were born with it 
Baby you were born with it
Baby you were born with it 

(You you you, oh you)
You can’t buy courage (Baby you were born with it)
You can’t buy grace (Baby you were born with it)
You can’t buy style, child (Baby you were born with it)
You can’t buy taste
Baby you were born with it 

You can’t buy courage (Baby you were born with it)
You can’t buy grace (Baby you were born with it)
You can’t buy style, child (Baby you were born with it)
You can’t buy taste
Baby you were born with it 
Baby you were born with it

Written and Performed by Benjamin JS Rivet and Dave Zup

Produced by BJSR, Dave Zup & PINEL

Recording, Mixed and Mastered by Benjamin JS Rivet and Ronnie Pinnell (Independently) in Dayton, OH.

©2016 Journeyman Productions

Closer

Born With It

"Till Then" by MEGA PIXEL ( www.megapixeltheband.com )

Everyday we put another disguise on
What's one more face to try on
My timeline’s a time-bomb
Social media’s an online Mien Kampf
I’m sick of hearing the noise
Sick of going in circles, I’m tryna get to the point 
Waking up every morning paranoid
I just wanna
See us grow not see us destroyed 

And it escalates
Higher and higher
And it escalates
Out of control
And it escalates
And it escalates

So tell me when the fighting ends
Cause I know how this thing ends
So tell me when the fighting ends
Till then
Till then

So what’s the price of progress?
First off lets change the concept
After that lets change the process
And then we can change the nonsense
Cuz I want change but not cents
I been nauseous, from being held down by chains on my conscious
I’ve walked the line but never crossed it
Channel 3 said proceed with caution
But I believe that we can achieve
A little peace in a time when it’s hard to breathe
And these pieces of peace are in sync with needs of the people
We all unique 
Don’t block the street
Block out the hate
Box out the shots and egos deflate
Break out the box that this world creates 
Till the fighting ends and our children safe
Don’t let it escalate 

And it escalates
Higher and higher
And it escalates
Out of control
And it escalates
And it escalates

So tell me when the fighting ends
Cause I know how this thing ends
So tell me when the fighting ends
Till then
Till then

(Is it) Too late, too too late
Too late, too too late
Too late, too too late
Too late, too too late
Too late, too too late
Too late, too too late
Too late, too too late
Too late, too too late

Written and Performed by Benjamin JS Rivet and Dave Zup

Produced by BJSR, Dave Zup & PINEL

Recording, Mixed and Mastered by Benjamin JS Rivet and Ronnie Pinnell (Independently) in Dayton, OH.

©2016 Journeyman Productions

Till Then

"Sweet" by MEGA PIXEL ( www.megapixeltheband.com )

I like the way you move it with that loose waist 
You’re sweet enough, you could cause a toothache 
Spend the night and help me see a new day 

Never been the best looking out
But I gotta way with the word play
See I could write you a lullaby
And be the best thing on your worst day
Girl I’m looking for something you have
And I might have to work
So let me punch in and get to business 
And make it home in time for dessert 

I like the way you move it with that loose waist
Let me see you get low, see that skirt raise
Just an inch, a mile is what I'll take
I like the way your hair smells and your skin tastes 
Sweet enough, you could cause a toothache
Spend the night and help me see a new day
Cause you're sweet (Yeah you're sweet)
Cause you're sweet (Yeah you're sweet)
Cause you're sweet (Yeah you're sweet)
Like candy

Eyes bright as sunshine
I fight for you on the front line 
Being out alone is too dangerous 
Lemme take these dudes out the way quick 
They ain’t worth 2 cents 
I don’t got cash but I do got a pen 
You got a palm that I could write on and put down my new address
Screw a text I wanna buy you pizza
Hit the arcade and play some Fifa 
Kill some zombies, take a photo
Make you laugh and cop you a snow cone, hey!
Let’s shut the phone off
Face to face now we should both talk
Batter up and I hit the fence
What’s it mean? Take a guess 

I like the way you move it with that loose waist
Let me see you get low, see that skirt raise
Just an inch, a mile is what I'll take
I like the way your hair smells and your skin tastes 
Sweet enough, you could cause a toothache
Spend the night and help me see a new day
Cause you're sweet (Yeah you're sweet)
Cause you're sweet (Yeah you're sweet)
Cause you're sweet (Yeah you're sweet)
Like candy

Written and Performed by Benjamin JS Rivet and Dave Zup

Produced by BJSR, Dave Zup & PINEL

Recording, Mixed and Mastered by Benjamin JS Rivet and Ronnie Pinnell (Independently) in Dayton, OH.

©2016 Journeyman Productions

Sweet

"Let Go" by MEGA PIXEL

I need you to look through it
I'm transparent, the lighting is translucent
And together we illuminate our truest state
Two entities with enough power to nuke a state
A supernova, I know you better than anyone
But you're afraid that you'll end up like the rest of 'em
Trapped inside confinement, by your emotion, 
It's hard to trust when you question my devotion
And all this waitin' 'round got you waited down,
I admit half of the time Im out of bounds. Out of touch. 
But aint never going out of your life, don't let me go,
Keep on holding me tight

Please
You've got to believe in me
You've got to see what they can't see
You've got to believe in me
Just, Let Go
Let Go
Let Go
Let Go

They got you splittin' atoms.
Yeah, you force yourself to break the pattern.
It's a push-pull battle, I'm asking now
What's the options, babe?
What's the options?
They got you running around
The sand in the hourglass ran down
Im waiting for your answer to keep me sound
It's your conscience, babe,
It's your conscience
Two opposites, watch 'em collide 
between your brain and your body, 
I know you can't decide
This hunger for attention got the tension to rise
If we can't find peace, Ima lose my mind
My, my, what a beautiful death
I'm holding my breath
You gave me a reason and I ain't give it up yet
'Cause after the fall is when the flowers grow, but to fall together,
We gotta let this go
You gotta know

Please
You've got to believe in me
You've got to see what they can't see
You've got to believe in me
Just, Let Go
Let Go
Let Go
Let Go

Please
You've got to believe in me
You've got to see what they can't see
You've got to believe in me


Written and Performed by Benjamin JS Rivet and Dave Zup

Produced by BJSR, Dave Zup & PINEL

Recording, Mixed and Mastered by Benjamin JS Rivet and Ronnie Pinnell (Independently) in Dayton, OH. 

©2016 Journeyman Productions

Let Go

A deep, dark look at one of Local Natives lushest tracks. New structure, new energy, but never departing from the hopeful angst that fans love about this song. A new 4X4 sub-kick and throaty (original) bass drives the sliced-up trumpet through a sea of reverby vocals, reimagined synths and rearranged lyrical sentiments.

Produced by BJSR

Mixed and Mastered by PINEL

©2016 Journeyman Productions

Local Natives - You & I (BJSR Remix)

Solo acoustic cover of Mary Jane's Last Dance by Tom Petty. Recorded in Dayton, OH on October 4th 2017.

©2017 Journeyman Productions

Written by Tom Petty
Performed by BJSR
Produced by Benjamin JS Rivet

She grew up in an Indiana town
Had a good lookin' momma who never was around
But she grew up tall and she grew up right
With them Indiana boys on an Indiana night
Well she moved down here at the age of eighteen
She blew the boys away, it was more than they'd seen
I was introduced and we both started groovin'
She said, "I dig you baby but I got to keep movin'...on, keep movin' on"
Last dance with Mary Jane
One more time to kill the pain
I feel summer creepin' in and I'm
Tired of this town again
Well I don't know what I've been told
You never slow down, you never grow old
I'm tired of screwing up, I'm tired of goin' down
I'm tired of myself, I'm tired of this town
Oh my my, oh hell yes
Honey put on that party dress
Buy me a drink, sing me a song,
Take me as I come 'cause I can't stay long
Last dance with Mary Jane
One more time to kill the pain
I feel summer creepin' in and I'm
Tired of this town again
There's pigeons down in Market Square
She's standin' in her underwear
Lookin' down from a hotel room
Nightfall will be comin' soon
Oh my my, oh hell yes
You've got to put on that party dress
It was too cold to cry when I woke up alone
I hit the last number, I walked to the road
Last dance with Mary Jane
One more time to kill the pain
I feel summer creepin' in and I'm
Tired of this town again

Mary Jane's Last Dance

Soul-chopped and lyrics dropped, but this track is a bonafide banger. This remix of the '02 sleeper hit harkens back to the "GOOD" old days of Kanye West and John Legend's creative friendship. John and Ye's verses are stripped down to single words and phrases, giving the song a new energy and simplified message.

Number One (BJSR Remix) - Single

Number One (BJSR Remix)

John Legend - Number One (BJSR Remix)

"Journeyman" by BJSR  >  http://www.benjaminjsrivet.com

Written and Produced by Benjamin J S Rivet

Don’t worry, Baby, If I don’t come home with no dime
Don’t worry, Baby, I’m going to do it next time. 
Because I got the rhythm and you know I got the rhyme
I'm going to do it next time. 

Because a Journeyman grows, Oh, a journeyman grows.
A Journeyman grows, and I’m a journey man. 

I'm a jack of all trades, but I'm a master of none.
You might make more money, buddy, but you know I have more fun. 
Because when I start something you know I’m going to get the job done.

Because a Journeyman shows, Oh, a journeyman shows.
A Journeyman shows, and I’m a journey man. 

And I’ll take my time and I’ll take my chances on you
Over and over and again.
And I’ll take my time and I’ll take my chances on you
Im going to love you till the end.

Cus a Journeyman Knows, Oh, a journeyman knows.
A Journeyman knows, and I’m a journey man. 

Only thing he don't know, is the next place he gonna go.


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Vocals, Acoustic, Electric Guitar: Benjamin Rivet
Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano: Joseph Barker
Drums, Shaker: Josh Gonzalez
Bass: Jon Arnold

Mixed & Mastered By Ronnie Pinnell

Co-Producers
Juggy Barker, Connor Smith, Chip Christy, Ronnie Pinnell

© 2018 Journeyman Productions

Journeyman - Single

Journeyman

stream

I started the PINEL project to provide myself with an introspective look at the sounds that have helped me use music as an escape from everyday life. While continually producing my music, I took a step back from working on the PINEL project to collaborate with artists on their records.

In 2016 I started the track "Alberta" as an outlet to express a recollection of an incredibly transformative period in my life. Named for an address that I associate with a period of extreme emotional struggle, "Alberta" provides dark underlying textures juxtaposed with uplifting melodies and climactic electronic crescendos. From the organic acoustic guitar to the huge saw chord stacks, I tried to envelop the listener with tension and release to invoke a wide range of emotions.

After a three-year hiatus from the song, I decided that it was time to go ahead and put this out into the world. I hope that you enjoy "Alberta" and that it can serve as a soundtrack to some part, no matter how small, of your journey through life.

Alberta

PINEL

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