Experimenting with layered synth sounds, including my current favourite the GForce Oberheim EZ, and improvising the arpeggiated pad and the vocal sample.  I've been working more on the mixing and mastering, with various bits of sidechain compression to funk it up and finally Ozone tools to finish.

104bpm

Fireflies

NASA tells me: "Mercury retrograde is an optical illusion that occurs when the planet Mercury appears to move backwards in the night sky. In reality, the Earth briefly overtakes Mercury in its orbit, creating a visual effect."

Thanks NASA. That helps. 

But what about when two people think they're in one place but they're in another? And can sometimes a body, celestial or otherwise, look healthy but it's not? Let me know. Thx bro.

Influences: Roni Size meets Jeff Buckley

(Outta the) Not-So-Silent Planets

Mercury Transit

My second DAW song.

Fortress of Fear
Please help me out, please help me out, out

I'm trapped inside this fortress of fear
I'm trapped inside this fortress of fear
Walls closing in, their shadows coming near
Mean voices and noise that only I can hear
It comes back a long forgotten tear
It comes back a long forgotten tear

I cannot find out, flee from the noise so loud
I cannot find out, I am nothing but doubts

Please help me out, please help me out, out

I'm trapped inside this fortress of fear
Ever higher the strong walls they grow
Inside this tower my soul feels low
Oh I feel so real insanity grow
Watch me sinking as madness overflows
Who can remember once I was a rose
Who can remember once I was a rose

I cannot find out, I could scream and shout
I cannot find out, I could scream and shout

No way out, no way out, no way out
How to get out, how

Fortress Of Fear

This is a cover version of the original song Snow on the Sahara, which was sung by Anggun.
The song was written, produced and arranged by Erick Benzi and later adapted into English by songwriter Nikki Matheson. ℗1997

I mentioned to Morten that I sang this song in 2008 on a couple of singing lessons I attended back then and that it would be nice to try a cover song for a change. In a few hours there was the first draft of the backing track ready! I couldn't believe how quickly Morten developed this music for me to sing to! He must be a a magician! ;)

Vocals and backing vocals by Heidi K

Creation of the backing track, mix & mastering and production by
@mortenjeamland

Cover photo by Morten Jeamland

Snow On The Sahara - Cover by Heidi K & Jeamland

Fire and Ice

It's stormy you stand alone
you feel the danger in the evening tone
lightning crashes, sky full of light
everything is happening in this night

I feel it, the fear has grown
and soon it will be shown
too late, no time to inquire
everyone escape the fire
screams, then the flammes grow higher
away from the ring of fire

too much, the heat is intense
the heat threatens our existence
no turning back, the strain's immense

run for your life, fire
just to survive
everybody get out, fire
screams are so loud

everyone get out, fire
shout it out loud, fire
no time to hesitate
It's not too late

the wind howls a chilling scream
beeing far away is everybody's dream
seeking shelter, the cold sets in
fire, storm and ice, it all will begin

It's too cold, the frost is dire
so we must start a fire
the fire melts the ice away
and the night looses its grey

the frozen night is severe
no one can hide their fear
the cold's grip is very strong
and the night is much too long
It's a blizzard, no path in sight
we must find a way to the light

forstbyte and fear – so cold -
shelter now gets near
the path becomes clear

run for you life
just to survive
everybody get in – so cold -
your life to win

Fire And Ice

Ruffn' Morning

A cover version by Jimmy Rivas and myself of the gorgeous Led Zeppelin track, ‘The Rain Song’. Written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, it appeared on their 1973 album ‘Houses of the Holy’.

  I’ve always loved the song and decided earlier this year to learn how to play it and having learned it, I thought I’d attempt to record it. I wanted to make it a big production and after more time and more takes than it probably took Led Zeppelin to record the entire album, I ended up with something I thought sounded half decent so I asked Jimmy if he’d care to join me. Luckily for me he agreed and sent me an outstanding vocal track stamping his unmistakable mark on the song. Thank you Jimmy.

Credits:-

Jimmy:- Vocals. https://soundcloud.com/j-rivas
 Dairv:- Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitars, Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Mix, Production.

The Rain Song (J.Rivas - Dairv)

Sunny Day

Hey… Hope all is well wherever you are. Happy Winter Solstice, Holidays, or whatever you may be up to. Thanks to all those who listened to the song I briefly posted then deleted yesterday. It had to go.  So I did this jam for my friend Joe, who died 8 years ago. Never got to say goodbye. He was always down on his luck, but somehow found something to laugh about. He knew I was a musician, so he'd leave phone messages with him banging on a chair like it was a drum as he laughed his ass off. He called me Wild Man. I basically just played some loud distorted slide on this, doing my own thing… with a ton of feedback. My music often gets loud and angsty when I am working through tough stuff in my life. So this is mostly cathartic noise. I really didn’t want to sing anything as I was pretty grumpy at the time. Feel like I should redo this with more lyrics and less distortion, when I am in a better mood. Thanks for dropping by, Mark

Joe.......

Oxytocin is the eighth track to be released from my upcoming album MONDLABOR II.
Three tracks of the album are now available on streaming platforms.
The Light Incident: https://listen.music-hub.com/40KuM0
Intertransference: https://listen.music-hub.com/PeCmg0
Chip It: https://listen.music-hub.com/UYGfJJ

Full album is coming soon on Bandcamp. The fairest platform for musicians. If you want to support me and get downloadable high quality audio up to 44,1kHz/24Bit, buy the album there.
Written and produced by Mondlabor. Artwork by Mondlabor.

Oxytocin

A bit crunchy

Hello, Welcome to Pop House Production, on this channel, the main genre will be Pop. Enjoy and I hope you find something you like.Cheers!!