'Stratocaster Dreams'

A collection of ideas and melodies over a very modal piece written by Ry Schaworski and Dan van den Berg
Ry Schaworski is based in New Zealand and Dan van den Berg is based in the Netherlands. 
You can check out Dans music also on Soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/danarchx

Dan is an amazing player in many genres including flamenco style also

Enjoy the dream like structure with a taste of New Zealand  and the Netherlands :)

Stratocaster Dreams

'Stratocaster Dreams' Ry S & Dan van den Berg

U'r fire is wild

Big picture wise, it’s synth pop then something trippy for the bridge. Then I thought it worked fine with just piano/bass/drums towards the end so I let it turn into a singer-songwriter sort of thing. Is it new? Someone’s probably done it before. 
Songwriting wise, I did stick to the main chord progression from ‘Nightcall.’ There’s a part in the first chorus where I used negative harmony and it didn’t sound good so there’s pretty much only a second of that. During the second chorus there is a triad pair. A triad pair is when you a triad like the Red Lantern triad and the Twin Dragon triad and you pair them up. Just checking is anyone reads my theory explanations. Anyway, a triad pair is when the next triad doesn’t use any of the notes of the first triad. Then I did the subdominant -dominant key change but this time I used a deceptive cadence. The bass plays a bit of the dominant bebop scale to highlight the dominant chord. Then the synths play a harp arpeggio which is mostly stacked with 5ths. One of the basses also highlights the 3rd degree at times during the chorus. 

 Sound effects, the intro/last bars of the chorus use the same rhythm and similar sound effect to John Carpenters Escape From NY series. The backing male vocals at the last chorus reminded me of the creepy music they play when they’re summarizing horror films on WeChat.  The bass for the bridge was going for the synthesized bass of Redbone. There’s both real bass/synthetic bass Redbone and there’s 3 basses in this song. Also 2 drum kits which is similar to ‘Instant Crush.’ I really enjoyed doing the production on this one for once and I was doing my Itzy fist pumps like she does in ‘River.’ It’s headbangeable and danceable. 

Lyrically, the chorus is about self doubt. A person who thinks they are not good enough for someone else. So, not me then. The second verse is about bravado. I did read this thing on reddit where a person wrote, “I wrote this bridge. I don’t care if my favorite artist doesn’t like it. I like it. And that’s what matters.” He is damn right.


Lyrics:
“I told you you better hope I didn’t make it back”-Snake

Show me what dues I gotta pay, to make it just right, baby. (Cos it’s a pop song I need to say ‘baby’ once)
Past freight trains, and street lines, and credits are, on the incline  (I guess credits are indeed on the incline for me)
I don’t care if the damned won’t do. The damned can do what they like. (Queen of the Damned reference. I try to go for a Aaliyah in Queen of the Damned vibe when I dance)
Up Up down down square circle triangle (it was improvised cos’ after up up I just went down down and then I made it sound like a PS2 cheat code which is a reference to Metal Gear Solid where the main character is based off of Snake)
Into my head she’s long gone. Now she’s gone to a place of no return
When the rain comes. When the flood’s done. Dry your tears son. It’s time to go home (Watchmen reference)
Nations fall and, Nations rise, You’re a part of this, Enterprise
It’s why you shouldn’t stay, why you shouldn’t stay, why you shouldn’t stay, no more.

Verse 2: 
It’s death and bloodshed for the mainstream geek.  (Improvised lyrics often contradict themselves. Although there are some people who are geeks and only listen to mainstream music)
And when we put on these tunes we’ll make your knees weak.
Step by step, stone on stone, and when we build these homes you won’t feel so alone
I don’t care if the dam breaks loose. The damned can do what they like. (Pink Floyd reference)
We do what we do and we like what we like we don’t care what you say and we’re gonna make it right. 

Chorus 2:
In the month of may it’s why you shouldn’t fall so hard for these feelings.

The time we spend on sordid lakes
And now you find something new
Awake. Some say, it’s only for you.    (Awake is a nod to Childish Gambino)

Some say that, you’ll need me. 
Some say that, you’ll heal me.
It’s why you I never ever never ever x many times wanna feel this way no more.

Why You Shouldn't Stay

Para escuchar la versión instrumental  https://soundcloud.com/juan-fco-bueno/estoy-harto-ver-texto
Para escuchar la versión original https://soundcloud.com/juan-fco-bueno/estoy-harto
Para escuchar la versión a capela  https://soundcloud.com/juan-fco-bueno/estoy-harto-ac?in=juan-fco-bueno/sets/a-capela

ESTOY HARTO

No sé si me acostumbraré
a pasar por tu puerta y no llamar
a que llegue el domingo por la tarde,
a las cuatro, no tener que ir a buscarte.

Sé bien lo duro que va a ser
pero he de afrontarlo con valor
pues dejar que los días lo decidan
sólo haría agrandarme más la herida.

Un día tuve confianza
y creí posible evitar
que un amor tan bello naufragara
pero hoy ¡ya no puedo más!

Estribillo

Estoy harto
de tu hipocresía
de tus fantasías
de que quieras ser
para unas cosas niña
y para otras mujer.

Estoy harto
de tantas mentiras
de soñar que un día
lograrás vencer
las rabietas que te guían
y dictan lo que has de hacer.

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Mil veces me has dicho que sí,
que lo nuestro tenía que cambiar
pero luego, olvidándote de todo,
me demuestras que mi amor te importa poco.

Un día tuve confianza
y creí posible evitar
que un amor tan bello naufragara
paro hoy: ¡ya no puedo más!

Estribillo

I'M SICK OF IT

I don't know if I'll ever get used to
going by your door and not knocking
to Sunday afternoon coming,
at four, not having to go looking for you.

I know how hard it's going to be
but I have to face it with courage
because letting the days decide
would only make the wound worse.

One day I had confidence
and I thought it was possible to avoid
such a beautiful love from sinking
but today I can't take it anymore!

Chorus

I'm sick of
your hypocrisy
of your fantasies
of wanting to be
a girl for some things
and a woman for others.

I'm sick of
so many lies
of dreaming that one day
you'll manage to overcome
the tantrums that guide you
and dictate what you have to do.

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You have told me a thousand times that yes,
that our relationship had to change
but then, forgetting everything,
you show me that my love matters little to you.

One day I had confidence
and I believed it possible to avoid
such a beautiful love from sinking
I stop today: I can't take it anymore!

Chorus

Estoy Harto (Feat. Martin T.)

Call Me

Nothing To Say

Game On

Work Harder, Live Better

Ioan- Live at The Hive

Watch the video at https://youtu.be/0fmpqWNrLdA?si=r15a0aZhZuBiG1hS 

New album streaming exclusively at the website https://www.the-memory.club/

Think About Christmas - The Memory Club

spare me march 23

From the live houses of the Jing to busking in tunnels (Granted, the 33.3% donation rate was based on the fact that he had removed his stifling white collar shirt and was dancing bare chested) in Singapore, Psychedelic Revolution (aka Psyche Rev) is a one man project that likes most things such as alt r&b and alt rock. Made it as a semi finalist in 'Song of the Year' competition in 2022 with his song 'Cassius.' Finalist in 2023 with 'We'll Go Down.' Finalist in 2024 with 'Sigh' and also taking semi finalist positions with 'Heartbeats & Inner Turmoil' and 'You Had Me'. Tastes like Kung Pao Chicken. Looks like a cross between Brag Pitt and Heath Leather. Smells like team spirit. Feels like baby powder. Oh the music. Yeah, it sounds good. 


Don't respond to DM's on here so if you would like to get touched pls contact  via some other avenue. He does have a sun fetish though.

Daily Musing:

My final thoughts towards all of the students is that you're all...talented whether you believe it or not. I've taught kids who couldn't pronounce it right after 10 attempts. You could all get it within 5 attempts. I would like to apologize to Ian for saying "连Ian都会". To which he replied, "呵“。 I prob have the wrong character there. On a side note, it is definitely awesome to love Pantera, Metallica, and Ozzy but there's no need to tell other people that the music they listen to is..."dumb." :)
You have a girl there who can't say her name in front of the class. I have no idea what kind of trauma you have to go through to not be able to do that but I think some love and patience would be great. She proactively said hi to me when I was downstairs and she has a beautiful smile. I actually thought she wasn't going to do that. 
You should see her 'aggressive' face. It's really good. You guys are a team and it is important that you all treat each other with respect. We failed miserably which is why our teammate left us and went to Switzerland. You guys can do better than us.
I remember teaching at XDF and in our last class I wrote 'f****t' on the white board and asked the students if they knew the word. They didn't. I said this is like the N word but for gay people. Don't say it. You guys got anything against gay people?
And the usually shy kid said, "老师，我们是新一代。“ (teacher, we are the new generation)
I smiled and said, "good. Then I have nothing left to teach you." See, the future of this nation is bright.
I think Lee will be the one that surprises everyone due to his confidence.  Word of advice: please don't ask your future teachers what cigs they smoke in the middle of the class :)
In conclusion, I think they should be aiming higher then Sydney. Melbourne.
Audience: You're gonna say your line aren't you.
Yeah.
"It was an honour to teach all of you."



September: Trap Soul Song I've been shelving
October: I think I'm gonna do a chill hop/jazz hop thing with Coltrane changes. Done a instrumental before but never done a vocal jazz hop thing.