When You Wake In The Morning

I created a music video for this. If you would like to see it . . . https://youtu.be/2AIT4-99U-M?si=bcJ4Sxt_-GQ_c1S_

It was 3 hours before midnight and it would become a new year. It was an ominous feeling. All year it had been building. 2024 was going to be a defining year, and maybe not in a good way. There will be changes in who we are. A year that will affect the world. I felt I needed to put my feelings into music, not where I control what I play, but to relax into it and let my fingers tell the story. When I "try" to write music it is work and it takes planning and many hours to perfect, especially if I write the piano score. When I improvise it is played in one take, never to be played again. It took my whole life to be able to play this way. It is who I am, not trying to do or sound like anyone. I hope you enjoy. Thank you for listening.

I was tired.I had spent many hours working on a go fund me for a families in the Congo - the DRC. I've known them for 8 years, and have helped them with money for medicine and food quite a few times, but this needed more help than I can do. I made a video for it as well as a written story. My music is the soundtrack for that with 20 photos. If you would like to see it and help me share it I would be indebted to you.

https://gofund.me/f2c2d76f

Artwork by Armando Macias
Death row, San Quentin
I've known him 20 years

Everything Changes At Midnight

Cast of Characters:
cgmaness-- @user-419254289-15129531 – Chris – acoustic guitar, bass, acoustic slide guitar, drums, vocals, lyrics, mix, production, and composition
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –-mandolin, vocal harmony

This is a song that Chris wrote and shared with me last spring. We worked on it for several months. Originally, it was just Chris's acoustic guitar and some vocals. To that, I added some mandolin, thinking it would stay that way. However, he was pleasantly surprised when Chris added the entire rhythm section after the fact. I also came up with the high harmony towards the end, too. We always have a lot of fun playing together as our tastes and references are very much aligned. We have been making music together almost since we both joined SoundCloud and found each other there about two years ago. We hope you enjoy listening to this song as much as we enjoyed making it. 
Lyrics by Chris Maness:

In Time don't you think it might be time for you to rise?
In Time lost and found sleeping soundly by her side.
I know you by now, and it's not too late to come around.
In Time thinking, missing, drinking, wishing you were here.
In Time aging, watching, turning pages yester-year.
Well, I know you by now and it's not too late to come on out.
In Time don't you think it might be time for you to fly?
In Time don't you think it might be time for you to try?
In Time lost and found sleeping soundly by her side.

In Time (with cgmaness)

The Scorpio

comin’ over
to my place tonight
dressed in clover
whets my appetite

i want to know
the afterglow

slide on over
i’ll take it at the light
black bulldozer
tailin’ us tonight

i feel the flow
the undertow

cold turkey
no way
i’ll get there
someday

now it’s over
turnin’ out the light
bruised all over
exiting stage right

i feel the flow
the vertigo
and now you know
the scorpio

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Thanks to Janine Levinson, Cheesemont Paisley-Paisley, and Wheelwright for consultations various.

Image by Hassan Sherif via Unsplash

The Scorpio

This relaxing piano piece in F minor, features a memorable, solitary melody. Midway, it hints at A-flat major, but concludes with a lingering sense of loneliness.

Solus

Those Summer Nights

Artist Picture. Shyntwirl
Art Cover Editor. Shyntwirl

Produccer. Shyntwirl
Composer. Shyntwirl
Programmer. Shyntwirl
Keyboard. Shyntwirl
Synthesizers. Shyntwirl
Reverb. Shyntwirl
Eco. Shyntwirl
Idea Creator. Shyntwirl

Ambient / Relax / Atmosphere / Meditation / Alternative / Synth / Deep / Keyboard 

PROD. Shyntwirl

- For those souls that cannot find their way to rest -. Shyntwirl

Shyntwirl - Lost Souls (PROD. Shyntwirl)

[Verse]
Neon lights, city haze
Phones in hand but no one stays
Chasing fame, in an endless maze
Streaming lives, views that graze
He was my anchor, now he's space
But accidents happen in this new phase

[Chorus]
I miss my heart right now
Lost in the pixels, where's the spark right now
Wishin' I was laughin', not broken down
Echoes in
I'm just another ghost in town

[Verse]
Midnight rides, endless scrolls
Filters on, but empty souls
Dreaming ‘bout the next big role
He left, now hearts got holes
Addiction to the likes that toll
We're disconnected in this viral whirlpool

[Chorus]
I miss my heart right now
Lost in the pixels, where's the spark right now
Wishin' I was laughin', not broken down
Echoes in
I'm just another ghost in town

[Bridge]
Searching for myself online
In hashtags, posts, tangled signs
But lost in the virtual bind
Real love, it's hard to find

[Chorus]
I miss my heart right now
Lost in the pixels, where's the spark right now
Wishin' I was laughin', not broken down
Echoes in
I'm just another ghost in town

I'm Just Another Ghost In Town

Nocturne No.3 Op.19

same side

Standing by Your Side

[Verse]
The river winds through the valley low
Its waters whisper where wildflowers grow
I hear your voice in the morning breeze
Steady as the roots of the old oak trees

[Chorus]
Standing by your side
Oh
Standing by your side
Through the storms that rage
Through the shifting tide
When the night grows cold
And the shadows hide
I’ll be standing by your side

[Verse 2]
The clouds may gather
The skies may weep
The hills may crumble
The earth may sleep
But I’ll hold fast
Like the stones on the shore
With you in my heart
I’ll ask for no more

[Pre Chorus]
Through the frost and fire
Through the winds that chide
I’m always here
Standing by your side

[Chorus]
Standing by your side
Oh
Standing by your side
Through the storms that rage
Through the shifting tide
When the night grows cold
And the shadows hide
I’ll be standing by your side

[Bridge]
The fiddle cries like the gulls on the sea
But there’s no distance between you and me
A lighthouse burns in the darkest hour
Guided by love’s unyielding power

Standing by Your Side

Note: In light of the recent AI breakthroughs, we feel it's important to clarify that we've been working with voice modulation since the mid-1990s – originally inspired by David Bowie's album Outside. Our approach predates AI-driven tools and is rooted in treating the voice as an instrument, shaped and sculpted through earlier technologies.

We fully understand that questioning authenticity may not be the intention – but it's worth remembering that all electronic music is, by nature, mediated and transformed. Even Nietzsche pointed out how modern tools shape us: inserting paper into a typewriter already creates a distance that handwriting does not. Perhaps birdsong is the only truly authentic sound. 🐦

Writes original song lyrics and takes custom lyric requests under the artist name La Wi. This platform is also home to the creative collaborations of the Psychonaut Collective (The Psychonauts). Thank you for your support and appreciation.

I'm Just Another Ghost In Town

The Psychonauts

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