RACHEL, TRY A SONG BY "YES". "THE UNIVERSAL GARDEN" From the album "Open your Eyes" you'd do well! *********

https://youtu.be/BDXO6gHn_wU   Universal Garden of Life

nice NICE .. what's nice  ..especially base line.i like

FIVE BRIDGES SUITE  I HAVE ON ALBUM CASSETTE CD LAP TOP I-PHONE,AND NOW THIS SUPURB RENDITION

Unbelievable!  I would have sworn this was The Nice until I heard the vocals!  Well done, Rachel!

Rachel Flowers' SoundCloud

A true story from my heavier drinking days
From my new Album "Friends, they're gonna get your story wrong"
Check it out on Soundcloud under album tab

Lyrics: 
Well, this is was a very delicate and drunken operation
You see, when you have a wasp nest on the side of your house
You have a couple options
One thing I do know is that man must always control nature
At least that's what my girlfriend said
One: You can get up on a ladder
Tape a bag around it 
That's kind of a dangerous  proposition
Or you can just call someone to take care of it
But, I'm an all American man!
Yes!

Option #2: You get up on a ladder
With a broom, maybe with an extended handle
Poke at it
Then run like hell
You know, a wasp nest is nothing but a pest
I'm a drunken mess!
Yes, yes, yes

Option #3: My friend Chuckie, he said he'd come over
You get up on the ladder, I'll hold your beer in the cozy
You smoke a big bong load of weed
Blow it right into the wasp nest
Multiple times
They'll all go to sleep
Extract the Queen
They'll will all die of heartbreak
Yes, yes, yes!

She said: before you begin
Let me call my friend
Were going to get some wine
And watch you from a distance
And see how a real man gets things done
Yes, yes!

Drinking Chronicles #24:Wasps

Snow Children

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Rachel's birthday gift to all of you, her cover of Frank Zappa's "Inca Roads" from his album "One Size Fits All."
Rachel is playing everything on this track - keyboards, vocals, and yes, electric guitar.

Inca Roads - Frank Zappa (cover)

Why chain?
Why chain yourself?
A rumor etched in the wind.
A very simple smell of fear.
An all-too-familiar need.
As sure as torture,
chain mom is here for you.
Why chain yourself when you are sovereign?
Or...
A little craving?
And this fear weaving realities.
Arts strategy.
Still limping.
A step aside.
A shadow in the link.
There you have it, impotence in the dungeon.
Vaine becomes the chain.

Chain Mom

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Organ and Strings were played on the Nord Electro 4D, Bass and Drums were played on a Yamaha M06. Voice by Rachel.

2nd Bridge From Five Bridges - The Nice (cover)

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This was recorded using a combination of the Nord Electro 4D and Yamaha M06 sounds, plus voice for the "air" sounds.

Atmospheres - György Ligeti

The Assignment: Use probability to remove material from a track.

I made a 3 track piece specifically for this idea instead of using something I already had because I figured it should be done with tracks that always have something happening so the silence is more noticeable/dramatic.  I think the moments where everything cuts out are the most dramatic.  Silence is sort of the 4th track in that sense (or what ever is going on around you when listening).  The piece itself used a fair bit of aleatory.  "Dr Chaos" is a max for live instrument I used with the drum kit.  It plays random samples at a regular beat division (1/8th, 1/16th, etc.). The 2 other tracks are just moving through different interval cycles (minor 3rds and perfect 4ths) at different paces so they create different unpredictable harmonies.  I used Random.org to decide where to cut and how long the cut should be (1-8 beats).  I figured cutting on beats instead of seconds would give the breaks a rhythmic quality.

More on this 586th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chance the Eraser (The Assignment: Use probability to remove material from a track), at: https://disquiet.com/0586/

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0586-chance-the-eraser/

Nothing Hear (disquiet0586)

Photo: sunlight through blind, 2023.
Drums: NI 40's Very Own.
Bass: Warwick 5-string through NI Guitar Rig.
Guitars: Strandberg Salen Jazz, PRS CE24, Suhr Custom Classic through NI Guitar Rig and Archetype Rabea.
Keys: various NI and Karanyi Sounds.
Mastering: Ozone 10 Standard.
DAW: Ableton.

Prologue

naviarhaiku497 – The gate shuts
The gate shuts
with a loud groan
The temple sleeps

(Tr. Alex Fyffe)

Hōsai graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University, where he studied law. He got off to a good start but decided to give up his home, family, and business to jump from one militant religion of Japan to the other.

Just like Taneda Santoka, Hōsai abandoned the traditional verse form of his time and mostly looked at the austere confines of his life for inspiration.

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

 

Deadline: 19th July 2023

Haiku by Hosai Ozaki https://allpoetry.com/Hosai-Ozaki

Picture by Julia Karl https://unsplash.com/photos/DzPZD5atXPc

The Gate Shuts/ The Temple Sleeps (naviarhaiku497)

The Assignment: Using a speech-to-text tool, turn a field recording into instructions for a composition.

Written with ChatGPT to stay on topic :)

Hello everyone,

I trust you're all well. This week's assignment brought forth a truly original challenge. Regrettably, my attempts to fulfill it fell short. Despite trying out a couple of speech-to-text software applications, including subscribing to some, none proved capable of deciphering the speech within the field recordings I provided. In a rather bizarre turn of events, one of the apps glitched while processing the sound of church bells, resulting in the peculiar transcription captured in the attached image.

Undeterred by this setback, I decided to channel this odd occurrence into the heart of my creative process for the week's piece of music. Additionally, my explorations led me to a newfound fascination with an app discovered during my research: https://ttsfree.com/ and https://tuna.voicemod.net/.

In crafting my musical composition, I employed the familiar tools of FL Studio and the captivating Arturia instruments. As the week draws to a close, I extend my well-wishes to all for a restful and enjoyable weekend ahead.

Best regards,
noksidam

We Could Spend An Hour (disquiet0608)

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Rachel got out her strat and recorded this today for fun. Hope you like it!

Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa (cover)

Song by the Ginger Twins
Vocals/Synths - Brian Beethoven

Lyrics:
I’m sick of hearing about your vicious ways
I’m sick of hearing about the dead that you raise
I’m sick and tired of the creatures you create
I’m sick of you and your vision of hate
That’s why I’m buried alive!

Buried Alive

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Rachel Flowers - all instruments
Rachel and the Rachettes - vocals

Montana - Frank Zappa (cover)

:::
my contribution
to
Naviar Records
Haiku Challenge 517

my interpretation of a
haiku
by
John Hinks
aka: FlownBlue

.
.
.

Early dawn’s pale light:
A gentle start to the day
Two seagulls gliding

ra(ge_ntle) ::: naviar haiku 517

They did it again, THS have vastly improved my song.
What I found is that it sounds exactly as I want, even though I didn't know exactly what I wanted. 

Original phone recording: #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/tivaG

Art by Joy
Spontaneity by all of us

So thanks The Happy Somethings. Look out for new music from them:  https://thehappysomethings.bandcamp.com/

Previous collaboration with The Happy Somethings, 'Bitter' (Jan 2023)
#SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/wvSkj

Cobbled Moth & The Happy Somethings - What I've Found

You can now purchase Rachel's solo albums "Bigger on the Inside" (2021), "Going Somewhere" (2018), and "Listen" (2016) along with "3x2," Rachel's collaboration EP with Michael Sadler of Saga!

From the first moment she touched the piano, Rachel Flowers has been consumed by music. Like a sponge she has spent her life absorbing every kind of music she encounters. This channel is her outlet where she gets to play, creating covers of the music she loves, and sharing that music with the world.

Now you can also hear Rachel's original music! Just visit shop.rachelflowersmusic.com

2nd Bridge From Five Bridges - The Nice (cover)

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