This is just fooling around with an Alesis synth and software. The title Crest is because I wanted something 'majestic' like the Crest of a mountain.

Rob Johnston Crest

Winter 2023

Shine Down Moon

Chemical Voodoo

This ditty uses the stealth composition method, which is where John Trout isolates two or more Dave Liddell clarinet tracks to see if he can create a new loop from a run hidden therein that stands apart from the piece Dave was playing to. Zany? Maybe. Useful? Four out of five antisocial miscreants can’t be wrong.  

BRAVE LAST DAYS

Brave last days, brave last days, brave last days, 
Brave last days, brave last days, brave last days, 
Brave last days, brave last days, brave last days, 
Brave last days…

Brave last days, days brave last, 
Last brave days, back for more.
True love stays (true love stays), 
Stays true (stays true, love).
Love stays brave (love stays true), 
Last days (true love stays), 
Back for more!

Brave last days, back for more.
True love stays informed.
Days brave last, more back for.
Stays true – love drowsy, hollow, 
Milky, moribund, brave, too full.
In these brave last days, we’re learning how to fall in love.
(There’s nothing wrong with that woman.)
Love stays true.
(There’s nothing wrong that man.)
Redemptive, glorious, ego-driven monsters.
(Who had the most to lose?) 
I’ve heard that poem over and over.
(Pleasure didn’t always come out of a can.)
Who had the most to gain?
We’re learning how not to get old. 
We’re learning how to fall in love!
I wanted a second opinion – 
I’ve seen that movie before.
We’re learning how to fall in love!
Love the mission, it’s a fair affair.
I fell in love in the doorway.
Lonely ego-driven monsters, 
It’s a nominal, lip-smacking service.
Getting closer, getting closer, getting closer…
Learning to love,
Trying to find love!

Brave Last Days

Michal Nowak Big Band with LaGaylia Frasier

Chemical Voodoo

Robert W Johnston

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