What an honor to be invited to collaborate with ace guitarist, composer, and producer Seagull to create a moving tribute and memorial to the people of Ukraine; those who have been displaced, those who chose to remain, those who have perished in the senseless, needless war, especially the children.  Seagull directed my attention to this very recently release video featuring Pink Floyd and Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Boombox.  It is incredibly moving. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUfVmtAvfdg 
Seagull: Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Synth soundscape
Clara: Vocals
David: Acoustic Guitar
Hear more of Seagull's fine music @farout-music-studio

When The Light Fades (with Seagull, Clara, and David)

Telescope

this is a song about not listening to everything you hear, or hearing everyone you listen too

Whispers In The Wind

Rich Man Lyrics

This one is called Rich Man. In our last song, the poor man was trying to get by with limited funds. In this one, our hero is just enjoying life with whatever he can. He's happy just living life.

Lyrics;
I walk in old shoes
Drive on old wheels
Don't have much money
But that's not how I feel
Cause I'm a rich man

I do what I need
And that's getting me by
Got two feet on the ground
And my Head in the sky

I travel lightly
Not much to my name
But I've got all I need
Just the same
I'm a rich man

Wherever I'm at
Is where I want to be
And I'm living my life
Like this world's made for me
I'm a rich man

I have my friends
And my family
They're all the best people
And they're rich just like me


I've traveled the highways
In sunshine and rain
Slept in a boxcar
Of many a train
I've loved and lost
And I still feel the pain
But life is for living
And I can't complain

I don't need a thing
To prove my success
Nobody out there
I need to impress
But I'm a rich man

I do what I need
And that gets me by
Two feet on the ground
My head in the sky

I might walk in old shoes
and drive on old wheels
Not much money
But that's not how I feel
Cause I'm a rich man

I'm a rich man
a rich man
a rich man ...

Rich Man

I would rather take my time, and smooth out the rough edges on this song, I hope I get the chance to remix it and make that YouTube video I'm dreaming of...I guess we'll see?

Mirage (FoolsRushMix)

It's a been another long day for our overworked protagonist. But it's time to go home! And the weekend is just on the other side of that office door... 

Lyrics;
Got my headphones on tight
Volume is up and the music feels so right
Got the weekend in sight
Gonna drop out, tune in, let this dark world see the light

Been five days hard at work
And my paycheck reflects some kind of crime
On a long hard corporate climb
But it's a Friday night and this feeling is sublime

Down goes the sun.  Neon lights up the town.  Now the freaks can come out.
Spend some time with friends and
do whatever I feel that's what this weekend's all about

For a time I'll put the job behind me,
I'll drop it off at the office door
I can hear l the weekend calling
And I'm gonna answer that call for sure
For sure.

Got my headphones on tight
Gonna drop out, tune in, let this dark world see the light

The Weekend

Always one of my favorites from the Stones.  When I had the chance to "learn" it I jumped at the chance to get my take on it out there.  Peace!

Cover Art is a photo of B. taken by B. in Vince's Cathedral of Junk in Austin .  Thanks Vince! Yours is a masterpiece!

Sympathy For The Devil R.Stones Cover

This is an alternate mix of IPG1's Heavy Magic.   This was my original direction with this tune  - more funky and electronic, but the previous mix idea hit me and I couldn't put it down until it was done.  Now they're both done.  enjoy!

As usual...
IPG1/TMS -
soundcloud.com/texmex-shaman/sets/tms-and-ipg1

Check out the producers playlist here
soundcloud.com/ipg1/sets/heavy-magic-producers-playlist

and the original vocal here
soundcloud.com/ipg1/sets/

Heavy Magic
lyrics/vocal - IPG1
music/mix/production -TexMex Shaman

Gimme that mic----- once committed there's no limit
My true friend to the end----and I'm in it to win it
Putting art to the verse-----it's simply amazing
From the start I traverse the bars----fired up and blazing
Spit a bar and rehearse----- but --son----Still not done
Pull another out the air--------where'd that verse come from
Could it be that easy-----------that's a conundrum
Don't believe what you're hearing---- not until I'm all done
Ride the bars of the track -----without hesitation
Provide a look back ----for future generations
There's a real simple answer -----to this equations
IPG1's on the mic---and he rock the nation

-----driven ------impulsive ------true that
------ given -----prospective----got that
-------proven----progressive----on track
------infusing the message------ that's pure fact
------unforgiving ---unrelenting---like close combat
Pass me the mic and then——step the fuck back
It’s the underground————baby—a total—-power pack
———Underground ---domain--YEAH!---don't forget that-----
--Precision on the mic no regrets—-bitch I said it
------if I said it--- it's so --you better know
Come on let's get it--let's go----let's go--
living the——-highs ———as well as the lows
Keys from the underground—-Anything goes
Apts to the penthouse---yeah----maybe so—- but I’m
Trading the jeep for a Rolls —- just so you know
freedom of choice——-come on let’s go
Making my own laws——-so———fuck five-O
fuck five-O

——————-Cause there’s ----- no where to go but Up from the bottom
The art the craft the skillzzzz---yeah I gottem
Erupting from the pressure-----so� follow the flow
And I ain’t gonna stop until the whole hill glows
————-until the whole hill glows
Chorus
Little did they all know
ready from the word go
a born leader ——was never —-meant to follow
Creative—-innovator ——- that skill set you can borrow
￼a hustlers a schemer——i’mer holler back tomorrow

****
Incinerate trackss———￼That’s legendary
Life’s....all —business—-so —-it’s necessary
Mind body and spirit—-the souls outta body——...
Flame on —-ignite the fires—- then I’m gone
Game on—-Been fighting the fight ——since I was born
Turn up—- haters—you been —informed
Aims on —target—- I don’t miss —-forewarned
Dream on—— think you nice like this——-ahhh—come on

bringing fire to the game
Ignition to the flames
Pyro the name----No Hype—morals or- shame
going hard———just so —-you all know
If I crash and burn—-flame on —————-It’s just pyro
Bring it full circle—-ignition to the flame
Spark a fire——once it’s lit————it will ——never be the same

Explicit

Heavy Magic (alt mix) - with IPG1

Okay MikeTHC5, I'm still coming after your high score.

High scorer
I'm your destroyer
Give me some more quarters
Hyperspace Jump!
Defender

Defender

INITIAL ADVENTURE

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Composed 2016

Re-edited August 2022

In life everything is a beginning. There is always a first time for everything, and seeing my daughters grow up and experiment and see new things and games, made me remember the adventurers who discovered something for the first time: a new landscape, a new pyramid, a new invention, a continent. unknown by who discovers it....

That inspired me in this composition.

Never use so many harps in the same composition.

My ipad was saturated and did not allow to clearly hear what I was doing until I converted it to a wav file.

18 native instrument tracks from Music Studio2 and forum Xewton and 10 tracks from KV331.

Made on ipad and mixed in my car. As a curiosity, this was one of the first compositions that I mixed in the car that I had then, when I put BT in it (I used a Parrot kit), since originally it did not incorporate it. For the most curious ... it was an Opel Vectra.

I hope you like it.

Good summer everyone.

Paco

Initial adventure (2022)

Recorded at N4N Santa Barbara West.

Original song by Wham!
Produced by Bret

Maya played bass and sang lead vocals, Mateo added triangle and vocals, and Maeve contributed tambourine and vocals. With guidance from volunteer band lead Zach on keys and guitar, the group had a great time learning how to perform and track their parts.

Maya (11) has been a member of the Boys & Girls Club for about two years and is into all things rock, punk, and metal. Mateo (5) and Maeve (5) both joined this past fall. Mateo is very inquisitive in the studio and asks great questions about how things work, while Maeve, the newest to the studio, is always down to help out and contribute when possible.

Last Christmas - Maya, Mateo, & Maeve

It! will return. It! will shed It!'s skin and It! will begin again. 

Thank you for listening. It!'s pretty horrible right now...