Daily Drops

Lonely Road.lead vocal.Frank Scimia

PS Perkins: Guitars, bass, lyre, vocals
Ron Thomas: Autoharps, Drums

Production notes:
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Very early on we wanted to use autoharps on this song to create a sort of swirling backdrop, reminiscent of the harps in Indian/Bollywood soundtrack songs of the seventies.

Right away there were challenges because the song is in B flat and is not wholly diatonic to begin with, utilizing a chord built on the augmented lydian scale in the choruses. So rather than transpose the song to a more amenable key (since the chromatic bits weren't going to work no matter what key we used) we instead re-tuned the autoharp. Moving through the strings one by one we tuned them either up or down a half step where applicable to bring them into key. Where the augmented chord hit in the choruses, we excluded those notes so that the autoharp was filling the diatonic parts of the chords and omitting the accidentals. It took us several tries to get it right. In the end we arrived at a chord progression that could be strummed on the autoharp and the modified chords could be played with existing dampers.

We also tuned the lyre so that the top half of the strings included the chromatic augmented notes while the lower register of the lyre was tuned using the diatonic, so the lyre could play the melody all the way through both parts of the song.

The inspiration for this song was essentially fourfold:
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First, H.P. Lovecraft's terrifying necromancer Joseph Curwen (from "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward") who masked his true identity in order to thwart suspicion from his fellow townsfolk. He has many secrets lurking in his underground catacombs where he performs acts of necromancy most foul, extracting the "salts" of the dead in order to raise them at will and learn the secrets of ancient eldritch deities.

Second, a poem by Rudyard Kipling titled "En-Dor" which was a warning against the rise of spiritualism and the cost of communion with the dead in the early 20th century.

Third, the biblical Saul who traveled in disguise to visit a witch at the city of Endor in order to summon Samuel from the dead and garner advice on defeating the Philistines, but who only prophesies doom for Saul. Saul dies later the next day in the battle of Gilboa.

Lastly, the story of Odysseus communing with the underworld where he enlists the help of Tiresias to have a chat with the dead and secure for himself a safe journey home.

They all seek communion with the dead for one purpose: to gain knowledge which only those who have crossed over between realms might possess. 

Lyrics:
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A mask may reveal what it’s meant to conceal
From those who are standing beside us
Armor of pride, so we learn to abide
By the monsters which hide deep inside us
The monsters which lurk deep inside us
Oh, how they scratch and they bite us
The monsters which lurk deep inside us

Only to know what the professor knows

Eating black bread, wearing clothes of the dead
The soil soaked in honey around us
For fear if we failed, leave the ogre unveiled
And it’s back in the grave where they found us
Back in the grave where they found us
Freed from the ties which had bound us
Back in the grave where they found us

Only to know what the professor knows

In the catacomb vaults, we extracted the salts
From cadavers to lengthen our youth
Chanting the names at the edge of the flames
And a mirror to show us the truth
A mirror which speaks only truth
See how it seeks not to soothe
A mirror which speaks only truth

Only to know what the professor knows

In the underworld maze, in the night of no days
Concocting the plan we’re devising
Much to endure on the road to En-Dor
And to snatch from Elohim arising
To snatch from Elohim arising
Snatch from Elohim arising
Snatch from Elohim arising
Snatch from Elohim arising
Snatch from Elohim arising

BARDS:Of The Shimmering Seraphs

The Professor

True Love

A hard replay of truth. I can not play piano, but draw better. Nobody - nobody can do this on a piano. This piece should have been longer, but small is intense.

InstantReplay#5

Tale of a young medieval Queen first imagined in the song ‘From a Queen Falls a Crown’ written in 2021 with @Philleann, which actually gets a few spins on Spotify thanks to being on one of Phil's playlists. 

This is another take on a battle she waged against the reigning King in an attempt to rule far and wide. Tortured and blinded by ambition, she overcommits her spent forces and dooms them to defeat. 

Then, instead of accepting the Kings offer of peace, she schemes to betray his trust and hatches a plot to murder him. When this is discovered, she suffers his wrath.   

Special thanks to Jena O'Connell for her vocalizations and to @Doina-Bora for her valued violin contributions.

Dedicated to Lemony.

Written & Produced by Finn Eces

For a Queen Fall Many Men

The Whole Bunch Back Home

Good Cop Bad Cop.


They're playin with my head.

Yeah I could say most anything
You twist my words and throw them back at me
It doesn't really matter what I say
You'll draw your own conclusions anyway

Good cop, bad cop.

No mater how it looks or what I say
They're coming out all wrong, my words today
Made up your mind about the way this goes
It's juxtapose if the truth be told.

Good cop bad cop
Playing with my mind.

Yeah I could say most anything
You'll mince it up and bake your lies with it
A recipe for imoral gain
Targets met, bad cop at the reins

Good cop bad cop
Make it stop.

Good Cop Bad Cop.  (Voice of Logan collab).

This track created in Suno.ai neural engine as a version of this track: https://on.soundcloud.com/yrZAvRtvcnDAczz56
(Lyrics by akaSVAT).

Дверь (The Door) [neural engine's version]

J-Trinity Groove

Mandolin Bay

Iamrichisfuck - 1-mastered

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Alto Saxophone solo. Fender Rhodes Electric Piano Rhythm. Hammond B3 Organ background Rhythm. Fender Electric Bass. Full Drum kit set.

Bluez at Home

Ream Dream

Music & Production by David k. A. Spencer
https://soundcloud.com/david-spencer-543878720

Vocals & Lyrics by Cosmic Keanu

Find the Truth

In the search for truth
Where do we turn?

Is anything
new Under the sun?

Why can’t we be satisfied
with enough?

Endlessly pursue our
increasing desire

As the candle burns ever
lower with time

[chorus]
And all of this
is sand beneath our feet
A faded photograph,
a fading memory

The ear is never filled
by endless learning

There’s no memory left
Of earlier things

[chorus]

And, what remains
When we close our eyes?

Is anything there
beyond endless night?

Even legends die
Stars fall from the sky
The Truth never lies
God is only light

I have seen enough
to believe

Once you’ve seen the Truth
You can’t unsee

Ask in His name, and it’s given
to you 

Seek and you will find,
find the Truth

Find The Truth (David k. A. Spencer & Cosmic Keanu)

New Name

P-Stop Loafing Around

*** VIDEO NOW ON YOUTUBE *** 
https://youtu.be/gVDec-aNuAQ

Break The Silence

Heavy Punk Rock 'n' Roll band turns into Synthwave nowadays! Brand NEW album "Ultraviolet Cosmos" available NOW!
https://shockthealgorithm.bandcamp.com/album/ultraviolet-cosmos

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J-Trinity Groove

Sanshu Seiso [Experimental Artist]

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