Saskia, you keep putting smiles on my face!! Great work 😍

for the moment all my answers on comments have disapeared

That cool guitar riff reminds me of FZ - great track, guys!

This is a recent track in the same vibe of my previous project "FÛ". I had so much fun using my recorder and clarinet, I wanted to extend a bit the experience. I don't know if this one is really finished but I wanted to share it anyways. What do you think? I hope you can feel the positive bird-like energy.

I have also another project including meditative instruments and custom hand made percussions. I'm very slow because I go to so many directions. Recently I did my first collective exhibition and sold 4 drawings out of 5. I was surprised how people really loved the work. I want to make more art as well as more music and meanwhile I have also to develop my work as an independent - I don't want anymore to give all my time to a work that makes me feel I'm sacrifing all my freedom. All of this is complicated to me but I'm happy to make some important choices. Well, I think I write too much about my life here. :) When I'm done with some "professional" stuff I have to do, I will be back with more music and more power for artistic purposes.

If you like my illustration, please check the website I just updated: https://ariad-music.com

Tree Party

Found this on the proverbial cutting room floor when digging through files for the remaster project.

It’s a bit rough round the edges but I thought I’d throw it out there. 

The mission audio is Apollo control reading a selection of news headlines to the crew whilst they are on the outward leg of the journey. A bit of banality during an historic event.

Bulletin (Bonus Track)

Another track from Time Zones released exactly 2 months ago on Engram Recordings: https://engramrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/time-zones
Artwork by Malka (excerpt)

Time Zones

Sommerset

Help me see
Written by TJG March 2024


Rhythm Guitar: Gibson ES 335
Lead Guitar: Fender Jazzmaster
Guitar Amplifier: Vox AC15….set as clean I can get it. 

Fender pedal board: Line 6 delay; Fender clean boost



Mics: a pair of Royer r10 ribbons on guitars
Mics: AEA R44 vocal 
Mic preamps: API 312
Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Master Tape.

Basement boiler/heater – adding all kinds of unwanted noise 😉

Someday I will add drums and bass – but wanted to go for this raw guitar/vocal sound for now. 
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Help me see

I can’t see the stars tonight
Shining down or in your eyes
I can’t see the stars tonight

I can’t find the words tonight
Written down or in my mind
I can’ t find the words tonight

I can’t see the stars tonight
Shining down or in your eyes
I can’t see the stars tonight


Shining down or in your eyes 
I can’t see the stars tonight
Help me see 
Help me see the stars tonight

I could live a simple life
Slow it down or take a flight
I could live a simple life
I could live a simple life

I can’t see the see stars tonight
I can’t find the words tonight
Shining down or in your eyes
Help me see the stars tonight

I can’t find the words tonight
Written down or in my mind
I can’t find the words I like……

Help me see

(apologies for being away from SC for a while, looking forward to catching up with all your latest creations...)

Well, I finally finished the full version cover of one of my all time fave songs, In Your Eyes, by Peter Gabriel (previously uploaded only up to the first verse). This is a straight up cover that's as faithful to the original as I could get. It's definitely the most time and meticulous effort I've spent on a song trying to do it justice. All instruments are played by me on keyboard, as well as the live talking drum and spotty singing, and then some backing synth pads and the vital backing vocals by @remnant60 (https://soundcloud.com/remnant60). Bill was also instrumental in giving feedback and offering suggestions, and providing the mastering duties. I'm very grateful for his help, and since we both agree PG's original song is a masterpiece, we have a bit of a surprise remix version coming up that highlights all the layers of sounds that go into this song. Can't wait to share it with you!

Song written by Peter Gabriel

(image is a mash-up of my face on the album cover, done in Photoshop)


Here’s the ‘cluck’ version by acarboni:

https://on.soundcloud.com/RVCa1PY1HgvriWsE7

In Your Eyes  (cover)

Galileo's telescopic observation of the moons of Jupiter orbiting the planet  was a black swan moment for the Church's earth centred view of the universe. As ever those whose long held beliefs were challenged by the facts did not react well. Plus ca change.

But Still it Moves (John Stone)

Galileo Galileii stood before the court 
Accused of breaking sacred law
In what he said and what he thought  
They told him God had made us the centre of all things
The earth stood still, The universe
revolves around in perfect spheres and rings.

But he had seen the moons of Jupiter
Sailing through the void
And knew at once religious law
Had forever been destroyed
The power of observation
Proved the earth went round the sun
And we were not the centre of all things
as we were told we had become.

The Bishops and the Cardinals
Were outraged by the thought
That places held by God and man
Were not what they had always taught,
They forced a recantation of his controversial views
But as they dragged him from the court
He cried,“But still it moves”

Still it moves, Still it moves
But still the earth goes round the sun
Whatever you can make me say
A truth once known can’t be undone
So forget your old religions
And new ideologies
Truth is truth and only truth will I let speak to me
And still it moves… 

We’d like to think we’ve come some way 
Since those unenlightened days
But look around and count the things 
you know but are afraid to say 
In pain of media pile-ons 
And News that’s always fake 
And Those who are inclined to say 
That hate is truth and truth is hate 

It may not seem important  
But it still seems plain to me 
If you’re not allowed to speak the truth 
Then you’re no longer free 
So when they try to shout you down 
With the crazy things they say 
Remember Galileo
When he once dared to say
Still it moves…

But Still It Moves

This drop D riff by Deborah Coleman is so much fun to play. I used a 1980's Fender Lead 1.

Confused (Dedorah Coleman Cover)

Jim wrote on his soundcloude: "I wrote this song last year with Lillian Mareddy but the vocals weren't recorded properly, I couldn't sync them up correctly. So I redid it in collaboration with Saskia, she stepped in and did an amazing job singing this very sexy song! I toned down the lyrics a bit but it's still highly suggestive, so if you don't like sexy funky erotic songs then don't listen to this one. I added new sound effects to the mix the moaning and groaning is not Saskia. I will be dropping the video next month on YouTube with an age restriction on it, the video is pretty wild. So get ready to get down and do some dancing! Cheers!🥂

“SEX OBJECT”

OOH I WANNA BE (YOUR SEX OBJECT)
OOH I WANNA SEE (YOUR ERECT SUBJECT)
OOH LOOK AT ME ('CAUSE I'M ON FIRE)
OOH I'M BURNING UP (WITH PURE DESIRE)

DON'T GET ME WRONG, I LOVE LAYING ON YOUR LAP,
FEELING SO STRONG, LIKE MY MIND IS IN A TRAP,
WANT IT, NEED IT, GOTTA HAVE IT, NO MORE PLAYIN' ROUND,
HIGH TIME WE SWAP SPIT, KNOCK BOOTS AND GET DOWN,

OOH I WANNA BE (YOUR SEX OBJECT)
OOH I WANNA SEE (YOUR ERECT SUBJECT)
OOH LOOK AT ME ('CAUSE I'M ON FIRE)
OOH I'M BURNING UP (WITH PURE DESIRE)

WANT YOUR HANDS ALL OVER MY BODY,
THINKIN' WE CAN GET A LITTLE NAUGHTY,
PULL BACK THESE SHEETS,
LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED,

QUIT PLAYIN' NICE, QUIT FOLLOWING THE RULES,
A TON OF SPICE, A LITTLE WAX, THAT COULD BE COOL,
TAKE CONTROL, PUT YOUR HANDS AROUND MY THROAT,
LET'S ROCK AND ROLL, YOU'VE GOT ME ON THE ROPES,

OOH I WANNA BE (YOUR SEX OBJECT)
OOH I WANNA SEE (YOUR ERECT SUBJECT)
OOH LOOK AT ME ('CAUSE I'M ON FIRE)
OOH I'M BURNING UP (WITH PURE DESIRE)

LOOK IN MY EYES, AS IF YOU HOLD MY HEART,
FORGET MY CRIES, LET'S SMASH TILL WE FALL APART,
HIT ME HARD, GIMME ALL THAT DIRTY TALK,
I'M YOUR BLACKBOARD AND BABY YOUR MY CHALK,

OOH I WANNA BE (YOUR SEX OBJECT)
INFLICT PAIN ON ME (I'M YOUR PRIME SUSPECT)
GIVE ME THE THIRD DEGREE (YOU KNOW I'LL NEVER FAKE IT)
LET'S GO ANOTHER ROUND (BABY I CAN TAKE IT)

DON'T ASK ME IF I'M DOIN' OKAY,
I'M HERE TO LET YOU HAVE IT YOUR WAY,
TIE ME UP AND WRAP THOSE GUNS AROUND ME,

OOH I WANNA BE (YOUR SEX OBJECT)
INFLICT PAIN ON ME (I'M YOUR PRIME SUSPECT)
GIVE ME THE THIRD DEGREE (YOU KNOW I'LL NEVER FAKE IT)
LET'S GO ANOTHER ROUND (BABY I CAN TAKE IT)

I'M YOUR SEX OBJECT,
I'M YOUR SEX OBJECT,
I'M YOUR SEX OBJECT,
I'M YOUR SEX OBJECT.

BY LILLIAN MAREDDY & JIM VALDES © 2023

SEX OBJECT (my voice) song and lyrics made by Lillian Mareddy and Jim Valdes

Instrumental composition, guitar, bass by Garddwr Porffor: https://soundcloud.com/garddwrporffor
Vocals, Vocal Composition, Lyrics: Nadia Selvaggi

The Order of Things by Garddwr Porffor & Nadia Selvaggi

Special thanks to 5Eleven for his a cappella....

ONLY MY DRUGS.  Feat 5Eleven

Here's another demo I made with Garageband from the time when I was learning to make songs in a DAW environment. This song has the same chords and melodic progressions as the previously published yarning song here.

Standing In The Wind (Yearning) (Demo 2016)

Is there a difference between a caged and a free bird?
i read (i have no name of the auteur): 

"The cage does not strip the bird of its nature, however, it merely dangles every means of expression forever out of reach. One bird knows nothing but the feeling of untethered wind while the other is left with the knowledge that the wind still blows… but not for her. The breeze still stirs the leaves, the sun still beautifies the sky, but the bars make her wings purely decorative and her ornate color nothing but window dressing. Her blood begs to fly, yet all she can do is send her song instead."

Yesterday i was a manuscript of a devine letter (see lower), today I'm the caged bird.

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The nicest words someone said to me:

"Do you know what you are? You are a manuscript oƒ a divine letter. You are a mirror reflecting a noble face. This universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you are already that.”

I also got hate over me. So I need some time to reflect.
Singing and making music brought me in a flow... My lyrics revealing what i've found or lost on my way, what i was thinking.

The past months i moved on high speed, while the soul travels on foot.
I hold still now on my way, to look in myself, see if the soul catches up with me.

SEX OBJECT (my voice) song and lyrics made by Lillian Mareddy and Jim Valdes

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