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Glass Castle

More on this 580th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Evo Evol Evolve (The Assignment: Record a piece of music that develops like an organism evolves), at: Disquiet Junto Project 0580: Evo Evol Evolve – Disquiet

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Evo Evol Evolve

The Euclidean Chromaticon | Evo Evol Evolve - disquiet0580

Peacock Followed the Hen is an old Northumbrian Smallpipes tune and song. It has lyrics too which are cryptic in parts but quite clearly talk about lust and sex. “Aal the neet ower and ower” (all night over and over) “the peacock follows the hen”. So it’s a very one-sided thing where one person is chasing or pressuring another person for sex. Normally this is interpreted as a man chasing a woman for sex.. I wasn’t a big fan of this message so I added another verse, quite cryptic again but basically saying: stop the one-sided pursuit. That’s not cool. Step back and listen to what the other person wants, have respect for their bodily autonomy and their wishes. If  it’s a two-way thing, if you listen to each other, then maybe both people can have more fun.

Never So Red

Peacock Followed The Hen

Dear Eyes (愛しの瞳)

This week's haiku challenge:

a black dog
transformed into a lantern!
the way in snow

Author unknown, this week. According to The Penguin Book of Haiku, this poem was first published in 1765 in the pamphlet Yanagidaru I.

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

Deadline: 8th November 2023

The Black Dog (naviarhaiku513)

Rule The World

"Vanishing Point" is a tender felted piano piece with an enchanting, contemplative melody. The composition explores the theme of seeking tranquility - finding that serene moment when worries fade to nothingness.

CrusaderBeach is the pseudonym of composer Adrian Webster, a self-taught pianist from the North West of England whose neoclassical solo piano pieces blend captivating melodies with emotive moods. Discover more at: https://crusaderbeach.com/

Vanishing Point

We All Rock For Jennifer Tilly

Feel the moisty air at the beach...
A song made for the One-Synth-Challenge with only the Vaporizer-Synthesizer.

OSC 178 - Frank Geppert - Beach Vaporizer

Trying to practice some sound discipline and ear training

Day 1 - Mariana I Love You

I always moved, wind over stone
Rushing past the life I led
A boundless soul that yearned to roam
It was the open road I wed
And all the lovers that I’d known
Just chance diversions in my bed
A restless king without a throne
A feckless heart, a reckless head

So when I came into the storm
I lost my way at every turn
I saw the banks of thunder form
And the lightning flash and burn
I knew that who I needed most
Was the very one I spurned
Still she was there to be a friend
She kept me safe, she kept me warm

There’s strength in numbers
One’s not enough
Your world comes asunder
You’re going to need someone to love

And now I’m ever found
In a place I never thought I’d be
Passing time in this small town
Tied to friends and family
The only moving I do now’s 
Bouncing my son upon my knee
And if the world came crashing down
We’d be fine ‘cause we’d be three

There’s strength in numbers
One’s not enough
When the world pulls you under
You’re going to need someone to love

I never knew that it could feel so right
To be so bound and still so free

(c)2024 Dj Lekich

Strength In Numbers

The Past Is In The Way

We Can't Lose What We Never Had

Mastered at the infamous Abbey Road by Tom Hall (The Snuts, Elton John, The Beatles etc.) and recorded with Jamie McIntyre of The Covasettes. King of Broken Hearts is an anthem for anyone out there who may have ever mistreated anyone in a relationship and got things wrong. The heartbreakers of our society! Stacked with a driving rhythm section, a massive floor filler of a chorus and some luscious vocal harmony stacks.

King of Broken Hearts

Tried to keep this evenings recording Au Naturel. So, all tracks done with one take, no punch-ins, no effects on any track, and then volumes were set and a simple natural acoustic mastering setting using Klevgrand Grand Finale. Thank you Brian Funk for putting forth the challenge. Halloween couple dressed as...?

Au Naturel

Day 22.

Image by jr-korpa: https://unsplash.com/@jrkorpa

Jamuary 22nd 2024 Exist and Fade

Lost Legs, a four piece indie band from Manchester born out of an undying hunger and love for writing and playing music.   The band is comprised of members Simon Stirzaker (Frontman), Tom Monaghan (Bass), Brandon Taylor (Lead Guitar) and Dylan Jupp (Drums).   Having recently undergone a rebrand and restructure, the lads are back with a renewed sense of hunger and desire. Under the former name, Green Wire,  the band played shows around the UK at some prestigious venues including Club Academy, Bread Shed, The Zanzibar and Friars Court. This was alongside success in their online streaming endeavours with tens of thousands of streams across the single releases and chart positions on ITunes as high as number 5.   Clichès are often used to describe up and coming bands but Lost Legs really are one to keep an eye out for!

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King of Broken Hearts

Lost Legs

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