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Marty Andersson: From the Archives - Release A cappella

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually as part of my next mystery album)

A hearty good morning to all of my friends in the music community. I hope life is treating you well. :)

This track ended up feeling old-timey/antique (as portrayed by an out of control Foley Artist). But funny thing is… when the title came to me, I got a powerful vibe the track wanted this name. I’m a little peculiar that way. I perceive a lot of things as if they are living entities with their own desires… and I like to honor that. 

After that, I started playing with Wombo Dream AI art, and this illustration came up immediately; and fit the title perfectly. Sometimes the synchronicities are too ideal to ignore. 

But how does an old guy sitting in a chair, listening to a radio, symbolize fresh starts?

I think it’s because I’m starting to identify with that old man; wondering when I’m going to be too old to try new things. And I keep having the same joyful realization… it hasn’t happened yet; especially in the ways that matter most to me. I’m still discovering new things about myself and my abilities every day… simply because I keep exploring new things.

For example… 20 year old Justin never could have imagined that 36 year old Justin might be interested in making music for fun. He certainly couldn’t have predicted the piano lessons starting at 53, or the Tai Chi lessons at 54, or that I would have crafted 14 albums by the age of 55. I have friends and family members who believe their best years are already behind them, and the window of opportunity has passed. I respectfully disagree; and I hope to make that point obvious through my own continued actions/accomplishments. :)

Needless to say, every day provides us new opportunities to start fresh. Every day provides us a chance to try new things. If we choose to spend the day worrying about the future, or dwelling on the past, that is our choice. But it’s worth asking ourselves… am I busy shoveling minutes into the void, dwelling on things that aren’t even happening right now? Or am I using this time wisely, doing something I love, and getting better at it as a result?

I hope you enjoy my latest creation, ‘We’ll Start At The Beginning’. :)

DL on SC :)

We'll Start At The Beginning

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Alto Saxophone solo. Trumpet solo. Steinway Brothers Acoustic Piano Rhythm. Fretless Bass. Roland Synthesizer Bass. Acoustic full drum set full kit. Percussion Cowbell. Ago go Bells, Congas, Bongos.

Carmel

Funky Ride

When memories and feelings are no more "I just want to float away".

ATTENTION Disclaimer:  The music track that I’m playing lead & improvising over is not mine and I do not own it. The track is created by Jordan Wav and all credit goes to him for the music track creation which I have listed below. Check out Jordan Wav on YouTube. The links below are to the original material by the artist.  

Obtained from: Jordan Wav
YouTube site: https://www.youtube.com/@jordanwav
Backing Track Title: Slow Ambient Guitar Backing Track (C Major | 30 BPM)
YouTube Track channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYD2Kth82Y0

Date: 11/11/24
Song Title: I Just Want To Float Away 
The lead, improvising over the track was done with the following;
Picture with Track: Is what the Guitar looks like.
Guitar Used: 92 Jackson DK1 PRO with EMG HH configuration
Color: Black Jackson Strings: Ernie Ball Super Slinky 9-42 and Hybrid 9-46
DAW: Reaper
AmpSim: Plini Neural DSP 
Preset: Electric Sunrise
Interface: Focusrite 2i2 2nd Gen

Raw: What does RAW mean to me, not having undergone processes of preparing, finishing, refining, or mastering: It is what was recorded at that time in its current state.
Comments: Please follow if you like, comment if you like and I’m opened to feedback to improve my playing, recording, mixing etc.  Thanks for listening \m/.

Encounter_00X

I Just Want To Float Away

Dream # 3 (Minimalism Study)

An old track, recorded in the beginning of the nineties, singing one of my father's many poems.

Este estranho poder, de que disponho,
de em imaginação vencer o espaço
e mergulhar no tempo, é como um braço
que me pusesse apenas onde me sonho.
Ele me leva atrás, depõe adiante,
em pretéritos tempos e futuros,
cruzando mares, rompendo muros,
como se nada houvesse de distante.
Na penumbra da sala, onde sentado 
numa cadeira quedo, só eu sei
as vezes que parti, e quanto andei
perdido no futuro e no passado.

Estranho Poder

I-Kitten Staccato

Montage et photographies : 
© 2024, Chartrand Saint-Louis
Lien vers la vidéo : https://youtu.be/q9Ncf8EWfp0

Musique :
© 2024, duo piano-guitare, titre : "Florilège", par Chartrand Saint-Louis et Albert, 2:48 min.

Florilège

"Florilège", par Chartrand Saint-Louis et Albert; Mixage, rév. et sono. par Albert [lien vidéo]

method: recording voice, short scale bass and y8 ewi (set to shakuhachi and sitar respectively) through an ocean machine 2 and an r12, then adding some percussion (mainly cymbals and taico drums) in samplitude  
narration: again, it is transition season, isn't it
image: another moebius loop manifest, copyright jo richter

lyrics / copyright jo richter:

this is the bread we've made
this is the bread that feeds us
flour water yeast

serenity balm calms the itch
aerobiosis sublime

this is the frame I machined
skin and bones when I go selfless
a ring of winter stones

serendipity glitch
a kettle of simmering time

this is the reason that justifies
the momentum of inert mass
is oscilloscopic realms

suffer attention, don't flinch
fires are prone to singe

this is an inoffensive transition
this is an inoffensive transition
this is an inoffensive transition

an inoffensive transition

Dans les dernières pages de son livre majeur ( et pourtant premier) Claude Levi Strauss prédisait déjà la possibilité d'une chute de "l'arc-en-ciel des cultures humaines", de la diversité des cultures du fait de l'uniformisation galopante du monde et des désirs d'expansion des uns et des autres. Il ne nous resterait alors, songeait-il, qu'à tenter de renouer le dialogue interrompu avec les ordres, minéral, végétal et animal, de la nature, et peut-être, à tenter de renouer le dialogue par une dernier "clin d'œil avec un chat".
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In the last pages of his major (and yet first) book, Claude Levi Strauss already predicted the possibility of a fall of "the rainbow of human cultures », of the diversity of cultures due to the galloping standardization of the world and the desires for expansion of all sides. All that would then remain, he thought, would be to try to renew the interrupted dialogue with the mineral, vegetable and animal orders of nature, and perhaps, to try to renew the dialogue with a last "wink with a cat".

clin d'œil avec un chat

written may 2012 by andrew salvner (aka pretzels malone, lil' spaceman)
remix of "realistic lasers of gold" by pretzels malone

the words:
Lil’ spaceman steals your music
Lil’ spaceman’s here to abuse it
Gonna chop it down, loop it and reuse it
Gonna lead us to the promised land 

It’s a looped six seconds of realistic lasers of gold
Remember the song about the girl who didn’t do what she was told
Well, it’s about to get old,
so I’m going to step out quick, before the beat goes cold.

I’ll throw a high five up and then I’ll move it
You gotta move faster....space blaster
Unless your after disaster
Keep your eyes on the master
Talking faster and faster
Preacher preachin’ like a pastor


lil' spaceman steals your music

I am overjoyed to partake in sounds beautiful:
https://youtu.be/1TnalFltP_Q?si=VidMVZ9VDKGZiNUm  by Dan and
https://stonerjazz.bandcamp.com/album/up-up-out by Jeff.

Jeff also gifted me a visiting role on his previous album: 
https://stonerjazz.bandcamp.com/album/quintessential

On his bandcamp page, Jeff points out: "This is the page where you can give some monetary support to me and the StonerJazz experiment."

.... and here is my own test account:
https://sonicstructuresandsilentstretches.bandcamp.com/track/eliza

POETRY IS VITAL

This threshold space exists for those who feel like listening to some of my quite professional poetry embedded in rather amateurishly recorded but judiciously arranged sound, a modicum of purely acoustic work notwithstanding.  Fortunately, some other artists have also transformed the symbolic expression of my words into the tangible beauty of real songs and soundscapes - just listen to Sympoetic Ultrasounds: https://soundcloud.com/sonic-textures/sets/sympoetic-ultrasounds !

SOUND, SPACE AND TIME

Tend your listening senses gently. Even though my general approach welcomes and embraces lo-fi concepts like the precision of spontaneously occuring imprecisions, headphones worth their membranes are recommended - unless you like your sounds flat, mangled, battered and helpless. You don't, do you? Be kind to these soundscapes.

STRUCTURING IMPULSE

Due to the nature of "poetry soundscapes", your listening expectations regarding traditionally structured "songs", sonically purified "raw wildlife soundscapes", keyboard-laden "ambient recordings" or voice-centered "readings" might not be met. You will find some of those in my list of /likes/. "Noise" is a recurring structural element like any other. This is what this sounds like - within its own rights, limitations, tangents and interconnections. Sonic structures. Silent stretches. Poetry emerges from the gaps between the ruts, seeps in from the undergrowth, sweeps down.

CARVING, CHISELLING, KNEADING, MORPHING

A quick glance into my toolshed rests on Zoom recorders, Samplitude software and a dizzying array of diverse sonic machinery.

LARGE AND SMALL GIFTS

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Small Gifts

the less to remember, the more to listen
gifts from the ice age reverberate
a simple story, a forest, a coastline
entangled in silence, one starts to relate
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In case you have read up to this point, you might be a sonic creator yourself. May I ask you for a helping ear? Above, there is a tiny poem of mine that I do not understand how to translate into sound. If you do - please act on it. It is a matter of common decency, of course, to keep the title (Small Gifts) and to credit the lyrics to me (jo richter). And please do notify me of your version via a soundcloud message. One bewilderingly beautiful version crafted by mono-lux has already gone public, as well as an amazing version by cthonicist.  You'll find both in my playlist Sympoetic Ultrasounds. This is just a small gift, not a challenge - life already has more than enough of those on offer, doesn't it? Treat it this way.

POETRY IS VITAL
sound, space and time
structuring impulse
carving, chiselling, kneading, morphing
large and small gifts
poetry is vital

GENERAL POLICY regarding the use of LIKES, REPOSTS and FOLLOWS:
I like what I like and want to hear again.
I only repost what I've had a hand in creating.
I follow when I see directions or arrivals I like, not when followed (though I might peek in to get an idea of what your sounds are about). I have set myself a limit of accounts I follow not to be all too overwhelmed. Not following does therefore not mean I do not appreciate what you contribute to the enjoyments of soundcloud.
Do not expect other behaviour from me.
(jo richter)

an inoffensive transition

sonic structures and silent stretches