Great first line that just gathers momentum from there. Controlled feel. Lovely vibrato.

Mike McKillip

A humble tribute to procrastination, Cargo Cults and dubious Spanish.

Cargo!

from Viola Torros, released September 10, 2019 on Another Timbre

Suidobashi Chamber Ensemble:
Wakana Ikeda, flute
Yoko Ikeda, violin
Masahiko Okura, clarinet
Taku Sugimoto, electric guitar
Aya Tanaka, bassoon
Johnny Chang, viola
Samuel Dunscombe, bass clarinet
Michiko Ogawa, clarinet

Johnny Chang - Citaric Melodies III

Released on 23rd June. Featured on Spotify's New Music Friday UK & Fresh Finds UK/Ireland editorial playlists & broadcast on Radio X + BBC Introducing Lancashire on the weekend of release.

Led by wild and captivating front-man Fred Farrell, “Saytr Play have a burgeoning reputation for delivering a live show that’ll leave your jaw on the floor, ears begging for more” (This Feeling, Gigslutz). Over the past few years the band have sold-out several headline shows at some of Manchester’s most iconic music venues as well as appearing at YNot?, Kendal Calling, 110 Above and Great Escape Festival. 

Receiving playlisting from Radio X, Spotify (New Music Friday UK, Hot New Bands, Indie List) Amazing Radio and BBC introducing, the band have racked up over a million streams on Spotify & a dedicated fanbase. 

Following their hiatus, Saytr Play came back this January with singles, 'like a Ghost', 'Crowded Room' and 'Serotonin Serenade' amassing over 80k streams on Spotify, BBC Introducing support, playlisting on XS Manchester and national radio coverage on Radio X. Off the back of this success, Saytr Play sold out their hometown headline show at Manchester's Deaf Institute a month in advance. Saytr play release 'The Butterfly Stitches EP' on 23rd June.

“Behind the uptempo backdrop of chiming catchy guitars and choral vocal harmonies, Butterfly stitches is a story of being in love in a small town where everybody knows everyone’s business & the idea that the initial butterflies you have towards someone eventually leave scars”

Butterfly Stitches

Prod by Mason : BROKEN

Song : Yanko, Y.CB - Lightwork Freestyle

IG : prodbymx1

YANKO FT. Y.CB - BLOODIES (REMIX)

A song about looking through the eyes of a healthcare administrator in this day of the current baby boomers generation aging. The healthcare industry is a tough area where there are no compromises. This administrator in New Castle, IN  is one in a million !

Rollin On-Final Mix 1

Learning How To Love Me
(May 7/Week 44)
CAPO 5 F, C, Am, G
5.13.23

VERSE
every day i get to decide
the clothes on my body
and the words inside my mind 

when did i start telling myself lies 
of all the things to think 
why am i unkind 

PRE
push and fight
strike a match to burn out every time 
i know i’m not far behind
but my mind tells me otherwise 

CHORUS 
yeah i’m learning to love me
learning how to talk 
like i’m my best friend
calling when she’s lost 

i’m learning how to listen (soften)
when shes being hard 
saying all the things
that i knows shes not 

yeah i’m learning how to 
love love me
learning how to
love love me

VERSE
i’m standing tall 
i’m standing up high 
watching my thoughts like clouds in the sky 
and i know that it gets cold when the suns gone 
but i can always dance and let the storm rage on 

CHORUS 
yeah i’m learning to love me
learning how to talk 
like i’m my best friend
calling when she’s lost 

i’m learning how to listen (soften)
when shes being hard 
saying all the things
that i knows shes not

and i’m learning all her triggers
all the ways she copes
when she’s in the dark 
picking up her phone 

and when it gets hard
to like what i see
i remind myself 
i’m just learning
yeah learning how to 

yeah i’m learning how to 
love love me
learning how to
love love me



to face herself 

 but my mind likes to tell me otherwise

learning how to love me

Real Lo-fi sound. Combination of vinyl records and audio cassettes in one mix. The perfect music for relaxation, meditation, and stress relief by Dionisaf.

1. Hotel Neon - Old Growth (Vanishing Forms A3) https://hotelneon.bandcamp.com/album/vanishing-forms
2. Kell Kellum - Slip/Fall (Adding to the Ashes A1) https://kellkellum.bandcamp.com/album/adding-to-the-ashes
3. Christopher Bissonnette - Response (Wayfinding B3) https://christopherbissonnette.bandcamp.com/album/wayfinding
4. Dionisaf & Boban Ristevski - Mold (Mold A5) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/mold
5. Taylor Deupree - Mor (Mur A2) https://taylordeupree.bandcamp.com/album/mur-2
6. Ant'lrd & Benoît Pioulard - Corvid (Deck Amber A1) https://pioulard.bandcamp.com/album/deck-amber
7. Observatories - Our Recently Acquired Knowledge (Our Recently Acquired Knowledge A3) https://iikki.bandcamp.com/album/our-recently-acquired-knowledge
8. Robert Farrugia & Dimitar Dodovski - Modulated Soul (Panicdemia Compilation A3) https://elanvital.bandcamp.com/album/panicdemia-compilation
9. r beny - The Dashboard Cast a Spectral Glow (The Dashboard Cast a Spectral Glow A1) https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/the-dashboard-cast-a-spectral-glow
10. Pool of Light & Slow Clinic - Coverns (Descend B1) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/descend

www.chitrarecords.com

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LO-FI AMBIENT MIX #3 by Dionisaf | Pioneer record player & JVC cassette deck

Livin’ The Lake Life          Writer: Jim Groves


(V1) Throwed out more hooks 
Than anyone in Nashville ever wrote
On a lake that shines like glass
In an old bass boat that barely floats
When that bobber hits the water
I’ll have a cold beer in my hand
All covered up with Banana Boat
Cooler full of day drinkin’ plans

(C1) I could spend my life out on a lake
Where it’s just me and some fish
Gettin’ higher than any bird can fly
Buzzin’ like the bees…
Watch a tequila sunrise, warm that southern breeze
Just me in a boat
Feelin’ alright, hmm mm
Livin’ the lake life

(V2) I’ve drank so much beer out here
I could make this old boat float
My cure for sick of workin’
Is the lake beer antidote

(Pre) Day drinkin’, my 8 hours away
Hell yeah man,
Life is good…

(C2) I could spend my life out on a lake
Where it’s just me and some fish
Getting’ higher than any bird can fly
Buzzin’ like the bees…
Watch a tequila sunrise, warm that southern breeze
Just me in a boat
Feelin’ all right 
Livin’ the lake life
Yeah just livin’…

(Br) When they reach down to take my soul
I’m gonna bring this old bass boat
Drink a beer with some ol’ lost friends, 
in our new fav’rite fishin’ hole 
mm hmm, Until then…

(C3) I’m gonna spend my life out on a lake 
Where it’s just me and some fish
Gettin’ higher than any bird can fly
Buzzin’ like the bees…
Watch a tequila sunrise, warm that southern breeze
Yeah, just me in a boat
Feelin’ all right
Keepin’ my cooler full of ice-cold Miller Lite
livin’ the lake life
yeah man I’m just livin’ the lake life 
Just livin’…
Livin’ the lake life

LIVIN THE LAKE LIFE

Apocolyptic Drone

Sometimes I wonder am I a clone
A pale facsimile of a better one
But I don't ponder until the day's done
Sometimes I wonder if I am one
Sometimes I wonder am I just goo
Waiting for a robot to tell me what to do
My moves are jagged, my gait is choppy
Am I just a sloppy copy of you

Am I a clone
What if I got no Mamma to take me home

Sometimes I wonder am I a drone
Waiting for the next gig to glow on my phone
With instructions on where I gotta go
Sometimes I wonder am I a drone
But there's a boy inside who sings
Nobody is pulling his strings
Rides his bike over fields of green
Parks it on the bank of a crystal stream 

Is he a clone, he doesn't know
What if he got no Mamma to take him home

I'll forgive my dreams for betraying me
'Cause they live in places nobody can see
Am I a clone, am I a clone
What if I got no mamma to take me home
Am I a clone, am I a clone
What if I got no Mamma to take me home
What if I got no Mamma?

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"Am I A Clone" - words and music (c) July 2023, John David Lawson 
Vocals, acoustic guitar, flute, bass, production - John David Lawson
(no VST's or pitch correction used on this one!)

Am I a clone?

Encuentro

When You’re Not Around 

There’s a stone stuck in my shoe 
Reminds me what I have to do
Like fix the broken window pane
And call you up again and say

Chorus 
I’m sorry how it all went down
I go kinda crazy when you’re not around
When you’re not around

I don’t know why it’s do or die
I take it to the bottom line
And then cross over every time
Yeah I know why you said goodbye

Chorus

And you’re so beautiful
And it’s so sad alone

I went to see the local band
Singer screamed like she’s in pain
Drums sound just like garbage cans
Double shots didn’t do a thing

Chorus 

And you’re so beautiful
And it’s so sad alone

Chorus

When You're Not Around

I wrote the seed words for this prototype country blues tune in 1958, at the age of 16. It was a scripted kind of episodic fictional daydream ( it's time to be gone song ), my teenage attempt to mimic my major blues influences of the late 40s and 50s. This year Mark Lyle, Bryan Carter and I got it cranked back up word wise and flew it forward to now with updated lyrics that kept the spirit of the original but reflected an matured set of skills and the help and input of each other in the process of charting and producing the music. We like to think we retained the feel of and old Willie Dixon song, one of my earliest influences and heroes. This is another time travel oriented Three Amigos production from Southside Tracks.

Lyrics: 
1958 / 2023: I’m Outta Here / I Ain’t Lying 
1.	I don’t need no bossy lady, Treat me like I’m second rate
I can’t take all this drama mama, You set up in your mind to set me straight
I can’t stay here one more hour, No need to say you’re sorry, time is up and it’s too late.
Chorus:	I’m outta here, and I ain’t lying
		Like a flash of heat lightning ‘cross the sky
I ain’t listening to no more fussing and crying
I done tried everything there is to try
If I told you once, I did a thousand times
That one day I’d be leaving like I’m flying
Like a flash of heat lightning, ‘cross a dark night sky
 		Woman, I’m outta here, and I ain’t lying!
2.	You just too opinionated, Always got to say what’s right for me
Woman, You just too opinionated. You’ve done decided who I need to be
I can’t stay here one more minute, Made up my mind, I got to get free!
Chorus:	(same as above)
3.	Don’t want to be here with nobody, Look to have herself a man to raise 
Don’t wanna be with some somebody, Got a sure fire plan to change my ways
I can’t stay here one more second, My clock say quitting time, and no more days.          
Chorus:	(same as above)

I Ain't Lyin'

Resting In The Dark -  Shane Beck & Walter Fini

This track is from a collection of tunes from the live streamed sessions with Slamhaus. While bands or users will inspire me, every song was composed live on stream without any pre-thought melodies, progressions or beats. Watch a piece of music composed 100% in front of your eyes.

Watch this track composed lived from here: Coming Soon!

Be a part of the music making! Watch Tunesday at 2pm CT every Tuesday!
www.twitch.tv/slamhaus

Album Artwork by Chris Amhaus

Lyrics:
I told you once
You told me twice
But I never want to see you
Until you've paid the price

I make you cry
You make me mad
I've never seen you happy and you've never seen me sad

You try everything
Don't cry if I don't wanna sing
Make up a reason to live
Break up when there's nothing to give

I never knew
The work it needs
An endless burning candle
That constantly just feeds

A single step
Is all it takes
But how much longer lasting
When we're waiting for the breaks

You try everything
Don't cry if I don't wanna sing
Make up a reason to live
Break up when there's nothing to give

You try everything
Don't cry if I don't wanna sing
Make up a reason to live
Break up when there's nothing to give

Tunesday, Vol. 31

November 28th {Pay the Price}

See you tonite

Songwriter / guitarist from Indiana. Feel free to contact me at :
mmckillip282@gmail.com

I am a singer/songwriter and musician. I’ve been writing and performing for 30+ years.

I fell in love with music when I heard the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. When I was 16 I sang and played guitar in my first cover band (Grand Funk Railroad!). In the following years I was in and out of various original and cover bands and played bars and clubs in NJ/NY. I was also writing and playing solo. 

In the '80s I had my first home studio with a Tascam Teac 244 Portastudio. I wrote songs, sang, played guitar, bass, keyboards and programmed drums. In 2000 I bought a 8 track Roland VS880 Digital Studio Workstation and in 2020 I started recording with Adobe Audition. I have written 300+ songs, some of which are under contract with industry publishers and I have several independently released albums available on various internet sites. 

I am a graduate of The Institute of Audio Research and a previous member of the Songwriters Guild and ASCAP. I hosted the 1978 Arts Center Arts Café in Maplewood NJ. From 2001-2005 I played in a blues rock band that performed in NJ and from 2016-2020 I played 350 solo acoustic shows at restaurants, bars and private events in NJ/NY. I am currently writing and recording new material in my home studio.

Some of my influences include The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Eric Clapton, Doors, Animals, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Muddy Waters, Paul Simon, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Dire Straits, Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Jeff Beck, Pink Floyd and David Bowie. In addition, some of my favorite guitarists are Mike Bloomfield, Mick Ronson, Robin Trower, Mick Ralphs and Kim Simmonds.

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