Lyrics:

Praise and give thanks to the lord
A shitty sense of humor will make you bored
You've got the look of vacancy
That will change when shit hits the fan, wait and see

Blowing smoke through a tube of dryer sheets
My lungs can't catch a break for the sake of Pete's
Cocaine Charlie is trouble for the band
Marijuana Jonny punched him and broke his hand

Worried about a man in his fifties
He might drop some poison in my rice crispies
Keep an extra lock on the door
Because you never know what he will go looking for, no

But Marijuana Jonny understands
Like an ancient Apache tribe he fights for his lands
Armed with C02 guns and butterfly knives
Marijuana Jonny has come to save all your lives

Marijuana Jonny

Thank you to everyone who listened to this track at the beginning of the new year.
People are surrounded by happiness.
Everything is made with a smile.
The energy of laughter, the vibration of a laughing voice, the world begins to fill with smiles.
Nice, I imagined your smile and played the guitar.

Smile is like that of an Angel's

Here is a new track for you all. Its just a rock instrumental inspired by the rooster I own named  Kornpop. Just keep the rooster in mind as you listen!

KORNPOP

Second single from our 6 track demo album "THE EARLY YEARS" from 2016/17 
LIN GOTHONI // Vocals & Lyrics // Instagram: bit.ly/3htPeUo // @lin_gothoni
RALF WADEPHUL // Keyboards, Synthesizer, Mix and Production
PETER PASCH // Drums // @docfritz
ROCK FLEXIBLE // Guitar // @rock-flexible
Composed, Arranged & Performed by:
OESJ | ORCHESTRA OF ELECTRIC SPACEJAZZ & LIN GOTHONI
© 2016 - 2023 // OESJ // LIN GOTHONI // All Rights Reserved

SHINE

THE ALBUM

02. SHINE

Sounds drifting and dancing through waves of dense air

My Sleeping Lover, How Would You Have Me Wake You?

Peace begins within ourselves 💌 A musical letter to the Ukrainian people

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Since this track seems to be well received, I would like to share some secrets. I used the following for this:
https://heavyocity.com/product-category/foundations/
Heavyocity - Foundations Piano. I used it as an arpeggio bass track for the low octaves.
https://sonuscore.com/shop/the-orchestra-complete/
Sonuscore - The Orchestra Complete 3. Here I loaded the instrument "Grand Piano Lid Closed" on its own sound track for the melody and staccato chords.
https://www.spitfireaudio.com/originals-epic-choir
Spitfire Audio - Originals Epic Choir. As with the piano, I opened two instances and recorded separately on two sound tracks. On the first, the "ladies" sopranos & altos: short staccato syllables, and on the second, the men's tenor & basses: short staccato syllables. On both I experimented with different expressions and dynamics controlled by the modulation wheel via controller. The ladies are more dominant here.
https://refx.com/nexus/expansion/hollywood-2-core-library/
Nexus 4 - Hollywood 2 Core Library. Here I loaded the Strings and Choir preset from the "Vocal/Choir" category. I adjusted the attack a bit to get a smoother sound. It supports the sung staccatos of the choir from Spitfire Audio as a soundscape.
Then, last but not least, I used Sonuscore's The Orchestra Complete 3 again for the horns and loaded the "Horns of Hell" preset. I reduced the internal reverb a bit for this and also worked with dynamics and expression via mod wheel here.

Since I am quite lazy when it comes to drum pattern programming: The drums and percussion are ready-made samples and come from KeepForest, HighLife and other sample forges.
All in all, there are six instrument tracks loaded here in FL Studio and three audio tracks. There's also an EQ, compressor, and delay and reverb on the master. That's it!

Video: https://youtu.be/ej6cgRyOWr4

The spark that ignited this composition: Heart Of The Andes by Frederic Edwin Church....

"This painting was inspired by Church's second trip to South America in the spring of 1857. During his nine-week trip through Ecuador, Church made numerous sketches, and many surviving watercolors and drawings contain elements from this work. The painting was publicly unveiled on April 27, 1859, at Lyrique Hall, 756 Broadway, in New York. It was subsequently moved to the gallery of the Studio Building on Tenth Street and illuminated in a darkened room with gas jets hidden behind silver reflectors. The work caused a great sensation, and twelve to thirteen thousand people paid twenty-five cents each to see it each month. The painting was also shown in London, where it was also greatly admired."

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A Fragment Of Peace

I composed it with the image of a boy walking on the moon.
（月面 を 歩く 少年をイメージして作曲しました）

thank you for listening！
have a nice day！😊👍

DAW: Cubase pro 12

boy Walking on the Moon

This song is about confusing myths with the message. People can get so wrapped up in stories and forget the point behind it. Does it matter if legends aren't true? I have no idea.

A Cat Is a Dog To A Bird

Remember The Maine!

Here's an old one recorded in 2005 and remastered today 02.05.23.
A simple Tango with plenty of little quirks.

Tango 4

I composed it in the image of the story of a young man who went to war.
(戦争に行った青年の物語をイメージして作曲しました)

thank you for listening！！
good luck composing ！👍！👍！

DAW: Cubase pro 12

he went to war

28 Sep 25 Tense Horizon

Thank you for visiting and listening. I appreciate your comments and messages. Please feel free to say hello! - Steve
General life - info / bio - - -
I began my musical education with listening as an infant and at the age of 7, in 1958, composed my first piece of music which was a brass quartet.

Early influences were guided by the musical taste of my Mother which was often Tchaikovsky and other romantic composers, with an occasional diversion to Big Band and pop music of the late 40's and early 50's.

The Boys Club Band, Grade School Choir and High School Band were a great education in basic orchestration and harmony and in the mid 60's, and self taught as a guitarist, I began live performance, which lasted until 1999.

Music and technology have always been my main interests and as those two elements continued to merge through the late 90's to the present, they have led me to the point where I now can successfully realize my earliest childhood dreams of musical expression in composing for full orchestra.

Special thanks to Mom for the great listening experience, brother Greg for the continued guidance in music from a formal perspective, and brother Lew for the technological expertise.

Tango 4

Steve Karl