A Kung Fu tiger,
set loose on the road of life.

46 chambers
Master the day and then the night.   

80s dreaming, we flowed like water     
Into another year my friend.

How does it happen
Passage of time…  yeah.

The stillness of friendship
Locked in love like stories in stone - stoned

Looking forward, our next adventure 
My heart is back home… 

***

We travel through dreams and nightmares
But never alone…

Miles between us, but brother see
I feel you beside me.

Forged in laughter the jokes never end 
Hanging on with youthful intent.

Bringing me back, is what you do
To a me who less, knew as you too 

***

Solo

Kung fu tiger, come and hang with me,
It’s time to rock this place crazy….

Do I need to beg?

KUNG FU TIGER

1 minute challenge...  Going to start a series of 1 minute tracks here for exercise and fun!

1 Minute 1

1 Minute 2

1 Minute 3

1 Minute 4

another minute long track in a new series of 1 minute exercises!

1 Minute 5

1 Minute 7 Master

1 Minute 6 Master

Used all five stringed instruments in single take, jammy, silly fashion... no fixes or corrections - sorry for partying!

For the nerds - Steinberger baseline, Steinberger guitar clean with chorus, Strandberg for crunchy left channel rhythm, Emerald acoustic for center pan first solo, Jackson for outro solo...

1 Minute 9

1 Minute 10 - Friends

Two Steinbergers having a conversation.  Both born in the Fall of 1988...

One black, one white...

1 Minute 11

1 Minute 8

1 Minute 15

A birthday track for a dear old friend... the guy who gave me my first electric guitar... a true friend since 1982... acoustic guitars and vocals recorded in Berlin, Germany- my nephews voice and brother's lead guitars were recorded in Long Island, NY- USA.  enjoy!

(Stirling)
Coming back, another year.
Yes we’re running outta time - this  I fear…
Call me up, laughing on the line 
I hear your voice, and I’m feeling fine.

Just a bridge between time and space...
How did we ever find this place?
Take me back, oh take me home  
To the place where guitars roam...

What do we do…
What can we say…
Mysteries of the world
It’s your birthday… 

(Calvin) 
Happy birthday Bobby

(Byron)
Solo

Mysteries

A straightforward rock track, with a distinctly Alice in Chains inspired drawl, creepiness and general atmosphere... Fun times working with vocal harmonies and heavy guitars...

LYRICS:

Just another day, floating away…
Can you try and see for me?

Lost in time, I fade 
Dead asleep, this bed I made…

What can we do to reset time?
Is there reason to the rhyme?

Dark Storm

Just another flight at night…
Thought I’d take a little bite…
Didn’t show, didn’t know -
How my trip would go…

Bumpy ride, the floor keeps moving-
Big bird still on the ground, I’m groovin…

Never say no to choco-
Just be careful about the dose  

Brownie Oh Brownie Oh Brownie 
Have Mercy on me!
Brownie Oh Brownie Oh Brownie 
Have Mercy on me!

Here I sit, up in the sky
Eyes are red and my mouth is dry

Does it show?  Do they know?
Wish this dream would end though…

In my mind, a giant antenna
Please let me out, in Vienna…

Gotta get free, gotta be me
Release your spell you evil Brownie!!

Solo…

Brownie

1 Minute 18 - RYOJI

Another birthday…
I’m a little late
Wanna tell you bout 
Somethin great.

A little story about some friends 
making music, until the end…

Peaks and valleys, 
ups and downs…
This world keeps spinnin us
around...

We’ve got each other and that’s a fact-
brotherman, i got your back!

Where are we now?
Finding our way somehow….

Lost in space, I see the sun!
Remember your face and endless fun!

SOLO

Bring it all back- 
That’s what we do…
Another visit- 
I’ll wait for you

Years ahead and years behind
Just a lifetime in your mind…

Thank you again, 
For these memories-
Let’s make some more
if you please….

OUTRO

Just a Lifetime

I made this mix tape for you…

Yeah- that’s so rad!

Yeah, my driver’s off tonight, but I do know this disco rickshaw we can take.

Something… is beginning…

Friends brought together again.

Long lost collaboration…

Can we keep it going??


Delhi by night, Garden Bar is calling you…
Cabana pool lights, come and swim with me too…
 
Oasis Friday, rickshaws race to Nehru…
Lodhi Saturday, too much Popov it’s true. 


Lost in a dream…

Nothing’s what it seemed  

Take me back…

With my Delhi friends 

(Nice chatting with you, maybe I’ll see you sometime in Vasant Vihar…..)

PERSONNEL:
T. Reasonover - Spoken word
A. Singh - Keyboards
B. Elmendorf - Rhythm guitars
S. Elmendorf - Clean & lead guitars/Bass/Vocals

Delhi Jam

When you let me down- Lookin for somewhere to land…    Trying to find myself- Lost in my own mind…  But it’s just another day- And I’m climbing higher!   The sky opens up - I see the clouds revealing me…   Here is my place  Amongst the stars…

My Place

NEW LIGHTS

That time of the year again…
My old friend.

Moving on through another land…
Shifting desert sand.

We know the atom, we know the moon.
Can’t touch forever, but we wish we knew.


Five tens or ten fives - it’s all the same to me…
Best of friends - that’s right-  we will ever be…

All music ©Stirling Elmendorf - Guest outro solo by Byron Elmendorf

BO50

A birthday track for a prog-rock loving friend... :-) 

RYO25

Here's a fun collaborative rock track between Tokyo, Japan and Austin, Texas.  Two old friends (since age 5 in 1982) collaborating on some coronavirus isolation jams...

Solo 1, 2, 4, 5,  Stirling
Solo 3, 6, 7, 8 Bobby
Outtro harmony Stirling

NIGHTLIFE

Standing tall in the West…
His nickname is the Mess…
You know in Scrabble he’s the best… 
But in the yard he gets no rest…

Traveling around the world…
With his California girl…
a-Doctor Good Times from what I learned…
His name- ain’t you heard??  

DUUUUDE He’s the Dude!
DUUUUDE He’s the Dude!
DUUUUDE He’s the Dude!

Another sunset on the Land…
Wine and coffee beans in his hand…
Trust the Dude and his plan…
He’s gonna take it all man.

Not many men will ever know…
What the Dude- that man knows…
A special kind of magic flows…
To the Dude- love we show! 

Solo Section
 
DUUUUDE He’s the Dude!
SORRY!!
DUUUUDE He’s the Dude!
DAVIX!!
DUUUUDE He’s the Dude!
HAI!!

The Dude

He's The Dude...

I'm a commercial photographer living in Kyoto, Japan.  Most of the time, I'm photographing buildings, interiors and people.  

When I have some time, I try to have fun with my favorite hobby... music!  

I hope you enjoy some of these ideas I've recorded.  I wish I had more time to refine them, but thanks for listening!  

www.stirlingelmendorf.com

@stirphoto

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