Förlust

I am working on an album for this freaky lot. Why? Because it's a heck of a lot of fun. Trying to recreate some goth club memories from the 1990s. Building a band that should have been. It incorporates all sorts of elements from music I've experienced in various states of inebriation, leaving a lasting impact. And here I am sharing that experience.

I really like how this track turned out. It's kind of experimental with the tempo changes, and the vocals are sweet too.

The Cacklettes: Empty Couch In An Empty Room

In The Clouds Remastered

Peaceful piano pieces composed during a trip across Europe, from Paris to Kyiv, with tracks about places in France, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Iceland, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine & more

Praha

Sharing The Fire  .m4a

HEADPHONES OR GOOD SPEAKERS ARE RECOMMENDED, as usual

And Stonerjazz adds cosmic guitar in this version: https://soundcloud.com/user-911083679/song-0152wav?si=a010e5ad7f614739b7f2fa172fd1b579&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing ...  !

method: synth sounds, pedals of course, voice, post prod in Samplitude 

narration: "On approaching the other it has lost its own self, since it finds itself as another being; secondly, it has thereby sublated that other, for this primitive consciousness does not regard the other as essentially real but sees its own self in the other" (G.W.F. Hegel) (for a brief overview see here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%E2%80%…ndsman_dialectic, for a close encounter see here: archive.org/stream/phenomenolog…0F%20Hegel_djvu.txt )

image: a Zeppelin NT in full flight, high above Lake Constance, copyright jo richter

poem (copyright jo richter):

the rulers lived above our heads
masters thrived and servants bled
bombs keep dropping on the dead
hegel's words remain unread
to hail a leader is to be misled
the earth accepts the chains you shed

zeppelin flyby

zeppelin flyby - parts i - iii

Happy PIano Day!  (the 88th day of the year 03/28/2024)

This is a piano instrumental version of Ren and Chinchilla's "How to Be Me".  The original song is here: https://soundcloud.com/renmakesmusic/how-to-be-me-feat-chinchilla

The original has sparse instrumentation (simple strummed guitar chords and minimalist cello), but the added complexity of Ren and Chinchilla's codominant vocals make for a rich harmonic tapestry and a stimulating challenge to arrange a piano instrumental version.  For instance, one aspect of the song that I love is the use of the harmonic minor in a way that spans both a haunting classical (almost Chopinesque) sound as well as a soulful Jazz sound.  The raison d'etre of the harmonic minor is the V - i resolution. In early takes I settled on extending some of the V - i resolutions using a dom7flat9, which seemed to enhance the haunting classical feel and simultaneously felt in line with Ren's love of diminished chords (e.g., the diminished arpeggio in the Intro of "Hi Ren" which is arguably in fact a dom7flat9).  But then when listening back I noticed that in some places this chord extension did not mesh with the vocal harmonies and a dom7sharp9 a.k.a. the "Jimi Hendrix chord" sounded better).  This is just one example of the intricacies of jamming along with Ren's music.

Part of my motivation for posting this piano arrangement was the idea that Ren's music has enough complexity to stand on its own as instrumental music.  I was delighted when, later that day, Ren posted his first piano instrumental on youtube, a beautiful piece of modern classical music https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq3VcwPGseErHUa0-xLInQ

Here are the youtube channels for Ren:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RenMakesMusic

...and Chinchilla:
www.youtube.com/@chinchilla_music

How to Be Me (piano arrangement)

毎回続く同じ日々が飽きずに Everyday  
毎日が楽しいですか？Just play  
こちらは全然 Not Okay  
少しだけ分けて Give me some Ray  

今日は何曜日？Lost my Way  
疲れてる No memory, hey  
休みなんてない That's the say hey

身体が解れそうだ So fray  
でも辞められない Must obey  
なんなんだよ、Life's ballet  
どうしようもない奴 Everyday  

慣れてきたし Just sway  
慣れたら普通 That's okay  
少しの休みで We okay  
私生活は Chaos, not okay  

後戻りできない No replay  
誰のために生きてる？What to say  
逃げ出したい Let's runaway  
帰ろう お先 Have a good day  

何もする気がない Just lay  
行きたくないどこも Just stay  
面倒くさい I'm just prey  
今日は何の日？Lost my way  

大切な日も Far away  
疲れピーク No leeway  
ぴぃーぴぃー Body's ballet  
早く寝ないと Next day melee  

考え無駄 Just clay  
奴隷のよう Grey day  
動くだけの明日 No leeway  
終わる今日 Just one more play  

どれくらい続く？No say  
誰のために今生きてる？No way  
逃げ出したい Everyday  
帰ろう お先 That's the end, okay?

Deep to deep 生きる意味 In my keep

逃げ出したい Not just a leap 現実直面 Not to weep
自分のために Deep to deep 生きていく Step by step

逃げる必要なし Just beep 現実と向き合い Not to creep
自分の未来 Not to seep 明日への一歩 Step by step

終わりはない  Just the keep 生きる喜び Let it seep
毎日新しい Not to sleep 希望を持って Step by step

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The relaxed atmosphere by the lake and at dusk: It's like the embrace of nature that touches the soul and relaxes the mind

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