~~~ LYRICS ~~~
We didn't ask to be placed here.
We owe them nothing.
Gave us a name and a face here.
They'll tell you that it's better than nothing.
It's not better than nothing...

When it would've been better to have never been.
But it's too late now,
So thank fucking God we've got each other.

Don't tell us to save the world now,
Or to make things better.
We inherited a freak show
And an itchy sweater
With a promise for warmer weather...

It would've been better to have never been
But it's too late now,
So thank fucking God it won't last forever.

When you don't know what you want,
But you know it's not whatever they got.
You just grit your teeth and walk
And pray to God it'll work itself out.

~~~ CHORDS ~~~
Intro
Ebmaj7 - Fm7 - Dbmaj7 - Dm7b5

Verse
(Cm7 - Cm7 - Gm7 - Dbmaj7) x2 ... Dm7b5

Chorus
(Ebmaj7 - Fm7) x3 ... F7

Bridge
Cm7 - Gm7 - Gbmaj7 - Gm7b5 - Dbmaj7 - Dm7b5

Outro
Ebmaj7 - Fm7 - Dbmaj7 - Dm7b5
Ebmaj7 - Fm7 - F7 ... Ebmaj7

Better To Have Never Been

Juan Harmon's re-composition of the Wolf-Clan's ceremonial Delaware-Nanticoke Skeleton Dance, based on the ethnomusicologic research of James Howard (Oklahoma State University) and transcriptions from Charlotte Heth ( University of California), Sandra Wilbur based on a tape by Freddie Washington (Delaware ritualist of Wann, Oklahoma).

Howard, James H. “The Nanticoke-Delaware Skeleton Dance.” American Indian Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 1, 1975, pp. 1–13. JSTOR,

Written, Sung, and Performed by Juan Harmon:
Octave Mandolin (bowed and strummed)
Accordion 
Drums and Percussion
Piano
Logic Pro X

calling you

folkd

haunt

Sample collage of music that released or charted in 1972 at 72bpm as performed at 72 Hours Festival at Beulah Land (Cameron Mills, NY) 6/30/23

1972/72bpm

what i'd play if i had a radio show

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Jan Jelinek & Computer Soup - Straight Life
Fiesta en el Vacío - Personne ne pleure
Ghostride the Drift - B2
Felicita - Felicita Lale
Luster - Archaeologist
Andrew Pekler - Still Life
MPU101 - 12bitTOWER
Sydney Spann - Possession
Mat Ball - To Catch Light I
Kilchhofer Anklin - Burl
a.s.o. - Cold Feeling
Slide - hearsay
shinetiac - Dog Cafe Rioz
Sean Shibe - Children's Song No. 4
Matana Roberts - enthralled not by her curious blend
Josh Mason - The sunken cost is detailed

mix five

Untitled album by Caspar Hesselager. Recorded 'live' on modular synthesizer to one stereo track. No overdubs. Mastered by Caspar Hesselager.
Stream/Buy:
Bandcamp: http://casparhesselager.bandcamp.com/album/6-synthesizer-performances
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4YaG8wKDZap9Ge3HF5Snel?si=y3LCyQ8mS3GUb28EE-D2OQ

01 TWENTY-NINE YEARS

Limbo

amateur musician in Ithaca, NY
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Better To Have Never Been

Sunk Coast

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