life doesn't suit me anymore

improvistion with bony fingers

caught nightmare

with the dancing graves - song of the gnome and the firefly

story about one of the nights

I was on a roll. You'll hear it at my funeral
Every word I told, every emotion was golden
Deep inside this hold
Going deeper as it chokes
And you lying cull...
You are lying down this road
Half a lying bull is a fucking obstacle
Those mechanicals were but fragments of my role

Antidote

(bridge)
sine wave set 'em off
set 'em free
cross this jagged outline
cross this jagged city
set em off, set em free
for me.

Every time I fold, round and round and round i go
I desire cold
That is unavoidable
Playing in my home
Playing in my head to hold
Those mechanicals were but fragments of my role

Antidote

Mechanicals

[GENRES: Art-Folk, Experimental Pop, Indie Folk]
[STYLE: Intricate, Melancholic, Clinical]
[MOOD: voyeuristic, detached, hypnotic]
[VOCALS: Intimate Male Vocals, close-mic'd, breathy, slightly strained]
[ARRANGEMENT: Bowed vibraphone lead, shuffling drums, kalimba arpeggios, sparse acoustic guitar, subtle sub-bass]
[INSTRUMENTATION: Bowed Vibraphone, Kalimba, Acoustic Guitar, Brushes on Snare, Upright Bass]
[TEMPO: Moderately Fast (113 BPM), decelerate to 60 BPM at Outro]
[PRODUCTION: Dry mix, wide stereo field, intimate recording, subtle tape saturation]
[STRUCTURE: Intro, Verse, Chorus, Verse, Chorus, Bridge, Instrumental, Outro]
[DYNAMICS: Starts sparse and rhythmic, builds with layers in choruses, peaks in instrumental, fades to a near-stop in outro]
[EMOTIONS: Detachment, Cold Curiosity, Melancholy]

[TITLE: Kindness]
[KEY: D minor – 7/4 – 113 BPM]

[INTRO]
[(Shuffling brush-snare and upright bass establish a hypnotic 7/4 groove. A lone, bowed vibraphone traces a haunting, cyclical melody. A kalimba enters with a delicate, off-kilter arpeggio.)]

[VERSE 1]
I collect your tears in tiny glass vials
Line them on the sill to catch the dull light
You think it’s kindness, this patient listening
I’m just cataloging the threads you're knitting

[CHORUS]
And oh, I wear your panic like a thrifted coat
Feel the worn collar closing at your throat
You hand me your ghosts, I hand you a rhyme
Tracing your fault lines while I count up to seven

[VERSE 2]
I trace the veins on a moth's paper wing
Spot the same powder dust on every small thing
Everything you touch breaks when you hold it too dear
I admire the ruin blooming inside your fear

[CHORUS]
And oh, I wear your panic like a thrifted coat
Feel the worn collar closing at your throat
You hand me your ghosts, I hand you a rhyme
Tracing your fault lines while I count up to seven

[BRIDGE]
I’m mapping the architecture of your ache
Rearranging the furniture for tomorrow's wake
Every cracked foundation, every split beam
Becomes a prized piece in my quiet museum

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[(The 7/4 groove becomes more insistent. Bowed vibraphone takes a melodic, mournful solo, weaving through the kalimba arpeggios. The acoustic guitar adds tense, percussive strums. The overall feeling is of a mesmerizing, intricate machine.)]

[OUTRO]
[Tempo drops to 60 BPM]
Now the storm has passed over, you’re hollow and calm
I pin your exhaustion to the flesh of my palm
Another specimen, perfectly preserved...
Was this the comfort you thought you deserved?
[(Bowed vibraphone holds a single, long note that slowly fades into the sound of a brush sweeping dust.)]

[END]

Kindness

You and I, paying the price
For our mere lives.

Waltz 12

Just Enough

An exploration of creating music with artificial intelligence. 

tragically deceased musician who returned from the dead

Cazador del Oso is an original film-in-the-making written and scored by Zachary Fawcett. He also performed and recorded guitar, bass (on all reggae tracks, Hunting Bears, and Kill the Rooster), trumpet, sitar, melodica, vocal tabla emulation, Rhodes, Hammond, Juno-106, vocals, and percussion. 

Guest musicians include: Eddie Ramirez (bass on Cazador del Oso title track, Alcohol & Ether, and Tres Amigas), Kathryn Radakovich, soprano vocals. Quindrey Davis (RIP) (drums on Cazador title track, Alcohol & Ether, Tres Amigas, and C+, and GIngerWulf). Juan Parris drums on all reggae tracks. Navin Chettri (drums on Misanthropiques, and Kill the Rooster), James Schmehl (drums on Hunting Bears), Mercy Maxson (bass on "C+" & GingerWulf). Cameron "Sparky" LaPlante (tenor sax, flute, effects). Recorded in 2016 with a some added overdubs in 2020 and 2023, at "The Compound 1848," "Thurston House," "Conrad Dean's," "Sparky's studio," in Spokane, WA; "Jimmie Denny's," Missoula, MT,  and Beargrass Studios in Whitefish, MT. 

Editing and pre-mixing and dubs done by Zac Fawcett, final mixing and additional dubs done by Jimmie Denny at Amplified Wax Recording Studio, Spokane, WA.

Stay tuned for the official hand-illustrated graphic vinyl record out soon! In the meantime, enjoy this preview of all but two remaining tracks from Cazador del Oso's soundtrack.

Gratitude!

the bullet show is Edward Dinardo from Gainesville, FL

His music is intense and explosive in nature and often laced with lyrics both abstract and personal in nature.

Listen and become haunted ;-)

I am an independent, amateur musician and painter. I draw inspiration from nature and my own life experiences. In the '90s,  I started singing in garage bands, performing solo in coffee shops, at open mics and also playing in cover bands across the U.S.  I took a musical hiatus in 2017 and began painting. Then in 2024, I rediscovered my passion for music through songwriting.  My songs often encourage calm and reflection, merging elements of various musical genres with the serenity of nature.

New tracks tagged #Art-Folk