Crystal Ball

just a regular man with a guitar. pray 4 LA, pray for the world

Arkateqq - L4L5 (Version 1)

draws you in then hits you with a slap in the face bursting with energy, get off the couch and let's go!

lyrics:
Wake up sleepy head
Get out of bed
It's time to face the day ahead
There's things to do and places to be
Don't forget that nothing is free
Now get your arse in gear son
It's time to go and have some fun

The sun is up
The day is clear
There's nothing now to keep you here
Get your boots on and grab your coat
We gotta get ahead not stay afloat
So take a breath and let it go
It's time to shoot so let's go, let's go, let's go!

The clock is ticking
Time is running out
Get stuff done don't lay about
Prevarication is your disease
Bound to keep you on your knees
Make a choice and do it now
Worry later about the where and how

The sun is up
The day is clear
There's nothing now to keep you here
Get your boots on and grab your coat
We gotta get ahead not stay afloat
So take a breath and let it go
It's time to shoot so let's go, let's go, let's go!
Let's go, let's go, let's go!

Let's go!

The First Single (You Know Me) - Pop Punk Cover

Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness (RŸSQET Remix)

Prod. by Heydium(Marko Terzic) (Unlimited license)
This track was created using a licensed beat from Heydium. All rights to the instrumental remain with the producer.

Original Instrumental link -- https://heydium.beatstars.com/beat/pass-me-by-13826912

NNLF artists -- Prasanna Nagarajan, Roman Maksimov

The Bottom (lilxflirt feat. Nicky NUKEM, prod. heydium)

The earliest version of My Savior Has Fallen, which would eventually become a Great Below song. Recorded here as the second track on a long lost live solo EP!

My Savior Has Fallen (Live Demo)

What started out as a test using the "Emo Triangle of Guitars" technique, turned into me wanting to make a Jimmy Eat World-style ballad. Incredibly happy with everything here, especially the violins, EQ-ing & bass tones. It's worth remembering <3

Anything Worth Remembering | Melancholic Pop Rock Ballad

This track explains the censorship and pain of being silenced. Music should never be a competition and has to be free. Expression is key and despair is criminal.

Arrested With My Gun

“I read that “Teenage Dirtbag” was recorded in a house basement. I was inspired. This song is a reflection of the excitement I got back in the day as a new young musician in a band where you had no budget, loaded in to a run down studio, pressed record and left the session hours later with a raw final mix on CD. It was amazing. I wanted to get back to that in sound and spirit and to capture it I used my fantastic rusty stringed, completely tuned by ear £65 Stratocaster copy with little post production editing or mixing. When tracking I had early Foo Fighters and “Clarity/Static Prevails” era Jimmy Eat World in mind. Like those early days this was written/recorded/mixed in a few hours. “college rock.” centres around a person finding solace in music and guitar and considers the decline of guitar in mainstream music today, is nostalgic about the impact of guitar bands and USA radio college Rock music in the 1990’s and simply gets back to that optimism of JUST ROCKING OUT.” 

college rock.  

Take me back to my old room in the city
Looking back it was all so s****y
How did I survive? I played guitar until 2am 
My radio music pulled me through and then I would do it all again 

It’s a miracle that guitar is around today
Maybe I’m cynical
No one wants to strum and play
Got Wheatus in my memory
Third Eye Blind patches on my jeans
Blink bleeding out my eardrums 
College Rock come back and save me 

Take me back
Come save me
College rock 

© heart house and the new kindness. 2025

Written, performed, recorded, produced and mixed by heart house and the new kindness. 
Mastered by DOLBY

college rock.

Sometimes a song from way back has a certain freedom of light and dark references. We are the light in the dark and dark seeks the light. -john

Without The Lights

When some say you are negative and ambushed by the slander. Now, the truth pleads honesty and emotional angst. Knowing the truth comes out in spite of everyones opinion.

Hearing Negative

ruining the songs of my youth one at a time. im very sorry. youve been warned

Sweetness (Jimmy Eat World)

New Jersey-grown content

On this page is the most complete collection of Instrumentals, exclusive songs, B-sides and more, curated by Arkateqq/Woodro Skillson. Top tracks will also be ported to Youtube and other streaming platforms.

Open to new collabs!

Arkateqq (a.k.a. Woodro Skillson) is a music producer and sound designer specializing in rock, hip-hop, r&b and electronic dance genres. After signing with Headbanga Muzik in 2009, he crafted and remixed records for many of today’s notable artists, working from coast to coast. From beats and live instrumentation, including over 20 years of guitar experience, to songwriting, DJing, brand syncs and production for TV and film, he has racked up years of experience doing it all. His work on Italian artist Fabri Fibra's 'Guerra E Pace' elevated the album to Number 1 in Italy, earning a platinum certification, and he has composed music for 3 RIAA-certified (2 Platinum, 1 Gold) albums in the US. Woodro releases his own songs under the name Arkateqq, and with hundreds of sync placements from independent songwriting, he continues to work with artists and brands who are passionate about imagination and delivering an incredible experience. (From Breweryrecording.com)

Reposts will always be collaborations with artists or songs produced! Some playlists will feature my favorite tracks from other artists.

Several instrumentals will be added each week! Please follow & new music will be here. 

Arkateqq - Guitar Moods Sound Pack (for producers)
https://www.skillsonic.live/str/guitarmoodssoundpack

Thank you!




Some of the best accounts on here have really long bios (I actually appreciate this), and I don't want to be confused with a bot account. If you are a human, I am probably listening to your music (I've definitely heard some AI, you know the sound) but Soundcloud is currently the only place I can hear real unmixed underground shoegaze, wild genre experiments, the weirdest rap flows, and piano ballads all in one sitting. My wife Martine only likes mastered music (she sings on 'God Given' and 'Sun' on this page) but I will sit here and listen through everything because some labels can't/won't and I actually enjoy the process of finding gold in the form of a passionate musician who can only afford to upkeep a Soundcloud account. If no one has heard you yet, keep creating! We still don't know you, but we are listening! Ultimately, my goal is to help computer musicians understand that while playing an instrument is an amazing skill to harness, studio-quality recordings can be made anywhere and at anytime (and with any instrument). If you need help achieving a better production, mix, or master please message me and we can discuss how to do that together.

Let's GO



Contact:
arkateqq [at] gmail [dot] com

All songs labeled (NNLF) = lilxflirt and Nicky Nukem 
Logo art, timeline art, and all cover art labeled NNLF made by lilxflirt
All ambient tracks and instrumental tracks made by Nicky NUKEM
I probably have bipolar disorder or something similar. My music is all over the place

ok here is the mission. 
- demos are being released weekly.... or so.
- an LP is in the brainstorm... somewhere.

My name is Robert V. Galluzzo. Latest music: PIKE PROJECT. Previous bands: Pretty Polly, The Great Below, Nova Rae. Produced the Shudder original feature LUCKY. Directed the documentaries: ANALOG LOVE: THE ART OF THE MIXTAPE,THE PSYCHO LEGACY. Produced the official DEXTER: WRAP-UP podcast for Showtime. Former Amoeba Music & Tower Records employee & store artist. Composer for some local Long Island indie trailers & shorts.

I make songs that people will never hear - at least I used to. I'm finally publishing everything I've ever done in hopes of finding my musical soulmate & inspiring anyone who is willing to give this nonsense a chance. If there's anything song that you like, please let me know. If you want to sing over it, please do. This world is too big & our time is too short to stay quiet. 

I will never stop making noise. 
Thank you for listening <3

Man Made Material is one man’s experiment 

There is no plan.

Let’s see where it goes!

“A Music Fanatic, Songwriter, Producer, Mixer and Guitarist creating songs for the pure joy of it. I love to include my Wife and Daughter in my Music to capture a beautiful moment; a personal time capsule. Music is an expressive outlet for me and I write from the heart.”
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Zebra logo for HYPER MOBILITY EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME awareness. 

“Sometimes when you hear hoofbeats, it really is a zebra.”

No two zebras have identical stripes and no two people with Hyper Mobility Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome are identical. They have different symptoms, different types, and different experiences. 

Please see the link below for further information and awareness about Hyper Mobility Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome on the Ehlers-Danlos Society website. 
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heart house and the new kindness. 2025

Contact | hearthouserecords@hotmail.com

New tracks tagged #JIMMY EAT WORLD