Piano improv from Shawn Vaughan using the "royal road" chord progression

Royal Road

the creek next to my home

The March 2025 track for /r/synthwaveproducers. Prompt was "City Beach". I've probably missed the mark a bit, cause I've ended up with this fake ass 90's anime theme song lmao.

Ep27: The Beach Episode

Reading cHapter 12 of The Royal Road to Romance by Richard Halliburton

Royal Road to Romance - Chp 12

Reading chapter 13 of The Royal Road to Romance by Richard Halliburton

Royal Road to Romance - Chp 13

Reading Chapter 18 of the Royal Road to Romance

Royal Road to Romance - Chp 18

Royal Road to Romance - Chp 19

Royal Road  to Romance - Chp 21

So what happens when introspection is seen as self-sabotage? When any criticism, regardless of whether it's accurate (heaven forbid!), is seen as gaslighting? Well...you get the following...

Where’s my validation?
I need to hear I’m right
That when we fight it lingers
And keeps you up at night

Where’s my validation?
 I need to feel you care
 That even when I’m distant 
You’d still be waiting there

This is modern love
This is where we are
Learn to drown your feelings
Learn to hide your scars

Where’s my validation?
When life is getting tough
My ego needs a tender hand
Coz love is not enough

This is modern love
This is where we are
Learn to hide your feelings
Learn to love your scars

She said…
Where’s my validation?
She said…
Where’s my validation?
She said…

This is modern love This is what we learn Hold it all together Wait your time to burn

She said…
Where’s my validation?
She said…
Where’s my validation?
She said…
Love is not enough
She said…
Where’s my validation?

Validation

a chilled blend of thoughts from ethereal dreams

ʙᴀɴɴᴇʀ ᴀʀᴛ ʙʏ ᴘɪᴇsᴏɴsᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴏɴs

Born Woolfinius Jackson Whürl to two itinerate circus gymnasts, Woolfin would grow tired of the performance life and would go on to seek quieter pastures as a painter and later a writer.

Started out as a drummer shortly after the last ice age. 

With the advent of electricity, I grew sick of being the guy who hung around with the real musicians, so decided to teach myself to write songs. 

Years later, and studio hours too numerous to mention, I've reached the point where I don't suck at it.

I do what I can with the engineering side, but due to some industrial deafness, there's bound to be things I miss. 4kHz? What the fuck is 4kHz? Ohhhh, right....that's the area that's buried in all that tinnitus!

This is the point where most bios will pad the writer's ego, inflating self importance...which I hate, but I'm human, so here's just a bit. Spent years playing sessions, mostly for bands you've never heard of but also for a heap of adverts you probably have. Learned lots of studio craft from some very talented people. Studied production with a Grammy Award-winning producer/engineer for seven years. 

And none of it means a hill of beans in respect to the following question: is the music good? If you think so, then little else really matters, does it?

I have three studio assistants. All are feline, and none of them like asparagus.

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