🎸 BASEMENT SESSIONS - LEVEL 3

BASEMENT SESSIONS - LEVEL 3 is a tribute to the rock of the 80s, sung in Portuguese, with everything that made that decade great: iconic guitars, synths at their peak, and lyrics full of attitude.

The lyrics are original, written by Teresa Maia. The production — arrangements and vocals — was created using artificial intelligence, blending the spirit of the 80s with a modern twist.

Sem Rima Nem Razão

Um Fio Frágil

A Dança do Improviso

Aplausos Vazios

Um Lugar

A Verdade no Silêncio

Entre Mitos e Amanhãs

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The song is really about the sensuality, eroticism, and beauty of Japanese women. Japan is an amazing place - and the women, absolutely beautiful.

A beleza das mulheres japonesas (Trad.) - The Beauty of Japanese Women (Trad.)

Portuguese visual artist and writer, I move between words and images to explore emotions and the contrasts of the world around me. I write books and song lyrics that blend poetry, melody, and raw truth — always with a personal and introspective touch.

My art lives between paper, canvas, and music, where each creation tells a different story, yet always my own.

So you want to know more about the mysterious (and handsome if I do say so myself) Rainforest Cowboy?, eh,

In school I majored in music for four years playing in an orchestra and a band.  Specifically, I played a western brass instrument called a "Tuba" - it's a bass instrument and like drums carries the beat for a composition.  My instructor was a traditional German composer/conductor .. and they love Tuba's so it was a lot of fun.  I also played early keyboards and organs getting into the nascent MIDI interfaces of the day with an Atari ST.

I attended many orchestras at this time and got into early New Age type music such as Fresh Aiire (which I consider experimental). This really kicked off my interest in traditional instruments around the world, languages (even spoken languages are essentially musical), cultures - why I really enjoy fusion mixes.

My father had cancer during my school days, I worked those years in addition to taking care of my father.  When he passed in my final year I left music as I have to work very hard in order to survive.

I volunteer at various places as time permits, at one I pick up food for elderly women.  Seeing how hard the staff and volunteers worked helping so many I decided to try to create a song for them, my way of saying thank-you and also encouraging them.  Some people had suggested I go public .. in fact the same people suggested I start a Sound Cloud site .. which I knew very little about (just a few weeks ago).

It's been great fun.  Here is the process:

I start with an idea, then research for days to several weeks for accuracy and depth.  

Once researched I create a shot story based upon the original idea/concept.  I love true life stories, emotions, passions and work hard to get that into the lyrics (which is basically poetry).  When younger I was the #1 author in my field, worldwide, so for me writing has been a lifetime passion and poetry (lyrics) is the dessert.

Once I have it all 'fleshed out' I get into my nerdy-tech interests.  I've been involved in PC's since an Apple ][ back in 1977.  I also, as CIO, took a company from 10K in sales to over 2-Billion within 10-years and doing all aspects of IT and robotics was so so much fun.  This is why I love the AI side .. I'm getting into the LLM and really merging it with music.  For example, I'll specify (say) G Minor, the tempo (timing, beats), vocals, languages, instruments and so forth ... it's almost like C++ programming.  From there I take the lyrics and clothe it in song.  So I'm basically merging musical theory and tech.  Again, the story/lyrics are the most important aspect but the tech side sure is fun.

Finally, as I was an artist as well, I spend a lot of time doing the various track covers(which are all custom made my me, only, I tend to do them at 4K or 8K.  Then there's last but not least, organization and all the background work to keep it organized.

I'll get an email address up - if you have a story to tell let the ole Rainforest Cowboy know.  I love to write about peoples' experiences, their cities and nations, hobbies, hopes and fears.  Maybe you're in love, promoting a charity, or missing a lost one - if you would like to share, I'll make a song about it.

jornada de aprender a gravar som com as ideias de sonoridade ideal pra minha banda.



Henry E Lammers, with the initials “HEL”, is evolving from his original alias “HELfire” to the moniker “H-e Element” representing a terrestrial rarity rising to the outer atmosphere of genre boundaries. He is a break-dancer, chorally trained vocalist, self taught pianist, experimental synth designer, and meticulous music producer. Rhythm and harmony are an unstoppable energy in H-e's mind with which he aims to spread a cutting edge musical signature from Nashville to the stars.

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