Cherry blossom

Recorded May 1st 2021 at Schuyllkill Valley Fair Grounds
Jibberjazz Productions event Some Kind of Jam 15
Video recorded and edited by Karl McWherter Photography
Audio recorded by Assorted Studios
Audio mixing by The Watermelon Room Recording Studio
Lyrics & Music written by Madison Gerish

Electric Guitar: Daniel Skinner
Acoustic Guitar & Vocals: Madison Gerish
Banjo: Aaron Mirenzi
Bass: Colin Rappa
Drums: Victor  Sigmund

"Everything & Nothing" Lyrics

My grandfather worked hard so I can make this art,
But all these first world problems keep breaking my heart,
I should just shut up and sing. 
But if pick this song I'm gonna pick it my best,
For everyone that hurts and my grandpa's death, 
I can feel it on my guitar string. 

I can't stay for long, but I'd like to state my piece. 
No one stays for long, they just circle and breath. 
You know we're all in trouble when the dealer's the one that's bluffing. 
You're everything, you're everything and nothing. 

You're late for work you gotta pay your bills,
Only time will tell cause it's time that kills, 
Shut up and drink your caffeine. 
I was told be careful what you wish for it might come true,
Now I'm standing on the edge pouring out my blues, 
Do I not entertain? Do I not amuse? 
Can I engage you like your nicotine? 

I can't stay for long, but I'd like to state my piece.
No one stays for long, they just circle and breath.
You know we're all in trouble when the dealer's the one that's bluffing. 
You're everything, you're everything and nothing.

Am I too human for my own good?
Am I too human for my own good? 
Is it human to be good? 
Am I too human for my own good? 

Well I ain't never seen proof of an immaterial soul,
But I think for myself and write this rock n' roll,
So we can dance all night and not feel alone. 
I wish I could forget, but I remember and reflect,
And then I cook it in my mind and I serve it to my friends,
So we can sing all night, 
While you pray that it ends.

Everything And Nothing @ SKOJ15

absolute reality

Nail In The Coffin - Tha Grinch

SignH

I wanted to keep things simple by strictly using the original source material without any synthesis or fancy resynthesis. So I put the original recording in reaper and then sent various filtered versions of it through various effects. I want to create something like a bass drum from the track, but I didn't want to 'cheat' by doing pitch modulation / using a self resonating filter on it. That said, I ended up using a self resonating filter for the bassline like thing, and I used paulstretch to extract some tonal content. The best intentions.. I manually adjusted the clip so that it stayed roughly synchronised for the bulk of the track, but then mixed in the original recording at the end so that there was some syncopation.

I find it a bit heavy on the drudgery of the march, and if I were doing it again I think I would try to escape that drudgery by transitioning to more of a drone, but I'm not about to start from scratch now :)

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More on this 581st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Helsinki Downspout (The Assignment: Use a rhythmic field recording as the foundation for a new track), at: https://disquiet.com/0581/

Thanks to Scott Fletcher for having provided the original material. It is used thanks to a Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0). Original track at: https://soundcloud.com/disquiet/helsinki-downspout/ 24

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shifty pipe [disquiet0581-helsinkidownspout]

What if you're in a sample challenge with mostly boom bap entries and you decide to make a movie soundtrack type of beat ? Well that's what i did for the 315th issue of the Producers Corner sample Challenge and it was fun . I learned a lot of things in the process. It's my first attempt in that genre so i'm not expecting to win the challenge but it was a good opportunity to challenge myself with something different. I hope you'll like it :)

There's No Planet B (yet)

So we keep our gaze fixed on Gaza. No matter how much it hurts. No matter how horrifying it gets. No matter how much we cry. No matter how often we slump over and feel like we can't do it anymore. We keep our gaze fixed on Gaza. Because what else can we do? Nothing else feels right. Nothing else feels responsible.

Reading by Caitlin Johnstone.

We Keep Our Gaze On Gaza

Composed and mixed by SupaUgly
Featured in TPC sample challenge 323

Squeaky Quickie

Winter sky–
Distant dreams
Shattered and flown away

(Tr. by John Stevens)

Haiku by Santoka Taneda https://www.chzc.org/Nonin.htm

More information @ https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

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halF shattereD [naviarhaiku520]

Fallin' #STBB878

The Adventures of Matte Black is a Gothic Americana band led by Madison Gerish & Daniel Skinner, featuring a rotating line-up of their intrepid traveling friends. Madison's philosophical, vulnerable and disarming lyrics dance with Daniel's subtle yet moving melodies, all while leaving space for their talented caravan of musical comrades. The music is rooted in deep improvisation and an emphasis on being courageous when facing the absurdities of life.

Everything And Nothing @ SKOJ15

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