Imagine happening into a Tibetan buddhist temple high in the Himalayas, the inner space dark except for some altar candles and a few narrow shafts of light passing through small windows higher up. The temple is filled with incense smoke. It feels like you have stepped out of time into another world. In the dim light a large number of monks are seated facing the altar. They are performing a ritual chant in which the mantra is the first line of The Beatles' song "Tomorrow Never Knows." Deep voices center loosely on a drone note, and occasional overtones resonate within the sacred space; ecstatic voices ebb and flow; sometimes individuals are heard, other times the chants coalesce in unison. Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream. It is not dying. 

All play the game existence to the end of the beginning.

It is not dying. 

It is being.

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This crazy little track began as a microphone testing project that turned into a tribute to John Lennon's initial concept for the song "Tomorrow Never Knows" (on The Beatles album "Revolver"). John said that he wanted the song to sound like 500 Tibetan monks chanting. The Beatles version didn't quite realize that exact vision, although they achieved perhaps even greater things through the use of tape loops and other experimental techniques, becoming an iconic track on The Beatles' "Revolver" album as well as a classic psychedelic standard.

Headphones recommended!

- TJL

John Lennon Knows Tomorrow.

It is Being: A Tribute to Tomorrow Never Knows by The Beatles

Matthew Sanborn, Gordon Ranney, Mark Hervey. ca 1986. Madison Wisconsin, Rodney Ct Shag Carpet Subterranean Studio.

Gordon Ranney & Friends - "Pterodactyl Twist"

Remix collaboration with Tom Hanson (acoustic guitar, vocals, lyrics), Tim Lang (synths, drums, tablas, saz, flutes), and Mark Hervey (bass). Demo mix.

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Adagio Exotic Remix (Adagio by Tom Hanson)

Instrumental with SDRUM rhythm section.
Improvisational jam.

Live Echo Driver Minor Escape Demo 4-26-24

Instrumental with SDRUM rhythm section. My mood on July 4 2022 captured in watching fireworks drowned by storm over Madison, following two years of pandemic, violent protests, shootings and the Supreme F/U Court striking down RvW.

7/4/22

Main Street Killing Fields / Sick of It

9:30pm, 4th of July, 2022
Dark, passing thunderstorms
What I felt.

Feeling unsettled, uncelebratory, 
lonely, unfocused, 
anxious about the future of life, 
about this nation's state.

Feelings reflected in the low grinding clouds of dark storms crawling 
over the distant city skyline,
lighting bolts, cloud flashes, 
attacking, slashing,
murky rain squelching fireworks displays.

They tried, but who was watching anyway? The finale, doused somewhere in rain cloud, 
puny compared to nature's violent power, 
No f*cks given for our human world.

No f*ks given for our pathetic society, 
sick with self hatred, other-hatred, 
tearing itself apart 
because some sick mofos 
can't think for their hate and rage.

The sickness in the soul, 
fear and loathing the voice 
driving their insane self-dealt right 
to kill, destroy, tear down 
some other person's life. 
Not people. Objects. Targets. 

F*king amendment. Supreme f*kups.
Foolish desperate clinging to anachronistic words, historical flukes, 
to justify hate-filled headfuls 
of deluded imaginings already in place,
only needing an imprimatur, 
a holier, truer, better than thou fantasy 
from the mists of a different time.

So sick of what this Place has become
so sick of the killing, the mayhem, 
the apathy, the inaction.
Lying liars making excuses,
Accepting slaughter for sake of cash?

Sick of regression, 
spit-filled reactionaries 
hate your type of freedoms, 
their liberties don't feel complete
when you don't agree.
Sick of it.

930PM 4th Of July Stormy (Main St Killing Fields) Instrumental 7 - 7-22

Revolving, non-resolving chord progression with long reverb and some delay. Loose feel.

Ambient Revolver No Resolve Demo 4-17-24

Droney delta-style adaptation of She Said by the Beatles.

1978 Alvarez 12-string guitar
Yamaha MT4X Recorder
Shure SM-58
Recorded in a carpeted living room, 1996
Remastered at Le Petit Studio 2025

Delta She Said - A Beatles Inspired Blues

Space Age Love Song DEMO

PreShowGrooves1: Extended Mix

Inspired by tracks heard playing over the sound system before a great concert that create excitement and anticipation for the concert.

PreShowGrooves1: Expansion Mix

Life is good, life is hard, why do we have to make it harder for each other?

So Much In This Life - It's Hard Enough

So Much In This Life (It's Hard Enough)

Tomorrow Never Knows meets Dear Prudence.

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Prudence Never Knows

"Timber Timbre Burn" is the only album release from Madison, WI band Emerald Choir. It was recorded at the original Smart Studios with assistance from Butch Vig, Steve Marker, and Margie Navarre. The album was released in early 1987 on Madison's BOAT Records as #1017. The group disbanded later that year, with each of its members pursuing other interests. Major musical influences for band members were U2, The Church, early REM, XTC, Talking Heads, Echo & The Bunnymen, Ivory Library, Rain Parade, and other atmospheric, moody, guitar-oriented psych rock artists.

Track 3 "Autumn Winds" was released on a Smart Studios sampler cassette (yes, cassette!) entitled _Not For Geeks_ along with other Smart recording artists. The sampler series included some quirky early studio experimental tracks by the Vig-Marker duo, who would go on to produce seminal grunge recordings by Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, and L7. They later co-founded the band Garbage . 

"Autumn Winds" briefly garnered a brief bit of interest from a major label (Atlantic Records). Such is life!

Description provided by Tim Lang

Timber Timbre Burn

01 Intro_Timber Timbre Burn_Emerald Choir

03 Autumn Winds_Timber Timbre Burn_Emerald Choir

Greetings and thank you kindly for listening and reading. Gracias, grazie, Danke, mercí, dyakyu, shukhran, dank u, spasibo, děkuju! Slava Ukraïni to listeners in Ukraine.

Music has always been a fundamental part of my life, even if not always at the immediate forefront of my activities. I've studied classical guitar, and had some keyboard lessons early in life, unfortunately from an uninspiring teacher. I disappointed my guitar instructor when I bought my first electric guitar. In the late 70s through the 80s I played with friends in various bands with varying levels of ability and seriousness. During the 90s and into the 2000s I focused my life on other things. Then, beginning about 2015, I began building up a home studio, trying to renew my ability to play multiple instruments, and working on writing and recording my own music as a creative outlet. I've always enjoyed writing, and want to become better at integrating music and words to express thoughts, ideas, and emotions in a way that others might appreciate. Good music has the power to move people, to communicate at a deeper level than words alone. I hope I can create some music that others might consider good! Also, It's just damn fun to rock out and create new things. I plan to work up a coherent set of tunes to play live and record for the world to hear, or at least a few people! 

I ignore bots and fake messages about my uploads and offers to promote my music. If you're not real and honest, I have no time for you.



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