Live performance, improvisation from June 2025.

Mantra

Artwork:  #azcreativestudiosydney
Produced in the
ARAPA Music Studio
Sydney - Australia

4.9.2025

What I See

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Dark Minds Unleashed

Challenge To Retribution

Challenge For Retribution

Video 1 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNt5uCnYuF0
Video 2 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De5yIJdWXWI
Video 3 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV7_9e2YLeY

Wonderful dubby flute by joerxworx: https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx

Remixes 2025

Wooden Spoon Dub (Remix)

Wooden Spoon Dub (Remix) feat. joerxworx & Video Link

Atmospheric muted trumpet sound by joerworx: https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
(EWI breath controller)

Hooked on you (Remix)

Hooked on you (Remix) feat. joerxworx

Longing (Rework 2025)

Hello…. So who is Darwin the cat… really? I suppose just an old recluse like me. An older cat who I was tasked with cat-sitting this summer. Initially, I never saw him. Ha. Then one day, he appeared out of nowhere and we became best buds. He became talkative and encouraged me to ask him about life. I would ask him something and he would tell me all about it. So of course here’s a song about our shenanigans. A simple song. Ukulele, vox, and some finger-tapping keyboard percussion. In other news, tiny chickadees have been following me around the yard when I water, and a new generation of rabbits hang out near the small patches of red clover I planted around the yard... They stretch out and relax in the shade during the day. I laugh at them. The raccoon(s) come through late at night, and sometimes I hear them scream, which does sound weirdly unnerving. A hawk is in and about hunting the yard for small birds and whatnot. The birds in the yard, head into the spruce tree branches where the hawk cannot go. I built a small branch wall around the fire ant mound back by the compost pile, as someone keeps digging into it, maybe the coons or possibly flickers trying to get at the larvae. Now the mound is really built up as the ant colony has worked feverishly to rebuild it. That particular ant colony has been here for decades. Plenty of apples and wild plums now, so I have to be alert when going outside late at night, as maybe the bear will return in the midst of hyperphagia, to gorge on the apples. There were some deer here briefly as well. I have begun autumn chores in preparation for the long winter here and have taken to eating apples and plums from the trees, as I take a break from my chores. I could be a bear… hahahahaha. And of course, I’m getting old(er), more forgetful, and wondering what the future holds in store. Hope you’re all well. Thanks for dropping by, Mark 

Darwin And The Evolution Of Catharsis

Always looking to collaborate with Jeff and this time MJ-Brewer jumped into the deep end with us.  Did the music first based on a really pretty guitar line Jeff sent.  Mark laid down some bass and I filled in the rest.  It wasn't until Jeff added the lyrics and vocal that we knew it was done. Added the mix and that was that.  We'll have a cool video for this one soon.  Jeff has been exploring stop motion animation and has already put together some cool scenes.


lyrics by Jeff Gardiner

there's really nothing left to say
but i'm going to say it anyway
thought i heard a whisper of the truth
but it didn't matter like i thought it might

Could have been an echo or the humming of a sharpened blade of steel
sliding in the rails of Revolution, the hounds are on the loose, they're on the trail.
The inhabitants are stark raving mad, this is documented well-

Fallen back to when the Radio played Paradise
falling into you, falling into you, i can't stop,i can't stop
i can't stop falling down the rabbit hole of passionate replys
i didn't even know, i didn't even know
that i was broken
till i found some bits of me, lying in a dusty field, in a fever dream
just this side of town...

every time he turns around,he doesn't even know what he is feeling disconnected from
he only finds that he is further down the purgatory path
still hoping for some Reverie
even though it's no longer free
but just this Now in the evening's quiet Twilight
all concerns appear as superficial, like she said,"the more i learn, the less i know" and i concur--

I Concur w/ Stonerjazz and MJ-Brewer

 Hi everyone, hopefully all is well. This is an old song I wrote in the 1990's and re-wrote in 2008 and it's about second chances. I believe everyone should have a second chance at everything in life but in love I believe you must think things through very carefully because it they cheat on you once, there's a good chance they'll cheat on you again! You know the old saying "Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me!"  In my humble opinion, some trusts just cannot be broken and once they are broken there's just no turing back. I was cheated on once in my first marriage and that feeling of being stabbed in the back still hurts to this day. If you can't get along with your partner, divorce them and go your own way afterwards but betrayal is always very devastating and I hope no one ever has to go through something like that. 
    I reworked and tweaked the lyrics a little in 2008 to make them less corny but it's very much like a film script where you can see what the characters are saying to each other, in a sort of back and forth interaction in the dialog, and you can get a sense of the doubt that will now always be there in your heart once you have been betrayed. It's really heartbreaking and "second chances" have to be really thought out and handed out very carefully. I still do however believe in them! (I'm a fool, I know!) You must watch the video, I worked hard on the script!😂
    The song is bittersweat and not a love song but more of a "Beware Of Fake Love" song. It's very country & poppy musically and Charlie did a great job singing it! I wanted it to sound light and easy to balance out the heavy lyrics. There are a couple of  key changes, as well as mood changes, in the song. I was going after that Eagles sound of the early 70's, you know that mellow acoustic vibe but with a little Broadway drama thrown in during the middle 8. It's like if the Eagles and the Carpenters had a baby, it would sound like this!😂 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/eRusaqWHK5o

The video is new, I finished it a couple of month's ago. I tried to have the video follow the script as close as possible. I think it turned out okay, who knows?  Well, I hope everyone enjoys it and remember never betray someone that loves you, one day the shoe may just be one the other foot. Peace out! ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼 

“SECOND CHANCE"

WASN’T IT ME HOW SAID “DON’T GO AWAY?     
BUT YOU DIDN’T CARE, 
YOU SAID YOU’VE GIVEN ALL YOU HAD TO GIVE, 
AND TRUE LOVE WASN’T THERE,
NOW YOU WANT TO COMPROMISE,
SAYING “JUST LET ME EXPLAIN”,
BUT I DON’T WANT TO HEAR YOUR LIES AGAIN,

LET ME REFRESH YOUR MEMORY,     
WASN’T IT YOU THAT SAID “GOODBYE”?
YOU SAID YOU COULDN’T LIVE IN YESTERDAY,
AND TEARS WE LEFT BEHIND, 
NOW SOMEHOW YOU’VE MANAGED,
TO CREEP BACK IN MY HEART,
AND WILLING TO GIVE LOVE A BRAND NEW START,

YES I KNOW I’M A FOOL,          
FOR GIVING YOU A SECOND CHANCE,
TO WEAVE A NEW ROMANCE,           
WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF, OH NO!  
EVERY TIME I REMEMBER,
THOSE HAUNTING MEMORIES,
OF HOW WE USED TO BE,        
I PRAY, THAT YOU,

HAVE REALLY CHANGED FOR THE BETTER,     
YOU WON’T BE SEARCHING ANYMORE,       
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO FIND HAPPINESS,     
DON’T SPOIL IT LIKE BEFORE,       
HOPE I CAN ERASE THE DOUBTS,     
THAT STILL BURN WAY DEEP DOWN,    
HOPE I CAN BE SURE THIS TIME AROUND,
  
YES I KNOW I’M A FOOL,          
FOR GIVING YOU A SECOND CHANCE,       
TO WEAVE A NEW ROMANCE,           
WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF, OH NO!           
EVERY TIME I REMEMBER,        
THOSE HAUNTING MEMORIES,        
OF HOW WE USED TO BE,        
I PRAY, THAT YOU,
        
HAVE REALLY CHANGED FOR THE BETTER,     
YOU WON’T BE SEARCHING ANYMORE,      
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO FIND HAPPINESS,     
DON’T SPOIL IT LIKE BEFORE,       
HOPE I CAN ERASE THE DOUBTS,     
THAT STILL BURN WAY DEEP DOWN,    
HOPE I CAN BE SURE THIS TIME AROUND.

BY JIM VALDES © 2008

"SECOND CHANCE" (Video - https://youtu.be/eRusaqWHK5o)

According to Wikipedia, the Blue Ridge Mountains’ signature hues–visible from afar–come from trees, which emit the organic compound isoprene. My home region with its mystical haze has long been a source of awe, intrigue, and creative inspiration for many, including me. Today, I’m really excited to release a 5-song digital EP called “Blue Ridge Mountain Waterfalls,” available on Bandcamp. 

https://josephhouck.bandcamp.com/album/blue-ridge-mountain-waterfalls

Conveying stories and emotions through music and lyrics remains a great joy of mine. As is common in creative writing, the tales are a blend of real-life and fiction, some almost entirely the latter. The title song was inspired partly by my late grandmother, who passed away shortly before my son was born. I fondly remember her and her mountain living skills: country cooking, gardening, canning. The song is a reflection on some of life’s landmarks.

At first, I had plans to record these songs with other musicians, and perhaps alternate versions may yet come to fruition. But for this release, I pursued a humbler, more personal approach, starting each song with acoustic guitar/ vocals and overdubbing a couple of extras like mandolin and piano where necessary.

Though originally I didn’t conceive of a mini-album, it became clear, looking back from a distance, that these songs correlate to effect a grander vista. The story elements are suffused in that beguiling blue aura of home. 



BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN WATERFALLS

The woods and the streams have their secrets
They use time as a tool to conceal
And I watched her old hands in the kitchen
As they made one of our final meals

She was a blue ridge mountain waterfall
Slicker than the glassy rock
And grayer than an old stone building 
Oh, if only these hills could talk

I watched the steep drops of her fingers
Lifting the lid off the pot,
Soup streaming out of the ladle,
Rain steaming that dry garden plot

I recall the damp scent of the cellar,
Warm hum of the old kitchen light
Cascading curls of her temples,
Cataract mist in her eyes

She was a blue ridge mountain waterfall
Slicker than the glassy rock
And grayer than an old stone building 
Oh, if only these hills could talk

Now she’s there in your face from this angle
When you smile after making a joke
But you never met your great-grandma
She was gone when your mom’s water broke

Just like a blue ridge mountain waterfall
Slicker than the glassy rock
And grayer than an old stone building 
Oh, if only these hills could talk


Blue Ridge Mountain Waterfalls

[
Verse 1
]:
 
In ferromagnetic materials deep
Where unpaired electrons never sleep
Domains align in patterns strange
As external fields arrange

Exchange interactions bind them tight 
Hund's rules govern left and right
Parallel spins in local regions 
Form microscopic magnetic legions

[
Chorus 1
]:
 
Domains! Domains! 
Organizing chaos 
Bloch walls separate the pathos 
From order comes the macroscopic 
Magnetism --- beautiful tropic

But in this void where we navigate 
Domain boundaries complicate 
The simple picture we once drew 
Now fractal patterns come in view

[
Polyrhythmic
]:
 
Néel walls thin, just nanometers wide
Where spins rotate and then divide 
Between regions of aligned force 
Mapping our uncertain course

Temperature brings thermal motion
Disrupting our magnetic notion 
Curie point --- the phase transition
Where order meets its demolition

[
Bridge
]:

class MagneticDomain:
    def __init__(self, spin_direction):
        self.spins = []
        self.wall_energy = calculate_exchange()
        self.stability = check_anisotropy()
    
    def navigate_void(self):
        """
        In this darkness, we must trust
        The patterns that emerge from dust
        Magnetic domains show the way
        Through quantum mechanical array
        """
        return self.find_path_home()


[
Chorus 2 
]:

We are wandering in the dark 
Magnetic domains leave their mark 
Each domain wall that we cross 
Teaches us about our loss

Of innocence, of simple views 
Now complexity accrues 
But these domains that organize 
Help us read between the lies

[
Verse 3
]:
 
Skyrmions twist in magnetic space
Topological, they hold their place 
Stable textures, quantum protected
Our understanding gets corrected

Domain engineering, nanoscale craft 
Reading nature's hidden draft 
Each manipulation that we make 
Shows us what is there to take

[
Final Build
]:
 
From simple up/down binary thought 
To domain walls with knowledge caught 
We're learning how to read the signs 
In magnetic field designs

The void still calls, we're not yet home
But through these domains we can roam
Building up our understanding
Step by step, we're still landing...

[
Domains Stabilizing
]:
 
Magnetic order found its way 
Through chaos into structured day 
Next level: spin and light combine 
Where optics and magnetism shine...

MAGNETIC_DOMAINS [R1]

We are an electronic pop duo with a connection to nature and trees, which have great healing powers🙏🦉🌳


Main & backing vocals & lyrics & connection with nature & the hidden people of the forest & Mixes & Remixes & near field recording & pictures
Heidi K: https://soundcloud.com/heidijks

Music production by Jeamland
https://soundcloud.com/mortenjeamland

℗2025 Lumi Records

Hooked on you (Remix) feat. joerxworx

🦉The Forest Army🌳