You have the best project name, especially since you always make me happy with something.

Lola Demo

noxpox - Nem E Sis

Big Black Eye is track 11 from Lola Demo's 17 track album Second Skin released April 2025.

Second Skin

Big Black Eye

BIG BLACK EYE

Surfers like Us ….. composition, arrangement, all guitar parts and cover picture 

Hi Everyone!
This is a brand new song that was written in a very happy spring atmosphere. 
I hope it will improve your mood! 😎✨

I invite you to listen to Part 2 which has a slightly different vibe.

Thanks for listening and any support.
Artur

Lucky Star / Part 1 ✨

Vocals: Winkandwoo
https://soundcloud.com/winkandwoo/the-great-awakening-vocal-stem-124-bpm
Mix and Production: Lou Osiavo

Great Awakening

Legion

the piano backing is a Midi file from MIDI KLOWD with a piano of my choice, my "trombone" is blown on EWI USB ..... a little fun, using a midi backing track. The VST "Deelay" delivers a special flavour :-)

Kind of Blues

     This is a serious sad song that deals with drug addiction and the loss of a loved one due to drugs. I have never dealt with that personally but I know families that have and it's devestating to say the least. It's a tough subject but I tend to write about everything and this is a subject we should be thinking about more often. It's about a husband dealing with his wife's drug addiction and how he doesn't want to go on living without her, so he's pleading for her to stop. 
     My wife and I were dealing with her Breast Cancer around the time I was writing this song and after surgery she had to go through Chemo and radiation treatment. Not a very good time for us, I was so worried, I guess that's where the music must have originated. I remember this really sad and depressing feeling following me around for many months too, like a dark cloud! Having to see a loved one going through all that is the worst!
             Charlie really did a good Job singing this one, I didn't do so well playing the piano, sounds a bit clunky,  but I'm not a pianist, I play mainly by ear and I don't read or write music at all, it all comes from the heart.

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/Da2gsoT4DHI

       The video was very challenging and I tried to follow the lyrics as close as possible. I applied some eye-candy here and there but it's basically very straight forward. If anyone knows of someone that is struggling with drug addition, PLEASE help them out before it's too late! Thank you to everyone that stopped by and watched the video and listened to the song! Living life alone is a very painful thing! Take care of yourselves and God bless!🙏✌🏼

“WITHOUT YOU”

MY ONE AND ONLY FEAR, APPEARS, 
IS CLEAR TO ME NOW,     
TO BE ALIVE IN THIS WONDERFUL WORLD,      
TO BE ALIVE IN THIS WONDERFUL WORLD,   
WITHOUT YOU,
             
I’LL SUSTAIN ALL PAIN, IN VAIN, 
BUT NEVER MY LOVE,      
TO BE ALIVE IN THIS WONDERFUL WORLD,    
TO BE ALIVE IN THIS WONDERFUL WORLD,   
WITHOUT YOU,

TAKE AWAY MY SIGHT,         
MY VERY WILL TO FIGHT,         
EVERY POSSESSION THAT I OWN,          
EVERY FACT I MIGHT HAVE KNOWN,        
IT’S ALL WORTHLESS WHEN YOU’RE GONE,         
WHAT’S THE USE IN GOING ON?        
WHAT’S THE SENSE IN IT?       
LIFE IS MEANINGLESS,       
WITHOUT YOU,
               
AN ETERNITY IN HELL, I’D DWELL, 
BUT NEVER A DAY,     
TO BE ALIVE IN THIS WONDERFUL WORLD,   
TO BE ALIVE IN THIS WONDERFUL WORLD,   
WITHOUT YOU, 
WITHOUT YOU, 
WITHOUT YOU,
WITHOUT YOU. 
                      
BY JIM VALDES © 2010

"WITHOUT YOU" (Video - https://youtu.be/Da2gsoT4DHI)

My Method of Composing and Producing

I'm sharing my method of composing and producing music recordings in case other composer-producers like me might find ideas worth exploring in their own work. I use this method for Classical, Avant-Pop or Neo-Folk Instrumental genres, not for Ambient and Soundscape pieces. Non-composers might find this explanation interesting, but having a bit of music theory background will definitely help. I consider myself a humble learner when it comes to music theory. 

I owe a debt of gratitude to British musician and educator Gareth Green, whose Music Matters online courses and free YouTube lessons have taught me so much over the past few years. Thanks to his instruction, I’ve moved from struggling to compose music by trial and error to something more enjoyable and productive. The knowledge I've gained has taken my work in new and expanding directions. As the saying goes, “Theory is not a cage — it’s a map. It doesn’t make the journey for you, but it keeps you from getting lost.” 

When I start a new piece, I begin by choosing a key, and picking a scale drawn from one of these sources:
 
1) Western Tonal / Functional Harmony - major or minor chords I II III IV V VI VII
2) Modal Harmony - Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, etc.
3) Slonimsky's "Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns" 
4) Messiaen’s "Seven Modes of Limited Transposition" 

For many pieces, I also decide on a progression, one as a simple as I IV V, or something more elaborate.  

Next I create a "scales and progressions" piano track in my DAW (digital audio workstation software) and enter the chords I to VII in my chosen key. These harmonized scales serve as a basis for writing multipart harmonies and finding pivot chords for key modulations. 

At the start, I know what instruments I want to use, making adjustments along the way. I tend to write chord parts first, then melodies created through a mix of improvisation and direct input in the DAW. Sometimes I start with a melody.

I develop melodies and variations of a phrase by some combination of: a) passing it from one instrument to another, transposing it by an interval that sounds pleasing, b) reversing it, c) inverting it around the tonic (first) note of the scale. These are well-known methods. 

After completing a section, I choose another scale and maybe a new key and repeat the process until I have a draft of the entire piece. Then I export a recording and listen to it “offline”, take notes of errors and new ideas, and incorporate them back into the piece. Often this “compose / listen / compose” cycle is repeated many times. These iterative cycles include adding new ideas, polishing transitions between sections, changing the arrangement, and incorporating expressive details like accents, and articulations (staccato, sustain, portato etc.). I’m often working several different pieces at once. 

Last is mixing and mastering: balancing the loudness between instruments and adjusting elements like reverb, compression, and equalization. I tend to mix as I compose, even though many producers frown on that approach. I find mixing as I go helps me envision the completed piece and make adjustments to the choice of instruments; it self-inspires me when the piece is starting to sound good.  At the end I do a final mix, but as the saying goes, “A mix is never finished — it’s surrendered.”

In the end, this method gives me a basis for exploration and creativity and helps me stay focused. The goal is always to make a piece of music that feels expressive, cohesive, and emotionally resonant.

Suite for Woodwinds and Percussion No. 2

A Kind Of Longing EP

A Kind Of Loving

feelin' so free

Original acapella Che Paxin :
Looperman https://soundcloud.com/chepaxinmusic/feel-so-right-wet-acapella

Feel So Right Ft Che Paxin

A song from my old band, Mercy Corps, back in the 2000s. Still hungover from the alt-rawk 90s we started to mess with dance punk. I went big crazy with the Moog on the verses. Too much? 

Lift Me Up

The song idea all started with Toney's latest car insurance bill, went up $150 in one clip; no accidents nor infractions, THUS.....
GREEDY SUM-GUNS
V1
Well, you know this country is run by banks and corporations
Nickel and dimin’ us on top ‘a all the rules and regulations
Now, I got my automobile insurance bill today
A hundred-fifty bucks more and all I do is pay an’ pay

[Chorus]
Those greedy sum-guns always puttin’ me in a deeper hole
Greedy sum-guns like the Devil, they ain’t got no soul
And I’m done listenin’ to their leave you high-an’-dry policies
Those greedy sum-guns need to become bygone history

V2
Took a little trip to the grocery store, twenty bucks more than the week before
Now, the county tax collector, he’s ‘a knockin’ down my door
And I got a stack ‘a doctor bills, I’ll be dead before I can pay
Then they'll take my kids’ inheritance; that's the American way, yeah

[Chorus]
Those greedy sum-guns always puttin’ me in a deeper hole
Greedy sum-guns like the Devil, they ain’t got no soul
And I’m done listenin’ to their leave you high-an’-dry policies
Those greedy sum-guns need to become bygone history

V3
And I’m prayin’ for the day when the pyramid topples to the ground
Prayin’ for the day the one-percent can no longer be found
‘Cuz there’s enough gold and Bitcoin to go around for everyone
And I heard it through the grapevine the dirty rats are on the run

[Chorus]
Those greedy sum-guns always puttin’ me in a deeper hole
Greedy sum-guns like the Devil, they ain’t got no soul
And I’m done listenin’ to their leave you high-an’-dry policies
Those greedy sum-guns need to become bygone history

[Music]

[Chorus]
Yeah, those greedy sum-guns always puttin’ me in a deeper hole
Greedy sum-guns like the Devil, they ain’t got no soul
And I’m done listenin’ to their leave you high-an’-dry policies
Those greedy sum-guns need to become bygone
Bygone
Bygone history!

© 2025 Toney Wright & Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

GREEDY SUM-GUNS

Tiny Dance - 25-6-2025

ÔNTI - Shi(original Mix)(demo)

Heavy Punk Rock 'n' Roll band turns into Synthwave nowadays! Brand NEW album "Ultraviolet Cosmos" available NOW!
https://shockthealgorithm.bandcamp.com/album/ultraviolet-cosmos

Independently unpolished band who like to be happy.  Unintentionally retro. Effortlessly uncool.

We'd describe ourselves as unpolished with dashes of introspection, cynicism, irony & humour. Tom Robinson describes us as ‘optimistic jangle fuzz merchants’.

We're very pleased to have had lots of radio play & positive feedback from the likes of BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Introducing East Midlands, Radio Caroline & Exile FM Radio amongst others. We’ve also been chosen several times as a Fresh On The Net 'Fresh Fave'.

Despite being quite a reclusive band with modest ambitions - we like our music to be heard outside of our own heads!

All our music is available for free download on Bandcamp.

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