New demo of an instrumental guitar ditty I've been working on. Alternate tunings are fun. 

Untitled (VHS instrumental)

In Blood Acoustic take 1

Excerpt from After The Gold Rush/In The Crystalline Dungeon (impromptu)

From "Strange Sense of Humor" 

http://thejisforjack.bandcamp.com

It Feels Good To Feel Good

Binaural Blast Beats (radio edit)

From King Rest's EP "III"

http://kingrest.bandcamp.com

Image by Chris French

King Rest - Binaural Blast Beats ("radio edit")

Preview sample from a collection of songs available for download very soon...

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I'm older than my old man ever lived to be
God rest his soul if there is even such a thing
I wanna believe the boy he left behind
has gone on to become a decent next-in-line

All this time without has been way too long
Idle minds give way to expectations unsatisfied

Set by a hero
Hyperbolized in the eyes of a child
Taller than houses
Smarter than foxes
Stronger than a yoke of oxen
How could I live up to such a fiction I've concocted?

My youth's half-truths form what I recall
I don't mind as most history is peppered with lies

It's not enough to rue what was
So here I busk on strange streets and such
Singing of water guns to the face
and Black Sabbath on Christmas day
It keeps me from cryin'

I'm wary to wait for too little, too late
on some master plan
I stake no claim to happenstance
I keep adding up through the frivolous stuff
to work out the chance that I might make you proud

The only way that I can figure how
is to lead a life that doesn't leave me beat and bled dry

Three

Waterguns

Subconscious post-election blues...

I'm feeling wide awake now
How can I sleep past a wink
when all Hell is due to break out
and we've only ourselves to thank?

Brief sample of what's waiting for you at http://kingrest.bandcamp.com. IV now streaming.

King Rest - Thanks (sample from IV)

This was a school project while I was at the International Academy of Design many years back (~2007), very early in my music production journey. It's aged much better than I would have ever anticipated. The segment from the original radio broadcast was a nice touch! Still proud of this one.

(Cover) The Eve Of The War from Jeff Wayne's "War of the Worlds"

A cut from my metal project King Rest's recently released sixth EP, appropriately titled 6. Flexing on the bass a little bit. Check out our music at http://kingrest.bandcamp.com

im not well
odd scarlett discharge
i feel ill
lethargy begs me to rest
overexposed
the fallout is taking is taking it's toll
toxic mass of the elephant in the room

clandestine cells ionize
emboldened as they metastasize

devolution of the lexicon
doublecrossed by doublethink
vandals of our perception
primed to abet their invisible war

poachers of reason and rhyme
villains to culture
halflife of your hubris can't decay fast enough
memetics befoul
spread like disease
reducing debate to a quip
this tangled web spins worldwide
and stakes us to the elephants foot

King Rest - The Elephant's Foot (from 6)

This a track initially intended as a synthy segue to serve as a breather from the heavier material on my metal project King Rest's most recent EP. It blossomed into a piece of music that inspired me to write to and develop into a full song. It's composed almost entirely of analog synthesizers I've accumulated over time. Check out the rest of the EP here: http://kingrest.bandcamp.com

Enjoy!

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I’m on island time
Lazy but my mind keeps racing
You’re behind the lines
Yeah I’m on edge. I read the paper
Pawn in a losing game
They rope you in to save face
Leaves a sour taste in my mouth

I will keep the seat warm while you’re gone

Tossing in my sleep
Duty calls you more than I do
They say freedom isn’t cheap
But know that’s just talk
How can I keep my chin up when it turns out conditions have gone south?

I will keep the seat warm while you’re gone

I don't have much faith in leaders
Oh, what a crying shame
Fool me once/twice
Sense of agency
Oh, the irony

I will keep the seat warm while you’re gone

VIII

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Random sounds from various projects of mine will be posted here. 

The "J" is for Jack

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