This was an old tune I did and It kind of has some special meaning to as it takes me back to some awesome Floats on some amazing rivers in the Pacific North West US as well as some Floats from back in the day that had nothing to do with rivers ...lol I hope yas dig it

Float

Killing Strangers (Cover)

Percussion, Synths,Effects, Arrangement
and Production: Roberto Sass
2022 remaster ThePhaige
Vocals, Guitar (some synth): ThePhaige
Lyrics and Original Score: M. Manson

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I was so appreciative that Rob asked me to join him on this project. We decided to change the lyrical object around a bit from "Were" Killing Strangers to .."Their" and changed the lyric in the interludal section. 

I really enjoyed working with Rob and have always respected his gifts for coming up with amazing tunes. He really cares about building something quality and I think that is a great quality. I was really pleased with his production decisions and am very pleased with the collaboration and hope to be able to work with Rob again at some point :)

Lyrics:
This world doesn't need no opera, They need it for the operation
They don't need a bigga knife (a bigga knife)
'Cause They got guns, they got guns, they got guns (They got guns)
They got guns, you betta run (ya betta run, ya betta run, ya betta run)

Their killin' strangers, Their killin' strangers
Their  killin' strangers, so they don't kill the ones that they love
Their  killin' strangers, Their  killin' strangers
Their  killin' strangers, and they are killing the ones that we love

Love, love

They pack demolition
They can't pack emotion
Dynamite, They just might
So blow us a kiss, blow us a kiss
Blow us a kiss, and they'll blow you to pieces

Their  killin' strangers, Their  killin' strangers
Their  killin' strangers, so they don't kill the ones that they love
Love, love, love

And they got guns, they got guns
You lost sheep better, better better turn
We got guns, we got guns
You lost minions  better run

We got swords and They got guns
You lost sheep  better,better better turn
We got swords and They got guns
Your lost minions better better better run

Their killin' strangers, Their killin' strangers
Their killin' strangers, so they don't kill the ones that they love
Their killin' strangers, Their killin' strangers
Their killin' strangers, so they don't kill the ones that they love
Love, love, love, love, love, love

You better run
They got guns, we got guns, They got guns 
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Written by Jeordie White, Chris Alan Vrenna, Brian Hugh Warner

Mr Sass

Killing Strangers with Roberto Sass ~

Jaime J Ross:  Lyrics,Vocals, Spoken Words
ThePhaige: Music, Vocals, Vocal Melodies, Lyrics, Production

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I had written this acoustic piece of the same title a while ago with the intention of it being an into, outro piece and had the section for the vocals and lyrics also done and was working with a good friend who had presented some killer lyrics for some other tunes weve done but we never really made headway on this piece. So I was thinking about it and just knew Jaime would love to come up with a direction for the song.
We discussed a bit what the word play was about in the title... the combining of the Ethereal and Reality as in my view one does not exist without the other. So Jaime came up with this super premise about the flow or path of divine order. Whether you subscribe to this thinking/believing or not... I think the contrast of forging ones path through force as opposed to ones path unfolding as if branching from a cooperative allowing (from a submission to) the will of the Creator has obviously been a debate topic for thousands of years and will for some time ahead me thinks. So whether you are a take the oars and steer the raft where you will it to go or are a set the oars aside and let the current take you type individual, hopefully the tune will resonate in either case :)

I think Jaime really did an amazing job as she always does in her lyrics and painting a picture we can see in our ears and minds as well as just really sang wonderfully on it, and I loved the selection she chose for the spoken word in the intro as well. We always have much fun when we do these tunes we do:)

I also loved the Harmonies Jaime created for this piece and her sliding vocal especially on one of the chorus vocals
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Ethereality 

(Spoken/Proverbs 16:9)
A man's heart deviseth his way; but the Lord directeth his steps

We're in The river......
We each grab a raft
Different times…different places
That's where we be at

We're in our rafts 
AS we grab for the oars
Settle back for our journeys
Away from the shores

Directions.......
Only God knows
For He is the Current
And decides where we go
and when we get there we
will understand it as so...

Ethereality

Navigation......
From the One who can see
All that lies in our path
All that will be 

Harmoniously....
As we float on through
And relax as we chill
Enjoying the view

Ethereality…Ethereality…Ethereality

Directions.......
Only God knows
For He is the Current
And decides where we go
and when we get there we
will understand it as so...

Etheriality.... Etheriality

Ethereality ~ with Jaime J Ross ~ 2021 remix

Betty Blue - Part 2 - Duplicity 

A tune by: Jaime J Ross and ThePhaige

This file is in lossless .WAV as we openly share all our music.
This is the best quality for the cloud but not the smallest file size.
If you would like a smaller size MP3 (or another format)
please PM me, Id be honored to make a private DL link 
for you :)

Notes:

Part 2 is about getting into the stream of success and finding its not all its cracked up to be and the idea of Betty using her gifts and creating in the way she always wished to was shown to be pie in the sky as she got in with the wrong people in the industry that simple used her to put forth their agenda and use her as the delivery mechanism to the masses.... she comes around to realizing that ultimately this is a choice and as she learns of the realities decides she wants out..... Part 3 well see what happens

For the second part of the saga of Betty we were going to go very simple with a piece of piano arranged by Jaime and a simple ballad approach, but as we went along it became much more but we had a great time either way. This tune goes all over the place and hopefully has some little surprises here and there.

I felt Jaime really was on tone and in such amazing control vocally in this piece and captured not only an exceptional vocal work, but also captivates with her various emotional influxes throughout the piece, she also brought her amazing gift for melody and song creation on the plate as well. We had fun bouncing back and forth with the building of the track as we always do and hope ya dig it :)
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Lyrics are co written 

Betty Blue (part 2) - Duplicity 
Lyrics are co written 

O Betty Blue what ya gonna do
Oh Betty Blue wez all pulling for you
O Betty Blue What ya gonna do
Its all up to you
Its all up to you  Its all up to you
Advocatin for you

Promises, Promises Oh…what will be
So much "total awesome"  that You promised me

You said "You are magic" "And you'll be adored"
"Your God given gifts" "Should not be ignored" ya said
But He not your friend in this, I Know I know I know
He may not have led me, He just allowed me to go

Betty Blue you are in all the way were concerned that
you just might begin to fray, We are gonna ask for and about emancipation
from this trepidation play
As you ride the carousel even deeper into your kinetic charge
your psyche wont allow you a visual of the circular spiraling fall at large

Hey! I have no more freedom You've taken over the reins
All I do is lose All you do is gain oh nooooo
I cannot write what I desire... You say all what will be
As I do as you wish You now write it all down for  me 

You're my master in this day.. This fact made abundantly clear
All that I was Is no longer, that is what now I fear
My voice, though it's heard is not my voice at all

Betty Blue oh Betty Blue.. your starting to envision your desperate view
A path to escape the snare your in is under a determined review 
its been decided they want more bang for the buck outta you!
1 more top 40 hit before you can start a new
Noooooooooo

Shes not gonna do it nah
Shes not gonna do nah nah

Jaimes

Betty Blue p2- Duplicity ~ Jaime J Ross & ThePhaige

Echo
A Tune by
Jaime J Ross & ThePhaige

​Jaime had said one day she had this piano piece that was needing to come out of her and she had been recently checking out some Vangelis who I love​. When she did this piece we had spoken about it having an inspired vibe in that direction and I am way cool with that :) Im also really excited that Jaime is featured completely over this track
so the folks who really enjoy the "piano girl" vibe and have been thinking some of the stuff we've been doing is a bit diverse from that will hopefully get a good Jaime piano fix they may have been missing. I think her play on this track is brilliant and it was as always a blast to work on it with her. She wanted some guitar on here and I love to play along with her piano but I so wanted to keep that to a minimum and just hear her play. I really love this tune a lot and hope others with too :)

Be Blessed , Gary 

Cloud Jaime

Echo ~ Jaime J Ross & I

Head Space ~ (Headphones) suggested

A Tune by: Jaime J Ross and ThePhaige

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When I sent over a piece of this track in the early stages to see if it inspired Jaime to come up with her signature piano , she was all over it. I think all I had at that time was some of the main synth vibe and a bit of acoustic. She came back with some very cool dynamic sets for me to incorporate and a beautiful intro or outro piece that I decided to add in the start. I was going for something a bit dimensional on this instrumental and we had a lot of fun going back and forth with it as it developed.

There is a section with a flute in the 3rd act which is actually all Jaime as played on her piano and a midi flute model in its place which I just thought she would dig and it plays with her piano and the guitar.

As always we had a bunch of fun with this piece and I always love to do music with Jaime. We share a wavelength and when we do the music thing together it just seems to really flow together very easily, enjoyable and memorably :)


Jaime's

Head Space - Jaime J Ross & ThePhaige

Borrowed Shoes - Jaime J Ross & ThePhaige 
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This song started out as a conversation a while ago where the Jaime mentioned "A man in the borrowed shoes" I totally forget why or how but I thought and said Song title haha! So it was sort of on the shelf at that point and then I started working on this funky groove thing and it all sort of came together from that. Jaime set out on the lyrical path and we were looking for a walking a mile in someone elses shoes kinda vibe but from both sides. Sort of like and empathy play but also as a sort of envy play as it can seem like sometimes wed be better off if we were walking in another persons shoes only to learn at the end of the day that things are pretty good right here or at the very least no better over there.

I totally love the vocal Jaime brought to the track and the lyrical stories of each verse as it tells a few different stories, and it probably goes without saying by now but I will say it again, we had a lot of fun doing the back and forth on this and working on it was a blast. Always such a great experience making tunes with Jaime and we gots lots more to make me thinks.

On the guitar I broke out some guitar with the Korg Kaoss pad installed for some wackiness and fun and we just went with a straight up drum, bass, guitar jam with no other effects or synths. Hope it comes across ok:) Thanks for another fun one Jaime J !! Your the C in class!!

Borrowed Shoes (Ross/Gary) mostly Ross!

i put on his shoes
and did all he dooz
and waited to feel just like he
and when we became
one in the same
i noticed I really really missed me 

Shes the girl with the borrowed shoes

I put on her shoes
stepped outta my boots
and waited to feel just like she
together we move
I'm intah her groove
and now I really really miss me 

Shes the gal with the borrowed shoes

a rocker be he
 seemed totally  free
diggin all that i  seez
when i become he
our vibes disagree
and then i quickly run back to me

He the boy with the borrowed shoes

a rich man he iz
done well in the biz
living in that luxury
when walkin with he
true poorness i see
i realize the deep riches in me 

Hes the Man with the borrowed shoes

A model was she
true beauty she be
inside her mirror i so can see
that under her skin
the ugly begins
i'd rather be just as i be

Shes is la Femme with the borrowed shoes

a star on the screen
so loved and so seen
gonna shine just like she
red carpets she gots
high heels I have nots
I just wanna be who i be

Shes the madam with the borrowed shoes

That gal looked so nice
I had to look twice
Her curve projected in my mind
perfumes she did wear
my man hoods a flare
But I wanted more my family at home

He is the married man with the borrowed shoes

Enough's dont suffice
I must go get two 
I probly need more like thrice
So I've acquired all fours
Now I should be complete
But what was found was that one was already pretty sweet

Hes that dude with the borrowed shoes

we might aughta stay in our own shoes 

Cloud Ross

Borrowed Shoes - Jaime J Ross &ThePhaige

LiL' Man - Original Tune by 

Jaime J Ross
G. Neal (lyrics)
ThePhaige

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This tune was a long time in the making. My friend and sometimes music collaborator Mr G.Neal who is also a work colleague were discussing a while back a certain personality type and writing these lyrics was a way of dealing with a certain frustration at the time. Basically I think we can all relate to having that certain personality around us that rubs us the wrong way and doing the best we can to cope with the challenges of that reality. I really loved the quip and tone with which G wrote the lyric and he really captured the cynical tone while maintaining a sense of restraint :) We acknowledge that we all have major personality flaws or character defects (if you will) but we arent addressing those in this particular song ... haha

I also love how Jaime sang on this with a slippery sliding sense of satire to the tone. She really worked hard to get that vibe we were shooting for on this one and she never fails to amaze me with her desire to push herself in whatever direction the song is taking, and always has really cool ideas and thoughts on where to go with things musically :)

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Lil Man (lyrics by G Neal)

Lil Man wanna be somethin
Lil Man wanna be big
Got somethin to prove
So he shakes and moves
Gonna show em why he got the gig

Lil Man don't ask you nothin
Lil Man don't want advice
What you do he already done better
What you done he already done twice

(Chorus)
He's the Lil Big Man
Exceeding your level by Two Ice
He the Lil Big Man
He's got stature only seen by the largest mice
Lil Big Man
Gonna out pace you cause he says he can

Lil Man's toys always bigger
LiL Man's treasures cost more
Hey play in the sun
You think he just be having fun
But Lil Man always keepin score

Lil Man need his wife to be hotter
Lil Man hope she catch every eye
Got them curves that make other men envy
They the best his money can buy 

Chorus

Lil Man finally star of the show
Lil Man says there's no Team in I
If you don't like how the Lil Man roll
There's the rock the hard place or goodbye

Lil Man need to feel taller
Lil Man need to look down his nose
So he makes other people feel smaller
Only way that the Lil Man grows

Lil Man full of big stories
Big stories full of little white lies
Impress ya with all his past glories
Kinda sad how hard Lil Man tries

Jaime J

LiL' Man - Jaime J Ross, Guy ****, ThePhaige

I was working on some sound model programming for a new tune Jaime and I are working on and this short piece kind of came out of that. Just a brief relaxing thing I thought Id toss up.

Wanderer

Just another independent musician
with a place to plop my tunes... 
phaigemartin@mail.com

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