This was a song written with my mentor Terry L. Walters the summer I spent with him and his lovely wife Dawn in Lansing, Mi. Terry would strum a chord progression and I would sing a melody. When two musician are in sync there is nothing better.

I Hear You Calling

I Hear You Calling by Terry L. Walters and Dave Hanrahan

the first of several universes to be a merger

First universum

Original Mix: https://on.soundcloud.com/cyGJNT82qRdjiNAT7

The Art of Letting Go (BHM Remix)

Original composition….Alejandro Gonzalez M.

Interlude

Ethereal Tides

In Real Life is a fun song with an irresistible groove about the duality of our personas in digital realms like social media that allow us to present an image to the virtual world that is not necessarily who we are in real life. The idea came from the abbreviation IRL coming into the language to designate the distinction between real life and the virtual worlds we visit where we are not constrained or defined by who we are IRL.

In real life, you ain’t no super model
Baby, but you’re still beautiful!
In real life, I ain’t no rock star
But every chance I get
I sure enough rock!

I ain’t no algorithm
I’m virtually a person
I’ve got my own damn story
And most if it is virtually true!

In real life I’m virtually a rock star
Yeah I’m a rock star baby
In real life you’re virtually a super model
Doin’ the cat walk baby
In real life you influence virtually everyone

In real life, its virtually true
In real life, you’re a virtual star
IRL I’ll make you a bet
That what you see ain’t what I get

In real life, you ain’t no super model
Oh baby, but you’re beautiful!
In real life, I ain’t no rock star
But every chance I get
I sure enough rock!

I ain’t no algorithm
I’m virtually a person
I’ve got my own damn story
And most if it is virtually true

In real life I’m virtually a rock star
Rock star rock star rock star
In real life you’re virtually a super model
A super duper model
In real life you influence virtually everyone darling

In real life, its virtually true
In real life, you’re a virtual star
IRL I’ll make you a bet
That what you see ain’t what I get

In real life I’m virtually a rock star
Yeah I’m a rock star baby
In real life you’re virtually a super model
Doin’ the cat walk baby
In real life you influence virtually everyone
You have followers baby

In real life, its virtually true
In real life, you’re a virtual star
IRL I’ll make you a bet
That what you see ain’t what I get

In Real Life

In Real Life - Defiantbutterfly

2025 06 21 Song 1136

RepostExchange Underground Charts highest position #32 (2025 06 29)

“Half Awake” is a dreamy, atmospheric electronic track that blends emotional melodies with spacious synth layers and subtle rhythms. Drifting somewhere between melodic dubstep and chillstep, it evokes the hazy in-between state of sleep and wakefulness — introspective, hopeful, and gently uplifting. Perfect for night drives, deep focus, or quiet reflection.

Half awake

Grand Prize: Anthoknee Battaglia: vocals, mixing. Twan J.: engineering, production, sampler. Featuring samples from Jellyfish - The Man I Used To Be

Sugar Plum

Say it how it should be

[Intro]
Just two friends in an old car ride
Hearts wide open, nowhere to hide
The heater’s broke, but we don’t mind
We’ve got girl problems and time

[Verse 1]
Me and Bill were tight since ninth grade gym
Talkin’ 'bout love on a teenage whim
The old car rattled like a coffee can
But it rolled uphill like a stubborn man

We found a spot where the stars stood still
Engine off, just parked on a hill
Cold air wrapped us like a woolen sheet
While we fixed the world from a bench seat

[Chorus]

Hi there fellas, said the man in blue
We jumped like kids with nothin' to do
No beer, no smokes, just talkin’ it through
He laughed, said, “I’ve been young like you”
Foggy windows and frozen toes
Just spillin’ secrets the heart only knows
“Hi there fellas,” now it makes us grin
Two boys talkin’ 'bout love again

[Verse 2]
Bill’s girl left him a note on his shoe
Mine just said, “I need someone new”
So we played like shrinks with a dashboard light
Two hopeless romantics on a Saturday night

Didn’t need a party, didn’t need a plan
Just a bench seat, and a brother in man
Sometimes the best nights have no design
Just you, the stars, and a friend who’s kind

[Chorus]
"Hi there fellas," said the man in blue
We smiled through the fog, didn’t know what to do
No crime, no fuss, just payin’ our dues
He said, “Keep talkin’—it’ll get you through”
Cold air outside, but hearts were warm
Two teen philosophers ridin’ the storm
“Hi there fellas,” still rings like a bell
That night we had nothin’ to sell

[Bridge]
Now Bill’s in Denver, I’m in L.A.
We text now and then when life goes astray
But when I’m feelin’ lost or need a grin
I think of that knock—and Bill

[Final Chorus]
Hi there fellas, echoes in time
Of broken hearts and friendship prime
No cuffs, no trouble—just caught mid-rhyme
Two boys sortin’ love in a teenage mime
We had no answers, just the drive
But man, that night we felt alive
Hi there fellas, what a perfect scene
Two kids, one cop, and fogged up dream

[Outro]
Fog on the glass, stars overhead
Laughin’ at the tears we both had shed
Just Bill, me, and a night so grand
With a cop who seemed to understand
Hi There Fellas!

Hi There Fellas!

Lyrics: 
Scroll… scroll… scroll… (yeah, yeah)  
Tap… tap… tap… (uh huh)  

Obese zombies, hunchbacked, hunched in the haze,  
Neck-craned, brain-drained, stuck in the digital daze.  
Swiping the seconds, their souls on mute,  
Phantom thumbs fumble - reality’s reboot.  

Memory’s mush, dopamine gush,  
Screen sheen shimmer, the pixel push rush—  
Can’t recall grandma, can’t spell your own name,  
But you’ve memorized memes, and that’s not a shame?  

We’re digital dementia, all day, all night,  
Forgetting the real world, lost in the light.  
Snap, like, doomscroll, what’s real anyway?  
We’re dancing with data - tap-tap, fade away!  

(Snap! Like! Tap! Repeat!)  

Selfies in sewers, TikTok trance,  
Swallowed by scrolls, can’t stand or dance.  
Brain fog, blog slog, hashtag attack,  
Eyes like LEDs, never looking back!  

Once was a bro, brave in romance,  
Saw his soulmate, pure happenstance.  
But just as he smiled, his phone went “ding!”  
He checked for a text—and missed everything.  
Now he’s a bachelor, besties with bots,  
His one chance at love? Lost to digital rot.  

We’re digital dementia, all day, all night,  
Forgetting the real world, lost in the light.  
Snap, like, doomscroll, what’s real anyway?  
We’re dancing with data - tap-tap, fade away!  

(Snap! Like! Tap! Repeat!)  

We’re digital dementia, all day, all night,  
Forgetting the real world, lost in the light.  
Snap, like, doomscroll, what’s real anyway?  
We’re dancing with data - tap-tap, fade away!  

Scroll… scroll… scroll…  
Fade… fade… fade…

Tap Tap Fade Away (Demo)

Thank you for >1 million streams 🙏 Royal supplier of music to HRM Queen Ameenata Koita. I create healing and hypnotic music in the Earth House genre - think ambient/electronica/new age with a lotta love, mantras and world instruments. 
I have studied psychoacoustics, so you may expects ASMR, and don't be surprised if my music takes you on a trip to outer - or inner - space.

Tap Tap Fade Away (Demo)

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