Sundown Lane - Shine - 01 Shine
Release: 2022.01.28

Mix: Dan Gensel
Master: Dan Gensel

Shine

honestly not 100% happy with how this one turned out, but proud of the fact that I can recognize that, and that it's not going to get any better by continuing to bang my head against it, so I'm just setting it free and moving on to the next project.

sample is from a youtube interview with a corrupt cop, I thought it was kinda cool to rearrange the story to have a more positive arc.

got inspired to do some electro house or whatever this is after going to Portola Festival in September - specifically Skrillex's set (millenial alert 🤓). I used Chicken Soup by him and Habstrakt as a reference while I was composing & mixing this.

one thought I have coming out of this, is that I should pick a concept or a sample or something before I start composing; this track started as "I want to make house" - a more technical concept - and then I realized I needed some kind of vocal and just surfed youtube until I found something. I think it might have come out a little more coherent if I started with the sample or some kind of idea for the track to be "about".

also, I spent a bunch of time agonizing over creating lots of different fills and parts, and then a bunch more time deleting a bunch of them because there was too much going on in the track. I think starting with a unifying concept will also help with that problem, but also, I just need to remember to keep it simple.

Hold On to the Dream

Sundown Lane - 1011010100101000
Release: 2024.03.08

LYRICS

Too many characters, womp womp.

1011010100101000 (Jonny 5 & Yak Cover)

i'm pretty happy with this track. the vocal sample isn't the most inspiring, but i do like the way i chopped it up in the breakdowns. i realized i hadn't done anything with sung vocal sample in a while, so i wanted to challenge myself to do something different.

also, i think i'm getting better at recognizing when a song is done - ie. "as good as it's going to get" and moving on to the next one. 

i'm starting to run out of old project files to finish up; i have 5 left, but if i remember correctly, only 1 or 2 of them have a melodic idea figured out yet, so that's exciting.

i had originally hoped to upload 1 track/month this year; this is #7, so I didn't quite hit the target - but i finished way more this year than i have in the past couple years, so i'm counting it as a success. hopefully i'll get one more out the door before the end of the year :)

DIS T  A   N    C     E

I had this dream after spending lots of time working on this EP. I walked for what felt like days in a barren desert. Some parts had huge sand dunes, others had dried up lakes that stretched out into the horizon. I wasn't sure if I was going somewhere, or where I had started, and was filled with uncertainty, but I finally found a huge city towering over the dunes.

The Endless Desert

Hands Up

Entry for Round 196
Theme : Pop/Skate Punk
Music : Digital_Failure
Lyrics : ScottPontiac
Vocals : wheresripp

"Don't H8 The Sk8r"

VERSE
00:36   Sideways glances make you
	wanna wisecrack
00:42   There are circumstances that you
        wish you took back
00:48   One day, he will be you
	and you will be them
00:54   Make way, 'cause they will break through
	And we will transcend
BRIDGE
00:59 (Group SHOUT) WHO ARE 
	(1 person alone) you
01:01  (GROUP SHOUT) TO TELL ME 
	(1 person alone) to
01:03  (GROUP SHOUT) DO WHAT 
	(1 person alone) Ever, whatever I want to
01:05  (GROUP SHOUT) WON'T YOU
	(1 person alone) see
01:06  (GROUP SHOUT) IT'S YOU
	(1 person alone) and me
01:08  (GROUP SHOUT) BE WHO
	(1 person alone) Ever, whoever I can be
CHORUS
01:11  Don't Hate the Skater, 
	Cause you'll meet up later
	He might be your banker
	or could be your baker
  	She could be your kid
	Don't say god forbid
	She could be your neighbor
	for the greater good
01:22 	Don't Hate the Skater
	Never be the faker
	You can't meander
	Once you meet your maker
	He could be your friend
	With you to the end
	Sent by the creator
	for the greater good

01:45 Are you perfect
	Or not what you thought
01:41 Does he make you nervous
	Does she tie you in knots
01:52 One day, you will meet up
	and have to contend
02:02 With all of the time mistreated
	that you have misspent
02:07-02:15 [music break]

CHORUS
02:37  Don't Hate the Skater, 
	Cause you'll meet up later
	He might be your banker
	or could be your baker
  	She could be your kid
	Don't say god forbid
	She could be your neighbor
	for the greater good
02:48 	Don't Hate the Skater
	Never be the faker
	You can't meander
	Once you meet your maker
	He could be your friend
	With you to the end
	Sent by the creator
	for the greater good

BREAK CHANT
03:00  Would you want to see
	animosity
	or some sanctity
	for humanity?
03:08  a catastrophe 
	Acting callously
	irrationality
	there's commonality
03:17 In actuality
	coming naturally
	mortal majesty
	universality
03:26That's reality
	we're all family
	So stop the apathy
	Act with morality

(03:34-03:40) [Musical Break]
       
CHORUS
03:40  Don't Hate the Skater, 
	Cause you'll meet up later
	He might be your banker
	or could be your baker
  	She could be your kid
	Don't say god forbid
	She could be your neighbor
	for the greater good
03:52 	Don't Hate the Skater
	Never be the faker
	You can't meander
	Once you meet your maker
	He could be your friend
	With you to the end
	Sent by the creator
	for the greater good	

04:03 to end:  [Harmony]Woaah oh woah woah..
	(Under it, low cream,) DONT HATE THE SKATER!
	     [Harmony]oh woah, woah oh woahhhh,  
	(under it, increasing scream, like Kurt Cobain) DON'T HATE THE SKATER
04:14 as music stops () Don't hate the skater...

Don't H8 The Sk8r

God High

FallingPieces

CHOCOLATE VELOUR

Ape O Clock (STBB 721)- late entry

Sundown Lane is an experience that walks between worlds, featuring honest, intimate, vulnerable poetry over hip hop beats, with occasional forays into rock and electronics.

1011010100101000 (Jonny 5 & Yak Cover)

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