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[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]

Calm and Steady series no. 173

created: 2021/11/12

Picture CREDIT:
(c) Nick Monaghan, all rights reserved
[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35404502]

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I wrote this track last year at the height of the global uprising.. Since then, a lot has transpired, and at the same time, not a lot has changed. It's a common occurrence these days where layers of truth are revealed, which leave us with realizations of a horrific past. 

The latest layer had me reflecting deeply. I'm a first generation immigrant, born from a family who left their country that previously experienced genocide, to come to Canada (the promised land)... Only to realize that my being here in part contributed to the genocide of others.. Shit hits deep.

We can't fix the past but we can fix our selves and also make time to help those that need a hand. 

A simple Truth from Yung Pueblo:

We often hand our tensions over to others without understanding that it wasn't ours to begin with - someone passed it to us. And so we pass it to the next person, and they to the next, until it lands on someone with the tools to process it and let it go. The more of us who are open to inner work, the more points there will be in the giant web of humanity where harm will not be able to spread.

Martial Lobby (2021)

sonic-attack Ancients EP. Ambient in all its glory

Ancient

Abydos

03 - Abydos

Wow! What can someone say. If anyone of you really takes the time to read my crap (thanks i appreciate) probably knows, that i had quite some troubles with inspiration and really felt like i over exceeded myself and my artistic vessel in 2k20....

So i really kept sticking more to listening and later on i had to take a complete break, step a bit back and i got to admit that i really enjoyed the off time. I was completely away from and with music, as i couldn't keep up with this intense pace and i simply wasn't able to draw any more out of that fragile "bucket" so to say.

I am really into Collaborating this year, so i put aside my (plenty of) projects and as i really befriended a few of you amazing artists out there, i got to admit, that it was (no offense towards any other closer friends here) the biggest impact for me, when my dear @texmex-shaman suddenly sent me this first raw version of the first third of what i can present to you today.....

It took me quite some time to get into it, but then it evolved, it grew into this wonderful thing here and i think it cured me... kinda... After busy months and going (wild again) with the arts for the cover to try to also convey the feeling into an image to show it to you, my fellow soundcloud friends and all other people....

..., it guided me to the point where i can now say "Here we are. This is it for me, after a long break to be able to upload again something where i put so much love and creativity and musical spirit into"...... This is also a declaration of love to Jim Morrison and his Spiritualty and his Native American Spirit......

Thank you for staying here with me my friends and its always so great to experience all this and this community and passion and love for music and so much more!

Truly yours,
Cmd. SF

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@texmex-shaman - Guitars, more Guitars, Base, Sitar, Various FX, Drums, Shamanic Rituals
@steve-fullyard - B3, Synths, Flute, Various FX, Vox, Field Recordings, and other weird stuff to hopefully entertain you!
Night Owl - Vox  (thank you my love!!)
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Thanks to TMS for going all this long way with me, and being so patient and uplifting and a real friend and man u know that i praise you from the bottom of my heart for being such a wonderful person, you resonate so deep brother. Thanks!

Way Out Here ft. Night Owl - collab with TexMex Shaman

This track was made during a difficult period for me, when covid drove me into a cage of depression. To cope with it, I, in spite of everything, took out all the light that is in me and, through I can't, tried to make music. And she saved me! This is the first track in a new, now, world. Music Composed/Produced by Guitarbeard © 2021

Buy https://guitarbeard.bandcamp.com/track/introvert

Introvert

Hello Folks!

Been quite some time, but being slow, doesn't gladly result in no productivity at all. Haha! After my Collab with @texmex-shaman (thanks again brother for this awesome experience), i was rummaging unfinished projects and thought about "whats next?". I found plenty of stuff which craves for my attention, but too close on the timeline with our first summer vacation at my parents in laws place.

So i came to the usual little drill , like "What equipment will i take with me" ,  "How will it be?" (in terms of my usual unique work and creativity flow) , and "Will i be able to do anything in the usual FY style at all?"...... turns out it was a fast super week there with a lot of various ventures, activities and wonderful weather!

I also used the possibility a few times to take the chosen stuff (i did go for the minimal setup as minimal can be) out in the garden, sat down summerstyle with a cold alc-free Radler and just worked in my DAW with self-built synths and a Studio One "Impact XT" drum preset which i manipulated and bent into the way i wanted it to be. Comparable with the first track you build in the Andrew Huang course, i went full electronic and after that week i had like 90% of it!! 

I have to thank my dear friend TexMex Shaman who did pre-listen ALOT and also encouraged me to build that intro (which took me quite a while to find the right samples, shape them and do some automations and stereo field sweeps - awesome process to push myself into this).

Going mad with the Visual was also predictable... most of you who know me by now, would've expected that, i guess? I love that process, like you have that music and it creates an audible image in your brain, but adding something as close as you want it to look like with a cover, is a complete different and somewhat relaxing process to me. 3 weeks of alot of work and manipulations. So much new stuff i did learn!

I want to thank big big time Chris Ainsworth on Flickr to give me the permission to manipulate his wonderful pic of an restorated "Tron" Arcade Machine!! (https://www.flickr.com/photos/53643381@N00/)

We're soon at the end of this summer and 2021 feels already passing way too fast and there is so much music to listen and also to continue working on. 

Love this SC community! Thanks for being out there and all this exchange!

Yours,
CMD SF

PS: If your'e interested, i start sharing the hq arts on my google drive for those who want to see more detail to the "vision" of my creation here!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IwcIXWLFPQtvPHYCKoOLpmme0Px0fzMh?usp=sharing

Thunder Runner

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Commander Fullyard was cruising through the Peep Durple system when the voice of Admiral Krank came in over the radio. It had to be done. One Colonel Hardy had turned renegade, establishing his own fiefdom among the Simmippians. According to the highly classified intelligence wire, Hardy had committed the highest crimes against groove, outlawing shuffle beats of all kinds and limiting musical expression to tonedeaf folk music. 

And now the swampy assignment: Operation Mango Wood. Hardy must be brought to justice or eliminated immediately. Was there any way out of it? Were there not several other officers capable of carrying it out? Didn’t Krank owe him a favor or two? Did the Commander need to remind the Admiral of how he came to his rescue in Operation Bass Guitar Part Rearrangement? Nothing doing. These orders came directly from Her Majesty Herself. She wanted- nay, demanded- that Commander Fullyard do the job. 


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I thank the Admiral for this opportunity! I, Cmd. Fullyard, fully obeying his will from now on, accepted the new supreme command in regards to any further additional space missions satisfying the highly royal needs of her Majesty! May she survive us all and may her burial chamber-like sten... ermmm sme... errrrmmmmm ..... FRAGRANCE never dissipate!

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(Operation) Mango Wood

Its hot and wet in the jungle, tonight
Laser axe hummin', red glowing, ready to bite

Mango Woood, Mango Wooood, Mango Woooooooooooood

A royal spacesuit soaked and boiling
Swampy assignment, highly annoying

Mango Woood, Mango Wooood, Mango Woooooooooooood


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This one was a real journey and along with the other collab i did with the mighty @texmex-shaman. The Admiral (@user-766619428) sent me the base and groovy drum pattern long long ago, early 2021, and it took quite some time to find the initial spark to go mad, but then it was a real blast. Kinda started sampling the whole thing and deformed it into something i never thought it would sound like. Recorded some stuff in the flat  (little child drum, etc.) and refined some axe-chops from our woodwork session early in 2021 along with some VOX and other little space pixie dust, b3 vst and synths. Later on he added the amazing guitars and additional fx - me finally trying to squeeze everything into the mix. Thank you so much for doing this with me. I hope this will be not the last one!

I also want to give credit to my parents in law and my love, which were so supportive in finding the right place for the shoot and helping me with my artistic vision to come true. This was quite a wild ride and it couldn't have been done all by myself! (That little forest fishpond was cold af... haha)

Thanks for the community for all that support and wonderful comments and reposts, likes and such. We are a real great "family" and i am glad to have you all!

Cheers,
CMD. SF

(Operation) Mango Wood - Collab with Admiral Krank and His Mighty Band of Spacemen

in an orbital mood

art by xresch: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/software-development-virtual-3682509/

Fishbowl Thinking

Hyperspace Transfer Protocol

hyperspace transfer protocol

All the sounds you are about to hear are made from real instruments, I used 3000 year old Mayan ,Aztec and Inca flute samples.
Ancient civilizations didn't used the same notes we use today, those early musical instruments like flutes were just mimicking what they heard in the rainforest, animals like birds, owls, wolfs, parrots etc...
This is by far the largest piece I wrote and I am exhausted. 

Special dedication to someone I consider a friend here on SC, Max a wonderful composer also known as Synthgrinder https://soundcloud.com/synthgrinder-1/tracks

Also and as usual a special thank you to Ray Billcliff the wonderful photographer I work with, please do yourself a favour and visit his online site, it will brighten your day for sure, he has a wonderful eye for beauty www.raybilcliff.uk/

Rainforest

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MIST

Wishing On A Star - Yb (feat. Jb Streetz)

Thank you for all those who are interested in this truck
Anything will be automatic. People are originally moving with their own will. 
Risk to easy. 
People can still maneuver.

Manual Shift

Truly an Honor to be able to collaborate with Artists of such stature! Great Thanks for Mrinal Dvijen Desai and Paul Racle and Laurie Webb for making this Track Possible!

Mrinal's Release Can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/mrinal-desai/symphony-of-dusk-the-colors-of-time-tcm-underground-official-ambient-mix

Vocals Arrangement and Lyrics By Jack Tahbaz 
Additional Vocals: Laurie Webb @lauriewebb
https://www.facebook.com/laurie.ann.webb
http://lollievox.com/

Bass Guitar: Paul Racle @paul-racle

Released: May 3, 2016

Lyrics:

Dance With Me

I'm on fire
I'll take you higher

I've been dreaming
of a girl like you
to come along
make me feel like new
you arrive in my 
darkest hour
fill my heart 
with desire
You looked at me 
and now I'm on fire
you looked at me
and now I'll take you higher
You looked at me 
and now I'm on fire
you looked at me
and now your desire
All my life 
I've been waiting 
for a girl like you
to start a new
I promise you 
I'll never let go
ahhh
I've been waiting 
for a girl like you
to start a new
I promise you 
I'll never let go
ahhh


Additional Vocals of Laurie Webb

no I will not soon forget
the way you came in unannounced
as though you read my mind
as if I had said it to you
won't you dance with me
as close as you want to be



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Dance With Me - (TCM Underground Official & Jack Tahbaz) feat. Paul Racle & Laurie Webb

There’s always something that steals away our beauty, our purity.🌹
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The Devil Wants Roses is that wave in which I mirrored myself for a long time, soft to the eye 🌊turbulent in action.💥
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The temptation that attracts you knowing that it’s harmful.
💜And love doesn’t always answer keeping you tied to something not knowing exactly the reasons why. 

A night feeling, a song for true lovers !

STREAM IT & SHARE IT 💜💜💜

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The Devil Wants Roses

A New Day

I'm glad you found my music.
I've always wanted to express the music deep in my heart.
My music is music that overflows from the album jacket.
My music will light up a projector of your memories.
It's like finding your old album!
And above all, I hope I can make you all happy.

Manual Shift

fu-fu