Mega Mix Tape 5

New & hot: Folk & Singer-Songwriter

Caverne

In his final days,my father vividly saw things which obviously weren't there. He was otherwise sound of mind,so this was very odd. That's when I found out about Charles Bonnet syndrome.

Charles Bonnet syndrome causes a person whose vision has started to deteriorate to see things that aren't real.

The hallucinations may be simple patterns, or detailed images of events, people or places.

They're only visual and don't involve hearing things or any other sensations.

It's important to be aware that hallucinations associated with Charles Bonnet syndrome are caused by failing eyesight. They're not caused by a mental health problem or dementia.

People with Charles Bonnet syndrome are usually aware that the visions aren't real, even if they're vivid.
There are 2 main types of hallucination that people with Charles Bonnet syndrome tend to experience.

They may see:

simple repeated patterns
complex images of people, objects or landscapes
Simple repeated patterns can take the form of grids, shapes or lines, which can appear in bright or vivid colours. The patterns may lay across or cover everything the person sees.

More complex hallucinations can involve people, places, animals and insects.


There's a great big dog
Outside my window
Why he's alone,I really don't know
I can see him there
Plain as the day

There's a small bird there
On my windowsill
If you look really hard
He's there still
I can see him there
Plain as the day

I think they're trying to kill me
But I don't really mind
I long to be free
To be unconfined
I can see it now
Plain as the day

I see myself with your mother
On a golden afternoon
No wheelchair to roll me
My legs still below me
I hope it happens soon

Charles Bonnet

Just to see you

A little rock song about a fighter pilot - on one last flight.
Written by: TG March/April 2022
Cover art: World War II Research from the US Center for Naval Analysis
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Featuring: The Gatsbys
A HUGE thank you to Dirk Taubenheim for agreeing to work on this song. 

Mix 1: May 16, 2022
Thanks to Rene and Jeff for feedback on the first mix. Always appreciate that. 

Mix 2: May 26, 2022
Thanks again to Eddie Ciletti for the mix tips!

Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio

Tim's Guitars
Rhythm1: Gibson ES 335
Lead1: Les Paul Standard

Dirk’s guitars
Rhythm and lead: Epiphone EJ 200
Rhythm: Rickenbacker 360
Bass: Rocktile (Rickenbacker copy)

Mics: 
Neumann TLM 67 main vocals
Rode M3 background vocals and acoustic guitars
Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG
Backing vocals: DT

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Master Tape. 
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Just to see you

Lyrics
Verse 1
One last flight
I think I’ll check my vital signs
Before I strap in for the ride
And in my mind
You’re the fear I cannot hide
When I’m flying across the sky

Refrain 1
Just to see you, Again
Just to see you, Again

Verse 2
Enemy lines
I think I’ll drop my last goodbye
and find my way back to you
I can’t un-see 
All the things you made me be
I’m coming home back to you

Refrain 2
Just to see you, Again
Just to see you, Again

Outro
One last flight
One last flight
And I’ll see you, AGAIN
Just to see you, Again
Just to see you, Again
One last flight, Again
Just to see you, AGAIN
Just to see you, AGAIN

Just to see you (ft. The Gatsbys)

You're invited to jet set around the globe to the world's coolest night spot destinations with Shade Structure. 
From the new EP "Short Songs For Tall Minds" Soundcloud 2022

Lyrics:
I live for the fireworks of the night
Supersonic
Stereophonic
I'm taking all my meals in flight
I love the music
I love the nightlife
Gin & Tonic
It's euphonic
That's ironic
It's emotion that I ghostwrite

Chorus
I've got first world problems
And Second Life Blues
Let the algorithm choose
I've got first world problems
I've got Second Life Blues
Let the algorithm choose
With the algorithm
You know you can't lose
Let the algorithm choose

In The Future All Songs Will Be This Stupid

Ar Lan Y Mor

She was a siren to be sure
Saw it coming
And wanted to be first in line
A farer through the doubtful warnings
Oh you make it so
You make it so
You make it

Every conversation a work of art
Won’t hang on a wall
So back to the start
You like to feel the pull
But don’t fire it up
Fire it up
Don’t fire it up
Fire it up

He had to find his way in circles
The scintillation
Called to him so pure and clear
And then no ending
Only faring
O you say where
You say where
You say

Every conversation a work of art
Won’t hang on a wall
So back to the start
You like to feel the pull
But don’t fire it up
Fire it up
Don’t fire it up
Fire it up

Every conversation a work of art
He said what’s the point of all the talking now
Siren, scintillation
And all these circles
She’s going to
Fire it up
She’s going to
Fire it up

Every Conversation in June

Every Conversation

Buy me if you love me

derailed
 
I find you every woman's feature 
the jesters we traded bred intimacy, 

we reciprocate other's sins,
begetting our own gravity 

abiding by what takes us passively
sleeping in the sandbox of doubt 
next to the diluted innocence
affected by hype  

where the rivers of your love derail
short of my veins 

graceful lips smile  
kissing the marble cornerstone of your temple
from the cold halls of the soul, 

you still show me what they say is true  
that love masquerades around midnight. 140

we all pray the same  
but answers come back differently
and our love flows around haphazardly in thirst, 
like misguided teenage infidel spirits; 205

i linger;  I inhale what I can,  
the aroma of your bed sweat,
in mysteries, we click  
in reality, we bore  
in blasphemy, we eager  
in matrimony, we lie,
all in all, 
the extended truth is never enough  
with its never-ending flow
blindley following gravity.

but around midnight, around midnight 
when sleep takes a nap in the arms of darkness 
I find the truth about what they say
love barely nourishes us enough
just to tick and pause and tick once more
something mysterious about  tomorrow
about hope about you 
all our talk of you flows like the rivers, 
and the rivers of your love derail
derails short of my veins.


lyrics & vocals: azdi404
music credit: Sad Background Music - No Copyright - Free To Use - #sadbackgroundmusicnocopyright

Derailed

"Snaggletooth"
Written and Performed by Valdoria

She's never been heard, all her anxieties
Sealing her teeth behind a serious line
Pretend everything's fine

Never a word dares to escape her lips
What could she say that is worth being said?
Could turn a head her way?
She isn't pretty, but
Maybe one day she could sharpen her wit enough
For what, for what, for what?

All the unnamed longings of a misspent youth
Pinned fast to insecurity by a snaggletooth

All of her fears make her feel breakable
She yearns for the strength to be unshakeable
How can she bloom into the person she should become
If her intricate insides keep getting all tangled up
On what, on what, on what?

All the unnamed longings of a misspent youth
Pinned fast to insecurity by a snaggletooth

And invisibility is not the shield she'd hoped it'd be
Keeping in the pain and keeping out what's good

All the unnamed longings of a misspent youth
Pinned fast to insecurity by a snaggletooth

23.05.28 "Snaggletooth"

Time cracks a smile and takes me by the hand 
says welcome to the wonder land

One look into my eyes 
and I can see it realize 
I don't understand

The inconsistent constant 
always dropping and leaving 
when you want it

But I don't mind don't mind

So when we dance the night away 
I will know just who to blame
and when you're thinking of staying late 
I will know time traded fate

I didn't know what you meant to me
now I'm falling down my spine but ill be fine ill be fine
just need some time

Time is crucified 
always over villainized
as the changer of the moon 
and the pusher of the tide

But grief is the beast 
with a hunger for a feast 
it's fixing to kill time

time is by your side 
shocked you would confide 
in such a senseless crime

conflicted by the mantra 
time hands you the contraband 
and says

welcome to the wonder, wonderland 
welcome to the wonder, wonderland

Welcome To the Wonder Land Pt.I

Welcome to the Wonder Land Pt.I

took the melody/chords/concept from a song i wrote in 2014 or 2015 (i think a recording of it is actually up somewhere on this account, there's a couple live videos of the song on my instragram) and wrote a sequel. sampled the original demo at the beginning for good measure.

happy (sad, pt. ii)

Verse 1 

Today I want to tell you, my love How happier I couldn't be with you Every word that comes from you Is a caress I bless

 Pre-chorus

 I'm not rich and I have nothing But with your magic you transform me into a bright star

 Chorus

 Every moment with you is pure magic You electrify me with your love and tenderness It is with you that my sanity is balanced You are my love, a crazy love

 Verse 2 

Your existence is a divine blessing I can feel your sweet essence in every corner You are such an exemplary and beautiful woman 

Bridge 

It would take an eternity To give you all the roses in the world.

 Chorus 

Every moment with you is pure magic You electrify me with your love and tenderness It is with you that my sanity is balanced You are my love. A crazy love. 

Outro I could no longer imagine my life without you. It would be eternal and complete bitterness.



Verso 1

Hoy quiero decirte amor mío
Que más feliz no puedo estar contigo
Cada palabra que sale de ti
Es una caricia que bendigo

Pre chorus 

No soy rico y nada tengo
Pero con tu magia
me transformas en lucero

Coro 

Cada momento junto a ti es magia pura 
Me electrificas con tu amor y tu ternura 
Es junto a ti que se equilibra mi cordura 
Eres tú mi bien, un amor de locura

 Verso 2

Tu existencia es una bendición divina
Puedo sentir tu esencia dulce en cada esquina 
Eres mujer tan ejemplar y tan hermosa 

Puente 

Que tomaría una eternidad 
Darte del mundo todas las rosas. 

Coro 

Cada momento junto a ti es magia pura 
Me electrificas con tu amor y tu ternura
Es junto a ti que se equilibra mi cordura 
Eres tú mi bien. 

Un amor de locura. 

Outro 

Ya no podría imaginar a mi vida sin ti
Sería eterna y completa amargura 

Letra:Miguel Ángel Botello 

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Every Conversation in June 
(Featured in BandCamp's Best of Spring collection 2023)
“The album plays out like one long, slightly spooky fairy tale…A magic spell drifting in from lands unknown, Every Conversation in June is a quiet marvel.” - JE Keyes, Chief Editor Bandcamp Daily

Beautiful Dust
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“..as hushed and evocative as a ghost story whispered around a campfire.”- JE Keyes, Chief Editor Bandcamp Daily

Raw Colours 
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Longways Conversations
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You guys are seriously talented, and works class, really, and the new album is incredible. Let’s push it out there.

With a trice - that makes me teary. You’re such a nuanced singer and you guys are an amazing duo."

Wheels in an Elsewhere
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