Name: DAY OF REQUIEM by Stephen moore
Duration: 5 min 46 s
Description: This track has death metal and 80s inspired rhythms all mixed in with melodic ambient solos, give it a listen you might just like it.

Killer tone! I dig it. Kinda reminds me of some stoner rock.

Good sound and nice composition. I like what u do !

This is heavy, man. Really love these instrumentals.

this is literally perfect. ohma gawd!!! 🤤

This track has death metal and 80s inspired rhythms all mixed in with melodic ambient solos, give it a listen you might just like it.

DAY OF REQUIEM

Plates - Cantado por Gustavo Daniel Laino.

Mixed By Steve Fisk
Mastered by Jack Endino.
Fist single off the  Mallrats Record, only at https://shorediverecords.bandcamp.com/album/mallrats?fbclid=IwAR3yaPsCBQXFaxOhc6owsD5rQUe2Njv8ymWC7_ObX5kCwamsPhj6_m8ooSA
Music video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLJzWe3i6vg

That summer girl.

Come with me
Step outside your boxes babe
Relax and leave all those rigid rules behind
Come with me
break out all the brightest colors babe
We will paint in bold broad strokes and spill outside the lines
Come with me

Black and white
Night and day
Dark and light
Sailing seas of grey
Can't we find some colors here
There is so much more 
Beyond what we can see

Mixed and Mastered by Woods Studio October 2023
@woods_studio

Come With Me

I used polyrhythm with strings in triple meter and drums in simple meter for the verses. Just like that song  in 1975. More creative uses of this to follow. Also used a quartile chord found in ‘So What’. There’s a walking bass line and it is also the first to feature piano voicings that make for easier bass lines. 

Co production (cool sound effect in intro),drum editing, drum fills and instrumental mix from Blaz @a7-recording-studio

Lyrically, it is stream of consciousness with a few lines edited to rhyme. It was supposed to be about finding inner peace but I only ended up with one line about that. I am not tortured but someone else might be. Hope is a good thing. Not based on the novel with the same name as I have never read it.



I would like to thank my family (especially my parents and sister), Jinn (weren’t for her listening to the songs not sure I would have returned after a 1 year hiatus), my friends, the parents and students that I have taught (“I have been touched by your kids. And I'm pretty sure that I've touched them”), all of my teachers and the teachers for that compliment at Hulu (it’s an honor), and my listeners.

2 Quotes.
Past year has been busy with no days off. I’ve started jogging for 30 minutes and last year I finished Macroeconomics on Khan’s Academy. This year I’m onto Unit 8 of his Finance & Capital Course. I’ve gone on 2 week long business trips to Thailand and Malaysia. Since I am in this field I decided to see if I could pick up my mental maths. 

It reminds me of a quote that an Indian boy replied when asked, “what are your weaknesses?” at a job interview.

He replied, “I don’t have any weaknesses. My greatest asset is turning my weaknesses into my strengths.” 

For the longest time I thought it was a good reply but didn’t think it was possible. 
So I did some research online and all of the quant traders were using either rankyourbrain or zetamac. 
2 minute long sessions. Since rankyourbrain shut down I will only list my scores for zetamac. I began around the 40’s which was actually a ‘decent’ score by international standards.  I’d memorize the ones that I took a bit longer on and go over them daily.Then after about 20 minutes each day on both websites (2 sets of default zetamac questions) I started seeing improvement after 3 weeks. And now, I have a high score of 79 which puts me 12 points off from a rubiks cube whiz who posted his score on Youtube. If you had told me that I would be only 12 points off at the start I would have called it a miracle. Going from below average at something to above average. But, ‘miracles’ do happen like those Mexican teachers who rescue a whole class of failing students. And, there are guys who started off scoring 20’s on zetamac going on to score 90’s. And, a woman who is now a quant trader who bought elementary math books to work on. 

2 schools of thought.
“Take it easy man.”
“Sometimes the hardest thing to do and the right thing to do are often the same thing.” - Alfred

I think people don’t really pick one and live by it and its more of a mixture. So, I would encourage you to find something you think you’re bad at and work on it.
I know.
“Numbers isn’t my thing.”
I used to feel the same way. In the beginning you’ll experience frustration and disappointment. But confidence isn’t the lack of those thoughts but having those thoughts and still working through it. Keep at it and you will experience this feeling of joy that is usually not associated with maths. For only 4 mins a day. Free. A chance to see what your mind has tricked you into thinking you suck at. 

And when you do improve just remember that it is only mental maths, a very small portion of what maths actually is.



The other quote I really liked was:
“ I don't even care if they respect me. I know who I am. I've got enough respect for myself.”

An early Merry Christmas and happy new year to you all!

The Crazed

Thank you to Haleen Music for the opportunity  https://soundcloud.com/user-512451604

Lyrics:

You found your strength
Perhaps the source that carries you along

I’m not crippled by your spell
I’m not influenced by your will

You found your tribe to reinforce
You’re exactly where you’re supposed

I'm Not Crippled By Your Spell - Haleen Music / Combstead

Take what you want from me, girl.
I've never had anything that I, I couldn't give.
Just leave me some space to breathe, girl.
Never had the space before in which to live.

Don't save yourself for me, girl. 
Don't waste it all tonight.

Take me as I am, girl.
With enough left for a few pints, I'll be alright. 
Just give me a small piece, girl, 
I'm not expecting miracles, s'alright

Don't save yourself for me, girl.
Don't go all in tonight. 

Take the lot and walk away, girl.
Any other way wouldn't be right.
I'll give myself to you, girl. 
I'm not expecting much, but it's alright. 



Take What You Want

It just goes round and round.
The trouble is always convincing the crowd.
Keep your ears to the ground. 
A thorn in the side of them all.

One goes in, and one comes out.
Each one the same as the last time around.
There is no truth to be found.
The same result now comes about. 

The old king is dead, now long live the king.
Did anyone think it would change anything?

A tiny bit down at the mouth.
Years of this crap have taken it out.
Will a change come about? 
When each thing just revolves around.

The man that proposed to be king.
Has to be mad to dream of such things.
As more wait in the wings.
Each one the same as the last.

The old king is dead, now long live the king.
Did anyone think it would change anything?

Let's say we throw them all out.
Have we got a plan for what happens without.
The leaders that were kicking out.
How will this change come about?

The old man who sits on the throne.
Feasting as all of the rest of us groan.
There's a truth we have shown.
None of us change on our own.

The old king is dead, now long live the king.
Did anyone think it would change anything?

Revolution Song

Cover of the song "The Heartstring" by Madam Snowflake

The HeartString (Feat. Madam Snowflake)

Vocal Engineer: Sam
Mixed and mastered by B Steele. 
Lighter: Psychedelic Revolution
Mouth Trumpet: Psychedelic Revolution
 

There’s some polyrhythm with the lighter in triple meter and the rest in simple meter. Then polyrhythm again at the bridge with the bongos paired with a Latin bass line. There’s a backdoor cadence for the verses and a Picardi cadence at the end. Lead playing has a whole tone scale and diminished scale in there. I also superimposed the organ to play F pretty much the whole way through. For key changes, I used the subdom and then dom of the following key instead of my more abrupt ‘common chords or ‘Dom of following key’ approach. Initially, the first phrase of the chorus was just ‘Holding on’ but I came up with the 4 lines she sings at the very end. ‘Blip piano’ effect functions as the sound of keys, phone calls, and ICU at the end. Piano voicing, now cover both vocal melody and easy bass lines so I ended up singing a 7#9 chord if I combined the notes which was cool.  The debut of my mouth trumpet at 3:00. I have also switched to neck pick ups for the rhythm guitar to give it a more Fendery and warmer tone.



Lyrically, I once asked a teacher in high school about ‘Another Brick in the Wall.’ “How do you feel about being a teacher and hearing that song?” He replied, “Well, its’ actually about teachers who abuse their power.”
So this isn’t an anti drug song but an anti drug abuse song.   I think a lot of teachers would say their personal lives are not exactly smooth sailing.  It  is similar to the film Half Nelson except that the drug of choice is weed. Teachers are able to deliver good classes while having a drug habit.  “黄猫、黑猫，只要捉住老鼠就是好猫.”  I was hanging out with the ‘bad kids’ from WAB a few years back for a smoke break and one of them said, “B is such a dumbass. He posted pics of weed on his WeChat.”
Song is based on my fictional character roommate. The junkie joke is that he once was at a McDonald’s and asked, “Do you have some coke?…to drink” in seriousness. I love McDonalds! “They got that burger I like. Starts with a Q” 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAtvxFFsoeg

Then, oxycodone became popular in the States in 2011-12.  He did say, “I want to Turkish slap and then river dance on her corpse.” Unfortunately, the professor he was talking about overheard. It would be amusing if people danced to this song. In the end, I think he never graduated but that is OK because he is high up there and is now working in finance. I was talking to an old friend about another guy who did nothing all day and he said, “Hey, if it was me in his shoes, I’d do a lot worse.” So, that’s my view. He was into ‘Red Baron’ by Billy Cobham, the Stones, ‘Hard Times’ by Ray Charles,’Sitting…’ by Otis Redding, ‘Can’t Be Touched’ by Roy Jones Jr (cos’ he was a talented/hard working boxer when he was younger) and ‘What a Waster’ by The Libertines. I think with a royal weight on your shoulder that can be tough as there are no lands left to conquer for him. But, if I can name 3 people with bigger shoes to fill off the top of my head than the kids at int’l schools shouldn’t worry. 

Oh your dad’s a king? See: Alexander (The Macedonian one)
Oh your dad’s an actor? See RDJ.
Oh your dad’s a  footballer? See Frank Lampard.

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Mad about music, heavy metal instrumental guitar from the United Kingdom.

DAY OF REQUIEM

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