What Is You (old panic brain demo)

diamonds

This round I would like to share a laid-back track.  Special thanks to Richard John for helping out with this project.   Hope you like our work.
Thanks so much for stopping by.

[CREDITS]
Music / Vocals / Programming - Michael C. Lynn
Lyrics / Guitar Solo - Richard John
Fiddle - Wanda Vick @Band_in_a_Box
Acoustic Guitar - Jason Roller @Band_in_a_Box

[LYRICS]
Time to try again
Step back, make amends
The journey through the night
Has come to an end

People we used to be
(The) future we could see
On the edge of (the) dreams we built here

CHORUS
We don’t have to (live again) with the heartbreak,
We don’t have to understand the games that we played
Our worlds start to spin back to the (good times)
Look at us
We have no regrets

Sun breaks through the trees
Walk along with me
Breathe the air that is fresh and alive

See the road twist 
Winding into blue 
A path we follow to a better place

Repeat CHORUS
Guitar SOLO
Repeat CHORUS

Into The Blue

A song written by my son, Jack @ 12 years old… he produced it.. I put my drums and percussion..,and edited it to my take… my first collaboration! From  3 years ago!!

Freedom - F1R3 / K2 and the Three

Daydreaming (Radiohead cover)

■概要(Overview)
白猫のしろちゃんは好奇心でいっぱいで、
この夏は大冒険をしたいと思っていました。
ある日、しろちゃんが出て行ってしまったことに気が付きました。
ああ、どうしよう・・
そんな事を想像して作った曲です。
Google翻訳を使って英語の歌詞を多めにしてみました。
英語の発音が難しかったです。

White cat Shiro-chan is full of curiosity,
I wanted to go on a big adventure this summer.
One day, I noticed that Shiro-chan had left.
oh what should i do...
It is a song that I made imagining such a thing.
I used Google Translate to add more English lyrics.
English pronunciation was difficult.


■歌詞
「しろちゃんが行方不明」

閉じ込めていた　気持ちを
私に伝え　あなたが残した
ミステリィ

玄関脇　エタノール
床に落ちてる　あなたは急いで
行ったわ

壁にかかった　ブルーの絵画を
(
it's under the sea
it's phantom paradise
while stepping on thin ice
step over the fire

※訳
それは海底にある
それは幻の楽園
薄氷を踏みながら
火をまたいでいく
)

それを時々眺めていたのを
(
Now suddenly remember
I decided to follow in your footsteps
cat in boots
my beloved white cat
Shiro-chan
Shiro-chan
Shiro-chan

※訳
今、急に思い出して
あなたの足跡を追う事に決めたの
長靴をはいた猫
私の愛する白猫
しろちゃん
しろちゃん
しろちゃん
)

魚の群れを　追いかけてゆく
あなたが見えるわ(想像できるわ)
stop for a moment(立ち止まって)
do not leave me(私を置いていかないで)
すぐに行くわ

(
A big shark with a scar on its cheek
Entangled ferocious giant squid
It's different from the world of paintings
It's not like in the house

※訳
頬に傷のある大きなサメや
絡みつく凶暴なダイオウイカ
絵画の世界とは違うの
そこは家の中とは違うのよ
)

港の市場で
シラスを食べていた白猫
目撃証言

長い波止場の先まで来たけど
(
You're nowhere
Just an old lighthouse

In the distance is a big ship
It's getting smaller and smaller
No way, if so, no I don't believe

※訳
あなたはどこにもいないわ
古い灯台があるだけ

遠くにあるのは大きな船
それはどんどん小さくなっていく
まさかね、もしそうなら、いいえ信じない
)

赤い長靴をはいた白猫
(
where have you gone Shiro-chan
A labyrinth of aluminum foil,
Whale's office,
a flying lamp
It's all made up.
I created it.

※訳
あなたはどこに行ってしまったの？しろちゃん
アルミホイルの迷宮も、
クジラの執務室も、
空飛ぶランプも
全て作り話なの
それは私が作り出したものなの
)

カモメの群れに　飛び乗って　今
あなたのところへ

stop for a moment(立ち止まって)
do not leave me(私を置いていかないで)
飛んでいけたら

(
A big shark with a scar on its cheek
Entangled ferocious giant squid
It's different from the world of paintings
It's not like in the house

※訳
頬に傷のある大きなサメや
絡みつく凶暴なダイオウイカ
絵画の世界とは違うの
そこは家の中とは違うのよ
)

諦めて　家に帰ったら LaLaLa...
しろちゃん　ドアの前で待っていた
ごはんにしましょうね

■ Lyrics (Translation)
"Shiro-chan is missing"

The mystery that you left me, 
telling me the feelings you had locked away.

Ethanol by the entrance is falling on the floor
I think you left in a hurry

The blue painting hanging on the wall
(
it's under the sea
it's phantom paradise
while stepping on thin ice
step over the fire
)

Sometimes you were looking at it
(
Now suddenly remember
I decided to follow in your footsteps
cat in boots
my beloved white cat
Shiro-chan
Shiro-chan
Shiro-chan
)


chasing a school of fish
I can see you (I can imagine)
stop for a moment
do not leave me
i'll be there soon

(
A big shark with a scar on its cheek
Entangled ferocious giant squid
It's different from the world of paintings
It's not like in the house
)


at the harbor market
A white cat eating whitebait
eyewitness testimony

I came to the end of the long wharf
(
You're nowhere
Just an old lighthouse

In the distance is a big ship
It's getting smaller and smaller
No way, if so, no I don't believe
)

white cat with red boots
(
where have you gone Shiro-chan
A labyrinth of aluminum foil,
Whale's office,
a flying lamp
It's all made up.
I created it.
)


Jump on a flock of seagulls
to you now

stop for a moment
do not leave me

If I could fly

(
A big shark with a scar on its cheek
Entangled ferocious giant squid
It's different from the world of paintings
It's not like in the house
)

When I give up and go home, LaLaLa...
Shiro-chan was waiting in front of the door
let's have dinner

Shiro-chang is missing(しろちゃんが行方不明)

Is anyone still out there?
Well hello there if you are taking some of your valuable time to read this! As the lyrics to this (probably)final song say, its been a long while……
The last time I checked into Soundcloud was maybe last December, wow…. 
I packed up for a holiday in Hawaii, ran the Honolulu Marathon, watched a volcano erupt, cast my dog’s ashes into a lava field and drank a tropical island's worth of cocktails while watching the sunset with my wife. And then returned a few weeks later decidedly unenthused about the Cat and my collaborator.
Gina had been making noises about returning to an on again / off again musical partner. That wasn’t unexpected and was actually a bit of a relief as I hadn’t been enjoying this for a while. Our last few songs had been tortuous to finish, including this one which was finally finished I think way back in October 2022.
Cat Came Back was always a lot like an arranged marriage - nothing at all in common but we kind of made it work 3 minutes at a time. But by late last year, it had become very hard work. And as you fellow Soundclouders know, outside of personal satisfaction, the rewards for all of that hard work are not very large. So, if the personal satisfaction is gone, there’s not a lot left to motivate oneself. 
In addition to that, there were a few rather large elephants in the room regarding my collaborator that I won't go into but nevertheless constantly weighed very heavily on my mind throughout our time together and I was finding these increasingly difficult to continue to ignore for the sake of making music together.
So anyway, when I returned a perhaps brief hiatus accidentally turned into this - silence for what, 7-8 months? Haven’t picked up an instrument in all that time and they currently sit in my garage gathering dust. Took up Chess, what a rabbit hole that is! Continued running. Listening as always to a lot of old jazz. Continued seemingly never ending renovations to my house. Spent a lot of time with my lifelong friend, William Styron’s Black Dog, as a matter of fact he's here sitting right by my side now. 
So what now? I sat down a few days back and listened to a few things that were unfinished as of late last year. Maybe its time to start again. Find a new collaborator or two? Anyone know anyone who might be a match?
In the meantime I’ll dip my toe in and check out what some of my favourite Soundclouders have been up to while I was away. I'm sure I've missed out on some really great stuff.

Minor Exotica (Turned To Black)

Life Of The Workin Man

G-Wise Men of Gotham

Who You Callin' Cry Baby

Because of the Marshal's popularity in the first installment, we thought a sequel would be fun as he embarks on another daring mission of bringing Old-West law and order to another planet where criminal mischief has broken down the rule of celestial law. Central Galactic Intelligence(CGI)received a frantic call for help that anarchists had taken over a peaceful and prosperous world and needed the Marshal to set things right.  The track begins with him and his crew (Curtis, Seagull, and David)being cleared for takeoff.
A big thank you to Curtis Gremmel(center-left in the mix) for his superb playing, Seagull @farout-music-studio for his visionary and production expertise, and Clara for being the angelic voice of CGI. 
The original "Space Marshal" release can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/david-dunhamuser589535203/space-marshal-curtis-david-and-seagull

Life Of The Workin Man

Walkin' in Pa's Footsteps