Nothing can be out of place here because its a complete vision

Wow man, I love this! Great sitary sound at the beginning, then the drums on the prog part are killer, too. Brilliant composition, man! I really like all the distinct parts. Mesmerizing intervals you're using in there, too. Great work!

Could have sworn that was Fripp on the opening. A track that took me away!

OMG!!! Thrilling rush in that intense drum stint intro! I'm a willing hostage in your sonic realm of +surreal reality!  It's like Styx took me to Yes & left me at Pink Floyd's gate!! AWESOME stunner! >>

Entertainment beyond pinnacle perfection!  Ethereal haunting vocals! This is an astounding production! A complex mastery of completely absorbing brilliance!  ICON STATUS! 💯😍🙌🏻♾🤍

These Tracks are All Such Works of Art !!!

Back Up Bands

Слава Україні! Героям слава!
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Stay Human Stop The War!

Everybody talked about how funny 
she was but to me she was very attractive. 
What a killer combo Sexy & Funny!

Tribute Doris Day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Day

Remixed by LS / 2012.

Don't you find me attractive? feat Doris Day

I Can't Stand You

Written in 2019 after the bittersweet experience of dropping my daughter Ivy off at her first day of daycare.  This is a short version.  I have some rough recordings of a 10-minute version that I might break into separate songs and further develop to post in the future when I have time to tackle a bigger project.

For the music theorists: The opening theme is in A-minor, there is a somewhat jazzy middle part starting around 0:38 that is in G-mixolydian (I guess), and the last part starting around 1:00 exchanges between A-minor and C-lydian (with a lot of pedaling off the root to assert the Lydian mode).  The final chord is half-resolved (as it ends on a C power chord after a Lydian arpeggio that, due to its tritone, wants to resolve to a G triad).  

In hindsight, I think it would make more sense to transpose the song a half step down as it would have eased the jumps in the left hand to involve the black keys.  The initial version of the song had a very simple left hand, and so was fine in A-minor.  By the time I started making the left hand more elaborate, I had kind of settled on playing the song in A-minor.

The artwork is one of Ivy's watercolor paintings from the same time period when I composed the song.

Sheet music for the song is available on request.

Sonatina for Ivy

Written by Damian Smith
Produced by Robert Ruby

A song about how neither the good or bad times last

Head on Straight

Steady to the Wind

Steady To The Wind

Lyrics, vocals: https://soundcloud.com/modesaboutme & https://soundcloud.com/themysteriousdecibel

Music, production: RUIZZOIDMAN

PARENTAL ADVISORY (with Modes About Me & The Mysterious Decibel)

Watch the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsra06CSQRY

Music, Vocals & Art by Cosmic Keanu
Produced and mastered by Hobocop @metrocityrecords

Lyrics: 

I am a human being,
Not a blue cat man
I want to be a blue,
A blue cat man!

They live in trees
And run through the forest,
Shoot poison arrows,
ride dinosaurs!

Taller than humans,
Stronger and faster!
Oh so much wiser,
Healthy and sane!

Connecting with spirit
Is what they live for!
They love the trees,
And animals too!

They have a braid
That plugs into nature,
See through the eyes
Of all living things!

I am a human being,
Not a blue cat man
I want to be a blue,
A blue cat man!

Humans destroy all they see
For shiny rocks!
We do not know
The value of things!

We have machines
and bombs and explosions!
We’re really good
at blowing up things!

They stand for nature
And all that’s lovely,
They stand for freedom
And what is right!

If we were them
We would be the victors,
And always win
Because we unite!

I am a human being
Not a blue cat man
I want to be a blue,
A blue cat man,
Meow!

Next Avatar (OfficerMurphy Mix) VIDEO AVAILABLE

Song With A Lousy Ending

Anything is possible
I am ready
I am grounded
I feel the earth in me
Lustrous gem
Shining brighter and brighter
Like rivers flowing through me
Washing over me
Washing over me
Washing over me
Washing over me

Like Rivers Flowing Through Me

Added to my album "Short Songs For Tall Minds"

Lyrics:
Don't get caught between the silence
And her deepest thoughts
Don't be walking those streets of her mind
Especially after dark
You'll get lost
Because she dabbles in my darkest arts
I'm crushing it
Just like a diamond
Her garden of vegetables and psilocybin
I couldn't help notice
From her full lotus
Whisper a mantra
That opens my brain
(never be the same)
She's having a last laugh on the universe
Breaking away
From the mainframe
You'll get lost
She a dabbler in my darkest arts
A breath of fresh air
You know it's everywhere
It's like walking out
Into unexpected rain
(Walks out of club into the rainy city)
Unexpected rain
(Exit: walking through the rainy city)
Like stepping out
Into unexpected rain
(Fade Out)

Unexpected Rain (Jazz Sadist Mix)

Portrait of a February dream - Un sogno senza tempo

Alcoholic Summer Night

Dolbania - Alcoholic Summer Night

I have always wanted to make a rap metal track with Heartscore so I was super excited when he reached out with this banging hip-hop metal fusion production. The lyrics are inspired behind the Hawaiian legend of Nanaue the Shark Man. I have some Hawaiian blood in me, so I figured I would rock it, lol! I am super blessed to still be working on music with my friend Heartscore. 

Massive thanks to Bitzone for coming through in the clutch with the dope vocal mix and final master. And huge thanks to Wou-Wou for the incredible song art making us look real stylish and professional! 

Heartscore: Music and Mix
https://soundcloud.com/heartscore
https://heartscore.bandcamp.com
the Couch King: Lyrics and Vocals
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Bitzone: Vocal Mix and Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling

For song and album art visit Wou-Wou & the Wormling at:
https://wouwouandthewormling.com
https://www.instagram.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://www.redbubble.com/people/thewormling/shop?asc=u
https://www.patreon.com/wouwouandthewormling

Lyrics
Holy crap what is that growing on his back 
13 racks of teeth and I’m talking plaque 
Gaping wide open ready to snack 
Fish mouth on the prowl hidden under a wrap 
Musta known we were talkin’ smack 
We were all staring at him when he turned and glared back 
With those black mirror eyes 
Caught by surprise after many moons of lies
Horrors and cries rise to despise
It’s the demise of the shark man 

It’s the shark man

Say what he was cut from the cloth of a god
I swear there must have been lust in the brine and guts 
All up in that shapeshifters mind 
Yup, we all thought it was odd how he kept swimming back
As blood washed ashore he walked away from the gore
On that sea wrack 
Still thirsty for more flesh, meat, and albacore
Once he walked through that door he couldn’t forbore
The horror arise
It’s the demise of the shark man  

It’s the shark man

God damn, like spam, he devoured a man
Tore apart flesh like peeling back the lid of can
Never satiated since his first feast of ham, rack of lamb, and that stan favorite prickly pin clam
Ever since then his appetite grew he knew 
He couldn’t hold back desire when in that salty stew
True to his shapeshifting form 
He was born to find ecstasy when warm flesh eating transformed    
So we swarmed up on him on that afternoon
Harpoons flew through the skies 
Clubs fell till he died 
His body was tied 
Divided in pieces ’n 
Hung till it dried
Fired and fried 
It’s the demise of the shark man 

It’s the shark man

I Just wanted a get taste 
Na, I just wanted to be in the chase
Na, I just got the feel of the race
No stoppin’ until I get shit face
No stoppin’ until I’m laying in my waste
No stoppin’ until everyone’s disgraced  

It’s the shark man

First we gave you life, despite divine insight 
Again invite past blight, our name, the Gods will smite

It’s the shark man

And for that you still kill, we’re cursed until 
We split your gills and your blood is spilled

It’s the shark man

I’ve seen the depths 
I’ve swam the deep and sunk forever 
Each time I swim back to shallow shores I’m gonna drown
And when I see the light 
I seek shadows and sense the hunger
After seizing my fill I sink back up 
High in the depths 

From the frenzy comes
The shark man
Yea
When you smell blood
Here comes the shark man

How many times 
Been made to hide my teeth for your love 
How much can man be measured by his will to stand on ground
I’ve made my enemy my desire for the flesh 
Turned my back on my shiver I sink back up
High in the depths

From the frenzy of the kill
It’s the shark man
Yea
When you smell blood
It’s the shark man

The Sharkman

Heartscore, Bitzone & the Couch King - The Sharkman

Annmarie was a very close friend for a period in my life where I was generally feeling sorry for myself and often not the greatest person to hang out with. Annie, as I always called her, was a very dear friend during that time. Yet, when I went on to marry and raise a family, Annie became more and more isolated herself and it seemed I couldn’t keep our old friendship as it once so wonderfully was. When she passed away, too soon, these words came to me and I remember her often with a smile, straight talk and always a helping hand. Something I should have shown greater appreciation for when I had the chance.

This is a crude recording from my iPhone complete with background noise and such, but it was the first time I played it and decided it was what should be preserved despite its warts. I over-dubbed the harmonies and harmonica.

Lyrics: Annmarie by Craig Durgy

Annmarie, oh Annmarie
Her name is like a falling autumn leaf
She made me laugh, till I could see
That loneliness is at its best
Whenever she’s not here with me
Annmarie

When I was up, when I was down
I’d call on Annie, and she’d come around
No matter what, no matter when
She’d be sure to see that you’re
Supported by your very best friend
Annmarie

The only time she ever let me down, let me down
Was when she wouldn’t help herself come round, come around

When the days, took her away
The silence fell like secrets in the rain
She held me up, I let her fall
As the world got heavier 
The only thing I said to her caused pain
Annmarie, my Annmarie

Annmarie

Withered Away

Adam Coppock - Live Drums
Michael Walker - Guitars, Bass, Harmonica, Vocals

Recorded, Mixed & Mastered on the Fostex 8 under the Big Purple Datsun Sky Rocket Flares...

Today is The Day

When I woke up today 
I had the guts to finally say
Told myself today was going to be the day

Wipe that smirk right off of your sleeve
Put on some ambition and try and believe
Deep down I knew it was up to me

There is no reason why I cant fly 
Just as high as the birds up in the sky
Making Honey out of other peoples Money 
Isn't all there is to me

I figured out its OK just to be me
I figured Out it's OK just to be me

No I don't want to live alone
Alone all by myself
There is too much to share with somebody else
So I give you my trust 
It's worth it
There is no doubt to me

When I come down alive
Through these crescent eyes of which I will carry
Knowing better now 
Direction is no longer blurry

With a smile I will look back at you
Holding back the laughter and the tears
There is no reason why I cant die now
No Failure, No Fortune , No Fears

Through the years, the smoke and the mirrors
There is no place I would rather be
It's because of you I found myself My dear

it's OK, It's All OK

Today's the Day

My new album "Dreams of the Byzantines" is streaming June 13th, 2025. Please check out my new website darrencsullivan.com for videos and albums to purchase.

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I love music that takes me on a journey with unexpected twists and turns, painting pictures in my head. I hope my music does that for you.
 I have several albums available on Bandcamp (link below) and please also check out my YouTube channel where I did some music videos.

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