Name: New Slang by Gregor Macleod Music
Duration: 4 min 43 s
Description: This is the second track I recorded with Emalyn and my shiny new equipment, which has managed to capture her voice and some harmonies I am chuffed to have been part of. (Emalyn has since told me she has perfect pitch - what an honour!) There's also a cheeky guitar solo which goes louder than I intended, but it adds a jauntiness to this strangely haunting tune.

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through the rain

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This demo track is a representation of bottled up feelings and overthinking.
I made this song by trying to figure out my feelings and the sound that comes with them. 
Reading my lyrics for the first time and hearing the end result was a very indescribable feeling, yet I knew that every emotion I had bottled up was set free. This is why I dedicate this song to people like me, “overthinkers” stuck in their own little world. 

Music & lyrics by Me aka Loïs Grant
Artwork by Me aka Loïs Grant

Lyrics to "Not another worry." :

Not another worry, 
everything’s been said.
And if I keep worrying on
about what’s meant to be.
I’ll just keep diving in 
something that’s not reality.

And is it wrong? 
Is it wrong to stay inside my head?
I don’t know, I’m not done.
Still stuck inside my head.

If I ever get out, not talking to myself.
‘Cause I’m full of self doubt, 
with an underlying god complex.
And I’m scared, I’m scared of the world.
If I ever get out,
will I be okay?

There’s something that they told me.
And they’ll tell me again. 
“You’re creating a world here,
and it’s hard to get in.If you put your mind to it you can do anything. Don’t waste your potential on not doing anything.”

If I ever get out, not talking to myself.
‘Cause I’m full of self doubt, 
with an underlying god complex.
And I’m scared, I’m scared of the world.
If I ever get out,
will I be okay?

Not another worry. (demo)

ticket to mars- 19/04/2022 (demo)

Here is a new version of a track I wrote last year.

Tuning is C G C G C D with Capo high up on 6th Fret. Song is in the key of F# alternating between major (verse & bridge) and minor (chorus).

Lyrics:
There’s a man I know
Who likes to hide behind
To tear the pages of the books he finds

He is a man
Of course a male disease
That spoils the ending of the lives we lead

As you read he will smile
At the thought of knowing he decides

See the man who hides
Between words so wise
He picks out the ones that are new

He will hide behind
Until he can find
A life to unbind
And ruin

I saw him once
When I moved a book
He ran away before a second look

Cursed his luck
He was seen
Terrified he’ll never tease and deceive

See the man who hides
Between words so wise
He picks out the ones that are new

He will wait behind
Until he can find
A life to unbind
And ruin

He hurries home
The pages they are thrown
Into the fire as he tries to warm alone
So alone

Library Man

This is the second track I recorded with Emalyn and my shiny new equipment, which has managed to capture her voice and some harmonies I am chuffed to have been part of. (Emalyn has since told me she has perfect pitch - what an honour!) There's also a cheeky guitar solo which goes louder than I intended, but it adds a jauntiness to this strangely haunting tune.

New Slang

Our love was born upon the shore
Beneath the dome of sequins
Our hands compressed into the sand
We slow-danced through the shallows

And the stones that skimmed
Were the ones we threw together

We claim this shore for us alone
A landscape crafted for our love
As the sun sets on us
As the sun sets on us
This is our shore
Our shore

On our return we brought a friend
Our first born’s cautious wading
But soon he’s running from the shore
Chasing dreams of his own making

And the stones that skimmed
Were the ones we threw together

We claim this shore for us alone
A landscape crafted for our love
As the sun sets on us
As the sun sets on us
This is our shore
Our shore

The steady heartbeat of the waves
The sinking sand of our past
This is our shore
Our shore

Just as we’re on our own again
An Autumn fog descended
Your light surrendered to the sea
A life so cruelly ended  

Now the stones don’t skim
They just drag beneath the waves

We claim this shore for us alone
A landscape crafted for our love
As the sun sets on us
As the sun sets on us
This is our shore
Our shore

Our Shore

Originally aired on City Wall Radio on the 6th of July 2024.

This is Vol. 17 of <2 (two & under). A continuous stream of short musical creations, each under two minutes, miniature masterpieces interwoven, transitioning seamlessly from the briefest to the longest—a perpetual motion of sound.

Vienna, II by Family Time
Cadence by John Zorn
<2 Intro
prelude by Goat Girl
Cross Talk I by Oneohtrix Point Never
Aa Egypto by INOYAMALAND
Over and Over by Wet
I’m in Your Orbit by Still House Plants
mixed with
Pond by Mice Parade
mixed with
Destina’s Memo Recording by LOL Beslutning
Dankworld Interlude by LEYA & Claire Rousay
Belle’s Bell by Deux Filles
Soft Herbs by Bokoya
Cumuloids by Nico Georis
mixed with
Down in the Valley by Joy Guidry
mixed with
Isvel by Loveliescrushing
Procida I by Núria Graham
nice nice by Flanafi
Showsh by Philosophy of Music
Pet Cop by Pet Cop
Vesta by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Sunset Purr by Tomasz Bednarczyk
Skeleton by Vivi Milne
Rly Wana Know by Kelly Quigley
Ground Plane by Helvetia
Mary, Johnny and Me by Peel Dream Magazine
Another Day by Voice Actor
I.L.W.T.W. by J.R.C.G.
Slowdown by Brad Stank
A Faithful Spirit by Polyphonic Music Library
Private Space by Gabe Goodman
Phony Cowboys by Lucy Sissy Miller
Are You Dreaming? by Jennah Barry
Other World Prelude by 40 Winks
Eli by Arthur Russell
Bugs Life by Qozy
Meatfarm by Hook-Ups
Chogal by Kilchhofer
Aurora by Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru
Like You by Ty Segall
empty heaven by Lantern Parade
Roadside H.O.X. by CE Schneider Topical
Mother Beautiful by Sly & The Family Stone
Elastica I by Mabe Fratti
World to Come by Tomato Flower
Dust Yourself Off by Martha Skye Murphy
Acclaimed Evactulation (Part 1) by Erica Eso
Put in the Time by Recluse Raccoon

<2 (two and under): Vol. 17

Priestess

fine line — harry styles (slowed with reverb)

VACATIONS - Young (slowed + reverb)

A musician by heart rather than trade. Always dreamed of writing and performing my own material; this is where I share the steps of my journey so far. 

Always keen to collaborate; DM me if you're interested!

New Slang

Gregor Macleod Music

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