This track was my contribution to the Fedivision 2023 – it didn't make it to the top 5 :(

Anyway...

It's featuring Syjah, the cat (real samples, real photography!).

And Ecki's guitar (recorded in the woods of Brandenburg at night - absolutely dry studio quality recording – if you need an aphonic recording room - the Brandenburg woods at night is it!!) - thank you Ecki!!

There is a cameo appearance of an old GDR band (early 70s) hidden in it.

Creative Commons License: CC BY NC 4.0 / die nmi! / 2023

This is the ultimate version. Proper ending, slightly more "popcorn" variations, a bit more of EQ and transient shaping here and there. 

Luv' n purr to ya all!

die nmi! - The Cat

Inspired by a conversation about the "Bonk" genre on Mastodon. Words by guitarsophist,@SrRochardBunson @ErickaSimone @keefmarshall on Mastodon. I hope I haven't left anyone out.

Bonk Not Bonk

*3rd Place at Fedivision 2024

[Verse]
I got clouds in my head and I’m feeling kinda dizzy. 
My eyes kinda hurt and my hair is all frizzy. 
This jacket smells bad and I stepped in something squishy. 
I’m feeling kinda hungry, so I gotta get busy.

[Verse]
Walking to the beat and everything is gritty. 
Boarded up houses but the gardens look pretty. 
Get with the crew and we start to get giddy. 
We’re drawn down the street by the promise of the city.

[Chorus]
I may fall today,
But I don’t need no confession. 
It doesn’t hurt to pray,
But I’ve still got my depression. 
Searching for some brains,
It’s kinda my obsession. 
I think it’s safe to say, 
All zombies go to heaven.

[Verse]
You can see the meat hanging out to dry. 
They think they’re safe and believe that lie. 
But behind their walls they start to cry. 
They see us coming and we won’t die. 

[Verse]
We are the hoard and we grow every day. 
Trying to make it in a world decayed. 
We can’t talk. Got nothing to say,
Paying the price that we all have to pay. 

[Chorus]
I may fall today,
But I don’t need no confession. 
It doesn’t hurt to pray,
But I’ve still got my depression. 
Searching for some brains,
It’s kinda my obsession. 
I think it’s safe to say, 
All zombies go to heaven.
All zombies go to heaven.
I may fall today,
But I don’t need no confession. 
It doesn’t hurt to pray,
But I’ve still got my depression. 
Searching for some brains,
It’s kinda my obsession. 
I think it’s safe to say, 
All zombies go to heaven.
All zombies go to heaven.
All zombies,
Go to heaven.

Written, composed, and performed by Jon O'Hare

All Zombies Go To Heaven

My entry into Fedivision2024.

You can vote for it until 26th May 2024 on Mastodon using the code IPGW

Here's how https://fedivision.party/vote/

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Keep the Mask (if it helps)

Keep The Mask (if it helps)

This was my entry into Fedivision 2024, an annual song contest for the inhabitants of the Fediverse inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

I heard about Fedivision and I thought "I'll make some Eurodance" so that's what I did.

The chords for the verses are A#m and Fm, while for the chorus they're A#m 2nd inversion, F#, C#m 1st inversion, and G# 2nd inversion. It would sound completely different if I had used just basic chords instead of inversions. Inversions are fun, once I learned how to do them I started using them in basically everything lol. Complete game changer.

I absolutely love the "creamy" sound of the arp, top notch preset honestly. It's Poizone and the preset is called "ARP Yesteryear" from the Xenos Soundworks bank. Only thing I modified in it is the filter cutoff to make it a bit brighter.

The bass is a Poizone as well, preset named "BAS Creamy MC". Only thing I modified in it was that I disabled the delay. It's side chained to the kick so they don't overlap that much. Used an equalizer and removed everything under 160Hz and supplemented it with a sub bass made from 3x osc.

The piano - both the small motif and the "dance piano" both of which can be most clearly heard at the very beginning - are both Spitfire Audio's "LABS" VST using the "Autograph Grand" patch. A ton of reverb on the motif thing.

The chorus needed something, je ne sais quoi, so I added the little trance gated whistle thing. That's Poizone, too. "ARP Chip Choooon" from Xenos Soundworks' bank. Took off delay, smoothed the gate to 30%, made the gate 100% wet, and lowered the cutoff to 50%.

Had a lot of fun writing the lead synth section at the very end after the final chorus. It brings a sense of "finality" to the song. It's a Poizone (what can I say? I like it) and the patch is "KBD Vintage Keys" from the Xenos Soundworks bank. The only modification is to the cutoff frequency again, which I automated to go from 0% to 30% during the final chorus.

The breakdown is my favourite part. I have no idea why but calmness goes hard you know what I'm saying? I'm a sucker for small simple piano melodies like that.

Project started: 18.2.2024
Project finished: 4.5.2024
Key: A#m
BPM: 148

Versio

Guitar piece with one chord sequence repeated (around bar 43) variously embellished

Optically Pumped Rubidium Maser, The

Come on cheer up my lads
to glory we steer
and we will add another ship
to this glorious year 

To honour we do call you
as free men, not slaves
For who are as free as us
sons of the waves?
									
Heart of oak are our ships
Heart of oak
Heart of oak
Heart of oak are our men
Heart of oak
Heart of oak									

To our worthy forefathers
let's give them a cheer
To far off lands they didn't know
they courageously steered								
Through oceans unto deserts
for freedom they came
and dying, they bequeathed to us
their freedom and their fame

Heart of oak are our ships
Heart of oak
Heart of oak
Heart of oak are our men
Heart of oak
Heart of oak		

so come on cheer up my boys
to glory we steer
and we will add a pirate ship
to this glorious year 

Heart of oak are our ships
Heart of oak
Heart of oak
Heart of oak are our men
Heart of oak
Heart of oak

Heart of Oak

"Song Of The Sunken Sister" (Psychedelic Ballad) [Themed]

r/SongAWeek Submissions week 48 - Theme: The Sea

This is a tune about the waves of sadness and conviction which ebb and flow over me when contemplating gender and body dysmorphia. 

My name is 'Morgan' and I was raised by a single mother surrounded by 4 sisters. Morgan means 'of the water' and is itself suited to gender fluidity, given it's place on the mantle of either sex. 

This song captures the angst which wells inside of me when I grapple with my sexuality and gender and seeks to give the sister which is sunken inside of me her own voice to speak; this is something I do in my tunes often but rarely so explicitly. 

The rhythm is meant to evoke the lapping waves of the sea, thus the theme emanates throughout it. 


Lyrics: 

There is a story in the sheets
Folding in like wind through wheat 

You'll never hear it through
But you may learn a thing or two 
My sweet 

A storm is brewing out at sea 
The seasoned sailor never trusts tranquility 

For Stillness oft behaves 
Like an illness in the waves;
Unplant your feet 

Now comes a whisper from the Sun 
Listen dear sister you will see you're not the only one

For terror to succumb is not an error, 
it's the nature of the sum

There's always sunshine when you leave
And when you do I'll see this house gets furnishing 

No withered bill you save
Can pay your way back from the grave
My sweet 

There's always moonlight in your wake 
Your restful sleep informs the tributes I will take

Eternal as the winter
Find your lunar center soon for
heaven's sake

There is a secret in the song
A rare equation proving all can get along 

Unplant your worry wart
Hurry now dance and cavort 
Be free

Lock eyes with a stranger and say: 
"good day to you, how ya doin?"
Undermine the conventional way 
Of living life and wear a smile while you do it 

The devil's in the dust
The sun is coming up 
The moon reflects it 
Right back atcha

The sword is from the stone 
The queen is making scones 
And everybody's got a new 
Back-scratcha

I haven't found a way to live 
Without your smile upon me 
I cant enjoy a breath I give 
If I'm not thinking of you 

And in your better days
My memory will fade 
With me 

There is an ending in the mist 
It rends your heart like lips of lovers left unkist

It's taste is quite familiar
If you chase it mind the killer on
The beach

Here lies a sunken part of me; 
A thunken thought afraid it's mere facsimile 

I wonder why I always find her 
Where the air is sickly 
Sweet

In her final throws, she knows 
From coldness grows
the final flow 

(again);

In her final throws, she knows 
From coldness grows the final flow
of passing heat 

Where the wind is fragrant
and the wine is ever flowing 
Sickly sweet 

When the rise is ripe & new
And it's frightened thorns cut 
deep inside of you

Sunken in you must 
come begin again
my sweet

Sunken Sister I surmise a
geyser's rising as we speak 

no surprise when guise is lifted 
I find gifts fall at my feet

when my identity is true to me
will it reflect my speech?

trans-sistor radio
two dials, knobs &
show your teeth

~fin













Song Of The Sunken Sister

It's become a little tradition of mine that, whenever Christmas is at the door, I pick a well known and beloved (and often happy) Christmas tune, and I twist it around to turn it into something darker, slightly evil, and definitely more metal. This year, a friend came up with the suggestion to have a look at "Carol of the Bells", which is how this short and "sweet" tune came out. Hopefully I'll soon have enough of these tracks to put a Christmas EP out. Happy holidays!

As usual, everything was written and recorded using open source and free tools: Ardour, MuseScore, Hydrogen/DrumGizmo (MuldjordKit), sfizz, Calf, DragonFly Reverb, Virtual Playing Orchestra and others. All guitars were recorded using my POD X3 Live instead.

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