Oh my word!! James!! This is freaking phenomenal!!! Absolutely brilliant @ every position!! Love the record player sound on keys.. the vocals!! The off time, the drums! Everything!!! Very inviting and inventive!! WOW!! Just WOW!! Love it!!  Unlimited talent, brother!!!!!💎💎💎🔥🔥🔥🙏

I love it!  It's weirder than The Residents!  Brilliant!

great dysynchronous harmony and flow to the vocal/percussion

Feel What He Feels - lo-fi demo (2021)

I don't know what's going on in my mind!
Do you feel like that sometimes? 🤪

Cover (background): Image Creator by Designer

My Mind

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INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE 
Vocals and Verses: IPG1 
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/innovative-and-creative-vocal-96-bpm
Paploviante: 
E Bass, Music, Mix and Production

Innovative And Creative - IPG1 and Paploviante

Greetings and good afternoon to my SC friends. This is the 10th and final song intended for my upcoming album ‘What Color Is Your Paradox’. It is also my 7th mind-blowing collaboration with our dear friend Carlos Vivanco (https://soundcloud.com/carlosvivanco-1, https://carlosvivanco1.bandcamp.com). 

This piece was highly entertaining and challenging to work on. We started with clearly defined regions (mine being the more techno sounding stuff… Carlos building the traditional instrument sections). I then mangled the whole thing, and tried to blur the lines more as the song progresses, until both worlds felt fully merged by the end. At least, that was the goal. I’ll let you decide if the structure succeeds in that regard. :)

The title is also quite significant to me at this point in my life; based on the idea of ‘masking’, and our growing inability to do so. 

If you aren’t familiar with the term ‘masking’, one Mental Health Care website I found defines it this way: “Masking often involves suppressing or hiding true emotions, which can lead to a buildup of unresolved feelings and contribute to increased stress, anxiety, and emotional turmoil in the long-term. In the context of mental health and neurodivergence, masking refers to the actions or coping strategies that individuals use to conceal their genuine thoughts, emotions, or challenges.”

It didn’t really occur to me at first that I was masking when I was younger. I guess that idea doesn’t resonate when you’re deeply lost in the illusion; at least, until something makes it obvious. But in hindsight, I’ve worn many masks over the course of my life (Art Director, Technician, Pre-Press Specialist and Graphic Artist would be some of my professional masks. And I would even go so far as to include Husband, Father and Son, since I was on auto-pilot during the earliest stages of those as well). 

As my life progressed, I felt more and more insincere in those roles. I felt something was wrong. I just couldn’t put my finger on it. Then COVID (something that actually required us to wear real masks. What irony!) came along, and miraculously changed that for all of us. We gained the necessary space we needed, to finally see the illusion more clearly. Now, that illusion grows more fragile and transparent by the day. So while I’m still in the early stages of trying to figure out the new paradigm… I suspect the really critical takeaway at this point is just recognizing when we’re being our genuine selves, and when we’re lost in a role; especially if that role is debilitating to our personal growth and well being.

Another thing I’m thinking a lot on these days…. Society is dependent on me playing those roles. And society doesn’t really care whether I’m happy or not (as long as I keep paying my bills, and buying their products, and believing their lies). So maybe, just maybe, society doesn’t have my best interests at heart (as I had originally hoped). Maybe… just maybe… we’re going to need to redefine who we are personally, as we stop playing along with this globally unconscious and ultimately destructive agenda.

Thick and chunky topic, I know. But that’s the way the world feels to me these days… like we needed a brisk slap across the face to wake us all up. COVID was that slap (and probably just the first of many still to come). It’s time to prioritize our own self interests; because if we don’t, they certainly won’t. So rip off those masks, and let your freak flag fly. It’s our life, and we’ll be the ones sitting on our deathbed, asking ourselves if we lived life true to ourselves…. or if we just fulfilled the role demanded by this illusion.

We hope you enjoy “Cracks In The Surface”; and it inspires you to think about what aspects of your reality are cracking. Keep in mind… if you still have a pulse, there is always time to change things up. :)

Paradox?

Cracks In The Surface | Carlos Vivanco & GrevusAnjl

Back together joining the wonderful Paul Racle, who has again created such a fun track to share.  Paul's super funky groove sets the tone and lets me play - check out and follow Paul's deep collection of originals https://soundcloud.com/paul-racle
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante2

and for a playlist of over 20 tunes together - https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/playing-with-paploviante

Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

EverGreen - Paul Racle / Jamie Rhind

An Gealladh

This is a cool number that Chris and Eddy had been sitting on for about a year or so I believe.  They sent it to me and I really liked it.  I added some wacky percussion noises and the lead guitar throughout.  Then Chris put in some vocals.  was great working together with them.  It's called No Rush

eddyoffline - bass guitar
C.G. Maness - composition, acoustic guitar, vocals, lyrics
TexMex Shaman - lead guitar, wacky percussion and mix


Lyrics:
I don’t know where we went wrong.
Did we ever get off?
As the train moves along,
I’ll sing my railway song.
There’s no time to rush,
Should we get out and push?
No hungry mouths to hush.
I’m done hiding in the woods.
No rush, take your time.
There’s underdogs on the mainline.
No need to heed the signs.
We roll slow on this grind.
No rush, I’ll say it again.
You river rats that cooled my hand.
A blank stare and a grifter's grin.
“You’re just bluffing” said the drifter's friend.

No Rush - w/ eddyoffline and C.G. Maness

Words and music by Roger Whittlesey. 2024.

This is a commentary on the current state of music. There are only a few making money writing music. The rest? Let them eat cake!!!

21st Century Artist

Original soundtrack for the short film 'Earl Grey Blues'.

It's Not My House

One Day Like Rain

Timing 6/8
Tempo 170 BPM
Tuning 432Hz A & Drop D
Roots F / D

Jamming the tune with Alma 3 and Ted 5, two of my kids 😊
https://youtu.be/YRsidsuKafg?si=OrLyZaVREknoJaFW

This version: Added slide guitar {First time I've kept it in a song someone else has heard 😆🥳.  actually my first attempt is an epic tune... still on 4 track tape! I'll dust it off and play it well. Check out Dermot Byrne a wonderful slide player from Bray https://on.soundcloud.com/tWqUK ..} and additional background vox


https://on.soundcloud.com/a8Gna
Wrote this after working out this tune to jam, Lullaby by artist NeoWakan. She is an absolute genius and her collection is absolutely worth a start to finish listen. Trust me you'll go back!

Eileen, My Nana and Aileen whom I've started working with musically are both inspiring this song... (Note: The name Eileen means Beauty, radiance... The name Aileen means Light.... apparently.... thanks google)

Finish this for 2025 Album... (Maybe request a Persian purr... Then we have perfection here🕯️)

My Nana gave me my first ever piano lesson. I remember it like a video. in this song I used the speed finger/thumb cross over technique she showed me early on. I think of her "Every time" I do it 😊

The song itself was triggered by something Aileen said to me yesterday. I showed her a pic of my Nana for no other reason that she has the same name just a letter off... I was made to realize that I keep my Nana's pic and Grandads book of poetry beside me in the studio all the time. So they do actually shine down on me everyday. Before I showed it to Aileen I just did it... but she made me realize what it has actually meant and what it will continue to mean going forward..

"to live like a human that's being remembered is living eternal life" NeoWakan ... Now go and listen to her 🙌  😊 Please and Thanks
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Check out Neowakan (Aileen Asatouri) on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/dsf5z

... Seriously... Set this aside for a second.... Right click that link above and click Open in New Tab... so I don't distract you from it in a minute... Perfect... and it's appreciated believe me  🙌🏻🕯️ Warm a wonderful heart with your ears....

Ok if my insistence hasn't sent you away... Enjoy :)

🧘🏻 🎧💫💕🕺

Lyrics

♾️They're just invisible♾️

So she answers,
All the time,
Gone from here,
But still shining down.
It's her presence,
Everyday.
A photograph,
Eternal memory
With your Eyes so Lean
You see my clean.
Nana Eileen

The perfect human form
Words can't describe that
Warm, Beautiful, Kind ,Brave, In tune, In time,
Such sheen
A pure being, supreme...
💫 Human Aileen 💫

Call your clean
Prove and grieve
Presence is forever when you remember 

Remember her
Remember him
Remember them
Remember everyone

Remember her
Remember him
Remember them
Remember everyone

They're just invisible. to the eyes.

♾️Just give the light and you shall receive...
Cut negative ties and all is starred seed...
Ask the Universe.
An enjoyable humanity.♾️

That's what I believe.


Last words for Nana and Papa.
They had 8 children. 5 Girls and 3 Boys
Then those Girls and Boys grew up and had 23 children. My generation. And my generation has also had 23 children up to this point. All out there doing good thanks in large part to my Nana and Papa. Bliss 💕


If you like the song. Sure have a look at the pic and thank the Universe for making those two beautiful humans because the song could not have existed without them. Maybe that's the only reasonable way we can thank them.

Eileen Lane Stapleton & Bill Stapleton

Eh the pic is in the other version here...
https://on.soundcloud.com/hqbtv

For the humans hidden in this one. You listened. We love you 🕯️

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