Name: I'm Not Sleeping by Bastian
Duration: 4 min 26 s
Description: Recorded after hours of sleep depravation. Covered and inspired from “I’m Only Sleeping”, by The Beatles

recording and mixing: me

Couldn't take a break today
Felt the panic close by
Now it's time to think on me
Could've been a "did I try"?

Or a rotten, dirty joke
Drawn to please a crowd come by
Upon untrue words done spoke
Could the spiteless feather fly
Held a little too long

301 stainless steel
Copper-plated aluminum
Couldn't bear the force to feel
Bore in the midst of fooling 'em

So here's where I'd fly 'way
When minds try seek escape
When brought on words to say
When spoke my lines okay
Had been written all along

Now your thoughts are feeling old
So your heart is cased in gold
Still you find the time to feed it
Leaving fortune for the bold

Couldn't take a break today
Saw a panic gone awry
Here's the gift of vice for free
Nothing new, it's do or die

So here's the price I paid
As a young boy's path was laid
Inside chaos truth was made
Under order those afraid
To define right from wrong

Gold Case Unboxing

initially started on 24 june, 2021. contributed tracks at a few points since then, also remixed at numerous random points until this mix i just did. :)
writing, recording, and mixing: me

Sublime, what a way to find
Though it wasn't what I had in mind
I defer to what comes next in line

Sue me if you'd like a written reply
I'm not short on time
I'm just focused on mine

It doesn't sit right
So when would it will
The eyes look forwards
But feet keep still

A circle of days
Like raw* in the morning
For work till evening
When sleep is a thrill

Unkind, many wasted finds
Sure, that's common of many minds
From above you can loosen your binds

Sue me if you'd like a written reply
I'm not short on time
I'm just focused on mine

*youtu.be/ImicczapN6g

Written Reply

The guitars and synthesizers were recorded in my room. The "bass" here is my Telecaster fed into Guitar Rig with certain sections shifted down an octave. The drum kit was taken from Roman Lesson, and the other "percussion" stuff is from Freesound. Mix done by me, as always. Proud of this one.

watt2

I feel like this song is better when played acoustically. But I like what I did with the guitars here, and the whole thing has (unsurprisingly) been another good mixing exercise. Everything was recorded in late May and mid-June 2021, except for the lead vocal which I redid on this day 10 May, 2022 (eh). One day I might re-record this with a better melody, more material written, and less noise... Anyhow...

Sun rakes the Roman lesson learned
Long ago, from giants come undone

To fools who forget the rest is a hole
Down below, with wretches overrun

A fake, well-set, astute, and crawling
For your trust, not just anyone

So read our letter, inscribed before
Time was named by precious everyone

Roman Lesson

THE BUILDINGS ARE FAKE, Bard's latest single, is a heartbreak song about the City of Angels. Bard wrote it in the summer 2018 after a visit to Los Angeles as a then first year film student.
Almost four years after writing the song and performing its acoustic version around NYC Bard recorded THE BUILDINGS ARE FAKE at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia with producers Brian McTear and Amy Morrissey. It is the first single Bard recorded with her full band, and its sound is reminiscent of the band Pavement and its ‘90s contemporaries.

Lyrics - Rachel Bard
Performers - Rachel Bard , Bastian Koh , Logan Teder
Producers - Brian McTear , Amy Morrissey , Rachel Bard
Mastering - Joe Lambert

The Buildings Are Fake

Keep consistent, I like being on my time
Still ours I've not forgotten
My pace keeps this efficient

Surprise me with my name or a glance
Surprise me with my name or a glance

I heard it somewhere
Maybe from the two behind my seat
Although it could have been another
Trick my mind has played with me

I don't mind unusual circumstance
So surprise me with my name or a glance

It happens every time
I'm all strapped in to force feed me
Although I quite like the music
And joining with the scenery

(Everything written, performed, and recorded+mixed by me.)

JJ's Blues

520w112 aka underwater level

an instrumental ive worked on for the past few weeks. named for the building seen prominently from my window, aka lionsgate apparently. everything by me. bass is two layered samples from aas player. synths from organelle. telecaster. percussion from toge*!

inpsired by domi&jd, estudando o samba, and i suppose zappa.

chords: f#maj7, f#min9, B, A7 // Gmin7, C7, D#7, F6

reaper screenshots: imgur.com/a/ZfO09H0

artwork: twitter.com/beeple/status/1319097801935118337
* reverb.com/item/59547461-baneb…-musical-instrument

520w112

Betty Demo

Recorded after hours of sleep depravation. Covered and inspired from “I’m Only Sleeping”, by The Beatles

I'm Not Sleeping

Jam Sessions- Zombie (The Cranberries)

Something I wrote a couple weeks ago. I played/produced/mixed everything except for the Otamatone part graciously provided by Adam. Recorded and mixed on 27 December, 2020. This is the second re-upload by the way.

Two lefts away, my friend, you say
Don't lose your grip on fine hours you've yet to spend

This place, today, myself, hey hey
I'll take a chance where blank hours all get sent

If it's, you may, it's all okay
Left unadjusted they'll take pathways no one went

Two lefts away, my friend, you say
Don't lose your grip on fine hours you've yet to spend

I'm Not Sleeping

Bastian

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