Polly

shed

NVR RLLY

Sha La La

Happy Adjacent

Deep Dreams

Dolly

Invisible

LA's Got Gorgeous

BLOODY

Pink Chalk

Speed of Light

still a player when it's gametime

Produced by Trip & Lasik
Mixed & Mastered by Matty Harris
Artwork by Sean Oulashin
Photo by BeaHr

Had U (prod. Trip & Lasik)

A little over a year ago, my father died, and his passing undid my reluctance to put both of my feet back into the pool of making, or at least performing, something musical. I knew that, if nothing else, I wanted to do something special to give him a proper send-off. He'd always wanted me to get back in the musical saddle, so, being too late to give him that pleasure in life, it was then or never.

I broke out my semi-acoustic guitar and this old poem I had written in late 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎. I originally worked on a different melody that never landed, so I chose to come up with a new one, which I did by singing whatever came to mind into my phone's voice recorder. It worked well enough to act as a springboard to the final result.

The chord shapes are simple enough -- mostly the 𝐃 major shape -- but I tried to make the most of the limitation. About a week and extremely sore fretboard fingers later, I played it in front of everyone over the 𝐏𝐀 system supplied by the funeral agent, nervous it would sound terrible and I would mess it up. Rehearsals had been hit or miss. But it worked out well.

This demo is a little embellished, but only by about 𝟓%. I added a small transition to the instrumental break with a twee overdub thrown in to sweeten things in the smallest possible way. My vocal is not great, but it'll do for now.

𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃𝐒
𝘣𝘺 𝘙𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘉. 𝘉𝘢𝘬𝘬𝘦

You travelled far enough to last a lifetime
with yet a lifetime to traverse
A corner unexplored remains in your mind
You watch your memories disperse

Then you awake and life's an alien place
in hues of cinnamon and gold
Expect the one you never thought you would face
and watch the mystery unfold

𝘐𝘕𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘜𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘈𝘓 𝘉𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘒

And now return to drift unto your next home
Upon no one you will depend
Between two worlds your spirit may always roam
A place in time
where nothing
ends

© 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐑𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐤𝐞 | 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜

Between Two Worlds

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