Day 498: Kind of Blue

Lyrics:
You lied through your teeth, you knew what the fuck you were doing.
You lied through your teeth, you knew just what to say.
You goddamn bitch, you told me everything would be ok.
You lied to my face, I had no idea.
You lied to my face, but you looked just the same,
You goddamn bitch I don't think I can trust you, not even your name.
You goddamn bitch I don't think I can trust you, nothing is the same.

Day 467: Depths of Despair, Cave of Wonders

Piano improv recorded in the depths of despair.  Altered in the Light of Day.  Using Sugarbytes Slice Arranger, piano patch from Reason Pianos, and good ol' Scream4 for distortion.

Personal drama really sucks sometimes.

Day 459: On the Dark Side of Mars

Another "4x4" track with some dark elements.  I'm apparently on a tear with these things lately.

I've pretty much made up my mind now that 500 days will the end of this project.  500 Days is an Opus, no matter how you slice it.

Day 454: Had to take it easy

Am still sick and I just don't have the energy to focus on something as hard as I did with yesterday's project.  I did something fun, less musical, but still exciting for me.  I hope you like it also.  If not, tomorrow is a new day.

Day 418: Dream is a lie, just like the cake

As promised, today is a return to weird shit.

Lyrics:
Our dream is to be one of you.  
Our dream is to be a lie.  
Our wish is to be on the inside.
Where you won't let us see.

Day 372: Stringed

373 days of music.  Almost all of which was never even heard by anyone before it was posted here.  I hope you have enjoyed being witness and will continue to enjoy as we move forward together.

Day 293: Stutttttter

Sometimes a piece comes together from just a few simple elements.  This is one of those pieces.

Day 275: static

Another project for the Disquiet Junto.

I wanted to take two REALLY disparate pieces, kind of like I was surfing between college radio and pop radio, so one piece is something done with an iPhone in Garageband, the other is using Forester, creating a synthy mash-up.  The white noise was a little trickier, so I created a patch with three different kinds of static, two of which could be "played", for lack of a better word.  Ultimately, this ended up not mattering at all, because I used resonance and frequency tweaking via a LP filter to create the changes you hear.

More on this 90th Disquiet Junto project, which explores the sound of a radio caught between stations, at:

http://disquiet.com/2013/09/19/disquiet0090-betweenstations/

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Associated image found via http://goo.gl/nM4pOz

Day 244: Explicit

Parental Advisory: Very Explicit Lyrics.

Day 233: A Lesson in Madness

This track needs words.  It's the third in my series of using the Malstrom synth unit and only that (well, not counting effects).

Make sure you listen all the way to the end.

Day 222: In film

As we descend thru the surface of a dying world we come upon a dark door.  Inside is the lair of our evil villain, working on his machinations and machines.  Preparing his next evil dead.  He won't be happy until the word above is dead.... and it's almost there.

Day 220: Drugs are Bad

Song about drug addicts.  Excuse to play with Now and Truth.

Lyrics:
Why'd you have to be such a liar?  
Why did you call me your friend?
Why did you have to be such a liar? 
Why couldn't you walk away instead of forcing this end?

Got a call last week from your mother. 
She was just calling to check in.
It's been a long time since you called and she's a little worried about your drug habit.

Day 189: Burning

A little tune about burnout.  It's better to burn out than fade away.

Lyrics:
Better put out that match before you catch aflame.
I'm burning up.

Day 182: A Story We All Know

Lyrics based on a story pretty much everyone knows.  Every in the western world, at least.

Several patches from Frank Georg Lucas on this one.

Lyrics:
KNOCK, KNOCK.  
WHO'S THERE? 
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.

KNOCK ONCE, KNOCK TWICE.  
THREE TIMES, I'LL ANSWER YOU.

KNOCK, KNOCK WHO'S THERE?  I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.
THREE TIMES AT THE DOOR.

Day 169: Noise like India

Ambient noise art with Indian singing.  A match made in Heaven?

Day 163: New Electronic Post

Trying to explore something "new".  I like post rock, I like glitch, I like electro-synth, I like ambient.  Trying to make "New Electronic Post".  Maybe it's a genre that already exists under another name, if so, please let me know.

Years ago I was sleep deprived for about 36 hours and I started hearing this music in my head that was something unlike anything I'd ever experienced.  I typed a long rambling email and sent it to a few people, but it was a little out there and the ideas weren't very fully formed.  I could sense being on the cusp of something and grasping for it in the darkness.

I feel like this, and a few other recent works, might be the genre I was hearing in my head.  If nothing else, it's definitely the start of something for me.

Lyrics:
You said you're loaded for bare, You said you'd take us anywhere,
Got on my helmet and my boots, so let's go
It's not like you lied again, let's just be honest, are we even friends?
I want to take it all back, but I can't take it, no I can't take it.
When the sun shines in the spring, we'll have a moment of clarity and peace.
Your eyes will lighten and grow eager again, and we'll once more call each other friend.

Day 154: Not Your Rock'n'Roll

Sometimes, late at night, you will stumble onto something magical.  At first you don't know what you've found, then it begins to take shape.  I hope this magic transfers to you and you cherish it as much as I have.

Please enjoy the New Rock'n'Roll.

Lyrics:
This is not your rock'n'roll.
Do you have the key?
Are you in front of me?
This is not your rock'n'roll.

The path is not very long.
But you try to remain strong.
As long as you know I got your back.
I know you're never coming back.

Can't you see that the lies are covering me?
Can't you hear nobody's ever coming near to you?

Day 128: Liar, Guns, and Noise - OH MY!

Another one in the "noise" column.  This is one I've had in my pocket for awhile.  Playing with Simon J's FM Refill.

Lyrics:
I've got this gun cocked, locked, and ready to fire.
You better duck.
Don't stand there, you're a liar.

I've got this gun cocked, locked, and ready to fire.
Don't stand there, I might miss,
and you are a liar.

Day 104: Industrially Speaking

Everyone keeps secrets.  Some are big, some are small.  Sometimes you keep a secret because of an organization (an organizational secret I guess?), sometimes it's something only you know, or at least you think that (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, select, start).  This is a little bit about keeping secrets, but also about relationships.

Here I've dipped into the "everything is distorted on some level" bag of tricks.  What can I say other than I'm a sucker for it every time.

This is probably the only song you'll hear today with Sturm & Drang in the lyrics... so it's got that going for it.


Lyrics:
Come a little bit closer,
I've got something you should hear.

Look to the sky,
Now walk the steps,
Unto perfection, 
Unto the beginning of the end.

You are the wind and the rain,
You are the one who keeps me sane,
You are the breeze that blows thru me.

You are the holy ghost,
You are better than most,
You are the secret I keep closely.

Look to the sky,
Now walk the steps, 
Unto perfection,
Unto the new beginning.

Sturm and Drang and not much compasssion,
You said "You forgive me" after a fashion,
You are the only one,
Yes, you are the only one.

Crucifixes and crosses and demons,
You aren't the only one who can see them,
but we are not leaving you,
no we are not leaving you.


Look to the sky,
Now walk the steps,
Unto perfection, 
Unto the new beginning,
The beginning of the end.

Day 75: Three-fourths

This is actually day 76 for anyone who's keeping score.  I'm hoping I can make it to Day 100.  I plan to release an album of everything here for sale on bandcamp.  It will be very cheap, just easier and faster than going day after day and downloading every single piece.

This piece was my first go-round using Simon Janvier's FM Synth Thor Refill.  I wanted to go for something completely different, but sometimes you can't control what the Muses make you do.  Then I ended up having a drink and got it into my head that lyrics were a good idea and well... it just went downhill after that.  But seriously, it's just a bit of fun and I hope you like it.  Drums came from Kikbak's free refill.

Simon, if you read this, there will be more attempts.  The first one I did with your other refill went so good I must duplicate it!