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One of my oldest and more pitiful recordings, this Political Folk tune is a part of my “Legends of Summer” demo CD.
(Oh Say!) CAN YOU SEE?
Oh say! Can you see why they say we are free?
Can’t stop acid rain, else we must be insane
I would…
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Political Folk tune featuring Starry Nightmoth on baby grand piano, pan flute, KB “strings” and intro voice. About the blatant environmental destruction humans are committing against Mother Nature/Earth.
Curse of Eden
Why did you heed the…
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Not an overall bad recording, and I’m quite pleased with the lyrics of this Psychedelic Folk tune.
FUTURE BOUND
Should I take the left or should I pass it by zoom?
Lost my faith in maps, so how will I decide zoom?
Spirits crying to be…
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Another one of my Political Folk tunes, this one smothered in Psychedelic sauce. About a “vision” I had in my early childhood. The recording has its issues, but still…
IRON TIGERS
Riding down the road
See the folks at work
Second sight…
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Hope you enjoy the trip. The bass line kept my fingers busy on this more aggressive Psychedelic Folk tune. The poem is actually three crammed into one, all about the same dream.
LAST NIGHT
With a subtle touch
I have said enough
But you…
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One of my first experiments with recording, this old tune has some real sound quality issues. But it’s an alright composition and the lyrics do have something quite valid and urgent to relate.
LET IT BE
A future unpleasant is foretold…
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OK, so it’s a creepish song about Death, but how about my happening bass lines? This Psych Folk funeral dirge features Starry Nightmoth on KBs.
LOOK
Look in the mirror
See me standing there
Look out the window
See me everywhere…
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Love song in the Psych Folk style.
NOTHING CAN COMPARE
Nothing in the world, nothing in the skies
Compares to you my friend
Even Old Man Sol can’t outshine your eyes
Your love will never end
All you are inside, and your subtle style…
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This Psych Folk tune I wrote about a fellow runaway child I was housed with, that got romantic with me before I escaped that place, my standard O.P. after getting caught and stuck in a facility.
RUNAWAY
i don’t need you hangin' ‘round me…
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Psych Folk – This was Danville Dan’s favorite GEM tune, and I knew it would be when I wrote it.
SILVER CITY
Wish I were in Silver City
Somewhere in New Mexico
Where I would eat all the pine nuts
And where I’d go panning for gold…
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Psych Folk. I earned my PTSD. Growing up traveling about America, I met bad babysitters, bad cops, bad ministers. Early on as a runaway I learned to not hitchhike but to rather move in the shadows alone. Etc. Starry Nightmoth on KBs.
SO MANY…
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Starry Nightmoth performs on KBs in this one. I am so disappointed with how this recording turned out, but others like it, so…
VACANT STREET
i’ve seen your children burn with hate
filled with fear and rage
they won’t forgive but they…
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Probably the worse recording of the entire 52 song MYTHOPOETICA demo collection.
43 OCTOBERS
…come harvest eve i may elect
to reflect
in the light of morrow’s day
come that night with aided eye
under sky
might i walk a different…
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For fans of ancient druidic mythology.
AUTUMN TIME (Master of the Hunt)
I go walking in the forest in the autumn time
Leaves are falling as I’m humming some forgotten rhyme
Moonlight in my hair
Harvest in the air
I go wading in the…
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I was 13 when I wrote this Political Folk song. One of my earliest attempts at recording, it’s certainly a flawed production. Nevertheless many will get a kick out of the ending.
BABYLON
Killed a man whose skin was red
All his brother’s…
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A creepy/gloomy with a bit of a stab at electronica and a slightly more aggressive stab at techno in the center. That mood seemed to fit the poetry. Falling Autumn leaves sound like this in my head.
CAN'T RESET
The many poems I’ve…
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Uhm… whatever. She took the walk anyway and we’re both better for it. It’s all good.
DON’T WALK AWAY
Let’s sit and talk this over
Can’t take from me what is ours
Lived a few lives before you
And this is the best one by far
I’ve made…
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Don’t let that serpent bite you. Don’t chase the dragon. For a friend, may he RIP.
DRAGON BIT
Hold on to a past that you resent
And forget the words that Heaven sent
Clinging to a future that you fear
Think you’re going somewhere, you…
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One of my favorite recordings and favorite songs. The drums of this Political Folk tune was generated with the Yamaha E313. The lead guitar break needs replaced with a violin, but…
THE FINAL HOUR
Welcome to the final hour
Everybody kneel…
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Another one of my esoteric-flavored Political Folk tunes.
KINGS OF MILK AND HONEY
When no king could claim the throne
Deputies took hold
Joe made ships to sail out west
On a quest for gold
Up North Ozzie asked to join
“Fuse this…
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A Blues number, and in the past it’s been one of my more popular songs. We’ll see how it does on AloneTone.
MY FAVORITE GUN
Pa had left us on the farm
Ten long years we raised the corn
Then he returned to Mama’s arms
To beat the sons…
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For the First President of the Surry Alternative Realities Society.
PARANOID SAGE
The paranoid sage cries all night long
Praying that things had not gone wrong
But no one ever turns back the time for him
Swaying on the brim
The paranoid…
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Inspired by “Peter Pan Syndrome” by Dr. Kyle. “Gr'ups,” which means “grown ups,” comes from an original series Star Trek episode.
PETER
NA NA NANANA
NANA NA NANANA
PETER!
YOU’RE SCARED OF YOUR MOM, YOU HATE YOUR DAD
YOU BETTER GET…
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On one hand, one of my most horrid recordings, but on another hand, one of my most interesting. Warning – the second half of the song gets rather creepy. Have fun!
SOMEDAY
Sweet Lolita Young
Your lucid, aged mirage
Dancing in your eyes…
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WALKIN' BLUES
Where were you
Saturday night
When I was in jail because I was in an awful fight?
You were roaming' the streets with a man they call “The Knife”
Where were you
Last Tuesday eve'
When I was at home alone? (And man…
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[untitled]
Label what you will
Untitled leave this I
Don’t deny I am
Forsaking the asking of why
Perhaps lacking the aching to why
This Here Now, it is
And thus is what am I
Willing what you will
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Another pitiful recording, this one featuring my first attempt at rapping – if ya want to call it that!
EVERYONE (The Empty Stage)
Everyone – they look at me; they wonder who I am
They want to know if I’m for real but I don’t give a…
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I’m not one to repeat a rumor… so listen close the first time.
GOSSIP
Legends in the warehouse
Gossip in the halls
Rumors in the office
Ears upon the walls
Hiding round the corner
Straining for each sound
Car-pool to the lunchroom…
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Clearly one of my poorer recordings.
In the Dark
Want to want me, try to taunt me
Keep me quiet, keep me in the dark
Like to hit me, try to get me
Figure out me when I’m in the dark
Will alert me, would convert me
Witness to me how…
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Combined words of homeless men across America the night of the Winter Solstice in 2010 when there was a full moon, a lunar eclipse, and a meteor shower. Baby grand piano performed by Starry Nightmoth.
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My contract with Jennifer Rose.
MAKE IT THROUGH
I don’t have too much to give
I don’t have too long to live
I just want to be your friend
Can I spend my years with?
Can I share my tears with you?
I will love until the end
I…
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More GEM-style Blues.
NASTY LITTLE GIRL
Nasty little girl, standing on the corner
Up against the light, up against the night
Nasty little world weighing on your shoulder
Turning tricks again, giving up the fight
Naughty little child…
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One of my personal favorite recordings from the 52 song MYTHOPOETICA demo collection, even though there’s a sound quality issue (the bass had a bit of a buzz). This was my first time using a wammy bar – I liked it!
PLASTIC GIRL
You can’t…
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Uhm… not my worse.
SOLIDARITY
Wading in the marshes of reality
Pacing to the songs we sing
Fearing those who alter our mentality
Running from the pain they bring
Hiding in the shelters of our fantasy
Someplace we can rest our…
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This demo recording turned out particularly well, especially when compared to how most of my MYTHOPOETICA recordings sound. The lead guitar employs an Eastern Folk scale and style of picking, greased with GEM-style Blues butter.
SUPER YOU…
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Blues. My way of playing “Rollin' in My Sweet Baby’s Arms,” ‘cuz I’m a Soul man. See the Soul-patch? Dig. Be cool, cats, and stay dry!
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Political Folk song, predicting a grim tomorrow, scribed in an esoteric fashion.
(Coming into) WINTER TIME
Days are getting shorter; days are growing colder
Coming into winter time
Seasons changing faster for the demon master
Coming…
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Psychedelic Folk song about growing up in the red light district, (not a biography… exactly)
WOMEN OF THE NIGHT (The Crimson Lace)
In the house where I was born
Came the men for wicked charms
Mama earned our evening meals
From those…
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ADAM’S PLAGUE
And those not killed by Adam’s Plague
Repented not the work at hand
Their search for truth was strangely vague
They spread their lies across the land
They clung to things of stone and wood
Which cannot see nor hear…
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AFTERMATH
Living in the aftermath
Of when the palace fell
Looking on the ashes now
From when my life went all to Hell
Listen to the hangman’s march
He’s come to free my soul
Humming to my final tune
Before my heart heads down…
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DO YOU WISH
There’s nothing I can say and nothing I can do
To win your forgiveness for not being true.
So, do your eyes see red while my heart is blue?
Well, I crossed the line and there’s no going back.
Yes, I earned your hate and…
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EPIPHANY
Life, it is but a dream
In the back of my mind
I can plainly see
What’s in the future
What’s in it was for me
Feel revolutions
Surging through my soul
I can feel a spirit
That is hard and cold
In the back of my…
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GONNA SIT AND ROT
Gonna sit and breathe and try to understand
How everything I suffer I’m clutching in my hand
Got to let them go at least I hope I can
Gonna sit and breathe and try to let them go
That’s everything I’m clutching I’m dropping…
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IN THIS CELL
Yes, I have my problems
Lord knows I’m not quite right
For I was a tortured child
I seek eternal night
Yes, I have my hang-ups
I have my cause to weep
For I face a future grim
I seek eternal sleep
But what they say…
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JUMPSUIT BLUES
As I slept this morning,
I dreamed of what you said
How you said you loved me,
And from my toes to head
Then I woke to Chow Call,
Prison walls around my bed
‘Morning to you, Jesus!
How did you sleep last night…
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Most Times
Every now and then I think that I should eat.
Every now and then I think that I should sleep.
Every now and then I ponder what to do.
Most times I just think of you.
Most times I just think of you.
Sometimes I will call…
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MY SPIRIT LONGS
My eyes, they thirst to drink you in
I reach to hold your hand in mine
In dreams of memories with your soul
To write within my Book of Time
My arms, they beg to hold you close
I need to keep you by my side
If only…
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Pitchforks glow reflecting torches held in hand by the town’s folk
Eyeballs gleam beneath the balls of flame puffing out the stream of smoke
Rumors grow, they’re telling of the child who was flung in the lake
Gnashing teeth, they scream…
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SOLANA (Sunshine)
Sunshine, you are the morning.
Solana, you bring the light.
I am the evening. I am the darkness.
Whoa, you know, I bring the night.
But in the dusk and in the dawn, we make it right. We make it right.
Sunshine…
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The morning after JP Morgan Chase Bank donated $4.7 million to the NYCPD, police began terrorizing the OWS protesters, beginning with Officer Antonio Bologna macing an innocent woman. This song is about that event:
TONY BOLOGNA
Liberty Park…
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WHAT DEMONS DO
Yes, he pulled your halo down
And clipped away your ivory wings
Now your harp can make no sound
Because he stole your golden strings
He was once an angel too
But demons do what demons do
Dragging angels to this Hell…
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Lyrics by Starry Nightmoth and Gene Eric Mann. Keyboards by Nightmoth. Acoustic bass, acoustic rhythm guitar, electric lead guitar, and vocals by Mann.
YOUR KNOCK (Strings)
Pull me from this cursed abyss
I cannot find connecting strands…
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Psychedelic Folk. Ever meet that special someone in a laundromat? Ever do it on top the dryer? Either way, you’re sure to dig this clean groove. Compilation by Stephen L. Krell and Gene Eric Mann.
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Lyrics by Starry Nightmoth and Gene Eric Mann. Reversed vocals by Starry Nightmoth. Music by Gene Eric Mann. Drums generated by Gene Eric Mann via a Yamaha E313 KB.
Putting sleepy child to bed
Mommy rests her weary head
Sleeping soundly…
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Lyrics by Adrienne Harvey. Music by Gene Eric Mann. Vocals by Harvey. BG acoustic rhythm and acoustic bass guitar by Mann. Remaining guitars by Randy Nixon, Jr.
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Lyrics & music by Greg Connor. Lead and slide guitars by Gene Eric Mann. Copyright © 2012 Greg Connor.
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Blues. Lyrics, vocals, harmonica and harpsichord by Greg Connor. All other instruments by Gene Eric Mann. Arrangement by Greg Connor and Gene Eric Mann.
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Political Folk song featuring Stephen L. Krell on the Chicago-style Blues-harp.
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Lyrics and vocals by Starry Nightmoth. Music by Gene Eric Mann.
FIRE
Firefly --
Who invited you bright bug?
Who said your friends could come?
Who brought down the stars?
Who danced all night long
Around my burning house?
Firebug…
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Lyrics by Adrienne Harvey and Gene Eric Mann. Music by Randy Nixon Jr. and Gene Eric Mann. Vocals by Harvey. BG acoustic rhythm and acoustic bass guitar by Mann. Remaining guitars by Nixon.
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Lyrics, music and male vocals by Gene Eric Mann. Female vocals by Starry Nightmoth.
DUSK AND DAWN
No extreme is where I’m standing
Dusk and dawn twix day and night
Dusk and dawn
Yes, I’m not a Saint Terrisa
All I Have I will not…
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Lyrics by Adrienne Harvey. Music by Randy Nixon, Jr. and Gene Eric Mann. Vocals by Harvey. BG acoustic rhythm and acoustic bass guitar by Mann. Remaining guitars by Nixon.
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Bass by Greg Connor. 1st slide and rhythm guitars by Stephen L. Krell. 2nd slide, rhythm, and electric guitars, lyrics and vocals by Gene Eric Mann. Music by Connor and Krell.
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Lyrics by Adrienne Harvey and Gene Eric Mann. Music by Randy Nixon Jr. and Gene Eric Mann. Vocals by Harvey. BG acoustic rhythm and acoustic bass guitar by Mann. Remaining guitars by Nixon.
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With music by Geoffrey Armes, and vocals by me. RPM 2011.
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Another new dark ambient experiment.Hope you enjoy it!
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Using the RE-501 Chorus Echo and Piano to make Satie cry.
Here is the just piano version: https://vimeo.com/99097201
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just some work while I did the singing bowl stuff.
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this song speaks for itself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHmsyk0_S5s
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Third part of the four part Dark World Suite. It is a mix of film music and symphonic metal, featuring an electric viola.
Bandcamp page: http://adventknowledge.bandcamp.com/releases
List of songs:
I. Omnipresence
II. Inferno
III. The…
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Symphonic metal with influences of cinematic music.
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Episode 48: Jon Spira/Elstree 1976
Film Director/writer Jon Spira discusses his movie 'Elstree 1976', a look at the lives of the men and women behind the masks and prosthetic alien faces in Star Wars
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects…
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Small class project - "Add your own sound track to an existing commercial ad in the real world. It must contain two different tempos." Click View More to see the outcome.
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This is a short sound track conceived for a space scene from the movie Solaris. Sorry, can't link to the video due to copyright laws.
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Happy little trees. Unused track from the recording of AM Fever. remixed, chopped up, backwards... mildly salvaged.
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Terrible recording due to my old studio set up dying, but a nice keepsake of just how bad things became before the rebuild.
Lyrics by Brent Kinder.
With piano by Igor Alexeev.
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With Soundsmith Kamachi.
Lyrics heavily based on a poem by Sir Henry Wotton, "Queen of Bohemia".
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A mix of Roger Sundström's "Midsummer Ghost" and Paul Muller's "Aethra"..I added some ebowed fretless guitar.
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