part 4 of my 'distanced' album

final part of my 'distanced' album

Done with my pals on Wikiloops.com

Excess intense, eye-watering energy I didn't know what to do with then did. This. Overpowered turned into a music slap.

Lyrics and vocals by Erin Ruth, Guitar and music by Matthew Grady.

Okay... there's a lot to talk about with this goof ball. The first song I did this year had a drone-like fuzzy guitar. I did it again here but I wanted the song I put around it to be different than the other one, even though the changes are…

Clarinet played into an empty tube that formerly held a bottle of Scotch, which may have had some unconscious influence on the rough melodic form. Picked up by two contact mics into a Zoom H4n recorder. Submitted to Sound-In for 26/2-4/3/2021.

Recently I kind of remembered what it was like to be young and on the verge of an apocalypse. I apologize to Patty Smith, but I did.

This is the 10th and final song for my RPM Challenge 2021. It is a long piece inspired by Tchaikovsky's The Sick Doll. It opens and closes with a modified piano version from the beginning of Tchaikovsky's piece and then twists and turns into…

The Memoryhole ------------------------------ Here was my house here used to be our shop now this is all that's left of the world where I grew up They changed the names of streets and squares and buildings and parks and statues were…

Stay cool & be prepared ----------------------------------------- we'll stock up on supplies and build a bunker in the yard we'll have freedom here and BBQ and beer and a swimming pool we'll do our own thing we'll set up our own…

Carl was inspired by Bruce Springsteen's "Western Stars" album and wrote this song. As with other of his songs, I imported his recording of him playing guitar and singing and then added a few other things. There is a lot in the words here.

skirmish very quick

That time when a friend had a really badass DnD character. RPM Challenge 2021!

The times when me and a friend would hang out, drink and watch anime but he wouldn't leave until like 7AM. RPM Challenge 2021!

while i was streaming ian commented this on the insta

It's about those weirdos who donate to streamers in hopes of sleeping with them. RPM Challenge 2021!

are cornflowers even a thing? i've driven past a hundred cornfields and never seen flowers in a color one might describe as "cornflower blue". i always ask when i play this song at open mics and someone once told me but i forgot exactly what he said.