Tunes by SmokeyVW


Mindscapes


Driving through a few states of mind.


Atlantis

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   track 1 time 4:47

Atlantis rises again.

Atlantis sinks again.

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sound effects used in this song:
Maria_Island_Lapping.aif by miscellany (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=104928)


Playground

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   track 2 time 4:18

Adults are simply grown up children.

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sound effects used in this song:
SchoolPlayground.mp3 (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=34056)
By acclivity (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=37876)


Tigre Blanco

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   track 3 time 5:41

...and our Hiro falls deeply asleep only to dream once again of the White Tiger...


Covalent Bond

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   track 4 time 3:48

It should have been "Stirred, not shaken."


Where Do I Stand?

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   track 5 time 6:07

This is in 9/4 time, the bass line leading the beat by 4 beats. There is an extended piano solo in the middle... Hope you like it!


Time Flowing Backwards

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   track 6 time 0:42

A short untitled poem I wrote a few years ago, originally posted here.

lyrics:


time flowing backwards through
dreams
our love our place our
hope
in reversals of fortune

fortune of reversals in
hope
our place our love our
dreams
through backwards flowing time

(c) 2005 by Bill Grundmann


Tiny Soul

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   track 7 time 5:32

A little song about a tiny soul.

Mist


Fade

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   track 8 time 5:12

A song about progressive cognitive deterioration, birds, cars, glories, and airplanes.


Induction

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   track 9 time 4:49

This tune is for the 4th Loop It Or Lose It Challenge.

Notes about what I did:

Challenge Loop - LIOLI 4 Piano
I played this loop on Grand Piano, Tango Accordion, and Hybrid Basic: Breath Pad. It's cut apart at the 2, 6, 10, and 14th beats, and then each chunk is transposed variously. I kept messing with the transpositions until it sounded reasonably fusion-jazz-like.

Challenge Loop - Locomotive
I hacked it to bits. Some portions were also modified with Auto Wah, pitch shifting.

Loop - Funky Pop Bass 03
This loop is severely extended and modified.
I played this on the Electric Bass software instrument, augmented with Digital Mono: Sine Bass.

Loop - Deep House Dance Beat 05

Loop - 80's Pop Beat 08
It's played through Amp Sim: British Clean and flanged.

Loop - Cuban Son Percussion 14

Loop - Cuban Dance Beat 046

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The tempo of the bells set the tempo of the song at 137 BPM. The voice-over was the very last element I added. Coincidentally, the voice-over seems to have a similar tempo (or perhaps 69 BPM).

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sound effects used in this song:
locomotive.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=25068)
By laurent (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=8556)
cliche_hypno.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=32238)
By FreqMan (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=92661)

Many thanks to FreeSound.

lyrics:

You are getting sleepy... sleepy... very sleepy

Your eyes are getting heavy... very heavy
They are closing... closing... closing
Your eyes are closed

You are comfortable
You are now sound asleep... in a most comfortable place

I will now count to three
And then snap my fingers
At that moment
You will be under my power
You will do as I command
Ready?
One... Two... Three

You are completely under my control


Progress

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   track 10 time 6:06

A song about progress.

About that pic.

Loops:
my loop "Balinese Scattering" played on "Asian Kit"
my loop "Smokey Bass" played on "Upright Jazz Bass"
my loop "Moody Singers" played on "South African Singers"
"Nian Hua Cymbals 02"
"Mexican Mariachi Drums 06"
"Andean Stroll Guitaron" (edited)
"Andean Stroll Guitaron" (edited) played on "Russian Balalaika"
"RnB Beat 06"
"Desire B Violins 2" (edited) played on "Tonewheel Organ"
"Choral Synth Pattern 24" (edited)
"Desire B Violins 2" (edited)
"RnB Beat 08"
"Irish Reel Bouzouki 02" (edited)
"Scottish Ides Drum 01"

Here's another rather different version of this song: That's Progress.


The Clairsentient

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   track 11 time 3:23


The Clairsentient

the lights and the beat
saturate our senses

look into my eyes
focus - zoom in here
pick up this thought

let your body free
cut your puppet strings
dance on automatic
cruise control

clear your mind
of every thought
seek the horizon
become a psychic
antenna

can you hear me now?

can you hear
every mind
on this dance floor
in this city
around the world

i can

(c) 2007 Bill Grundmann


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