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My Moment

Doing my best not to take myself seriously, waiting for an opening or a crack in between intent and obligation.
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The Sky is Falling

The Sky is Falling and you are calling me a liar but look up darling and see the fire, I am walking away from you.
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Trees

Steep wooded forest masks idleness, composing itself only from the trees. Trees which mask circumstance, propagate only for the free.
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Fireworks

Darling show me your teeth so I can see you're smiling, give me a sign so I can tell you're not lying we're all fireworks and flamboyance these days, anyway if we have to burn we're better off not trying.
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Coming to Terms with the Rain

Mud-sloshed boots and puddle jumping.
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A Virtual Songbook for a Postmodern Day

Never finished, four walls, two floors, and no ceiling. He sat with his back to me, the slow whistle of his amp holding its feedback down and choking on ground hum. He was still looking for the right moment to start, the four-on-the-floor of crowd noise, confidence, and the cold bite of a microphone held too close to his lips. He started with a simple, open chord, a percussive exhalation, breathed into the lights.

I-95

khidr9 •December 19, 2014Uncategorized
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i-95

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I-95

When you walk out, but don’t totally want to go.  The structure of this one is pretty complete, but the performance has some holes especially the change over from the first section into the second.  Some Juno in the pads various soft-synths here and there.  It starts off at its most dissonant and resolves from there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Someone Else’s Car

khidr9 •December 19, 2014Electronic, piano, Waiting to Live
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Someone Else’s Car Some of the best times to be had are in cars.  Especially growing up in the woods where I did, a movie date was a 30 minute trip each way, and the back and forth, and the traveling I did for girls when I was young, the…

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Long Face

khidr9 •December 18, 2014demos, piano
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longface

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Long Face

I don’t know why, but this is one of my favorite of my slow songs.  It has simplicity and complexity in the harmony, and achieves what I wanted to in the lyrics.  The demo itself is a little rough, the time is off on some chunks, and the piano lines don’t line up as tightly as they should.  Still, a song I’d love to see go somewhere.

lyrics to come.

 

Where are our Sundays

khidr9 •December 18, 2014demos, piano
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whereareyoursundays

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Where Are Our Sundays

So the chorus section is three bars of 5/4 and one bar of 15/8, because reasons.  Honestly, it doesn’t really sound very technical, but it was just the feel that I needed so there it is.  Otherwise, I think it’s a pretty nice song.   Continue reading

Sayana

khidr9 •December 17, 2014piano, Waiting to Live
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sayana

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Sayana

That time I had a fling with the queen of the faeries (as you do).  It’s a nostalgic song that plays with the idea of trying to know her name, and whether that would shift the power balance in the relationship.

The End is Not so Near

khidr9 •December 17, 2014Uncategorized
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endisnotsonear

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The End is Not so Near

Not really sure how I feel about this one.  It has some moments, but I don’t know if it ever really gets to where it’s going.  This could do with a re imagining.  Continue reading

Your Mouth

khidr9 •December 17, 2014Album Tracks, ethos.pathos
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yourmouth

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Your Mouth

This is a song about romance, the memory of a kiss hours after the moment’s gone.  Just like the picture.  Continue reading

Walking By

khidr9 •December 16, 2014Album Tracks, piano, Waiting to Live
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walkingby

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Walking By

Fun with orchestral synths.  Understanding the humor in my own personal mythology and how serious the feels can be sometimes.  Continue reading

Ingrid

khidr9 •December 16, 2014Album Tracks, Electronic, ethos.pathos
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ingrid

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Ingrid

a through-composed electronic song that  sort of goes all over the place.  There’s arppegiators and strings, and orchestral momentum and noodly organ solos.  Still, it’s kind of fun. Continue reading

Charts and Arrows

khidr9 •December 15, 2014Album Tracks, ethos.pathos
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chartsandarrows

 

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Charts and Arrows

By here, I’d written hundreds of songs. Emoted, shared, loved, sobbed and grooved. This is about getting that output back.

Fairly completely produced for a demo, though I could easily see this one going in a very different direction musically.

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