ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Dm C / C Am Dm
Rhythm: 112 BPM / Reggae #2 and Reggae
Recording: digital 1-track stereo
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)
LYRICS
I couldn’t have seen
I couldn’t have foreseen
The scene
If you could have foreseen
The scene
This scene
Ya know what I mean
We deem what we mean
We deemed we were mean
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Em Bm A
Rhythm: 116 BPM / Reggae #1 and Swing Reggae
Recording: digital 1-track stereo
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)
LYRICS
I heard on Christmas Day you can feel
It’s the real deal
I heard on Christmas Day you can feel
It’s the real deal
The act of kindness comes upon us
And for at least one day
We find a way
To be kind
It comes to mind
On Christmas Day
I heard on Christmas Day you can feel
It’s the real deal
You can see humanity
See a human being humane
Slightly humane
It doesn’t just remain slightly
You can see humanity spreading growing like a weed
And, we’d appreciate if at least on Christmas Day
You’d find a way to say
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
On Christmas Day
I heard ’em say
I know it’s true
On Christmas Day for me and you
You can feel
It’s the real deal
I heard on Christmas Day you can feel
It’s the real deal
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: G Gaug G6
Rhythm: 110 Beats Per Minute / Reggaw #1 and Swing Reggae
Recording: 1-track digital stereo
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)
LYRICS
This is a soundcheck… for a reggae sort-a thing… that will be extemporaneous
We’ve made it this far
Rather combine forces and become a star
We’ve made it this far
The I in the I
And the you in you, too
We…
We can determine destiny
Or, so they say
We’ve made it this far
Combine become a star
Become the star you know you are
We’ve made it this far
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Em7 Em
Rhythm: 100 BPM / Ambient #1 and Swing Reggae
Recording: digital 1-track stereo
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)
When you sing Christmas carols in your native tongue
I feel the Earth is as one
Heartfelt moment
It’s a heartfelt moment
First, my spirit went silent
Then, it skipped a beat
When you throw out conceit…
When you throw out defeat…
Heartfelt moment
Wait a minute
No, don’t wait a minute
I feel your spirit
Not only can I hear it
I feel it
Deep within
Heartfelt moment
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Em E D6 E7sus4
Rhythm: 90 BPM / Ambient #1 and Reggae
Recording: digital 1-track stereo
Inspired by a friend singing Christmas carols in Thai.
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)
LYRICS
Orientation deprivation
This end up
This end down
Turn around
Fragile! Handle with care
Orientation deprivation
This end up
This end down
Whatever you do don’t spin it round and round and round
Are you aware
Handle with care
Beware
Handle with care
Orientation deprivation
In a situation
You don’t know which way is up
How can you lift your cup
If you don’t know which way is up
How can you raise your cup
If you don’t know which way is up?
Orientation deprivation
You don’t know which way is up
Orientation deprivation
You don’t know which way is down
Can’t seem to look around
A nation of orientation deprivation
What’s in your head
Something embedded
More than just a taint of faint
Orientation deprivation
I don’t know which way is up
How can I lift my cup
Raise my glass in some kind of toast
To say you’re the most
How can I lift my cup
If I don’t know which way is up?
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Em G Bdim
Rhythm: 129 BPM / Broadway and Reggae
Recording: digital 1-track stereo
Daniel — Vocals, Melodica, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)
LYRICS
Boy! Boy, what are you doing over there?
Please move out of the light so we can see delight
Boy, what are you doing over there
Are you aware…
You’re standing in the light
Are you aware when you stand right there
You make a better door than window
Ya know it’s hard to see in your shadow
Boy, what are you doing over there?
Are you aware…
You cast a shadow. You know?
And, I can’t see clearly
Beyond a shadow of a doubt
I found out
Standing in your shadow
Boy, what are you doing over there
You’re casting a shadow on what we know
Ya know?
So, please, please, please if you might move so slight
To the left or the right
Let in the light
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Em7 G
Rhythm: 132 BPM / Jive and Reggae
Recording: digital 1-track stereo
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: F FM7 Dm7 F9
Rhythm: 120 BPM / Reggae 2 and Pop Reggae
Recording: digital 1-track stereo
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)
LYRICS
May I say, happy holiday? Can you tell me, “How do you like your turkey?”
Our recipe for catastrophe:
Now, somehow Moscow resides on both sides
In France, they’re doing the (anti)terror dance
Invoking the Kremlin gremlin
The Kremlin gremlin provoking a turkey basting
Are you telling me I am the delicacy? Noooo… I don’t wanna be in the recipe!
Too many cooks in the kitchen… too many kooks in the kitchen
And, here I am sayin’, “I need a die-a-gram”
All the while up to their ears in Syria diarrhea
Some sick Islamic
Don’t ya think that’ll stink?
Leave it up to their fears in Syria diarrhea
You ISIS? I is not ISIS
No Boca Raton killing marathon
While Al-Shabaab rape n’ rob
Run as fast as you can from the Taliban
Oh my gawd! No Jihad
Please read the Qur’an agin’
Is that what is meant? The Qur’an is based on the New Testament… which is based on the Old Testament. We’re all on top of the same base-meant.
And, here I am, “I need a die-a-gram”
The Saudi’s out of Yemen
Can I get an Amen?
They ran from Iran
More than a crack in Iraq
Now who’s gettin’ in
Na, na, na not China
And, here I am, “I need a die-a-gram”
What’s left of the leftovers? What’s the deal with this holiday meal? I’ve been rooked… the turkey’s over-cooked! What else can I say on Thanksgiving Day?
Die-a-gram for Over-cooked Turkey
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Ab Bb Bbsus4 Bbaug
Rhythm: 174 BPM / Reggae x2 machines
Recording: digital 1-track stereo
A song about what is going on in the world for Thanksgiving 2015.
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)
A
Don't worry, about a thing
D A
Cause' every little thing, gonna be alright
A
Singin' don't worry, about a thing
D A
Cause' every little thing, gonna be alright
A
Rise up this mornin'
E
Smile with the rising sun
D A
three little birds pirch by my doorstep
A
Singin' sweet songs
E
of melodys pure and true
D A
sayin', this my message to you-oo-oo
Chorus
Verse
Chorus x3
LYRICS
Judges 15:15
Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men. (16) Then Samson said, “With a donkey’s jawbone I have made donkeys of them. With a donkey’s jawbone I have killed a thousand men.”
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Cm Gm
137 BPM / Reggae
A song about gun control. Why not start with the first weapon used for mass murder?
LYRICS
I had this crazy notion
To create a concoction — Love Potion
I had this crazy notion
To create a concoction
Love potion
A love potion
Spreadin’ from ocean to ocean
Upon suggestion
Create a concoction
Injection
Straight to the heart
Like Cupid’s arrow
And a bow… ya know?
Straight through the heart
A love potion
Can you help the love grow
Spread it from ocean to ocean
Could be the solution
To our situation
The creation
Of a concoction
A love potion
A love potion
Set in motion
Love potion
Solution to our situation
Our hell-bound self-annihilation
We need some new ventilation
It’s hard to breath
I think our hearts will seize
And our brains will freeze
A love potion
If we start to look in our heart
The soul-ution will be the potion
And the potion will spread from ocean to ocean
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em
C D Em
92 BPM / Reggae
An extemporaneous / impromptu song captured live as a 1-track stereo recording.
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and Computer (Alesis Vortex hooked through USB to a laptop running Korg software and a midi cable hooked to a microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; Korg N364)
