bookmark_borderEscape Velocity

LYRICS
Escaping from the blackhole
Gotta get the light to be whole
[Heartbeat]
Reaching escape velocity
Freedom is at hand
Freedom is at hand
Freedom is at hand

Escaping from the blackhole
Gotta get the light to be whole
[Heartbeat]
Reaching escape velocity
Freedom is at hand
If we can just find a place to land
The gravity of the situation
The duality of illumination

Chords: Dm Dm9 Em Em9 D / B C D / G C D; 101 BPM
Instruments: Vocals, Keyboard, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live on a digital 1-track stereo

From the album: Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderThe Essence

LYRICS
The collision of our galaxies
Is something that I did not foresee
Didn’t have the luxury
To be omniscient
To be…
The big bang event
To be omniscient
To be…
Omnipresent
To be omniscient
To be…
The essence

The fusion of our closest star
Then plant your life, would seem bizarre
I couldn’t have thought so far
To be omniscient
To be…
The big bang event
To be omniscient
To be…
Omnipresent
To be omniscient
To be…
The essence

Spinning in the light
Turning day to night
What brilliant insight
To be omniscient
To be…
The big bang event
To be omniscient
To be…
Omnipresent
To be omniscient
To be…
The essence

ABOUT THE SONG
Drop D tuning
Chords: D Em7 / C Em7 D / Em7(9)
Recording: digital 8-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderOut of the Gas

LYRICS
Out of the gas
We pulled together
To make it last
Through cosmic weather
Went on… time passed
Stardust formed mass

The enormity
Due to gravity
Pulled together
Negating never
Went on… time passed
Stardust formed mass

Went on… time passed
Stardust formed mass

Shining face
Upon the surface
With a touch of friction
To hold me in

Chords: F# F#sus4 F# F#9 / D#m G#7 F#; 152 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Organ, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderRefraction

LYRICS
My reaction to refraction
Reaching through to touch you
Shape shifting point=of-view

The reflection of reaction
As I’m breaking through
Shape shifted point-of-view

No objection to perfection
Shifting the way I see
Physically

Physics
Physically

Chords: A / G E A / C A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Knew Normal and Rawhide Goggle Straps
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderA Matter of Fact

LYRICS
The frequency of the vibration
Set in motion more than notion
The frequency that impacts me
Send me a sign
In the form of a sine
And I will wave by in time
The frequency that impacts me
The frequency to impact me
The frequency of the frequency
Clarity on frequency
Clarification on vibration
Does the difference matter?
The difference is in matter

ABOUT THE SONG
There is a difference between frequency and vibration. Vibration is a physical phenomenon involving matter.
Chords: Em7 + g f# f E / Em7 + d c# c b / Asus4 Em7
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer

From the album: Double Mutant Strain
Instrumentals: Variant

bookmark_borderWar On Science

LYRICS
Is it almost over now?
Want to get back to some more
Is the question, “But just how?”
… 2,3,4
Stop the war…
… on science
Reliance on intelligence
Instead of the bore
Experiments on speciMANs
Beyond old folklore
Look, listen, learn
Science

Chords: G / Em F G / F# G; 130 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album: Tunnel Light Mirage
Instrumentals: Charon’s Obol

bookmark_borderSynesthesia

LYRICS
Vibrations reach my ear
With what I hear
Is colors
Colors
Dark blue
Purple
Ripple till yellow
The hue
Subtle
… to, “Hey! Hello!”
Vibrations reach my ear
With what I hear
Is colors
Colors

ABOUT THE SONG
“Synesthesia is a neurological condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway (for example, hearing) leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway (such as vision). Simply put, when one sense is activated, another unrelated sense is activated at the same time.” In the case of some musicians, we see sound as colors.

Chords: Dm C / Dm Bb F Dm; 67 to 32 to 111 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric/Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album: Tunnel Light Mirage
Instrumentals: Charon’s Obol

bookmark_borderRockettail Tale

SpaceX Rocket Launch March 2021

LYRICS
Swear you saw a comet?
It was a rocket
Taking off
Near, though not a comet
Launch of a rocket
Gone aloft
Cradling a precious payload
ON to the open road
No fear beyond the stratosphere
In space…
The road is clear
In space…
no roadblock fear
When angels are near

Soon, pit stop on the moon
Pretty far from Mars
Are you sure… there goes Jupiter
Take us…
Back round Venus
Toward the sun for fun

ABOUT THE SONG
This song was written on March 14, 2021 after listening to someone talk about the magnificent comet they had seen that morning. Actually, it was a Space X rocket launching.

Chords: B A F# B / F# A B / D B; 147 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album Tunnel Light Mirage
Instrumentals: Charon’s Obol

bookmark_borderUp, Down, Round

LYRICS
Which way is up
Which way is down
Depends on if
Your plant’s round
Spinning round
Relative to the sun
An annual run
At the very least
Where west meets east
At the very best
Where east meets west
As our up and down spins around
Spinning round
On our axis
This is
In our orbit
That’s it

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: A A9 A / Am7 Esus4 Em7(11) / B A Am7 Em; 125 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album In the Petri Dish
Instrumentals: Simply Complex

bookmark_borderChaos Us

LYRICS
The pitter patter of the rain
Really starts to rack my brain
Listing to the chaos
Fall among us
(It’s all around us)

The spitter spatter on the drain
Really starts to rack my brain
The drip drip drop on the drain
Really starts to rack my brain
Listing to the chaos
Fall among us
(It’s all around us)

The rising smoke like a chain
Really starts to rack my brain
Listing to the chaos
Fall among us
(It’s all around us)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: Dsus4 Asus4 / C G F G / Asus4 Dsus4; 138 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album In the Petri Dish
Instrumentals: Simply Complex

bookmark_borderThe Future Is Coming

LYRICS
Well, looky, looky
What have we here
Does appear
To’ve gone queer
What use to be the sound I’d hear
Has faded to disappear

Catch, hooky, hooky
What have we “hear”
Sounds in the ear
New and queer
What use to be the sound round here
Changed gear to reappear

The future is coming
There’s no sense in running
It’s very, very near
The future is coming
There’s no sense in running
In fact, it’s already here

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Pop Waltz
Chords: G C G F6; 112 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album In the Petri Dish
Instrumentals: Simply Complex

bookmark_borderAlpha Centauri System

LYRICS
Do you want to take a trip
To the next closest star
I hear Alpha Centauri
Really isn’t that far
Do you know why the drip
From a leaky faucet
Is considered chaotic
Not a random event?
Can we get to Alpha Centauri
This century?
Oh, the mysticism
Of an unordered system

Do you have a rocket ship
Or interstellar car
Do you want to let ‘er rip
Holds? None barred
Do you know why the drip
From a leaky faucet
Is considered chaotic
Not a random event?
Can we get to Alpha Centauri
This century?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: Eb G / Cm G; 100 BPM (IV-VI)
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album In the Petri Dish
Instrumentals: Simply Complex

Oh, the mysticism
Of an unordered system
(Of he question)

bookmark_border2D Reality

LYRICS
I met a guy who thinks the world is flat
I know, I know… can you imagine that?
Could it be his reality is 2D

I met a gal who thinks chemtrails are fact
I know, I know… can you imagine that?
Could it be her reality is 2D

I met a guy who thinks he’s a fat cat
I know, I know… can you imagine that?
Could it be his reality is 2D
Reality in 2D

I met a gal who pulls rabbits from a hat
I know, I know… can you imagine that?
Could it be her reality is 2D

I met people who are into tit-for-tat
I know, I know… can you imagine that?
Could it be their reality is 2D
Reality in 2D
2D reality… really?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: Bbaug Em; 160 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album In the Petri Dish
Instrumentals: Simply Complex

bookmark_borderOn The Rocks

LYRICS
Yeah, straight up on the rocks
Give way
A new day
Roll forward all the clocks
Out of the blue
Something new
Get to say
A knew way
Given: the key unlocks

Smooth, smooth on the edges
Rough, wedges and sledges
Scaling the ledges

Off, off on a mission
Tuning into to listen
Accepting the vision

Tuning the dial… while…
In a scanning style

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: Dm DmM7 Bm7(b5) Dm; 102 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album In the Petri Dish
Instrumentals: Simply Complex

bookmark_borderFriction Fiction

LYRICS
If you’ve been holding on too long
This just might be your song
(So join in and sing along
… this just might be your song)
If it weren’t for the Earth holding on to you
Well…
Exactly what would you do?
[If it weren’t for the Earth holding on to us
Mother Nature’s thrown under the bus]
In the fiction
Without friction
Can you hide from the slid?
Sailing off into infinity
Flailing off from humanity

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: Em C
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards

From the album De-developed
Instrumentals: Ghosting