(57th) my lunatic cow

my lunatic cow


moo!
said the spaceman
and rode the ship
there i was
in the meteormist
searching for needle
from eternal hay
i turned again
and saw you lay
and there you slept
slept like a baby


the tides of flares wash me now
when time and place are lost somehow
enormous space touches
and i wave gently
as i turn
my lunatic cow


i can see you babe
and almost touch
the carnival smile
among the lust
i can hear you babe
i can feel your joy
this big fat kettle
is turning too slow
and there you sleep
sleep like a baby


the tides of flares wash me now
when time and place are lost somehow
enormous space touches
and i wave gently
as i turn
my lunatic cow


the darkness sneaks in
when i float above the moon
if i slip and fall
the soft cell of darkness
will take care of me
just arrange myself
just arrange myself
arrange myself and
sleep like a baby


the tides of flares wash me now
when time and place are lost somehow
enormous space touches
and i wave gently
as i turn
my lunatic cow


if i ever reach
the other side again
if i could touch you
and ease your pain
if i could ever be
awake like you
i'd bring the stars
to greet you too
and then i'd sleep
sleep like my baby


the tides of flares wash me now
when time and place are lost somehow
enormous space touches
and i wave gently
as i turn
my lunatic cow

(52nd) Released with Charity

Hellhole Blues is finally released in equal dreams. The link to the song is here: http://en.equaldreams.com/incrediblejens#album373.

The song profits are splitted between me (80%) and Amnesty International (20%), since I still think that human race could live in peace together if they want to. Usually we won't :D.

As a reminder, there's going to be a new album release as soon as I get all the songs done. Meanwhile, if you're in a hurry and want to download the song, it's 50 cents each. The album itself will be released as a free download. This is my weak and small counter-fight against the rush and music business.

(44th)put your money where my mouth is

you've got a nerve
to seach your happiness
though i pay you for
doing something else
you've got a nerve
to seach your happiness

you don't need to
do a thing
i'll give you this
this is for free
you don't have to
do a thing

swallow this
among your pride
it's soft, mellow,
it's easy, try
now swallow this,
swallow your pride

put your money
where my mouth is, suckers!
do like you're told,
cut the nonsense (quit thinking!)
put your money
where my mouth is, suckers!

(43rd) face my hell (in private)

when i'm blue
when i want to be left all alone
when i'm blue
when i want to be left alone
won't they come, pay a visit
and try to get me on the phone

when i'm down, out
and in need of friend
when i'm down and out
and in desperate need of friend
Won't I face my hell
in private 'til the end

I might know
who are my friends
now i might know
who are my friends
and i just don't get
what the hell they're for

(39th)Hellhole blues

Martin Scorsese's The Blues. A good book to buy. I'd like to even see the actual movie series, seen the first part, though. The book made me find my blues enthusiasm again. And now, the first song of the forthcoming album is done :D.
Some mixing is needed, all I have to do is to get a working studio PC up and running. My lousy Fujitsu Siemens is not the best one for that ;)
Anyhow, the song, called Hellhole Blues, is recorded just with the internal microphone of Boss Micro BR, no effects or anything. I'll add it to somewhere when I actually finalize it. The dobro (Johnson's cheap model), slide and vocals, and that's it.

Meanwhile, before this, we've been actively playing with Kimmo in the Stockholms city's Gamla Stan, here's a link to the blog entry. We're now officially in the business, we've made our first dollar :D.

(37th) Dancing The Angel

Yesterday I managed to do something I thought I wouldn't do anymore ;). At a sudden moment of some sort of madness, there was an old tune of mine (A song called Enkeli in Finnish) but I suddenly managed to get a grip of a set of new english lyrics. Manic and rapid decision was to sit down and write them. At the moment, they're still a draft, but anyhow, that's gonna be the next tune to record. I like the melody on that one, too.

I consider the songs, from the lyrical view, as a sneak peak to the world I might not be able to see completely. this is ment as an information to the people who might start thinking my weird explanations about the world the songs are describing. They're not describing the world, just some glimpses of the reality. But there IS a big unexplored haven of something behind them. At least in my mind :D.

(36th)Artifactic Blues

the blues comes. I've done some recordings and drum-, bass- and synth part mixing during the weekend, and so far it sounds a bit too complex to be a mere blues tune. There's weird reverb playing all the way, two guitars, only, which seems to be the minimum for me. the solo has to be played again and then the vocals need to be recorderd. and before the vocals, there's a significant need of the lyrics to be finalized.

(35th)Amonpolis II on the way

It's totally been awhile since writing. Writing here, writing music, writing anything. I seem to have some sort of mental downhill going on. In Sweden the downhill is a good thing, no need for pushing. In Finland it's just the feel of speed before the actual crash :D

Anyway, I can now announce that the first draft of a complete song is now officially drafted to my recorder (The mighty BOSS Micro BR). And besides all my previous thoughts, it's not in major, it's a blues tune in B minor. Artifactial Blues as the working title. Making the lyrics is also started, looking for to finalize them at the point when it's time to actually sing the tune :D.

My approach, anyway, on the forthcoming recordings is to make first the song and the tune, and then write the lyrics. In that precise order, just to do something new. The arrangements and chords should be as simple as possible to bulletproof my songwriting abilities. I'm aiming to create a basic set of songs with basic arrangements and having catchy tunes and guitar -licks there while at the same time keeping my standards of writing. Meaning that the songs should be easily adoptable but still yet unique both in melodic and lyricist points of view. I suppose that I've already proved myself that I'm capable to create somewhat complicated arrangements and song structures. The lyrics, still, will remain on the same blurry central lyricist style I have adopted and feel familiar to :D.

Above these I've started a sidekick for this blog, a public Wiki to hold on the background information about the songs, lyrics and the world the songs should be describing. I'll get back to that when it is ready to be explored by the others anyway.