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Skid Row - "I Remember You" Live Cover by TheHappySpaceman (2020-02-11)
Well. I wasn’t expecting to upload this full performance to the public, but amidst the coronavirus, everyone is stuck inside self-quarantining, so I figured I might as well post a video to keep you all entertained in the meantime. Here’s a video of me covering Skid Row’s classic 1989 hit, “I Remember You,” at an open mic night last month. I’ve been trying to perform live again, though granted, it’s harder than expected due to recent circumstances, haha.
Oh, and a new video will be coming on the first of next month!
“I Remember You” Copyright © Rachel Bolan, Dave Sabo, Atlantic Records Performed by me
Though this is primarily a poetry (and occasionally short fiction) blog, I am also an active composer. My music is a form of wordless poetry, swelling with emotions that carry the listener through soundscapes of mystery, love, and loss. I invite you to listen as you read and hope that you find something stirring and beautiful here. Thank you for visiting. - JM Tiffany, 7.16.2024
Thinking About one of my musical influences…Bobby Mcferrin
ITERATING PLEASE HOLD…
I have done so much experimentation with how to present my music using visualizers, AI cartoon and comic filters, etc., etc. as I’m going through my Drive and I am cataloging footage that I’ve documented over the past four years or so as I find things that I would like to save for myself And share with you all I’m going to post them. This is a visualizer that I made for my song called day 13 smooth.
The music is all me and original.
The female in the picture was generated using a series of prompts early on in my AI Jen journey when we were all trying to figure this shit out.
Cartooned the picture even further and gave it a comic book feel using clip2comic app and motio then I added layers of animation.
Finally, I used by @beatleapbylightricks and spectra app to sync my music and logo to the beat.
In “The Artists’ Way” Julia Cameron is adamant about prescribing weekly artists dates to take time to be present and heal your artistic soul.
This week I decided to go to a rooftop spot in the city that always brings me joy and peace. I did nothing but allow my self to experiment with sounds and play on my #mpclive2
[Shoutout to Akai Pro]
I’m glad I took some time for myself to do this because normally I wouldn’t. It was a stressful week and I was not in the mood to create or go to a different borough iykyk.
I found my flow there and for a few hours, release from all my worries and anxieties. It was dopeful.
Crispy af 🔥💯🔊
Not to be that music producer but this was so crispy I had to do The Thing
SIMPLEXITY [yes i made this word up]: Simplexity for me is when art 🖼️ is executed in an individualistically complex manner but its final product is simple enough for any person to understand.
Sometimes I want my music to just hit you with a feeling no words. Other times I’m just talking my shiid cuz I know we all want to in our own ways.
But recently I’ve been trying to take a step back and reflect on what I have completed and released so far so I can decide ok where do I go from here. What do I want to achieve with each new track I make?
I am constantly asking myself questions…
Are these levels too high? Should I cut this part or that part? Can a beat have melodies and counter melodies and still go hard af? Is this too much compression? Are the dynamics building up to something? Etc.
At the end of it all though I find myself saying. Have I achieved Simplexity? Is this simple enough to digest while still expressing the little orchestrative lines I wish to include.
Its a process. It takes as long as it takes. I'm enjoying the grind tho. 💯
"Pillow"
Just finished a new ambient track. Not the usual dark and gloomy stuff - quite kind, soothing and relaxing one. Enjoy!
Here's a new song I recorded in a super fun session with Jan Kerscher at Ghost City Recordings a couple of weeks ago. Mastered by Christian Hielscher.
"Sunlight", first song on my 'Six Songs' EP. Lyrics: Sunlight, sunlight Now burns to me Like moonlight Once did In my old life When I knew How to imbibe The heady pleasures Of darkest night Dappled fingers Gently steal my memory Of the dark But beauty And grace Are not unique to the light Are you justified? Sunlight, sunlight You create Many penumbras But few crisp lines And I know That too much of you Could take my sight And rot my mind Sunlight, sunlight I'll be wary of you Till the fall of night Sunlight, sunlight I'll be wary of you Till the fall of night
Second song on my "Six Songs" EP. Lyrics: Late night fire Takes a hold of me Violent murder Ends silently Comes to me As a nightmare Made from deepest fears Speaks to me In a tremolo Forced through desperate tears Late night fire Takes a hold of me Violent murder Ends silently Holds me down Breathless In my memory Shows to me My true heart Without sympathy Late night fire Takes a hold of me
Third song on my "Six Songs" EP. Lyrics: Wading through The memories Of that time You were beautiful Fixated on The tragedies Of my life I was difficult And baby was Your only name I didn't know you at all And baby is Your only name I don't know you at all Wasting all My precious time Trying to put things right Wishing you'd still want me Fading into The starry night I knew then What it meant to be lonely And baby was Your only name I didn't know you at all And baby is Your only name I don't know you at all
A demo of a new song. This is the most dissonant, repetitive and generally abrasive song I have written so far. Enjoy!
Official video clip for “To the black horizon,” from the new album “Organic Discontent.” The video is taken from footage that I filmed while travelling around Iceland in October 2015. Expect volcanos, fjords, glacial icebergs, and a few black horizons.
don't bully me, i'll gec