I finally found time to record this! A little song I wrote from the point of view of a modern day Hungry Ghost, a greedy big business man (or a woman) who's trying to convert the last free souls to joining him. In my head this happens in a world (maybe in our future, who knows!) where the Hungry Ghosts have eaten almost everything except the factories they've built to make new things. Could look something like the awesome illusrtation by Amberin!

This story might be a bit off-the-track, but it was the first image that came to my mind when I heard the story of the Hungry Ghost... hopefully someone gets something out of this, feel free to remix this as much as you like!! You'll find the stems in the results :))

p.s. yes, I do like pretending that I know how to beatbox and play the harmonica, but hey, first times for everything right? :D

Enjoy <3

Lyrics:

Hello there, don’t be scared, take the monster by the hand

Come on closer, I won’t hurt you, I will help you understand

You look a bit hungry – I know what you need,

Follow me, and let me teach you how to eat

The rule number one is to think about yourself

And when yourself gets big, there’s no room for no one else

See I used to be a skinny little rat like you

But you’ll get big too if you follow the rule number

Two, which is simple: start collecting things

No matter big or small, the more you’ve got the more you win

Life is like a game, see, picking points as you go

And if there’s someone whining, you can just let them know,

that the rule number three says: do what the hell you want

eliminate the obstacles, get out there and hunt

I know it sounds though, but in time you’ll see

Its surprisingly easy to forget how to feel

Now if you do what I say and follow these steps

And forget what’s ”enough” and forget what’s "regret"

Then I might offer you a little precious invitation

To the one and only ”Hungry Ghost Corporation”

We come from around the world from west to east

No matter where we go, we always find a way to feast

If you wanna be like us, big belly’s not enough

Being a ghost requires a dedication to this stuff

Now grab a pen, go ahead and sign this contract

That a boy, good job, now just a tiny fact

Like you know, in life, there’s gotta be a downside

won’t you listen to the rule number four, alright:

As a ghost you’ll get all the things, except satisfaction

And you’ll be incapable of human interaction,

But don’t care about those kind of things that only fools need

Now get out there, embrace your greed and eat

Paris, France - Jun 2013

Paris, France - Jun 2013

So I was going through my old folders and I finally found some lost stems - plus this old little surprise. I remember I had this idea of turning joerud's "tiny tune about snuggling" (a REmix of wirrow's "tiny story about snuggling") into a sort of a dialogue between the people who are snuggling, but I had completely forgotten that I actually had made something out of that idea! Kinda makes me wonder if there are more songs and REmixes I just can't remember anymore...! :O

I noticed I'm surely not the first one to join the snuggling, but I thought I'd upload this here anyway, since I've apparently gone through the trouble of recording it back then! :D

Enjoy <3

Taken at Rae's Diner in Santa Monica, California.

as requested by maryer96 and M.anda :) have at it hitrecord!

the original, which I can't seem to cite, is here: http://www.hitrecord.org/records/1322188

An illustration for Kubi's "The Magicians" tiny story:

We used to perform together... before the incident.

Found through Wirrow's record: "stories that need illustrations"

http://www.hitrecord.org/albums/271433

At the minute I first heard TheBaerGypsy's undescribably beautiful instrumental "Green Set Overture" (go check it out it's amazing!), for some reason I thought of the "Whale house" by rabbleboy. I guess there's just something so surreal and illogical in both of them, they're so beautifully dream-like... I don't know, it's a little experimental but I just had to sing it. Hopefully it inspires someone to do something :) I'll upload the stems first thing tomorrow!

Enjoy <3

It’s all just a bad dream don’t cry

It’s all just a dream, it’ll be alright

Let me tell you what we’ll see when we wake up

Let me tell you what we’ll see, let me tell you where we really are

We sail away on a whale

At the dawn of a brand new day

We’ve planted all the trees and we’ve built our own house

And no one has drowned

We sail away on a whale

No one cries, no one feels pain       

Hear how the wind whispers, you heard what she said:

We never shipwrecked

An old soul inspired jam that I recorded with The Morning Hollows one afternoon.  Matt is on drums and keys, while I'm on bass and guitar. 

We thought it would be cool if anyone would like to attempt some vocal melodies, lyrics and co-write this with us.   I have stems but for now it's so simple that hopefully the stereo mix down will suffice. 

Our aim was to play live and try to do it like they did back in the day - you know, like actually play. There are some hopefully endearing warts abound, feel free to add some of your own!

UPDATE:

Cool stuff so far!  I agree that some horns and other instruments would be awesome.  Also, I would say that the tune could be about anything - Ice Cream and Lollipops was a goof ball title I came up with. 

Thanks for listening and contributing so far, can't wait to hear more!

This is an old one.