Saturday 21 September 2019

ALEPPO


all the war-propaganda
all the screaming and lies and hatred
comes invariably from people 
who are not fighting

george orwell


A L E P P O
volume up












optimized for night vision

think of it like it's a painting, that moves
and sounds cool - turned up 
after dark

a jim lamarche remix
from the album ONE LIFE
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut



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watch again
it's free








the longer I live inside them
the better they become









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Friday 13 September 2019

DRONES


target acquired, maintaining position
awaiting instructions

let's get this fire goin'


D R O N E S
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optimized for night vision

think of it like it's a painting, that moves
and sounds cool - turned up 
after dark

a jim lamarche remix
from the album THREE LIVES
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut
remix - pat metheny w/anna maria jopek & ron allen
(are you going with me)



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FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
the story behind 'drones'



it was a dream I had
3 nights ago


giant drones flying over a forest fire
only they were just fanning the flames
taking pictures like photo-ops
for those flying them below
at a safe distance


waking at 3am ... wow - pitch black
youtube search - "drone, forest fire HD"
finding this stuff - sleeping a few more hours

drifting thinking

music - need music - next morning
thinking jazz, LA circa 1980-82
almost tribal - spooky machinery
with a female voice preferably
right - warsaw - what's this?

some vintage metheny and a quiet session 
with polish vocalist anna maria jopek
 (that went totally under the radar)
  I added some flute samples
and some simple EQ/automation
a little nip & tuck

it's the sound of angels 
hovering over trippy rhythms
blended w/the chaos

watch again








browns and yellows
blacks and whites



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Saturday 7 September 2019

THE FUNERAL


why is it that we rejoice at a birth 
and grieve at a funeral ... 
It is because we are not the person involved

mark twain



T H E  F U N E R A L
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optimized for night vision

think of it like it's a painting, that moves
and sounds cool - turned up 
after dark

a jim lamarche remix
from the album THREE LIVES
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut


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FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
the story behind 'the funeral'

no one knew ... what was in the will
except his lawyer

he's worth billions, a basket case - pill popper widow (write-off) 
2 smart sons/bros (on the make) who have never worked a day 
one (estranged) evil uncle (hot mistress) and well ... Jacob
the oldest brother - not the sharpest knife in the drawer 
and thus the VW ... that he washes every day
long story/doesn't matter
anticipating his tidy sum
right


could go any number of ways
depending on who does what
to whom

in this undisclosed interim


(ok my interpretation)









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Friday 6 September 2019

HUNGER GAMES


this is the moment 
when we must come together to save this planet
let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world 
where the oceans rise and famine spreads 
and terrible storms devastate our lands

barack obama




H U N G E R  G A M E S
volume up












optimized for night vision

think of it as a painting, that moves
and sounds cool - turned up 
after dark


a jim lamarche remix
from the album ONE LIFE
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut


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listen to the album ONE LIFE 
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/ 


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FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
the story behind 'hunger games'

thanks for getting this far
this one is 2 years old
I found it trolling the bottom of my youtube channel

I don't think I ever posted it
no record of it in my blog that goes back ages
I listened to it and thought "wow - it's not bad"
resurrecting it and now officially here


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Wednesday 28 August 2019

MORNING SONG


goodbye? it's never an option
a longing



M O R N I N G  S O N G
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optimized for night vision

think of it as a painting, that moves
and sounds cool - turned up 
after dark

a jim lamarche remix
from the album TWO LIVES
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut



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listen to the album ONE LIFE 
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Friday 23 August 2019

THE ASCENT


to die, to sleep  
to sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub
for in this sleep of death what dreams may come


william shakespeare - hamlet




T H E  A S C E N T
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a requiem for a dream
optimized for night vision
optimized for night vision

think of it as a painting, that moves
and sounds cool - turned up 
after dark



a jim lamarche remix
from the album TWO LIVES
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

mozart - requiem (lacrimosa)
arranged by yevgeniy nikitenko
additional footage from the film anna karinina (2012)
working title films, studiocanal, focus features


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Tuesday 30 July 2019

VALLIAS


that pleasure which is at once the most pure
the most elevating and the most intense, is derived
I maintain, from the contemplation 
of the beautiful 

edgar allan poe



V A L L I A S
volume up












optimized for night vision



TWO LIVES
it's a love thing

choreographed & performed by
donna hood



a jim lamarche remix
from the album TWO LIVES
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut



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FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
the story behind Vallias

forgive me Father Vallias
for I have sinned

ok, for those of you out there
wondering if I'm beginning to lose it
ok, guilty pleasure

how did I get here?  ... don't ask
losing it?  ... maybe, just maybe

sometimes I see things, I shouldn't be seeing
thinking things, I shouldn't be thinking
doing things, I shouldn't be doing
but it's always been like that
ever since I can remember

getting to express it ... like this is a blast


I just found the sounds, then the pictures in youtube, joined them
and started remixing everything, together
in a semi-random fashion at first
forming a new picture
a few fine touches
the final buff
blog it

just fun

being able to scream in my dream
whilst watching her moving like that?

cathartic








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for cathy cesnik
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Keepers



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