Most of the inspiration for this album comes from my feeling about horses, nature, and white noise. White noise can be found throughout nature: surf, crickets and insects in the early summer night-time forest, the roaring of the electromagnetic spectrum throughout the cosmos. I put together those inspirations with an old Korg BX-3 as the featured instrument. This BX-3 has painted keys, yes, for some reason, someone painted the keys on it. On the track 'Barn', I was using a bad patch cable, and the recording was cutting out on the take that I used, it turned out to sound like it was heavily over-processed, and I really like that kind of rough modulation, very broken, while at the same time very over-driven. I have used a few samples within the album, more sparingly than in previous efforts, however. The track 'I Remember an A**' features a sample from a favorite southern blues / rock album. The guitar sound I sampled had just that overdriven rough quality. 'The Real Baduka' was actually 2 takes on that lyrical loop that has been in my head for a few years now. The first was more rock oriented, and the second was more from the electronical school. I mashed them together with a tempo change to create a single piece. Overall the album combines some pulsing EDM flavors, some folk, both with experimental electronica. I hope you enjoy! 1. Nate and Kara Nate and Kara are my friends they live right down the street I think they are real neat. Nate drives a flat black 1972 Chevy Camaro with 24 inch mud tires and a red flame down the side. Kara teaches goats the fine art of basket weaving and can paint a full size barn in 45 minutes flat with a patented technique called Flash Paint. They live in an old firehouse converted into a church on the top, a bar on the bottom, and their living quarters in the middle. They do have two children who are remarkable in their own right, but who are not the subject of this song. Nate and Kara are legal in all 50 states. Nate can no longer visit Venezuela due to legal issues involving contraband apples and a Mexican named Dave. Kara has an affinity for anything Canadian except for hockey. They both winter in baltimore and summer in the Pacific Northwest, because they prefer the climate here and there. Nate and Kara share a love of Portlandia with ever other adult between the ages of 28 and 39. Every few weeks we all get together and talk about the best way to brew coffee and other items of interest to arborists. By far the most delightful thing about both Nate and Kara is their ability to carry a conversation, I can't imagine how either of them get any sleep. Nate and Kara are my friends they live right down the street I think they are real neat. 2. Barn 3. Rain in the valley Am G D Am From the rooftops in the valley, watch the water comin down Am G D Am Move the horses to higher ground It's been a long hot summer The yield is turning down And now I hear the thunder Northern skies are growing brown The back creek starts to rise now The wind is rising from the East I hear the lowing of the milk cow The nervous movement of the beast In the wild fury of the rain storm I see the crazy blood eyes of the mare The raging flooding starts to take form The town hall claxon commences to blare! 4. I Remember an A** (Don't Stop, Horse Girlfriend) MAY I PRESENT AN ALTERNATIftVE TO THE HORSE YA CUZ? EVERY JACK ROUND HERE WANTS A PART SHE PUTS A PILE O ROCKS UNDER HER NAILS AND THE HELLO CANDY GRINDER SETS THE BAIL! SHE WAS A JENNY, HER NAME WAS MOLLY BETTER THAN A FILLY MARE IN EVERY WAY SHE WAS A DONKEY A** TRIGGER PULLER, A OO OO OOOOOOOO 5. The Real Baduka Ba Duck a Beek a ba Dow Ba Duck a Beek a ba Dow Ba Duck a Beek Beek Bee Bee Beek a ba Dow Ba Duck a Beek a ba Dow Ba Duck a Beek a ba Dow Ba Duck a Beek Beek Bee Bee Beek a ba Dow 6. Kidney Stone 7. Horses and White Noise Fan in background Drums on delay, one drum sound per track Some tracks get hissed out to white noise There is a mosquito drone or 2. Soft theough, not piercing There is a a repeating washing machine type sound There is a melodic cycle somewhere in the upper mid range 8. Cowboy Blues I wish I was a cowboy Dance the night away I wish I was a cowboy Dance the night away Then I'd be a cowboy Chase all my blue's away I've got the Cowbow Blues I got the Cowboy Blues I've got the .... I... Got... Them.... I wish I was a Fisher Fish the night away I wish I was aFisher Fish the night away Then I'd be a Fisher Chase all those fish away I've got the Fisher Blues I got the Fisher Blues I've got the .... I... Got... Them.... I wish I was a Gambler Bet the night away I wish I was Gambler Bet the night away Then I'd be aGambler Chase all my blues away I've got the Gambler Blues I got the Gambler Blues I've got the .... I... Got... Them.... 9. Mane 10. The Horse Motif --thanks to my beautiful wife Mandy, who is the light of my life, and to the Lord, to whom we lift all things. Always be joyful.