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Ephemera

by Dan Barracuda

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1.
I Hear The Angels Singing 04:08
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I hear the angels singing they could could to life but no, alas no, it's time to go Hark the hum and voice in this poetry of mine but no, alas you don't seem to mind As if those thoughts were real bathing in a hollow Just trying to speak to you Just trying to speak to you Break a kiss of eucalyptus it could make you sigh and join a dream and always wonder why Mmm seems like you're on the run Slow down you'll look back and say slow down As if those thoughts were real bathing in a hollow Just trying to speak to you Just trying to speak to you fun fact: this song came to me immediately after my first transcendental meditation session
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If You Wanna 03:01
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If you wanna you're gonna If you wanna do something you're gonna When you're destination feels so miles away You gotta take it You gotta take it by the day And everyone just feels so miles away You gotta take it You gotta take it by the day If you're gonna you'll wanna If you're gonna do something you'll wanna If you wanna you're gonna If you wanna do something you're gonna But you ain't gonna When you're destination feels so miles away You gotta take it You gotta take it by the day And everyone just feels so miles away You gotta take it You gotta take it by the day You don't take it by the day By the day On your own You're on your own fun fact: this song was born out of a dream, it was this weird kid's song I was hearing. had to make it more psychedelic
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Ruling Reason 03:42
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Who watches the watchmen? Who watches the watchmen? Ooooh you oughta know... Who watches the watchmen Ruling reason Ruling reason Ruling reason Ruling reason fun fact: an ode to Stoicism. Lookin' at you Ryan Holiday
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Hollywood Hills 02:58
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Pour a drink Cry to the Hollywood Hills Grateful to be gone but where will you go? Have a smoke You're at the Hollywood Hills and that guitar is a century old Where will you go? Heartbroken Back at the old time Heartbroken Think back to how you got through this How'd you get through this? Think back to how you got through this How'd you get through this? fun fact: wrote this in someone's house in the Hollywood Hills, on his right handed ukulele that was actually 100 yrs old
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Embrace Yourself 03:56
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Go on, what's your fate? Go make your day Go on, embrace your way Go on, and on, and on Do you Ever through fun fact: always been obsessed with "Finally Moving" by Pretty Lights and wanted to make my own, which is why the vocals join in later than expected. This song felt more like a collage
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Ephemera (Lead Me) 03:18
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Emotion ephemera... wherever you are I won't be far, hold my hand hold my hand and lead me lead me Lead me every way On to Mandalay I'm ambling and rambling wherever you are Juste comme toi Como tu Just like you A silence now and then time and time again will tell me all I need to know until the pain will surely go But heading back begins the flow hail the shadow's looming glow But heading back begins the flow to hail the shadow's looming glow Ephemera will lead me Juste comme toi Como tu Just like you fun fact: this is probably my fav song of mine to date. Music was written in 2010, lyrics a decade later. Strings & piano are everything here. The piano track is a hybrid of 2 different pianists' performances
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Everyone's Got A Dark Side 02:35
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Everyone's got a dark side no way around it I held you to the sun and to the moon We were like those pillars at Puma Punku Did I hold you close too soon? Much too soon But as I keep going As I keep thinking It's not quite what you do it's what I feel Feel my way around my little dark side And that's the key to living That's the key to living fun fact: this song easily couldn't have existed, it all happened in minutes
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Behold 01:54
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Behold Behold the truth yeah, the truth It never meant any harm to you It just slowly came walking To you yeah, you And now what's to come by, alone, with nothing to hold? There's no beholden in a time of dying (Never no beholden) And all that shame inside the day I won't defy now what's to come (Never no beholden) I had to fall to brace the truth It never meant any harm to you It just slowly came walking To you yeah, you fun fact: bout as real as it gets for me
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Olly Oxen Free 03:41
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A riddle to sing We must only begin Believe me and you will see But boy oh boy It's a long road to Joy So olly olly oxen free Secret knowledge of a short life A herald of my gains The primal comfort of an open fire So talk, talk, talk 'Cause nothing will remain It's something to sing It's something to swing Believe me and you will see And boy oh boy It's a long road to Joy So olly olly oxen free Secret knowledge of a short life A herald of my pain The primal comfort of an open fire So talk, talk, talk 'Cause nothing will remain Nothing will remain Believe me and you will see fun fact: this song probably shouldn't be on this album, but I like how it makes the album that much more abrupt & diverse. First song I wrote once I finally received my Semi-Hollow Flying V guitar from Blast Cult. Still madly in love with it
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All That Goes Unspoken 02:11
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Instrumental fun fact: it was fun
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I've Been Waiting In The Rain 01:57
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All this time has gone by and I've been waiting in the rain but I think it's time to move on And as I turn around and head on home the other way I leave a way for you You So long... fun fact: this one was written in 2009. Always wanted to make this one and I'm glad I did! That's a Peruvian pan flute blended in at the end
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Level Of Essence 03:11
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On the level of form, I need I'm just not happy and I'm in this alone On the level of Essence I've got all I need One day I will arrive I've got inward devotion I hear prayers everywhere It's a kindness explosion Taking care of how I see the world Moving on From the old way of thinking Catching on To a glimpse of truth (tried and true) On the level of form, I need I'm just not happy and I'm in this alone On the level of Essence I've got all I need One day I will arrive In the morning grove Let the peace arise and identify with the labored soul Everyday, there's no other way Moving on From the old way of thinking Catching on To a glimpse of truth (tried and true) On the level of form, I need I'm just not happy and I'm in this alone On the level of Essence I've got all I need One day I will arrive One day I will arrive fun fact: this was inspired by words a meditation teacher said at a session 2 years ago. All this about living on the level of form vs essence, a kindness explosion - he was saying beautiful things
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Sweet Julian 01:52
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Julian I love how you light up my life Mmm, mmm, mmm Julian I've got no reason to cry When it's you and I You, you, you and I can play tomorrow You and I have played today But now we must close our eyes and sleep Dream a little dream Then I'll get to see sweet Julian You, you, you and I can play tomorrow You and I have played today But now we must close our eyes and sleep Dream a little dream Then I'll get to see sweet Julian fun fact: JULI JULI the sweetest nephew I could ever have asked for! I was babysitting and wrote this while he was sleeping
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Goodness Gracious 01:24
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Birds will a song of love Under trees and up above Laughing at those tears we're crying Cracking up you'd think they're dying All in all we're one in one Curtain call, the chicken's done There never was no separation Goodness gracious, contemplation Goodness gracious, contemplation fun fact: speaking of Julian, I wrote this right after seeing his freshly born face for the first time. It was a powerful experience seeing him, the first baby in the family. Went to a park and this little lullaby came up

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released July 7, 2023

All Strings by Roxane Genot
Drums on "I Hear The Angels Singing" by Ian Hayes (Recorded at Vitruvian Sound)
Drums on the rest of songs by Taylor Harris
Piano by Neemias
Piano on "Ephemera (Lead Me)" also by Elizabeth Gaylord
Saxophone on "If You Wanna" by Manuel Trabucco
"I Hear The Angels Singing" Choir Arrangement by Robert Trevisani
Choir by The Vicken Studios (Argentina)

Electric, Nylon & Acoustic Guitars, Vocals, Percussion, Synths and Bass by Dan Barracuda

All songs composed, produced, recorded, mix & mastered by Dan Barracuda

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Dan Barracuda Brooklyn, New York

Dan Barracuda is a producer, composer, mixing engineer, session guitarist, and film score composer from NYC. Dan has collaborated with artists and producers from a wide variety of genres including Rock, Folk, Singer Songwriter, Pop, Indie and World Music. He is also passionate about audio engineering, regularly providing his recording and mixing services to artists.

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