Seth Faergolzia

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  • Song #32 – Mistrust Is Mechanical (#100songs)

    Oh yes, the end is clearly in sight!  We’ve been at this project all year round.  So many people I’ll need to thank publicly at the end of this all.  It’s been wild and painful, but mostly inspired and progressive!  I’ve learned so much as an engineer, producer and songwriter as I look backward over this year.  I regret slightly that I have not been able to get all 50 songs completed by my January deadline, but we have been working!  Not to worry!!  We’ve managed to rehears 7 newbies with the 23 Psaegz and another 5 with a smaller form of the band which is tentatively being called Multibird… or VsVvs…. or Faergolzia… any votes?  comment below!  We’ll be recording at the end of January at Blackdog with the 23 Psaegz, and I think we will be recording in NYC sometime in February again at John Kilgore Sound, where we recorded with Faergolzia during our tour in September which took us to Europe.

    This song was recorded here in my studio and also at Gil Mortio’s place in Brussels, Belgium.  He’s an awesome musician whose project name is Joy As a Toy.  Check em out!!  I sent Gil a rough, lo-fi recording of my voice and guitar and he did everything else.  It’s a pretty wild interpretation of my original sketch.  I love that, you know, like when a person takes what you said and turns it into something which is totally different but still allows you to maintain your original point.  I think I’d call this mutuality with individualism, a lovely combination, revolutionary, really.

    https://soundcloud.com/23psaegz/mistrust-is-mechanical/s-lUYDP

    Mistrust Is Mechanical – © ⓟ 2014 Seth Faergolzia, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

    Like a needle in a haystack
    put it in a backpack
    pick it throw away again
    put it in a pigpen

    zip it in a ziplock
    take it to the pick pock
    it would seem that mistrust is mechanical
    response to environment biological
    when i breath this mistrust build a globule
    spittle in the middle of my throat, botanical
    seems mistrust is… mechanical

    piddle in the middle of a boat in monaco
    needle in a haystack
    put it in a back pack
    take a piddle on the roof rack
    pick pocket payback
    there’s a nickel on the dashboard
    plastic figure of his lord
    prays to it every day
    stole my wallet just the same
    it would seem that mistrust is mechanical
    response to environment biological
    when i breath this mistrust build a globule
    spittle in the middle of my throat, botanical

    it would seem that mistrust is mechanical
    response to environment biological
    it would seem that mistrust is mechanical
    response to environment biological
    it would seem that mistrust is mechanical
    response to environment biological
    mistrust is mechanical
    mistrust is mechanical

  • Song #31 – Be Awesome

    This has become my mantra.  This and other concepts like it.  The self doubt I’ve gone through during my career as a musician and my experiences socially in the public sphere are over.  I’ve decided very deliberately to be my best self at all times, that way, people see the real me and better things continue to happen.  I think often we can doubt ourselves because we are afraid of success or afraid that people will pay attention to us… and what if we can’t match up to their expectations of us??  Yikes!  That can be intimidating, but I’ve decided that rather than being intimidated by what could or could not happen, I will be who I am, and the people I’m meant to know will be attracted to that self, and the people I’m not meant to know will fall off like dead leaves.  It was really hard to take control of my life in this way.  I still falter, but I maintain a focus on the idea of really being awesome, owning whatever it is I say or do, really owning it.  That’s what this song is about.  It’s recorded at Black Dog Studios in Rochester, NY with my tuba player friend, Brett Gobe.

    https://soundcloud.com/23psaegz/be-awesome/s-i744T

    Be Awesome – © ⓟ 2014 Seth Faergolzia, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

    When you’re getting in an uncomfortable place
    They can all tell by the look on your face
    You’re uncomfortable, you feel uncomfortable

    Looking at your chin instead of the face in your face
    They know you’re not feeling wonderful
    Makes ’em uncomfortable
    What I’ve got to say is:
    Be awesome, be awesome, be true, be true
    Just love it, don’t leave it, be you be you be you!

    And you’re paranoid, you’re overparanoid
    You’re oh so paranoid, you look annoyed
    Making such a spectacle
    At the festival where you lost your testicle
    You were tested and you’re actually acceptable
    So get out of the void

    Be awesome, be awesome, be true, be true
    Just love it, don’t leave it, be you be you be you!

    The challenge is your mind
    The challenge is your own mind own mind own mind
    Cuz when you use your brain
    Nothing stays the same
    You can get stuck for miles and miles of rain
    When you’re getting in an uncomfortable place
    Try to think of the look on your face
    Make it comfortable, make it comfortable

    Be awesome, be awesome, be true, be true
    Just love it, don’t leave it, be you be you be you!

  • Song #30 – Quing

    Quing is definitely one of our band favorites to play with 23 Psaegz… also with Faergolzia.  This recording comes from the Black Dog sessions, of which you’ll be hearing more and more of in the coming month and half till the completion of this step of the project.  Pretty exciting to give you all these songs!  I hope ya like it as much as we do!

    https://soundcloud.com/23psaegz/quing/s-93OFj

    Quing – © ⓟ 2014 Seth Faergolzia, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

    Each day live to the limit
    No way the man’s gonna bring me down
    Ooo tell me can you hear the sound of your rushing heartbeat

    And when your body combines with the sun
    And time is endless for everyone
    See the pointlessness of the complaints of the world
    We are the bigness, the isness, not the bizness

    I ride these fields with you Johnny
    I bought these cookies for your tummy, alright
    This fields got me feeling alright
    And we’ve miles to go yet

    I try to feel for my money
    No legs to feel, but I’m feeling alright
    This feel’s got me fielding all night
    And the drumbeat goes like…

    Guh, guh guh

    And when your body combines with the sun
    And time is endless for everyone
    See the pointlessness of the complaints of the world
    We are the bigness, the isness, not the bizness

    The world has somehow gone horribly wrong
    and when you’re singing a horrible song
    Remember we’re not here for so very long
    Sing your horrible song
    Sing your horrible song
    Sing your horrible song, oooo

    Hey now blue rider
    Quing of the night
    Riding all across the sky

    It beats many times every minute
    It’s like a clock when you’re in it
    Loud, oh tell me can you hear the sound
    Of your rushing heartbeat

    And when your body combines with the sun
    And time is endless for everyone
    See the pointlessness of the complaints of the world
    We are the bigness, the isness, not the bizness

    The world has somehow gone horribly wrong
    and when you’re singing a horrible song
    Remember we’re not here for so very long
    Sing your horrible song
    Sing your horrible song
    Sing your horrible song, oooo

  • Song #28 – Thank You Computer

    This is a special song, not only because it’s cool, but also because my daughter helped me write it!!  She made up the chorus “Thank you computer” a few years back when we were just hanging around.  She’s come up with so many cool musical ideas over the years.  23 Psaegz and I recorded this one at BlackDog Studios in Rochester, NY… the same place in which we plan on completing this year’s song quota with another awesome cluster of tunes!  Enjoy!

    https://soundcloud.com/23psaegz/thank-you-computer/s-uEiGQ

    Thank You Computer – © ⓟ 2014 Seth Faergolzia, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

    Thank you computer
    It will take a while before we understand the way that you do it
    But when our minds do comprehend we bust right through it

    It’s waiting on the other side for you
    Anticipating, particle collide, pixelated eyes

    Thank you computer

    Take a look into the lives of our common friends
    Start to understand the land of minds

    It plays to create imagination lines
    Rays of thought beam, particle collide, pixelated eyes

    Rays of thought beaming from the crown of you
    Rays come from the crown of those around
    Rays are beams of light which make up up all of around of you
    Rays of thought beaming from the crown of you

    Thank you computer

  • Song #27 – Makiarch

    Hi there subscribers!

    So I’ve gotten a bit behind in my postings.  It has been hard getting back into recording and finishing up this 50 song recording project post-tour, but I’m back in the swing of it and have a large number of songs to post here.  I’ll be (hopefully) posting them daily for the next two weeks.  I’ve finished 37 of the recordings.  My band 23 Psaegz is recording 6 new songs in January and my other band VsvVs is going to be recording another 5-7 songs around then too.  We’re all working hard!  Hopefully I can post some videos so you all can see our progress soon.  I’m also working a few songs here in my studio.  Get ready for a massive influx of new music!

    https://soundcloud.com/23psaegz/makiarch/s-KmSki

  • Song #26 – Dumb Waiter

    My good friend Gil Mortio from Brussels, Belgium put this song together from an a capella version I wrote.  I really made it come to life in ways I never would have imagined.  He seems to do that with all his work.  He’s got a stellar band called Joy As A Toy, which I highly suggest checking out.  The image which goes along with this track is by a friend from Portugal who lives in Morges, Switzerland named Ivo Emanuel Coelho Gonçalves.  He’s done great poster designs for me two tours in a row now!

    https://soundcloud.com/23psaegz/dumb-waiter/s-zYRv0

    DUMB WAITER – © ⓟ 2014 Seth Faergolzia, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
    A lion says you love me
    Even in your secret whisper
    Terror beckons forth love
    Marriage is a worth pain
    Buried in a turban
    Carry me to the mocha flats
    Where the mochachino healthy hats
    Spring along fare oh well
    Dingaling Fare thee well
    Teleport my fridgerator
    To the crater in the waves
    Make sure they don’t take out my dumb waiter
    Teleport my dumbwaiter instead
    Dumb waiter, can I take your order

    See you later, toodle-ooo toodle-ooo
    See you later
    Bank a ton on me
    I bank your four eyes
    Like to bank your four eyes
    For these guys to my left
    No big surprise, these guys
    To my left
    They’re in disguise
    Like my dumbwaiter
    Can I take your order
    Dumbwaiter
    Don’t make me see you later!

    Can I make your order
    Can I take your water
    Can I drink the water from your table

    I’ve made this my mask
    Tell me if I’m a dumbwaiter or not
    Just ask
    If you haven’t got a clue
    Just ask, ask
    Would you like a word or two
    Dumbwaiter, I’m braver
    Made of flavors
    See you later
    I’m working
    I have to go back to work now
    goodbye, goodbye
    See you later
    I have to go back to my work now
    Goodbye

  • Song #24 – Pity Party (co-produced by Grey Revell)

    What a busy stretch I’m going through.  It would seem that I am behind on releasing songs for this project, but I have been actually getting ahead on the project by recording clusters of songs with people and planning recording sessions.  It is out of necessity because my puppet opera 23 Psaegz is about to have our first performance with puppets.  The puppets are very large things which people get inside of… a brand new artform for me to work in.  So we’ve just been learning and coming up with our plans from scratch.  It’s been difficult and rewarding.  Many people have been putting in time to make this work.  I feel so blessed.  I’m thankful to my friend Grey Revell of Impermanence Studios in Belmont, NC for his production work on this track.  He did a wonderful job both adding instruments to my original simple version and then mixing the whole thing into a cohesive sounding track.  Hopefully he and I will be working together more in the future!!

    https://soundcloud.com/23psaegz/pity-party/s-aPeQD

    PITY PARTY

    Heart and body will bleed when I sit down and know the party is done
    Hey we’ll scream out, the party leavings on the floor, I can’t take this anymore
    Hey!  come clean up what you’ve left behind
    I’m not your mother, and I didn’t throw this party for your benefit
    You’ve ruined it, make me sick
    I’m not your mother, not your sister or your brother
    We’re not even friends, why did you come in here again?

    Alright, alright
    The paper died, you take my pride slowly
    You’ve taken all that you can from me
    Now Go
    I don’t want you here.

    I’ll keep my pride
    A revolution’s starting below
    You were never meant to see it
    The world is starting up
    We’re standing up on our own
    And there ain’t nothing you can do to stop it

    Don’t get in our way, Don’t breathe in our space
    You’ve done enough this time
    This pity party’s over

    Alright, alright
    The paper died, you take my pride slowly
    The paper died with human pride
    Our wheels collide
    I’m taking sides
    Linking arms with what I know is right

    And I’ll fight with my will
    For the wings to take flight
    For the answer inside
    I’ll no longer hide

    A revolution in the streets
    In the market on our feet
    A revolution overboard
    Throw the monster to the dogs

    A revolution in the streets
    In the market on our feet
    A revolution from within
    Rip the monster from your skin

    Alright, alright
    The paper died, you take my pride slowly
    The paper died with human pride
    Our wheels collide
    I’m taking sides
    Linking arms with what I know is right

    Don’t get in our way
    Don’t breathe in our space
    You’ve done enough this time
    This pity party’s over

  • Song #23 – Maybe I Will

    It seems every summer I say to myself, “This will be the summer I relax and enjoy nature and the weather etc etc”, and halfway through it I am hard at work again on some new project.  Usually I’m frustrated at it because it’ll be booking work or online band promotion or whatever… the stuff independent musicians invariably have to take care of in our day to day lives.  This year, it doesn’t feel so bad!  I’m working on multiple projects, but they are mostly artistic in nature.  We ARE planning a tour for September / October in EUROPE, but the stuff I’m mainly focused on is rehearsing my rock opera, my band, and building big puppets!!  We are premiering my rock opera all three nights of the Purple Pig Music Festival in Naples, NY, August 28, 29 and 30th!!  This is a massive undertaking with a big band and a bunch of puppets, something I’ve been working on for the past 8 years.  It’s name is 23 Psaegz.  The band was formed around this project.

    Anyway, on to the 100songs project.  It may look as if I’ve slowed down in putting the songs together for you all, but the fact is, we’ve been in Black Dog, a great studio here in Rochester, NY, recording 7 new songs for the project.  In addition to that, there are producers from Belmont, North Carolina, New York City, and Brussels, Belgium working on tracks for this project.  Some really exciting productions are coming out of these talented technicians!!  Without further ado, I’d like to present a track recorded by yours truly and produced / mixed by Brian Speaker at SpeakerSonic Studio, Brooklyn, NY.

    https://soundcloud.com/23psaegz/maybe-i-will/s-Z1gGk

    MAYBE I WILL – © ⓟ 2014 Seth Faergolzia, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

    MAYBE I WILL
    MAYBE I WON’T
    PICK UP THE SUN WITH A LADLE MADE OF STARS
    LIVE OUT MY DREAMS NO MATTER HOW BIG OR FAR THEY ARE

    MOVE AND FOLLOW MY HEART, NO MATTER
    NO MATTER WHERE I GO IT’S THE SAME
    THEY CAN’T HOLD DOWN MY SOUL, NOT FOREVER
    NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO I’LL REMAIN

    MAYBE I WILL
    MAYBE I WON’T
    RIP A HOLE THROUGH THE FABRIC OF REALITY
    MAYBE I WILL
    MAYBE I WON’T
    PICK UP A POSSE AND WE’LL FLY INTO A RAINBOW
    MAYBE I CAN MAYBE I CAN’T
    BUT IF I DON’T TRY WHAT WOULD BE THE POINT OF ME
    MAYBE I WILL
    MAYBE WE CAN
    AT LEAST I’LL TRY AND JUMP INTO THE SKY AND SEE

    MOVE AND FOLLOW MY HEART, NO MATTER
    NO MATTER WHERE I GO IT’S THE SAME
    THEY CAN’T HOLD DOWN MY SOUL, NOT FOREV ER
    NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO I’LL REMAIN
    1-2-3 INTO FOREVER
    NO MATTER WHERE I GO I’LL REMAIN
    THEY CAN’T HOLD DOWN MY SOUL, NOT A MINUTE LONGER
    NO MATTER WHAT THEY TAKE I’LL RECLAIM

    MAYBE I WILL MAYBE I WON’T
    MAYBE I WILL MAYBE I WON’T
    MAYBE I CAN, MAYBE I SHOULD
    MAYBE THIS PLAN IS DEFINITELY GOOD
    DEFINITELY DEFINITELY DEFINITELY GOOD

    MOVE AND FOLLOW MY HEART, NO MATTER
    NO MATTER WHERE I GO IT’S THE SAME
    THEY CAN’T HOLD DOWN MY SOUL, NOT FOREVER
    NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO I’LL REMAIN
    1-2-3 INTO FOREVER
    NO MATTER WHERE I GO I’LL REMAIN
    THEY CAN’T HOLD DOWN MY SOUL, NOT A MINUTE LONGER
    NO MATTER WHAT THEY TAKE I’LL RECLAIM

  • Song #22 – Baby Dinosaur

    This is a song my daughter and I wrote together. She made up the lyrics, I made up the melody (although I think the melody was kind of made by both of us) so it’s kind of a children’s song!  Friends have been telling me for years I should make an album for kids.  This is the first track, and there should be a few more coming from this 100songs project… My friend Gil Mortio from Brussels, Belgium did the production, which means he did everything except for my voice and guitar… so many things!  He’s the guy who helped produce “Oh Holy Crismas” a couple years back.  He’s awesome and there will be at least two more productions by him coming in the future!  Thanks Gil!  What you did sounds amazing!!

    https://soundcloud.com/23psaegz/baby-dinosaur/s-vwvDu

    Baby Dinosaur – © ⓟ 2014 Seth Faergolzia, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

    Baby Dinosaur
    Baby T-rex
    Baby girl T-rex dinosaur

    Where is a mama mountain
    There is a mama mountain
    Where is a papa mountain
    There is a papa mountain
    He’s not a mountain but a dinosaur
    She’s not a mountain but a dinosaur

    Baby Dinosaur
    Baby T-rex
    Baby girl T-rex dinosaur

    Baby is little
    Mama and papa are big
    1-2-3

    Baby Dinosaur
    Baby T-rex
    Baby girl T-rex dinosaur

    Wonder who made the mountains?
    Dinosaurs

    Once there was a story ’bout
    Who can guess it?
    Yes it was about a dinosaur

    Baby Dinosaur
    Baby T-rex
    Baby girl T-rex dinosaur

  • Song #20 – Garbage Night

    I originally set out to record this song because I thought it would be easy!  Boy was I wrong.  It’s been a very busy time here in my world because I’ve been adding band members to the 23 Psaegz lineup (trombone, trumpet, bass and a new drummer), so we’ve been doing extra rehearsals… I’ve also begun work on puppets for the rock opera and doing all my normal things like performing a few times a month regionally and hanging with my awesome daughter.  She was a great help in this particular recording project.  She and I enjoy going out on Wednesday nights here in Rochester looking for treasure in the garbage people put out.  This song is about that.  I’m a strong supporter of reusing and repurposing stuff.  I’m not a fan of throwing things out and using things which can only be used once.  So this is my trash anthem, haha.  In preparing for the release of this song, I thought, perhaps I should use some instruments I’ve actually found in the garbage to accompany the song… you know, living by my word… anyway, my daughter helped me to sample a huge pile of metal percussion pieces I’ve collected over the years from old lamps, or pots and pans etc.  We made a huge recording of samples then I sifted through it and made a virtual keyboard for triggering the samples.  It took an extra week of work that I didn’t know would have to happen, so the song is late, but it’s done!  I think you’ll enjoy it.  I hope you’ll hear the metal pieces in there and even listen to the extra release I put on the site for the $7 subscription members of the metal percussion only version of the song.  Enjoy!!!

    https://soundcloud.com/23psaegz/garbage-night/s-FGGJ7

    Garbage Night – © ⓟ 2014 Seth Faergolzia, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

    There’s one night a week in this town where I live
    Where you can get the things you need without a dime to give

    Garbage night
    Garbage night
    when people put the things you need out on the curb for free

    It may take a month before you see it
    Maybe just a day
    But while you’re looking stay alert
    You never know what you’ll find along the way

    It may not fit or look so perfect
    A coat of paint or a couple stitches do you
    Can’t be choosy when you shop in refuse

    Garbage night
    Garbage night
    when people put the things you need out on the curb for free
    Garbage night
    Garbage night
    No need to buy it they’ve supplied it out on the street

    When I was young I had tons of fun
    Picking up electronics building my time machine
    I plugged it in and off I went
    It sent me exactly one second into the future
    I declared, “It worked, it worked!”
    But nobody believed me
    They were jerks, jerks
    I saw then that the trash was my only friend
    Again and again the treasure’s right around the bend

    Garbage night
    Garbage night
    when people put the things you need out on the curb for free
    Garbage night
    Garbage night
    No need to buy it they’ve supplied it out on the street

    If you decide to treasure hunt at night
    I won’t mind
    There’s plenty out here for our kind
    But please be advised
    Watch out for mean guys
    Not to mention bedbugs
    Cockroaches might eat your eyes

    Garbage night
    Garbage night
    when people put the things you need out on the curb for free
    Garbage night
    Garbage night
    No need to buy it they’ve supplied it out on the street
    Garbage night
    Treasure night
    We will find the things we need and probably some others
    Garbage night treasure
    When people put the thing you need out on the street.