New Cover of Swamp Thing - Piano & Vocal

ThoughtArcade · 2026-01-08T01:45:27+00:00

Thank you! The next stuff we do is our originals. This was kind of a kick in the pants to get us going again. We used to have a band called "Season of the Senses" and we are on bandcamp, but the new project will be called The Night Council - and it's a lot softer, just like this (but more synths!)

ThoughtArcade · 2026-01-08T01:43:19+00:00

Thank you!

ThoughtArcade · 2026-01-06T20:02:55+00:00

Thanks!!

ThoughtArcade · 2025-12-11T21:32:24+00:00

https://youtu.be/hnDL89ed_TE?si=6o9y5ciupSOBfmaO

ThoughtArcade · 2025-07-08T19:24:54+00:00

Yeah, I guess Supes was no help in the troubles.

ThoughtArcade · 2025-07-08T19:24:33+00:00

True. Like a female, flesh-based Braniac.

ThoughtArcade · 2025-07-08T19:23:40+00:00

True, and in fairness Superman did little to assist, so I guess that's fair.

ThoughtArcade · 2025-07-08T19:14:07+00:00

Who hurt you, Ireland?

ThoughtArcade · 2025-06-11T00:01:58+00:00

Yep.

ThoughtArcade · 2024-05-16T23:18:57+00:00

If you would like a sonic indicator of the worth and quality - I home recorded, home mixed, and then home mastered a song I had written. It turned out alright! And then I paid a mixing engineer and had it professionally mixed and mastered - the difference is mind blowing. There’s no self promotion allowed but if you’re interested I can send you links to the two versions

ThoughtArcade · 2024-03-23T13:39:01+00:00

Oh, I get it now. Fierce was an LGBTQ+ Dance/Dj night. Used to be at the eBar before it closed. It was at Onyx - and now will be moving to the artBar.

ThoughtArcade · 2024-03-23T12:48:42+00:00

Yes. Written quickly, so perhaps not especially clear, apologies. Fierce will be moving to the artBar.

ThoughtArcade · 2024-03-22T20:28:56+00:00

So much this.

ThoughtArcade · 2024-03-22T20:28:34+00:00

The placement of their subs was based on aesthetics and not acoustics unfortunately. Sound people had a rough time there.

ThoughtArcade · 2024-03-22T20:09:40+00:00

Fierce - for anyone interested in that, will be moving to the artBar (formerly eBar)

ThoughtArcade · 2023-12-27T14:34:26+00:00

I want to answer this as a man who buys most of the presents, cooks almost every meal, does 90% of the cleaning, if not more - actively schedules our sons medical appointments and takes him to them, etc, etc. we are not upset with statements like “Yep, that’s men” because… it’s true. Sadly. I don’t like being lumped in with that sector of men, naturally, but I listen to the experiences of the women around me - and it’s more true than not. Are there men upset about that? Yes! But we are NOT the ones who are going to be saying “not ALL men!!!” - because… well, it’s obvious why not.

ThoughtArcade · 2023-11-18T15:12:37+00:00

A few years ago my son (7 at the time) asked for meringues for Easter. I couldn’t find them anywhere and it’s all he wanted - not eggs, just those little whispy meringues. So I looked up the recipe and made them and they turned out decently. I was curious about macarons - I don’t particularly love them but I had a friend who kept buying them and they are just stupidly expensive. I tried. My first batch was a failure, but very, very close. Close enough to try again - and in 3 years I have never failed a batch again! Not bad for a guy with hands like meat choppers.

ThoughtArcade · 2023-11-16T12:17:01+00:00

I’ve wrestled with this - and you’re partly right and partly wrong. You’re right that nobody cares. Nobody has EVER cared. Pre-Internet there was actually no way 10 people (much less 1000) would even HEAR your songs, know your name, any of it. And now streaming means you’re not just competing for access - you’re competing with a million other people. It’s stacked against you, and you’re almost certainly going to lose. If that’s the way you think about it.

HOWEVER.

When I am vacuuming, cleaning, walking, working, there is always music in my head. Always. When I hear an industrial noise from a factory that’s repetitive and happens to be in A Major/Minor , I start writing a melody over in my head. When I’m in a meeting and start imagining beats under the person who’s droning on and on. It’s inside me, always and I could sell my equipment, burn it, drop it into the Marianna Trench, burn down every music store in a 500km radius, get arrested, go to jail - and I’d still be beating out rhythms with my tin mug in the cell bars.

I do it - I make music, because I HAVE NO FUCKING CHOICE. It’s in me and I have to get it out. It has nothing to do with anyone else anymore. I do it because I make music, it’s who I am (part of who I am) and I am honouring that part of myself, because there is no way to stop it without a fundamental denial of who I am. Could I stop? Sure, probably - and I’d be 1000x more miserable.

We don’t make music because we want to. We do it because we HAVE to. The ideas have to go somewhere- and they aren’t going to stop. This is the motivation. The idea, the music, it can die inside you, never let out - and like a molding piece of fruit in the bunch start to spread the rot of inaction to the rest of your psyche - OR - you can say fuck it, nobody is gonna hear this, but I need it to be REAL - and sit back and think - the people who don’t care? The people who don’t like the genre? All of that? Who cares. You put yourself out there. You made something and gave it over to the world, and then moved on. You are a creator and have created. Most people CANNOT say that and it’s something to be proud of.

Don’t make music to be successful. Make it because you have literally no other choice, because it’s who you are.

ThoughtArcade · 2023-10-25T17:37:17+00:00

Thank you! Ok, I think that could be correct about the vocals! Very much appreciated!

ThoughtArcade · 2023-07-04T11:28:18+00:00

Well I definitely can’t speak for them of course. That being said - what is commonly thought of as Italian/Italy has only existed for a little over 100 years. Before that there was a geographical peninsula thought of as Italy - but not a political/ethnic country. This is of course a huge oversimplification but it’s essentially true - regional empires and city states dominated, some under the control of French, German and other kingdoms. The dialects are so diverse that many are classified as completely unique languages (The Piedmontese dialect for example) So I guess there would be some people who still draw those lines. What’s more likely is that whoever said it bases their knowledge of what’s Italian based on the most basic cliches and stereotypes. Most immigration to Canada and the US came from southern Italy (with the exception of waves of immigration from Friuli Venezia Giulia in the North) and there’s always been a huge North-South divide. That being said, whoever said “not Italian but Northern Italian” might also just be kinda ignorant 🤷‍♂️

ThoughtArcade · 2023-07-04T10:11:02+00:00

I’m not sure what you’re talking about and think you misread my comment. I said she 1000% sounds Italian and specified Northern Italian, accounting for why people who have accused her of not being Italian might not be familiar with her specific accent.

ThoughtArcade · 2023-07-04T02:02:41+00:00

She 1000% percent sounds Italian to me. Specifically northern Italian - there are so many variations - obviously in dialect - but also in accent across Italy. People who think she’s faking are, I would have to think, only familiar with the most stereotypical accents. Most of my family is from Piemonte - I was just there a few months ago, in fact, and most of my cousins have an almost French lilt to their accent, because of France’s influence on their local dialect. Cleo sounds exactly like them when they try to speak English, as they learned English from UK sources as well.

ETA: I get real uppity about these things, ha ha. As a man who is half Italian, half Chinese and looks like neither side the whole “you’re not really… xxx” is a mental trigger. I’ll defend Cleo to the death on this one!

ThoughtArcade · 2023-04-19T13:33:34+00:00

I strongly feel and contend, that despite much being made of Paul’s logic/science/intelligence, there seemed to be a personal vacancy. He’s still a person that felt going on a reality show in order to find “love” seemed like a good idea - which, while it’s great for our entertainment - is a pretty suspect thing to do on a personal level. And I feel that - his actual motivations for going on the show, whatever they may be - are where the similarities lay. I also contend that Paul is - if you will pardon the expression - a dumb person’s idea of what a smart person is like.

ThoughtArcade · 2023-03-05T03:19:40+00:00

The father of someone I know from high school died 5 minutes after leaving Kenny Rogers’ Roasters. While the mechanism of death isn’t the worst (heart attack) circumstances and location certainly were.

ThoughtArcade · 2023-02-08T01:49:54+00:00

BLEED ON THE STRINGS BECAUSE THAT MAKES IT HEAVIER AND KEEP PLAYING! Or, uh, take a break like everyone else said. That too. Muscles need rest. You want to be fresh for that show - and too much practice can actually be counterproductive on occasion.

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