Here we go again: Spooky Halloween music part k: HALLOWED. Shoutout to Bernie Hermie, and the famous theme from the “Psycho”.

At some point of the production I started to feel the urge to add drum beat. Only with great determination I managed to restrain myself from doing so.

Then I had an idea: Why not redo this tune with the beaty stuff that had been harassing me. So, coming up: Just that!

That version of the piece… I think I’m going after more stuartgordony feel… Something like the theme from “Re-Animator”. You know, orchestral instruments on a silly 80’s beat.

By the way, the “Re-Animator”-theme is of course a blatant ripo… I mean, lovingly crafted reimagining of the “Psycho”-theme, so, that makes the circle very round.

Movie recommendation of the season: “Re-Animator” (1985) directed by Stuart Gordon.

This post contained five (5) colons. Now, that’s spooky!

Umm, änng, hnnggn. How should I put this…

Low-budget western art chamber pop music combo presents: KOKALUU.

Now it wasn’t that hard. All you gotta do is think.

Very often, when making these “classical” tunes, I feel the temptation to add more stuff. And then add even more stuff. Make the whole thing big ‘n spacy ‘n all epic.

Not this time. Todays piece is very grounded, quiet and intimate. Just three instruments there.

That’s it. Hope you like it.

Last year (I think) we missed the opportunity to post some delicious autumn pop stuff.

This time, we’re right on time: LOWDOWN. It’s less than cheerful, not very pacefully moving, and it’s miserably vintage. You know, all the good jazz!

With these sort of tunes, I rarely use guitar as the melody instrument. I dunno why.

Today however, we got guitars, both real & surreal, doing it’s magic all over the place, meaning the tune.

The lead guitar has a really nicely echoing sound, don’t you think?

Gotta use it more often.

RIGID is pretty rigid. Musically speaking.

There’s some groove ‘n swing ‘n ding-a-ling, but not very much nor many.

“Solid” would’ve been as suitable of a name. Or “Log”, or “Block”, or any word that has a nice woody quality about it.

But “Rigid” it is. Even though it sounds kinda tinny.

COPYCAT is a one long and winding road to nowhere

It’s a house with no door, a home by the sea, close to the edge

In my darkest hour, in the midnight hour, visions of angels come to the sabbat, and break on through to the south side of the sky

White wedding ends with a silent scream

The end

More of that merry-moving, jolly-jumpin, flock-flipping, folking folksy folk music!

It’s going to go wild, when we’re GOING WILD while winding gold.

There’s strumming, we got drumming, but no humming, joy upcoming and piano.

Why am I so singsongy today?

A: To counter the negative effects of monday morning.

I was going to save this one for the Halloween, but then nah… Gonna make something else then. After all this guy here has bright major chords and other nice things.

PATHOS was kongano’s tune number 500.

That’s pretty good, considering that I started with 50.

Some of you may have noticed, that I stopped making “birthday tunes” some years ago, you know, to celebrate the date kongano first went online.

Or hey, no. I didn’t stop. One year I forgot to make one, and the following year “I forgot”. Then I just let it go.

The older you get, the less there is to celebrate.

Now, that’s not true. Stop being such a negative Nancy.

Coming up in the near or distant future: The third musketeer!

Yeah, it’s BACK TO SCHOOL time of the year. Ok, a few weeks late but whatever…

I like autumn, which in my opinion is the true spring. Schools are opening again, people are getting back to work, after a well earned break.

(Needless to say, this is from a person, who’s life has always been dictated by school year)

Time to rejuvenate, right now!

And it’s getting chilly outside, meaning it’s getting comfortable indoors as well!

Praise.

Which came first, the egg, or the eggnog?

Similiar question would be: Which came first, me unwittingly plagiarizing myself, or me doing a conscious decicion to add elements in my music, that I’ve used before?

TAKE THAT TAKE features a little bass riff, that was shamelessly and deliberately ripped from another piece I made. All in good fun.

Also, the C-part is pretty good. It’s shame it only makes a brief appearance. Maybe…

Simple stuff today. I wanted this guy here to have:

– Steady & pretty light beat
– Orchestral instruments hovering around
– Quirky percussions
– Overall light-hearted & fun feel

And that’s what BEATRICKS is. Or I hope it is.