Airport Souvenir
Airport Souvenir is the moniker under which I produce music. When I was 10 years old I got my first drum set and ever since then, music has been an essential part of my creative expression; and being that audio production is an essential part of making animated videos I incorporated this skill into my professional career and learned how to produce audio; all the videos in the portfolio section are examples of this. This section, however, is more of my own experimentation and creative expression with audio production. Below in the white box are examples of my recent work which is more in the realm of lo-fi beat making. In the orange box are older examples which are more traditional rock/emo. All tracks were written, produced and recorded by me. Keep scrolling and you’ll find examples of my creative writing, click on a track and read some poetry while you sit and listen, enjoy.
Creative Writing
I’ll Meet You in the Valley
I’ve traveled light years
To fall asleep on the couch with you.
TV glow, white noise chatter,
Laugh track lullaby in the background,
Your head laid resting on me.
One more episode so you can be
In your happy place,
Stress successfully staved
Resting safe.
I wrap my love around you like a blanket;
A thousand lifetimes leading to this moment,
Where each incarnation,
From place to place,
We play this hide and seek cosmic game.
But this time we’ve raised the stakes a little,
On this cold, hard mode world
Spinning slightly with a wobble;
Where nothing quite works
The way it ought to,
But none of that matters
Because…
I found you.
Like and Subscribe
Hey guys it’s me,
Fifteen minute fame
Live stream.
I have become TV
Smasher of likes,
Ring the bell subscribe.
Fifteen dollars exclusive content,
Take my course and become rich.
I just love these brand new products
So much fun you gotta try one.
Tune in for some inspiration,
Rise and grind let’s get shit done.
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It helps you be more efficient.
Learn from me this one cool trick,
I’ll show you how to beat the algorithm,
You’ll get more friends without a doubt,
Premium members get a discount.
Keep up with the latest trends.
Don’t you wanna know who dunnit?
We’ll dive deep beneath the headlines
Uncover the truest crimes.
Discover things you won’t believe
Things they don’t want you to see
Who is pulling all the strings.
Oh no!
I have been
Temporarily suspended.
Was it something that I said?
No more ads the money’s gone,
Shadow banned,
Is something wrong?
Demonetizing my demise
Apologize
I’ll fall in line.
I’m done with twitter (X marks the spot)
Bots and Bootlickers;
Cold hearts on hot wires
Programming responses.
Corrected records skip,
Echoes fill chambers
Up to the eyes
Drowning in-formation.
Straight face falling
For assertions.
Into an Infinite scroll
I descend
Deeper and deeper
Down doomed depths.
Swiped into snake pit.
Despairing dizzy drunk
On vitriol spewed by
Damned serpent brood.
Their hive mind smiling so clever
Savor the sting of leather
“Fuck speaking softly
Just give us the big stick!”
They shout like sheep
At Shepard crook.
Crowning their king of clowns,
Conformed cult con proud pawns
Proselytizing propaganda.
Stockholm syndrome soldiers
Lock stepped marching toward
A hill to die on,
Takes one last breath
To prove me wrong.
Waiting For The Future
Exhale, hand taps watch
A second ticks circles,
Ending up where I started;
12 years same job
Same apartment.
My shoes are roots,
Stretched stuck
Sleeping in bedrock.
Where dreams keep out of reach,
Dangling over head
Like a cat teasing thread.
They laugh and mock
“You will never get this far”
“Maybe one day if you’re lucky enough”
But the sun just doesn’t show up.
So here I’ll stay with the crickets,
Eagerly staring in the distance,
Making friends with the rocks and moss,
While diligently tying
My stomach into knots.