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Solving for X

by Extraneous Solutions

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Ohh Ohh Ohh 02:56
It's when you think you know what to write that it all falls apart a blank page staring back at you and you don't know where to start It would be so easy to make it up as I go A couple of words just thrown together until it starts to flow (chorus) Ohh Ohh Ohh The scratchin' pen so satisfying when it finally hits the page but if you're searching for wisdom I am not your sage Peeling back the layers Surprised by what I find I map my way to the center by devising clever lines (chorus) Try as I may, to hear the muse speak She knows much better than to trust me when I'm weak The wind may tell me secrets, but in confidence I'll share What a little birdie told me while I was standing there (chorus) It's when you think you know what to write that it all falls apart Try to share that sacred language found within my heart These words may be jumbled but their meaning I'll convey Being with you is the best part of my day
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Sometimes when I am feeling down Sometimes when I don't wanna pick my head up from the pillow I could wait for the sun to shine But I don't, no I don't Sometimes when things don't go right And plans fall apart like all those little toys from China I could get myself some coconut ice cream But I don't, no I don't I check my newsfeed and shared and shared with me yeah (chorus) The Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty Nothing could be wrong cuz it looks so pretty Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty I just look at you Just Look at you (stop wait a minute) When the bank accounts real low Savin' ups a dream only Tony Robbins could sell n' I may feel like a wage slave But I don't, no I don't I won't go occupy cuz I am so distracted by (chorus) The Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty Nothin' could be wrong cuz it looks so pretty Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty I just look at you, just look at The Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty I hit the Like button cuz it's so niffty Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty I just look at you, just look at OHHHHH And the Rainforest gets cut down OHHHHH To make feed for live stock OHHHHH You say that that's impossible Just go ask Monsanto (chorus) The Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty Genetically modified in their laboratory Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty The problems solved cuz it's so niffty The Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty Nothings wrong man it's so pretty The Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty I just look at you yeah, just look at you
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Vegan Cafe 02:42
I just got up to smash my alarm clock I used to sleep in but now not at all When your life's like all the pieces of plastic Laying in a pile right next to the wall Then it's time to go some place hip Where on the corner there's a Vegan Cafe And if I asked you would you think and bite your lip Or would you just grab my hand and say (chorus) Wooo ohh ohh ohh, wouldn't that be nice We should go today wooo ooh ohh ohh , it's a paradise throw all my cares away Vegan Cafe The stereo plays Zappa and Phish Coltrane and Monk, and Duran Duran Jai and KD, Queen and the Dead Luminaries and Blind Guardian We could walk or just take our bikes And meet all our friends down at the Vegan Cafe And everything on the menu would be something we like How about that for a change (change) Ohh It's much better than going to work my friend And I'll be drinking Ginger Powershots And I wont even have to tell them how there made (First you juice the Ginger, then the Lemons, add the Cayenne) (Chorus) Woo ohh ohh ohh, It’s a paradise We should go today Woo ohh ohh ohh, It’s a cool as ice, Throw all my cares away Woo ohh ohh ohh, Wouldn’t that be nice Just to get away Woo ohh ohh ohh, Don’t you think twice (Let’s GO!) Let’s Go today!! Vegan Cafe Ohh my, everything sounds so scrumptious I think I’ll try one of those cup cakes
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Instrumental!!
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Me and my baby sip kombucha by candlelight Me and my baby hug and kiss our kids goodnight Me and my baby got no time for your war machine Cuz me and my baby would rather cuddle if you know what I mean (raise your hands up if you'd rather cuddle than drop bombs) Me and my baby go walkin' in the woods Me and my baby doin' yoga does a body good Me and my baby got no time for your factory farms Cuz me and my baby would rather be in each other's arms (yeah, put your arms around each other and give a hug) (chorus) Buy in bulk at the Co-Op, Gettin' Clothes at the Thrift Shop We're eatin' plants and making love Don't need much money, Just spend time with my Honey It's the simple life for my baby and me Me and my baby think its cool to have zero waste Me and my baby want everyone to have a livable wage Me and my baby got no time for your wall street greed Cuz me and my baby think if your hungry you should have enough to eat and safe place to sleep (yeah, break the bread, feed the world, yeah share the bread, feed the world) (chorus) Buy in bulk at the Co-Op, Gettin' Clothes at the Thrift Shop We're eatin' plants and making love Don't need much money, Just spend time with my Honey It's the simple life for my baby and Me and my baby live spiritually Me and my baby read Ananadamayi Ma and Gandhi Me and my baby got no time for violent revolution Cuz me and my baby know that Love is the solution. (chorus) Buy in bulk at the Co-Op, Gettin' Clothes at the Thrift Shop We're eatin' plants and making love Don't need much money, Just spend time with my Honey It's the simple life for my baby and
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To the farm stand take a trip trip trip out into the garden passed the Parsnip To the lettuce kale going snip snip snip juice the cucumber baby put it to your lips The apple of my eye gonna give it a try oh that you can’t deny (pre-chorus) Because I know what I like Got what I need I’m in love (chorus) With my Green Juice Baby you’re my Green Juice Baby baby Green Juice Baby I’m in Love with You (let me tell you about it) I think I need a shot, think I need a shot girl give it all you got, give it all you got To the fridge get the lemons shake your lululemons shake your lululemons Now the ginger let’s grind it down juice it up, juice up, don’t stop now Hot damn cayenne when you wiggle it wiggle it damn cayenne when you wiggle Do some tricks with your Vita-Mix cuz your Crazy Sexy Crazy Sexy Teach me some tricks with your Vita-Mix Crazy Sexy Sexy (Pre Chorus & Chorus) Go green for your booty look better when your nudy Gettin all I need cuz plants have protein Yogurt Cheese and Dairy the research there is scary Vitamin D from the Sun, Plants Got Calcium So Na na na na na, na na na na na na na Na na na na na (Pre chorus & Chorus)
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I don’t know what to start with Let’s start with that And make a groovy song About a little cat Let’s start with that Let’s Get a Cat (chorus) You fill the Dish I’ll let her get Fat Let’s Get a Cat You comb the whiskers I’ll paint the claws We’ll send the litter To your old boss He wont mind that (no) Let’s Get a Cat (chorus) You fill the Dish I’ll let her get Fat Let’s Get a Cat (Bridge) Don’t know much about Goldfish Or why a caged bird sings But I’m savin’ my money So I can buy a ring And Here in the Mean Time Through thick and Thin When she’s clawing at the door I will let her in (chorus) You fill the Dish I’ll let her get Fat Let’s Get a Cat
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1. 24 lines of text 2. the stage is set what's coming next 3. that's right we're gonna try 4. take 24 lines and make 'em rhyme 5. not strict like a sonnet 6. put the B in you're bonnet 7. the bus left the station 8. and you shoulda been on it 9. Ohh Ohh Ohh ohh Ohh 10. that was an hour ago 11. 24 lines of text 12. call the brain police and cash your ego check 13. keep it all in mind 14. that those who seek will surely find 15. that if the way is blocked 16. just take stock 17. gotta be another way 18. off this rock 19. Come on Come on Come on 20. it wasn't supposed to take this long 21. 24 lines of text 22. I'd forgotten memory refreshed 23. Do Do do do do do 24. to thine own self be true, come on.
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These Things 02:49
Used to have some guinea pigs but now they’re all gone Used to have some chickens, they used to eat the lawn my little red car, we could go real fast one day the hood flew up and smashed the windshield glass scared me half to death, I screamed just like a girl but I made it home in one piece, now I share it with the world (Chorus) And it's alright. These Things happen some times and its alright. As long as I can be with you tonight when I wore braces they got stuck on every thing when I wore a retainer it was kinda hard to sing me and my friends, we were playing in the yard my dad comes running over, he is breathing hard there's been a lawn mower accident, your brother's lost a toe so happy when I found it, I love my little bro! (repeat chorus) took care of a guy with violent tendencies meds in his yogurt and wrist to waist restraints many nights would come home, bites and bruises on my arms but that's why teaching middle school is like a walk in the park (la la la la la) used to have a dog named B-A-N-J-O (and banjo was his name-oh) it's kinda hard to see the cars when your bounding through the snow all of the adventures of my childhood the scars tell my stories some are bad some are good not really sure how I made it to today but I sure miss the friends I've lost along the way. (repeat chorus)
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Cup of Tea 02:50
Wrote you a letter using magnetic poetry came out totally random so I didn’t send it to you Wrote you a song while watching documentaries but it was all fat, sick, and nearly dead so I didn’t sing to you and the flowers didn’t make it they just wilted and died and the chocolate all melted that doesn’t satisfy so (Chorus) Baby (Baby) Let’s go for a Cup of Tea Girl got me distracted I think that kitty’s cute I’d like to by myself a vowel so I could hold “U” Take this piece of paper fold an origami newt Inside I hide all the lines I stumble on around you If it was that easy I wouldn’t be so tongue tied maybe the way to your heart’s the one thing I haven’t tried so (Chorus) Baby (Baby) Let’s go for a Cup of Tea Na na na na na ......... Why worry over the words when they just get in the way I’ll start the tea pot Let’s have some Earl Grey (Chorus) Baby (Baby) Let’s go for a Cup of Tea (Na na na na na na na)
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On an island of the undead, I go for a walk in a vapor proof suit I meet you and I shake your hand, now my glove smells exactly like you I turn around, fascinated zombie is blocking my, pathetic rescue (chorus) and he's scratchin', aw clawin' yeah, compromising my vapor proof suit for my brains, they are hungry, dinner wrapped in a vapor proof suit Seemed like such a good idea at the time, but now I'm such a sucker nasty little hands grabbin, ripping off my juglar and I, wish that I could run away, but my, these boots are too damn heavy (chorus) and he's scratchin', aw clawin' yeah, compromising my vapor proof suit for my brains, they are hungry, dinner wrapped in a vapor proof suit Do you hear 'em comin'. Creepin' along the floor No place to escape, No one lives here anymore Lombie, Tombie, Bombie, Kombie, Abercrombie Fitch Ooffie, Tooffie, Mooffie, Roofie, 9 in time saves stitch Lazy, Hazy, Maisey, Daisey, lurching for my throat Harry. Larry, Perry, Gary, climbing on the boat Pocket Rocket, Lock it, Sock it, AK-47 Luger, Ruger, Mooger Fooger, these amps go to Eleven Blast the Undead out of here.(3x’s) (Chorus) and he's scratchin', aw clawin' yeah, compromising my vapor proof suit for my brains, they are hungry, dinner wrapped in a vapor proof suit
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This is the song for the power failure Mr. CEO and the Weapons Tailor The Masses beat down with invisible whips Ground into Submission for Quarterly Profits An Ozone layer with a growin' hole in A War Zone with Drones Patrolin' Warnin' - Global Warmin' Future Stolen (Bridge) How do you calculate the costs? Who benefits from another Species Lost? (Chorus) We all live down stream One Earthling family To live in peace is to live free What I do to you, you do to me and we all live down stream There's only one sky and we're all beneath it Only one water and we all drink it Green or Red blood, we all bleed it Give it back to the land cuz damn she needs it When the last tree's down, will we regret it The last fish is caught in the trawler's net, it's When the land no longer grows You'll see how far your money goes We keep on drilling cuz we think there's no end and we keep on killing cuz we think it defends and the world keeps spinning round and round and every single song is a sacred sound So, listen to the birds, listen to the bees listen to the grass and to the trees your heart has a story to tell sit quietly and listen well (guitar solo) Make time now for your consideration Such the slaughter house down it's an abomination How are we a peace lovin' nation When we're droppin' bombs on all of creation
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We know it began with.... Genetic Experiments on mosquitoes to eradicate malaria that’s how the theory goes Success reads all the headlines Humanity triumphant while the bee population declines, declines, declines There’s no connection, no apparent connection (Chorus) Close your eyes and hold still this pain is only temporary it’s a small sacrifice To protect your family To save humanity For the Greater Good The malaria parasite disappears All pollinators crash in the following years genetic mutations effect their lives corrupted DNA the colony dies they die, they die There’s no connection, no apparent connection (Repeat Chorus) Without our natural pollinators food shortages began effecting every community Hunger, starvation, and food riots spread like wild fire A billion lives were lost in just a few months In a race to save the food supply and restore global stability an Artificial Pollinating Process was created The Synthetic Pollen Derivative was crop dusted globally by fleets of airplanes. The resulting food, though stopped hunger and starvation caused Sudden Aggression Syndrome. We just called it “The Bites” We shut down all travel We never found patient Zero In a see of blood “The Serum” was created instituted quarantine, enforced vaccination When all is hopeless you do what you can to survive You’ll submit to anything if it keeps your son or daughter Alive, Alive, Alive There’s no connection, no apparent connection (Repeat Chorus)
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Dust 02:17
Instrumental
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CuCumber 04:10
Instrumental
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Arcade Party 05:18
Instrumental
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Instrumental

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In February of 2015, I decided that I would write a new melody or riff every week and write, record, and release the best of these as a song or instrumental every month. Unfortunately, what I was writing did not fit neatly into Pure Kirtan’s genre or the genre of Solo Classical Guitar music. So, I created Extraneous Solutions to be a band that could release whatever I happened to make up. As an artist, it is incredibly liberating to be free of genre expectations and follow through on ideas and compositions that otherwise would be left unrecorded.

I realize this can be a stretch for the listener as you might really enjoy a song like “Vapor Proof Suit” or conversely “Let’s Get a Cat” and want to hear more just like that. But as an artist, I long to be free of that box. I love creating music – ALL KINDS OF MUSIC – The underlying structures and musical elements may change stylistically but the act of creating is the same. It is all about expressing myself in the truest way possible and giving my whole self to the creative process. No restrictions, just make music.

Why Release It? The hardest step in the creative process is setting the creation free to the public. It opens the door to criticism, rejection, and failure. It also means that you have to Finish It. When it is Released – it is Finished. I am not going back to the tracks to adjust something, tweak the master, or recreate the album art. It’s done – I have to let it go.

Releasing It also means I am serious about these compositions. They may be fun or humorous but the act of creating them is no joke. There is a voice that plagues all artists – it whispers in your ear “you can’t make that, no one will take you seriously”. So we spend all this time trying to make “Real Music” when in reality – all forms of music are real.

I chronicle this journey and share the my creative process in my blog at www.shavasanakitty.com and you can see videos on my YouTube channel "Shavasana Kitty". www.youtube.com/channel/UCmvcW2FtpV7OuV8--lyg38Q

Peace.

Josh

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released February 24, 2016

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Extraneous Solutions is Genre Free music. Each song lives in it's own unique space. If you're like me, you like to listen outside the box.

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