gen.wav

A long-awaited collab for me with El Igor (@igorcentrism), who is also of Cuban roots. We finally got together and collaborated on this Cubaton track, which I had the beat laying around for a bit. As soon as Igor got started writing the hook the track took off on its own, hope you enjoy. 

This token and all my releases grant you access to special features on genwav.xyz when it's launched!

Funds from this mint will be split 50/50 with Igor and I will go through the Web3 onboarding process with him as this is his first song ever minted on the blockchain.

Artwork by AlexPaul - @AlexPaulMx

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Soltero

Grants you access to upcoming genwav website with special features :)

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vibes

Nadav

4/27/23

Grimes AI giving you the bedroom jams you need all summer long

Lyrics:
talk to me nice 
when i go shopping dont check the price 
and when i gon pop it, gon pop it right
gon pop it right

talk to me nice (shake sum)
got me glittered in gold, shimmering ice (shake sum)
baby just give it and go, I'll give it right
I throw it right back

Bling-blaow, Bling-blaow like Skateboard P
Ass like wow, 
Ass like wow go shake that shit for me

Bling-blaow, Bling-blaow like Skateboard P
Ass like wow, 
Like wow go shake that shit for me

Damn, cause im chosen
Dasani on my neck stay frozen
fatty in the back stay poking
posted in the Couv when I move they notice

talk to me nice 
when i go shopping dont check the price 
and when i gon pop it, gon pop it right
gon pop it right

talk to me nice (shake sum)
got me glittered in gold, shimmering ice (shake sum)
baby just give it and go, I'll give it right
I throw it right back

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???? - Talk To Me Nice Feat. GrimesAI

remcycles

March 31st was Trans Day of Visibility and i released an interlude of a song called CENTIPEDE. i started it in 2022 in the summertime (first vocal track was recorded June 29th, 2022). This is the beat of the open edition that i started on sound.xyz for the full song. I love my instrumentals very much and they truly are 1/1 just like their listeners and creator. So im happy and joyous to be releasing this and grateful for all of you for listening and aligning with the track. with love, always

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CENTIPEDE 2.0 (Instrumental)

Charm Taylor

written and performed by charm taylor
co-produced by charm taylor & saint rock
asante amin saxophone
dj needles scratching 
charm vibraphone

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the road within

Green Acres

Daktyl

When we think about “Chaos Theory” the first thing that comes to mind is control. We think about how all of us navigate the world looking for a little semblance of control in this chaotic world we live in. We want to believe that we somehow have an external reach beyond us that protects us, that guides us, that gives us the power over our lives that we are looking for…maybe we do. Maybe the music and the art, the creativity, the words, maybe that’s how we exercise control in this chaotic world. It is our little mark, we own it. We didn’t go seeking the name “Chaos Theory” it found us, all we did is control what we could control and that was the creation. We kept coming back to that river and drinking from it, slowly carving out a space for something bigger than both of us.

- Daktyl & Benni Ola

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Bricks (w Benni Ola & Jordan Corey)

Forrest Mortifee

Index:

- Song Backstory
- Credits
- NFT Backstory
- Energetic Exchange
- Lyrics

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Song Backstory:

I wrote this song with my good friend Teddy Roxpin in January 2022 in Highland Park, Los Angeles. I had been living away from my home town of Vancouver, Canada for the better part of a decade, and didn't know if I was ever going to move back. I transitioned over the pandemic, and since my family was really starting to come online around my new trans identity, I achingly missed them for what felt like the entire decade compiled into the span of just a few months. 

I had this newfound insistent urge to move home; to be with the mountains, the trees, and the oceans of the Pacific North-West - and to be with my mom, my dad, and my sister again. It was incredible to witness this pivotal transformation within myself where I went from not knowing if I was ever going to move home, to realizing that it was the only place I would ever truly have roots to ground me.

While I actually ended up moving home in early April of 2022, this song has become a time-capsule of that shift in my trajectory: I knew that I was going to move home at least by Mid-May. By now, I've been back in Vancouver for just over a year, and both my internal and external worlds are indeed more stable than they ever have been. It's beautiful to reflect, and to confirm that once again my intuition knew the best path forward: going right back to where I had started from.

---

Credits:

Produced by Teddy Roxpin
Lyrics, Music + Vocals by Forrest Mortifee
Cover Art by Andy La
Mixed by Mark Hadley
Mastered by Will Borza

---

NFT Backstory:

This drop is my second 1/1 Music NFT. My first was "Prophecy of the Morning Dew" (also produced by Teddy Roxpin), which was my genesis NFT, sold within those same weeks of moving home last April! I have since minted ~30 unique NFTs, with thousands of versions sitting in hundreds of wallets across the web3 ecosystem. I'm grateful for every collector - and I would love to continue cultivating the closeness that can come with 1/1 collector-artist bonds.

The reason I am minting this now is to provide a sneak-preview, as this song comes out on DSPs this Friday, June 16th, 2023. This is the same day that the "Museum of Forrest" drops; a multi-exhibit online gallery of my current body of work, that I've self-curated to portray my journey home. 

Further, I've committed to releasing 1 song a month for the foreseeable future, both on DSPs, and as 1/1s. My intention in doing so is to scrub out my internal tube of self-expression so that my creative work can flow from me in a clear, clean, unblocked stream of personal artifacts. This will be the first of that series, and is my first solo release as Forrest Mortifee!

---

Energetic Exchange:

The sale of this NFT will cover the following associated costs:
- Writer's Fee for Teddy [$500 USD]
- Writer's Fee for Forrest [$500 USD]
- Mix [$100 USD]
- Master [$100 USD]
- Cover Art [$150 USD]
- Playlist Pitching [$140 USD]
- Admin [$150 USD]
- Contingency [$100 USD]
TOTAL: $1740 USD (1ETH)

If you do choose to collect this song, I’d like to give you a massive THANK YOU! This expression of direct support and patronage is enabling my ongoing creative output. Not only does it encourage me morally (the importance of which is not to be underestimated), but it also gives me the tangible means to create more art for you to enjoy into the future. More is coming!

I’d also like to note that I was inspired to present this financial transparency after seeing Reí's (previously remcycles’) experiment here on Catalog - so thank you too! Perhaps this can be a sustainable compensation model that authentically reflects the expenses we as creators incur when delivering our final products to DSPs.

---

Lyrics:

INTRO
I had to find home in myself to let love

VERSE 1
Yearning for home
I always thought that I would come across it
Like maybe its some place I’ll go
I don’t know
But I’m learning to know.
The way I see the world is different
Now I'm walking through it slowly-er

PRE-CHORUS
I see the sky reflected off laundromat windows, it’s more
Vivid in colour and yet somehow more softer and I
I realize my home is in the way I see myself
I realize my home is inescapably well 

CHORUS
And I know Ima be okay by Sunday
And I know how to get back home by Mid-May
And I know Ima be okay by Sunday 
Anyway, anyway

VERSE 2
There’s no forest in Big Sur
There’s no short cut to self-worth
There’s no lies you can disguise
That your body won’t surmise 
There’s no heatstroke without sun
There’s no homesick without love
You see I had to let the light in 

PRE-CHORUS
Let the sky reflect off the soul in my windows it’s more
Vivid with shadows and yet somehow more honest and I
I realize my home lies in the way I love myself
I realize my home is inescapably well 

CHORUS

BRIDGE
Leaves curl up when the sun goes down
I curl up when there’s no one round
Roots run deep through the soil and ground
Gotta stay grounded
x4

CHORUS

---

Thanks for reading, thanks for listening! And as always - 
✰ collection optional ✰
☑︎ enjoyment encouraged ☑︎

xx
Forrest

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Mid-May

Catalog Latin

Xcelencia

El Pasado is a fresh take on latin r&b/reggaeton, blended with an electronic-like drop that keeps the energy flowing throughout the entire track. The song speaks on distrust, memories, and heartbreak from all perspectives with the hook chanting “after this there is no coming back, no matter what you say. ”

Collector will receive;
special role in my discord server
Invite to my super fan club on WhatsApp
priority listen to my next single
Reward in the form of $EQUIS my social token on Rally

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El Pasado

Kasbeel

Don Jose is Kasbeel's genesis song and is now available as 1 of 1 on Catalog. It tells a universal story that hits the most vulnerable communities particularly hard. The original video struck a deep chord in many people within social networks, to cause of that and his following songs have made Kasbeel a great reference for young music in Colombia.

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Don José

calli.

Wanted my first release on here to be really representative of me and bring some electronic Brazilian Funk beats to Catalog. I've decided to make another version of the track, as I was not feeling so good about releasing it on digital platforms but didn't want to leave this one here sitting on my hard drive, so I'm proudly putting this one here exclusively on Catalog and hope you enjoy it, as some close friends and I have :)
New version coming soon on DSP.

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CRAZY (Catalog Version)

Yaxx Castillo

"Duele" fue la primera canción que escribí en español cargada de vivencias personales, basada por supuesto en un corazón roto. Durante un tiempo fue la pieza que más dolor me causó interpretar acompañada de mi guitarra, como toda herida abierta necesitaba tiempo y paciencia para sanar. En enero de 2022 cuando descubrí la Webb3 y comencé a cantar en Twitter Spaces "Duele" era una de mis canciones más solicitadas, recibí todo tipo de feedback para con la canción, el más recurrente era que podían escuchar la verdad detrás de las palabras, comentarios que me llenaron de orgullo, y así comenzó a sanar la herida. 
Caueiro y yo comenzamos a trabajar en la producción del track hace tan solo 15 días y su conexión con la letra e historia detrás de la canción fue inmediata, recuerdo me dijo " siento que estás caminando mientras canastas" y exactamente así se sentía el momento de mi vida que relata el tema, cada paso dolía más que el anterior. 
La magia que trajo Caueiro a la canción fue hacerla más verdad, convertir todo ese sentimiento de realización en música, y yo no puedo estar más feliz con el resultado.

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"Duele"

Alex Paul

‘’Otro Ambiente’’ is a reggaetón song that I created by combining a reggaetón drums with an electric guitar.
With this music project I want to connect, collaborate and share streaming royalties and some special extras with the collector.
I really enjoyed creating this song, I hope you enjoy it too!

COLLECTOR REWARDS:

- Streaming Royalties(15%):
The first collector will be added to the streaming royalties split-sheet to collect revenues during one year.

- Access to my music catalog
 Get access to a token gated page to download the audio file of Otro Ambiente and more songs.

-  Special Shout-outs
A special mention on the credits of my next music drop.

- Unique 1/1 Artwork 
An Airdrop with a unique artwork.

SONG METADATA:
Performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Alex Paul.
Recorded at Noise Agency Studios.
Cover Art by Alex Paul.
ISRC code: QZWDE2245803

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Otro Ambiente

"Luna" es una cancion que habla acerca de los errores que cometemos con personas que queremos. Esta situaciones que generalmente son dereivadas del ego puegen llegar hasta a separar personas que se quieren. Escribí "Luna" en un momento en el que me di duenta que tan mierda podems ser, reconociendo mis propios aspectos negativos como ser humano, y como el ser humano tiene el poder de herir a otras personas.

"Luna" is a song that talks about the mistakes we make with people we love. Situations that are generally derived from the ego can even separate people who love each other. I wrote "Luna" at a time when I realized how shitty we can be, acknowledging my own negative aspects as a human being, and how human beings have the power to hurt other people.

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LUNA

Viernes es una canción cantada, escrita y producida desde tres perspectivas totalmente diferentes.
Fue escrita desde la pseudo-adoración, como tributo, un regalo. Aún así es cantada desde un alma rota que suplica por un poco más. 
La magia que añadió mi talentosísimo productor y compañero Caueiro mientras hilvanaba la historia de la canción, mi voz y el beat fue conseguir convertirlas en una sola, siendo todos los elementos dependientes de sí mismos para poder así seguir cantando y contando.

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Viernes

heybela

Medellín, Colombia September 12, 2022
I cried when I finished recording this song.
Hard times have filled me with perspective,
The darkness has filled me with clarity.
 Now I'm sure of what I want...
because I am the source, because you are the source, because we are ALL the source.

lyrics in English:

I gave my life to this
I can't quit anymore
no matter if it gets ugly
this is my only truth,
I live from what I love to do
I want to answer mom,
when she ask me where I get to buy...
all the trips i want
the mercedes that I dream of,
and I'm not doing this for money,
love, love, is the only thing I want,
May my seal be engraved in the sky.

I already lost count of all i´ve I worked,
On shitty days I delivered more than 100,
stop going to fountains to throw coins,
I understood that I´ve always been the source.
Nothing that I have has been given to me,
Although under my roof I have lacked nothing,
I do not care about the weight like Manny Pacquiao
you don't know me…

To all those ducks,
I don't answer them
no one knows,
if i'm suffering,
some bad days,
other good days,
but always focused on chasing a dream.
I already have the habit
to take care of who is around me,
your appearance may be very cool,
but you do not give me a good feeling.

I want what money doesn't buy
have a quiet life
health and family,
a true love,
but I'm not going to lie to you
I've busted my ass, I've tasted the ground...
I want the life I deserve
I'm going for the life I deserve.
I'm not going to compare myself with anyone
 I have more stars than National (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atl%C3%A9tico_Nacional)
enlightened after meditating
Your success is not limited to age.
I have my gift
add the flow,
the elevator
does not tone the ass,
 I got to the game, I stole the ball from them
Nobody gave it to me.
it´s hard,
Sometimes I lose control
in a conversation,
between my ego and my heart,
this is a roller coaster
there are ups and downs
but no excuses
the days that the muse accompanies me,
I turn you to stone like jellyfish.

CHORUS

fuck fame
I want peace,
 Where do the wishes go?
All the voices I have inside
They won't be able to control me.
i don´t fit  with toxic people
and that's almost romantic

I want what money doesn't buy
have a quiet life
health and family,
a true love,
but I'm not going to lie to you
I've busted my ass, I've tasted the ground...
I want the life I deserve
I'm going for the life I deserve.

The doubts,
the fear,
and some opinions
 made a hole in my room
in the mud this seed germinated,
deep roots,
determination,
they would like me to give them the pleasure,
but the pleasure in the end will be given to me,
for every drop of sweat
 I became the best.

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LA FUENTE

I´ve never liked being in my comfort zone, I prefer to constantly reinvent myself, because my music, just like life, cannot be flat or monotonous... that's why I decided to do my first drill, and the first drill in Spanish in the form of NFT, for my genesis drop in catalog.

I want my life and my career to be full of first times, I want to feel this emotion of creating something new, for the rest of my days.

The next song is about envy, and speaks directly to those people who can't stand the progress of others, who want to destroy others to feel more powerful, but actually end up destroying themselves inside.
When a person trips me I get up stronger, and I acquire a new skill: knowing when to lift my foot to not fall into traps again. So this song is just a sample of how strong and powerful we can become if we transform bad vibes into a motivation to be better, to continue working for our dreams and in search of our best version.

Below you will find two chapters of a story, merged into a single NFT; the two chapters are connected through the track to create a song with two musical environments.

Benefits for the collector:
-The mp3 file of the two chapters will be sent separately and the PDF of the lyrics
-Access to heybela's Close friends for two months, to access exclusive content from the artist's day-to-day
-Access to the private channel of Collectors in the Heybela Discord, where aspects of the Roadmap and future Heybela projects will be discussed; In addition, you will have a vote to choose some of the next drops. (Discord available in 2 weeks)

Beatmakers: Scale & Nexan

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Antisocial Club

Seven Onthemic

Esta es una de las canciones más representativas de mi carrera, en donde relato una historia de amor. Un amor imposible por una persona que a pesar de que nunca volverá, hay unos lazos profundos.

Autor: Seven Onthemic
Produce: Mazio
Master: Felipe Monroy 
Video: La Ruta Pro
@sevenonthemic
Todos los derechos reservados
Cali - Colombia

...


 This is one of the most representative songs of my career, where I narrate a love story. An impossible love for a person with whom there are deep ties, despite the fact that they will never return.

Author: Seven Onthemic
Produced by: Mazio
Mastered by: Felipe Monroy
Video by: La Ruta Pro
@sevenonthemic
All rights reserved
Cali - Colombia

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