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daydreaming 03:23
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Ah Oh Staring out the classroom window Thinking bout a drive Down the coast Looking at the water And I know A permanent vacation Day dreaming Of a sunny place Ride a tidal wave Never too far away From the warm water What a sweet escape We can slip away To a sunnier day Pacific Ocean Out the window pane First class in the coastal train Emotionally entertained Day dreaming about it Day dreaming You can meet me there In the back of your brain By the waterfall Feel the ocean air Running through your hair The Santa Ana's calling San Diego sand be coating Every inch of every toe Like a souvenir Wish you were here But it's closer than you know So, come over Day dreaming Of a sunny place Ride a tidal wave Never too far away From the warm water What a sweet escape We can slip away To a sunnier day Pacific Ocean Out the window pane First class in the coastal train Emotionally entertained Day dreaming about it Pacific Ocean Out the window pane First class in the coastal train Emotionally entertained Always be my reason For day dreaming Day dreaming I'm day dreaming Day dreaming Day dreaming Day dreaming Day dreaming Day dreaming
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time with u 02:37
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Layin' on your sofa I think my phone is dead but I might leave it that way I'm no Casanova You're the only light that I need every day Don't go away I'm here to stay another day No plans for the weekend Just you and me by the sea and daydreaming Nothing on the internet that's shiny and new I only wanna spend my time with you I could travel 'round the world looking for something to do But I only wanna spend my time with you Yeah, I only wanna spend my time with you Oh, I only wanna spend my time with you With you With you Let's do nothing together You can call me whenever There's nothing that I'll rather do Nothing forever, we could go forever Be happier than ever with you Nothing in particular In particular In particular to do Nothing on the internet that's shiny and new I only wanna spend my time with you I could travel 'round the world looking for something to do But I only wanna spend my time with you Yeah, I only wanna spend my time with you Oh, I only wanna spend my time with you With you With you With you With you
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the cycle 02:27
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Everybody's got their Own shit they're dealing with My own burden carrying The weight of everybody Pressing on my shoulder Get older then I'll be Hurting people Below me And feeling so much better The cycle goes on and on Is that a little repetitious? Well welcome to my life Yes, i'm being dramatic But a retrograde's to blame No I don't really believe it But I like a good excuse A timeline to get better A reason for abuse Smile shake it off Smile have a drink Smile try not think too much Everybody's got their Own shit they're dealing with My own burden carrying The weight of everybody Pressing on my shoulder Get older then I'll be Hurting people Below me And feeling so much better The cycle goes on and on And on and on and on and on and on And on and on and on and on The cycle goes on and on And on Smile shake it off Smile have a drink Smile try not think too much Try not think too much Try not think too much
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ez pz 02:43
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Late summer gonna call in sick today Stay under covers I am lazy in every way I do not care if you are judging me, judging me I am too cozy to listen I'm gonna take it easy every day Taking back my power You can fire me but honestly  You can't control my weather Gonna take it easy Yeah, I'm gonna take it easy Good afternoon I'm gonna step outside And then I'm gonna walk until the pretty pavement ends Running farther than any man has done Off the edge of the earth And float around the sun in orbit, I love it I'm gonna take it easy every day Taking back my power You can fire me but honestly  You can't control my weather Gonna take it easy Yeah, I'm gonna take it easy Will somebody join me, join me Being lazy can be lonely, lonely I'm floating on an island in silence Won't you come over? I'm easy company I'm gonna take it easy every day Taking back my power You can fire me but honestly  You can't control my weather Gonna take it easy Yeah, I'm gonna take it easy
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singing for u 02:37
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All of my life All of my life been waiting on you Swallow my pride Night after night Ignoring every other thing That isn't bowing to your holy scepter Kiss your finger Can you bless me with music music I give it all to music music I'm dreaming of the muses muses But you're the only one That i sing for Reaching out out the car door For you for you I'll only ever sing for you In every note in every tune I'm only ever I'm only ever I'm only ever singing for you I'm only ever singing for you I'm only ever singing for you I'm only ever singing for you Ah Music music We're making love and music music I'm dreaming and i'm lucid lucid And you're the one that I fly with Soaring in the sky with you with you I'll only ever singing for you in every note in every tune I'm only ever I'm only ever I'm only ever singing for you I'm only ever singing for you I'm only ever singing for you I'm only ever singing for you For you for you for you for you I'm only ever singing for you All of my life all of my life For you for you All of my life all of my life For you for you
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watercolor sky 03:32
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Ooo oh my Ooo oh my It's hard to look up when you're crossing a river Takes all you got To jump from rock to rock Water in my sock Uncomfortable and silent Take time to stop And look on up Remember where you're going And where you came from Under a pink and purple sky I never worry This is why I gotta spend more time outside Under a watercolor Pink and purple sky Oh my watercolor sky Oh my oh my It's love A little breeze Blowing through the garden The only hope I'm finding As the sun's beating down Mosquitos biting, take my blood Fill your belly, is that enough? Surely you could swallow me whole in time Hmm Under a pink and purple sky I never worry This is why I gotta spend more time outside Under a watercolor Pink and purple sky Oh my what a watercolor sky Oh my oh my Oh my oh my oh my Oh my oh my ooo Oh my (ahh) oh my Oh my ooo Oh my oh my Oh my oh my Oh my oh my oh my Ooo
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don't drive sleepy 01:24
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Driving all around my island Everyday I'm driving Cruising by the bay My lighthouse shining on the water Misty little morning Will you light my way? I'm zoning zoning out Yeah, I'm drifting I'm drifting all about, ooo Driving, sun is always shining Trying to keep my eyes wide open on the road Put on my glasses Cozy as molasses Calling up my baby Love me back awake I'm laughing You pick me up And we're laughing And soon I'm pulling up Home to you
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omw 02:21
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I'm on my way to you Do you want me to stop by Trader Joe's? A frozen dinner for two I'm driving in the fast lane On my way to you, oo On my way to you, ooo I'm on my way to you On my way to you Omw Sunsetting at the end of the road Got my hand out the window And I'm tapping along to the rhythm Moon rising up, up over our mountain Yeah, on the horizon is my destination Feeling elation Like a vacation To be coming back home to you I could travel all the world Looking for something to do But nothing is as good as Nothing like being on my way To you Do you want me to stop by Trader Joe's? A frozen dinner for two I'm driving in the fast lane On my way to you, oo On my way to you, ooo I'm on my way to you On my way to you Omw I'm on my way to you Do you want me to stop by Trader Joe's? A frozen dinner for two I'm driving in the fast lane On my way to you, ooo (On my way to you) On my way to you, ooo (On my way to you) I'm on my way to you, ooo Omw Ooo omw, omw Ooo omw, omw Ooo omw, omw
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that's how u know i love u 02:50
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Let's make a little home together Pretend our kitchen is a bakery Fine dining on our rooftop Looking at the Supermoon In the morning I'll make us pancakes Try and cook em like it Tokyo Strawberry and a scoop of gelato Yeah, that's how you know I love you I love you I love you I love you I do Rainy day Breakout the puzzle Chopin and candlelight Burn through our finest whisky bottle A thing to do Headaches and bingeing Ghibli Movies to heal the soul I'll never ever leave you lonely Or without Gatorade Yeah that's how you know I love you I love you I love you I do Hearing the rain the rain Fall down our window No matter the weather outside outside We're safe and sound Our garden is losing leaves But seasons come and go No matter the state of things There's one thing that I know I know I know I love you I love you I love you I do
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only the beginning 03:55
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see you again? 03:17
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I shoulda savored the time we had Savored the moments that you made me laugh and Lived like an animal Never thinking of the future Never in another world Wish I could see you again How I wish I could see you again I carried your talisman into the bonfire In Kyoto on the hill Not sure if I did it right Will you please forgive me if didn't? I walked by our dorm room They painted all the doors and Covered up the dents we made No sign of the days we spent Practicing, dreaming of what we could become What we did become I coulda savored the time we had Savored the moments that you made me laugh and Lived like an animal Never thinking of the future Never in another world Wish I could see you again How I wish I could see you again Maybe I will I hope I will I never will But maybe I will Oh I hope I will I probably will I wish I could see you again How I wish I could see you again Maybe I will I hope I will I never will But maybe I will Oh I hope I will I probably will I wish I could see you again How I wish I could see you again
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it gets better 02:39
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You're my ray of sunshine Don't you be cloudy Darling so bright, what's getting you down? I'll cheer you up And warm ya, make it all better Ray of sunshine Will you come around? It gets better It will get better soon It gets better It will get better soon Ooo ooo Ooo ooo Ooo ooo Ooo ooo ooo You're the light of my life Moon on the water My north star on a lonely Pacific You're my ray of sunshine Nurturing our garden Warming up our family Through the dog days of winter It gets better It will get better soon It gets better It will get better soon Maybe tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow Tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow Maybe tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow Tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow Maybe tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow Tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow Maybe tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow Tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow Ooo ooo Ooo ooo Ooo ooo Ooo ooo ooo
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golden state of mind 03:49
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The birds up in the tree all say good morning The rain wishing the shore a good day The water in the river always flowing Washing all my worries far away The sky is peeking through its cloudy fingers Don't be shy the sun wants out to play A rainbow as a cloud tries to linger Every brilliant color on display I'm Coronado dreaming on San Diego Bay I'm drifting on a current ease of mind On Catalina Island Sierra mountain side I'm drifting on a golden state of mind I'm drifting on my golden state of mind A vineyard on the hillside in the evening A misty little picnic by the lake Pretending like we never used a light bulb Talking by the fire about fate Everyday I'm Coronado dreaming on San Diego Bay I'm drifting on a current ease of mind On Catalina Island Sierra mountain side I'm drifting on a golden state of mind I'm drifting on my golden state of mind The birds up in the tree all say good morning The rain wishing the shore a good day The water in the river always flowing Washing all my worries far away Washing all my worries far away Washing all my worries far away

about

Hello dear liner-note reader,

While this record is called “I,” I sure used “u” a lot in the lyrics. I guess u are why I’m me???

I intended this album to be a soundtrack for travel, mostly by coastal train or driving in a car (or being driven by a robot car?). I bought a little side monitor on Black Friday for my laptop, so I could watch train cab-view videos while arranging and recording. (I wrote "time with u" after being inundated by Black Friday ads after making that purchase.)

Calling the LP “I” felt like it had to be personal, so I dug into doubt, self-destruction, elation, hope, loss, excitement, discovery, the natural world, and shamanistic voyages. I wrote these songs over about eight months, starting in the Grand Tetons, then to the Sierra Nevada mountains and up the face of Mount Whitney. A lot of songs didn’t make it to the record, but they were important cairns along the way. On these long, grueling hikes, I mumbled into voice notes and captured little glimpses of lyrics.

I programmed many of the electronic grooves while on trains up the California coast, on Shinkansen darting around Japan, and sometimes in the air traveling here and there. I wanted that feeling of movement baked into the music. I hope you feel it. It also forced me to produce fast, get ideas down, and edit later. It's hard to get audiophile quality when there's an airplane engine next to you (though the Dreamliner that Japan Air uses is pretty quiet — my favorite plane). But I dug deep into the sonic weeds later, I promise. The combo of rough and precise made for an interesting audio fingerprint and my favorite-sounding thing I've ever made.

I started this LP with most of the songs already written before laying down a note (haven't done that in a while), but a lot of the demos didn't have chords. They were just little melodies isolated, floating in the wind (and sometimes the demos were super windy because they were written in the High Sierras). It was a fun challenge writing around the melody rather than to the melody. It gave a different sort of flexibility and led me to a more "classic" harmonic structure. I also recorded the lead vocal first for most of these songs, just accompanied by a drone note instead of harmony. Probably because of that, there ended up being a lot of "line clichés" on this LP, which I think lends a Beatles-esque vibe that I'm quite proud of.

Following the classic threads I found in the harmony and demoing process, I set out to have some production flourishes that held constant across songs, like classic LPs had. I used a lot of reversed sounds and tried to keep the reverb (sense of space) fairly consistent from song to song. I selected software and instruments to be my sonic palette and stuck to them. I wanted it to be a coherent work where you could hear everything recorded in the same room, with the same mics and players, mixing engineer, producer, mastering engineer, etc. without getting stagnant. I also tried to record it fast (though this music took a lot of time to make). My apologies and deep appreciation to my wife, Velma von Dink, who barely saw me for about three months.

Early on in the arrangement process, I figured a record with these sorts of naturalistic and emotional subjects would require a lot of vocals. So I called up Lou Roy to track background vocals and elevate the arrangements. She's one of my favorite musicians/singers/songwriters/etc. in the world, so definitely go check out her work! I’ve also always thought reed instruments (particularly clarinet) are very vocal, so I asked Nicole McCabe to lend her talents too. She's one of the best musicians in the world. I know her primarily as a sax player, but I saw an IG story where she played bass clarinet and immediately reached out. It was my birthday that day, so I like to think her saying “yes” was a cosmic birthday present. All-in-all, I think the interplay between muted, cassette-tape-saturated guitars with reedy vocals and a literal reed instrument gives a vocal element across the entire instrumentation. I wanted everything to sing.

I got some new toys for this record. The most important (as it always is) was my room. I finally got out of my bedroom for the first time since 2018! I started this record with “time with u” in my new studio (a converted bedroom haha!), with minimal acoustic treatment. Recording and mixing got a lot easier once I got some stuff on the walls (i.e. acoustic tiles filled with stuff like roxul; foam only deals with high-end and my room's biggest problem areas were in the low midrange frequencies).

I also got a new microphone (UAD sphere mic) about halfway through recording (free on a holiday deal!), allowing me to add more “sparkle” and high-end to my background vocals (thanks to the Sony C800G emulation in the Ocean Way pack). I think it unlocked something v cool, and I can't wait to use it more on my next LP, "US." And by finally having a room that we don’t sleep in, I’m able to play drums again and randomly strum my mandolin into a mic at 2 am. I’m so happy!

A lot of this record was laid down during the biggest rainstorm in like 40 years here in San Diego. I think that calm, contemplative energy seeped into this LP (and the sound of the rain bled into the mic sometimes).

I listed some of my gear on the liner notes here because I think the music instrument makers deserve their shine. Thank you, music people, for making the tools we used to create. A miner is nothing without a pickaxe, or something like that.

The coolest tool? Remember how I wanted everything to sound like it was in the same room? Well, I got to resurrect the sound of Sound City Studios with their reverb plugin! I used it on every song! Most of the time it’s blended in 1% — or less — but it gives the sense of space. And it combines with my small studio to create a great hybrid — lofi meets hifi. One part bedroom-pop one part classic-studio. I didn't want to recreate; I wanted to create a third room by synthesizing the virtual and actual.

It's the same deal with the Hitsville reverb plugin. I’ve added some dashes of the classic Motown sound, sometimes liberally, on things like tambourines or snare drums. The beauty of that bit of software was that it emulated a chamber. Chamber verbs are created when you run a pre-recorded sound into a speaker and re-capture it with a microphone, adding the sound of that new room in, and then you blend the two signals to get a punchy dry signal and a vibey wet signal. But the beauty here was that Hitsville was just an attic. It was an imperfect chamber, the OG home recording studio move, recreated with math and stuff. Yes!

Beyond that, I used a copious amount of spring reverb, a synthetic verb created with a transducer at one end of a spring and a pickup at the other. It’s the sound of surf guitar. I remember my grandpa burning me a CD of the Ventures when I was first learning guitar. That’s why my LP “Moonlight Beach” starts with an instrumental cover of “Walk Don’t Run.” I used that type of ‘verb to give that surf vibe in this record (especially since it name-drops San Diego a lot). Shout out to Waves Magma Springs and MixWave Benson Tall Bird for a good chunk of that vibe. The trick to all reverb is to use less and have a shorter decay than you think. It adds up. Sometimes 1% of three different reverbs is better than 60% of one. Maybe that’s a metaphor for creativity writ large?

Finally, I added a little wifi to my lofi-and-hifi with Adaptiverb, a "reflectionless reverb." It's the most otherworldly reverb because it doesn't emulate a room at all. It's just bizarre math, adding endless expanses of harmonics and synthesized pitches. To create larger-than-life moments, I reached here. You can hear it in its full glory at the very end of Side A. My vocals swell into the plugin and drift out into space itself, with no reflections!

I also played with tuning all of my instruments down… a lot. Most of these songs were written on my acoustic guitar tuned down a minor third (three half-steps further than where guitars are usually tuned). It adds woody richness and a pitch warble. The guitar doesn’t want to be that low. A tension comes from the lack of tension…

I hope the combination of the gear, the environment, the spirit, the subject, the goal, and the love all connect with you. It was some v difficult music to record, but the beauty was it all revealed itself effortlessly. In other words, I’d start recording background vocals and all at once the whole part would be revealed. I’d sigh because I’d know it would take about 7 or 8 more hours to lay it all down — and these ideas can be fragile, so I’d have to skip lunch to not forget anything, but there was very little forcing or searching involved. It was more just doing the work – attaching to the golden thread of the muses, taking the next step across the mountain pass, and losing myself in the trail.

I hope you like this little handful of sand I laid on that mountain top, and I appreciate you for taking the serious step of buying a physical music product. Did you know the Library of Congress still backs their music up on vinyl? It’s more durable. I finally get to make something that might last, even if Spotify or Apple Music disappears. Someone could invent a record player in a post-apocalyptic world, and this thing could still work (don’t leave it in the sun!). It might be the only thing of mine that survives long term. I tried to live up to that when recording it. I hope I did. Forgive me if I didn’t.

Every time you drop a needle, you give the music life again. It's born with each play and dies with each stop. That's why I like music as an art form so much. It's just like life itself. Time delimited. Ephemeral. And even more beautiful for it.

Thank you for reading the ramblings of a San Diegan at 1:46 am on February 9, 2024. I appreciate you, and this is my best way to show it.
Also thank you to Sam, who helps me keep the main thing the main thing every day. To Max, who is a sonic sherpa pushing the art through animation and sharing artistic references only he can find. To Marco, who navigates the deep sea of business and legal that could easily break a career, but he urges us on sagely, while in board shorts and flip flops. To Grizz, who made incredible art that forced me to make better music. Seriously, I was trying to just make silly music, and then this guy shows up, illustrates these incredible things, and now I actually have to live up to his illustrations. What an asshole! To Riley, who has mastered so much of my music since college, thanks for helping me turn into a real mix engineer. To Lou, who makes me a better singer somehow by just listening to and editing her voice. How is that even possible? To Nicole, who I hope to make lots of music with because I'll never be as good of a musician as her, so I'll always be inspired! How cool is that! To Bubby, my bass mentor, friend, and fellow Japanophile. I hope to be 1% as cool as you someday. To my wife, who yet again, let me wake her up with my alarm at 5 am to go produce music, and wake her up again when I came to bed at 1 am after finishing the song. I hope you don't mind me releasing my cheesy love songs about u to the world. To my family, who invested so much time, energy, love, and support throughout my childhood and beyond. They've never given up on my dream, even though it would've been more rational to have done so. I hope to live up to your gifts. To my friends, for giving me a reason to write happy songs. Love you all.

The world in 2024 is what it is. But it's a lot easier to change the world with a smile on your face and the joy from friends and family in your heart. I hope my music can share some of that joy, fill you up, and help you to take on the challenges that you need to take on. Go change the world for the better. Thank you, again, for choosing to spend time with me. You could be listening to the Beatles, but instead, you're listening to Scoobert Doobert. Odd choice, but you're not normal, are you? I mean, you read this whole thing, weirdo. But I’m not normal either. And it feels good to be spending time together.

(If you liked this, I also have a podcast called Love Music More that you might enjoy. It’s marginally less weird - podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scoobertdoobert )

Happy listening,
Scoob

credits

released June 14, 2024

Released on Beformer
All songs written by Luke Francis Walton (BMI #00579587572)
Illustrator and designer - Grizzard Graphics
Mastering engineer - Riley Knapp
Background vocals (tracks 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 13) - Lou Roy
Bass clarinet (tracks 4, 10, 12, 13) - Nicole McCabe (The clarinet is an unknown, unbranded instrument bought from Reverb. Reeds were D'Addario.)
Bass (tracks 5, 12, 13) - Bubby Lewis (MTD Bubby Lewis Signature… what a flex)

Scoobert Doobert:
Recording engineer, mix engineer, arranger, producer (Pro Tools 2023.6), vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar (Taylor 814ce), electric guitar (Godin LGX-SA, Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster), drums (Yamaha Custom Hip), drum programming (thank you, Jake Reed, for the awesome sample pack), bass guitar (Ibanez SR500E), ukulele (Luna High Tide Concert Koa), mandolin (idk what type it is… I bought it off of Reverb so I could play a “doss lute” as a bard for a DND campaign, and then I was eaten by a mind flayer, RIP Savári...), Afuche/Cabasa (LP LP234A Standard Wood), triangle (by LP), shaker (Nino Wood Egg Shaker), guiro (idk), whistle (my mouth), tambourine (idk, old one), Juno (TAL-UNO-LX-V2), 1974 Rhodes Eighty Eight Suitcase Mark 1 (UAD Electra 88), Yamaha CS-01 (Baby Audio BA-1), field recording (MS-EHB-2 Binaural Microphone)

Recorded at Micasa Studios (San Diego) — and on the tōkaidō, san'yō, and tōhoku shinkansen (Japan), Mitsui Garden Hotel Ōtemachi (Tokyo), Boeing 787 Dreamliner (Pacific Ocean), Pacific Surfliner (So Cal), Westin Anaheim Resort, Reversed Creek Campground (June Lake, CA), Randy’s Music Room (Stevenson Ranch, CA)

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