Soporific Airs (DJ Bolivia)

This is the music-related blog for Jonathan (Scooter) Clark, also known in the electronica world as DJ Bolivia, a producer and DJ from Atlantic Canada. I listen to (and produce) a lot of folk, indie, rock, and hip hop music too! I also run a company (Replant.ca Environmental) through which you can sponsor the planting of trees to build forest reserves and community forests, which are protected from commercial logging. Please visit: www.replant.ca/environmental

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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Live at Mount Funky Music Festival

A few weeks ago, I played a set at the Mount Funky Music Festival in Nova Scotia. This is the seventh year that the festival has been hosted, but the first time that I had been able to play or even attend.

It has been a while since I've accepted a request to play a set. I was hesitant to accept this gig too, especially since I only found out about it 72 hours before the show, and since I was in British Columbia at the time. For those of you who aren't familiar with Canadian geography, Nova Scotia and British Columbia are pretty far apart (about 5000 kilometers), as they're located on opposite coasts. However, I had a short three-day gap in my schedule, so I decided to put in an appearance. And I was really glad that I did!

Incidentally, the reason that I've been pretty low-key on the DJ scene and YouTube production scene for a few years is because I've gotten even more heavily involved in reforestation than I was even just a few years ago. For instance, last winter, I released three planting-related books on Amazon, which you can find if you want to visit my new author website:

www.jonathanclark.ca

Also, I've recently started another reforestation company, but instead of focusing on post-harvest industrial scale reforestation that is mandated by government policy, this one will rely on the generosity of global sponsors who donate money to have trees planted solely because it's good for our planet. Check out this website if you're interested:

www.replant.ca/environmental

Anyway, back to the music. Unfortunately, the stage wasn't recording all the DJ sets that night, and I forgot to bring a personal audio recorder. So I'm not able to share a recording of my set. However, for those of you who were interested, here's a set list:

01. Frank Kid - Happy Funker (Original Mix).
02. Enrico Sangiuliano - X Pollination (Original).
03. Adam Beyer & Mark Reeve - Nine Of You (Original).
04. Shake Inc. - Reaktor (Alex Senna).
05. Diego Lima - MadaFuckers (Original).
06. Phonista - Union Square (Original).
07. Christian Smith - Blast Off (Victor Ruiz).
08. Umek - Incinerator (Original).
09. Umek - Mechanical Blade (Original).
10. Hoxton Whores - Stand Myself (Kevin Andrews Remix).
11. Hoxton Whores - Welcome To The Whorehouse (Hoxton Whores Burlesque Club Mix).
12. Jay Lumen - Warehouse Trip (Original).
13. Jhony Rivers - Zerotonin (German Agger Remix).
14. Vic Ben - Return (Djahir Miranda Remix).
15. Alberto Ruiz - Room (Original).
16. Urban Francis & Bolivia - Hijack (Original).
17. DJ PP - Has To Be Done (Handzoff Remix).
18. Clark Fable - Midnight Marauder (Milo Zanneti Remix).
19. Olivier Giacomotto - Bipolar Star (Victor Ruiz Remix).
20. Rydel - Beat The Men (Original Mix).

Incidentally, here's a video for Hijack, a track that I did with Urban Francis, which I played in the middle of the set.

Anyway, the festival was a great time, and I was really glad to be back DJ'ing again.

I'm Jonathan Clark, known online as DJ Bolivia. Do you want to learn more about DJ'ing and music production? If so, visit:

djbolivia.ca/training

If you happen to enjoy techno tracks, most of my tracks are available as free downloads from this link:

djbolivia.ca/tracks

Thanks so much for visit, and for your support! I really appreciate the fan base that I've been able to build up over the years.

Also, if you want to visit any of my other sites, here are a few links:

YouTube: youtube.com/djbolivia

SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/djbolivia

Blogger: djbolivia.blogspot.com

Main Site: www.djbolivia.ca

Sunday, December 14, 2014

"Time Keeps Marching On" (Jonathan Clark)

I just finished working on a song this evening (not electronic/dance music), and I have copyrighted it and registered it with SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada). I'm posting it here as a public record of the date and time of copyright. At the present time, I am posting only the lyrics, although I may add a professional recording at some point in the future. If any singers/artists want to cover this song, please feel free to go ahead as long as proper attribution is given so that my composer/author royalties will accrue properly.

Jonathan Clark – “Time Keeps Marching On”

Chords: Repeating Am, F, C, G in verses and chorus, with G, Am, F, G in bridge.

Mood: Melancholy. Suggested tempo approximately 63 bpm.

Setting/Plot: Singer (gender unknown) is thinking about someone who is presumably his partner/lover. It becomes apparent that that person has departed, and that the singer is depressed about the situation, hoping that it will change. The passage of time is indicated throughout the song by changing time references in the choruses, and it become apparent by the end of the song that the partner/lover is not going to return. There is no indication throughout the song why the partner/lover has departed. Perhaps it was a quarrel, or perhaps the person fell in love with someone else. The listener will probably be waiting throughout the song for clues to explain why the partner/lover has left, but the question will never be answered.

Plot Twist: Perhaps a music video could provide hints or visual cues throughout the song that perhaps the lovers were in a quarrel, but at the end, suddenly reveal that the lover got into a vehicle accident while texting and driving. A video could reveal any number of surprise endings.

Verse1:

Thoughts

Memories

What we did

You and me

Days

Without a care

All because

You were there

Chorus1:

Staying here in bed all day, I

Can’t believe you went away

Someday soon maybe you’ll come back

Time keeps marching on

Verse2:

Words

Things you said

Forever caught

In my head

Laughs

I had with you

Your easy smile

It haunts me too

Chorus2:

Saying prayers in bed all day, it’s

Been a while since you went away

Someday soon maybe you’ll come back

Yet time keeps marching on

Solo Section Here – probably just some Am chords

Bridge:

I’m not too sure, what I can do

I can’t stop thinking thoughts of you

How do I go back in time, and

Change ….

Verse3:

Time

Keeps Marching On

It slowly ticks

From dusk ‘til dawn

Nights

Awake, alone

A lonely house

An empty home

Chorus3:

Praying here in bed all day, it’s

Been so long since you went away

I understand that you won’t be back

It’s time to get my life on track

You won’t return, I must accept

Although it hasn’t hit me yet

I never will repay your debt

And time keeps marching on