Name: OSMOSIS -Cats
Channel: Music/Lyrics; Lawrence Wise
Description: Something new and sinister-sounding from OSMOSIS-- All BASS and GUITAR and VOCALS...NO PERCUSSION. Meee-ow, baby! From the OSMOSIS Album, "The SPACEMAN Who WALKS Among US" (SG-200312). (c)(p)2012 STARCASE Recording Company, Ltd.

OSMOSIS -Cats

Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra OSMOS

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Something new and sinister-sounding from OSMOSIS-- All BASS and GUITAR and VOCALS...NO PERCUSSION. Meee-ow, baby! From the OSMOSIS Album, "The SPACEMAN Who WALKS Among US" (SG-200312). (c)(p)2012 STARCASE Recording Company, Ltd.

original single 2010 cats osmosis lawrence wise s t a r c a s e recording compan lt cosmic funk orchestra album cut blues funk the spaceman who walks among us all bass and guitar no percussion

Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra OSMOS

An Experimental Project (Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra), and a Loose Funky Jammer (OSMOSIS). 2 separate sides, the very same dude.

Hello. Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra/OSMOSIS is actually a One-Man Home Recording Project that has been my 'stress relief' (ha ha!), since about MAY, 1981. I'm from that first wave of DIY Cassette-Tapers ('analog'--and PROUD OF IT!). Hell, the majority of my material between '81 and '99 was done on the earliest large-model Casio Synthesizers (the MT-68, MT-400-V and MT-200), with a Yamaha thrown into the mix (on occasion). Recently, I've started posting my material on the web (after transfering it from cassette-tape to digital disc, and then to MP3---a very hard process, considering the AGE of some of the tapes). It was in these past 2 1/2 years on the web that I discovered that, despite the ridicule you're going to get, there IS an Audience for your music--no matter how different it is. I've been telling some of my friends and peers for years to NEVER get rid of ANY of their recordings, no matter how 'crappy' you were (of think you were), because having a 'Back Catalog' is a damn good thing. You MAY have been sitting on some GEMS, and not even know it. And, when I discovered that a 21-year-old jam I posted on MySpace recently ROCKED a lot of folks as far away as SCOTLAND and AFRICA (!), I felt pumped. It means that this was a 'dream' that came thru in the end.

Song Info

Genre

Blues • Electric Blues

Charts

#2,757 today Peak #1

#452 in subgenre Peak #1

Author

Music/Lyrics; Lawrence Wise

Rights

2010-2012

Uploaded

July 12, 2010

Track Files

MP3

MP3 7.9 MB • 128 kbps • 8:37

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Vocals

Male

Character

Energy

relaxed, cool

high-energy

Danceable

coffee-place

dancefloor

Positivity

dark, sad, angry

happy

Appeal

unique

radio-friendly

Story behind the song

I wanted to whip up something real fast with a setup of nothing but my Bass and my Guitar, creating a bare-bones sound.  With the right amount of echo and wah-wah effects, it produces an Astral-Blues/Funk sound.  
As for the lyrics, they were improvised as I recorded.  Using my little "split-vocal" recording technique, this track, "Cats", turns out very dark and moody.   
The song is mainly saying that people will say a lot of trash about you and try to bring you down, but you gotta keep standing.  Just simply get back up and brush yourself off.  Like the old cliche goes:  if a cat falls from a high place, he always lands on his feet.