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the ignorant savants

NO AI music here - (I do use AI generated images for cover displays) my comps are a mix of VSTs and actual instruments - AI has said that "the ignorant savants is an eclectic musical project blending elements of blues, alternative rock, jazz, and folk .... tis actually this old guy using crude multi instrumentalist tools to explore the edges of musical mannerisms I’ve picked up over decades. I would add the label "thoughtful chill". My compositions are mostly layered extemporaneously, though some is written outright and then performed.My tools are - GB, a midi keyboard, a Shure mic, several guitars, a kalimba, a cheap harmonica, a plastic drum, household noises, a simple guitar interface, a love of serendipity, and enough lack of knowledge of musical theory plus a distaste for the popular. I choose influence over profit.What to listen for: atmosphere over spectacle, development over repetition, coherence over surprise, and intuition over formula ... and topics one doesn’t discuss in

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    house 921

    the drums and bass play in 5-4. BPM=150.

  2. 99

    sherbrooke oest

    street sounds morphed into musical beats to support the melody

  3. 98

    nu bluz - an ignorant man leaves unusual artifacts for future archaeologists to ponder

    nu bluz - an ignorant man leaves unusual artifacts for future archaeologists to ponder by Byron Haskins

  4. 97

    king of crickets

    El niño busca su voz.(La tenía el rey de los grillos.) En una gota de aguabuscaba su voz el niño. No la quiero para hablar;me haré con ella un anilloque llevará mi silencioen su dedo pequeñito. En una gota de aguabuscaba su voz el niño. (La voz cautiva, a lo lejos,se ponía un traje de grillo.) they will live earthy. loyal. sincere. they will.

  5. 96

    little puddles

    an interpretation of a poem published in 2011 in my anthology "Lake Affect: Collected Poetry" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0139IXMFO named "Spring 5/3". Little wings speak flicker and glow the moon rises high above I put roses in wearing heavy leather gloves palms sweating wild violets sing bees dance with me I smell colors and my toes tingle in the little puddles left behind by my hose warm winds you bring I love you Spring. © Byron Haskins, 2011, all rights reserved.

  6. 95

    virtuality

    virtuality by Byron Haskins

  7. 94

    ersatz

    This is take one of a jazz piece derived from a double haiku (verse 1 & 3) I wrote: Ersatz © billionaires don't care for their own humanity trying to escape in ersatz modalities purchasing complicity manufacturing sympathies with money - souls lost forcing us to follow them all to hell we go Lyrics by Byron Haskins, nPoet9 Publishing - 2026 - all rights reserved.

  8. 93

    myth, emotion, and fact walk into a bar

    myth, emotion and fact walk into a bar. The beer is not as good as myth said, emotion cries into it, and fact, as usual, picks up the tab

  9. 92

    heavy foot

    I rarely do covers, but my youngest son, an accomplished singer suggested I learn this song because he thought of my lyrics when he heard it. This is my version. BTW, I absolutely am in awe of the work of Mon Rovia.

  10. 91

    political imperial vampire blues

    political imperial vampire blues by Byron Haskins

  11. 90

    furypetz©

    furypetz is a copywrited by nPoet9 Publishing.

  12. 89

    vibe 624

    vibe 624 by Byron Haskins

  13. 88

    a soft rain in june

    a soft rain in june by Byron Haskins

  14. 87

    jammin on the thought of it

    jammin on the thought of it by Byron Haskins

  15. 86

    six pack armageddon

    six pack armageddon He’s talking armageddon, while sucking down a six-pack,
 Preaching revelations of Jesus in a flak jacket.
 He’s got his neighbor’s at home tagged on a grid map,
 Got a pocket full of prophecies and a cross in his tac pack. 
Talking armageddon while sucking down a six-pack. Ain’t nothing in the air to justify a strike back. He keeps looking for a ride with just the right kickback Snapback, extract, got some bourbon in the rucksack. He dangerous He’s a stranger to US He’s derang-erous Watch out - Watch out - here comes the impact! 2026 © Byron Haskins, nPoet9 Publishing, All Rights Reserved

  16. 85

    fgodssake donald

    fgodssake donald by Byron Haskins

  17. 84

    mayday

    mayday by Byron Haskins

  18. 83

    quatre minutos

    quatre minutos by Byron Haskins

  19. 82

    feral people

    feral people by Byron Haskins

  20. 81

    love letters

    striped down to the original melodic idea

  21. 80

    love letters from the blue

    love letters from the blue by Byron Haskins

  22. 79

    red oranges

    red oranges by Byron Haskins

  23. 78

    come around

    come around by Byron Haskins

  24. 77

    the obvious is hidden

    the obvious is hidden by Byron Haskins

  25. 76

    cultural spa time

    extemporaneously Culture spa 
 Time to go to the spa
 Time to purge my body, spirit, and mind
 Time to go to the culture spa
 Time to kick the system
 Before I go deaf, dumb, and blind 
 All my life I tried my best
 To take in all that’s good 
I ate my fruits and vegetables
 Avoided processed foods But everywhere I look around
 There’s emptiness on display
 A diet of commercial feelings
 Fed to me every day 
Toxic, sweetened emotions 
Manipulative devotion
 Political snake-oil potions
 Sold as cures for the nation
 Mogging, maxxing, self-abuse
 Punch-me—in-the-face-for-beauty delusions 
Every kind of crazy notion
 Masquerading as anomie solutions 
All my life I tried my best
 To do what’s kind and good
 Said my prayers, bit my tongue
 Like they schooled us that we should But everywhere I turn my head
 regressive religion and culture rules
 Not rogue enough, not mean enough
 To qualify as “cool” Not selfish, sharp, or ruthless
 Not chasing power’s wake
 Not hollowed out and grifting
 Every person for my take Jesus Christ unplug the mirrors
 the dopamine machines 
Drain the noise from the bloodstream 
Wash eyes clean I don’t need another branding to tell me who I am
 I’m washing out the poison
 Humankind is not from a can. 
Time to go to the spa
 Time to purge my body, spirit, and mind
 Time to go to the culture spa
 Time to kick the system
 Before I go deaf, dumb, and blind Lyrics by Byron Haskins © nPoet9 Publishing 2026. All Rights Reserved.

  26. 75

    receding shadows

    the long deep darkness gives way to light the rising of consciousness puts an end to the night the Denisons of Hatred have given up their fight the morning has come into sight.

  27. 74

    baal the lonely sand witch

    baal the lonely sand witch by Byron Haskins

  28. 73

    pizzaboxcar

    pizzaboxcar by Byron Haskins

  29. 72

    horse fire

    The Fire Horse lunar year promises to brighten dark days.

  30. 71

    fly pigs

    A pregnant noblewoman is approached by a beggar and her children, whom she dismisses, making some comparison of the beggar's children to pigs as she does so. The beggar curses the pregnant noblewoman, and come the birth of her child it is a girl, healthy and perfectly formed in every respect other than having the face of a pig. Such is the fate of the children of persons who wear all the signs of not caring about the suffering around them.

  31. 70

    fidolatry

    A person born in the year of the fire dog chases his tail. His hair and dander flies from his faux gold pedestal and makes our eyes weep and our noses burn. When will he fall?

  32. 69

    pecking order

    When it comes to those who prefer the dominion of cocks, there is always a pecking order.

  33. 68

    monkeying me

    monkeying me by Byron Haskins

  34. 67

    Got R Goat

    2027-02-06; 1967-02-09; 2015-02-19

  35. 66

    my city night

    my city night by Byron Haskins

  36. 65

    five after seven

    Just before 7:06.

  37. 64

    herding cats

    herding cats by Byron Haskins

  38. 63

    7:06

    the spiritual world is a thing to behold when it works for the good ... Or, the dad joke about Seven :o Six ...

  39. 62

    woke

    Lyrics to come.

  40. 61

    rush coach

    rush coach by Byron Haskins

  41. 60

    last day of summer

    last day of summer by Byron Haskins

  42. 59

    watch my cat

    The poetic influence : "If you want to talk about what looks to me like despair and pessimism, it isn’t that a couple random people on both sides, as you know, have picked up guns. It is that the people in actual power who are sane and are clear thinking are doing almost nothing differently. They’re failing and rethinking nothing, at least not on any profound level. And I actually find that very worrying. I would like to see right now, in the rooms I am aware of, much more profound forms of restrategizing going on.”- Ezra Klein The musical influences: Gil Scot-Heron, Frank Zappa, Steely Dan and James Brown.

  43. 58

    iDunit - a hip hop interlude

    iDunit - a hip hop interlude by Byron Haskins

  44. 57

    behind these walls

    behind these walls by Byron Haskins

  45. 56

    baby this train done left the station

    see the video: https://youtu.be/1q9hxAQwuXY?si=tbxuFzcJZzcvL9yR

  46. 55

    batescates anonimates

    You can help the frogs return by following these steps: 1. Preserve wetlands and establish gardens where frogs can live. 2. Avoid using pesticides in water sources. 3. Choose soaps and cleaning agents that help conserve species. Some soluble cleansers will maintain water safety.

  47. 54

    under a shade tree with a cardinal and a squirrel

    under a shade tree with a cardinal and a squirrel by Byron Haskins

  48. 53

    nubius valtz

    Improvisational composition

  49. 52

    timeblind

    timeblind by Byron Haskins

  50. 51

    adb#610

    an excerpted poem American Dream Ballad © by Byron Haskins I want to be free I want you to be free with me I'm dreaming of democracy I'm thinking of a place without someone criticizing me where love is in the blood without toxic waste. where who you love is a matter if taste. thinking a place where they don't rip you off where's there's not struggle to be on top where they don't just lock you up with great women and men and everyone defends democracy where slavery was fought where cultures were brought where hatred is out where friends are sought it's time to do some freedom it's time to do some democracy adios to projects against America bienvenu a amor do you wanna be free? do you wanna free me? come dream with me maybe its a dream but lets take America back to democracy.

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NO AI music here - (I do use AI generated images for cover displays) my comps are a mix of VSTs and actual instruments - AI has said that "the ignorant savants is an eclectic musical project blending elements of blues, alternative rock, jazz, and folk .... tis actually this old guy using crude multi instrumentalist tools to explore the edges of musical mannerisms I’ve picked up over decades. I would add the label "thoughtful chill". My compositions are mostly layered extemporaneously, though some is written outright and then performed.My tools are - GB, a midi keyboard, a Shure mic, several guitars, a kalimba, a cheap harmonica, a plastic drum, household noises, a simple guitar interface, a love of serendipity, and enough lack of knowledge of musical theory plus a distaste for the popular. I choose influence over profit.What to listen for: atmosphere over spectacle, development over repetition, coherence over surprise, and intuition over formula ... and topics one doesn’t discuss in

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