(I write to make sense of what I feel, and partly to defend the way I wrote the song.)
A friend relayed to me that my song, Icarus, was studied in a UP Diliman Arts 1 class today. I was also told that two people from the class did not like The Ridleys' iteration of Icarus. I find no problem with this. It's good that you know what you like and don't like. I imagine that these two people di...
2025-09-25 04:47:40 +0000 UTC View Post"I've died inside so many times that I don't know who I am anymore"
2025-09-24 03:54:25 +0000 UTC View PostShe wakes and stretches, checks her phone,
"My god it's 6am"
Wakes her man, carries her boy, then heads straight to the van
Greets a couple in the back, saying, "Sorry we're late"
Now right beside her sits her son asking 'bout this and that
Going on about meeting and feeding elephants
His dad beside him says, "Quiet, my love, learn to wait"
Oooh, the ch...
2025-09-24 02:58:13 +0000 UTC View PostFINALY FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE'LL START WITH DEMOS, BUT STILL.
I HAVE A FEELING THAT THIS RECORDING WILL GO VERY SMOOTHLY. IDK. I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS ALBUM. FINALLY, WE HAVE THE BUDGET TO CREATE AN ALBUM THE WAY I IMAGINE IT.
I WANT TO RECORD A SONICALLY EXCELLENT ALBUM, PAIRED WITH VISUALS THAT WOULD HELP CONVEY THE MESSAGE.
NO THOU...
2025-09-24 02:50:09 +0000 UTC View PostTwenty-Seven
Life Goes On
Death by Design
Baptize
Waves
Lightness
Piranesi
Don't Buy Green Bananas
I Never Wanna Lose You
Otherwise
All of the notes I've written for the past albums were addressed to my dear listeners, when they were stil...
2025-09-15 04:07:41 +0000 UTC View Post+alternative lyrics:
-Now right beside her sits her son asking 'bout this and that
-See and hear and touch and taste and smell
-They're laughing, making smoke rings again
-Everything will meet its sorry end
2025-09-14 17:54:12 +0000 UTC View PostShe wakes and stretches, checks her phone,
"My God, it's 6am"
Wakes her man, carries her boy, then heads straight to the van
Greets a couple in the back, saying, "Sorry we're late"
Now right beside her is her son askin' 'bout this and that
Going on about meeting and feeding elephants
His dad beside him says, "Quiet, my love, learn to wait,"
Ooh, the chi...
2025-09-13 05:08:14 +0000 UTC View PostShe wakes and stretches, checks her phone
"My God, it's 6am"
Wakes her man, carries her boy, walkin' straight to the van
She greets a couple in the back, saying, "Sorry we're late"
Right beside her is her son askin' 'bout this and that
Going on about meeting and feeding elephants
His dad beside him says, "Quiet, my love, learn to wait,"
Ooh, the child l...
2025-09-09 12:57:54 +0000 UTC View PostBlue sky,
Why do we cry?
Is it sorrow or joy
That we see with our eyes?
Are the colors so bright
A trick of the light
The awe of the boy says otherwise
The awe of the boy says otherwise
2025-09-09 10:23:09 +0000 UTC View Post-Someone Worth Desiring
-Creature
-Nowhere Chapel
-What Was I Supposed to Do?
-God in Outer Space
-So Long, See You Again
I still want to release these songs. I don't have the maturity to sing about them yet. There are motives that I need to deal with. I want to release these with love as my motive.
Since these didn't make the cut to album 4, they will ...
2025-09-01 11:54:58 +0000 UTC View PostChorus:
Everything/All that I do
I do it all for you
Heart so true
All of me for you
Chorus (Tagalog):
Lahat ng ito
Para lang sa'yo
Buong puso ko
At mga pangarap ko
Iyong iyo
Iyong iyo
2025-09-01 11:24:17 +0000 UTC View PostJust like a breeze
Blowing gently through a forest of trees
Just like a stream
Flowing perfectly for rowboats in dreams
My baby's everything I want I need
Just like the books we watch and movies we read
She gives me a calm kinda love
I never thought I'd find such a thing
She gives me a calm kinda love
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2025-09-01 11:23:25 +0000 UTC View PostRecording might start soon. Haven't locked in a studio yet, but we have some solid options. Here's the tentative tracklist:
1. 27
2. Life Goes On
3. Death by Design
4. Baptize
5. Waves
6. Lightness
7. Piranesi
8. Don't Buy Green Bananas
9. I Never Wanna Lose You
Those 9 feel good. And then MAYBE 10. Finding You Feels Like I've Figured it Out.
We shall ...
2025-09-01 11:21:09 +0000 UTC View PostAfter jamming with the guys again, we decided to stop the album at track 8. Now this is what the tracklist looks like:
1. 27
2. Life Goes On
3. Death by Design
4. Baptize
5. Waves
6. Lightness
7. Piranesi
8. Don’t Buy Green Bananas
This heavy album - the most production-heavy Ridleys album to date - communicates everything it needs to in t...
2025-08-21 13:59:52 +0000 UTC View Post
“Ace thanks for having us over! I'll make a new GC for us 5 for album IV stuff. Here's the updated album tracklist we came up with.
Updated album list:
The Ridleys - Album IV
1. XXVII
2. Life Goes On
3. Death by Design
4. Baptize
5. Waves
6. Lightness
7. Piranesi
8. Don't Buy Green Bananas
9. Fi...
2025-08-07 08:47:12 +0000 UTC View PostTake this old man
To distant lands
I know that's what you promised to me
Take these old hands and I'll
Make no demands
To show me things that I've never seen
'Cause only you can see the land
beyond
the
sun
And you will see me through this journey you've begun You are my shield...
2025-08-04 04:49:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe electric guitar is so expressive and beautiful.
2025-07-30 11:30:08 +0000 UTC View PostMight also trade Someone Worth Desiring for Baptize.
the ridleys - nowhere chapel
version 5.5
1. xxvii (E)
2. life goes on (G) !!!
3. death by design (B) !!
4. baptize (F#)
5. creature (D)
6. god in outer space (G)
7. waves (C)
8. lightness (F)
9. piranesi (Eb)
10. don't buy green bananas (...
2025-07-16 04:52:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe previous post was more of a mindless word vomit than a careful articulation. For that I apologize. Let me try again.
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After numerous revisions (usually done in my home office late at night, and sometimes in the van on the way to a gig), the songs for album IV have been written and set in place. There are a few tentative titles for it.
One is No...
2025-07-11 08:12:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe songs are in place. Before we arrange, rehearse, and finally record, I want to be able to articulate the message of the album to people who ask. To do that, I should first articulate the message of the album to myself. I'll start by giving an explanation of each song, then end with a thesis statement for the whole thirteen-track album.
1. XXVII
Back in late 2023...
2025-07-10 09:15:30 +0000 UTC View Posttracklist:
1. xxvii (Eb)
2. life goes on (G) !!!
3. death by design (B) !!
4. someone worth desiring (Em)
5. creature (E)
6. god in outer space (G)
7. waves (B)
8. lightness (E)
9. piranesi (Eb)
10. don't buy green bananas (C#)
11. nowhere chapel (A)
12. finding you feels like i've figured it out (F#)
13. i never wanna lose you feat. martti franca (Eb)<...
Maybe some of you were wondering why The Ridleys page was quiet for a whole week. That's because the social media manager (me) went to Taiwan for 5 days with Sofia. Let me tell you more about it.
The trip to Taiwan was a much-needed time of rest for me. For the months before that, I was stuck in an endless loop of gigs, band meetings, and writing sessions. More and more, music has felt li...
2025-07-07 05:59:35 +0000 UTC View PostShame.
That was all Dylan felt on his way to work. Shame was all Dylan felt since graduating from university. He felt ashamed of the four years that he spent barely surviving his college life, having to rely on his groupmates to carry him through papers and readings. He was so ashamed that he intentionally missed his graduation day. ("I overslept," was his usual excuse for people who aske...
2025-06-18 06:39:24 +0000 UTC View PostShame.
That was all Dylan felt on his way to work. Shame was all Dylan felt since graduating from university. He felt ashamed of the four years that he spent barely surviving his college life, having to rely on his groupmates to carry him through papers and readings. He was so ashamed that he intentionally missed his graduation day. ("I overslept," was his usual excuse for people who aske...
2025-06-17 11:08:06 +0000 UTC View PostLife has been good, and even the challenges can be considered "good problems." Slowly, I forget the pain of the past. Memories of those difficult situations, and the negative feelings that come with it, are starting to fade. This is a good thing.
But in forgetting the pain, I hope I never forget the moments that met me and moved me so powerfully in those moments. In the darkness, light sh...
2025-06-12 14:24:53 +0000 UTC View PostEditor's note:
In this version, I consolidate some details about Dylan's dream and try to meld it into one. I also added an important section about Sophie, and who she is to Dylan. I want to gradually reveal these characters' stories to the reader. This first chapter is foundational.
I love writing!!!
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Through Dylan's eyes, the city was black and white....
2025-06-12 05:56:38 +0000 UTC View PostThrough Dylan's eyes, the city was black and white. The trees were all dead. Buildings were covered in snow. His phone said 6:02am, and yet the sky was pitch black. Minutes ago, the wolf, Fenrir, swallowed the sun and ushered in the start of Ragnarok, the final battle of the gods, and the end of the world.
Dylan found two odd things about this (although he should have considered a third t...
2025-06-11 12:39:52 +0000 UTC View PostI'm not gonna lie. The past few months have been a roller coaster for me. But for the first time since Lola's passing, I feel a wave of inspiration again.
Thought about the book I want to write, and maybe a biography isn't the way to go. I still have so much life to live.
What I can do, however, is write a story about two fictional characters that I can relate with. That's what I'll...
2025-06-11 12:00:29 +0000 UTC View PostOne night I dreamt the gods were dead and I was late to work
Mountains of bodies formed a bed and Thor laid in the dirt
And I said, “Oh what a shame, it’s not a holiday, too”
Right there in the dream I spoke to you
Still in the dream, you held me tight, I’d never let you fall
Snow out the window, what a sight,
The chaos of it all
And you said, ...
2025-06-11 06:48:49 +0000 UTC View Post