Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:06:40 +0200 https://hearthis.at/ajevans/ en-EN contact@hearthis.at contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/ajevans/ https://img.hearthis.at/s/n/a/_/uploads/62578/image_user/w1400_h1400_q70_ptrue_v2_----cropped_b2d40d2f014c3bfa328e11f867dd8569from-the-mind-of-aj-evans.jpg no no https://hearthis.at/ajevans/it-just-doesnt-matter/ https://soundcloud.com/groups/aj-evans-it-just-doesnt-matter-remix-contest

It Just Doesn't Matter

I have seen the darkest days
I've survived the hardest times
Only to find myself
All alone and asking why

Time doesn't heal all wounds
That is just another lie
All it does is make it soon
A new pain will soon find my life

and
CHORUS
It just doesn't matter
When that's all that I wanted
I just wanted to matter
Now, I'm just being haunted
And it just doesn't matter
It doesn't matter at all
It just doesn't matter
Nor will I when I fall

My heart was my only ally
My mind was enemy to the state
Memories come flashing by
Memories that used to feel so great

To the future my eyes are blind
Not because the light is bright
I try so hard but I just can't see
I'm trying hard with all my might

I guess
REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
Is it too late to give it back?
To pray to God for a heart attack?
To have anything keep me from having to face the truth?
I need some time to get it right
I need to know that my life
Matters to more than just me and I am looking for that proof

But then
REPEAT CHORUS

Tuesday, March 01, 2016
Written, Performed, Recorded and Produced by AJ Evans
for B.C. Productons

Written on the 22nd anniversary of my brother, Charlie's death.
]]> https://soundcloud.com/groups/aj-evans-it-just-doesnt-matter-remix-contest

It Just Doesn't Matter

I have seen the darkest days
I've survived the hardest times
Only to find myself
All alone and asking why

Time doesn't heal all wounds
That is just another lie
All it does is make it soon
A new pain will soon find my life

and
CHORUS
It just doesn't matter
When that's all that I wanted
I just wanted to matter
Now, I'm just being haunted
And it just doesn't matter
It doesn't matter at all
It just doesn't matter
Nor will I when I fall

My heart was my only ally
My mind was enemy to the state
Memories come flashing by
Memories that used to feel so great

To the future my eyes are blind
Not because the light is bright
I try so hard but I just can't see
I'm trying hard with all my might

I guess
REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
Is it too late to give it back?
To pray to God for a heart attack?
To have anything keep me from having to face the truth?
I need some time to get it right
I need to know that my life
Matters to more than just me and I am looking for that proof

But then
REPEAT CHORUS

Tuesday, March 01, 2016
Written, Performed, Recorded and Produced by AJ Evans
for B.C. Productons

Written on the 22nd anniversary of my brother, Charlie's death.
]]> 872598 no no Fri, 06 May 2016 16:55:36 +0200 2016-05-06T16:55:36+02:00 6:43 https://hearthis.at/ajevans/take-me-as-i-am-the-ajs-in-love-extended-remix/ CJ was killed in a car accident one year ago today. So, to mark the anniversary, I decided to give the track the full remix treatment.
There are two versions, both of which were released today. The shorter version which contains no excerpts from my solo track "Lifted" or G.o.D.'s other smash hit, 'In the Groves', (which, coincidentally, was released one day after the original vesion of 'Take Me as I Am'), is released as Group of Deviants.
'Take Me as I Am', originally released 4/17/2013, shot G.o.D. up to #4 within the first 48 hours of it hitting the ReverbNation charts where they stayed for about 4 months. I am hoping to repeat or top the success of the original version to show what a truly classic and timeless song this is and give CJ his first #1, even if it is posthumously.
There is a full remix compilation underway for release on 4/17/2016. Information on the remix competition and the stem packages can be found here
https://soundcloud.com/groups/take-me-as-i-am-remix-comp
R.I.P. CJ Andrae 7/18/1991 - 2/16/2015]]> CJ was killed in a car accident one year ago today. So, to mark the anniversary, I decided to give the track the full remix treatment.
There are two versions, both of which were released today. The shorter version which contains no excerpts from my solo track "Lifted" or G.o.D.'s other smash hit, 'In the Groves', (which, coincidentally, was released one day after the original vesion of 'Take Me as I Am'), is released as Group of Deviants.
'Take Me as I Am', originally released 4/17/2013, shot G.o.D. up to #4 within the first 48 hours of it hitting the ReverbNation charts where they stayed for about 4 months. I am hoping to repeat or top the success of the original version to show what a truly classic and timeless song this is and give CJ his first #1, even if it is posthumously.
There is a full remix compilation underway for release on 4/17/2016. Information on the remix competition and the stem packages can be found here
https://soundcloud.com/groups/take-me-as-i-am-remix-comp
R.I.P. CJ Andrae 7/18/1991 - 2/16/2015]]> 720121 no no Tue, 16 Feb 2016 18:09:08 +0100 2016-02-17T10:08:05+01:00 6:10 https://hearthis.at/ajevans/epiphany-algorithm-feat-aj-evans-all-the-stars-the-nu-aje-version/ https://www.reverbnation.com/aj_evans

This is the second collaboration involving Dave Read (aka am0eba), the first being the highly successful remix am0eba contributed to the Group of Deviants 'In the Groves: The Collective Remixes' compilation (available everywhere).

This is also the first track ever released where I was not the primary or even secondary songwriter. This song in its orginal form was released by am0eba in February 2015 around the same time he did the G.o.D. remix.

https://soundcloud.com/am0eba/all-the-stars

In September Dave approached me and asked if I would be interested in collaborating on this track telling me to "take it and go be AJ Evans with it" and that's what I did.

This record was produced as if it were my own and took about the same amount of time as one I came up with. This is a labor of love that I am truly proud to have been a part of creating.

All The Stars

Spread your arms apart
And open up your heart
Embrace the galaxy
And set yourself free

Look up to the night sky
And know that we are small
Momentary madness
Riding on a spinning ball

If all the stars were mine to give
You know I'd give you all the stars
I'm in Heaven - ahh
If all the stars were mine to give
You know I'd truly give you all the stars

Hello, hello again
Live long and prosper my friend

We are sailing on
a big, blue spinning ball
Moving faster;
faster than we know

An arc described across the timeless vastness
Nebulae and interstellar gasses
Paint fantasies in light against the dark
Come with me!
Let us embark!

If all the stars were mine to give
You know I'd give you all the stars
This is Heaven - ahh

Raging globes of boiling fire
Burning in the night
We built a fire for our camp
In sympathetic rite

Distances beyond belief
An ocean across time
The Vastiness is beckoning
It's time to take a ride

And all the stars are winking at you
Bathing you in light
And all the stars are paling In comparison with you tonight! Tonight

If all the stars were mine to give
and we could live forever
I'd take you for a tour across the universe
...and all the stars

If all the stars were mine to give
You know I'd give you all the stars

Jai Garu Deva (Repeat)

Scott Kauffman: Synths and Percussion Programming
Dave Read: Synths and additional Percussion Programming; Synth Lead
AJ Evans: Synths, FX and additional Percussion Programming; All Vocals

This version produced by AJ Evans for B.C. Productions
** epiphany algorithm is Current Device (Scott Kauffman) and am0eba (Dave Read)! **
** AJ Evans appears courtesy of SINaMANIAC Music Releases and is an Exit 39 Productions artist #epiphanyalgorithm #currentdevices #am0eba #ajevans

Original instrumental version by Scott Kauffman, 2015. Additional music, production, and arrangement by Scott Kauffman and Dave Read. February 2015

Additional music, production, vocals and arrangement by AJ Evans

Lyrics by Dave Read; Scott Kauffman; AJ Evans.
Original version produced in Propellerhead Reason V7.1 & V8.3
AJ's Version Produced in FL Studio 12 using tracks from original version
Coverart by AJ Evans/CunningEdge WebCreations
Original image Hubble Telescope 2004 image 10-a

This recording ©2015 SINaMANIAC Music Releases

We would like to dedicate this to the memory of Leonard Nimoy. LLAP!

I♥UYB]]> https://www.reverbnation.com/aj_evans

This is the second collaboration involving Dave Read (aka am0eba), the first being the highly successful remix am0eba contributed to the Group of Deviants 'In the Groves: The Collective Remixes' compilation (available everywhere).

This is also the first track ever released where I was not the primary or even secondary songwriter. This song in its orginal form was released by am0eba in February 2015 around the same time he did the G.o.D. remix.

https://soundcloud.com/am0eba/all-the-stars

In September Dave approached me and asked if I would be interested in collaborating on this track telling me to "take it and go be AJ Evans with it" and that's what I did.

This record was produced as if it were my own and took about the same amount of time as one I came up with. This is a labor of love that I am truly proud to have been a part of creating.

All The Stars

Spread your arms apart
And open up your heart
Embrace the galaxy
And set yourself free

Look up to the night sky
And know that we are small
Momentary madness
Riding on a spinning ball

If all the stars were mine to give
You know I'd give you all the stars
I'm in Heaven - ahh
If all the stars were mine to give
You know I'd truly give you all the stars

Hello, hello again
Live long and prosper my friend

We are sailing on
a big, blue spinning ball
Moving faster;
faster than we know

An arc described across the timeless vastness
Nebulae and interstellar gasses
Paint fantasies in light against the dark
Come with me!
Let us embark!

If all the stars were mine to give
You know I'd give you all the stars
This is Heaven - ahh

Raging globes of boiling fire
Burning in the night
We built a fire for our camp
In sympathetic rite

Distances beyond belief
An ocean across time
The Vastiness is beckoning
It's time to take a ride

And all the stars are winking at you
Bathing you in light
And all the stars are paling In comparison with you tonight! Tonight

If all the stars were mine to give
and we could live forever
I'd take you for a tour across the universe
...and all the stars

If all the stars were mine to give
You know I'd give you all the stars

Jai Garu Deva (Repeat)

Scott Kauffman: Synths and Percussion Programming
Dave Read: Synths and additional Percussion Programming; Synth Lead
AJ Evans: Synths, FX and additional Percussion Programming; All Vocals

This version produced by AJ Evans for B.C. Productions
** epiphany algorithm is Current Device (Scott Kauffman) and am0eba (Dave Read)! **
** AJ Evans appears courtesy of SINaMANIAC Music Releases and is an Exit 39 Productions artist #epiphanyalgorithm #currentdevices #am0eba #ajevans

Original instrumental version by Scott Kauffman, 2015. Additional music, production, and arrangement by Scott Kauffman and Dave Read. February 2015

Additional music, production, vocals and arrangement by AJ Evans

Lyrics by Dave Read; Scott Kauffman; AJ Evans.
Original version produced in Propellerhead Reason V7.1 & V8.3
AJ's Version Produced in FL Studio 12 using tracks from original version
Coverart by AJ Evans/CunningEdge WebCreations
Original image Hubble Telescope 2004 image 10-a

This recording ©2015 SINaMANIAC Music Releases

We would like to dedicate this to the memory of Leonard Nimoy. LLAP!

I♥UYB]]> 539231 no no Fri, 06 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0100 2015-11-06T00:00:00+01:00 4:29 https://hearthis.at/ajevans/save-me-dj-version/
'Save Me' remix contest for placement on fourth remix compilation distributed worldwide and through the DJ Pools
https://soundcloud.com/groups/aj-evans-save-me-remix-competition-contest-starts-10-16-2015

Save Me

I think that I cared too much
I think that I cared too much

There is a rumor
That is starting to grow
An unfeeling rumor
and it's taking its toll

Whatever infection
You see in me
Is just a reflection
of what is to be-
come your over protection
is breaking us down
The sweetest injection
Is when I'm put down

I think that I cared too much
I know that I dared too much
The things that I like to touch
did me in when the moment was broken

Chorus
Somebody save me
Somebody want me
Somebody need me
Somebody tell me I'm not broken
Somebody need me
Somebody want me
Somebody save me from myself cause my heart may broken

There is a rumor
That is taking on life
An unfeeling rumor
That used to highjack my nights

I stood truthful and naked
Before everyone's eyes
Some things were meant to be sacred
Until all good friends lie

I think that I cared too much
I know that I dared too much
The one that I loved too much
Did me in when the moment was broken

Chorus
Somebody save me
Somebody want me
Somebody need me
Somebody tell me I'm not broken
Somebody need me
Somebody want me
Somebody save me from myself cause my heart may broken

Spoken:
Though my can see
Every time that I reach out
I'm like a blind man...
...reaching in the dark

Am I really that alone?

Repeat Chorus to end

I think that I cared too much
I know that I dared too much
I think that I shared too much

Won't somebody save me?
Won't somebody need me?
Won't somebody tell me
why nobody can love me?

Written, Performed, Recorded, Mixed, Produced and Mastered
by AJ Evans/PigBoy Studios for B.C. Productions

©2015 SINaMANIAC Music Releases

For management and booking contact:
Peter Tanico/Exit 39 Productions
NYC 973.668.2068
]]>
'Save Me' remix contest for placement on fourth remix compilation distributed worldwide and through the DJ Pools
https://soundcloud.com/groups/aj-evans-save-me-remix-competition-contest-starts-10-16-2015

Save Me

I think that I cared too much
I think that I cared too much

There is a rumor
That is starting to grow
An unfeeling rumor
and it's taking its toll

Whatever infection
You see in me
Is just a reflection
of what is to be-
come your over protection
is breaking us down
The sweetest injection
Is when I'm put down

I think that I cared too much
I know that I dared too much
The things that I like to touch
did me in when the moment was broken

Chorus
Somebody save me
Somebody want me
Somebody need me
Somebody tell me I'm not broken
Somebody need me
Somebody want me
Somebody save me from myself cause my heart may broken

There is a rumor
That is taking on life
An unfeeling rumor
That used to highjack my nights

I stood truthful and naked
Before everyone's eyes
Some things were meant to be sacred
Until all good friends lie

I think that I cared too much
I know that I dared too much
The one that I loved too much
Did me in when the moment was broken

Chorus
Somebody save me
Somebody want me
Somebody need me
Somebody tell me I'm not broken
Somebody need me
Somebody want me
Somebody save me from myself cause my heart may broken

Spoken:
Though my can see
Every time that I reach out
I'm like a blind man...
...reaching in the dark

Am I really that alone?

Repeat Chorus to end

I think that I cared too much
I know that I dared too much
I think that I shared too much

Won't somebody save me?
Won't somebody need me?
Won't somebody tell me
why nobody can love me?

Written, Performed, Recorded, Mixed, Produced and Mastered
by AJ Evans/PigBoy Studios for B.C. Productions

©2015 SINaMANIAC Music Releases

For management and booking contact:
Peter Tanico/Exit 39 Productions
NYC 973.668.2068
]]> 508948 no no Fri, 09 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0200 2015-10-09T00:00:00+02:00 7:42 https://hearthis.at/ajevans/lifted/
Remix Competition
https://soundcloud.com/groups/aj-evans-lifted-remix-competition

https://www.facebook.com/ajevans.artist?fref=ts
Video: http://youtu.be/22QyBKjTJyw

Lifted

CHORUS
Love has lifted my heart
has lifted my mind
has lifted me to a higher plain
Love has lifted my heart
has lifted my mind
keeps on lifting me to a higher plain

I look around I see the world in all the colors it presents
and wonder why we all hurt each other with our pretense
I see rainbows in the sky and wonder why I cannot fly
I wonder what you see when you take a look at me

it's a cold cruel world when you're alone
Let love be your light, it'll guide you home

REPEAT CHORUS

So many times, so many days there ain't no way I'm giving up just yet
I keep moving forward a smile upon my face I ain't gonna lose this bet
I hold my heart out in my hand waiting for you to come and be my friend
I look for you and see what you do and wonder if it's true

It's cold cruel world when you turn heart off
Let love fill your heart and you will rise above

REPEAT CHORUS

It's gonna be a brighter day for you and me just wait and see
It's gonna be a brighter day when you're back in my arms, just wait and see
It's gonna be alright
Don't you know it's gonna be alright?
It's gonna be alright
It's gonna be alright
It's gonna be alright
No more lonely nights

it's a cold cruel world when you're alone
It's a cold cruel world when you don't have somebody to wrap you in their arms, yeah

REPEAT CHORUS

ad-lib to end

Written, Performed, Recorded, Mixed and Produced by
AJ Evans/B.C. Productions
©2015 SINaMANIAC Music Releases

For management and booking contact:
Peter Tanico/Exit 39 Productions
NYC 973.66​8.2068
]]>
Remix Competition
https://soundcloud.com/groups/aj-evans-lifted-remix-competition

https://www.facebook.com/ajevans.artist?fref=ts
Video: http://youtu.be/22QyBKjTJyw

Lifted

CHORUS
Love has lifted my heart
has lifted my mind
has lifted me to a higher plain
Love has lifted my heart
has lifted my mind
keeps on lifting me to a higher plain

I look around I see the world in all the colors it presents
and wonder why we all hurt each other with our pretense
I see rainbows in the sky and wonder why I cannot fly
I wonder what you see when you take a look at me

it's a cold cruel world when you're alone
Let love be your light, it'll guide you home

REPEAT CHORUS

So many times, so many days there ain't no way I'm giving up just yet
I keep moving forward a smile upon my face I ain't gonna lose this bet
I hold my heart out in my hand waiting for you to come and be my friend
I look for you and see what you do and wonder if it's true

It's cold cruel world when you turn heart off
Let love fill your heart and you will rise above

REPEAT CHORUS

It's gonna be a brighter day for you and me just wait and see
It's gonna be a brighter day when you're back in my arms, just wait and see
It's gonna be alright
Don't you know it's gonna be alright?
It's gonna be alright
It's gonna be alright
It's gonna be alright
No more lonely nights

it's a cold cruel world when you're alone
It's a cold cruel world when you don't have somebody to wrap you in their arms, yeah

REPEAT CHORUS

ad-lib to end

Written, Performed, Recorded, Mixed and Produced by
AJ Evans/B.C. Productions
©2015 SINaMANIAC Music Releases

For management and booking contact:
Peter Tanico/Exit 39 Productions
NYC 973.66​8.2068
]]> 244577 no no Sun, 28 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0200 2015-06-28T00:00:00+02:00 5:54 https://hearthis.at/ajevans/iuyb/ 215460 no no Tue, 27 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0100 2015-01-27T00:00:00+01:00 7:53 https://hearthis.at/ajevans/when-the-butterflies-have-flown-new-vocal-editsmp3/ 215452 no no Mon, 14 May 2001 00:00:00 +0200 2001-05-14T00:00:00+02:00 6:28 https://hearthis.at/ajevans/in-the-groves-single-version/ "In your life there is a story waiting to be read".
AJ Evans/Group of Deviants]]> "In your life there is a story waiting to be read".
AJ Evans/Group of Deviants]]> 211535 no no Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200 2013-04-18T00:00:00+02:00 3:48