Neal McAlister

is a web developer,

musician, writer, and artist

based in Fort Worth, Texas

ALIVE

is a series dedicated to capturing raw performances in order to document the various forms in which musical expression iterates.

It is an effort to give the listener supplementary exposure to the pieces being performed, and to underscore the amount of effort being exerted by a studio arrangement.

[Lo-Fi] Live at Magnolia Motor Lounge - 19 March 2024 - Music & Lyrics by Neal McAlister
1. (This Universe Is) You + Me
2. Keep A Light On, Lauralene

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Underscore [#0002]
Blog
Underscore [#0002]
Blog

Update: Lately, Literature, Community, Digression | Highlights:“I Don’t Mind”, “Strangers” [Take 4], “Walk Alone” [demo][Take 2], Mohaynow Discord Server, STORE, Mark It! Records Site / Community

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Blog
Underscore [#0001]
Blog
Underscore [#0001]
Blog

I’ve been thinking quite often about the ways in which I produce recorded music, and have been attempting to refine my definition of what should see the light of day (get published) so that I can begin to be more prolific, and offer a variety of sounds, modes, moods. […]

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Blog
The Grandma is the Powerhouse of the Slime
Photography
The Grandma is the Powerhouse of the Slime
Photography

AUSTIN, TX — Grandma Mousey, as promised, filled the heads of listeners-on with “liquid hot magma”. The quintet released Slime Community on 26 July 2024 to a packed house. The rambunctious volcano of an ensemble moves you with their dancey, spacey performance.

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Photography
Spark
Poetry, Archive
Spark
Poetry, Archive

There is a feeling that I get
When I see the image rising
From the words that shape our
Unrealistic construct of life […]

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Poetry, Archive
Stillness
Poetry
Stillness
Poetry

1.
Perpetuating stillness that perpetuates
Even when its evidences dissipate
An undercurrent of stillness
That dismantles movement […]

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Poetry
Awake
Poetry
Awake
Poetry

Not knowing whether the expanse trepidatiously expands,
Or whether the harbor’s arousal
Seeks to mitigate some proverbial acquiescence—[…]

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Poetry