...great track ct.....there is no need to waste time responding to my comments ct....time better spent making your great music

I'm vibing with this, very mesmerizing guitars and bluesy vocals.

Posting In honor of my good friend Mike Kavanaugh, He wrote such beautiful songs from the heart. You will be missed but never forgotten. Such a privilege to know and work with you my friend. 
Mike Kavanaugh: Vocals and Rhythm guitar
Greg Hurley: Slide guitar, Bass, Drums and backing vocals, mix and mastering
Mike Kavanaugh : "An original of mine - collaborating with producer Greg Hurley for a full band version of this tune previously recorded solo."
Mike passed away peacefully on Sunday July 18th 2021. He is safely home in Heaven where there is no more pain only eternal happiness.

Lyrics
Stay with me  tonight
Won’t you hold me tight

Need to feel you Love
Fit me like a glove 

But don’t leave me alone
don’t leave me alone
don’t leave me alone…tonight

Hold me in your arms
Don’t give me no Harm 

Take away my Breath 
With your tenderess

But don’t leave me alone
don’t leave me alone
don’t leave me alone…tonight 
  
But don’t leave me alone
don’t leave me alone
don’t leave me alone…tonight  

But don’t leave me alone
don’t leave me alone
don’t leave me alone…tonight 

Love before all time 
Let’s say you’ll be mine   

Tell me that you’ll stay 
Till my diying day 

But don’t leave me alone
don’t leave me alone
don’t leave me alone…tonight 

But don’t leave me alone
don’t leave me alone
don’t leave me alone…tonight

Don't Leave Me Alone / Mike Kavanaugh

Firstly a big thanks to Shane of Harmful If Swallowed for agreeing to do do this male duet. It’s a first for me and probably for him, so a very interesting concept. It’s been a song that’s been hanging around a while just waiting for the right type of vocalist to agree. I am a great admirer of Shane’s work because of his fine lyrics and interpretations of real life. 
The song Elephant In The Room was wrote over five years ago with my son Owen  who would of been around 18 at the time. He had got into playing guitar and dabbling in song writing so my role was helping him with melody and lyrics. 
It’s a song I always thought had great potential and as I wasn’t that active in music myself at the time only a raw acoustic version existed.
This version is what we used as a sketch and Noobly transformed it into a full blown production. Seriously Noobly is a real talent and absolute pleasure to work with so respect to him.
There as been slight lyric changes but the melody is the same.
The song is about to close friends sitting in one of their living rooms in silence. There is an elephant in the room for both of them because a serious matter is not being discussed and neither of them are opening the conversation. The one  as done something really bad to the other so use your imagination.
The conversation is only happening inside their heads so hence a male duet of thoughts.
Hope you enjoy the song as much as we did creating it.

Elephant In The Room  -  Conscience of Kings feat Harmful If Swallowed

Peace begins within ourselves 💌 A musical letter to the Ukrainian people

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Since this track seems to be well received, I would like to share some secrets. I used the following for this:
https://heavyocity.com/product-category/foundations/
Heavyocity - Foundations Piano. I used it as an arpeggio bass track for the low octaves.
https://sonuscore.com/shop/the-orchestra-complete/
Sonuscore - The Orchestra Complete 3. Here I loaded the instrument "Grand Piano Lid Closed" on its own sound track for the melody and staccato chords.
https://www.spitfireaudio.com/originals-epic-choir
Spitfire Audio - Originals Epic Choir. As with the piano, I opened two instances and recorded separately on two sound tracks. On the first, the "ladies" sopranos & altos: short staccato syllables, and on the second, the men's tenor & basses: short staccato syllables. On both I experimented with different expressions and dynamics controlled by the modulation wheel via controller. The ladies are more dominant here.
https://refx.com/nexus/expansion/hollywood-2-core-library/
Nexus 4 - Hollywood 2 Core Library. Here I loaded the Strings and Choir preset from the "Vocal/Choir" category. I adjusted the attack a bit to get a smoother sound. It supports the sung staccatos of the choir from Spitfire Audio as a soundscape.
Then, last but not least, I used Sonuscore's The Orchestra Complete 3 again for the horns and loaded the "Horns of Hell" preset. I reduced the internal reverb a bit for this and also worked with dynamics and expression via mod wheel here.

Since I am quite lazy when it comes to drum pattern programming: The drums and percussion are ready-made samples and come from KeepForest, HighLife and other sample forges.
All in all, there are six instrument tracks loaded here in FL Studio and three audio tracks. There's also an EQ, compressor, and delay and reverb on the master. That's it!

Video: https://youtu.be/ej6cgRyOWr4

The spark that ignited this composition: Heart Of The Andes by Frederic Edwin Church....

"This painting was inspired by Church's second trip to South America in the spring of 1857. During his nine-week trip through Ecuador, Church made numerous sketches, and many surviving watercolors and drawings contain elements from this work. The painting was publicly unveiled on April 27, 1859, at Lyrique Hall, 756 Broadway, in New York. It was subsequently moved to the gallery of the Studio Building on Tenth Street and illuminated in a darkened room with gas jets hidden behind silver reflectors. The work caused a great sensation, and twelve to thirteen thousand people paid twenty-five cents each to see it each month. The painting was also shown in London, where it was also greatly admired."

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A Fragment Of Peace

Boffins Are Baffled

When winter ends 
Will you still be my friend
When things warm up
Will you still want to be around
Or am I just a clown
Your lowly little clown

When winter ends baby
When winter ends baby

Softly my friend
The cold hurts
But I hope winter never ends
I know I'm a fool
But I'll still be around when next winter comes

When winter ends
Am I just a clown
A lowly little clown

When winter ends baby
When winter ends baby

Softly my friend
The cold hurts
The cold hurts

When Winter Ends

We’re praying for peace
Never losing hope
My faith I keep very close
Dancin out my grave
Seen a Holy Ghost
Yeah I’m on some drugs
But there not even close
See what I use to do is get really high
Then drink enough so I would black out and die
Thought the universe needed me
Well maybe she does
Are you seeing things different like I was
Love can fuck you up
And I can promise you that
There’s never enough
Nope I don’t have the answers
That’s exactly why I keep on dancing.

praying for peace w/ a Sandman07 intro

I wanna go
To the heart of it
I wanna know
If it’s counterfeit
I wanna move
So tired of standing still
I wanna groove
You know it’s still a thrill 
I get along
With the other kids
It’s what the teacher said
Way back in second grade
I get along…
I get along…
Solo

You know it’s tough
To keep your head up high
It can be rough
Sometimes you need to  cry

Treat me nice
And I’ll reciprocate 
You got a vice?
Yeah I’ll participate 
Let’s get along
Let’s enjoy the ride
We’ll sing a song
And keep it amplified
I get along...

To the bridge 
Took a walk to a higher place
Felt the sun shine on my face
Spent the night camped out alone
I did it right, faced it on my own
Waited for a revelation
A little drop of inspiration 
Wrote some words down for this song
Made a promise to myself to get along….

I Get Along

Lune

This is the instrumental version of the song 'Authenticity'. I think it's a good template for a new remix. Therefore I make it available as an open collab offer.

If you want to remix and publish it, please tell me, mention me in the description and in the title. The title name and cover picture can of course also be changed. 

120 BPM / WAV-File 

Cover Picture: pixabay.com

Remixed by @lillithe: https://soundcloud.com/lillithe/my-way-omcb-offer-open-collaboration-blackout

Remixed by @ricochet8888  https://soundcloud.com/ricochet8888/blackouttom-rico

Blackout - OMCB [Open Collab]

RiZLiX is a phenomenal person and a fine musician.

Working with him was a dream!

Find him here: 
https://soundcloud.com/rizlixcollabs

And here:
https://soundcloud.com/rizlix

Tin Woman
I feel my age these days
bones creaking
the need to be well-oiled
like some kind of
tin woman
all rusted
my metal parts
need refurbishing
then I could
have a new body
without dying
Be all bionic
and built like
a brickhouse again.

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Tin Woman feat. RiZLiX

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