it's the best!  Let's make a song together!

I hadn't realized what hip lyrics this has.

Such a great production, guys... great song, great vocals, great playing, the works...

I don't know how I missed this one... but here I am, digging this very groovey and intriguing track. What a talented couple you two are! Great job!

I wrote the acoustic part 48 years ago (age 17), and the bridge last week.

The bar where I first played the song for my future wife was in Perdido Key, Florida.

Perdido Key #1

Kleine Idee No. 8

This started as a melody I was humming in my head on one of my daily walks and went from there.
 The title was inspired by my wife's Aunt, who's husband was dying at the time. She called one day and when I answered she said,"I think my husband is slipping away from me"

POTEET

Slippin' Away From Me

The intro to an instrumental (for now WIP)

Indus (Intro)

Stroll

4 & 20 ~ Cover

A pleasure again to be recording with Philadelphia's Audric Jankauskas on our new original, Make The Most Of It.  Audric is a remarkable musician, who has touched every element here with his signature guitar playing, and his keyboard and production abilities too, beautifully complementing my piece and keyboard playing.   Many of the colors you hear are Audric's vision, which has inspired me and so many other musicians since we first found his music.  A special treat to be back creating again with him.

Check out and follow more of Audric's exceptional music and playing other recordings we have made together  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/awed-by-audric-audric

And here's Audric's personal homepage of his outstanding recordings:  https://soundcloud.com/audric-jankauskas

Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares.  Jamie

Make The Most Of It - Audric Jankauskas / Jamie Rhind

Funky guitar driven fusion with awesome drums. Released 1/1/23 on the album "Rogers Park"

Rogers Park

Francisco

EJT  487 C#min

First song from our newly remodeled studio we call The DAWghaus!

The Party's Over:

(1st verse) 00:30
One hundred degrees and wears a full knit cap.
Tall spiced tea, mac on his lap..
Tesla fob on Hundai keys...
No day job despite his parents plees..
Occupy some WiFi all morning long...

(bridge no vocals)00:52

(2nd verse)1:14
Activist life, his whole existance..
Red and black flag, joined the resistance..
So informed as he post his views..
A lumberjack hipster in designer shoes..
Played by trolls all afternoon...

Draws Nietzsche’s face, in his latte foam...
Doesnt need his own place, still lives at home..
Stretches for logic and begins to teach
“Your speech is violence, my violence is speech”..
“the last one we hang, will sell us the rope..”

(bridge)1:56
Hecklers veto at the campus hall..
Magpies on The View celebrate it all..
I guess Fagen missed it, but heres the point..
“That left coast stupid sure stunk up the joint..”

(chorus)2:16
Until the west is won...
Until the party's over...
No peace for anyone...
Until the party's over...

(Piano solo)2:37

(bridge)3:30
Brave new world, for a digital sage..
No Tinder
no Twitter
and no Facebook page..

Utopian heart with a fascist rage
dark web
dark hair
dark mask
for a dark, dark age...

(chorus out)3:54
Now that the west is won...
The party's almost over...
Justice to everyone...
The party's almost over...

Now that the west is done...
Now that the party's over...
Compliance everyone...
Now that the party's over...

(Outro)4:39>

The Party's Over

CHERRIES, STRAWBERRIES & BUTTERFLIES
The title kind of speaks for itself, a gentle, friendly and uplifting tune that brings some vintage sounds in. A few different sections alternate with the main hook or signature to lift off or explore some different directions. I kept the instrumentation light and smooth, like a quartet setting, with very little overdubs for that vintage feel. Like those seventies recordings I love.

I hope you'll enjoy this and as always I really appreciate your comments, likes and shares!

-Dan

Picture and image editing by Dan van den Berg, taken at home in Rotterdam ;)
All music, instruments, drum programming, arranging, mixing and mastering by Daniël van den Berg, July 2019
Guitar: Fender Elite Stratocaster HSS Shawbucker
Bass: Stratocaster with octave FX
Recorded using Amplitube and AURIA for iPad
Mixing in AURIA, mastered with Final Touch
Piano / Rhodes using Sampletank
Drum programming in SampleTank, Neil Peart kit, arranging in AURIA

Electric Contraptions

Cherries, Strawberries & Butterflies

Cherries, Strawberries & Butterflies | Dan van den Berg

We love to make music and collaborate with the many talented folks we have met through Sound Cloud. We love to support the folks we meet and colaborate with and we endeavor to draw as much attention as possible to thier creations!:
1. Thank you Rob DiStephano for making the absolute best guitar pickups in the world! https://soundcloud.com/cavalierpickups 
2. Check out Gary Wiryawan's great music!!! https://soundcloud.com/bejo_sutarno
3. Check out Kevin Ludwigs fantastic creations here: https://soundcloud.com/kevin-ludwig
4. Thanks to the fellow Tele afflicted folks at http://www.tdpri.com/forum/index.php 
5. Thanks Warmoth guitars!!! http://www.warmoth.com/
6. Please check out Tedd  Vanwagners incredible music!!             https://soundcloud.com/tedd-vanwagner
7. Check out the amazing Audric Jankauskas site!! https://soundcloud.com/audric-jankauskas 
8. Check out ProgTracks (great radio program) here:
- Mike Pollack
DJ, KPTZ 91.9 FM / KPTZ.org
Progressive Tracks Show
Sundays 5 AM and Mondays 9 PM (Pacific)
E-Mail: ProgTracks@KPTZ.org

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