Some great songs from some Fantastic Artist's/Bands.

AB Playlist 026 Part 1

October 2018

WR's The List 7.9

WR's The List 7.10

Thanks to everyone who took the time to listen and comment on my songs. You are too kind. SC is such a great community.  All the best this holiday season. TJG.

Thanksgiving2018

Song finds week 2018/48

SoundCloud Weekly #4

Wishing you all the best in 2019. Can't wait to hear what you all create!
Cheers, Tim

Goodbye2018

THE ANCIENT GLOW

Check out the Latest 5 songs from this fantastic Artist.

Dan James Latest 5

Lyrics: Niel Young
Piano: @domenico-crispino-1
Vocals & Guitar: Me 
Updated Mix : 4/25/2017

Lyrics:  Well I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming
Sayin' something about a queen
There were peasants singing and drummers drumming
And the archer split the tree
There was a fanfare blowing to the sun
There was floating on the breeze
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the twentieth century
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the twentieth century
I was lying in a burned out basement
With the full moon in my eyes
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun burst through the sky
There was a band playing in my head
And I felt like I could cry
I was thinking about what a friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie
Thinking about what a friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie
I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun
There were children crying and colors flying
All around the chosen ones
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed
To a new home in the sun
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed
To a new home

After The Gold Rush (with Domenico Crispino)

After The Gold Rush / Neil Young tribuTe ~ Domenico Crispino ~

Cover of Lenny Kravitz's "Fields  of Joy"   from  the Album "Mama Said" 
 life (1991).

Google Play : https://play.google.com/store/music/album/David_Lee_Louthan_Fields_of_Joy_with_Hiroshi_Kohno?id=Bn2e5v6c2r4wbigf7eyy27hdf3q
 
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fields-of-joy-with-hiroshi-kohno/id1270187503?i=1270187561
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Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/album/0wZCpT0kMSRwqnhf8dlzzw

David Lee Louthan : Vocals
Hiroshi Kohno https://soundcloud.com/aerogene : Guitars (Electric×3 & Acoustic), Bass Guitar, Drums and Keybords (Flute of Mellotron & Choirs) / Remastering of Vocals / Mixing

Fields of Joy (with Hiroshi Kohno)

Fields Of Joy - cover - Aerogene070

Disclaimer: This is only a cover. All rights are reserved by Alice in Chains.
Pls check out Donald Bell's page @ @donald-bell-227867146. This was a challenging experience for us since we are not equipped for this but our good friend, Donald Bell was very patient with us and we manged to pull it off. It was an honor to cover this great tune from AIC (undeniably one of our biggest influences) with DB on guitars. Thanks for the invite, man!


Got Me Wrong (Cover By WR And Mr. Donald Bell on axe)

For No.3 (album in progress)
Written for a dear friend who went dark and off the grid. We miss you, bro...

Exile

Just in time for the November event!! A bi-partisan approach :)

WRIII

Here Come The Clowns (Circus Election)

This is dedicated to the power of love, that gravitational force that can bring us all together. 

It was a true pleasure to make beautiful music with these talented guys, some who I have been listening to since I first began my SC journey.  

Janine Levinson: Piano, Vocals, Lyrics
https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson
Chiefo: Bass, Guitar, Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/jonahjohn
Fady: Synths
https://soundcloud.com/fadysporz
Russell Sinfield: Mixing and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Couch King: Production, Vocals, Lyrics

Lyrics:

Gotta spring in my step
And a star in my eyes
With every new breath
I take in my new life
I'm so good without you
I'm not lonely without you
I just smile through the day
And when I tell you that's true
You know I'm lying 

Truth be told 
I’m so bold
My lies stand out 
It’s true  
Gotta highlighter 
That’s my reminder 
Of thoughts that stick like glue
But i’m loosing all my focus on that hurtful hocus pocus casting Glimmers on new beginners coloring my world a brand new hue 
Tried on many shades of blue but now i got my new spring shoe to Bounce me to the stars look no handlebars as I try to fall 
To the ground
With out a sound  
Un in love with you

So take down the stars from the sky
I might as well stand in the dark
If your not with me
What good would stars be
They'd just shine on my broken heart

I'm so mopey and sad
And I don't go outside
I don't want to get up
And I can't sleep at night
I pushed you away
Should have begged you to stay
Thinking of you 
Is the best thing I do all day

Take down the stars from the sky
I might as well stand in the dark
If your not with me
What good would stars be
They'd just shine on my broken heart

Guess I thought everything was possible 
I'd bounce right back like a super ball
But I'm not good at all

Like no cents 
Was only past tense 
My worth was bound up
In you
Thought i’d invest
In a false love low risk 
But securities crashed
Now i’m through  
Now I’m picking up fallen stars and bouncing ‘em up into the sky as Lights reflecting in my eye rainbows to give it one more try 
But I’m a superball and your the one
That’s not good at all 
Now the only lie was lie that my heart belonged to you as I bounce 
To the sky
To say good bye
And hello to
My new view

So take down the stars from the sky
Why should I stand in the dark
If your not with me
What good would stars be
They'd just shine on my broken heart

Janine Levinson, Chiefo, Fady, Russell Sinfield & The Couch King - Superball

Here is a song by zandra and a collaboration project with different sound cloud artists...this one features jim manser on some guitar and synth and mix

The purity project [Zandra featuring Jim manser]

Little children in a lucid dream state sleepwalk the spirit realm at night guided by shimmering spheres of dancing luminescent light. 

For Kiara, no need for nightmares...ever ;-)x


Your Feet Will Never Touch The Ground

Never coming, never coming, never coming down
Floating in a caravan, a fantasy of love
Looking at the sea below, starry heavens not so far above
Drifting in a magic ship, a perfect harmony
Come on all you people now, are you searching just like me?

Got to get down, got to wake up 
Got to get down and wake up for morning

In the land of golden slumbers
You can find us undercover
If you let your mind discover
You can find the seven wonders
You know it's true

Life is just a dream away
A psyched out surf ride holiday
The stars the moon the sunshine rays
Will light our path
We're never coming down

Your life is but one step away from the psychodrama
Of day to day
The stars the moon the sun all say
We'll guide your path
We're never coming down

Floating in a caravan, a fantasy of love
Looking at the sea below, starry heavens not so far above
Drifting in a magic ship, a perfect harmony
Come on all you people now, you're searching just like me?

Never coming, never coming, never coming down
No we're never going to give it up, we're never gonna give it up
Yeh we're always going to fly so high our feet will never touch the ground
Yeh we're always going to live it up, we're always going to live it up
Our feet will never touch the ground

Carried on a silver cloud, take us to a higher ground
Take us to the freedom there, the love is all around

Never coming, never coming, never coming down

The 1969 does; vocal, electric guitar, 12 string electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, mandolin, organ, and...sleigh bells.

Produced and mixed by The 1969, mastered by The 1969, additional mastering by John Marc Bimonte @ Sharp Guy Productions.

Recorded February 2016

Your Feet Will Never Touch The Ground

Take a journey and follow the interstellar Ley lines to another planet and chase the rarest of all creations the cosmic sun bubbles as they dance across the sky in the gravitational space waves in this spaced out live electrifying electronics recorded deep within the Clubfungus cosmic cave! Celebrate Life! Peace :D 


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Cosmic Suun Bubble Instrumental

『牧場の空』
作詞・作曲 / Papyrusたくや

【Music Video】
https://youtu.be/4lnGpMJmAMs

Yeah
牧場の空は青い 車停めてさ
きれいな空気吸う

Hey 
風が吹いてる

Yeah

草原が広がってる
牛たちものんびりしてるよ

ここには誰もいないし
すごくすっきりするんだ

何からも縛られることはないよ
ここには 何も邪魔をするものはないよ
だからひとりきりで自然に溶け込んで
きれいな空を見よう

夜になると街の灯りが
見えたりしてさ
とてもきれいな灯りが

でもここは暗くて
街が恋しくなったりするけど
ここはここでいいよね

静寂と星空に包み込まれたこの大地
ここには 嘘も裏切りも別れもないよ
だからひとりきりで自然に溶け込んで
きれいな空を見よう

寒くなってきたから
車のエンジン点けてさ

音楽聴くんだ

何からも縛られることはないよ
ここには 何も邪魔をするものはないよ
でも何か 違うんだ 違うんだ
だから車のライト点けてさ
あてもなく出かけるぜ

Hey
やがて朝日が昇る
なにか希望とか 感じようぜ

牧場の空

Thanks to and inspiration from John Lennon's 1968 BBC interview at the National Theatre and the incredibly nostalgic poem 'I Remember, I Remember' by Thomas Hood.

If You Got Soul

If you got soul
You gotta roll

When I was a boy
It would be easy for me to try
To believe all the words that were written in the books
By the seers and the gods on high
Sky high
There's a lie in the lie
That they want you to buy
It's a lie that you can't ask why
But now I am older
Got that weight off my shoulder
Lift my finger up and point to sky

No soul destroyer's gonna
rock and roll her baby
No state infraction's gonna
Suppress the action now
Insanity attack
Distortion of the fact
Maniacal quack
Dehumanising
An automatic fact
The stick is in the back
Establishments react
Do they see their own writing
On the wall?
Do they see their own writhing
At all?

If you got soul
You gotta roll
And we the people
We gotta get to go

When I was that boy
It would be easier for me to fly
But now I am older
Got that weight off my shoulder
Lift my finger up and point to sky
Sky high
It was a child's sweet ignorance
But oh so little joy
To know I'm further off from heaven
Than when I was a boy

If you got soul
You gotta roll
And we the people
We gotta get to go

The 1969 plays; vocals, backing vocals, 12 string electric guitar, electric guitar, bass, piano, organ, mellotron, drum loop sequencing.

Produced and mixed by The 1969, mastered by The 1969, additional mastering by John Marc Bimonte @ Sharp Guy Productions.

Recorded October 2017

If You Got Soul

Video

Snowlight

UK Songwriting Contest 2018: Semi Finalist (7/10)

Ocean sample from here: https://archive.org/details/OceanSound-NatureSounds

Shoreline Sunshine

Dope AF Third Eye Shine t-shirt now available with the Third Eye Shine and Star Beings single by DismissedFit & the Couch King on Bandcamp!!!

Much love to my wife who is the source of so much of my lyrical creativity, she rocks that 3rd Eye Shine!!! 

Huge shout out to Mark Rodriguez for kicking off and inspiring this track with his super soulful production work. Big thanks to Arkestar for surprising me his remix which inspired the overall concept behind this track. And thanks to DisMissedfit and Treez of the 505 for their sick AF vocal contributions, love it! Much gratitude to all for allowing me to take your pieces and get creative wit it! 

And of course, massive thanks to Russell Sinfield for all the many many hours mixing and mastering this track and putting up with all my requests!!! Big ups!

Mark Rodriguez: Guitars, Bass, and Production on the original 3rd eye shine
https://soundcloud.com/marcusrodriguez33
Arkestar: Horns, Synth, and Production on da remix
https://soundcloud.com/ocean-of-tunes-presents
DisMissedFit: Lyrics and Vocals 
https://soundcloud.com/dismissedfit
TreeZ of the 505: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/audrianna-walker-2
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Arrangement, and Production
Russell Sinfield: Arrangement, Production, Mixing and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Wizardshoes / Ill Dub: Art Work  
@ill-dub-productions
@wizardshoes

Lyrics: 

Couch King
I see you fawning over our fern in the morning
you make her feel like a queen 
I see the early light dawning on you and your warming
my heart let’s sage each other and get real clean 

I feel you meditating in our bed in the evening 
gotta take time for the divine 
I feel the evening light setting on our day what a blessing
you are let’s get high and open up our mind

time to open up our mind 
it’s the third eye shine 
it’s the third eye shine 
time to open up our mind 
Let the third eye shine

I wake up early in the morn and turn the fireplace on
To warm my soul before I roll
Honor my life and feel whole
With time to be in the present of 
The moment 
Meet the sacred
Take a breath 
Get awakened 
We don’t need no green to get faded 
let go of being frustrated and feel elated
I scroll through my gratefuls let go of my hatefuls 
Let love in I am faithful and see that I have a plateful
I thank God for this abundance as I take my first glance at you for the day 
we often get for what we pray
and we often deep down mean what don’t say
you bless my life everyday in ways that I don’t even realize 
so I take this time to try and open up all my eyes 
and take count before the sunrise to recognize 

Treez of the 505
Posativity, Flowin through my inner me
Leaking out my fingertips,I'm glowing with this energy
Got it from my centering,sitting in the chi ring
I see things, dream things, i am being (Huah)
Power from the inner self, strong will, good health
Worry not about the wealth, good work always sell
Keep your mind fresh, never bet on a wishing well
Never take a left when you think you gonna fail
Blessings in abundance,I'm third eye struttin
So much passion, really somthin,like a light show 'bove me
Rocket blastin to the stars cuz we talkin to the universe
Love reach far, ain't no limitaton finna quierrl
Be a pearl in the light
Be a beautiful wit your shine
Go girls and guys
get down on the third eye shine

Get Your Shirt Here

Mark Rodriguez, Arkestar, DisMissedFit, TreeZ, Russ & the Couch King - The 3rd Eye Shine

This is the last one of 44 songs I wrote with my mom’s Spanish guitar in my university years, songs I’ve been arranging and posting to SC for the last 6 years (I’ve skipped 4 of them which will become a conceptual album soon).

I’m so glad to have https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson’s help on polishing the English texts and lending her vocal and painting arts to such an important song for me.

Also must credit https://soundcloud.com/user-498459842 for kindly and freely mastering the track.
 
CANCIÓN TRISTE CUANDO ESTOY SOLO (SAD SONG WHEN I’M ALONE)

Canción triste cuando estoy solo, para que sepas que yo nunca me iré.
Canción triste por todo lo que amo, último recuerdo de lo que pudo ser.

Sad song when I'm alone, so that you know I will never be gone.
Sad songs for all I love, are the last reminders of my ancient glow.

Do you think that someone somewhere else would ever care that I was here?
Do you think a future living man will give a damn for you and me?
Who could he be?

¿Piensas que a alguien a quien no conocí le importará si estuve aquí,
o no estuve yo?
¿Piensas que alguien que viva después se acordará de ti o de mí?
¿Quién podrá ser?

Canción triste…

¿Piensas que una nueva vida de amor nos bastará para creer,
para sentir?
¿Acaso te importa lo que piense la gente de mis intereses para morir por mí,
para morir por mí?

Do you think another life of love will be enough for us to see,
for us to feel?
Do you care what people really think about my pride, and will you die,
will you die with me?

Sad song…

ER44FI11 1997-2018

Canción triste cuando estoy solo (ft. Janine Levinson)

- UK Songwriting Contest 2018: Semi Finalist (7/10)
- Winner! Songwriters In The Kitchen 'Hometown' competition June 2018. 

[Crowd sound effect from here: www.soundarchive.online]
[Artwork 'The Kiss Goodbye', Gail Brodholt www.gailbrodholt.com/gallery/paintings/]

We Need To Talk About England

SAHARA    (PROD. LILLITHE  2018) free download
Inspired by my journey to Douz (The gateway to Sahara)
Free download
Logic Pro X

SAHARA - Production Lillithe  -  free download

Wrote this on visiting this city for the first time one cold winter with tales of Jack the Ripper in my head. 

I'm supremely delighted to have the Lonesome D String Band making his awesome contribution to it. Thank you, Dan Greenwood - such a joy working with you. I have the deepest respect for your incredible musicianship: https://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband
https://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband/london-town-brian-peters-wldsb

Dan: melodica, cigar box guitar, country guitar, ukelele, crunchy guitar, bells
Me: vox, acoustic guitar, harmonica, bvs

London Town (Brian Peters)

Footsteps are fading on Cobblestone Street
The wind is beginning to bite
A newspaper settles over her feet
Late on December's night
The leaves were brown, they covered the ground
The fog came gently on London Town

The morning was shaky, a hollow glow
The lamps were flickering dim
A policeman was knocking on every door
A curtain was moving within
There wasn't a clue, no trail could be found
The sun broke through on London Town

The Mail and the Times, they carried the news
What little the neighbours could tell
A different version but which one was true
The papers were starting to sell
She didn't cry out, not even a sound
The sun went down on London Town

The face of a starlet and eyes of a child
The picture was recent, he said
His fingers were nervous, his countenance wild
We'll get him alive or dead
What goes around must come around
The night fell swiftly on London Town

London Town (w Lonesome D String Band)

Cover of Bluedusksun's excellent song 'Big City Lights' (original here: https://soundcloud.com/bluedusksun-1/big-city-lights)

Entry for the Songwriters in the Kitchen 2018 Covers Challenge. https://www.songwriter-forum-kitchen.com/forum/challenges/18/the-kitchen-cover-challenge-3rd-edition-please-join/4530/

Big City Lights [Bluedusksun cover]

This idea is based on the song from the norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt
 "Du skal ikkje sova bort sumarnatta"
Mixed up with my own and Oddvars ideas it sounds like this.
Oddvar Solheim:  el guitar
Torbjørn: vocals and the rest of the instrumentation.

A voice whispered to me and said that this english translation are no good so  If I manage to find a better translation I will do it again..

Heavy Trees ( featuring Oddvar Solheim)

A simple song about friends that left planet Earth far too early.
Thanks to Andrew Borderick for feedback on the first draft.
April 7, 2020 reprinted to a 1/4 inch 2-Track Tape MCI JH-110

Well you shine so bright
On the darkest night
Yeah, you're just like a satellite

I didn't want to see you go
I didn't want to feel you let go

Just wanna sit right next to you
Yeah, we'll count all the fire flies
You let me tell you my next big lie

I didn't want to see you go
I didn't want to feel you let go

I didn't want to see you go
We'll get higher
To get higher

Well you shine so bright 
Yeah, you're shining so bright
Yeah, you're just like a satellite

Satellite

Andalusia

Into Gray

SOMEONE LIKE YOU
Written, Performed & Produced
by Andrew Borderick Copyright 2018/2020
Re-Mastered by Andrew Borderick OCT 2020

MAY'BE IT'S ALL FOR YOU,
MAY'BE IT'S ALL FOR ME,
TELL ME WE DID'NT SAY,
THIS IS THE GAME WE PLAY,

I'VE JUST TAKEN YOU FOR YOU,
MAY'BE WE'LL FADE AWAY,
THERE'S NOTHING LEFT HERE TO STAY, BUT

IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT THE TRUST,
IF YOUR LOOKING FOR LOVE AND LUST,
LOOKING IS HARD TO DO,
WHEN YOUR LIVING IN AND OUT OF THE BLUE,

IT'S BEEN RAINING HARD WITH TRUTH,
IT'S NEVER GONNA FADE AWAY,
THERE'S NOTHING LEFT HERE TO SAY, BUT

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, I'M LOOKING FOR,
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU,
(break)
MAY'BE IT'S ALL FOR YOU,
MAY'BE IT'S ALL FOR ME,
TELL ME WE DID'NT SAY,
THIS IS THE GAME WE PLAY,

I'VE JUST TAKEN YOU FOR YOU,
MAY'BE WE'LL FADE AWAY,
THERE'S NOTHING LEFT HERE TO STAY, BUT

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, I'M LOOKING FOR,
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU,
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, I'M LOOKING FOR,
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU,






not every thing is always as it seems.

2018 PRO TOOLS

Someone like you

SOMEONE LIKE YOU

Time Is The Enemy

H Y H U

Deeper  - Open Collab from Couch King Presents
We are happy to make a new collaboration with Couch King Presents.
We hope that you will enjoy it!
https://soundcloud.com/couch-king-presents/deeper-main-vocals
https://soundcloud.com/couch-king-presents
Music: Paploviante with the collaboration of Lillithe

Deeper - Couch King Presents,  Lillithe & Paploviante

Meat In My Teeth

Scientist have recently informed us all that we need a fundimental shift in our thinking if our worlds societys are to ease or halt the flow of the planetary warming!

 Not and easy task and were going to have to look deep within ourselfs and open our minds as after 1000s of years of human evolution we have now moulded the very roots and embraced, bent and twisted the politics, religion and materalism that enslaves us all into the shape we want it, wars, famine, pandemics the list goes on and on and year in year out we make the same mistakes!

So is now the time for a bright light of mass community wisdom across the planet to shine and take a step outside the box to see if these methods we blindly follow and have created for ourselves have actually worked for humanity and or the planets inhabitants and all our futures!

I feel there is a very easy and a more natural existance for us all to share this planet in peace & unity before its to late for everything on our one and only paradise garden in space! 

Hope you enjoy this new full length feature and thought provoking slightly dark comic out of control and step out the box frantic electro stomping throw ya self about original spaced out swinging swagger and epic sci-fi gaming keystone kops soundtrack psychedelic grime rock house mission impossible western spongebob psychedelic chase journey and tripped out alien and predator fun day out, featuring the many voices and characters of kurt State! Peace! :D

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The Journey 108367 - Time Is Money

POWER UP
Happy to present my new track with IPG1 (Ian Greaves).
Hope you’ll enjoy it!
Vocals and verses : IPG1
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/open-session-to-all-vocals
Music and Mix: Lillithe

Power Up - IPG1 & Lillithe

Para Lia - 'Leaves Of Grey'
words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2018

'hope is a waking dream'
aristotle said
sailing through the waves of time
'i have to keep my eyes closed'
the smart politician regrets: 
'these are hard times'
 
on the eternal chessboard
young soldiers are marching on
where a hundred armies have fed the ground
while an army of selfie sticks
is floating pretty ancient stones

and the leaves of grey
are sealing the stained marble plates
are weaving a winding sheet
when the wisdom goes to seed

'hope is a waking dream'
aristotle said
'and don't forget that history
repeats itself,
you fools'

and the leaves of grey
are sealing the stained marble plates
are weaving a winding sheet
where the wisdom goes to seed

they are hiding the inscriptions on the philosopher's stone
they are caressing the kings and queens ashes and bones
and the leaves of grey
are floating down to cover the remains of what we think is our eternal flame

Leaves Of Grey

Para Lia - Leaves Of Grey

"Neon Vision" by SOUL ISLAND / From the upcoming album 'Shards'.

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On @music-week: http://www.musicweek.com/music-week-presents/read/music-week-presents-soul-island/074384

Neon Vision

SOUL ISLAND - Neon Vision

Dance, it is said, is the hidden language of the soul, but Monique Barry has given it a new linguistic identity by becoming the voice of dance itself. It all happens in her newest single, which, appropriately enough, is called 'Dance'. It's the fifth and latest in a series of singles by Monique that's slated to culminate in a completed album entitled HAAK. 

From single to single, Monique has been exploring the journey from innocence into experience, building on the theme with each song. She enters this new chapter of her musical search by singing in a soothing foxtrot lilt, with the vocal narrative set in a dance club where her protagonist goes to escape a failing romance. There the atmosphere of comfortable chaos with “no cares at all” is highlighted by crisp percussion, music box twinkling (played on a celeste and serving as the voice of disco mirror balls), and synthesizer tones that hover and soar. Gradually as the hunger for escape evolves into a search for order and safety, Monique lifts the lyrics to the next level with her moody, waltzing delivery, and the music gathers into a whirling cloud of sound, suggesting both safety and release, shadow and light. 

Hailed for her “hypnotic mystique” (eye magazine) and “dynamic vocal range” (The Independent Weekly), Monique Barry has consistently demonstrated a willingness to experiment with musical forms and the aesthetic knowhow to back up her creative instincts. Her previous albums—Moody (1998), Tripping (2003), Carbon (2009), and Wake (2013)—have established a critically appreciated affinity for musical dynamism and innovation. Always drawing on a wide range of experiential and cultural influences, Monique’s inspiration for 'Dance' evolved from a section of Joseph Boyden’s novel Through Black Spruce in which a DJ plays mainstream dance music with native rhythms mixed in as a way of communicating. 

Also making musical waves on 'Dance' are some of Monique’s most trusted and vibrant collaborators: Marc Merilainen on guitar, Alisdair Jones on bass, Emma Campbell on vocals and  Michael Philip Wojewoda, co-producer, drums and mix.

HAAK

Dance

Lyrics/Vocals - J. Ryan Daniel
Guitar/Instrumentals - Lee Williams: @basic-autumnscalling

Lyrics:

So it seems we've parted ways
Yes we've seen our better days
Wish I could have helped you more
A brother to me and I'm left torn

(Chorus)
Shouldn't have to end like this
25 years seemed so bliss

I tried so hard to bring you back
I lost to the pull of dope & smack

Deep Within
I always knew I couldn't win
A thousand mile eclipsed highway

(Chorus)

Deep Within x2

Valley of Darkness

DEEP WITHIN

LIKE YESTERDAY Re-Mastered Aug 2020
Written, Performed & Produced by Andrew Borderick
Mastering by Soundcloud Aug 2020
Copyright AB Music 2018/2020 All rights reserved

ANOTHER DAY IS OVER
A SIMPLE DAY ALL OVER
SO DEEP IN THE NIGHT, I WISH TO STAY

I'M WAITING FOR A NEW DAY
LIKE YESTERDAY A NEW WAY
THE DAY WAS SO BRIGHT, WHEN I HEAR YOU SAY

I LOVE YOU LIKE YESTERDAY
I WAS FALLING EVERYDAY
I COULD STAY, LIKE YESTERDAY

SEVEN DAYS I LOVED YOU
AND SEVEN NIGHTS I WANT YOU
I DREAM IN THE NIGHT, WHEN I FIRST MET YOU
(break)
DAY BY DAY I'M FALLING
AND EVERYDAY KEEP WALKING
THE DAY WAS SO BRIGHT, WHEN I'D HEAR YOU SAY

I LOVE YOU LIKE YESTERDAY
I WAS FALLING EVERYDAY
I COULD STAY, LIKE YESTERDAY

LIKE YESTERDAY

Seize the Day

Nervous Breakdown

Just you and me (Three Photons, December 2018)

Thanks so much to Rene (Para Lia) and Andrew Borderick for listening to an early versions of this tune....

Hope you like some part of it - Cheers, TJG.

If I could see you
just one more time
I'd be good to you
all the time

It was just you and me
we were drifting through the night
it was just you and me
we were running through the night
we were drifting through the night
it was just you and me
we were running through the night

I think I saw you 
at Lions Bay
sipping coffee
at my favorite cafe

It was just you and me
we were drifting through the night
it was just you and me
we were running through the night
we were drifting through the night
it was just you and me
we were running through the night

If I could see you
just one more time
I'd be good to you
all of my life

But I can't find you
and I'm out of time
I'm out of time...

it was just you and me
we were drifting through the night
it was just you and me
we were stealing against time
it was just you and me
we racing against the time
it was just you and me
we were drifting through the night

we were drifting through the night
we were drifting through the night

December 16, 2018

Just you and me

Para Lia - 'Who Gets Fooled Again'
from the  album 'Soap Bubble Dreams'
https://paralia.bandcamp.com/

words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2018
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin

the crowd is asking questions
time to feed the brains of fools
we're on the speedway of the global news
we have a serious network
we run the big machines
we keep you quiet with bread and games
it will quench the flame
isn't the weather nice today?

who gets fooled again

in the age of populism
sweeping around the globe
we are dealing with an overdose
of phrases, bubbles, airholes
advertisement and empty shells
we guarantee your comfort zone
trust us you are not alone
so better stay at home

who gets fooled again

Soap Bubble Dreams

Who Gets Fooled Again

THE WISH - Re-Mastered Aug 2020
Written & Produced By Andrew Borderick
Copyright 2018/2020 AB Music All rights reserved
Mastering by Soundcloud Aug 2020

THERE'S SOMEDAY'S IN YOUR LIFE
YOU WANNA RUN AWAY AND HIDE
THE FALLING SKY IS UPON YOU

I'M TRAVELING IN A LONELY RIDE
SOMETHINGS GONNA MAKE ME CRY
I WISH A LITTLE LONGER I HAD YOU

I CAN HEAR A FALLING STAR
IT MAKE'S ME WONDER WHERE YOU ARE
AND THE WISH IS ALL FOR YOU

ALL THE BETTER DAY'S AHEAD
THE CLEARING SKY IT SAYS
EVERY SINGLE DAY IS ALL SO NEW

(chorus)
HAS SOMEONE EVER MADE A WISH FOR YOU
HAS SOMEONE EVER MADE A DAY BRAND NEW
ANYBODY TAKE YOUR HAND
TO A PROMISE LAND
THEN THE WISH IS ALL FOR YOU

EVERYTHING IS MADE FROM LOVE
EVERYONE DESERVES JUST ONCE
THE WISH INSIDE THAT COMES FROM YOU

I CAN HEAR A FALLING STAR
IT MAKE'S ME WONDER WHERE YOU ARE
AND THE WISH IS ALL FOR
(break)

IT'S NEVER TO LATE TO START
SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE NEVER HAD
THE WISH INSIDE THAT COMES FROM YOU

(chorus)
HAS SOMEONE EVER MADE A WISH FOR YOU
HAS SOMEONE EVER MADE A DAY BRAND NEW
ANYBODY TAKE YOUR HAND
TO A PROMISE LAND
THEN THE WISH IS ALL FOR YOU

THE WISH

Pass The Beer Nuts

Updated 2/7/19 - So ends another HOFA competition and another uneventful milestone on the highway.  Another round of tough competition with % or two here or there determining victors.  The industry isn't a kind one...and until you have your name on a platinum they don't hand out participation trophies.. hahah  So buck up my fellow clouders and high spirits.. for we dared to ride into the unknown...next year we shall have them.  Who ever you eight people are who clicked a like for me on the HOFA site I owe you one.  

Hi everyone and happy to announce that HOFA is running is mixing/remixing competition... If I remember right it closes up 1/21/2019.

You can find it here: https://songcheck.de/

My entry into the fray is here if you are interested in supporting me: https://songcheck.de/song/1810/

Took the day off yesterday for a couple of music buis type classes on rights and licensing.  Once I finished, took a look at my to do list and saw the HOFA competition.  This years track, Maryam, is a fantastically cool piece of work, with a great arrangement and stellar performances.  

On the engineering side pretty flawless recordings to work with.   I tried to keep the jazz feel alive. I got the mix to a place where I was feeling it, then quickly pushed into mastering.  Went the all analog route for mastering with multiple eq and compressors and a smidge of limiting.  

If you have some time would highly recommend trying the competition out. I spent some time listening, the competition is going to be tough this year.. a lot of heavy hitters. But what I can say without a doubt is,  you will learn something from the project.  These have provided me a eureka moment with every competition. 

Mine on this one was with reverb..some of the room tracks were a bit tacky when stitched in for my taste.  So I rebuilt them from scratch.... its the first competition where I was like hmmm... I might be able to get a cleaner result by doing it my way...that is a huge milestone to pass.
  
Finally one of the reasons to enter is that they will typically send out a coupon as a thank you for coming to the party.  Used mine to pickup the system and more specifically Algoverb.  IMHO probably one of the best plug in reverbs out there.  

If you go tell em Icarus says hello... haha  Don't worry that puzzled look you get,  while they shrug their shoulders and look around... its all part of the act!  :)

Lyrics: 
Maryam Words & Music: Jochen Sachse 
Verse1  
Maryam, you hear the words 
you wonder, yet accept them 
as for you there is nothing impossible
 you feel the plan – oh Maryam 

Verse2
Your way leads you through the mountains 
Step by step to the foreign city
 highly welcome and expecting 
you enter and are recognized - Maryam 

Interlude
The whole world is moving
 as never before – no place for you
 bear the hardship without motion
 until your child sees the light of day
 
Verse3
 Maryam, you see the offerings
 the guided ones gave abundantly
 because they know the mercy
 of your path 

Verse4
Maryam, you hear the words 
you wonder, yet accept them 
as for you there is nothing impossible 
you feel the plan – oh Maryam

Competition - HOFA mix competition  2018 - Maryam

🇬🇧 Songwriter

- Finalist, UK Songwriting Contest 2019
- Semi-Finalist, UK Songwriting Contest x 6
- Special Recognition, Songdoor 2020