Like all your songs, the lyrics are unique and sincere and tell a worthwhile authentic story. Really enjoyed it!

yo this is fire love the vocals on this one

Great melody, wonderful lyrics very easy to listen to.

Great song mate, tells a great story 🫶

The second single from Please Silence Your Phones

http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1660225146?ls=1&app=itunes

Youtube lyric video:  https://youtu.be/g-AsxTT0cWE

09 - Local Deli

Call In Sick / Reflection

Call in Sick / Reflection

Call in Sick

Getting started on the full-blown track to come.

Against The Wind - Bob Seger (Ron Snyder Unplugged COVER)

Vista Mare wants to take you and transports you into a carefree world, to youth, where it took 2 beers and a guitar on a beach to be happy. Vista Mare is that song born by a chance, like a friendship, a love. Left for to long inside me, has now taken over. Vista Mare is a country /blues/rock song that mixes the past with the present, without forgetting the melodies.

Vista Mare


Theory wise, it goes Bm7 then A7 and some extended notes. Which points to either D or Bm. I decided to go to B and then A and then G and then A. All major chords. B and Bm are similar. Then, from A, to Em which is not too big of a change cos’ they both have E for the ‘well go down parts’. Then G and then back to Bm for ‘heartbeats.’. Again, both G and Bm share B so that works. Then finally, from A to A7. A7 points to Dm so that’s how the chorus begins. Chorus also has a Bb and then C which points to the key of F. Before going from G to Am which goes to Am. Then the whole process starts again except at the end we go to Bm. So 3 keys in a single chorus/outro which is pretty cool. 
The poppier elements in the prechorus are not exactly a musical direction but more of what I improvised in the moment. 
I’m extremely satisfied with the mix and will be working more with this guy in the future. 
Lyrics:
She’s my reason. She’s my reason.
Can I get an amen for the cause that ties me down before my knees get weak
And pulls me round the clock or so to speak to dry your tears in times of desperate need.
It’s not enough to celebrate or pray for all this extra weight, in fevered times or so it seems, living, living for a dream.  (It’s improvised. I don’t know what I’m on about)
We’ll go down. We’ll go down.
Heartbeats and inner turmoil..
Black and blue just like the earths soil (reference to NIN’s piggy I guess. Also my 2 fave colors. Altho black is the absence of color)
Now ya see why I just can’t breathe.   (The only other person I know that finds it this hard to breathe is Adam Levine)
Guess it was always meant to be

Chorus:
Pull me down, let me suffer
Till I breathe right out again
All these things that mattered before. Don’t matter anymore.
And I ain’t bitter. I ain’t blind. You were always on my mind.
Roads that mattered before, don’t matter anymore.
Hearts that litter lonely streets. You never meant that much to me.
At all. At all.  (The ‘you’ doesn’t really refer to a romantic interest in particular. I wanted something powerful and something that could stir up some emotions. It’s probably…a guy. For your purposes, you might as well [insert person here] if you feel like singing along. 

Verse:
Not unlike the waves that tear. In your auburn sunburnt hair.
And all these times you give to me. You left in agony.
This is where we stand. This is where they die.
Here we’ll make a stand. This is where they’ll die. (300 reference. You know I think I’ve been fighting Persians longer than the Spartans ever did. That’s 4 songs which reference Sparta. That’s more than 72 hours it took to make which is roughly how long the Spartans fought the Persians for)

Outro:
In time, you’ll find, it’s all we need, in our minds. In time.



Heartbeats & Inner Turmoil

Started the year off right in the virtual studio with my bandmates and #blabbuds from @bandlab.  Had a blast as per usual.  The idea, guitars and poetry come from @soundmindproject, the bass added by @dr_snave and our 2nd track with new drummer Dave @drummer1979. I added the melody and lead guitars.  It came together like it was meant to be.  Check it out and ENJOY!!!!

Breathe.... Dr.Sound....

Run With Me

Se essa mensagem tocou seu coração, compartilhe e leve essa luz para alguém que precisa. Aprofunde-se nessa jornada de fé e sabedoria com meu livro A Jornada dos Sábios, e acompanhe mais reflexões no meu canal no YouTube. Juntos, seguimos firmes no caminho da verdade.

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Mientras Duró

Written, performed, mixed and mastered by Andrew Smith.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?edufilter=NULL&v=iEoEIdf9zOc

Tom are you listening to me, how your letters set me free and spur me on
Mar, many thanks for your advice, the cake was very nice, please send some tea
As we march into this town, dark shadows in the window
Your photo in my pocket, next to me
And my boots upon cold stone, so alone
Please keep the home fires burning for me
Jo though you begged me not to go, I’m a long, long way from home and missing you
Par, these days I often think of you, and that smile I never knew, look down on me
But when all is said and done, this war it must be won
And we are fighting for our children to be free
And for all the folks back home, home sweet home
Please keep the home fires burning for me
Sam, help your mother while you can, one day you’ll be a man, so young and free
Tom, lost out here we are the few, my heart cries out for you, don’t follow me
As we lay upon the ground, with birdsong all around
Hear whispering of children in the breeze
And all the guns are silent now, remember how
To keep the home fires burning for me

Home Fires Burning

Singer songwriter from the Heart of England with a box full of old and new songs on a mission to understand the art of recording and mixing. Most started life on my trusty Martin acoustic and have been played live but never been given the luxury of being recorded. I suspect am gonna be at this for quite a while!

Home Fires Burning

Andrew LB Smith

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