Fly Into Black

SHINING
Music by Louis Cyphere & Overdrive

Check out the promo video on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DFDGFuwxuB9/

Shining is my reinterpretation of the wonderful song Nevermind by the talented French musician Louis Cyphere. It's also my foray into the musical genre of ska-punk, which blends punk rock and jazz brass (a very interesting style of music with two extremely unlikely components). And of course, many people will notice that the guitar riffs are clearly inspired by the exciting songs of Motorhead, with an obvious touch of rockabilly. 

Hopefully, having all these different ingredients in one song will make young musicians curious enough to look for these references. If that happens, I will consider my job done.

The song Nevermind, from which Shining evolved, is a masterpiece that deserves to be heard:
https://soundcloud.com/user-221701764/nevermind

Check out Louis Cyphere's incredible material on his Soundcloud page:
https://soundcloud.com/user-221701764

Hope you enjoy the track.

Shining

Chasing Demons

Mercury Mind

A song about the dangers of apple juice #folk #pop #acoustic #guitar #singer 

Rain and snow

After I wrote the song "Leone" a friend suggested that the song told too much of the story.  Since he's a proper successful musician who knows a lot I took his advice to heart.  I changed the lyrics so that they told less of the story.  I suppose he was right about the song, but I never felt completely satisfied with the results.  lI suppose I've felt that the new version, the one that's been on this site for a long time, was somehow less honest.  So I've restored the original lyrics, remixed, remastered the song and given it a new name.
Feb 2, 2025.

Lyrics:

Verse 1:
She shared her name with her car
Funny what memories do
Except for the end of her tale
Her name and her car were all that I knew

Verse 2:
I really didn’t know her at all
But even now I remember her name
The thing thing that made her easy to recall
Her name and her car’s were exactly the same

Chorus 1:
Leone was a friend of my first wife
After we split I didn’t see her any more
A Subaru Leone - that's the car that she drove
They stopped making those cars in 1994

Verse 3:
I’m not going to tell you the story
You can look it up for yourself
Boxing Day 2004
If you’re old enough you'll remember it well

Verse 4:
She was lost with so many
A quarter of a million on that day alone
So many people died on that day
But Leone was the only one I’d ever known

Chorus 2:
Tragedies happen all of the time
Somewhere in the world every day
We've all felt the ripples in time
No matter how far away

Verse 5:
Big stories and small
All those beginnings and ends
Leone's final story was sad story
It’s mostly remembered by her family and friends

Verse 6:
She shared her name with her car
Funny what memories do
Except for the end of her tale
Her name and her car were all that I knew

Shared Her Name

This is a live version of an original song, written many years ago when I was young and idealistic :-) The Band was called "Both Ends Burning"

Class Distinctions (Dm Am7) Capo 1
Class distinctions your working class (Dm Am)
In the environment you need a pass (G Am)
Class is colour back or white (Dm Am)
Class big brother a knock in the night (G Am)

Class Distinctions

Class addiction the drugs you need
Class infection the rag you read
Class rejection your down and out
Class detection and you’ve been found out!

Class Distinctions

You know its right (Dm Am)
You’ve never liked it and you’d like to fight (G Am)
Maybe someday (Dm Am)
We’ll as see things a different way (G A)

And those Class Distinctions

Class election red or blue
Whatever you choose now it ain’t up to you
Class defection don’t cross that line
Class reflection get it right next time

Class Distinctions

You know its right 
You’ve never liked it and you’d like to fight 
Maybe someday 
We’ll as see things a different way 

And those Class Distinctions

Class Distinctions (Live)

An Easter message from Jesus and Parvati: Learn to love.

Lyrics:

Love Of Jesus

I came to planet Earth
to teach love

Now I come back
with Goddess Parvati
to teach love

It is time for you
to learn this lesson

Chant with me and Parvati

Om Kleem Eashoa Namaha x 9

This is my Easter message with Parvati
for you

Learn to love  x 3


Love Of Jesus

Bandcamp

I wrote this song for our Celts track, but it didn't quite fit that vibe, and so we decided it would be better as its own single, and here it is. It is based on an old Welsh myth.

Rhiannon

Link to the lyrics video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dpqhfMxHCuQ
A love song?😍 Yeah, maybe. But not the usual kind.
This one's about giving it all. No filters, no fear, no plan B.
Because when someone becomes your whole damn life,
you stop playing it cool.
You burn. You shine. You stay.
My life is you.❤️
Take it or leave it.
At the moment, this track is exclusively available on SoundCloud.
Released on May 16, 2025.
©2025 Beating Edge

Lyrics:

All my life was just rushing away
‘till now
When you weren’t there
But now even the sun and the stars
Have stopped their rise and fall

My life is you
My life is you
My life is you
Darling
My life is you
Only you 
Now my life  
Belongs to you
To you  

Yes, I'm gonna catch the stars in the sky
Right now
So your bright eyes  
Have lights that shine as high
For their eternal lives  

Yes, I'll catch the magic in the air
Right now
For your happiness
And make you smile forevermore
For the rest of your life  

My life is you
My life is you
My life is you
Darling
My life is you
Honey
My life is you

My life is you
My life is you
All my life is you
Darling
My life is you

Yes, I'll set the fire in my heart
Right now
To keep you warm
Through the coldest nights
Forever by my side

Yes, I'll paint the heavens in your name
Right now
So every dawn
Will whisper soft and bright
That you’re my only light

My life is you
My life is you
My life is you
Darling
My life is you
Honey
My life is you

My life is you
My life is you
All my life is you
Darling
My life is you

My life is you
All my, my life
My life is you

My life is you


My Life Is You

Lyrics Video

1970 right  sock

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!

Class Distinctions (Live)

Andrew LB Smith