Freak Radio December 2020

Wednesday Collection #63

Auld Lang Synomite!

Freedom

Wind-Fall

Related tracks: We're All Feeling The Blues - Vlad Olley / Georg Boehme / Gernot Baur / Jamie Rhind

My March Favs

All We Have Is Now

Written, Performed, Recorded & Produced by Barry James Streek.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MchTVFl4Hjo

I Woke Up Feeling Better Than I Woke Up Feeling Yesterday

My second collaboration with Jimena and Chris Kinsey.  The song began with a few chords played on a midi keyboard using ‘silky string selection’ in Logic to work out the structure.  I added Guitars, Bass and Drums and asked Chris to add some ‘Kinseyfication’ on Piano and Organ, then, it was over to Jimena to write the lyrics and record her amazing vocal tracks. Once I had all the constituent parts, I set about the final mix and mastering; this is the result.
A huge, huge thanks to Chris and Jimena for their outstanding contributions which have elevated the song to another level.

Credits:-
Jimena:- Lead and backing vocals, lyrics, vocal composition. https://soundcloud.com/jimenaarroyo
Chris Kinsey:- Pianos, Organ, musical composition. https://soundcloud.com/chriskinsey1
Dairv Dubbleyew:- Guitars, Bass, Drums, String Synth, musical composition, production.


Mind Maze

Caught in a nightmare
From which I can’t escape
I gulp in foul air
And mortal dread takes shape

No recollection
Of joyful memories
Sheer desolation
No more victories

The throes of delusion engulf me and swallow me 
It’s getting too hard to wake up from this dream
And all the confusion that toys with my sanity
Invites me to let out a blood-curdling scream

Someone please save me
There’s no way out of this mind maze
My heart betrayed me
And now I’m all lost in this mind maze
Mind maze

Running blind in the wilderness
Chased by unfounded fears
I’m fleeing from the emptiness
That threatens to feed on me

The throes of a nightmare engulf me and swallow me 
Although I’m awake as can possibly be
And all the despair that consumes me and blinds me
Makes me wanna cry, makes me wanna scream

Someone please save me
There’s no way out of this mind maze
(No way out of here)
My heart betrayed me
And now I’m all lost in this mind maze
No way out of here

In these blurry surroundings my mind plays tricks on me
If give in to madness, will my worries disappear?
Oh, if I succumb to the darkness, will you find me in my sleep?
Please don’t take an eternity to come and rescue me
Rescue me

I succumb to this wasteland
Can’t fight this pantomime
As I sink deep in quicksand 
I reach out to you one last time

Someone please save me
There’s no way out of this mind maze
(No way out of here, no way out of here)
My heart betrayed me
And now I’m all lost in this mind maze
(No way out of here)
No way out of here

Save me
Save me from myself

Mind Maze - (Jimena - Chris Kinsey - Dairv Dubbleyew)

Green Matches - Sunshine

Let Them In

I've used the LMMS triple oscillator for I didn't find the desired sound. I hope that's not too bad!

Dense Danse Dans ce Dancing

First song made by Fireclub, just another Indie Rock Band.

Another Background Song



Muaro song (by cilay ensemble) is a song made from Minangkabau ethnic music material (West Sumatra) Indonesia, collaborated with electronics



muaro

Electronic music and vocals "Runaway"
Art work ; An old water colour of mine.

Runaway

The past is crawling under my skin
Like black metal wires feeding with my flesh
Being and Nothingness
In the darkness of the universe.

With shiny unseen species of deadly butterflies
Take me back to the day I was a stranger to your lies.

Blindly yet awaken down on fascination street
Where birds are falling on the ground
In a joyful play of life and death
One after another
Dying and making no sound.

I'm a visionaire, I'm always visiting the same ruins
And they never change not even if it rains
Taller than me in concrete paralysis
In absolute stability defying mortality.

Monoliths of anger and sorrow
Chosen by no one
Living in the present like there's no tomorrow
I don't belong to anyone.

Being And Nothingness

daniel san

The track in support of MishuraMira's album (TinselOfTheWorld) by @Jasny-Svetly (2010) https://meticulousmidgets.bandcamp.com/album/mishuramira, released on CD at @Meticulous-Midgets: http://stopcran.ru/blog/2020-12-25-208 | World collaboration. Original 2010: https://soundcloud.com/jasny-svetly/the-way-to-the-sun

CRAZY COMPASS (2020):  Russia, Ukraine, Argentina, France, Germany, USA, Finland, Japan, Spain.
The collaboration involved 15 people from 9 countries:

Sergey Kobzev / @Assembly-of-honey (Russia): electric and acoustic guitars, tambourine, bass
@Zach-Schneider-1 (USA): tin whistle, tingsha bells, sleight bells, ankle bells
Heiko H.artmann / @h-artmann-1 (Germany): electric and acoustic guitars, handclapping & whistling, vocals, various stuff: metallofon, vargan,  percussion
Vladimir Kornienko / @user-705717370 (Russia): ukulele, vocals, gyro, electric guitar, various percussion
Oleksandr Zuzuk / @Deerevnia (Ukraine / Argentina): violin
@Janne-Nummela (Finland): percussions, fx guitar, sitar, mushrooms electronics)
@AngelOntalva (Spain): guitar solo
Steve Layton / @niwosound (USA): keyboards
@Henry-Koek (France): sansula, tibetian bowls, voices
Alexander Bozhday / @Somebody-Bo (Russia): electric guitar, ocarina, scythe
Alan Ingall / @newshoe (USA): accordion
@FuWatt (Japan): electric guitar
@Andjey-Wojciech (Russia): metallofon, vargan, ethnic drum, ocarina, harmonica, comb
@Alvaro-Barcala (Spain): invisible piano track!
Nata Boundariver / @CrazyCompass (Russia): magic, music, lyrics, painting, idea & unbending intent)

More about: http://stopcran.ru/news/2021-01-01-276

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WAY TO THE SUN (pidgin-english-version)

The way to the Sun,
which is laying in front,
splashes of the dance
spilling from the inside.
It will pour
in these bold eyes.
How are you live?
You can't live a simple.

How are you live?
How are you live?
How are you live?
How are you live?

The way to the Sun,
which is laying in the dark,
splashes of the dance
scattered on the ground.
It will pour
in these pale body.
How are you live?
How are you?

How are you live?
How are you live?
How are you?
How are you live?
How are you live?
How are you?

The way to the Sun,
which is from the within,
splashes of the dance
unreeling as tangles.
It will weave
in these subtle snares.
How are you live?
If you can - run away.

How are you live?
How are you live?
How are you live?
How are you live?

If you can - run away.

Lost - look for the Sun.
Lost - look for the Sun.
Lost - look for the Sun.
Lost - look for the Sun.
Lost - look for the Sun.
Lost - look for the Sun.
Lost - look for us...
look for us... look for us...
look for us... look for the Sun!

Look for us
Look for us
Look for us
Look for us
Look for us
Look for us
Look for us
Look for us

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Thank you all, my dears! We are together!!
Happy New Year and Merry Christmas!

МишураМира

download

CRAZY COMPASS planet band - WAY TO THE SUN  from МишураМира album by Ясный-Svetly (2020) see descr.

Learning to Fly

Learning To Fly

Open Night Gate

Lizzie knew the rhymes, thanks so much :)

Lyrics, Vocals: @taylor-pentland
Music, Guitars (Les Paul, Midtown, don't know), Bass (P), Drums (AD2), Mellotron (Redtron), Mix & Mastering (DAW): @bonetender

Artwork: @taylor-pentland / Lizzie Pentland / www.talenthouse.com/lizzie-pentland

========== Lyrics ==========
In time you come to wait
No pressure down inside
For the gypsy has long time fled
Only fragments stir the mind

Woah, don't you feel it coming
Don't you feel it coming
Here it comes a calling tonight, yeah
Here it comes a calling, and you flinch back like a child

Now down the line, you've erased
Where the rules were never learned
But the senses they rise so fine
And flood your heart again
And you said that you never knew the rhymes
Of the words that were bled
And the codes, they ran out and died
In the caverns of your head

Ohh, don't you feel it coming, don't you feel it coming, don't you feel it coming tonight, yeah
Here it comes a calling, and you flinch back like a child, yeah
Swamping you with all its might, yeah
Feel it coming, swamping you tonight, tonight, tonight
Feel it near tonight....

Ohhh....the morning light
Ohhh...come inside, come inside, yeah,yeah

Woah, don't you feel it coming etc etc etc......

©Lizzie & Bonetender 2020 All Rights Reserved

Feel It Coming

Feel It Coming (with Lizzie Taypen)

I have always loved this song by Robert Palmer, but I always imagined it at a slower tempo to allow the words to resonate a little more. Rather fun perfecting a perfectionist, I hope Robert doesn't mind, in fact I wish he'd come back and do the vocal. So, anyway, here's my lockdown cover, accompanied by my Valuable Friend, Rick Medlock - The King of Rhythm.

@rick-4-1 - Running around The Drums
@phil-mcwalter - Looking for certainty in The Other Stuff

JOHNNY AND MARY

Johnny's always running around
Trying to find certainty
He needs all the world to confirm
That he ain't lonely
Mary counts the walls
Knows he tires easily
Johnny thinks the world would be right
If it could buy truth from him
Mary says he changes his mind more than a woman
But she made her bed
Even when the chance was slim

Johnny says he's willing to learn
When he decides he's a fool
Johnny says he'll live anywhere
When he earns time to
Mary combs her hair
Says she should be used to it
Mary always hedges her bets
She never knows what to think
She says that he still acts like he
Is being discovered
Scared that he'll be caught
Without a second thought
Running around

Johnny feels he's wasting his breath
Trying to talk sense to her
Mary says he's lacking a real
Sense of proportion
So she combs her hair
Knows he tires easily
Johnny's always running around
Trying to find certainty
He needs all the world to confirm
That he ain't lonely
Mary counts the walls
Says she should be used to it

Johnny's always running around
Running around

© 1980 - Robert Palmer

Johnny And Mary

Johnny And Mary (Dream Remix July 2022)

When Joey wrote out his Christmas list
Many years before The Ramones existed
He made a wish and to his surprise
Santa Claus appeared before his eyes

CHORUS
And Joey he went Hey! Hey! Hey!
And Santa Claus went Ho Ho Ho
And Joey gave out a Hey! Hey! Hey!
And both of them sang Hey Ho! Let's Go
It's Christmas
It's Christmas time

A leather jacket and some drain pipe jeans
Were on the list as well as other things
Santa had a sherry and Joey a mince pie
They rocked some Christmas carols well into the night

CHORUS

Joey unwrapped a mean pair of shades
The same pair that he wore for decades
One too many sherrys Santa's drunk as a skunk
Joey is a kid and Santa is a punk

CHORUS

When Joey Met Santa (Hey Ho!  Its Christmas)

Thank you Mariam Zorha D. (taRka) for lending your talent and vocal stylings to one of my favorite tracks by Betty Davis.
Artwork by Mariam Zorha D. (Myrh)
"If you don't know Betty Davis look her up "For a few short years in the 1970s, no one made funk as raw as Betty Davis did." NY Times www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/arts/m…-documentary.html "
https://soundcloud.com/myrhyum


Betty Davis  RIP 02/09/2022

If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up with taRka By Betty Davis

Janine Levinson: lyrics, singing, vocal melodies, cover art. @janinelevinson

Jonathan Beckenstein: music, instruments, mixing.

I climbed to the top
thinking I would stop
and gaze upon the crystal view
but it turned out quite ordinary

I guess I think I thought
that everything would start
and I would find my heart
or something quite extraordinary

but there’s no here here
should have listened when they said
there is no there there
this room is full of ordinary men

I worked very hard
To be a member of
a high and mighty club
but it turned out quite ordinary

I guess that I supposed
when every door was closed
the thing that was behind
would be something extraordinary

there was no there there
should have listened when they said
there is no there there
the room is full of ordinary men

oh there there, dear
there are no answers here.
oh there, there dear
go forth and multiply

older now I know
the bill of goods I sold
the little boy when he was
something quite extraordinary

that there’s a special kind
of gem that he will find
that only special people get to see

there is no there there
should have listened when they said
there is no there there
there there dear

but maybe there’s a green
that I have never seen
the emerald kind of grass
that’s on the far side of the hill

there is no there there
the room is full of ordinary men

Ordinary Men (with Janine Levinson)

Here’s my new song full of piano, electric piano, bass, drums, flute, clarinet and koto! 

Mastered by the wonderful and lovely @wane-of-summer
Addicted to your mastering services...thank you. 😊🎶💕

THE DREAM

Written and recorded 1st December 2020

This week I only just learned of the passing of one of my favourite musicians on Soundcloud, Jim Horbett. Jim originally went under the monicker 'Local Man' and posted many wonderful songs, some of which are available on Bandcamp, but some are (as far as I know) only available here on SC.

Jim joined the Seattle Colonels of Truth a few years ago, but it was with his pals Daniel Ullom and Forrest Marowitz that he formed the Rain City Ramblers, a stunning 3-piece playing a mixture of their own material and traditional American roots music, including some of Jim's own pieces that he debuted here, such as Holiday and Suburban Hellfire. 

Jim's music was a great source of inspiration and one of his last posts on SC was an experimental piece called 'There's No Constant', a haunting and brilliantly imaginative piece that I took as inspiration for one of my most recent songs, 'On The Waterfront'... indeed, the original working title of my tune was 'Jim's song'. Sadly, by the time I messaged Jim to let him know about the song, he had already tragically passed away from cancer, aged just 31.

RIP James, 1987-2019

Please check out his wonderful music here:

https://soundcloud.com/jameshorbett
https://raincityramblers.bandcamp.com/releases

Lyrics:
Jim was "Local Man"
A Rain City Rambler
Once a Colonel of Truth
Not long ago

Bluegrass fingerpicker
Buffalo troubadour
"Scuz King" magic maker
Not long ago

I'm torn by feelings of loss
I'm torn by feelings of love
Goodbye Ramblin' Man
We'll miss you oh so very much

That square neck resonator
On "Queen of Revelry"
Rang like strains of heaven
Not so long ago

Bad News (Blues) came calling
like Suburban Hellfire
Too long for the season
Not long ago...

I'm torn by feelings of loss
I'm torn by feelings of love
Goodbye Local Man
We'll miss you oh so very much

Local Man (Song For Jim Horbett)

We're All Feeling The Blues these days and this original reflects today's most challenging times.  It's a mess across so many places around the world and more than difficult for everyone.  Our thoughts go out to everyone as we are in this all together.  Joining on this blues are three other musicians from around the world, Vlad Olley, Georg Boehme and Gernot Baur.  Vlad is a really fine blues guitarist and also brings his blues harp (left channel) out to add to the authentic blues sound.  Gernot and Georg are both from Germany, with Gernot adding more blues harp sound (right channel) and Georg the tenor and baritone sax lines.  Follow each of these fine musicians:
https://soundcloud.com/vlad-olley
https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme
https://soundcloud.com/gernot-baur

We'll get through this period.  Wear you masks, social distance and continue to wash your hands.  

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

We're All Feeling The Blues - Vlad Olley / Georg Boehme / Gernot Baur / Jamie Rhind

Berlin

Step right up and get yer biscuits and gravy!
hilariously terrifying :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh2C7_n8ZB8

biscuits 'n gravy across the nation

JE N'EN PEUX PLUS DE T'ATTENDRE-Musical collaboration whit Karin-Maria BRUNNER-Vocal Alain GUERIN

I sent a drum loop to @Azealotrous and here is the result. Always a fun collaboration and cool final product!

Echis carinatus - Azealotrous & Tea Are Sea

28Dec20 Mini Soundscape #2

Hey Everybody!
We hope you all are doing well and you enjoy our new song!
Thorsten & Lammbone https://soundcloud.com/lammbone

Lyrics:
I catch a whiff of sweet aroma from the restaurant across the street
As I tiptoe atop these cobblestones, hoping to get something to eat
Maybe I forgot to tell you I loved you? Or maybe it‘s time for a change?
I’m left with these unanswered questions that I wish would just go away.

Could this be a love song? One that you will never hear
Or am I lonely, and these thoughts are just me being insincere?
‘Cause I just smiled at the waitress, who reminded me of you
So I drop some coins on the counter, tiptoe back across these cobblestones
As far away from you as I can be. 

I don‘t really want to see you anymore
Close my eyes for a moment trying to forget
But there you are in my memories
Where you’ll always be.

Written by Thorsten Schnüttgen and Mark Lamm
All rights reserved.

Could this be a love song?

Pangäa - Could This Be A Love Song?

“If you are very lucky, you're allowed to be in certain places during just the right season of your life: by the sea for the summer when you're seven or eight and full of the absolute need to swim until dark and exhaustion close their hands together, cupping you in between.”
― Jonathan Carroll, Bones of the Moon

Sir Sunshine Brain

"Secret Dream" electronic music and vocals ,
I was thinking about dreams and how they can suddenly come back to you during the day, sometimes in just a glimmer.
art work: two drawings of mine merged in photoshop

Secret Dream

Cardiacs cover. 
I just had to, warts and all. I got blisters on me fingers! 

Following around to see a life that's never in
Always calling itself on its own phone
Though its never quite at home in the world today
See it to arranging the day
Prepared in its own special way
With added loving care
Though its not been there since yesterday
Looking so hard for a cause
And it don't care what it is
And never really ever seeing eye to eye
Though it doesn't really mind
Perhaps that's why
It never really saw
Never really saw
Saw
It never really...
Following around to see a life that's never in
Always calling itself on its own phone
Though its never quite at home in the world today

Music and lyrics by Tim Smith

Is This The Life

Hi, I'm Chris and I am a research scientist by day and a songwriter in my spare time. I joined SC in 2013 and I mainly record acoustic guitar and vocal harmonies, but also like playing electric guitar, bass, keyboards and using drum loops.

My musical influences include Syd Barrett, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel and Paul Simon, and increasingly fellow SoundClouders; My favourite bands include Yes, Supertramp, Pink Floyd, Rush and Steely Dan, and I also listen a lot to The Beatles, Elton John, The Who, Van Morrison, Genesis, King Crimson,  Jethro Tull, Sparks, Stevie Wonder, The Grateful Dead to name but a few...

Anyway, please feel free to get in touch - I can make any tracks (in whole or in part) available if you want them for collaborative reasons, or if you just want them for your mp3 collection :)


Local Man (Song For Jim Horbett)

Atlas Cedar