Cypress Tree

I started writing a lyric and didn't know where else to go with it - "I don't wanna live off a desert highway" and most of the first verse - I suppose some focus on isolation, limited recourses, then I watched Joe Rogan on Netflix (stand up) talking about these people that have elected to be the first travellers to Mars, going on to highlight that there's one very simple activity they could do that would change their minds forever - send them to the desert!  And as a result, I found myself making Mars the focal point. 


Ukuleles featured here, Clearwater Concert (High G) - composite back, solid spruce top - love this uke (quite cheap too), and a Kala U-Bass, in addition to a couple of extra sounds!

I Don't Wanna Go To Mars

The next track in a Corona artist grant (NRW/Germany).
Without many words. The words are in the music.  
Jazz meets beats and rap and there's a surprise at the end.

Trumpet: Christian Kappe www.christiankappe.com
VocalsLyrics/: Frawstakwa @frawstakwa
Vocals/Lyrics: Couch King @couch-king-presents
Composed, arranged and produced by DeeP.
Cover artwork: Ulrike Löw & DeeP. 

Lyrics:
Frawstakwa:
What’s it like outside?
Hmmm
Looks nice
On and on
The calm
Before the phenomenon

Attention please
As we interrupt 
Whatever it is 
That you’re doing
Out there because
We’ve just discovered 
That a storm has been brewing

CKP:
A storm has been brewing
It’s coming for us
Out there because
Of what they are up to
A body corrupt 
Attention please
 Frawstakwa: 
Reports are coming in 
From multiple locations 
A shift has been noticed
Something’s in the air 
As the rains begin
They bring with them a wave of
Gale force winds
Bearing down on a tear

CKP:
Impervious the pavement
Water in the basement
Sewer line displacement 
Overload the system 
Waste water victim 
Flowing back 
Treatment plant
Out of capacity 
Waterborne catastrophe 
 
Frawstakwa & CKP:
Storm of the century 
Rising from the heat
Music in the streets 
Stalled front’s no time to chill
Traffics at a stand still
living takes the backseat 
Dancing to the beat

Pitter patter
The rain drops

Frawstakwa:
Hail sleet and snow
Barometric pressure
Should never be this low
At this time of year
Conditions are close
To surpassing the threshold
God bless the souls
Who couldn’t steer clear
 CKP:
Infrastructure hardened
In climates regarded 
As colder while in
Grids less resilient 
Demand spike fulfillment 
Is less than sufficient 
Left as deficient 
This crisis will see less lives lived

Frawstakwa:
Flood waters are rising
Quickly icing over
Placing many drivers
In danger take care
Traffic is grinding
To a halt 
Hear the sound 
In the distance 
Of horns as they blare

CKP:
Don’t attempt to travel
As emotions unravel 
Unless you’re in a fragile
Situation in need of
Quick evacuation retreat of 
The basement 
Low income displacement 
Outta compliant encasement 

Frawstakwa & CKP:
Storm of the century 
Rising from the heat
Music in the streets 
Stalled front’s no time to chill
Traffics at a stand still
living takes the backseat 
Dancing to the beat

Frawstakwa:
Improving conditions
Refreshing 
Washing away 
In such a rush
The light thud
Of droplets 
Upon window panes
Out of reach
Out of touch

CKP:
Where 
Do we 
Go from here
When tenants have
To live in fear
When there
Housing can’t 
Withstand 
Severe
Weather conditions  

Frawstakwa:
The skies
They are clearing
The water subsiding
What puddles remain
Children splash without care
Whatever we’re going through
Weather the storm 
No matter what 
Anytime anywhere 
 
Frawstakwa & CKP:
Storm of the century 
Rising from the heat
Music in the streets 
Stalled front’s no time to chill
Traffics at a stand still
living takes the backseat 
Dancing to the beat

Storm Of The Century

Written Performed And Recorded By DMc January 2022.

Stop Messing Me Around (Lyrics)

Stop Messing Me Around
Stop Messing Me Around

I Promised You Baby There'd Be No One Else
I Give You Lovin Like You Never Felt
Strange Voices Going Through My Mind
You've Been Busy Working Overtime
I Heard You Talking On The Telephone
It's 3AM And You're Still Not Home
Evil Woman    Done Me Wrong
I've Done My Time And You Bet I'm Gone

Stop Messing Me Around
Stop Messing Me Around
You've Been Seen All Over Town
Stop Messing Me Around
I'll See You Later Baby

Well We All Know The Story
Beginning To End
I've Got Those Good Times Coming Again
I've Got Another Sweet Baby Living Down The Road
You Aint Messing Me Around Little Girl No More
You Aint Messing No More

I Promised You Baby There'd Be No One Else
I Give You Lovin Like You Never Felt
Strange Voices Going Through My Mind
You've Been Busy Working Overtime
I Heard You Talking On The Telephone
It's 3AM And You're Still Not Home
Evil Woman    Done Me Wrong
I've Done My Time And You Bet I'm Gone

Stop Messing Me Around
Stop Messing Me Around
You've Been Seen All Over Town
Stop Messing Me Around
I'll See You Later Baby - Yeah

Stop Messing Me Around
Stop Messing Me Around
Stop Messing Me Around
Stop Messing Me Around

All Lyrics Written By DMc.Music @Copyright2022.

Stop Messing  Me Around

Recorded with Squire Jaguar, Vantage Bass and Fruity Loops. Drum patterns are taken from FPC plugin.

Vadum

Wear Your Love Like Heaven (Donovan cover)

Lyrics from A Journal of Nonsense by Clay Young & Becky Coleman

Beaver Inn

Drama - Finnish Kantele Atmosphere

World Of Tomorrow W/ Morten Jeamland

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Yes, another of my songs using 7/4.  The verse pattern is 2-2-3.  I am using the higher ranges of my voice on this song.  I sing and play lead guitar on this song.  All other instruments and effects are those available in Cubase.  The guitar is a Squire Strat with David Gilmour EMG pickups.  The guitar effect is called The Wall.

Photosynthesis

Verse 1:
The sun is shining down
No one has a frown
On the many fine plants
Nor the friendly ants
They love the warmth
Even those in the North

Chorus:
Yes photosynthesis
That is the wonder
A long word in sentences
But it has thunder
It’s not a blunder
From way down under

Verse 2:
Turning the sun’s energy to life
Just like a man who loves his wife
Bringing water and gas together
Stringing molecules in a tether
Making oxygen out of thin air
Just an expression that is so fair

Chorus

Bridge:
Photosynthesis
Life Giving Force
Keeping mankind alive

Verse 3:
The energy stored in carbohydrates
That savor on our plates
Those little sugars that taste so good
Even when they seem like wood
Are at the core of life on Earth
Even traveling from Sydney to Perth

Final Chorus:

Outro:
Thank you, plants

Photosynthesis 2

Written and recorded 7th/8th November 2015

Cypress tree
I lie beneath
Alone we both must stand

Clinging to
The barren ground
In an unforgiving land

Minaret
Of evergreen
Symbolize my plight

Silent and 
So solitary
As migrant birds take flight

Cypress tree
I lie beneath
Alone we both must stand

Minaret
Of evergreen
Alone you understand



Piano improvisation by @peterkappus
Lyrics and vocals by @atlascedar

The lyric was inspired by my trip to New York City in September 2015, where I visited One World Trade Center shortly after the anniversary of my cousin Richard's passing, on the day after what would have been his 41st birthday. It was an overwhelmingly emotional experience for me - seeing Manhattan for the first time, standing in the rebuilt World Trade Center and remembering my cousin five years on since his passing. I had a single malt whisky in memory of Richard and a Hudson Baby Bourbon for the great city of New York.

I heard Peter's fantastic piano improvisation for the first time yesterday and immediately felt the need to compose a short lyric and vocal parts to go with it. For some reason the music instantly brought back memories of the day I spent in the new WTC, paying my respects to the victims of 9/11 and honouring the memory of my cousin. 

You can check out the original piano improv here: https://soundcloud.com/peterkappus/one-minute-piano-improvisation-sep-28-2014a

Lyric:

September
I can not hold back my tears anymore
I'll remember you
On this beautiful morning

As the tower came into view
Like a mirror in the blue
Reflecting only you


In memory of Richard

September (Peter Kappus & Atlas Cedar)

all these years
and i can't face another one alone
just a simple twist of fate
our promised land denied

i've always known
things would never be the same
no-one left to play the game
now i long for yesterday

it's just another one
a journey 'round the sun
it's not so wonderful alone

i have changed
i don't think it's for the better
i am so much older
and nothing makes no sense no more
now i need saving
from myself

For Richard

Photo by Will van Wingerden on Unsplash.com

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Around The Sun

'Alba' has a triple meaning - firstly, it's the Gaelic word for Scotland; secondly, it is apparently the name of a kind of love poem about secret lovers who must part company before they are discovered, and so that's what this song is about. Thirdly, it also happens to be the name of someone I used to work with in California, though I would hasten to add that this song is not about her!

The song started off life as a simple two-track improvisation called 'Our Love', and this version is as close to that original improv as I could make it. It's a two-track guitar piece, with one piece played in the chord of D on the 2nd fret, and the other is played in G on the 9th fret, with corresponding piano parts added.

I recorded the song previously and posted it here on SoundCloud as 'Orion', but I was never happy with how different it was to the stripped down 'acoustic' original, hence I set about re-recording it - about 2 years after I originally wrote it.

Lyrics:

alba
one night of heaven
until the dawn
alba
our love
is secret
so let it go on

alba
our love's 
forbidden
i'll lie
with you

our love
is sacred
so let it go on

our love
could last a life time
our love
was it ever enough
alba?

alba
we come together
in love once more
alba
i'll always love you
my sacred truth
alba

alba
our love's forever
i love you
but i can't face a lifetime
without you

Credits:
Written and performed by Atlas Cedar; recorded 26-27th June 2017
Artwork created from Creative Commons license photographs:
Main photo: freestocks.org (https://unsplash.com/photos/rNPfyRYqjHY)
Background: Kelly Sikkema (https://unsplash.com/photos/X7dy114KWs4)

For Megan

Alba

Inspired by my recent trip to Japan, the Gion district of Kyoto is one of the most amazing places I've ever had the chance to visit.

Photography by Sorasak at Unsplash.com
https://unsplash.com/@boontohhgraphy
Used under Creative Commons license

Lyrics:

sunlight failing
my heart is sailing

on the streets of gion
i met you

dream on
dreamer

my life's
clearer

on the streets of gion
i need someone  like you
in my life

Gion

The working title of this song was 'Libya' and I wrote it shortly after watching a harrowing documentary on the plight of migrants trapped there. The whole song only took about 8 hours to write, record and mix - compared to most of my other tracks these days, that's incredibly short - however it is always much, much easier to finish a song if I have a pre-conceived and clear idea of what the lyric and music is about, and in this case it was straightforward. Thanks for listening and please share if you like it!

Photography by Kylo
https://unsplash.com/@kylo8
Used under Creative Commons license

Lyric:

land
light
crossing
so that i might live
somewhere

drifting
blind
leaving
so that i might live
somewhere
clinging
so that we might live
anywhere

believe in
somewhere i might live
out there

dying
so that we might live
somewhere

Night Crossing

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 :)


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