So emotional and powerful guitar! Vocal is so cool!

great song !!! perfect 'power pop' indeed...woooo :) !

Great sounds  fab vocals and harmonies :)

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMOLBJKEH_s

Very cool pop songwriting. Like the outro! Chris

track 01 / big fuzzy bumblebees
short stuff EP / released july 17, 2023
10 songs in 5 minutes. *

album artwork by my daughter - www.instagram.com/iboyte/

1. big fuzzy bumblebees 00:39
2. you're everything to me 00:34
3. handsome model man 00:35
4. street fighter theme for bass guitar, oboe* and flute** 00:35
5. any other way 00:11
6. i am not the one (ft taxihome) 00:30
7. hoochie mama (ft auntspinkick) 00:24
8. and they wait for the tiny bone 00:47
9. right behind you 00:21
10. sad little scratchy thing 00:32

all music and what not by andrew salvner except for:
- the reversed drums on track 2 are from plex auchta
- track 4 is a cover of a riff from a street fighter video game
- track 6 uses a reversed portion of a taxihome song

@plex-auchta
www.streetfighter.com
@taxihome

* 5:05 if you're gonna be a dick about it

short stuff

big fuzzy bumblebees

Demo

Durango

The song, "Madly" is from the album, "These Good Days Last" by Aware of the Bear. (available on iTunes and Bandcamp)

Madly Lyrics:

When you asked me that question 
The one I couldn’t get to 
Well the truth is that I may just be passing through 
The pause that dropped 
Like a leaf in the fall 
Was a tangle of words 
Vines growing on the wall 

In my mind 
I withdrew 
I went to the edge of the forest to think
and I wondered, am I madly in love with you? 

In the forest I called 
My voice swallowed up by the leaves 
You came some way 
But just to the edge of the trees 
The path too dark 
though many walk through this way 
You weren’t ready to follow 
although you had something to say 

So you stopped 
and you called 
Though I was near, I was always too far 
And you wondered, am I madly in love with you? 

I watched you from afar 
And then I saw it all 
When the woods came alive 
With you close by 
And I knew, I’m madly in love with you 

Now I’ll ask you that question 
The one I couldn't get to 
What’s your truth? 
I know you’re not passing through 
Well, you may pause now 
and you have your roots in the ground 
Did you say those words? 
Was that the distant sound? 

I don’t mind, I always knew 
When I went to the edge of the forest to dream 
Now I know, I’m madly in love with you

AB on iTunes

Madly

No vocals yet, but they'll hopefully be in the box soon with Mrs Moag and myself.
Pour mes amis Francophones, c'est une reprise d'un "classique des variétés françaises", années 70,
le reconnaissez-vous ?
https://soundcloud.com/the-acoustic-grill/tracks

mOag - cOming "sOme day" tO the acOustic grill

Lyrics
God, I love the spiders
Because they eat the pesky termites
Despite their hungry disposition
I've never suffered a bite

Spider Bites

God, I love the spiders
Because they eat the pesky bugs
Despite my open wounds
My blood they've never chugged

Spider Bites

God, I love the spiders
Because they eat the pesky flies
Despite their murderous nature
I will never die

Spider Bites

Chelicerae Punctures

I was unsure about adding more, so decided to keep this sparse and simple.

You’re On My Mind (Brian Peters)

You’re on my mind

In the light of day
Did I lose my way
Is it hard to find
You’re on my mind

Did I hurt you then
Was I wrong again
Was I so unkind
You’re on my mind
-
Did I take you for granted
When I said you were mine
Did you feel you were unwanted
Just a part of my design
You’re on my mind
-
Was I all uptight
Did I see it right
Did I take the time
You’re on my mind

Did we lock that door
On what has gone before
And what we left behind
You’re on my mind
- 
Did I rob you of pleasure
Did I steal your smile
Did I wrongfully measure
Your will against mine 
-
Solo
-
Can we make it through
Tell me what to do
Will it work this time
You’re on my mind

There’s a price to pay
For the things I say
When I cross that line
You’re on my mind

You're On My Mind

Look at a U.S. map, and draw a straight line from Natchez, Mississippi to Richmond, Virginia.  Then cross it with another line from Savannah, Georgia to Memphis, Tennessee.  Next draw a circle around the outside tips of each line.        The area you've encircled is the subject of this song.
     There is so much spectacular beauty in this world, but I just have never found another place that can compare to a thick old-growth Appalachian forest or the rolling hardwood and pine hills of central Alabama or middle Tennessee.
      I grew up there but don't get to go back often enough.
      The song's title White Spangled Hills is reference to the dogwood tree, which grows wild throughout the area, coloring the wooded hillsides with its white blooms for a month or so in early Spring.

White Spangled Hills

Tattoo Tribute 

Been a long time since you put that mark on your skin
A black n ink gesture faded and oh so thin
When you did that thing – my heart was pounding my chest
I felt we were forever – I was drunk on a love obsessed

Yes it’s been a long time now and our bond is torn tissue
Yes it’s been a long time now 
Since you showed your tattoo tribute
Since you showed your tattoo tribute

Why’d you do that arty thing – don’t make any sense right now
Cause you became a blue shadow walking with eyes cast down
When you made your mark – I guess it was your stage show
You thrilled your friends  - so zany whacky and stoned 

Now you’re on your phone  – and I got the silent scream
Those days of the gesture  – buried in the grave of dreams

TATTOO TRIBUTE

Screen Time © Chris Wiggs 28.07.19
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 28.07.19

V1
How will we get through the
Thousands of hours of our 
Lives here on earth
So long since our birth
V2
What are we thinking as
Torrents of words pour all   
Over our minds, leaves us 
Dazzled and blind
M81
Got to look, see how the time flies
Got to look, laugh till you cry
Got to look, but it’s warm like a hug
Then, somebody said, “It’s a drug”
Ch1
Need, screen time
Plead, screen time
More, screen time
Roar, screen time
V3
Palms sway on breezes
Waves lap on beaches 
But they’re on their own
They can’t beat the zone
V4
Lost to the voice that’s
So better placed than
Poor reality
Poor reality
M82
Got to look, it might be for me
Got to look, it’s important, you see
Got to look, what did I miss?
Only a life, by an inch or a kiss
Ch2
Need, screen time
Plead, screen time
More, screen time
Roar, screen time
V5
Long in the future
When they come looking
To see where we went
All those messages sent 
V6
Over and over
Those voices in unison 
Crying out loud
The same feral howl
Ch3
Need, screen time
Please, screen time
More, screen time
Roar, screen time

Screen Time

03 What Is This World We Live In

England, Oh My England Parts I & II 
or 
The New National Anthem (Henry IV The Real Parts I & II) 

YouTube: http://youtu.be/MvICQjYKRfA

Part I

OK man, you hear me, yeh?  
Don't let 'em tell you anything man 
 Anything! 
 All you've gotta do is look for Christ's sake 
 It's madness  
Don't believe a word 
 I'm not paranoid man!
Stick with me!  
Yeah…  Yeah, I'll get you out of this
Do you wanna know what really happened? 
 You know at first you don't notice…  
But it affected everybody
Hey that's mine! Put it back!  
If you want something, ask. 
 That's how this started…

(New National Anthem)

I'm f*cking lost...
All you've gotta do is look for Christ's sake 
 It's madness  
Don't believe a word 
 I'm not paranoid man!

(New National Anthem)

You know at first you don't notice…  
But it affected everybody
If you want something, ask.  
That's how this started…

Part II

You gotta forget all that
All that’s gone man

Floating
High above the cities
Shines a lonely ray of truth

And screaming
High above the cities
Sings a lonely photobooth 
(Gone in a flash)

Face up
It's only you that matters
Or have you lost that with your youth?

(Solo, New National Anthem)

You gotta forget all that
All that’s gone man
I’m f*cking lost!
  It's only you that matters
  That’s how this started
You gotta forget all that
All that’s gone man…


© 2013 Phil McWalter


"And not a man of them brings other news  than they have learn'd of me: from Rumour's tongues  they bring smooth comforts false, worse than  true wrongs."   
Henry IV Part II  William Shakespeare

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_Kingdom_bank_rescue_package

"Some commentators noted that, although under the capitalist model inefficient private commercial enterprises should be allowed to go bust, the banks were "too big to fail". Not a single bank chief or chairman went to prison in the UK or in the US.[7]"

Broadcast in a US prog rock radio programme (now available as a podcast) http://www.progzilla.com/progressive-tracks-show-202-dark-light/

Mains Hum

England, Oh My England (Parts I & II)

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England, Oh My England Parts I & II

...looking forward to many more opportunities for enjoyment and inspiration in the cloud.

James

SoundClouder of the Day | Sept.4, 2013 

"Aware of the Bear writes pop gems with melodies reminiscent of Wilco and Big Star - with maybe a little Badly Drawn Boy thrown in for good measure. The horn section driven Unified Theory is a great example of his retro-leaning production skills, intelligent lyrics, and vocal style."

"I saw a sign that said, 'Beware of the Bear'. There's the problem. There's the whole hang up that stops me from writing, stops people from singing, stops people from living - BEWARE OF THE BEAR - What did that used to mean? It used to mean be 'aware' of the bear. Now it means be scared of it." 
(Ken Kesey)

Madly

Aware of the Bear

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