The streets are wrapped in tinsel
the smiles all look the same
Every store's got a soundtrack
and each one's to blame
I hum a line of something real
it fades into the air
Guess no one buys a Christmas song
that tells you it's unfair

All these empty wrappers
shining on the floor
Used to hold a feeling
don't fit anymore
Tried to write you truth
but it came out wrong
Now I'm stuck in December
with another sad song

There's glitter on the guitar
and hope on credit cards
And peace on earth's postponed again
it's written in the stars
I tried a rhyme with "snowfall"
but it melted when I played
Seems love don't stand a chance
when every chord's cliche

Empty wrappers
pretty lies and bows
Cover up the quiet
no one shows
If joy's a candle
mine burned too long
Just wax on the windows
and a half-finished song

Maybe I'll hang my blues
by the chimney tonight
See if truth fits under
the tree's cold light
Maybe Santa's tired too
with nothing left to bring
Except another chorus
we forgot how to sing

Empty wrappers
rustle when I leave
Even silence
sounds like make-believe
But I'll keep on playing
low and strong
'Cause maybe next Christmas
the truth's still a song

Empty Wrappers

Video impressions Wannebach Open Air on 23th August, 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvY5mPKCHlg
More video highlights: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17923495569109036/

NEW Video Trailer "Living": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKm28euxFuE

NEW Video Trailer "First Thing": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q-58t7gvyg

YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PotBarley

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/potbarleyofficial

Musician & songwriter driven just by passion for songwriting and singing. I am releasing "SoundCloud first" but some selected songs are also on Spotify, Apple, Amazon etc.
Since spring 2023 I have been writing and recording mainly as a "one man band", using acoustic & electric guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, an old piano, conga, etc. and a voice.
Former member of German bands: In Rags (with Sami Yli-Sirniö and Roman Keymer), Sharkpool and Dutch bands Garbitsjkeng, The Wit, Trio van Putten and and a few others. I baptized my Alter Ego and named him "Pot Barley".

Was in several bands but started to make stuff on my own .

Gear I use is 

DAW     -   Acid Pro  11
Mastering - Izotope Ozone  12
External soundcard - Focusrite Scarlett 2i2

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Some new songs available here: https://axiomsofmediocrity.bandcamp.com/album/eighteen-below

Experimental, enjoy.
 
Yo I'm sorry I've been so quiet, guys. Adulting has me by the neck. I HOPE YALL OKAY, I think I'm okay :/ but ill be back to tell you guys all about it either way. UnknownPerspective

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Japnese Music Composer 
Founder at ToMo-Reflection Secret Sound

GAMBO HEMP is a heavy crossover act born in 2006, forged on underground stages and shaped by nu metal, rapcore, alt metal and raw rap influences. The band came up through local battles and live contests, earning their name offstage not online. Past and current collaborations include SCUM and Max Poison. All music and rights stay with the original founders

Aleksandr Lushkov - guitar, music, text, manager 
Rozhkov Sergey - guitar, music

Official SoundCloud of GAMBO HEMP. Founded in 2006 by Aleksandr Lushkov and Sergei Rozhkov. All music and rights belong to the original members. Contact: boabink@gmail.com

Finnish artist and multi-instrumentalist.

Original Singer Songwriter, Composer & Producer. #Human

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Indie artist defiantButterfly / introverts Dancing, is a south Florida based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, recording artist that loves to rock and loves electronica and loves smashing them together! Some songs fit into genres, and sometimes genres get mashed up in the songs creating hybrids of new music. Real instruments, real singing, real music made by hand with love. No cutting and pasting of loops. No silly auto tune type robot voice filters that make anyone sound like everyone. 
As a boy, he acquired his first guitar after it was thrown out the window by a neighbor who was pissed off because he couldn’t play it worth a damn. When dB asked if he could keep the discarded guitar, the neighbor said, “You can ram it up your ass for all I care”.  dB declined to perform that action, but decided to learn how to play it instead. Soon after, an older kid from the neighborhood screeched his car to a halt, pulled a broken surfboard out of the back and tossed it to dB and his brother saying, “here punks, learn how to surf you little rats”, then screeched off in a cloud of tire smoke. dB and his brother decided that was an action they would perform. Those two discarded artists tools set dB on a path of adventure and creative expression that directed many of his life choices that were made in defiance of a status quo existence.  He was also a military kid that moved around the world constantly and never lived in one place for long. That upbringing made him a keen observer of the world and people. As dB says, “Not being a part of any particular scene or group allowed me to be open minded about pretty much everything. The ones that accepted and befriended me were of all different backgrounds, races, and identities and didn't care that I didn't fit in, they were the misfits also, they were open minded, so they understood.” That early life taught him to always see the world with fresh eyes, to stay open minded, to be adventurous, to seek out new ideas and experiences, to go his own way and find his own voice and song writing style. Now an accomplished musician and world traveler, dB continues to stay open to new ideas, experiences, people, art, and music. “I’ve learned that our lives are all so different, but we feel the same things. So, I write songs about feelings that everyone can relate to in a way that you can bring your own stories and life experiences to the songs and feel those things in a way that makes sense to you. My songs are for everyone, but especially for the misfits, the average joes and janes, the outsiders, the wall flowers, the introverts. They know how to rock, they’re the dreamers, the free thinkers, the ones looking for new ideas, new experiences, and new music. They’ve shown me they’re the coolest of all.”

The Name
"The idea of defiantButterfly as a name came as I was watching a butterfly make its way through the world on a windy day. As the strong winds swirled around, the butterfly was sometimes caught up in the headwinds and blown away from its intentions. In spite of the obstacles the world was throwing at it, the butterfly continued on its journey, making headway here, forced to go with the winds there. No matter which way it was moving, whether on its hoped for path or whilst being blown off course by the winds of fate, it was beautiful. The butterfly seemed to defy nature and logic. On the surface it seemed as if it was too fragile and beautiful to exists in this harsh environment, but it clearly had the strength and wherewithal continue its life dance despite the obstacles the world was throwing at it, and all the while it was beautiful. It struck me as kind of metaphor for artistic expression and what artists do. Our triumphs and struggles inspire us to create our art, then we throw it into the air and can only watch as it is taken by the winds of an indifferent world."

NOTICE:

I do not pay for self promotion ever. 

That’s Pete and Pete, the original members, augmented with Spud, Pecos,  Snooks and Smooch. Pete and Pete were formally founder members of The Petes. The band like to explore a range of musical styles. They started out with folk, rock and blues but they have also been exploring a vocal style of lizard-lounge type jazz too - smoky and melodic. You’ll find love songs, both exuberant and elegiac, along with songs of loss, as well as songs lamenting the state of our world and our society.

Also The Pete Cooper Band’s first  album, ‘Let’s Make Love’ can be found on Spotify and YouTube.

All songs and lyrics copyright of Peter Cooper

AND ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE NO OFFERS TO PROMOTE MY MUSIC. IF YOU ENJOY MY MUSIC PLEASE SIMPLY LIKE AND REPOST IT.

Empty Wrappers

Axioms of Mediocrity