Good topic and lyricist. Nice progression and sound.

approximating your age range from your vocals and voice tone. I’d say the girl in the album art would be your daughter. If that’s the case, put in a good word for me?!;D lol jk

This is an old song idea built from scratch back in 2015. We didn't think if someday we'll release this song due to lack of knowledge and budget limitation as well. But here we are now, hope you enjoy this hidden gem!

The Lost Tale

Nicknames

The second single from Please Silence Your Phones

http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1660225146?ls=1&app=itunes

Youtube lyric video:  https://youtu.be/g-AsxTT0cWE

09 - Local Deli

Youtube lyric video: 
https://youtu.be/XnmjFBzhqWU

08 - L'Appel Du Vide

Peace Of Mind

Best That I Knew How was included in the shortlist for the ROCK/INDIE category of the 2022 Australian Songwriting Contest. 

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Best That I Knew How was re-mixed and re-mastered June 2023.

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Verse 1:
We started talking about nothing at all
We shared a bit of something and I started to fall
A little bit in love I guess I answered a call
Made her more than a friend

So we got married in a rush of youth
Feeling so free, playing fast and loose
I always meant well you know that's the truth
But I stuffed it up in the end

Chorus:
Wish I could say that I did my best
But it's simply not true
I could have done a whole lot better
If I'd known what to do
I did as much as who I was at the time would allow
I'd like to think that whatever I did, I did the best that I knew how

Verse 2:
We brought you home your mum and me
You entered our house turned two into three
So I went to work thought my job was to be
Bringing home big buckets of security

Who knew back then what a father should be
Who knew what a little boy or girl might need
I learned too late what I needed to see
More than anything you needed more of me.

Chorus:
Wish I could say that I did my best
But it's simply not true
I could have done a whole lot better
If I'd known what to do
I did as much as who I was at the time would allow
I'd like to think that whatever I did, I did the best that I knew how

Bridge:
That's not to say that I didn't try
That's all I ever did and that's no lie
If I didn't live up to the standards I had
I never thought that I was doing all that bad
The only life I've known has been in my own skin
I've never been the man I wish I'd been

Chorus:
Wish I could say that I did my best
But it's simply not true
I could have done a whole lot better
If I'd known what to do
I did as much as who I was at the time would allow
I'd like to think that whatever I did, I did the best that I knew how

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This is another take on the song previously released as The Best. The Best was reworked as a ballad and worked well.  This version is my attempt to reproduce the sort of song that I was thinking of when I wrote it.

Best That I Knew How

Shake that A is a straight ahead indie rock song about getting into
your party mindset no matter where you find yourself or what kind of nonsense life dumps on you. Crank up this song, cuz when the music hits ya, you can’t do nothing else but shake that ass!! Get up and dance!!

Step back and watch the world go by
Now stop and wonder why
They make it so hard
To do what you want to do

It doesn’t matter
Where ya find yourself
When the music hits ya
You cant do nothing else baby

Shake your ass
Out in your car
Shake that ass
Down at the bar
Shake your ass
Out on the dance floor
Get what you came for!

Grinding it out 
On this big treadmill
By this time
We’ve all had our fill
Its time to cut loose
Its time to get your groove on

It doesn’t matter
Where ya find yourself
When the music hits ya
You cant do nothing else baby

Shake you ass
Out in your car
Shake that ass
Down at the bar
Shake your ass
Out on the dance floor
Get what you came for!

Shake That A

First recorded in March 2022.
From the album Spuk4.

It's a song about the generation gap, and how it be bollocks.

This new version was mixed and mastered by
Woods Studio Norway Mixing and Mastering 
www.soundcloud.com/woods_studio 

LYRICS

Oh, back in sixty-nine you know that they...
They really had it made.
But, they think they're taking secrets of their lives...
With them to the grave.
They think that they worked harder than the rest...
And that they won the war.
They've pulled the drawbridge up...
They're slamming shut the door.

What's that you say?
We had it made?
Oh, we're heading for the grave just like you.
You act like you know.
A secret we don't.
But, there's no escaping the truth.
We're just like you.
Just like you.
We're just like you.

They made all their money on a house...
In the 1980's.
They've lived longer than anyone else...
In all of history.
They're looking down their noses and they think...
That you are a disgrace.
You had to work twice as hard as they did...
To get to the same place.

What's that you say?
You'd rather buy a crate.
Just a detour to the grave.
A pleasant stroll.
You act like you know.
But, you'll never though.
We're just rent collectors on the dole.
We're just like you.
We're just like you.
We're just like you.

What's that you say?
We've had it made?
Oh, we're heading for a grave just like you.
You act like you know.
A secret we don't.
But, there's no escaping the truth.
We're just like you.
We're just like you.
We're just like you.

Just Like You [2024 Remaster]

Get ready to groove with "Thursday Night Special" - a playful, rhythm-packed classic rock style anthem. Why not start the weekend early?

Thursday Night Special

All music by me, except "Maybe" by Whitney Porter and Me.

Special thanks to Kahlan Davis, John Moreland, Whitney Porter, and Toxic Bros.

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pop punk/rock

co produced, mixed, mastered and cover art by @a7-recording-studio

www.a7recordingstudio.com

a7recordingstudio@gmail.com

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