Found on Soundcloud

Remake of the classic song by the Rascals.

I've Been Lonely Too Long

After the Hole - Lyrics

All I seen is what I thought I would have seen
At the end all I found were other ends

Suddenly I know, you live to know after the hole

On the screech of the city brakes I heard your name
Feel as though we're living in a recurrent dream

Suddenly I know, you live to know after the hole

And the life is after the hole

And the life is after the hole

Strange Part of the Country

After the Hole

Bandcamp

The World Turns All Around Her

What a joy it was to play Pat's hand-built guitar in this series of improvisational musings.  This one is also in Drop D tuning drawing  inspiration from Fahey to Beethoven, but no inspiration more prominent than Pat himself in our friendship and collaborations.  As in the previous parts, only reverb was added to enhance the ambience of the guitar sound, no tonal filters were used.

For My Friend--Part 3 Miscellaneous Musings

Westside Steve Simmons sings the Bobby Darrin hit.
Written by Kurt Weill and provided here solely for the purposes of discussion commentary and criticism.
Not for profit.

Mack The Knife

Burt Bacharack
is the worlds greatest composer of romantic music covering every aspect of the emotion. 
I hope my voice does it justice.
Happy Valentine's Day 2025 ❤️🌹🍷

Anyone Who Had A Heart

The In Crowd

Goddess of the underworld 
Mistress of the afterlife 

As Persephone 
Gathered flowers 
Hades intervened 
To drag her downward 

When he opened up the earth 
Persephone was swallowed 
And such remained her curse 
As witnessed by Apollo 

Oh oh oh oh 
Persephone 
Oh oh oh oh 
What's left for 
What's left for me? 

Goddess of the underworld 
Mistress of the afterlife 

Demeter roamed the land 
To find her daughter 
She did not understand 
Where Hades brought her 

And she searched relentlessly 
Till a fountain filled her spirit 
And she cried: "Persephone" 
Who alas, could never hear it 

Oh oh oh oh 
Persephone 
Oh oh oh oh 
What's left for 
What's left for me? 

Goddess of the underworld 
Mistress of the afterlife 

Come Spring she'd be set free 
Winter remanded 
He fed Persephone 
A pomegranate 

Goddess of the underworld 
Mistress of the afterlife 


c. 2016 Butch Young BMI

Persephone

A remake of a song by legendary Cleveland band, American Noise

American Noise

Kevin

I Need You

Grackles are talking on the telephone wires
Firetruck wailing on the way to a fire
Across the hills the highway and the whining of tires
It’s all music to me

The voice of a ten year old talking on the phone
Complaining that his sister won’t leave him alone
I can hear his Grandma’s reassuring tone
It’s all music to me
It’s all music to me

The cooing of the dove in the hackberry tree
Hummingbird's invisible sound
And the ten year old boy has a question or three
He hears the beauty all around

The coyote howling as he joins the fray
The buzz of the mosquito that wont go away
All God’s children got something to say
And it’s all music to me
It’s all music to me


Stravinsky gave us springtime, the Beatles gave us rain
Leonard Cohen showed us how to be found
And the Good Lord gave us Mister John Coltrane
Yeah they heard the beauty all around
They heard the beauty all around

Ten year old boy’s learning how to be brave
Preacher's saying words at his Grandma’s grave
Said when we’re done, it’s just the love you gave
it’s all music to me
It’s all music to me
It’s all music to me
It’s all music to me

It's All Music To Me - Mark Addison

Over the Line
Radio Dreams
Slippin' over the Edge

John Gorman 
Principal and Chief Content Officer at oWOW radio
Program Director of WMMS Cleveland
From 1980. American Noise was still another best kept secret Cleveland band that delivered a notable debut album - but remained undiscovered beyond of Greater Cleveland region by reasons well beyond their control. Fronted by brothers Craig and Bruce Balzer and a who’s who of prominent local musicians, American Noise was signed by Planet Records, a vanity label owned by famed producer Richard Perry, (Carly Simon, Nilsson, Ringo Starr, Fanny, Diana Ross, Barbara Streisand, among others). Regrettably, Perry’s only successful Planet label album was by the Pointer Sisters, and it was their last charting LP.  Regardless of the album being recognized as a power pop masterpiece, the band, like many others in the region, did not have the essential management contacts to broaden its base.  The Planet label was also underfunded and even with Elektra Records’ WEA distribution, the album did not receive sufficient national promotion and marketing.  But in Greater Cleveland, American Noise were one of the top-selling, top drawing and best live bands. 

Recorded: @ After Dark Recording summer 1981 possibly after debut album.
second album demos? 

OVER THE LINE
RADIO DREAMS
SLIPPIN OVER THE EDGE

Personnel

Craig Balzer
Bruce Balzer 
Tommy Rich 
Greg Holt
George Sipl 
Jerry Moran

Radio Dreams Music - BMI

AMERICAN NOISE 3MORE  2020

Lady Jane

I Believe-Browns Town

A more adult contemporary version than the original

Never Again (Without You) 2021

I used to be a nutty professor’s alter ego. Now I am practically a nobody from Queens and actually I am the most authentic me there is.  I make Rockin’ Pop for NOW People!

Music that moves you and makes you think. (But not too much!)

Rockin’ Pop For Hard Times

The World Turns All Around Her

Bill March

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