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August 2020 - listening

Good-bye summer 2020

Seven Songs by the Blue Return

Three Photons Weekly #5

Blue Return Songs

Photo: Physically choreographed charcoal art by Heather Hansen

The Price (Round And Around Go The Days)
August 19, 2021 All Right Reserved

Round and around go the days
Reaching for something that slips away
Is this the price we must pay

Speaking of things that you don’t understand
It’s a crying shame
Lingerin’ too long like an overplayed song
it’s a fools game

Over and over we go
Hoping for reason to take control
Try not to let it all go

Tellin me this and you’re tellin me that
to ad nauseam
I’m goin my way and you’re going yours
To the bitter end

Round and around go the days
Reaching for something that slips away
Is this the price we must pay

The Price (Round And Around Go The Days)

Have made too much ballads in the past so this is the consequence...
No more Mr. Nice Guy 😎🤘🏼
RIP Ozzy !

Lessons

Paranoid

"Wake Up Call" will be one of the next singles of Blue Return. A noisy guitar based hangover morning situation that cries out for coffee or whiskey, but definitely for movement. Wake Up. Change your life. Dance!

Don't you know that I adore you
Don't you know that I'm your biggest fan
When I call you, you hang up
9 times out of 10

Don't you say, you're feeling sorry
Don't you know there is a better plan
Any time you call my name
I don't know who I am

I think it's funny that you do not act your age
I think it's funny that you're hiding in your cave

And you better wake up, it's a wake up call for you
And you better wake up, it's a wake up call for you
And you better wake up, it's a wake up call for you
And you better wake up, it's a wake up call 

Don't you know that I adore you, 
but I know I'm not the perfect man
What we crave for we give up
9 times out of 10

I think it's funny that we do not act your age
I think it's funny that we're hiding in our cave

And you better wake up, it's a wake up call for you
And you better wake up, it's a wake up call for you
And you better wake up, it's a wake up call for you
And you better wake up, it's a wake up call 

And you better wake up, it's a wake up call for you
And you better wake up, it's a wake up call for you
And you better wake up, it's a wake up call for you
And you better wake up, it's a wake up call 

Bullhorn: All day long the night may fall I do not think of you 
Seems I'm only happy for a while
All day long the night may fall I do not think it's true
Seems I'm only happy when you smile

And you better wake up, it's a wake up call for you
And you better wake up, it's a wake up call for you

Wake Up Call

Wake Up Call (Demo)

An ode to ideas both good and bad
Lyrics:
Crawling up
Out of the primordial ooze
Now we're standing  erect
And walking around
Dreaming of designer shoes
We invent languages
Fire & light
So we can see each other
When we fight on Saturday night (that's right!)
The Caveman he's painting on the cave walls
But, he's not artistically satisfied
He says: there's got to more
Like a great creator
some kind of entity that oversees us all
With rules and dogma
That we all follow

I've got to write this down!
Everything permanent once it's written on a cave wall
I've got to write this down

Don't smile  so much
Because it makes me wonder what your trying to sell me
Adam Smith & Walt Disney
A couple funky capitalists
Based our society around supply & demand
Now the worlds moving at the speed of cash

I've gonna to write this down!
Once it's written in a stock ledger
You know it's real
I'm gonna write this down

I've been creating a little Rock & Roll chop shop
With Frankenstein parts 
From funk, soul and R&B
I've got Woody Guthrie in the box car
It's like skimming from an all cash bar
Les Paul said: Let's amplify those guitars

I need to re-read the Book of Love
You know it's all written down somewhere
I've got an emotional bloody nose
That's how it goes
The Book of Love only available
To those in the know
I don't know what's going happen in the world next
An AI simulation
Or a UFO guest
There going to look back at us
They going to say: We ain't gonna do it like that
They're going to write it down
I need to write this down!

Write This Down

DOWN THE LINE
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Coptright AB Music 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo_Tm55fLsY

ONE DAY IT WAS ALL FOR YOU
LEARN TO GIVE AND TAKE BUT CRY
A BIRTHDAY WISH IS ALL THATS TRUE
A WISHING WELL WITH NO DESIRE

TEN YEARS ON AND TO SMART TO LEARN
ON YOUR BIKE AND LOST IN STUFF
I THINK ABOUT THE SCHOOL DAYS GONE
WHAT WE SEE WE LEARN TO TRY

YOU CAN GIVE THEM LOVE, GIVE THEM ALL THE TIME
SOMETIMES IN THEIR LIFE, THEY WILL FIND

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET
AND WE'RE PASSING IT DOWN THE LINE
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET
DOWN THE LINE.........
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET
DOWN THE LINE.........
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET
(break)
THE WISE GREY MAN CAN BEARLY HEAR
GRANDCHILD SENDS A TEXT OF LOVE
LOOKING OUT ACROSS THE SEA
HE REMEMBERS HOW HE USED TO BE

YOU CAN GIVE THEM LOVE, GIVE THEM ALL THE TIME
SOMETIMES IN THEIR LIFE, THEY WILL FIND

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET
AND WE'RE PASSING IT DOWN THE LINE
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET
DOWN THE LINE.........
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET
DOWN THELINE.........
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET

LIFE

DOWN THE LINE

Everything (Single)

Everything

The second song from our upcoming EP.Give it a listen! Namaste! Available in all online stores.

Namaste

Our third song from our upcoming EP. An international cooperation, thanks to Michael Vecchione (New York, USA) on Drums, and Nicolaj Nielsen (Kopenhagen, Denmark) on Violas. Music recorded in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Daegu, South-Korea, Oberhausen, Germany.
credits
released May 5, 2018 
Christian Spahn: Vocals, Bass, Piano, Keys
Andreas Spahn: Vocals, Guitars
Michael Vecchione: Drums 
Nicolaj Nielsen: Strings

Street dog say 
Don't you agree
Life has ben good so far

Time to grab your coat and
Find your way home
The radio in my car

Talks about the
Good and the bad news
Sings you can count on me
I wish it'd be true about us, too

People get up
People are busy
People go back to sleep

Don't look back
You don't need the past
And over again 
You failed to do what's right
Come in second best

And it's alright with me
If it makes you happy
And it's alright with me
Baby it's alright

Future plans didn't make sense
Still we're doing great, my friend
People get up
People are lazy
People don't understand

Don't look back
No one needs the past
Over again 
You failed to do what's right
Come in second best

And it's alright with me
If it makes you happy
And it's alright with me
Baby it's alright

And it's alright with me
Baby it's alright

Da da da
Da da da

Alright With Me

Our 4th Song for our upcoming debut album! Just following the stars!

Lyrics:

Where are we going?
Suitcase in hand
There ain't no destiny
No promised land
And it just breaks your heart
To leave it all behind

What is the way from here
Suitcase in hand
Just what you leave it all for
No one understands
And it just breaks your heart
Not knowing what you'll find

I rest my mind 
Just following the stars
I pledged my life
To the mercy of the gods

The words you gave to me
Is all I have
But you can have faith in me
I will be brave
And it just makes you wonder
Where do we belong?

I rest my mind 
Just looking the stars
I pledged my life
To the mercy of the gods

I rest my mind 
Just trusting in the stars
I pledged my life
To the mercy of the gods

The words you gave to me
Is all I have
But you can have faith in me
I will be brave
And it just makes you wonder
Where do we belong?

Where are we going
Suitcase in hand
We follow ancient tales of
The promised land

And there's just no choice
You gotta move along

The Journey

Peter's elevator pitch when it comes to describing his style of music:

"Johnny Cash meets Neil Young at The Hotel California and they share a bottle of wine with The Clash and Bob Dylan".

JJ (Johnny) Vienneau: 
Lead Guitar                     
Rhythm Guitar                      
Drums
Bass  
              
Peter Wheeler:
Vocals
French Lyrics

Produced by: JJ Vienneau & Peter Wheeler

Recording Studio: 
Rawkin' Productions - Montreal

Au Pied De La Tour - My French cover of "All Along The Watchtower"

Happy Boxing day 2018! 

This song is an acoustic mix of our 3rd song "Alrithg with me" as a free download! Music by blue return (Andreas Spahn, Christian Spahn), Violas played by Nicolaj Nielsen.

Head over to bandcamp to get all our songs with a 95% discount (yes, that is 5 cent per song!!) from Boxing day (today) until the 1/1/2019!
Enter the discount code SOUNDCLOUD to get 95% of and enjoy all our songs for 5 cent each!

Thanks everyone who supported us, have a happy and great new year!

Street dog say 
Don't you agree
Life has ben good so far

Time to grab your coat and
Find your way home
The radio in my car

Talks about the
Good and the bad news
Sings you can count on me
I wish it'd be true about us, too

People get up
People are busy
People go back to sleep

Don't look back
You don't need the past
And over again 
You failed to do what's right
Come in second best

And it's alright with me
If it makes you happy
And it's alright with me
Baby it's alright

Future plans didn't make sense
Still we're doing great, my friend
People get up
People are lazy
People don't understand

Don't look back
No one needs the past
Over again 
You failed to do what's right
Come in second best

And it's alright with me
If it makes you happy
And it's alright with me
Baby it's alright

And it's alright with me
Baby it's alright

Da da da
Da da da

Alright With Me (Acoustic Mix)

Working on new songs for our upcoming debut EP. Check out our new song and let us know what you think. Fun to work on new stuff, always blessed when something is almost finished! Keep creating great music everyone!

Life has changed

Life Has Changed

Another demo for our upcoming debut. We love the flow of this song! Let us know what you think! We hope you enjoy it! Keep on making good music!

The stars are shining bright tonight
Let them shine
The moon has never looked so kind
I don't mind

We don't need the starlight
Escaping from the past
We leave the town at last

The ocean looked the same back then
I don't mind
The radio plays our song again
All the time
And we can build a future
Escaping from the past
We're coming home at last

And if you still care for me
Then I will be around
And if you take care of me
then I will stick around
then I will stick around

And I can be alone tonight
I don't mind
The stars have never been so bright
Let them shine

The words that build our future
Can cover up the past
we leave it all at last

And if you still care for me
You know where I'll be found
And I will take care of you
Just you stick around
Just you stick around

Demos 2018

Starlight

Para Lia - Hawk Hill

+ Bandcamp: https://paralia.bandcamp.com/track/hawk-hill
+ Spotify: spotify:track:1FOqWHvfn0zchqsLBQXmmB

Watch the music video on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiplJ-eh2W8

Follow Para Lia on:
https://www.facebook.com/paraliamusic/
https://www.instagram.com/paralia.music/
https://twitter.com/para_lia_band
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNABsfHKaCDk28fOj91Dc1g

words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2019
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin
cover art: Phillip E. DAoust
Thank you so much Kevin (Mr. Cagey), Fady (Mr. The sporz), Tim (Three Photons) and JJ (Subject To Revision) for giving feedback to the song when the work was in progress!  

lyrics:

strolling down the street i knew so well
when i was a boy and made my way to
school

and the school was closed long time ago
because bleeding us dry nowadays seems to be
cool

we create new dead end towns

goodbye hawk hill lane
i don't miss you
goodbye hawk hill lane
don't let it get you

young people turned their backs on that one way street
and all the factories are rotten but you built a new town
hall

and the color of the town slowly turned into a grey
like the face of a forgotten but the cemetry is pretty
green

a field of broken dreams

goodbye hawk hill lane
i don't miss you
goodbye hawk hill lane
don't let it get you

goodbye hawk hill lane
i don't miss you
goodbye hawk hill lane
you know i still love you
don't let it get you

Hawk Hill

Dreams will be dreams, and times must be waisted.... Another song for our upcoming debut that we just finished -originally written for a piano, but it turned out so much better giving the acoustic guitar the lead.  Give it a listen, and let us know what you think! Happy to be a part of the Soundcloud community and to discover so much talent!! Keep creating great music!

Days and days
Are passing by
We go in circles again
All of our lives

Hundred places
And hundred nights
We've braved the town again
Every time 

And if you don't mind
Would you be so kind
And stay close to me

And if you don't mind
And if you think that it's alright
Then I will agree

Dreams will be dreams
Time must be waisted
Until in the end
It doesn't matter if we are lost my friend

Days and days
I'm by your side
I cannot leave you here
Just like that

And the people that live around here
They don't know what love is
They just stick to their ambitions
To be the first ones on the subway

And if you don't mind
Would you be so kind
And just let them win

And if you know a better way
To waste the the morning, waste the day
You can count me in

Dreams will be dreams
Time must be wasted
Until one fine day
We stop to find we never went astray

Days And Days

Fun to work on our second EP. Here is a little demo track of a song that will likely be on the album! A song about the perks of sharing love, hope and misunderstanding with someone. Thanks for listening, let us know what you think!

Concede Defeat

The mighty baritone rides again. 😎


I never wanted to push the boat out
Give you pie in the sky
I didn't promise I'd be perfect
I'm not that guy

I'd rather be cool than a danger
Risking all I see
Better a fool than an angel
Is all I want to be

I didn't promise I'd be good
Not guilty of that crime
I do things I shouldn't do
Happens all the time

Please be good to me
Don't get on my back
I'm weak and I'm a fool
Cut me some slack

I'd rather be cool than a danger
Risking all I see
Better a fool than an angel
Is all I want to be

Better A Fool

Memories Gone

When The Wind Dies Down

Written and mixed by Tim Griffis at Princeton Studio.
Mix 1: June 16, 2020
Mix 2: July 19, 2020 -- mixed to an MCI JH-110 tape machine at 15 ips using ATR master tape.

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Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio
Tim's Guitars
Rhythm: Gibson Les Paul Standard
Lead1: Gibson Les Paul Standard
Lead2: Fender Stratoscaster
Bass: Fender Squire

Pedals:
Fulltone wah, OCD
MXR analog chorus
Line 6 delay

Mics: Neumann TLM 67
Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)


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Lyrics

Verse 1
Hey summer, where have you gone?
you've left me here all alone
Heatwave, bring on the storm
and wash my sins away

Chorus
Summer's calling, but I'm locked away another day
Summer's calling, but I'm locked away....

Verse 2
Heartache, leave me alone
find someone else to play
Fires rage, in the sky tonight
there's broken glass in the moonlight

chorus 2
Summer's calling, but I'm locked away another day
Summer's calling, but I'm locked away....

backing vocals 
you can see the light
you can see the light in your eyes

Outro...

Locked away another day

This upload is a bit different. I made this song with my wife - It is sung in English and Korean. A happy child like summer song to cheer us all on through any difficulties. We made this little song for her Korean online community, and for everyone who suffers from dyshidrosis. 

My wife used to suffer a lot from this skin disease until she learned to live with it well and has almost no symptoms anymore.  Many years ago she created a Korean support space  for people who suffer from this condition.   She managed this community unsalaried all this time until now. I could not be more proud of her! 

You can find a short interview with Helen here:

https://www.eatmy.news/2020/05/believe-in-yourself-and-live-with.html?fbclid=IwAR1_dCrxqJjuTCGsAHG6sihoFgT3h41LwABMxB5n1iXgXb4eWME3sScSpCo


Lyrics:

Wake Up - did you hear the news?
All your cats have left without a trace
Wake Up - Don't you be confused
Surely they just found a better place

Summer's coming back again
But it's nothing like the last year
Someone tell the birds to tune it down
Summer's coming back again
But it's nothing linke the last year
Please don't let the sun disturb my frown


Wake Up, did you hear the news?
All your friends have joined the other side
Wake up, don't you be confused
In a year or two you will be fine
I cannot do anything if you are not around me
All I ever needed was your smile
I cannot do anything if you are not around me
All I ever needed was your smile

Cats Have Left (feat. Hyekyoung)

ANOTHER WORLD
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Copyright 2015/2020
Re-Mastered by Andrew Borderick OCT 2020

I'VE HIT THE ROAD, TO FAR TO SEE
WITH ALL THE LONELINESS, IN FRONT OF ME
IT'S GREAT TO SAY, I AM YOU
AND TAKE MY LOVING TO, ANOTHER WORLD
(chorus)
I HOPE YOU'LL BE COMING BACK
I'D DANCE WITH YOU
TO TAKE THE LONELINESS TO ANOTHER WORLD

OUR LIVES ROLL BYE, WHERE ARE YOU
I'D TAKE THE CHANCE ON YOU'D, FALL OVER SOON
WILL TIME LET GO, THIS PART IN ME
I GUESS THE BAR MAN, WILL REMEMBER ME
(chorus)
I HOPE YOU'LL BE COMING BACK
I'D DANCE WITH YOU
TO TAKE THE LONELINESS TO ANOTHER WORLD
to take the loneliness to another world / to another world x2
(break)
(chorus)
I HOPE YOU'LL BE COMING BACK
I'D DANCE WITH YOU
TO TAKE THE LONELINESS TO ANOTHER WORLD
to take the loneliness to another world / to another world x4

2020 From the Vault

ANOTHER WORLD

My Indifference 

Inspired by Xanylovem's "I Flirted with indifference, Never do that " 

By Tainted Icarus & AL' Z (https://soundcloud.com/al-z-z-z)

Lyrics: 

What happened to the green
And to those who love to dream
About living in peace and harmony

The world turned upside down
Green gives way to the brown
Never learned to leave it be

No, no,  don't you cry 
Wipe the tear drops from your eyes
I've given you a chance or three

The rich they've had their way
And the debts you all must pay
And you can blame that on yourselves

Blame my indifference on yourselves


What happened to the blue
And the creatures that swam with you
Not a drop that's left to drink

Fret not and roll the dice
Ignore the facts the price
Not a lot of time left to think

No, no,  don't you cry 
Wipe the tear drops from your eyes
I've given you a chance or three

The rich they've had their way
And the debts you all must pay
And you can blame this on yourselves

Blame my indifference on yourselves

My indifference on yourselves

My indifference


Notes:  Much could be said about this piece...but probably best covered by...something I care about and something I worry about preserving for those who have yet to arrive. 

As is customary with my work... is it perfect...no...but something I hope will move you none the less!

If you get a moment I would encourage you to stop by Al' Z's profile and share some love with one of Soundcloud's very own guitar gods!  He will refuse that compliment...but its one he deserves! Great artist and certainly a brother!   

I hope everyone is well and staying sane in these crazy times!

Peace and love my brothers and sisters! 
Tainted Icarus



ref: My Indifference Master Session

My Indifference

My Indifference (Feat. AL' Z)

All For Nothing
Vocal: Brandon
www.Ghosthack.de
Bass and Mastering: Paploviante
https://soundcloud.com/paul-racle
Lillithe: Music, Arrangement, Production

All For Nothing (Collaboration with Paploviante)

Truth is on the side of the oppressed. - Malcolm X

OFFENCE

words and music K. Gennery
Image not my own

I went searching for silence on a noise riddled day,
walked to a wood, on a thicket I lay.
Speckles of blue through canopies of green,
when the tinkling of ivories come calling to me.

There were moments of magic, pulse soaring scores,
 the voice of an angel shook to me to my core.
She said "Don't you just rest there grab your guitar and play,
join me in a melody, forever and a day"

Oh let it flow, make it go, let it flow,
from inside your heart and out through your soul.
Oh let it flow, make it go, let it flow,
sing out, sing out with me.

I went looking for peace and I found it that day,
the rest is my history believe me when I say.
There's been moments of magic, pimple skin scores,
when the voice of the angel askes me back for more.

Oh let it flow, make it go, let it flow,
from inside your heart and out through your soul.
Oh let it flow, make it go, let it flow,
sing out, sing out with me.

Well you came to me, helped me breathe, 
gave me something to believe in,
I found my peace, a brand new lease of life.
X4

Unknown album (07/07/2020 08:18:18)

forever and a day

ALL THE DREAMS WILL CRY WITHOUT YOU
Written & Produced by Andrew Borderick Copyright AB Music 2015/2020
Featuring MIke Gabriel (UNGUIDED EXPRESS) on all guitars.
Key, Bass & Vocals by Andrew Borderick
Mastering by Mike Gabriel
Cover Design by my Granddaughter Elke Fletcher
Link for Live Video
https://youtu.be/wr6ol00l914

WE LIVE SO FAR APART
BUT THE SUN GOES DOWN IN EVERY TOWN
AND THE DAYS WE GREW
YOU WILL ALWAYS SHINE

YOUR ROCKY MOUNTAIN LAND
TAKES MY HEART AND SOUL GIVES AN ENDLESS SMILE
I COULD LIVE IN YOU
YOU GET ME ROLLING HIGH IN THE SKY WITH YOU
(chorus)
ALL THE DREAMS WILL CRY WITHOUT YOU
ALL THE DREAMS WILL CRY WITHOUT YOU

NOW THAT I KNOW YOU
THERE IS MORE TO LIFE IT MAKES YOU CRY
THERE'S SILENCE IN THE AIR
NOW WE'RE FAR APART THERE'S ONLY PICTURES OF YOU
(chorus)
ALL THE DREAMS WILL CRY WITHOUT YOU
ALL THE DREAMS WILL CRY WITHOUT YOU
(break)
WE LIVE SO FAR APART
BUT THE SUN GOES DOWN IN EVERY TOWN
AND THE DAYS WE GREW
i WILL ALWAYS SHINE AN ENDLESS LOVE FOR YOU
(chorus)
ALL THE DREAMS WILL CRY WITHOUT YOU
ALL THE DREAMS WILL CRY WITHOUT YOU

ALL THE DREAMS WILL CRY WITHOUT YOU

ALL THE DREAMS WILL CRY WITHOUT YOU - Featuring MIke Gabriel on Guitar. (see info for video link)

I can't just sit around
I'm feeling really down
Let me see what I need
Let me see what I need

Do I need a brand new car 
Do I need a VCR
Let me see what I need
Let me see what I need

Shopping gets my spirits up
And makes me feel real good
With my Visa, Mastercard
Don't have to pay 'til next month
Never worry -- credit is good!
All things things make me feel so good
Drugs can't make me feel this way
Only shopping makes my day  (x6)

(Repeat all lyrics again)

Shopping [by Dashing Marbles]

The cameraman
“The Camera Man” by Three Photons is an indie-blues rock track with strong 60s/70s experimental vibes and gritty, analog production. It blends crunchy rhythm guitars, ambient leads, and emotionally raw lyrics that explore themes of isolation, media distortion, and urban disillusionment.

I imagine a cameraman sees a lot of things he doesn't want to see or believe ;-)
Written by Tim Griffis July 2020
mix 1: July 21, 2020, lead vocal panned left (experimental 60s/70s) 

Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio
Tim's Guitars
Rhythm: Gibson Les Paul Standard
Lead1: Gibson Les Paul Standard
Bass: Fender Squire

Mics: Neumann TLM 67
Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Master Tape. 


Lyrics

Verse 1
It's a camera eye
I look away
or I go blind
it ain't pretty
livin alone in this dirty city

Chorus 1
Just like Elvis
when he hit his prime, I shoot at the TV
I hate lookin in the camera eye
when you're staring at me

Verse 2
Hey girl
it ain't pretty
going on down on this empty life
you sure are witty
I can't stand one more lie....

Chorus 2
Just like Elvis
when he hit his prime, I shoot at the TV
I hate lookin at the camera eye
when you're staring at me

Outro
Just like Elvis
when he hit his prime, I shoot at the TV
I hate lookin at the camera eye
when you're staring at me
Just like Elvis
when he hit his prime, I shoot at the TV
I hate lookin at the camera eye
when you're staring at me

The cameraman

All Instruments By Martin Reed,
Produced By Martin Reed.

Free Thinking

I am so pleased and appreciative to have had this opportunity to collaborate with the very talented singer-songwriter Ren Faye on this track.  Her beautiful vocals and expressive melodic lines gave so much to this composition.  To hear more of Ren's gorgeous music:
https://soundcloud.com/renfaye-1
Pleased to report this track played on the After Eight radio show .

The Wayside (Classical Glass and Ren Faye)

Don't miss the video: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9vqX68K9x0&feature=emb_title

Para Lia - 'Riders On The Dike' (Feat. Amanda Kim Sanderson)
Taken from the new album ‘Gone With The Flow’
https://paralia.bandcamp.com/album/gone-with-the-flow

3D virtual art exhibition:
http://www.sophisticatedape.com/gone-with-the-flow-exhibition/

Thank you everyone for listening and supporting Para Lia!

words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2020
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin
cover artwork: Louis Renzoni

Follow Para Lia on:
www.facebook.com/paraliamusic/
www.instagram.com/paralia.music/
twitter.com/para_lia_band
www.youtube.com/channel/UCNABsfHKaCDk28fOj91Dc1g

‘Riders On The Dike’ features the vocals of UK singer/songwriter Amanda Kim Sanderson. Thank you for your friendship and the way you rock the track Amanda! :) It is such a pleasure to work with you and we are mighty proud that you joined us for this song! Follow the amazing Amanda Kim Sanderson on Soundcloud: @phoebeelena


The cover artwork comes from an original idea from the New York Artist Louis Renzoni, who said something like that Para Lia uses the same colors like he does - so the idea of a collaboration was born. Louis artwork runs throughout the album where the artists’ work features more extensively with both featuring in an online virtual music/art exhibition:
http://www.sophisticatedape.com/gone-with-the-flow-exhibition/

Thank you @mrcagey @three-photons @andrew-borderick @subjecttorevision @terrywigmore @fadysporz for your feedback on the mastered stuff!

follow me, we're on the way
to make more out of today
and when we fail we change course
milestones won't move
but our creeping paths are pretty cool
we're the today's soft option fools
i don't know if it's too late
i don't know how long we'll stay
the idea is to go higher
fly over by my side
with curiosity in mind
we are on the loose
we are the riders on the dike
hand me over my fate
and stay with me along the way
if you come around i am okay
i don't know if it's too late
i don't know how long we'll stay
the idea is to go higher
fly over by my side
with curiosity in mind
we are on the loose
we are the riders on the dike
the riders on the dike

Riders On The Dike (Feat. Amanda Kim Sanderson)

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The darkest clouds

All of my songs start out on my Guild acoustic guitar – and then I get carried away. Thanks for listening. Hope you find yourself humming along with the chorus someday. 

Written by Tim Griffis August 1-4, 2020
Mix 1: August 5, 2020
Mix 2: August 8, 2020, changed eq on the bass guitar

Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio
Tim's Guitars
Rhythm1: Guild DV52 Acoustic (bought in Vancouver back in 2000)
Rhythm2: Fender Stratocaster
Lead1: Fender Stratocaster
Bass: Fender Squire

Mics: Neumann TLM 67
Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Master Tape. 


Lyrics (keeping it sparse as usual and to the point)

Verse 1
Your Life – it’s a beautiful thing
One Life – it’s yours to win

Chorus 1
Dark clouds bring a brand new day
Dark clouds wash it all away

Verse 2
Sometimes life, it takes you away
To another time, another place

Chorus 2
Dark clouds bring a brand new day
Dark clouds wash it all away

Bridge
When your heart longs for another day
It’s gonna be alright
It’s gonna be alright

Outro
Dark clouds bring a brand new day
Dark clouds wash it all away
Wash it all away…

The darkest clouds

Human Imposter

MIDNIGHT HOUR
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Copyright 1988/2015/2020 AB Music

MIDNIGHT HOUR, YOU SAY THERE'S NO LAW
IN THIS HOUR, YOU GO ALONE

CHANGING YOUR NAME, IT'S NOT REALY YOU
AND IN THIS HOUR, YOU'LL MAKE, YOU'LL PAY
(chorus)
WATCH ME THERE NOW
SO........... REMEMBER SO
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
AND NOW YOU ARE TORN

THE KIDS ARE ALL SHOUTING, PLAYGROUNDS A SONG
CATCHING THE COLDNESS, I'M ALL ALONE

MIDNIGHT HOUR, YOU'RE UNDER THE LAW
IT'S IN THIS HOUR, YOU ARE ALONE
(chorus)
WATCH ME THERE NOW
SO........... REMEMBER SO
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
AND NOW YOU ARE TORN
(break)
(chorus)
WATCH ME THERE NOW
SO........... REMEMBER SO
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
SO........... REMEMBER SO
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE

Another  World

MIDNIGHT HOUR

International indie music project, based in the Netherlands and South-Korea. Debut Album 'IDEALISM' released August 2019! 
We share our music and music that we love on this channel (and on our spotify list). If you want to hear some great tunes we discovered here on soundcloud and elswhere! You can find our monthly updated list here: 

https://open.spotify.com/user/blue-return/playlist/6uvgGB98PksReLVOdjCFe9?si=jXRYcoYHRqO03P8bi6mnCw

If you are interested in collaborations just drop us a line!