My entry to Round 93 of Termite's WorldWide Cypher Jam. Such a tasty beat from the legendary Termite.
Artwork of me Mr Bowie courtesy of the incredibly talented @Corvus_Sky. a.k.a Tyger Tyger!  Available to purchase on the NFT showroom, only 4 available so get yours!

WorldWide Cypher Jam Entry Feat. Termite

Written and Performed by Bob Porri and Michelle Leverette
copyright 2017 by Bob Porri and Michelle Leverette
https://soundcloud.com/michelleleverettemusic

V1
Cool slides in
through the room
every note
makes its move

C
Bring it on, Bring it on
Awakening, I wanna see
Bring it on, Come along,
Awakening, inside of me

(Post C)
Don’t know just what to do I,
I might just need you

V2
Move in close,
Sway with you,
mesmerized,
so I choose.

C
Bring it on, Bring it on
Awakening, I wanna see
Bring it on, Come along,
Awakening, inside of me

(Post C)
Don’t know just what to do I,
I might just need you 

Pull in tight, 
Move right there.

C
Bring it on, Bring it on
Awakening, inside of me
Bring it on, Bring it on.

Solo

Press on in,
Rhythm Blues,
Lost in time,
Lost in you.

Bring it on, Bring it on
Awakening I wanna see
Bring it on, Come along,
Awakening inside of me.

Don’t know just what to do I,
I might just need you.

Solo

Outro
Bring it on, Bring it on
Awakening I wanna see,
Bring it on, Come along,
Awakening inside of me.

Bring it on
Bring it on
Bring it on
Awaken me
Awaken me
Awaken me

Bring it On (with Michelle Leverette)

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCcc5ihyhcY

3

This must be cleared to make way for a road
I'm like a stone waiting to explode

You are all that I have ever known
Always moving out beyond my reach

I wait for you, for you
 
You are all that I have ever known
Always moving beyond my reach

I Wait For You

The lyrics to this song are a variation on those in The Riverton's “Papa Oom Mow Mow” released in 1962, and used most famously by The Trashmen in “Surfin' Bird” in 1963.
     These nonsense words create a deep and compelling rhythm which I felt would be very appropriate to this track - which is really about comparing a heavy 4:4 rock beat to an equally heavy 5:4 rock beat.
     While classical, traditional and jazz based music are quite comfortable with eccentric rhythms, Rock has not been so (with a few notable exceptions, such as Pink Floyd's “Money”).   I wrote this song to try to figure out why.   I still don't know why, but here is the song.

The cover art is an Image by Iván Tamás from Pixabay

Autobiography of a Lab Rat

Surfin' Rat

download

The lyrics are part of a word association experiment I made for two of my friends. I used the answers I got to form the lyrics in the song. A thank you to Niklas and Marika for their great answers!
 
Composed, all instruments, vocals, lyrics, drum machine programming and produced by I-la-rI (Ilari I. Rantala).
Artwork by I-la-rI

© 2020 Ilari I. Rantala. All rights reserved.

Absence Of Sleep

A struggle is always worth it.

Never give up!

My Children

Part of a new batch of songs we are finishing up and using to learn to master better on our Tascam DP24.

As lonely as this night is, it won't be very long
til I can see her brown eyes
and tell her I was wrong
I've been so very sorry		
and not just for the heartless words I said
I hope she's still my baby          
and not just the pretty girl next door

I hope she doesn't keep me hanging on 
Quite as long as I did her
and even though I probably deserve much worse	
I just don't think that I'm that strong

As lonely as this night is, it won't be very long
til I can see her brown eyes
and tell her I was wrong
I've been so very sorry
and not just for the heartless words I said
I hope she's still my baby
and not just the pretty girl next door

I hope she'll take me back again tonight
humble as I am now
and even though I probably deserve much worse 
I hope she'll take back her crown

I hope she doesn't keep me hanging on 
Quite as long as I did her
and even though I probably deserve much worse	
I just don't think that I'm that strong

Lonely as this night

Perchance To Dream

Forest

Here's a pretty jazz original Turn Down The Lights.  Joining me are Georg Boehme on both bari sax and alto flute and Sergio Parraga on congas.  So fortunate to be able to record with these fabulous pros, who also do their thing here on SoundCloud.  Georg is a one man band while also leading a big band in Cologne, and Sergio is a recording artist from Barcelona.  There's so much interaction among the baritone sax and flute here, despite the fact that the lines were recorded separately.  Enjoy the fine music during this holiday weekend and beyond.

Follow these wonderful musicians: 
https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme
https://soundcloud.com/sergioparraga

And for playlist of the music I have recorded with Georg:
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/grooving-with-georg-boehme

Thanks for all your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares.

Turn Down The Lights - Georg Boehme / Sergio Parraga / Jamie Rhind

From the album “Short Stories”, released 22.01.21

Get a free copy of my album "Short Stories": 
http://bit.ly/robert_gray_mailinglist

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1zf4ux62YMZ2Lry8qdEtTh?si=6oWM6uKJRQWhVsi78TUTxg

End My Days (album version)

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Thanks for all of the recent follows, comments, likes and reposts. I am doing my best to check out your music also, comment, like, follow and repost in many cases. I like artists being creative in any way they can, so forgive my wide range of reposts. 

I grew up on 60's and 70's Rock, Pop, Classic Rock, Psychedelic and Fusion Music. A number of Rock and original Rock bands followed. I also played regular gigs as part of a duo with a flute player (one of my best for life friends, Ed). Of course, we did a bunch of Tull songs as well as Classic Rock and originals with the duo and in our bands.

Before and during my college Music Education, I had taken up Classical Guitar. That was during the day. At night I was playing in a Disco Band. In later years, I reunited with Ed, and formed a Tull tribute band. A number of years later, I was playing Pedal Steel Guitar and guitar in an all original band (Thunderegg) that had a number of nice gigs in Connecticut and New York City.

Over the past 10-15 years, I've been focusing on writing and recording original music. Due to my background, I am spread over quite a few genres and many times that is driven by a collaborator.  I have been collaborating with a lot of great people. I'm one of 3 Bobs who formed an internet band called 3bobrock. We tend to pull from a Pink Floyd sound and other sources for our original music.  My most recent regular collaborations are with Jennifer Foss, a wonderful singer of many styles who also has a lot of great ideas as a cowriter. Several of our recent songs are favorites on our Soundcloud pages. Jen and I continue to work together and are looking forward to writing and recording much more together. We go by the band name Blue Scorpion.

I've also done a good deal of co-writing and recording with Michelle Davis Leverette over the last several years. We are hitting the Blues Rock genre quite a bit. Michelle is another great vocalist and writer who is great to work with. We go by the band name Quarter Turn.

I have a number of tracks with Briand Melonson (Bamtone). Yes, another great writer and vocalist. We tend to aim at Alternative Rock and some Americana.

Other artists I've enjoyed co-writing and recording with the last several years are Amanda West, Ethan Freckleton, Marcus Mittila, Steven Guiles, Bill Perry, Louise Goldberg, Michelle Murray, Halley Ewell, JenaVieve Reed, Mladen Domic and Belinda Coomes. I apologize because I'm sure I've forgotten to mention a few others

I am also always working on creating music for possible film, tv and advertising use. Therefore, among the tracks you find on my pages will be some shorter instrumental cues. My "New Tracks" Album page is where I put new favorites.

Some of my tracks are available for purchase and download. You are always welcome to stream and listen for free here.

Finally, my website, bobporrimusic.com., may be of interest to you. I'm a full time musician, songwriter, and guitar instructor. There is a good deal of free material (video guitar instruction, scales, chords, jam tracks etc.) on my website. I appreciate any interest, comments, emails etc.  I am also am a Guitar Coach for the Guitar Tricks website with a number of online "classes" each week.

Bob Porri