All things shiny and new.

Guitar, Lead Vocal, Lyrics and song by William Paterson 
@w-paterson-1-1
backing vocal, keyboards ,percusions, mix, and productions by conover
© 2015 Patersongs/Conover


Waiting On The Sun

Me and you 
Sitting in the rain
Waiting on the sun to come

Me and you
Digging in our pockets
Its no money no fun

Well some day soon
Something's going to happen
Lucks going to come our way
We cant give up
We got to keep hoping 
Tomorrows going to be our day

Me and you
Trying just to get by
Boy these days are hard

You cant get work
They don't want to pay ya
Unless you play the right card

Well some day soon
Something's going to happen
Lucks going to come our way
We cant give up
We got to keep hoping
Tomorrows going to be our day

Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun

LEAD BREAK

Well some day soon
something's gonna happen
Lucks gonna come our way 
We cant give up 
We got to keep hoping
Tomorrows gonna be our day

Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun

Me and you
Waiting on tomorrow
Wishing it all away

Me and you 
Drinking through the sorrow
It always seems to want to stay

Well some day soon
Something's gonna happen
Lucks gonna come our way
We cant give up
We got to keep hoping
Tomorrows gonna be our day

Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun......ect ......

END.

Waiting On The Sun (Patersongs/Conover)

Vibin'

Roadtrip

Don’t look down
Bruce Conover composed and performed original music.
Phil McWalter was invited in for lyrics and vocal and final sweetening.

You can see all you want from here
Don’t look down
It’s just your feet and a can of fear
And if you fall...
The water’s warmer on the far side of the bay

Don’t slow up
The world will never let you get off
Don’t slow up
Its just a spin on a fairground ride
And if you do...
The circus moves on to another little town

[Spoken]: “Run, rabbit run. Just keep on running, you don't have time to look back and see if everyone else is coming…”

Don't look down
[Trumpet cadenza]
Don’t cry out
Do you think you’ll just disappear?
And when you cry
The lights are going to shine so brightly on your face

Don’t look down
You can see all you need from right here
Don't slow up
They won't let you hide away for a day...

Don't look down
You can see all you want to here
And if you do
The world will never let you get away again

Don’t look down
Don't look down
You can see all you need from right here
Don’t slow up
They won’t let you hide away for a day
Don’t look down
Don’t slow up
Don’t cry out
© Oct 2014

Don't Look Down - Conover/McWalter

Till the Sun Grows Old

Wrought by Fire (Original Mix)

Farewell Summer

themes for recurring dreams

bucket of bad luck

Recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Earlsdon, Coventry, UK
Norton Lindsey, Warwickshire, UK
Chelsea & Hornsey, London, UK

Mixed and Mastered in EPG Studios, Chelsea, London, UK.

The Valuable Friends:

@rick-4-1 - Blue Shoe Honey Drums
@janinelevinson - Whitest Cloud Vocals
@loxford-1 - The Amazing Graham Pike on Paint The Moon Brass
@phil-mcwalter - The Other Largest Rock In The Sea Stuff




Count The Steps

Put on your blue shoes honey
Cos only you and I
Count the steps you’ll take
Put on your blue shoes honey
Cos only you and I
Break the codes you’ll make

I don’t want to paint the moon
A hundred shades of blue
I just want to sing this song
Cos it reminds me of you
Put on your best face

I could swim across the bay
To the distant clouds
Count the steps you’ll take
But I just want to be by you
And hold your Beatle’s hand
Put on your best face

Put on your blue shoes honey
Cos only you and I
Rock the fakes you’ll bake

I can’t help but see you
The largest rock in the sea
Painted blue
I know when you’re coming
The whitest cloud in the sky

I could swim across the bay
To the distant clouds
Count the steps you’ll take
But I just want to be by you
And hold your Beatle’s hand
Put on your best face

I could swim across the bay
Cos only you and I
Count the steps you’ll take
I could swim across the bay
To the distant clouds
Cos only you and I
Break the codes you’ll make
I could swim across the bay
Put on your blues shoes honey
Cos only you and I
Rock the fakes you’ll bake

© Phil McWalter September 2024

The rock is a reference to Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte - Mozart)

Release date:
26 September 2024

Count The Steps

Capsula / Paploviante
Paploviante: Slap Bass, Music, Composing, Arrangement, Mix, Picture and Mastering
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Capsula - Paploviante

2024 Remix and Remaster version to bring it up to the standard of the later album tracks for full album release in 2025.
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By Castle Walls - © P Goodrich 2019

"When Summer sun shines on your face
By Castle Walls I feel your grace
When bees alight on golden thrones
By Castle Walls 'twixt sea and stone"
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The Gertrude Jekyll garden, near to Lindisfarne Castle is the focus of this track. Now owned by the National Trust, originally it was a walled garden that was first constructed by troops manning the castle, presumably as far back as the 1500s or 1600s, to grow food.

In 1902, the Country Life magazine founder and owner Edward Hudson took out a lease from the Crown on Lindisfarne Castle and commissioned his friend, the architect Edwin Lutyens, to transform the Castle into a holiday home in which Hudson could entertain during his summer visits.

In 1911, Hudson decided to restore the old walled garden to use as a place to enjoy. Lutyens brought in his regular collaborator, Gertrude Jekyll to undertake the design work

This track is now part of "The Pilgrims Way Project" exploring the history and natural world of Lindisfarne.

Project Playlist

soundcloud.com/mrbouzouki/sets/the-pilgrims-way-project

Project Website

www.pilgrims-way.co.uk

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Instrumentation

By Castle Walls instrumental feature strings, cello, alto flute, alto F low whistle, english horn, piano, harp, alto glockenspiel, bass guitar, harpsichord and a mixed choir backing. It also features my initial poem voice-over and 'bees ensemble' :-)

The buzzing bees sound FX is classed as Public Domain and is used to add colour to the track from www.freesound.org

creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

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Background

In my head I had the idea of trying to capture the feeling of guests of Hudson, (or modern day visitors) walking around the garden on a late Summer afternoon, possibly stopping to listen to the bees, busy at work, collecting honey.

The poem came out of that thought which then inspired the musical direction of the piece.

I imagined the first part, idyllic, tranquil, moving to section where you just focus in on the bees and everyday life slips away for a while. This is followed by a grander 'promenade ending', where I imagined Hudson's guests strolling around in the late afternoon sun.

By Castle Walls - 2024 Remix and Remaster

A song for Earth and the hope.we don't warm it too much


Lyrics

Who calls me/you?
Who's ears are these?
Who breaks this complicated freeze?
Who wants to play and race the breeze?
Who needs to heed to the two degrees
Who wants to share the real and true?
Who wants the fair to linger through?
Who wants an equal sided dream?
Who wins each time on a losing team?
Stop demanding independence not withstanding the lions carbon share
In spirit, here is a call for the Earth 🌎

📜Two Degrees (Original Version 2008)

Made in #Ableton (November 2024)

Genres;
#Ambient
#Electronic
#Pop

Far Away From The Past

original music bed by Nate J  https://soundcloud.com/natej_music/bright
Vocal/Lyrical sketch by conover

I'm kinda visualizing
A home up on the hill
overlooking the ocean
I See an orange front door
With plenty of light coming in.

Build me a Castle and please keep it strong.
To guard against the elements that keep propelling me on.
Compose a mighty Castle and please keep it free
Of all the innocence that's missing in me.
That's missing in me....

Welcome to the BrightHouse
Where all things are shiny and real
Welcome to the BrightHouse
Where all your dreams come true
Welcome to the BrightHouse
Where all things are shiny and new
Welcome to the BrightHouse
Where all your dreams can come true
For you
For You
Just for you
4U
WTTB

An interesting interview from one of my major influences in production Jon Brion.   https://tapeop.com/interviews/18/jon-brion/

Welcome to The BrightHouse  (Conover / Nate J)

Music Bed by https://soundcloud.com/natej_music/dance-alone
Vocals and lyrics, mix and mastering by conover
© 2019 Conover/natej

Well here were standing in this bright and bold horizon
And some people feel that they're all alone
I'm here to tell you that were standing strong together
And we just don't need to dance alone
We take one step forward
and we meet that little girl
We back up a few steps and we twirl our arms up in the air
You swing the doors wide-open
and let the fresh clean air come in
You turn the lights on and make the shadows go away

Cause we ain't going to dance alone tonight
We're going to dance alone together 
We ain't going to dance alone tonight
We're going to dance together

©Conover & NateJ Jan 2019

We Ain't Going to Dance Alone!(Conover / Nate J)

Music by natej
Vocals, mix, horns and lyric's by conover
© 2019 Conover/natej

United we stand and here we go hand-in-hand.
Qantas will take you the safest way of all.
When you walked out across the tarmac.
I counted your steps until you’d got into the plane.
Oh Lord I know I'll feel the waiting.
The waiting came to set my plate.
Oh Lord I know I'll feel the waiting.
The waiting came to set my plate. But wait..

Around the world with you in 80 days.. Oh My
A round with you this morning.
Around the world with you in 80 days.. Oh My
A round with you again and again and again

Oh Lord I know I'll feel the waiting.
The waiting came to set my plate. 
Oh Lord I know I'll feel the waiting.
The waiting came to set my plate. But wait..

Around the world with you in 80 days.. Oh My
A round with you this morning.
Around the world with you in 8
Around the world with you in 80 days.. Oh My
A round with you this morning
Around the world with you in 80 days.. Oh My
A round with you again and again and again

Here is my one take vocal approach to a letter I got from Nate J.
That doesn't mean there aren't stacked vocals. It just means that everything I attempted I would keep and not look back.
This is the head down approach and you just work through the track eight bars at a time until you hit that magic ending.

Here is the correspondence I received:
I know it may not sound like a finished top song but I think it's good to show the process. 


Nate J
Hey Bruce! Here is the song I promised you! I call it "Gone" because it feels melancholy and longing at times but still sounds hopeful to me. I'm currently in a long distance relationship so I drew the connection from that. However, you should take it in whatever direction you feel! I'm excited to see your take on it! :)
https://soundcloud.com/natej_music/gone

The Waiting (Conover / Nate J)

Burned by love

Embers are glowing
Little eyes are showing
the plans for the rest of the night.
Temperatures dropping
but no need for bother
just pull me in closer
just pull me in closer to you
closer to you
closer to you
closer to you

We could be burned by love
We could be swept into nothingness
We could be burned by love
We could be caught up in happiness for you

Embers are glowing
Little eyes are showing
the plans for the rest of the night.
Temperatures dropping
but no need for bother
just pull me in closer
just pull me in closer to you 
closer to you
closer to you
closer to you

We could be burned by love
We could be swept into nothingness
We could be burned by love
We could be caught up in happiness for you.....

Temperatures dropping
but no need for bother
just pull me in closer
just pull me in closer to you
closer to you
closer to you
closer to you

We could be burned by love
We could be swept into nothingness
We could be burned by love
We could be caught up in happiness for you....

It's cold out there people. Stay warm and cuddle together

Music bed by: Nate j https://soundcloud.com/natej_music/burn
Guitar by @juswel
Vocals and lyrics by conover
© 2019 Conover/Natej

Burned By Love (Conover/ Nate J/ Welin)

The Lagniappe Recorder
Manhattan Beach, California
The gear: 
Universal Audio Apollo Quad computer recording interface
Plug-ins by Fairchild, Neve, Pultec, Studer, Manley, EMT, Lexicon,Oxford, API,Trident, Summit. SSL, Massenburg, Hellios, Trident, Ocean Way,Ampex, Oxford, Manley, Elysia, Api, Moog, Lexicon, Cooper Time cube.
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) Retina ssd, Thunderbolt display
Korg Triton pro 76 keyboard 
Audience ClairAudient 1+1 V2+. Personal Reference Monitors.
AUDIENCE ADEPT RESPONSE AR12 TS 12-OUTLET POWER CONDITIONER with dedicated AC line to main box on pole.
All cables by Audience.
Logic Pro 10 Recording software.
Rode K2 tube microphone with 1954 NOS cryo- genic Telefunken tube
Sennheiser HD 650 headphones with Cardas cable.
RPG and ASC Sound treatment panels and tube traps installed in and behind control area
The Lagniappe Recorder
Lagniappe is a small gift given to a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase (such as a 13th doughnut when buying a dozen), or more broadly, "something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure."
Or as I say "a little something special".

If there was only two traits that came through in my music, I would hope that it would seem to be effortless and inevitable.
The Kind Place Studio

Don't Look Down - Conover/McWalter

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