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WaterCave

@juswel: Original Bed composition, bass, drums and guitars
@elephantpr: Vocals, lyrics and Backing vocals
@gotchi Orchestration and Horn Section
Concept, production and Mix by conover
© 2018 Conover/Labarca/Welin
Mastered at Abbey Road Studio by Alex Gordon
www.abbeyroad.com/engineer/alex-gordon
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Hazy mornings with you
Everything’s gone downhill

We’ll cruise through the stars
Just making up together
This beautiful collision

I know you know I’d do anything
Cause you care and I do
You and I so beautifully collide
This beautiful collision
This beautiful collision

Just a last time then I’ll disappear
All of our tainted years

We’ll cruise through the stars
Just making up together
This beautiful collision

I know you know I’d do anything
You care and I do
You and I so beautifully collide
This beautiful collision
This beautiful collision
This beautiful collision
This beautiful collision

Mastered at Abbey Road Studio by Alex Gordon
www.abbeyroad.com/engineer/alex-gordon

The Conover

Beautiful Collision Conover/Labarca/Welin/Gotchi

The Waiting Remaster 2023

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

Composed by Bruce Conover and Matt Warnick 

I Can’t Help You Now

funny now how it seems so strange
i should have known it from the start
i caught you stealin the town while i was fallen down
guess i was tearing out your heart

i used to feel empty just like you …it’s true
but i don’t want to change the things you do
it’s gonna be all right

and now you say that your the one i need
yes indeed, your wrong again
and i’m sorry i just can't help you now

searched my soul now im movin on
try a new way of dream’n
if not for you this tune would be through
in fairytales you believe in

i used to feel empty just like you …it’s true
but i don’t want to change the things you do

I Can't Help You Now ))))  Conover/Warnick

Trust Prevails

BreezeWay)))))0(((( Conover

credits:
KZ - a little angel was the singer:) Joni Mitchell's biggest fan.
Recorded at RC&A studio in Orlando on MCI 24 track setup, 

Guitar solo by Michael Redman inspired by the band Orleans!
Mr. Redman was my mentor and shortly after this session a partner in Southeastern Recording studio Lockhart Florida.
That's the short story....

When I Was Young.... 1st song demo I recorded circa 1977

Follow me home 
We'll sit beside the fire
And let the rain fall down
In this dark and twisted town
Music by
@lamorna-cove-studio
vocals, lyric and mix by conover

Follow Me Home(((( Conover/Lamorna Cove Studio-(earbud mix)

King Of The World

Where are We Now
Music by Massimo Ghianda @m4xgh
Vocals by Bruce Conover

Had to get the train 
from Potsdamer Platz
You never knew that
That I could do that
Just walking the dead

Sitting in the Djungle
On Nürnberger Straße
A man lost in time
Near KaDeVe
Just walking the dead

Where are we now?
Where are we now?
The moment you know
You know, you know

Twenty thousand people
Cross Bösebrücke
Fingers are crossed
Just in case
Walking the dead

Where are we now?
Where are we now?
The moment you know
You know, you know

As long as there's sun
As long as there's sun
As long as there's rain
As long as there's rain
As long as there's fire
As long as there's fire
As long as there's me
As long as there's you

Find one friend and proceed......

Conover/Ghianda cover of the Bowie track
Music by Massimo Ghianda @m4xgh
Vocals by Bruce Conover

Where are We Now?  (David Bowie Tribute) by Bruce Conover and Massimo Ghianda

Trickle - Down Day

Findhorn Burst

I would love to get some comments on the mastered version here as opposed to the mastered version "not" pushing the volume to it's limits and allowing more dynamics to be retained.
https://soundcloud.com/conover/we-remember-sheryl

I'm not sure if I'm a big fan of mastering, and I'm trying to check with my  sound cloud listeners. When comparing adjust the volume so that you're comparing sound not just the overall volume.
Thanks much for your comments.
Mastering by Andy Walter
http://www.abbeyroad.com/engineer/andy-walter
Here is another link showing the process that and he uses and a quite nice interview.
Move forward to 8:40 for Andy's bit!!
https://youtu.be/MQDRamXC4qw

We Remember Sheryl mastered at Abbey Road

Morgan Grealish
WEARIN’ THE CROWN 


Plannin’ how I’m gonna’ make everything right 
Takin’ all your troubles home, holdin’ them tight 
All my illusions of control held so close 
Burnin’ deep inside my soul; Free the ghost 
I get off wearin’ the crown 
All hung up in my own renown 
Cardboard throne wearin’ the crown 
I get off wearin’ the crown 
Speak in universal tongue you might want to hear 
In the same sardonic tone year after year 
I’ve got opinions you should know, pay the price 
Band of gypsies in my tow, lead the fight 
I get off wearin’ the crown 
All caught up in my own renown 
Cardboard throne wearin’ the crown 
I get off wearin’ the crown

This is not one of my tracks and I did not play, sing or produce it.
It's just an old school mate that gave it quite a go promoting his music and his band a while back and Soundcloud had not come out yet. I want to show him how this community may accept him. We shall see...
We played in bands together in our teens and I always knew he had something special and original to offer. Hey Pittsburgh musicians are a special breed.
Bruce

Up In Arms                    

Wearin' The Crown (((Morgan Grealish))

This bed was submitted to the Outstation for their creative treatment.The result and credits are posted here.
https://soundcloud.com/conover/beyond-the-outstation-conoveroutstation-1

Beyond The Outstation Music Bed only

I heard the original track with vocal by Torbjørn Vagle which blew me away with its authentic and visceral reality and heart. 
https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv/the-fool-on-the-hill-paul-mc-cartney-cover
I asked him if I could swing over top of his piano track four months ago and I've gone through a complete circle of approaches in that time. 
This was just the last one and I thought I should post something.
Mr. Vagle's version still tops the list.....

Just to clarify this is a cover of the Lennon McCartney song fool on the hill

Fool On The Hill    (Torbjørn Vagle/Bruce Conover)

Conover plays and sings this version

History from the Beatles Bible:
Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 1, 4, 5 August 1969
Producer: George Martin
Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald

Released: 26 September 1969 (UK), 1 October 1969 (US)

John Lennon: vocals, lead guitar
Paul McCartney: vocals, bass
George Harrison: vocals, Moog synthesiser
George Martin: electric spinet Baldwin harpsichord

The final song to be recorded for Abbey Road was John Lennon's Because. The song was inspired by Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and featured The Beatles' distinctive three-part vocal harmonies.

Yoko Ono was a classically trained pianist whose interests had moved towards the avant garde. One day in 1969, however, she played Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 - the Moonlight Sonata.


Lying on their sofa listening, John Lennon asked her to play the chords backwards, and wrote Because around the result. While not an exact reversal of Beethoven's piece, it contains a number of musical similarities.
The lyrics speak for themselves; they're clear. No bullshit. No imagery, no obscure references.
John Lennon
All We Are Saying, David Sheff
The vocal harmonies are one of the most distinctive aspects of the much-admired Because. Lennon, McCartney and Harrison sang together, and overdubbed their voices twice more, giving the effect of nine voices.

John wrote this tune. The backing is a bit like Beethoven. And three-part harmony right throughout. Paul usually writes the sweeter tunes, and John writes the, sort of, more the rave-up things, or the freakier things. But John's getting to where he doesn't want to. He just wants to write twelve-bars. But you can't deny it, I think this is possibly my favourite one on the album. The lyrics are so simple. The harmony was pretty difficult to sing. We had to really learn it. But I think that's one of the tunes that will impress most people. It's really good.
George Harrison, 1969
The vocal harmonies, isolated from their instrumental backing, can be heard on both Anthology 3 and Love. The Love album, however, features the sound of birds twittering in the background.

I wouldn't mind betting Yoko was in on the writing of that, it's rather her kind of writing: wind, sky and earth are recurring, it's straight out of Grapefruit and John was heavily influenced by her at the time.
Paul McCartney
Many Years From Now, Barry Miles
The instrumentation on Because was simple, with arpeggio accompaniment on harpsichord, guitar and Moog. Paul McCartney later bought the electric harpsichord, played here by George Martin, when EMI were reducing their instrument collection; it remains in his recording studio.

In the studio

On Friday 1 August 1969 Lennon, McCartney and Martin taped 23 takes of the basic track, with Lennon on electric guitar and McCartney on bass. Ringo Starr added a basic hi-hat rhythm, but this was for guide purposes only and wasn't recorded.

Take 16 was the best of the 23 attempts. With the backing track in place, Lennon, McCartney and Harrison recorded the first of their harmony vocal tracks. Two more were added on 4 August.

A final overdub was recorded on 5 August, when George Harrison taped a Moog part - the first time the synthesiser was used on the Abbey Road recordings. Harrison recorded it twice, filling up the last two available tracks on the tape.


Ah, because the world is round
it turns me on
Because the world is round
Ah, because the wind is high
it blows my mind
Because the wind is high
Ah, love is old, love is new
Love is all, love is you
Because the sky is blue
it makes me cry
Because the sky is blue
Ah, ah, ah, ah

because: conover

https://soundcloud.com/faktor4 provided snippets used in the intro and outro.
https://soundcloud.com/mayor-of-donutville provided the ending guitar outro.
https://soundcloud.com/bruce-conover

The melody sends a loose salute to Norwegian Wood by the Beatles

Should I Say It?

This could be you, this could be me
This just could be you and me sitting here
Nothing was wrong
It's just a little song about me and you
We braced against the wind
We brace against the Storm.....

Always lean into the Storm..

Music by @abloamberelli
Vocal sketch for demo by conover
Guitar solo by https://soundcloud.com/juswel
Outro by Brass Madness by Phil McWalter/Conover

Brace Against The Storm Conover/Camberelli/Welin

C r u t c h e s & C r o w s

Crows.........................
they laugh at my Crutch
they say far to much
with me down in the streets
the Crows they make all the cash
they spend way to fast
and that can defeat
the Crows
they make all the money
they spend it so fast
and that thing won't last
the Crows 
they manage my future
and i just sit back
when they hang me to dry
i hang on my Crutch
i keep at my side

The Crows.........................

Music Katze Bach
Lyric/Arrangement/vocal and Pixie Dust by conover

C R U T C H E S   &   C R O W S  Conover/Bach (SipanMiX)

Music by Conover
Guitars by Matt Warnick
Whistling at the end by https://soundcloud.com/mayor-of-donutville
© 2020 Conover

Blue Skies Forever

My Body Is A Cage

The Bird has rhythm

Lyrique:
Try to run when you can't seem to hide
Try to talk when the cat's got your tongue

La  La La   La La La
Ahhh Can't catch me now
No you can't
You'll never catch me
1... 2.... come on count along....
3.... 4...... and 5
come on kids.. this is rockin 6 7 8 9 10

When you play
You play for keeps 
When you tag me
I've been tagged
When you play
You play for keeps
When you tag me
I've been tagged for good

Try to run when you can't seem to hide
Try to talk when the cat's got your tongue
Can't catch me now
Can't catch me now

When you play
You play for keeps
When you tag me
I've been tagged
When you play
You play for keeps
When you tag me
I've been tagged for good

Stay one step ahead .....

When You Tag Me

Bathed In Blue Standing Without You - Conover & McWalter
© 2020 Conover/McWalter
I've been standing here for way too many hours
I've been standing here for way too many hours

I don't want to fall between the cracks in the pavement
I don't want to see the bodies in the cement
Why do I think these things
The way that your mother sings
I'm bathed in blue standing without you

I've been standing here for way too many hours
I've been standing here for way too many hours

I don't want to fall between the cracks in the pavement
I don't want to see the bodies in the cement
Why do I think these things
The way that your mother sings
I'm bathed in blue standing without you

I've been standing here for way too many hours
I've been standing here for way too many hours

Bathed In Blue Standing Without You (Conover & McWalter)

Always Remain  (Conover/ELT Project)

I can see you across the lake
workin in your garden
and sittin in the sun
if we could do things all over again
i’d need to remind myself
that you were my friend

I’d wanted  to swim from here to there  
and see if there’s something that we missed  somewhere
I know we left things   go their way
But we were friends and that should always remain

Music bed composed and performed by https://soundcloud.com/extremeloungeterror 
Vocals, lyrics, celesta mix and keys by conover

© 2020 Conover/ELTProject

Always Remain  Conover/ELT Project

Levels
Music bed by https://soundcloud.com/sterilesin 
Vocals, Lyrics, B3 organ, solo guitar, shaker, Mix/Master by conover
© 2020 Conover/sterilesin

Levels can go up and then come down
The levels can get louder
Levels can be changed by artificial means.

serotonin, from emotion primes your motor skill's
Sunshine comes in and changes everything

Be well.

© 2020 Conover/Sterile Sin

Levels)(Conover/sterilesin)

If I Wanted Too  (Bronux/Conover)

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".

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