Wonderfully urban jazzy piano driven piece... Really loving the dual vocal performance in this one! Excellent!

Excellent song and great observational writing!

Brilliant as ever Antony. Very actual theme, outstanding songwriting and excellent performance!

Your musical genotype cannot be replicated…cool call/ answer scat work, love it!

Wow!!  So fantastic!!  This may be my favorite in your amazing song collection.

Great story/lyrics. More marvelous bass and piano from your goodself. Having the other vocal works a treat. Excellent.

How did I miss this little gem from last year? Biting social commentary, impish jazz delivery, love it!

Great stuff from June 2020

Beach Days

2019
Full album: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrJpSfVhb…&feature=youtu.be

Vernulsya

Darkest Evening

Ebullience - the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings

Ebullience

Hollywood

Somewhere. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. 
 Arranged, performed and recorded by Steven Pierce 1990.

Id At Large-Remastered

Somewhere

Well I know this is a cover and not my usual style but lockdown makes you do weird things. Normal service will be resumed. When? Dunno, but I suspect BoJo knows.  Big greetings and musical hugs to you from a slightly 'stir crazy' burn.it.smith (a.k.a. Antony x)

Oh Susanna (Stephen Foster)

I went camping for a few days to hang out with the trees, but I have returned with a new tune.

I've been trying to improve my guitar skills as i feel ive been plateaued for a while now, and so i have been learning new songs including a lot of Hendrix which gave me the idea to incorporate bass notes with my thumb into the riff (Little Wing etc). 

Lots of people wander this earth struggling with depression, sadness and a lack of purpose in their life. This song is a story about nature encouraging the people of earth to live out their dreams and reassuring them that there is no reason to frown and no reason not to shoot for their goals right now.
Because after all, the only real time is now.

 <3 <3


Tears fall from the sky
All the people they run and hide
All the people they run inside
They should smile, but they cry

Tears fall from the clouds
All the people they run around
All the people they fall and drown
They should smile, but they frown

Only if they knew just above the clouds
There were bright blue skies shinin all around
Calling to the people theyre smiling down
Callin out theres no need to frown

The birds they sing to the people too
Hey you fools its time to do
All the things you ever dreamed of
Write that book that you always speak of

I see
Angels
Weeping
All around me

If only 
They knew
How much
They can do

Angels

He Only Delivers the Box is about the invisible people who do things for us and our ability to de-humanise them which has a depressingly long history and it is not o.k !!!! Dedicated to Taki, a food delivery driver who is sadly no longer with us. 

Big thank you to Natalie Luxton for her fabulous vocals & Yaron Engler whose drum programming is legendary. Hope ya like it.

https://youtu.be/KkMYZyo3KNw (featuring Peacehaven at an ungodly hour)

He sits on his scooter
Connects to the router       
Stares at the android and waits 

A radial line throbber
Gives a job to another
Stealing the food from his plate

He’s tired, deflated
Under-rated
Feeling a bit of a bot

Who gives a fig
About his next gig
He only delivers the box

Box on the back
Tied to the  rack
Wait for that thing to go ping
Eat a banana
Sing ta na na na na
Ignore that nagging chest pain

Engage the clutch
To deliver that lunch
Repeat and do it again

Dweet  dat doot…

Box on the back
Tied to the rack
Wait for that thing to go ping
Eat a banana
Sing ta na na na na 
Ignore that nagging chest pain

Engage that  clutch
To deliver that lunch
Watch out for the driver’s blind spot!
 
The guy will go nuts if it isn’t hot  
Why tie people up in such knots!

He Only Delivers The Box

He Only Delivers The Box (ft. Natalie Luxton)

This is the title track from my recent Bandcamp album to benefit the Myrna Brind Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals. They continue to do amazing work, and they have my complete support.

Appreciation

Each segment is *written and produced by its artist. In order to retain the objective and transparency of the process, no post production or track changes were made.   * written and produced by 
0:00- *Rick Shearer 
             https://soundcloud.com/rix-shearer-ism/tracks
00:16-  *Jonathan Howard 
            https://soundcloud.com/jonny-5ive/tracks
00:38- *Still 
            https://soundcloud.com/still-audio/tracks
1:09-  *RiZLiX  
            https://soundcloud.com/rizlix/tracks
1:40-  *DM 12  
            https://soundcloud.com/dm-12/tracks
2:07-  *++Mario De Fazio (my own therapy) 
            https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP84MAWDVxqZlmEcpRnI0bg
 2:36-  *Andrew Doyle  
            https://soundcloud.com/andrew-doyle-32194121/tracks
3:06-  *LED-M/Mototsugu Endo 
            https://soundcloud.com/user-96978190/tracks 
3:34-  *Greg/Swim the Current  
             https://soundcloud.com/user-699521979/tracks
4:05-  *Spotnickdacat  
             https://soundcloud.com/spotnickdacat/tracks
4:40-  *Christian Levitan 
             https://soundcloud.com/user-872366230/tracks
5:00-  *Khaki Green Gills/Ian West 
              https://soundcloud.com/khakigreengills/tracks
5:27-   *Pablo DMF 
             https://soundcloud.com/pablo-d-m-fontana/tracks
5:44-  *Rick Shearer (Linear Collaboration 1 concept/director/design)
                         ++ RIP Mario De Fazio - 1965-2020
Project description:
I was curious how a collaboration could sound if the collaborators were anonymous during the process. I wanted the collaboration to be created in a straight (linear) path...passed on from one anonymous member to the next..  not mixed, re-mixed and layered over, as most collaborations are made.
I created a guideline invitation...and it went like this:
As the concept and project coordinator, I will tie a collaboration track in one linear path starting with my 25- 35 sec. secret/anonymous untitled instrumental. I will pass that secret track to another person (only)in the project  who's style  I think will be an interesting following my track. That next person will create a 25-35 sec. untitled instrumental which they think might sound interesting as a follow through to  the secret/anonymous track they received from me. When completed, that person will send their newly created (un posted) 25-35 sec. untitled instrumental to me only as a private un-posted track.  When received, I will send that anonymous segment(only) to another member who's style I think will sound as an interesting follow-through right after that track....this process continues until complete. During the secret process the only part of the project you will hear is the one anonymous track sent to you.  Your sound and the track order of this Linear Collaboration will not be changed during and after the project is complete. When the project is complete and posted, you will be credited as the sole writer and producer of your contribution. 
That is when all the anonymous members of this Linear Collaboration will finally be revealed to one another!
Enjoy the process and your creative individuality! 
Linear Collaboration 2:
https://soundcloud.com/rix-shearer-ism/linear-collabaration-2-a-multiple-collabarator-chain-in-one-track
- Rick Shearer, concept and project coordinator

Linear Collaboration 1   (a Multiple Collaborator Chain In One Track! )

Life can be easy
Life can be hard
Life can be precious
Right from the start
And you think you'd never find it
Oh you think you'd never find it
The way back home
The way back home

The early morning
Of the sunny day
The threatening rain clouds
That come your way
And you wish that you could find it
And you hope that you will find it
The way back home
The way back home
The country lanes
The old front door

Oh Elation
Oh Elation

The man in the glasses
Looks away
Find out his secret
The journeys long
It's a twisty ride
Rolling Stones records by your side

The early morning
Of the sunny day
The threatening rain clouds
That come your way
And you wish that you could find it
And you hope that you will find it
The way back home
The way back home
The country lanes
The old front door

Oh Elation
Oh Elation

Elation

I guess I've been hopping around the Cloud long enough to be influenced by all of you. This one is pretty strongly influenced by the bucolic musings of the Cloud King, Chris Pellnat @pretentiousmusic.

From Wikipedia: "Mud daubers are not normally aggressive, but can become belligerent when threatened. Stings are uncommon." To this I can relate.

Dirt Dauber

Dirt Dauber, Dirt Dauber
There’s work to be done
There’s no time for fun
In the sun

Dirt Dauber, work harder
Your larder is bare
Nine spiders despair
When they’re stung

Jittery lady
Adobe architect 
A potter, an artist of mud

It’s all for the baby
A tinge of regret
Your life, a labor of love
 
Work faster, you master 
Of plaster matte walls
Waddle and daubing your halls
 
You flickering onyx
My spindle waste friend
Slaving away til the end

Your moment is coming
You’ve almost arrived
Your masterpiece nearly complete

All in awe we applaud
And with tears in our eyes
As you fall from the skies to our feet

Dirt Dauber, Dirt Dauber
There’s work to be done
There’s no time for fun
In the sun

Dirt Dauber, work harder
Your larder is bare
Nine spiders despair
When they’re stung

Dirt dauber you martyr
A lamb to the slaughter
Why bother? Why bother?
Why bother? Why bother?

Dirt dauber you martyr
A lamb to the slaughter
Why bother? Why bother?
Why bother? Why bother?

Dirt dauber you martyr
A lamb to the slaughter
Why bother? Why bother?
Why bother? Why bother?

Dirt Dauber

A remake of an old one from the 80s, main guitars and vocs are live recording with two mics in the room, then some overdubbing. Part of our new recording sessions where we are both remaking some old songs on the new, better equipment and recording some new songs as well. We'll keep posting as we go. Morry and I are both singing on this one. Slowly working through the mixing and mastering on the Tascam DP24. Hope you enjoy these.

I’ve Been Dreaming

Die deutsche musikalische Hilfsmittel Gesellschaft.ev
Präsentiert das Gewehr.... sorrry die " Lunatics

You talk too much

Lunatics20  // You talk too much//Joerxworx&Ratzzz

Original by FPMORINSTUDIO/Francois Pierre Morin ,Composer

THEME Guitar And Synth 13 12 2020

Piano player, singer,  righteous upright bass & concatenator of disparate factors.

I've been busy working with a band. But I will post something really soon. 
This is a great music community that supports  and encourages others. I urge you to do the same for your fellow artists.
I thank everybody for your precious time.  It means a lot to me.
If you have a moment or two, listen to some tracks, leave a message  and please repost if you like. After all, music is meant to be heard.  Thank you for dropping in.

All the nickels and dimes I make on my songs will go to children charities (tbd).  Thank you for your support.

I love listening to tracks on SC and will certainly repost, but I only repost what I actually listen to.
Influences or artists I simply really like.
Jeff Beck, David Gilmore, Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher, Adrian Belew, Mark Farner, SRV, Hendrix, Steve Vai, and the list goes on.

He Only Delivers The Box (ft. Natalie Luxton)

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