The cat can't believe how much utterly fantastic music has been invading it's earbuds during February - so much so that it required a second playlist for this month.

I'm loving every second I'm hearing from Ryan Rogers.
Elvis Has Left The Building by lesmancott is evocative spoken word.
Francois Cormier - can't write a bad song.......
Fullyard's collaboration with  Florian Lüthi is a wonderful take on a Monk classic.
Two of my favourite Soundclouders - Jonathan Beckenstein & Wheelwright team up for another gem of a song....
And I really love Sara Devoe's low key song, god, ur so cool......she deserves more listeners

Even More February Faves From The Cat

welcome to our new 'reality'...

"The Somnambulist" is the eighth single from my debut solo album, Year Zero, to be released soon....

"The Somnambulist" will also be available on all other digital platforms to download and/or stream.... iTunes, Spotify, Napster, Deezer, GooglePlay, AppleMusic, YouTube etc...

(c)(p) written & performed by Miaow McDonald

engineered/co-produced by Robert Davidson, the 'Aged Choir Boy'.

Miaow McDonald: Vocals, Bass, Guitars, Drums, Xylophone and other sonic perversions
Cameron Jay: Trumpets
Robert Davidson: Drums

Miaow McDonald only plays Fender Guitars.


and here are the words:

take off that mask
i just wanna see you
is it too much to ask,
that i see the real you?
plasticene brain
you're not the same girl -
weathered and vain -
fake in the real world....

you're sleepwalkin'
shut your mouth!
i'm tired of your talkin'
open your mind -
i'll give you a word of advice...
open your eyes and...
WAKE UP!

take off those gloves
'cos i don't wanna fight.
bare me your soul in
unfiltered light...
fuck, you look tired
of all this pretending...
you're totally wired
it's never-ending....

you're sleepwalkin'
shut your mouth!
i'm tired of your talkin'
open your mind -
i'll give you a word of advice...
open your eyes and...
WAKE UP!

wake up, wake up
wake up, wake up
wake up, wake up
(mmm-hmmm)
wake up, wake up
(you've got to...)
wake up, wake up
(uh-huh huh)
wake up, wake up

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2021

If you wanna hear more from Cameron Jay, you can visit his YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/user/zoots251

or you can find him on Facebook...  @cameronjaytrumpet

buy me a coffee...

The Somnambulist

This song is about isolation and a little obsession. Does anyone care to receive Hallmark Card's anymore when they are sick? The protagonist is doing everything they can to be there for the object of their affection. The question is, are they even really sick?

Ryan Elliott Rogers's Album

They Say A Card Can Mean So Much

Wow!

Doing this with https://soundcloud.com/florian-luethi-59518579 really managed to create very uncomfy feelings in the first place..... I am very afar from the point where i would call myself a Keyboardplayer or a "Keyboardist", but that is something i really want to achieve some day. Then there is this Swiss Army Knive of a man, playing in a Band, playing in a Bigband, reinventing old classics, playing the Keys like a young god - how can you keep up with someone like him.

He sent me the first stem back then , i think in April 2021... and said that he want it to be our thing. There was a  toiletpaperroll kind of instructions which came along with it and music sheets which i really cannot read. Thank you, goddamn! AHahahah.  It is also slow, has various changes in timing and there is also a short variation in a part with a bpm change. 

Adding this into my DAW and setting it up was one thing, finding the right key to jam along with it and trying to go JAZZ was a complete different take. Holy SH*T. 

I prelistened alot this two milestone versions out there:
Thelonious Monk Quartet - 'Round Midnight -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yg7aZpIXRI and
Miles Davis Quintet - 'Round Midnight - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIgLt7LAZF0, and while doing so, i felt terrible feeble and developed some slight depression torwards the thing which Mr. Lüthi sent me. I was flatterned, that he thought i can keep up with something like that, but also frightened AF.

So i did listen to his version and i simply was not able to do it. I gladly was able to work on any music, but going 42 BPM, sorry, i fucking started going idle ... so slooooooooooow!!! (Remember : Dawn of Damn is 160 bpm - so this track here is a bout 4 times slower). After many months i finally set everything up and for another few months tried to play something to it - progress about to be aligned with those BPM hahah....

Late but nevertheless, the inspiration finally came and while i tried to line up with this jazzy thing, Florian wanted the FY - Mojo and Crazyness, so he completely changed the whole base for the song and bam bam bam - boomarang!! We both hope that you enjoy this new version of a classic which has been re-issued about 2000 times! We are pretty confident, that this version is quite different... :)

Thank you Florian for the possibility to do this with you and all your patience, your super cool uplifting attitude and positive and constructive critic! Also pretty happy, that he allowed me to collaborate with his unique drawing style. I really tried to adapt and went full drawing mode this time! This was so much fun!

All the best to all of you and a great 2k22 !
Yours,
CMD FY

FL: Base, Sub, Guitar, Beerbottle-Organ, Guitar FX, Drums, Pads, Coda and the THEREMIN!
FY: Trumpets, B3, Music-Box, Wolf-Keeper, Forest-Ambiance, Mix, Master

Check out this absolutely wonderful short video of the German Shepherd "Jedi" - who is kinda going nuts while listening to this one! -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfSLrQv_Tlc

'Round Midnight

'Round Midnight - Collab with Florian Lüthi

Spoken word with music from Miguel Johnson https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic

Elvis Has Left The Building

god, ur so cool

Webs

Welcome to scene 2

The Fly Catz are creating music for our mental health and yours

This is the 2nd chapter of a our musical all about a regular lady who starts to feel like she's losing it when she starts hearing voices. What would you do if it were you? She has a lot of fears about asking for help. But she made the call. Now she's in the waiting room and waiting isn't easy with anxiety. She's worried about what will happen now. What do you think is in the cards for her?

Our hope with this music that we can help people who struggle with their mental health to know that they are not alone and that there are many avenues to get help. There is no one size fits all solution to this kind of stuff. Asking for help is the first step. 


This music was created by Hurtful Junez Bass, Drums, Mix and Master
 
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/qwQ2m


Fly Nightmares Guitar and Synth work (INCLUDING THAT GLOCKENSPIEL!!!! so unexpected, but so necessary)
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/k91xc


And


Miss Bestie Life - Songwriter, Keyboard and Vocalist (melody, harmony and crazy voices)

https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/af9oN

I Don't Know

Why does this You-n-I-verse allow the Best of Us to Age and Crumble when they have given us so much and asked for so little in return?

True Superheroes should live forever, g-dammit.

********************************************
LYRICS

After the first, Scared shadow of a man
stares at me 
and says “I see myself, son’s eyes scream everything”

Then he says,

“Not so long ago, I’m in your place, 
glare at own dad’s face
and hear myself, Confused and questioning”

At what moment in the growing weight 
of a life does it break one’s back
at what point does one run away from the light
and pray to fade through to the black?

He struggles to explain, 
but thought and memory soar free 
from a plaintive self
the strain so deafening

In this fluorescent silence 
a gap of decades 
and five feet separate our selves
why can’t I say anything?

Awkward moments, statements slur together, 
can’t even sense if he is still himself
where is the one who for years kept us glued together?

Where is the father who raised us from the start
that Big Red lug who moved mountains 
with his superman heart
Where is that strength when he needs it to live
Why does world take from one who only knows how to give?

***

Second time worse, three days and nights in straps and drips, 
full-intubated self
scared, darting eyes that don’t see anything

At what moment in the growing weight 
of a life does it break one’s back
at what point does one run away from the light 
and pray to fade through to the black?

Where is the father who raised us from the start
that Big Red lug who moved mountains 
with his superman heart
where is that strength when he needs it the most
how do I stop a soul from leaving its fraying host?

Moving Mountains - The Two Attempts

From the album Astral Surfing for Idiots, coming out early 2022

I’m the gambler
I’ll take your money
Put it on the table
On the table
I’m the gambler
I’ll call you honey
Take your money
When
I need some food
Its time to beg and steal and borrow
This time
I’ll not think of tomorrow
Its time to go and drown my sorrows
In the bar
How far's too far??

The Gambler

Wheelwright: voice, vocal melody and harmony, lyrics @wheelwright

Jonathan: initial music, instruments, mix

Fictive Sisters is a transatlantic collaboration of Wheelwright and Beckenstein. Our album Immaculate Distraction is available at https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com/album/immaculate-distraction

image by Lani Maynard

Crossing time-zones
Godforsaken deserts
Midnight in transit stations
The illusion of freedom
Written in blood written in stone

It's just an idea
It's just an idea

The twisted wreck
Of a helicopter gunship
A distant call to prayer
Sweet liquorice and bitter cigarettes

It's just an idea [...]

He carries her in his heart
She's all he had now all he has
White knuckles holding fast
His mother's photograph in a young man’s hands

Now everything is lost
Now everything is lost

They say half the future’s buried in the past
But the fallen will not weep for us
When it’s our time to choose

It's just an idea [...]

bandcamp

Sweet Licorice And Bitter Cigarettes (with Wheelwright)(Fictive Sisters)

The Cat is currently sleeping while I look for a singer....
If you're interested in being part of Cat Came Back V2.0......drop me a line.....

Cat Came Back (up to 2023) were:
Gina Graham - vocals 
Graeme Mc Pherson - bass, keyboards, samples, beats, production. 
Music written by Graeme, words by Gina.

Our music can also be found on most of the popular streaming platforms but I can't guarantee it will always be there or even here on Soundcloud for that matter.... 
So if you really liked anything you heard here and want to keep it, please visit our Bandcamp page. Or if not ours, support someone else's music you've heard here - it's a tangible gesture that will make their day. 
There's a link below to my personal Bandcamp purchases and recommendations, many of which were artists I discovered here on Soundcloud.

Thanks for listening, Graeme.