this is awesome, I shoulda known you were Aussie👍

Really a fine piece of music Chris.  Guitar is captivating, & your phrasing on the vocals is as good as I've heard in a long time.

Professional, flawless, and just as I imagined it would be . Well done to the entire group!!!!

I wrote this song about something that really happened. That is what makes it convincing and compelling.

Progressive..Psychedelic..Drifting..Meditative  Highlights

The Valuable Friends:

@rick-4-1 - Refuge Drums
@janinelevinson - Haven Vocals
@phil-mcwalter - The Other Asylum Stuff

SANCTUARY

I want you
I think I see you everywhere
We want love
We want to see love everywhere
 
Under the sway of thy gentle wings
All the world comes together
 
Old friends, no more these sounds! 
Let us sing more cheerful songs 
More full of joy! 
More full of joy!
Joy, bright spark of divinity, daughter of Elysium 
Fire-inspired we tread thy Sanctuary 
Sanctuary…

Joy!

I want you
I think I see you everywhere
We want love
We want to see love everywhere

Under the sway of thy gentle wings
All the world comes together
 
All you millions, I embrace you 
Well this kiss is for all the world
And you millions, oh I embrace you all
This kiss is for everyone 
All the world…

© Aug 2023 Phil McWalter

Lyrics and music inspired by Friedrich von Schiller's (1759-1805) poem: "A die Freude" [Which also appears in the choral fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony - 'Ode to Joy'.]

Image: The Sanctuary, Avebury, Wiltshire UK. Dates from 2,500BC

"For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought."
from 'The Faerie Queene' Edmund Spenser 1552-1599

Sanctuary

Spotify

Haven’t been on the cloud much lately. Been travelling across the southern Australian coastline, to the beautiful and remote Kangaroo Island. Its beauty seemed strangely juxtaposed to the horrors going on elsewhere.

Haunting Moods of Change

Ode To The Night Wind

Conga and Bass brothers

Former biathlon Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier has died on 28th July 2025 while climbing in the Karakorum. A rockfall hit her at high altitude at Laila Peak while she was on the road with her rope partner. Rescue operations were greatly complicated by the dangerous situation.

This tune was supposed to be published with another title and with vocals. It was not finished yet, neither was the life of Laura.

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. John Lennon.

Die Welt hat Dich am Laila Peak verloren

PARENTAL MENTAL

Le Repos du Guerrier

Made in August 2025

Video; https://youtu.be/BbGC5w64RuM

Dreams Ahead

I received a pair of 'Happy Socks' as a birthday present. This inspired me to write this fun song.

Words & Music: Graham Williams
Vocals, guitars & bass: Graham Williams
Drums: Cubase

'Happy Socks' is a registered trademark.

I bought some happy socks and I put them on my feet,
I started dancing round to the rhythm and the beat,
Of happy socks, hap hap hap happy socks, happy socks, happy socks,
I put another pair on the bedroom chair,
I'm so lucky that I got another pair,
Of happy socks, hap hap hap happy socks, happy socks, happy socks,
They may be wearing out, with a hole in every toe,
But I'm never gonna let my happy socks go,
My happy socks, hap hap hap happy socks, happy socks, happy socks,
My happy socks, hap hap hap happy socks, happy socks, happy socks,
With a pair of these, you've got the socks that really rock,
You can dance all day like you're never gonna stop,
With happy socks, hap hap hap happy socks, happy socks, happy socks,
With a pair of these, you've got the socks that really rock,
You can dance all day like you're never gonna stop,
With happy socks, happy socks, happy socks,
Happy socks, happy socks, happy socks,

Happy Socks

Nihilist film noir existential jazz fusion detective dance music for our AI future  days.  Human music.
From the Album: "Curiosities Of Outsider Art" (Sept 2025)

Lyrics:
Another dark night in the promised land
Experiencing the universes empathic crushing hand
There are people today creating symphonies
With well worded prompts
You know me, I'm staying out of sight
At  late night haunts

I'm investigating black markets
Where people sell off all of their free will
They said you were gonna love me
But I could never ever seem to get my fill

The people out here 
They don't believe in nothing
No God of any kind
You said you were gonna love me
But I could not give you the reason why

You learn to live... (The AI prayer of life)

Another stoned day in the promised land
Experience randomness
And technologies charismatic helping hand
Hypothetical lovers through the screen
She said she was gonna love us
But circuits don't know what I mean

A whispered dream
Asato Ma Sadgamaya
(Hindu Prayer: Lead me from the unreal to the real)
Like a primal scream

Alter your creative spirit
(change the configuration)

Alter your consciousness
(change the configuration)

Alter your soul
(change the configuration)

Alter humanity
(change the configuration)

I'm like a primal scream
How docile we've become
I love how docile we've become...

Asato Ma Sadgamaya

Song written, sung, produced and engineered by Chris Scheri.
Instrumentation by Chris, Mark, David, Brendan

COULD HAVE STOPPED THIS

(Intro. Instrumental theme )
Walking in the park on a hot Summer night.
Make the best of this - he wants to help.
Walking in the park on a hot Summer's night.
Make the best of this - and help yourself.

But you know
You could have stopped this
could have stopped this
could have stopped this (repeat chorus)

(repeat instrumental theme)
Walking in the park on a hot Summer night
Where's the rest of this? Where are you now?
I'm walking in the park on a hot Summer night
What's the best of this? I need to know the rest of this.
Because I know
I could have stopped this
could have stopped this
could have stopped this
I could have stopped this

Over and Over. It keeps me awake at night.
“Could have stopped this” (background vocals)

Guitar solo.

M8 Just when you think, “Everything's alright.”
Just when you think, “We're under control.”
You trip on a thought and slip into “If Only”
If only I'd known, I would have been there!

There – on a hot Summer night
Your thoughts are everywhere.
Can I still help you?
Walking in the park on a hot Summer night,
You're the best of this!
Oh can you tell me, is there anything
I can still do for YOU?

(Choruses repeat till the end, joined by lead guitar on the
third repeat)
YOU COULD HAVE STOPPED THIS

Could Have Stopped This

You Could Have Stopped This

Star crossed lovers with an arson problem. A mini musical movie about lovers on the run...
Added to the album: "Curiosities Of Outsider Art" (Sept  2025)

(Act 1: Young lovers on an arson spree)
Lyrics:
She puts the gasoline in my truck
And then we drive down
And we like to burn up
Local buildings
And alleys
And trashcans

She likes to come out with me at night
And burn things down
She can't explain it
It's just how she feels
It's what see needs
Simultaneous release
While burning down the Hardee's (a USA restaurant chain)

We got black magic spells right off the shelf
I have a split personality
And I hate Ourselves
We have  a compulsion
To  blow things up
It's all fucked up
Young arsonists in love
Young Arsonists in love (3X)

We have black magic spells
Right off the shelf
The good ones are mixed in
So it makes it hard to tell
We understanding the poetry
Of burning things up
Burning shit up
All fucked up
Young arsonists in love
(End Act 1)


(Act 2 : Chase and capture)
Young arsonists in love (3X)
We're on the run
She says: let's burn down a Chevron

We have black magic spells right off the shelf
The Doctors say we seem alright
But you know that we can't be helped
The Police ask: Is this behavior carnal?
"Officer"
She said:
"Have you forgotten how to marvel?"
Forgotten how to marvel?

Young Arsonists In Love

A slightly different mix of a track I have posted already. This one has the drums coming in a little earlier in the song. I'll have this mixed properly and mastered at some point.  Lindsey Kay Scott, my daughter,  is singing the lead on this song.

© 2024 Lyrics & Music By Brenda Doss (BMI) and Lindsey Kay Scott (ASCAP)
Another version with the lyrics are here: 
https://on.soundcloud.com/HlK8AfD7cum2rXkYeX

My Home - Remix

My Home - Remix - ft. Lindsey Kay Scott

Embrace Me

ABOUT

This track has been on the back burner for a (very!) long time and started out as an outline composition in support of a short film, about a reincarnated witch.   As it turned out the film didn’t happen, but the song continued to evolve, and somewhere along the way got renamed to Selene!

It’s a song about two women, separated across time, and could follow several different themes: haunting, possession, reincarnation or perhaps love.. I'll leave you to decide..It touches on separation and isolation, the power of connections and perhaps a life rebuilt, for both the songs characters.

I’ve been very fortunate to be ably assisted in creating this track, by two fantastic pro musicians; Glenn Welman, on drums, and an absolute POWERHOUSE soprano vocal performance from Marion Schneider (Mioune) Without their talent, innovation and, in Marion’s case, a ton of advice, Selene would not be the track it is!  Thanks should also go to Joseph, at JREL Music Studio, Oklahoma City, whose mastering skills put the finishing touches to a track that I really am pleased with!  Thanks a million guys! 

Selene, Music and Lyrics:   Goff Johnson
Drums: Glenn Welman
Vocals: Marion Schneider (Mioune) 

Lyrics

Verse 1: woman

In the quiet of the night,
Something stirs the wind
The silence isn’t right, I don’t know where
There’s some-thing lost inside,
 
Verse 2: Ghost 

I was a sigh behind the moon
A darker shade of night
A story ended far too soon, and far from sight 
But longing for the light 
 
Pre-Chorus: woman

I’m filled with questions with no answers
A masquerade without a dancer
 
Chorus: Ghost

Reach through the night — awake within my dream
Reach for the light
 
Verse 3 (duet)

There’s a truth to be revealed
Through shadows and through time
Throughout the counting of the years 
Our stories will entwine
You’ll be my voice, I’ll be your flame  

Pre-chorus 2 : both

The veil is torn, all doubts are gone
our souls are joined, our names are one
 
Chorus: both 

Reach through the night — awake within my dream
Reach for the light 
 
Middle Section : Ghost  

I thought I’d never be complete
A will without a form
You’re the spell I couldn’t speak
I’m the storm you’ve always worn 
                      
Final Chorus: both

Reach through the night — awake within my dream
Reach for the light 
 
Outro Chorus (quiet reprise)

Tonight — wake within my dream (ghost)
Reach for the light (woman)

Selene

The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories)

Drive Home

There is a video of  "Going Down to Mark's Place"  on You Tube, Last fm, and My Space.
Also  YouTube videos from vinyl releases with cover pics of  'Icarus',  'State of Mind'  'Captives', ' Ambiguous Girl',  and 'Some People'  all written by Chris Scheri. ' Crushed and Crazy'   and 'Omniscience'  written by Chris Scheri and Cris Bonacci.
http://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004046356170

Chris Scheri vocals and flute - 2songs - Sweet Jayne live bootleg video clip:  http://youtu.be/kwhgNdXUjwI  : Star Spinner / Emerald

Wild Orchids have been posting tracks for ages so it is time to add Wild Orchids:  Chris Scheri and Robyn Youlten. Playing live since 2016 as a duo  and also as a full band Wild Orchids and the Weeds.



My friend and collab Partner " Rusty Stone " is proud to introduce his first completely selfproduced album "Ramblin´Man " available from www.rusty-stone.com (now!)..also from Galileo Music Communications Germany (December 2025)
Teaser now on YouTube 
https://youtu.be/AzvAoegggpc?si=mMC1N0YegrBicVvP

"Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not
 wisdom, wisdom is not truth, truth Is not beauty, beauty is not love, love is not music, music is the best" (Frank Zappa)


Lyrics for Hubert Stytz( Stytz Syndicate), W. Dannemann (TOX!), Rusty Stone ( R.Stone Music) and many more..
Rock/Metal/Blues/Poprock/Reggae/Soul/Funk/Americana//World/Folk/Country
Hint.. use ear./headphones for better sound transparency and enjoy.. comments always welcome!
My motto is.. good music matters.. even if it doesn´t pay you moneywise.. and I love good stories and have deep respect for lyric/ songwriters who really have to say something. John Hiatt is one of my alltime favs.
The majority of the songillustrations are personal photos taken by me !

If you like you can check out more of our music:  
First of all a tribute to Jimi Hendrix by Stytz: Castles Made Of Sand

https://youtu.be/9Qp9gJsElNk?feature=shared

Stytz /Stytz Syndicate on: spotify. youtube.
Stytz also represented by =Fuego Music" since 2023
www.stytz.com https://youtu.be/s0iWCPIQIwA?feature=shared

Rusty Stone/Rev. Rusty&The Case on youtube and spotify
Rusty Stone:  on  Bandcamp and youtube. https://youtu.be/bXaGoJ6Adtg?feature=shared
recommended Video on YouTube "Nighttime"!https://youtu.be/FJ0P3A8rNtw?feature=shared and
https://youtu.be/qNprIPofKNk?feature=sharednd live with "THE CASE"
https://youtu.be/UYqLAVrW7DA?feature=shared



" Prince Of Darkness 1985 and Tox 1986"  by ZYX-music/ Golden Core Records : re-released 08/ 2024.  also on Youtube and Spotify!https://youtu.be/jb6GsSGtydo?feature=shared


Last but not least.. my personal fav. band when it comes to metal.. melodic death metal...to be clear.. "Craving for Chaos" Band Munich ..on youtube, spotify.instagram, facebook and bandcamp..check them out!
live:  https://youtu.be/Swi9S7eqytM?feature=sharedhttps://youtu.be/Swi9S7eqytM?feature=shared
and back to the roots..Leadguitarist Jeremy at the age of 16
https://youtu.be/RRnsa-SSkoo?feature=shared (recorded with a simple photo camera- and the original camerasound ..no overdubs/ lol)
also:
Metal Virtuosos !" Voodoo Gods"    https://youtu.be/k31qUslUyck?feature=shared

You Could Have Stopped This

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