I never I never I never said living was easy 
I didn’t think twice about making a life just to please me 
To be frank you should thank all the doctors and nurses that helped you 
Cos they birthed you and bathed you and nursed you and saved you when you needed them to  

Life is a force with a course that will push on regardless 
We’re all trying to steer without fear while the currents surround us 
All we can hope is we don’t flip the boat in this crossing 
And the land that we reach brings us peace that we seek in our passing 
 

Oh yes, it’s such a good time to be alive 
There’s so much to say and do if you wanted to  

Don’t take my advice don’t think twice it’s alright to like danger
But there’s nothing to gain from taking the pain from a stranger 
You can help them and hold them and try to console them if you want to 
But don’t wait for their thanks as you wave from the banks shouting adieu adieu adieu  

Oh yes, it’s such a good time to be alive 
There’s so much to say and do if you wanted to  

I never I never I never I never said living was easy 
I didn’t think twice about making a life just to please me 
You don’t owe me a penny cos the bills there are many that’s how it goes  
No guilt and no blame just bury my name in the shadows. 

Oh yes, it’s such a good time to be alive 
There’s so much to say and do if you wanted to

Bury My Name In The Shadows

{Kill * Da * Opps}
Making Candy For Your Ears
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I'm putting up new original material on my Spotify channel https://open.spotify.com/artist/2PtcG937rHfQWJwv0Zi4um?si=t1ppLngORgmuqz9qeoDOzw 
Mostly original tracks, a few covers here and there. Thank you for even getting this far. Thoughts, opinions, suggestions all welcome. It's pretty lonely out here toiling over every sound wave and grubby plugin. Any feedback is appreciated and if you've got a track you want me to hear send it over - what comes around goes around etc. A huge shout out to Len Rice for all his production suggestions on this and other tracks of mine - a true expert, check him out https://soundcloud.com/lenrice
One day I hope to get some collaborations going and a far off dream is to re awaken all these tracks in a live environment with a live band and maybe even a live audience. For now the dream keeps me going. Thanks for listening.

I'm trying to use as much real instrumentation as possible: a Taylor and a Norman acoustic guitars, a Fender Strat Roadhouse that goes out of tune if I even look at it, a cheap Vintage mandolin that hurts to play and listen to, an 80 year old zither banjo that screams 'I was never destined for this' and a borrowed Aria Pro II bass that a friend can never be bothered to take home on the bus. Synths are a plasticky Roland FA06 and a fun but dumb Korg minilogue. Throw in some Native Instruments software primarily for smoochy piano and strings, a £15 melodica full of tramp spit, some harps in impossible tunings, and a box of percussion and assorted prehistoric flints (are you really still reading this??). 

All recorded on Logic Pro X on an ancient iMac that is going to explode any minute and take my entire oeuvre with it. And most likely burn the house down.

Wallowing in the warmth of lower mids and melancholic melody.
Recorded, mixed and mastered on a Tascam DP 32 Portastudio using vintage gear gathered over many years.


Take a large bucket. Add a pint of Neil Young, a pinch of Glen Hansard. Wack in a tea spoon of Damien Rice, then an ickle bit of Tom Mcrae. Shove in a hand full of Mike Scott, a heaped table spoon of Neil Finn and a large dollop of Conor J. O'Brien. Mix with a big stick then strain through an old sock. Pour. What you have is a little bit of Mr C.

Hello good people of the cloud.
I play everything in real time and record and master on a Tascam DP 32 Portastudio. Although three of the older songs on here where recorded on a 8 track tape recorder through an old seck analogue desk.
No pc's are used or abused in the process of me music making. I love tactile recording. Switches, faders, pots and buttons. Mouses are for computers and eating cheese. No Mac, Daws or Windows, Midi or overused plugins. And no automated mixing, compromise being a large part of my final sound.

Hope you enjoy some of the music that I make, please feel free to share and comment.

I now have another page, link below, of songs recorded from 1999 to 2012 on an 8 track tape machine.

Gear used:
Tascam DP32 (for all recording and mastering)
Custom Sound amp (owned since the 1980's/90's)
Tannoy DC 200 monitors (owned since the 1980's/90's)
Alesis Sr18 drum machine
Roland V drums HD1 Live Kit Through Roland TD20 Sound Module
Kord M1 keys (owned since the 1980's/90's)
Yamaha moX6 keys
Joe Meek VC3 pro channel (owned since the 1980's/90's)
Audio Technica AT4033a Cardioid Condenser Microphone
Shure SM58 Mic
Sessionmaster direct recording pre-amp (owned since the 1980's/90's)
Zoom GX1N guitar effects
1972 Yamaha FG180 Red Label acoustic guitar
Martin performance acoustic guitar
Yamaha FGX5 Acoustic guitar
JD Fender Telecaster Leccy guitar
DeArmond M75T Leccy guitar
Tanglewood bass 
Vintage banjo
Uke
Stagg mandolin
And a box of old rusty harps.

Deutscher Singer-Songwriter über fünfzig Jahre alt. Seit fast vierzig Jahren schreibe und singe ich Lieder. Mein Hauptinstrument ist die akustische Gitarre, aber ich mag auch Perkussionsinstrumente (Cajon, Maracas, Gurio). Ich liebe es, melancholische und poetische Balladen zu komponieren. Aber manchmal schreibe ich auch (schwarze) humorvolle Songs, Jazzstyle und -Rocksongs. Meine Hauptsprache ist Deutsch. Aber in Zukunft will ich mehr Songs auf Englisch und vereinzelt auch Französisch schreiben.
In meinen Kompositionen bin ich inspiriert von Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, Jacques Brel, Van Morrison und Bob Dylan. Auf meinen Platten spiele und singe ich alles alleine. Meine Vision für die Zukunft ist es, Musiker aus verschiedenen Kulturen zu finden, die gerne ihre Tracks mit mir teilen wollen.
Mein persönliches Mantra ist ein Satz, der von Paul Mccartney auf dem Beatles-Album "Abbey Road auf dem Track "In the end" vor fast Fünfzig Jahren geschrieben wurde:

Die Liebe, die Du bekommst ist gleich der Liebe, die Du gibst.

German singer-songwriter over fifty years old. For almost forty years I have been writing and singing songs. My main instrument is the acoustic guitar, but I also like percussion instruments (Cajon, Maracas, Gurio). I love composing melancholic and poetic ballads. But sometimes I also write (black) humorous songs, jazz style and rock songs. My main language is German. But in the future I want to write more songs in English and occasionally also in French.
In my compositions I am inspired by Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, Jacques Brel, Van Morrison and Bob Dylan. On my records I play and sing all by myself. My vision for the future is to find musicians from different cultures who would like to share their tracks with me.
My personal mantra is a sentence written by Paul Mccartney on the Beatles album "Abbey Road on the track "In the end" almost fifty years ago:

The love you take is equal to the love you make.

Just enjoying myself with all kinds of music 
I like to share.

Music educator, performing artist, compulsive creative and interdisciplinary explorer. Traveler struggling to reconcile the reality of social media and attempting to navigate the waters of a cyclical existence.

I was born and raised in New York and began playing and teaching guitar at the age of 16. When I turned 20 I moved to Los Angeles and attended the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles. After graduating from MI I moved back to attend New School University's Jazz program. During that time I began playing in and leading Jazz combos throughout the New York area. 

When I turned thirty the stock market crashed and I lost everything. As a result of not being able to find work I hitchhiked across the US playing guitar wherever I could. I settled in San Francisco for about three years before relocating to Birmingham, Al about eight years ago. 

Since relocating I've released a number of albums, some through record labels and some independently. I've been so lucky and thankful to have my music aired on the radio internationally. My biggest joy was hearing my music on BBC6's Freak Zone. In 2017 I did a radio station tour in support of my album The Revised Hierarchy of Human Needs, performing live on radio in Washington, Oregon, San Francisco, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Louisiana.

 I am currently performing solo shows in the Alabama area in which I am playing multi instruments, doing live looping as well as singing. I hope to post some of my live performances should I get a recording I feel is worthy of presentation.

If you enjoy what you are hearing please leave a tip at www.joedevita.com

I am also in the process of writing material for a new album which I hope to release in 2020. 

If you are in need of hiring someone to provide guitar/bass/piano or drum tracks for your music I am available.

I also give private guitar/bass/piano lessons through WhatsApp.



 -Joe

Bury My Name In The Shadows

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