New Country 2020 - part 6

New Country 2021 - part 6

The Blacklist soundtrack - Part 1

Midweek VI

SoundCloud Weekly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkHp2DUDMYk&t=447s
I saw a reflection in the the wood grain of an old cabinet which from my location seamed the face of a bearded character and immediately I knew that the character´s name was Xaripapoulo. He was accompanied with a stubborn and persistent east Mediterranean music. I did a quick sketch of his face, which is the one in the photo and video. This work honors Xaripapoulo that perhaps existed in some other dimension. The track on Youtube is a little longer than the upload to Soundcloud. Hope you like it.

Xaripapoulo (+ Video)

Rise Up

Download

Disappointments, part 1: Through the life.

Midnight Boom

Sour Cherry

The Payback

American V: A Hundred Highways

God's Gonna Cut You Down

The Golden Record

The Lamb

Observing The Sounds In My Brain Hemispheres 432hz
Follow the "Buy" link for the remasterd version

Observing The Sounds In My Brain Hemispheres

Observing The Sounds In My Brain Hemispheres - DEMO

Pacific Day

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

Dossier

Gold chain

Greetings ! I'm back after two month away !

Here is the eponymous track for the three EP's I'm still working on !
This one summaries the three styles : Ambient, Clean / Acoustic, piano / Metal, Epic. I thought it was nice to use different styles in only one piece and I hope you'll like it !

Don't forget to like if you do, comment if you want and share if you can !

Cheers,

Rahab.

Chromatic

I sent Dan an idea of a song I’d written and was blown away to hear his amazing arrangent and guitar playing! Have enjoyed listening to Dan for so long so it’s wonderful to collaborate! Please find his amazing playing and music @danarchx 😀🎶🎵

Track information.
Original composition by Annie Smart
All vocals and vocal arrangements by Annie Smart
Arrangement, production, percussion, programming, bass and guitars by Daniel van den Berg
Recorded June 2019
Guitar: Joan Cashmira, modelo 145, spruce top w/ cocobolo sides and back, Gata de Gorgos (alicante) 2015,
Guitars recorded using an Apogee MiC.
Percussion arranged with samples from Sampletank and Amplitude
Bass: Fender Stratocaster with Octave FX in Amplitude.
Mixed in Auria, mastered in Auria and Final touch. 

Cover image photo by Daniel van den Berg.

Lyrics.
There’s a time and place for patience 
There’s a time and place to be good

Why don’t we lose control 
Why don’t we lose ourselves
Oh fly with me til the morning light
I’ll let my hair down 
I’ll let my hair down

There’s a time and place to lose your mind
There’s the time and place for me and you

Chorus

A TIME AND PLACE (by Dan van den Berg and Annie Smart)

I was playing around with the "Cuban Piano" and kind of liked the sound of it.
So, I was just thinking of what kind of vista might be nice for some rhythm sets I was playing with.

It put me in mind of a jungle setting, so I got to wondering if there were some jungle sounds that were available...and there was one...so I grabbed it.

I wanted something like an oboe or bassoon to blast out through the scenery, but it needed a little more power. I thought about the brightness of brass, so I checked out the Tuba...but it was too brassy. However, just for fun, I picked up the EQ on the hi and lo spectrum ends and left the middle alone, and kept playing down the scale until, happily, it had just the right sound.

Then I wanted some different unique sounds, so I kept playing with the percussion sets until something almost like a woodpecker sound popped out.
So it became part of the mix.

I hope it works out well for an enjoyable ride through the rain forest.

PHOTO by Surgey Chuprin:
unsplash.com/photos/6HVju38exjE

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Kk: Main Vocals, Rhythm Electric Guitar, Electric Piano, Distorted Clavinet, Drone Synth, Music & Lyrics

Piero Peluche: Electric Guitars, Electric Bass, Drums, Percussion, Toy Piano, Mix & Master

electricpaul: Chorus Vocals and two and a half seconds of Electric Guitar


- Echo Chamber - 

Well it’s been a while but I’ve been thinking
You’re either much less fun or you stopped drinkin
What happened to our heady conversations.
Now all we talk about is facebook (media) creations

We used to have ears and eyes of our own.
Now their drowning as our own opinions drone.
I’d like to think your minds eyes are still open
Taking in everything not just words we want to hear spoken.

We want to hear the words spoken
It tells us we must not be broken
The things we feed our minds are tokens.
Swim through the noise and avoid the emotions.

I don’t know my neighbor
Looking in the eye, huh
too much labor.
If your address aint 1s and zeros
I call you out on 1800 hero.
Pull my blinds shut tight.
Turn up my screen res bright.
Listen to all the things I wanna hear
In my digital world I get to steer
Around, away against a fence and fear
Stop and seek to broaden your perspective
The fruits of life goes to he who gives.
In the end we are just human relatives.

Take your time clear your mind
See things from the both sides
See things from both the sides

Blinders are for horses that don’t want to be beaten
Hooked is the fish that don’t want to be eaten.
Pay attention to that which you rarely notice
Stand on your head if that’s what its going to take

Look up and ahead to faces through eyes
Love the differences and see all the sides
What you don’t know can hurt your mind
Build knowledge and understand be kind.

Take your time

Echo Chamber - Nabucco Dinosaur

State I'm In

Love,Heartbreak, & Everything in Between

Nothing To See Here

Tullahoma

Thinking 'Bout You (feat. Lauren Alaina)

Drinking Song

Nightfall

COUNTRY FUZZ

Hard Out Here For A Country Boy (feat. Chris Janson & Travis Tritt)

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.

Bury My Name In The Shadows

C h r i s t i a n T W a l s h