Long Lost Way

Vocals / Lyrics, Painting: Aine Parkes @aineparkes
Music, Guitars (Jazzmaster, Cheetah), Bass (P), Drums (AD2), Mellotron (Redtron), Piano (AK), Mix & Mastering (DAW): @bonetender

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2UOH8iWKG7xrLeaWUe8Qwj

======= Lyrics =======

Blindly, drifting,

blaming others for your woes.
Why don't you look in the mirror, deep in your eyes, 
you gotta pay the price.

All the things you've said and done, 
all the things...
What have you done?

Sadly, drifting, 
won't connect with anyone.
Feeling misunderstood and too afraid to try, 
Why don't you see the sky?

So many roads you could take,
A world just waiting for you to wake-

You can't see the forest for the trees oh oh no,
Just about everything makes you freeze so oh oh,
You just keep on keep on running,
Don't look inside your mind.
You keep on keep on running, 
Hide.

But your mind knows, but your mind knows the lies, you know your mind knows why oh oh

Wildly drifting 
madly its lifting, 
step outside just stop the fight,
You know you have to try, 

You know your mind knows why, You know your mind knows why,

You know your mind knows.

©Aine Parkes & Bonetender 2022 All Rights Reserved

Your Mind Knows

Your Mind Knows (with Aine Parkes)

UNE ROUTE QUI DÉROUTE À CIEL OUVERT
L’AUTOMNE QUI S’ÉTONNE D’ÊTRE DÉJÀ L’HIVER
DANS LE NOIR OÙ SCINTILLENT LES YEUX JAUNES D’UN CHAT
LA FILLE SE DÉSHABILLE SE GLISSE SOUS TES DRAPS

ET MOI 

UNE ROUTE SOUS LA VOUTE INTERSTELLAIRE
LA LUNE QUI S’ALLUME AU CLAIR DE LA TERRE
LA FILLE SE RHABILLE ELLE NE REVIENDRA PAS 
HEY MEC RAMASSE TES BILLES ET PUIS MEC OUBLIE LA
 
ÇA BRILLE LÀ-HAUT ÇA SCINTILLE MAIS ÇA N’AVEUGLE QUE TOI
LE SOLEIL EN BAS RÉSILLE ME CASSE LA GUEULE DE BOIS

UNE ROUTE QUI DÉROUTE À CIEL OUVERT
UN CAMION QUI CAMIONNE À TOMBEAU OUVERT

UNE ROUTE 71 (Lyrics)

Photo credit: Julie Falk (CC BY-NC 2.0), found on Flickr

Vapor Trails

Part 84 of 266
Chapters released every weekend. All TAFFETA tracks are created within seven days. 

I use a complete hybrid of organic & electronic sounds within the scope of the Taffeta project. Nothing is out of the question and no limits are set on how things may evolve one way or another.

If you want to hear everything that has come before:
The TAFFETA Albums are available for free on Bandcamp.
Released in 15 part/chapter increments:

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TAFFETA | 84

This is the first track I've created after wrapping up my new album “aes.thet.ics”. There is always uncertainty as to what I want to work on after releasing a collection of material. (or if I need a break)It's a combination of relief/fulfillment, mixed with self imposed pressure as to needing to come up with ideas for future work.

Going back to minimal piano remains a comforting direction. For me it's always a rewarding emotional release. 

**more tracks to share soon from "aes.thet.ics"

Mood Exhibit - Klid

Vocals & Lyrics https://soundcloud.com/shark_teeth93

LYRICS:

No rest on earth for a sinner
A crushing blow I deliver
I wash my hands clean of the day
What can I do? What can I say?

There is nothing left but the wicked
The malady with which you're stricken
A hundred lies still in the quiver
A darkness falls and makes you shiver
And makes you shiver

A recipe for sheer disaster
A slight of hand by your master
And seeds are sown, they grow a garden
A fragile mind that's forced to harden

There is nothing left but the wicked
The malady with which you're stricken
A hundred lies still in the quiver
A darkness falls and makes you shiver
And makes you shiver

And darkness grows
What do you know?
You've lost control
You are not in control

And if you feel like a stranger
You might just be in certain danger
And if you're feeling copacetic
The lights die down and then you get it

There is nothing left for the wicked
The malady with which you're stricken
A hundred lies still in the quiver
A darkness falls and makes you shiver
A darkness falls and makes you shiver
A darkness falls and makes you shiver
And makes you shiver

Malady - Shark Teeth & Moondust

Is it pronounced Athel-flad or Ethel-fled, I'll leave it up to you.  She was the Lady of the Mercians in 900 CE.  Although not crowned as a Queen she was a strong but compassionate ruler according to the historians.

Aethelflaed

Brian Butts - Guitar, Drums, Bass, Keyboard, Master Mix
Jose Flores (LARA Z)- Vocals, Lyrics https://soundcloud.com/jose-flores-83323203?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Pushing Daisies
When we were born we were damaged
And while we were damaged we did no good
And many stayed no good until the day they died

We must save ourselves from us we are killing our own kind
We are taking all the life out of everything alive

If you harbor hate and greed then you just care for yourself
And if that is all you need your soul is dead and all alone

You must fill up your heart again you must not kill your soul
You must make peace with everything and everyone

When we were born we were damaged
And while we were damaged we did no good
And many stayed no good until the day they died

You should believe in something in something pure and good
You can make peace with your enemies just like everyone should

We must save ourselves from us we are killing our own kind
We are taking all the life out of everything alive

If you harbor hate and greed then you just care for yourself
And if that is all you need your soul is dead and all alone

You must fill up your heart again you must not kill your soul
You must make peace with everything and everyone

Neoteric

Bandcamp

Pushing Daisies (feat. LARA Z)

Punk Baby

They travelled, through time and space.

Fly In The Sky

YT video 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go9FCwaiBuM

A Strange Lullaby (YT video link in description)

UNUSUAL

From the EP "Short Songs For Tall Minds" Soundcloud 2022
Lyrics:
She demands satisfaction
It's a chemical reaction
We are strangers on the dance floor
But she'll never take you home
The lady she likes to live alone
Lady likes to live alone
The lady likes to live alone

She lives herself in the light
Yeah, in the zietgeist
She doesn't need anyone
Hogging the remote
Or overestimating their charm
Like little boys
That never ever say their prayers
Leaving their mess around
Both literary and figuratively
The lady likes to live alone 
 Lady likes to live alone
She doesn't want to pick up your phone
The lady likes to live alone

(Oh yeah) That lady she lives alone
She doesn't need you hanging around her throne
She says: "You're an okay lover (all right)
But she tired of talking about it
She tired of waking up in the middle of the night
When you're crying in your sleep
The lady likes to live alone...

The Lady Likes To Live Alone

He went down to the crossroads
To  make a rotten kind a deal

And you know ol’ scratch is
Always lookin', always lookin' for a soul to steal

Seems learnin’ to play his guitar
Was takin’ far, far too long

So, he signed the dotted line
And got his hit song

But his voice sounded like a goat
Of the fine print, 
he should of made a note

Why not just practice?
Best way to get the job done

Why not just practice?
Hard work never hurt no one

They cheered and bought the record
Enchanted by the sound

But music should be for the soul
Not the other way around

And all that fame and fortune
Will burn up real fast

When it’s time to pay the price
And the devil owns your ass

Whoa-whoa-whoa-oh
whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa

Why not just practice?
A good way to unwind

Why not just practice?
protect your soul’s behind

If you’re at the crossroads
Best to turn right round there and then

Cause the devil, he ain’t your friend
He’ll always screw you in the end

Why Not Just Practice? (Featuring Johnny, Willie and Keanu) 2024 Remaster

Flying angels

2nd track from Grundomma 
Grundomma is myself and my brother Glenn Ward. It's been a few years since we actively made music together...but now seems like a good a time as any. We live a few 1000 kms apart across Australia so this a file swapping exercise. Bongo features Glenn on rhythm programming, synths and sampling, bass and yours truly on Piano/keys. The track features samples from the 1970s/80s cult Australian Tv show Prisoner  (released in the UK and USA as Prisoner: Cell Block H)  that ended up playing in repeat on late night Tv for decades afterwards. My brother even owns the DVD box set Thanks as always for stopping by. Grundomma salutes you : )

Bongo!

'A Word In Your Ear Please' is the title track from a new album I am working on at the moment....A blend of Jazz Fusion and Jazz Rock or just Fusion really!

A Word In Your Ear Please

From the album aes.thet.ics
https://moodexhibit.bandcamp.com/album/aes-thet-ics

Mood Exhibit - Hibiscus [from the album “aes.thet.ics”]

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually, as part of a future solo album)

Sometimes the synchronicities come together so perfectly, you can’t help but laugh. I’ve been working on this song for a few weeks now; a piece inspired by a charmingly snarky friend of mine, from my favorite chat group. And on the day I planned to release it, I discover it’s also our host’s birthday. So it is with great excitement that I get to dedicate this quirkiest of songs to our dear friend Eddie Shook; the host of ‘Anything Goes’ (now broadcasting on alt-Thursdays on Mixlr (http://mixlr.com/sleepy-bass-radio/); then uploaded to Mixcloud (https://www.mixcloud.com/DJMenamenasta/)). Thank you Eddie, for 4.5 fantastic years (at least, that’s when I joined in. Haha) of great music; and for introducing me to a wonderful new circle of friends. You truly know how to put together an evocative and entertain show; and draw a kind and friendly audience as well.

Now to share some of the funnest things that have resulted from Eddie’s show over the years, starting with the title of this song… *nudges Janine gently into the spotlight*. Thanks to Eddie's generosity, my music has made an appearance pretty much every week since I discovered ‘Anything Goes’. My songs are usually nestled in between a modern day band emulating the electro sounds of the 80s or 90s, and a band authentically from the 60s or 70s (the show is very diverse, as the title suggests). Two shows ago, as my latest creation was playing, Janine made the comment ‘Your music always has this Subversive Robot Leprechaun element’, and everyone in the chat room loved the comment. After a brief discussion, we concluded… I needed to make that song. And so here it is. And thank you, Janine… for being the impetus behind this one. :)

Next wonderful story. Even before I discovered ‘Anything Goes’, Carlos was already a regular attendee in chat. When I first heard his music, I was honestly overwhelmed. My ears were not prepared for his depth and breadth of instrumental skill, and his time signatures quite simply boggled my mind. But after several shows I began to see the brilliance in the structure; and after several more, I began to ask questions. Carlos is truly generous with his knowledge, and he always takes time to explain musical concepts to me. Just listening to the show, I learned so much about music theory. Recently, Carlos generously offered to teach me some music theory basics (as well as how to actually play piano), and now a whole new phase of my life has begun… at the age of 52. And after just a few lessons, I can now play several musical scales and chords (like the Minor Pentatonic scales, as well as finally understanding that whole Circle of Fifths and Fourths thingy). So thank you, thank you, thank you, my friend. I can’t put into words how exciting this is for me.

And then of course there are all the collaborative projects that have resulted from this show (and the connections that I’ve made). I’m now at 20 collaborations/remixes; all with people I discovered (or actually met) on the show… and it’s a spectacular list: Carlos, Janine, Darren and Kelley (Keldari Station), Johanna (jOjO’Star), Stoney (Stone Catcherye), Jason (Asleep with Headphones and Lazy Dada, and also the generous provider of the Mixlr account), Michael (Think Good Audio), Frank and Kara (Honor in Treason), and Cheryl and Bevan (Vague Notion). I’m honored to have met all these talented musicians, and privileged to have worked with many of them. So… many thanks to all of you as well.

So there you go, Eddie. Thank you for everything. Happy birthday, my friend. I hope you are having a wonderful day today. And I hope this quirky little song puts a smile on your face. I look forward to chatting with you again next Thursday. :)

And for the rest of you SC music lovers, I hope you enjoy ‘Subversive Robot Leprechaun’. :D

WTF! The Musical

Subversive Robot Leprechaun

Dear Followers,
Hi there....... how, are you? .. thank you so much for all the compliments. . as much as I would love to make music everyday, and in a ideal life, I can, that is not quite possible for a while... Please excuse me,
I have just lost my mother last month, (October, 2023 ), the last one of both parents. In the week before her passing I just recorded the most beautiful music ever, because
I wanted to produce a cd with my music for her. but she will not hear it now... I am very upset and sad about her passing, and tired because of all the work
related to that passing.... please forgive me, you will have to wait for a little longer, I am just not in the mood. Hopefully next year, dear followers.... kind regards, Coccinella

Try her music, maybe you'll like it.....c.
Influences:    Bach, Beethoven, Pet Shop Boys, Vangelis, Kraftwerk, J.M. Jarre, Paul Oakenfold,  Exile Pots,  Toots Thielemans, Ramses Shaffy, Bob Marley, Dr. Alban, B.B. King, David Bowie, Fluxliner, Spiderdlb,  Hans Beers, DJ Steve Frances, Anna, Mono"Lux, 

Artist bio:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jxoo7m7usdtdc95/Philo%20artist%20bio%20V3a.pdf?dl=0