For a more dense rhythm section I needed agility on bass line so this time, instead of the double bass, I chose to use my old dear electric bass, an old Cort that's been with me since high school. I haven’t played it for a long time, it’s been fun, I think I will do it again soon.
About the picture: actually the place of the photo is not a station or an airport, it is part of a photographic work I made some years ago on the concept of non-place like the big malls. But a non-place is also, some way, an all-places, every places from which to leave or arrive...
The real truth is that I've always liked this photo, for the perspective plane and because it's full of lines with variety of lights and shadows... In short, I couldn't wait to find an excuse to use it :)

Have a nice trip!

Arrivals and departures

Guitar, Lead Vocal, Lyrics and song by William Paterson 
@w-paterson-1-1
backing vocal, keyboards ,percusions, mix, and productions by conover
© 2015 Patersongs/Conover


Waiting On The Sun

Me and you 
Sitting in the rain
Waiting on the sun to come

Me and you
Digging in our pockets
Its no money no fun

Well some day soon
Something's going to happen
Lucks going to come our way
We cant give up
We got to keep hoping 
Tomorrows going to be our day

Me and you
Trying just to get by
Boy these days are hard

You cant get work
They don't want to pay ya
Unless you play the right card

Well some day soon
Something's going to happen
Lucks going to come our way
We cant give up
We got to keep hoping
Tomorrows going to be our day

Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun

LEAD BREAK

Well some day soon
something's gonna happen
Lucks gonna come our way 
We cant give up 
We got to keep hoping
Tomorrows gonna be our day

Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun

Me and you
Waiting on tomorrow
Wishing it all away

Me and you 
Drinking through the sorrow
It always seems to want to stay

Well some day soon
Something's gonna happen
Lucks gonna come our way
We cant give up
We got to keep hoping
Tomorrows gonna be our day

Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun
Waiting on the sun......ect ......

END.

Waiting On The Sun (Patersongs/Conover)

Dedicated to some folks in my life who've picked me up along the way, especially through music...

This is one I'm pretty proud of.  Oddly, it's the first time I’ve written a full original song with me singing my own lyrics. I'm joined by the uber talented @TexMex-Shaman, who is wielding the lead electric guitar starting at the first verse through to the end. (this is the second time now where my vocal melody is partly inspired by his magical playing!) He also lends his mastering skillz to great effect here. Thanks TMS for truly bringing this to life with your playing! 
All other instruments are played by me on the keyboard - acoustic guitar, bass, organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, 2nd electric guitar (the higher one in verse 2), horns, drums & percussion, words and voice. The chorus is supposed to sound like a 60's soul song, like Marvin Gaye meets Van Morrison. 
If you play this more than once I'm sorry but I'm afraid you'll be stuck with it in your head all day.  :)

This one's a personal one for me, so thanks for listening, and for picking us up with your music!

LYRICS: 

Verse 1
alone in the corner, that old six string whispers to me
ah but when daddy played, he could set your spirit free 
like the drops in the rain, or a forest tall and green
there's music alive all around
and mamma she told me, you must listen for more than the sound
and hear with your heart

Chorus     
(And then she’d) 
pick me up higher, pick me up higher, pick me up higher
pick me up, lift me up, build me up,  
pick me up higher, pick me up higher, pick me up higher
pick me up, lift me up, build me up, 
pick me up higher 

Verse 2
Now I’m writing my own song… makin’ music with old friends and new
But the joy of my days, are my beautiful daughter and you
And when you play that song, she would close her eyes and sway
all the while as she sings
And man when I hear her, whispered memories they lift me up still
like a bird on the wind

Chorus  

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Other credits: 
-second verse sample of 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' (by John Denver), performed by my 9 yr old daughter
-image design by me using Chat GPT
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here's a link to just the final chorus vocals and horns isolated: 
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/pick_me_up_vox_isolated

and here's a link that features mainly the sax solo & horn section:
https://on.soundcloud.com/y1PR8xv69y77n5CY5w
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here's some pictures I took:
https://500px.com/p/MrMark?view=photos

-mark

Pick Me Up (with TexMex Shaman)

inner light -

Wind & Pane

Strolling backwards

Through the glass I saw a man
with weathered hands 
can you catch the timepiece falling
can you hold it in your hand
your closing every door I have opened
closing every door except the past
somewhere across the blue
I have to turn to another life
a summer wind
will take me there
I am the river washing over the stone 
you are the mountain calling me home
looking at your weathered hands

Weathered Hands

Roofpop

You don't need a map to find paradise
I invite you to listen to my piano improvisation "Amusing Dates".

The sheet music of my compositions can be downloaded from here:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/victor-birkan-sheet-music/3028943?isPLP=1


Amusing Dates - Improvised Piano Piece

Spitfire Audio - Woodwind Evolutions - Personnal Preset

Supernova [Evo Grid Technology]

01 - NI - Reaktor - Mikro Prism
02 - SA - Woodwind Evolutions

On The Cross Roads

If there was only two traits that came through in my music, I would hope that it would seem to be effortless and inevitable.
The Kind Place Studio