Hear Me (Valkyrie)

Time leaves me forsaken
For never will the blade ever touch me
My misery it leads me down
I shouldn't be here

So scared that I never will live to
Feast fight and die with you
Worried by fatigue
Worried by decrease

So honestly
Who are we
Hear me valkyrie
(Can't you see)

I'll never give up the point of view
(They run away from me)
I'll never dine in the halls for few
(Run away from me)
How will I ever be walking tall with you
(When they run away from me)
Would that I'd fallen before I knew

So scared that I never will live to
Feast fight and die with you
Worried by fatigue
Worried by decrease

So honestly
Who are we
Hear me valkyrie
(Can't you see)

I'll never give up the point of view
(They run away from me)
I'll never dine in the halls for few
(Run away from me)
How will I ever be walking tall with you
(When they run away from me)
Would that I'd fallen before I knew

Long have I been without my companions
Give me this chance to bleed and die with them
On this day I beg them to decide
For I have never tried to hide

I'll never give up the point of view
(They run away from me)
I'll never dine in the halls for few
(Run away from me)
How will I ever be walking tall with you
(When they run away from me)
Would that I'd fallen before I knew

So what have I become
So what have I become
So what have I become
So what have I become




Vocal audition for The Man Fights Back

Hear Me (2014)

House of Pain cover by Big Shiny '90s
Recorded live November 13, 2021 @ Whiskey John's 
www.bigshiny90s.com

Jump Around

Britney Spears cover by Big Shiny '90s
Recorded live November 13, 2021 @ Whiskey John's 
www.bigshiny90s.com

...Baby One More Time

Toadies cover by Big Shiny '90s
Recorded live November 13, 2021 @ Whiskey John's 
www.bigshiny90s.com

Possum Kingdom

A cover of A Perfect Circle covering Joni Mitchell's Fiddle and the Drum. 

Words & Music - Joni Mitchell
Vocals & Additional Programming - Craig Burnatowski
Vocals, Guitar & Additional Programming - Scott Everatt

And so once again
My dear Johnny my dear friend
So once again you are fighting us all
And when I ask you why
You raise your sticks and cry and I fall
Oh my friend how did you come
To trade the fiddle for the drum

You say I have turned
Like the enemies you've earned
I can remember all the good things you are
And so I ask you please
Can I help you find the peace and the star
Oh my friend what time is this
To trade the handshake for the fist

And so once again
Oh America my friend
And so once again you are fighting us all
And when we ask you why
You raise your sticks and cry and we fall
Oh my friend how did you come
To trade the fiddle for the drum

You say we have turned
Like the enemies you've earned
We can remember all the good things you are
And so we ask you please
Can we help you find the peace and the star
Oh my friend we have all come
To fear the beating of your drum


Fiddle And Looped Drums (A Perfect Circle cover)

October 2, 2005 - Podium - Toronto, Ontario

The Meltdown covering Prince

Words & Music - Prince, Lowell Fulson, Jimmy McCracklin, 1992
Drums - Paul Iskander
Guitar - Chris Iskander Alexander
Bass & Vocals - Scott Everatt
Vocals - Craig Burnatowski

Once upon a time Scott & I went to Karaoke a lot.  This is our adaptation of a song that we knew inside out from singing it all the time.  Recorded live at Podium for a fundraiser. While performing the song I thought that I had made a mistake with the lyrics but couldn't figure out what it was since everything seemed to be running smoothly.  It wasn't until we listened back to the recording that we realized how well Scott could follow whenever I took a song a little bit astray.  I started with part 1 of the first verse but then accidentally jumped to part 2 of the second verse. When we got to the second verse I did part 1 of the second verse and then jumped back to part 2 of the first verse.  The problem with that is the second verse has the band playing accents to beef up the last line and it wouldn't work with the lines from verse 1.  Somehow, Scott and I jumped back to the last line of verse 2 with missing a beat or realizing what we had done.  If that sounds too confusing, the actual lyrics as Prince wrote them are below.

All 7 and we'll watch them fall 
They stand in the way of love 
And we will smoke them all 
With an intellect and a savoir-faire 
No one in the whole universe 
Will ever compare 
I am yours now and u are mine 
And together we'll love through 
All space and time, so don't cry 
One day all 7 will die 

All 7 and we'll watch them fall 
They stand in the way of love 
And we will smoke them all 
With an intellect and a savoir-faire 
No one in the whole universe 
Will ever compare 
I am yours now and u are mine 
And together we'll love through 
All space and time, so don't cry 
One day all 7 will die 

And I saw an angel come down unto me 
In her hand she holds the very key 
Words of compassion, words of peace 
And in the distance an army's marching feet (1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4) 
But behold, we will watch them fall 

And we lay down on the sand of the sea 
And before us animosity will stand and decree 
That we speak not of love only blasphemy 
And in the distance, 6 others will curse me 
But that's alright (That's alright) 
4 I will watch them fall (1 2 3 4 5 6 7) 

All 7 and we'll watch them fall 
They stand in the way of love 
And we will smoke them all 
With an intellect and a savoir-faire 
No one in the whole universe 
Will ever compare 
I am yours now and u are mine 
And together we'll love through 
All space and time, so don't cry 
One day all 7 will die 

[(Just how old)] 

And we will see a plague and a river of blood 
And every evil soul will surely die in spite of 
Their 7 tears, but do not fear 
4 in the distance, 12 souls from now 
U and me will still be here - we will still be here 

There will be a new city with streets of gold 
The young so educated they never grow old 
And a, there will be no death 4 with every breath 
The voice of many colors sings a song 
That's so bold 
Sing it while we watch them fall 

All 7 and we'll watch them fall 
They stand in the way of love 
And we will smoke them all 
With an intellect and a savoir-faire 
No one in the whole universe 
Will ever compare 
I am yours now and u are mine 
And together we'll love through 
All space and time, so don't cry 
One day all 7 will die 

[(Just how old)] 
[(Just how old)] 
[(Just how old)] 


The Meltdown - 7 (Prince cover Live @ Podium 02-10-05)

Guitar - Dejan Zahirovic
Vocals & Drum Programming - Craig Burnatowski

One of many songs to myself.  I find it interesting that it's hard to tell who the "good guy" is.  Is it the part singing or the part being sung to?

When all time I have
Spent down on my
Bruised broken knees
Convinces them that I
Am worthy of increasing degrees

I will notify you of the time and place to meet
I will notify you when we'll return to niceties

The world is gone that I had drawn with tempered lilies
The words that I've spent continue to blend
From old days to these

I will notify you when we can spend these times with ease
I will notify you of the time and place to meet
All the webs lines lead back (To when I couldn't follow)
To all the lies told for the lack of things to say

And though you never meant me any harm (You never did hurt me)
You never meant me harm (You'll never get it back)
The ones you tell bend even blend even deeper
And though you never knew the words to say (You say them anyway)
You say them anyway (You try to take it back)
You live alone even though I live empty
I know you never knew what to do until I met you
There is a soul that calls me but I won't backtrack

I will notify you of the time and place to meet
I will notify you of the time and place to meet
All the web's lines lead back (To when I couldn't follow)
To all the lies told for the lack of things to say

Spinner - Notify (2003)

Cover Ground

Drums - Neil Pheaton
Guitar - Mike Bernardi
Bass - Dave Cundari
Vocals - Craig Burnatowski

An exploration of different views.  I enjoy playing with whether "I" is the person singing the song or my view of the person singing the song.  I also like pointing out my own flaws through the arguments of someone I've portrayed as extremely flawed. This is a demo recording that Alternate End did before I joined them. I added vocals on top using a USB headset mic.

Here we get to know
Don't you want to know
And here we stand above all the ones that don't
And here we never pray
Here we get to pay for our accolades
And here we get the treatment we deserve

And I'll never be lost again I am saved
With an army of a million
Underfoot to hold my weight

I can keep trying to cover ground and fly
I'll be alive I'll be just fine
Why won't you try to acknowledge this love
Say it out loud
Make yourself heard
Temptation comes and I watch it go
But you you're not immune
You've got nothing to save you from your hate

Here we know the way
There is no debate
And we retaliate
We were bred to hate
We've seen our brother slain
Here we love for right
And we kill for right
And here we get the feeling that you've wronged

But I'll never see how you feel the pain I make you face
I'll never see that we're the same race
You will feel my love inside

I can keep trying to cover ground and fly
I'll be alive I'll be just fine
Why won't you try to acknowledge this love
Say it out loud
Make yourself heard
Temptation comes and I watch it go
But you you're not immune
You've got nothing to save you from your hate

Alternate End - Cover Ground (demo)

Audition track for the Stone Temple Pilots vocalist search.

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lwo2UqPl_U

Trippin'  On A Hole In A Paper Heart

Audition track for the Stone Temple Pilots vocalist search.

Interstate Love Song

Updated June 28 2017

Recorded, Directed, Acted, Edited, and Produced by Craig Burnatowski

www.craigburnatowski.com

Video Game Demo

Updated June 28 2017

Edited by Craig Burnatowski

www.craigburnatowski.com

Singing Demo

Lost in the Air (2012)

Recorded live at a private event.

Craig Burnatowski - Vocals, Mix
Scott Everatt - Bass, Vocals
Neil Lukewich - Drums
Mike Di - Guitar

Semi Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind (cover by Big Shiny '90s) - April 6 2019 - STACK Restaurant

Recorded live at Wild Bill's Bistro in Keswick, Ontario.

Craig Burnatowski - Vocals, Mix
Scott Everatt - Bass, Vocals
Neil Lukewich - Drums
Peter Cardillo - Guitar

Loser - Beck (cover by Big Shiny '90s) - April 13 2019 - Wild Bill's Bistro

Music - Anthony D'Amario & Jasper Yang
Lyrics and Vocals - Craig Burnatowski

An online collaboration from the summer of 2012 with two music students in Paris.

You Caught Me

On the first indication I made a mistake
No one needs to know
That was the only feeling that I ever did take
No, no one needs to know

Are you a stone or running away
Are you a stone or running away

You caught me you cut me

You caught me you cut me
Saw my hand of red
You caught me you cut me
And let me go again
You caught me you cut me
No more lenience
You caught me you cut me
Make me bleed instead

Here's the mile and years ago you take your last
Some will fall and some will kill but I won't grasp
See the moon and be the stars another day
Take them all but take it all so far away

One last consideration that I need to make
That's what I need to know
Only you get to make me decide what to take
That's when I get to go

Are you a stone or running away
Are you a stone or running away

You caught me you cut me
Saw my hand of red
You caught me you cut me
And let me go again
You caught me you cut me
No more lenience
You caught me you cut me
Make me bleed instead

Bleed instead
Make me bleed instead

You Caught Me (2012)

Eminem and Dr. Dre's song covered by Craig Burnatowski and Scott Everatt

Forgot About Dre (Cover by rock singers)

I am now using Soundcloud primarily for unreleased tracks and demos. Full albums from my previous and current bands can be found on my official website: www.craigburnatowski.com

Actor/Singer/Voice Director based in Toronto.  Representation by Rachel Neville-Fox at Noble Caplan Abrams.

I have been writing songs and playing in bands for decades. All songs on this page are written by myself and the bands I was a part of unless otherwise noted.

All lyrics, credits and other notes can be seen by clicking through to the individual song pages.

I have a home recording studio and am very interested in online collaborations through SoundCloud with other musicians.  Willing to write lyrics and melodies to your tracks or record something you may have already written. I can record and mix to your tracks or record vocals only and send them your way.

Craig Burnatowski

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