(Written by Terry Reeves)
Terry Reeves:  Lead Vocal
Gary Reeves:  Drums
Hans-Michael Albers:  All other instruments, Arrangement & Production
Video: https://youtu.be/oZEpxaFQm5o 
Working with Hans is always an inspiring process.  The music relationship both Gal and myself have formulated with him over the last few years has never grown stale, because he is so endlessly innovative when interpreting the songs we regularly wing over to his studio in Hamburg.  By contrast, what we say to each other on these occasions is always the same.  “It’ll be nothing like we’re expecting” is our mantra and, sure enough, what comes back never is.  His arrangements are always - and I do mean always - so much better than anything we could possibly have imagined.

It was during what has become a regular exchange of emails that Hans said something which became the inspiration for this song.  He runs his own company, in what could be described as both a creative but stressful industry - advertising.  Not so long ago, his frustrations with certain clients was getting under his skin, feeling that far too often he was wasting his time and energy on those who supplanted boldness and enthusiasm for unnecessary worry and reservation. “It takes loop after loop after loop of needless discussion which means nothing really happens…”, was how he put it.  Having had to tolerate many similar frustrations during my working life - I’d  retired some years before due to ill health - I knew precisely how he must be feeling.

His cri de cœur of “Loop after loop after loop” stuck in my mind and the next time I picked up my guitar, strumming random chords in the way I often do, these were the words I sang.  So this song for my wonderful friend Hans is from the heart and one I hope will bring a quantum of solace for all he is forced to tolerate in his working life.

Finally, must again thank those who still listen, like, comment and repost our music.  We are filled to the brim with gratitude for all your kindness.  (Terry Reeves)

Trapped in a box of daily communication 
No artistic ideas or a mental lubrication
Many words, no meaning, lots being said
Endless discussions to confusion instead

Loop after Loop after Loop……….

Brand to establish and how to perform
Boldness of thinking keep all ideas warm
A number of reasons changing direction
Knowing what to do, Christ resurrection? 

Loop after Loop after Loop………..

Nothing is new it’s all been done before
Takes someone special, see what is more
Easy to reject asking for a new approach 
Ignoring integrity and trust never to poach 

Loop after Loop after Loop…….

Time to find strength, weakest of moments
Gripping tightly to your thinking component 
A Kelly surprises and helps with inspection 
Encouraging power combining self-deception 

Loop after Loop after Loop……..

Loop After Loop - CRIPPLE CLUB

Grabado en 2024   
No quería andar                            Em-A5-C
Con tan poca luz 
Aunque no quiera mirar 
Siempre veo esa cruz 
Sí tratas de llegar 
A cortar el dolor 
Es tu parte animal
Cuando dice que no 
Quema el lujo                      A5
Y quema la espera                      Em
Ahí afuera                              C-A5       
Vas por lo que queda                Em

AHI AFUERA

Creation date: February 2024
Composition & Mix : Thierry Mfe & Guillaume Gaudioso
Time signature : 4/4
Mode : Dorian

Birth Of Game

"Fall" dénonce le love bombing, cette manipulation où un baratineur inonde de belles paroles et d’attentions pour séduire. Il prétend aimer profondément et affirme qu’on est faite pour lui, mais derrière ces mots se cache un jeu de faux-semblants. La chanson met en lumière la superficialité de ces déclarations et le piège émotionnel qu’elles représentent.

Fall

🎞 Live recording video:
https://youtu.be/39WnKM3fpPA

February Stroll - Περίπατος Τον Φεβρουάριο

Only Love

Feel free to sample these tracks.
If you do, a little credit would be appreciated.
If the result still carries any of my original input, we could even list it as a collab.
Either way, I’d really love to hear what you make with it.
 If you want me to send stems or the Ableton project, DM me.

This is my Ableton Note Fun series. 
All tracks are short stories  made on an iPhone in Ableton Note, with all its limitations, constraints, quirks, and imperfections but also a complete freedom of expression.

Link to YouTube Short: https://youtube.com/shorts/dEhtxeJE3q4?si=xTBkGfXTHxDFjnUT

Ableton Note Fun 04 77bpm D Minor Pentatonic

For my sixth birthday for weeks and weeks I begged my dad for a dog
But my dad didn’t think I was responsible enough and he was also kind of cheap
But I kept asking him constantly and finally he broke down
He gave me a little cabbage plant growing in a Styrofoam cup

He said if you take good care of this cabbage plant
Next year I’ll consider buying you a dog

I named him Charlie and I planted him in the flowerbed in the front yard
And every morning I’d go outside, and I’d feed him water and fertilizer
I’d update him on what was going on inside the house
And as far as cabbages go Charlie was a patient listener

Every night before I went to bed
I’d stick my head out the window and say goodnight to Charlie.

Our friendship was more than one of those passing fads
And every day Charlie grew until his head was bigger than my dad’s

And I guess my dad must have noticed too because one crisp autumn afternoon
Me and Charlie were sitting in the flowerbed listening to a baseball game
My dad came outside, and he said to me, it’s time for you to become a man

He reached down and he ripped my best friend Charlie out of the ground
For a couple of seconds, I could see his little roots gasping for soil 
Then we took him in the house and we cleaned and we gutted him

 And I swore that would be the last time I’d ever have a personal relationship
 with a vegetable of the cruciferous type
And as we sat around the table, eating our cabbage soup
It occurred to me I was so glad my dad hadn’t bought be a dog

I dedicate this song to Charlie because he made such a big impression on me
Those months we spent together made me so happy.
I go down the produce aisle at the grocery store.  I see those cabbages and it makes sad
I’m glad for the time we spent together.  Sorry it had to end up so bad.

Charlie (Cabbage Song)

Lost Planet

File Updated 21/04/25 @ 19:14 GMT - More vox power in and mixed the drum and keys cheese a little higher... possibly still not enough cheddar there

Bass run live
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DItwK6NNYAk/?igsh=ZzkwbmkzbWxmazU0

Vocal run live
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DItiaLPt5_-/?igsh=MW0xNnR4ZXRuczg5bQ==

Acoustic warmup and some background
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DItU4cHNWRZ/?igsh=MTQzemFtcTV2OWxteQ==


The Other Side remake # 5. It started in 2002. Got adjusted in 2007. Had seperate facelift's to reflect new reality in 2015 & 2024. Now # 5 is truly Alive for The Other Side. Both the Song and me appreciate your time and love ♾️ If art is conscious in a universal sense as it's doing its job of inspiring love, then that appreciation from the piece itself doesn't have to seem misplaced...

It's great to make art... But the sharing bit can truly last and maybe it can actually transcend the artist as an energetic entity. Maybe all art is that after it's created ♾️ (unless souless ai made it)


Tempo 155bpm 4/4
Tuning 417Hz A and down one semitone then capo 2 (B string back up one semitone)

Lyrics

Why go beyond this face 
To no longer replace and only embrace this soul
You can’t grow while running from this
Down clenching your fist,
Your hot heads
Too mystical

Light up the other side
Light up the other side

I know to look to this place
Search every last little trace
Find why all is interlaced with the cold
(The Beautiful Dark: In order to.know we are playing with light we unfortunately need to understand the shitty darkness that exists in this universe most of which was created by what we currently refer to as  "humanity" - Can't recall a dolphin ever bringing evil to planet Earth - They show plenty of love though... maybe that's showing us how natural love is and where all hate comes from! Humans...)

Light up the other side
Light up the other side

Love like you mean it
Love completely
Is your heart beating?
Then love like you mean it!

We're wishing for middle eastern freedom
We're wishing for Tibetan peace
For 'free' Iraqi beliefs
We let go of Mugabe 🙏🏿 🥳
Zimbawes relief
Fuck you Burmese high priests
🖕🏽All black and white beasts

Rainbows of love
Your Dharma duties
Never end Peace and Love
No shame no doubt no guilt reigns

Just love like you mean it
Love completely
Just love like you mean it
Love completely

Light up the other side
Light up your inside
Light up the other side
Light up your inside
Yeah ➕📈


Notes
Man this feels good. It's like I'm handing a big chuck of myself over and its a good chunck of good in my head.

I pledge to write this song until I die and hopefully that means me making lots and lots of versions of this over the coming decades. It has to be rewritten because this song needs to reflect my reality and that always changes. When the time is right I'll pass it on to another human who I feel will be worthy enough to keep it going for another lifetime.

I wrote this song originally 23 years ago on a two octave Casio keyboard. It was so cheesily amazing. However the beat cheese was 155bpm of high tempo rhythm so when I went to write the lyrics I slowed the gait to try and say what I wanted to say and not sound like a chipmonk.

So today we go back to that gait and we do it without like sounding like a chipmonk and with new relevance for what I see in reality.
This is the result of the first wave of recompiling the idea again from scratch. I'll hone it now...

2002 Original Jam (Casio version)
https://on.soundcloud.com/KUfoFsjM5oUTyJgg7

2007 Version
https://on.soundcloud.com/zaTQnMc55Xaiuvc39

2015 (recorded in 2024 but in the light of v2015)
https://on.soundcloud.com/YzF6zUSGoTgCKkUx

2024 version
https://on.soundcloud.com/zewarjwwqzHtftZp7

The Other Side (2025)

I bid you Relax ... music lovers, 

and with an Open heart ... 

may you enJOY my latest heartfelt Piano improvisation.


Here's to  harmony, melody, and the rhythmic inflections make it all that wondrous thing we call... Music!

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2020
℗  Gary Courtland-Miles 2025

Welcome Home *

In the late 1940’s in the Fulham\Hammersmith area there used to be a club that would raise money for people with disabilities. The club itself would have various activities which a large number involved live music. The name itself was created by the local people who used the club as there main place of entertainment. When my mother in law told me all about it the club and its name I was sold. It seemed to suit me and my brother for so many reasons.

Loop After Loop - CRIPPLE CLUB

CrippleClub