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A song of hopes and dashed dreams. So many talented people have been badly treated and exploited by business men,the practice continues to this day,maybe more so.
To quote Van Morrison,'Music is spiritual,the music business is not'.

I came in on the half past ten
Stardust in my eyes
My song was on the radio
I was aiming past the skies

Bad city
Bad city

Manager man he talked me up
I was the next best thing
He'd take care of business,sure
I'd just play and sing

Two years on down the line
Things they start to slow
The suit,he don't answer calls
And where that money go

Build me up for the fall
Leave me with nothing at all
A dry cold empty shell
In my own personal hell

Bad city
Bad city blues

I believed all they said
I thought they'd do me right
Yet here I am now bound by law
And a contract sewn up tight

I lined the pockets of the man
But it didn't get me far
He took my money,took my songs And left me my guitar

I still got my guitar

Bad city
Bad city blues

Bad City Blues

This is my second track of 2019, Flavour. It's about the pressures of social media on our youth, who are idolising internet celebrities that are heavily stylised and edited. What we're seeing on socials is a five minute snapshot into someone's life. It's not the whole picture, it's just that person's preferred pieces of themselves. It's what they want you to see. This is a track about my riddance of that culture of comparison, and a hope to encourage a return to real human moments.

Flavour

Set Me Free

BANDANA_Rocks& Stones

Dreams of A Dreamer

Alessandro Ciminata - Over and Over

Come over tonight
Bring your weapons 
Bring your rage
I can hold them all
Come over tonight
Bring your fire
Bring your hate
I can hold it all
Bring yourself
The parts you cannot love
I will kiss them

Come over tonight
Bring your body
Bring your mind
I can hold them all
Come over tonight
Bring your chaos
Bring your fear
I will touch it
Bring your heart
The tender and the hard
No matter who you are
I'll be there for you

All of you
All of me
No past no future
Come over tonight
We can lie outside
Under the stars
And feel it all
Just as it is

Come Over Tonight

Public Service

Jamie Boyd - Vocals, Guitar
Matt Adkins - Bass
Kees Toft - Guitar
Helen Weeks - Vocals

Recorded 2020

Side Of The Road

Fresh On The Net is a music blog hosted by Tom Robinson and Team Freshnet, offering independent artists an open door and a level playing field for their music. Our inbox is open at http://freshonthenet.co.uk every Monday to Thursday morning - if you share a track with us there it will be heard by every member of our moderation team.

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Dan Farrell & Alan Snelling are based in Oxfordshire. Both play guitar and keyboards - Dan is an upside down guitarist. Alan isn't. Influenced by bands from the 60s and 70s, melodic hooks and harmonies are their musical trade mark.

Dreams of A Dreamer

Dan Farrell & Alan Snelling

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