Letters to the Editor.

Composition: Logic Pro x
Controllers: Arturia MiniLab MKII, Push 1
Editing: Ableton live 10
Mastering &Mixing : iZotope

Stairs

5 Star Commended Entry in the 2021 UK Songwriting Contest.

Written after an early spring morning breakfast by the local river surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature. I had plans to record more instruments but decided the simplicity of just the acoustic guitar & vocals sounded just right and suited the mood of the song.

Going to the riverside, in the early morning,
Find a place to sit down, stretch and do some yawning,
Sitting by the riverside, watching life go by, life go by,

Birds are looking busy, gathering different grasses,
Busy building nests in amongst the hidden branches,
Sitting by the riverside, watching life go by, life go by,

The peaceful waters flow, so slow, downstream,
Laying down I know, I can go into a daydream,

The ducks are tipping forwards, I guess they're going fishing,
I can't see what they're catching, that's something that I'm missing,
Sitting by the riverside, watching life go on, life go on,

There's no one else here, to see the fish a-jumping,
Just the sounds of nature and gentle waters rumbling,
Sitting by the riverside, watching life go on, life go on,

The peaceful waters flow, so slow, downstream,
Laying down I know, I can go into a daydream,

Going to the riverside, in the early morning,
Find a place to sit down, stretch and do some yawning,
Sitting by the riverside, watching life go by, life go by,
Sitting by the riverside, watching life go by, life go by,

The Riverside Song

She's s a bolt of lightning in a clear blue sky.  The whole world get's a little bit brighter when she comes walking by.  A stunning ray of sunshine on a cloudy rainy day.  She's nothing more left to say.  She's a Sunshine Superday.

The Perpetual Recreation

Sunshine Superday

Empty...

[Empty my deep thoughts while looking at the burning fire]

"I wanted to make music that could touch my heart without lyrics and music for healing my mind."

Listen to music with an atmosphere where you can focus strangely and feel healing from your heart.

Empty

Rainbow.

Crossing the rainbow bridge seen in the distance, imagining a beautiful rainbow country,
With a heartwarming yet bright and warm melody in the orchestra instrument,

"I wanted to make music that can touch your heart without lyrics and for healing your mind."

Rainbow

Rainbow Waltz

Musique composée par O#D le 10 mars 2019 de 20h18 à 20h24
Arrangements par O#D en décembre 2021
Photo par O#D
Tous droits réservés

J'ai essayé de faire un morceau dans la pure tradition de Noel ;-)
Et bien c'est parfaitement raté ;-) et totalement assumé :)
J'espère néanmoins que vous aimerez ce modeste morceau, cette ambiance joyeuse, et que vous passerez un bon moment, en sa modeste compagnie.

O#D vous souhaite un agréable voyage, un Joyeux Noël et le meilleur pour 2022

A bientôt

Joyeux Noel A Ma FA Son

Joyeux Noël A Ma FA Son

How To Lie With Statistics.  2021 Janine Levinson

You take the bottom
You take the top
You take the middle
And add them up
Then you divide
So everyone is average

And then you talk 
About it all
You make it so
You smooth it out
If you don't speak
Don't say the word
Then it won't be

May it never be

The sound of the word makes you average
And when you say the word it makes you average
And time will see what becomes of me
'Cause I don't believe in average

And so you speak
You speak the word
Then everyone is indistinct
The twenty-four, the ninety-three
The thirty-five, the seventeen

And not a one will hear his name
But instead will stand in line
And just because the world is round
Will join their hands and always rhyme

The sound of the word makes you average
And when you say the word it makes you average
And time will see what becomes of me
'Cause I don't believe the averages

Average things in a special design
Special things in an average design
Some times in your life, in your lifetime
Special things in a special design

You take the bottom
You take the top
You take the middle
You add them up
Then you divide
So everyone is average

And then you talk 
About it all
And wonder what
What can it mean
To then divide 
To find the mean
Of ninety five and seventeen

The sound of the word makes you average
When you say the word it makes you average
I don't believe in average

How to Lie with Statistics

The Fly Catz are creating music for our mental health and yours

This is the first chapter of a our musical all about a regular lady who starts to feel like she's losing it when she starts hearing voices. What would you do if it were you. 

Our hope with this music that we can help people who struggle with their mental health to know that they are not alone and that there are many avenues to get help. There is no one size fits all solution to this kind of stuff. Asking for help is the first step. 


This music was created by Hurtful Junez Bass, Drums, Mix and Master
 
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/qwQ2m


Fly Nightmares Guitar and back up vocalist

https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/k91xc


And


Miss Bestie Life - Songwriter, Keyboard and Vocalist (melody, harmony and crazy voices)

https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/af9oN




Help Me

No Direction

Long Way Home

Too Much Fun

Don't Know Blondies Having More Fun/StickN/This One

I wanted to find the core in Thursday's Child, this little ”pretty detty” in David Bowie´s production. It turned out that the colours I was comfortable to paint my cover version with were Tom Petty and the raw simplicity of punk rock.

Thursday's Child

Available on Bandcamp:  https://danielsdurgy.bandcamp.com/track/gentle-was-the-night

Copyright 2022 Daniels & Durgy  * Gentle Rain Records 
An original and tender country love song where even in parting, the two lovers remain fulfilled. Joined here by Dakota Holden on pedal steel guitar.

Craig Durgy: Acoustic guitar & Vocals
Nat Daniels: Piano, Studio Bass, Percussion and Vocals
Dakota Holden: Pedal steel guitar. (Fiverr.com)

Lyrics:

Gentle is the night, when it’s calling out your name
Gentle is the wind, sliding through the window pane

Gentle were your lips, that left me here like this, 
Pale blue moonlight

Tender were your words, when you whispered like a ghost
The curtain softly swayed, as from my arms you rose.

Gently closed the door, each step upon the floor,
Turns to silence.

And in the quiet of your wake
You still give all I can take, as your body lingers still
My empty arms remain fulfilled

Pain was in your eyes when you said there were no sorrows
And you filled my hands with a million tomorrows

Gentle on each curve, your fingertips and words, 
Midnight breezes

And in the quiet of your wake
You still give all I can take, as your body lingers still
My empty arms remain fulfilled

Gentle was the night
So gentle was the night
Gentle was the night
So gentle was the night

Gentle Was The Night

JOY is the latest single from DEADHEAD DAISIES. Stream it everywhere now you freaks: https://smarturl.it/deadheaddaisies

After many drafts, hopefully I have a final version of this song! It’s about narcissists, who can seem shiny and attractive at first. But the dissonance eventually reveals itself.

Lyrics:

I love you, yes I do!
And you love me, I can see!
I’m the one, yes the one.
Shining bright, I’m the sun.

Little darlin’ fall for me,
The false charms ring true.
Magnetic ways I save for you,
A little scene, I make the score.

You love me, I’m a catch!
No one else in the race!
But can’t they understand
I’m the best in the land.

Little darlin’ fall for me,
The false charms ring true.
Magnetic ways I save for you,
A little scene, I make the score.

Ooh, why do they fall
For the lies
That make us despise
The size of his ego
Ooh, what can be done, for
The lives that have been
Taken
Why do they fall for the lies
Time to make the move.
Arise.

Narcissus

Very much a collaboration.

Tante Meli supplied vocals and lyrics, vocal production, very good drum ideas, synth swells and sampled organ.

Faerytale played perfect cello and pan flute.

I brought guitars and bass, bass synth, sampled organ, digital percussion and drums. Then I attempted to mix it all.

It was fun.

Tante Meli and Faerytale. You know them, you love them. But if you don’t know them, go here: @faerytale and here: @tante-meli. You will love them.



source of image:
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Behind Me (featuring Tante Meli + Faerytale )

Real time, live looped solo guitar improvisation. Gretsch guitar, pedal board, amplifier, one mic to one track.



2-5-16 (Aunt Trudy is back)

Dear Me    

Song, vocals, piano: Janine Levinson   2018
All other instrumental: Doug Grean @terpsichords
Produced, recorded, mixed: Doug Grean                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

the things that are never meant to be
most of them stay shadows 
hang back in the alley
and keep their wicked  company

but every now and then a sharpened sliver
in the way of nature 
shoots off from the quiver 
oh, dear me, oh dear me

the things that are never meant to be 
do not hang together 
strangers in the present
and present in the thither
but every now and then a spark of fever
meets a bit of fire and a pile of tinder   
oh dear me, dear me

and a cyclone of broken hearts I’m off the ground
and I’m looking down at my rumpled dress 
and thinking this is something new:  
I am my own sad company     
Paper and a bloody quill to write it down
Write myself a letter
Dear me: It will all be okay. 

the songs that should never have been heard
most of them stayed silent 
hung back in the alley 
and kept their wicked company

but today in a smoke of metal powder
floated through the ether
straight in our ears 

dear me
I’m gonna write myself a letter

Oh Dear Me

Words,Vocal Melody, Singing and Sampled Cello: Wheelwright https://soundcloud.com/wheelwright
Initial Music, Guitars, Bass: Jonathan Beckenstein
Drums: Cheesemont Paisley-Paisley @hypnopompetus

Fictive Sisters is a transatlantic collaboration of Wheelwright and Beckenstein. Our album Immaculate Distraction is available at: https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com/album/immaculate-distraction

You can visit Wheelwright's page here; https://soundcloud.com/wheelwright
You'll be glad you did. He is a true songsmith.

bandcamp

We All Know How It Ends  (Wheelwright+Beckenstein)(Fictive Sisters)

Grateful

My new album "Dreams of the Byzantines" is streaming June 13th, 2025. Please check out my new website darrencsullivan.com for videos and albums to purchase.

Thanks for the kindness and support.

Letters to the Editor.

Darren Sullivan