Ballads, Songwriter, Hip Hop - Dave Heffner

Aspirin

Mahan Mahan's Favorite Tracks January 2021

My Jan 2021 Favorites

Best of the Cloud 04 01 2021

SINKING IN MY ARMS

RhuneStar 3 - Galaxy Five

Movements of ApproachToSilence & Friends 21-I

Monday Playlist 1/11/2021

☆☆☆CROW 💜♡💜 CROW 💜♡💜 CROW☆☆☆

Beefus and I ended our @cabal-akademik project at the beginning of this year. We decided to head in a different direction this time. @beefusbruiser

A an enthusiastic salute and thanks to Dark Fidelity Hi-Fi's Rick Jones for the amazing mastering job!  @richard-jones-215  @rick-jones-539511301 

When all the rivers and oceans have dried up you shed no tears
It's all beyond us now
Look at the pain and destruction you brought us,
you have no shame
it's you I blame

they're watching all of the flames and the smoke that's burning
The clouds are tumbling down, sheer panic, don't look back
Brother man, you happy? why did you do this to me...
When the Crows speak

We will always be here
you will fade away

they're watching all of the flames and the smoke that's burning
The clouds are tumbling down, sheer panic, don't look back
Brother man, you happy? why did you do this to me...
When the Crows speak


https://cabalakademik.bandcamp.com/album/trespassers
https://cabalakademik.bandcamp.com/album/bedimmed
https://bpweatnurecords.bandcamp.com/album/workshop

When Crows Speak | Beefus B & Belial Pelegrim

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/aPtOH9ymgrM
Original 2013

Fast Cars And Guitars (lyrics by Tony - vocal / music by Phillip Clarkson) Original with video link

*** VIDEO NOW ON YOUTUBE ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3-pxPEh4-I

vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
''''''    SOCIAL CLIMB    ''''''
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

We know - that you think you're a Princess
They know - what you're all about
And we know - that you think you're above them
And we know - that not one of them cares !

Yeah! We know - that there's always a motive
They know - just why you always call
And we know that you're yearning - they can see it
And we know just what's on your mind !

Sitting pretty - Little Missy
You don't really get it - do you ?
Your social climb is what it's all about !
But is it all it's cracked up to be - your life ?

You can fool some of the people
We know it's only some of the time !
'Cos they know exactly what you're thinking
And you know what you want every time !

Sitting pretty Little Missy 
You don't really get it do you?
Your social climb is what it's all about
Is it all it's cracked up to be - your life ? 

vvvvvvvvvvvvvv

Moir 2006

Social Climb

Download: https://bethwilliamsmusic.bandcamp.com/
BEFORE THE FIRST RING    
Songwriter-  Beth Williams

Don't you feel her dialing your number?
Can't you hear her calling your name?
Don't you feel her dialing your number
and hanging up before the first ring ...before the first ring

You always knew what she was thinking love can be that strong 
A golden ship forever sinking beneath waves of song
You always knew what she was feeling behind shaded eyes 
Until a shaman gave you healing along with wings to fly

Don't you feel her dialing your number?
Can't you hear her calling your name?
Don't you feel her dialing your number
and hanging up before the first ring ...before the first ring

There was a time you stood waiting right outside her door 
High winds saw your footsteps fade into a shell on shore
There was a time you swore wild horses would not have a say 
Funny then how quiet voices carried you away bridge

Time won't give back what it takes.  Oh what can she do? 
But shadow dance with memories of madness, wine & you

BEFORE THE FIRST RING - Beth Williams

*** VIDEO NOW ON YOUTUBE ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNHINzt6-ds

^v^  HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN  ^v^
---------------------------------------------

Hey Babe!  What brings you here when so many seasons have gone & disappeared?
Thousands of suns & moons have drifted out of touch!
So are you gonna tell me now, we've really changed that much?

We were high on a mountain and we thought that we could fly
When the whole wide world was wondrous
Can we hold on to that time?
We were high upon a mountain and we thought that we could fly!

We all have a story and we've found our way
But are we still the people that we once were, today?
So tell me, tell me now - what, what do you see?
Do you see the angel you always saw in me?!

We were high on a mountain and we thought that we could fly!
When the whole wide world was wondrous
Can we hold on to that time?
We were high up on a mountain and we thought that we could fly!

Pretty boy you've got silver hues now!
Distinguished eyes distinguish truth...
Did your wings grow wide?
Did you fly again?
Did you touch the sky - did your dreams transcend?

What's your poison Babe? What have I missed?
Do you set the stage to show your hand or will we reminisce?

We were high on a mountain and we thought that we could fly!
When the whole wide world was wondrous - can we hold on to that time? 

Davenport/Moir

High On A Mountain

The Promise of the World - Merry Go Round of Life - Joe Hisaishi

Arianna Rader sings this ballad about the need for meditation in our lives. Written and produced by Dave Heffner.
LYRICS
VERSE1
In the stillness
Of the moment,
The sun peeks through the trees.
The day awakens.
I think of the times
I looked, but did not see.
CHORUS1
With Love,
In Peace,
With Kindness,
And Humility.
VERSE2
As the morning
Fades behind me,
I struggle through the day.
Distractions surround me.
Temptations confound me.
I can easily lose my way.
CHORUS2
With Love,
In Peace,
With Kindness,
And Humility.

DAVEHEFFNER.COM

Meditation (ft. Arianna Rader)

Arianna Rader sings this song about the power of nature to reset our place in the world and to appreciate the things around us.
LYRICS
Verse1
Thunder sounds. I look to the sky.
It stirs my soul. It makes me cry.
Verse2
Wind in my face. Trees bending down.
Power around me is so profound.
Pre-Chorus
I walk to the river. My spirits high.
I feel renewed. I feel alive.
Chorus
Living. Living
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
Bridge (see below)
Verse3
Day by day, not much control.
Breathe in breathe out: It calms my soul.
Verse4
Gray clouds part. The sky turns blue.
Touches my heart. I think of you.
(Pre-Chorus2)
(Chorus2)
Bridge: Part1
In the still of the night, like a sky at war,
A distant rumble, like a lion’s roar.
Clouds are gathering. Air thick and tense.
The storm begins. Let the show commence.
Part2
Raindrops fall. Rhythm on the ground.
Each clap of thunder, a primal sound.
It shakes the core. It stirs within.
The elements dance. The storm begins.
Part3
The storm moves on. Thunder fades away,
Leaving calm at the break of day.

Walk To The River (ft. Arianna Rader - vocals)

Vocals - Anna Rader, Dave Heffner
Copyright 2016 David B. Heffner
Often the best songwriting comes late at night.

Late at Night (Songwriting) Dave Heffner, Anna Rader - Vocals

Don't let others define you. Be yourself.
Copyright 2016 David B. and Janet A. Heffner
See DAVEHEFFNER.COM
LYRICS...  SHATTER THE IMAGE
VERSE 1
Now you’ve been told what you should be.
Get on your mark, now, we’re countin’ to three.
But in your head, you say, “Is this really me?”
And in your head, you say, “Am I really free?”
VERSE 2
An old man sits in a darkened room,
Staring out at the evening gloom.
Humming a tune, while he drinks his gin,
And heaving a sigh, as he rubs his chin.
VERSE 3
And he thinks back to his younger days,
When there was little, if any haze.
So many dreams, but where did they go?
Off to another world, that he’ll never know.
CHORUS
Shatter the image in the other man’s eye.
You’ll find out that you won’t really die.
What you’ll find are the things, you need to know.
What you’ll find are the things, you need to grow.

Shatter The Image (feat. Janet Heffner - vocals, acoustic guitar, Tim Breon - electric guitar)

YouTube: https://youtu.be/aCTx-76-z_M. See http://DAVEHEFFNER.COM. Copyright 2017 David B. Heffner. Alice Weiler - vocals, Len Cagle - tenor saxophone, Dave - synthesizer. What could be more inspiring for a song than a beautiful fall day with a warm breeze blowing in an open window? Of course, the song should be composed at a relaxed tempo. Japanese instruments, a pan pipe, and bongo drums were added to create the right atmosphere. This song is the debut, for experienced singer and songwriter Alice Weiler, for vocals and assisting with lyrics on my compositions. Throughout this song, Alice sings harmony and multiple layers with her main vocal track. Len Cagle returns to the studio with his tenor saxophone, performing an improvisation at the bridge and playing “over” the vocal track in the second verse. This is the first time that I used an iPad for the initial creative phase of a composition. It was refreshing to have the freedom to compose away from the studio.

Window's Open (feat. Alice Weiler - vocals, Len Cagle - tenor saxophone)

Mixed / Mastered by Russ Sinfield 
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield 
at the  Chaos Cookhouse, UK

Original tracks recorded at the Landing Pad, CO, USA

Darren Douglas Danahy  (D3PO) - Vocals, Synthesizer
Kelley Donovan (PING) - Synthesizer, backing vocals


"With of of our technology, a big electric heart
Is forming in the circuits of machines we use for art
You might not think it’s real, but I know that it is true
There’s a big electric heart pumping blood inside of you

Like a spark in our electrons, A big electric heart
slowly understanding all the knowledge it imparts
We don’t have time for riddles, But we know just how it feels
when our big electric heart gets wounded and it’s time to heal

And we don’t want to pull the plug
We only ask that you plug in
All is changing, but love is still the drug
For how we change the space we’re in

There’s something in the sound of  a big electric heart
Thumping on the ground as the music does it’s part
To bring us all together when we feel light years apart
Since the engine of this ship is just a big electric heart

So, if you think that you can love me like a big electric heart
Don’t just cross my wires as a human counterpart
We need to have consistency if dancing’s gonna start
Never stop the beat and break my big electric heart

And we don’t want to pull the plug
We only ask that you plug in
All is changing, but love is still the drug
For how we change the space we’re in"

©2017 Keldari Station

Big Electric Heart (single mix)

A Tribute to all the Wonderful People I have Met on Soundcloud.

LYRICS  " Here's To All My Sound Cloud Friends "
COLORADO TO SCOTLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA TO JAPAN
CANADA TO ALABAMA 
SUNDERLAND AND FRANCE
HERE'S TO ALL THE ROCKERS
THE BLUES MEN ON GUITAR
TO ALL THE GREAT COMPOSERS
AND THE LYRICS FROM YOUR HEART
HERE'S TO ALL MY SOUND CLOUD FRIENDS 
HERE I UP AND GO AND WRITE AGAIN
MUSICS UNIVERSAL 
NO MATTER WHAT LANGUAGE YOU SING
IT REACHES EVERY COUNTRIES CORNERS
AND RIDES THOSE ANGELS WINGS 
HERE'S TO ALL MY SOUND CLOUD FRIENDS
TO ALL THE GREAT SINGERS
AND THE ORIGINALS THAT YOU WRITE
ROCK BLUES AND COUNTRY
THE MUSIC THAT NEVER DIES
MUSICS UNIVERSAL
NO MATTER WHAT STYLE YOU PLAY
IT CROSSES EVERY BORDER
AND BRIGHTENS UP YOUR DAYS
HERE'S TO ALL MY SOUND CLOUD FRIENDS

"Here's To All My Sound Cloud Friends" ( Original Tribute To All ) With Lyrics

SoloCinoBeatz - ReaL Hard Day 
[Green KiD Night Beach Driving Mix]

[Green KiD Night Beach Driving Mix]

ReaL Hard Day

SoloCinoBeatz - ReaL Hard Day [Green KiD Night Beach Driving Mix]

The Last Time -by j.l.
Guitars 
Bass
Drums ( addictive) 
by j.l.

The Last Time -by j.l.-

Written and Performed by Josh McAlexander
Old song, new arrangement

Borderline

Borderline(Original)

Ever wish you were somewhere else.  I know I'am not the only one who, at times,has to sit and listen while be chewed on.  Let your mind take you away.  John Prine- Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame.  He won his first Grammy in 1991 and at age 70 he was named Artist of the Year by the Americana Music Association.  His songs have been recorded by the likes of Johnny Cash, Bettte Midler, Bonnie Raitt, George Strait and many others.  His new album , The Tree of Forgiveness is receiving so much acclaim.  Love this man

The Other Side Of Town( Cover-- John Prine)

Contact
It is a thread that connects hope
           　 shin*semia

Contact (希）

\INSTAGAM\
https://www.instagram.com/aquino.okk/

\SOUNDCLOUD\
https://soundcloud.com/damian-aquino-...

\BETSTARS\
https://www.beatstars.com/stiker241pl...

\AMAUSE\
https://artist.amuse.io/#/studio/account

\YouTube\
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHuafhbmHeXoMrxDapMeXRg

第101天 |By JuPa|

Written by Jeff Lynne and originally released in 1979 by ELO .
https://soundcloud.com/nakedverse  updated this in a wonderful way for me to sing we hope you enjoy as much as we had fun making it ! 
Dust off your flares and DISCO DOWN !
INSTRUMENTATION / PRODUCTION /MIXING - NAKEDVERSE
VOCALS - WINK

Last Train To London ( ELO Cover) - Nakedverse Ft. winkandwoo

DREAM WITH ME Yodel Mix - (Original Version) | Music by Karin-Maria Brunner | Music & Lyrics by REKHA- IYERN [Fe], 10/3rd/20 | Children's Ambient Music

Listen to the amazing music of Karin-Maria Brunner here: https://soundcloud.com/user-53145152-479345033

Dream With Me - (LP Version) Track 18 Released world wide on Dec 1st, 2020 on Spotify & other mainstreaming services.

Dream With Me (LP Version): https://soundcloud.com/rekha-iyern-fe/dream-with-me-album-version-rekha

Dream With Me  - Music & Lyrics by REKHA a.k.a REKHA - IYERN [Fe]

Intro - Improv

Oo Oo Ah
Eh Hey Eh-Eh
Oh Oh Oh

Dream with me
You can see
All the beauty 
In the dreams

Dream with me
Dream...Ee Ee
Dream with me
Oh you will see
How everything's 
So beautiful
In the dreams

Oo...Oo
Ee...Oo
Oo...Wee Ee Ee
Ee Ee Ee

Dream...Oh-Ee-Ee-Eem
Yoddle La Yuddle La 
Yoddle La Yuddle La
Ley Ee Oo

Dreamin' of the forest
Where all is so wonderful
Where all is bright
Ah Ah Ah Ah...
Bright, Bright

Come on with me
We're going to go down to the 
Green-green forest
You and me
So happily

Together, together
You and me
Dreamin'
So happily
Oh

Original Music Composed & Produced by Karin-Maria Brunner in SWITZERLAND
Vocals Composed & Produced, Recorded & Performed, Mixed & Mastered by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] at IYERN FE RECORDS in CANADA.

Covert Art Design: Photo & Graphics by REKHA - IYERN [Fe]

DREAM WITH ME REKHA IYERN FE (M2 BASIC -4.3db) & KARIN-MARIA, OCT 3RD, 2020

DREAM WITH ME - Yodel Mix - Original Version

YouTube

DREAM WITH ME Yodel Mix | Music by Karin-Maria Brunner | Music & Lyrics by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | YT

Remix of my favorite Band from Wiesbaden


Taken from the CD: Never got tattooed!

https://www.amazon.de/Never-Got-Tatooed-Scut/dp/B0009IFE2C/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=scut&qid=1603121740&s=music&sr=1-3

Carsten Vogts Album

Free-Download

Scut - Aspirin - Manchester Remix by Energieberater

This series of works is a musical journey about the emotions that make us human and that define us at every moment.

Music About The Human Emotions (Suite): Part 1 - Repentance

WRITTEN, PRODUCED & PERFORMED By: DOMINIQUEFRENCH
INSTRUMENTAL PRODUCED By: LEWISLAND
MIXING - MASTERING By: TMS STUDIOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksVXn4AehGw
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/1526692470
https://open.spotify.com/album/6MysGSxDlUXBuQumQfYhpq
https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B08SJ9RDBX?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_yUVkf51oUwCcPq2LSCHWiJFMf

"ANTICIPATING"

Part of the 5-track Jazzcapades EP - latin flavored vocal jazz tracks - initially composed by Gregor Theelen (2014) - featuring exciting vocal performances by Lieve Geuens @lieve-geuens in her own phonetic language.

Arranged and produced by Peter Heckmann for Rose Records and Publishing (2020).

Mix / master by Peter Heckmann - track licensed through Anthology Records.
Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4dDkR4KY1DZl3kCNF0dijp

Jazzcapades

Voyages

Buy at Bandcamp

Voyages (feat. Lieve)

This track is based on an open collaboration offer from IPG1, which you can find here:
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/taking-it-back-vocals-95-bpm
Please enjoy!

Credits:
Vocals sung and lyrics created by Ian Greaves - @ipg1
guitar, bass, drum production, final mix and mastering - @nobsmeyer

Taking It Back

Taking It Back | IPG1 & N.o.b.S.

music  (Rise Your Chaos Star) & art . noxpox (Andre Hindenburg)@noxpox5
vocals & their mix . Mariam Zohra D : Myrh

at the bank of the shore | noxpox & myrh

This track is inspired by an old piece from 1982, which we played in my third Band. At that time we were enthusiastic and wanted to make music as a living. But we all ended up somewhere else, only our singer made it, as he joined Pink Cream 69 and later Helloween, where they are playing the big festivals till today :-)
I myself had stopped playing at all, focused on my profession and touched only the acoustic guitar from time to time. My Marshall JCM 800 and my Fender were becoming more and more living room Accessoires and were nicely looking hanging untouched at the wall. In 2015 my son woke up music in me again, when he came to me playing a song he had created with GarageBand on an iPad. Then the guitar flame started to burn again and finally the result you can listen here. I hope you enjoy it.

Fehlalarm Suite Part 1

Fehlalarm Suite Part1

maravilhosa colaboração com minha grande irmã @myrhyum
em seu vocal docemente arrebatador, fiz o instrumental em lofi style. calm flow <3 dreams on

Happy 2021
Peace, Love and Nature

We Are Moving ft. Myrh

Keep Spreading Good vibes for Better Times in 2021 & Further ...
Music by https://soundcloud.com/jasonito-el-bueno-1
Lyrics Vocals & Mix > https://soundcloud.com/specialececilia

Instrumental > https://soundcloud.com/jasonito-el-bueno-1/heroic-woman

Lyrics 
YEAH WE NEED ANOTHER HERO & ANOTHER & ANOTHER & ANOTHER 
ALL OVER WE NEED MANY HEROES COURAGEOUS  CONSCIOUS & PATIENTS 
&THAT EVERYONE ON EARTH EVEN SIMPLY DO THE BEST HE CAN

LIVING IN UNITY IN SOLIDARITY 
SOLIDARITY  AROUND YOU, IN YOUR NERBOURGHOOD
IN SOLIDARITY SOLIDARITY IN YOUR CITY,  IN EVERY COUNTRIES 
SOLIDARITY SOLIDARITY SOLIDARITY INTERNATIONALLY........

UNITED THAT CRISIS WE SHALL OVERCOME, 
TAKING CARE OF ONE ANOTHER
UNTIL ALL CLEAN AGAIN 'LL BECOME 
& THAT IT WILL BE AGAIN OPEN BORDERS

YET OUR PLANET SEEMS LIKE A VILLAGE
INVADED BY ARMIES OF COVID19
WHEN IT'LL BE OVER, PEOPLE EVERYWHERE
MIGHT ENJOY LIFE MORE POSITIVELY

LIVIN IN SOLIDARITY SOLIDARITY SOLIDARITY 
AROUND YOU, IN YOUR NERBOURGHHOOD
IN SOLIDARITY SOLIDARITY  IN YOUR CITY,  IN EVERY COUNTRIES 
SOLIDARITY SOLIDARITY SOLIDARITY INTERNATIONALLY.....

THERE IS A MONDIAL FIGHT AGAINST SAME ENNEMY
THAN WORLD WILL NEED TO REBUILD ECONOMY
ALL NATIONS SHOULD STAY IN PEACE AT LEAST
KEEP the WHITE FLAG UP! LET THE FIRE CEASE ! 

NO WANT NO MORE WAR, NO WANT NO MORE CONFLICT
NO WANT NO MORE DEADS... NO WANT NO MORE DEADS

WORLDWIDE IT 'LL BE TIME TO RESTART ON BETTER BASES 
RENEW & GO AHEAD... RENEW & GO AHEAD...gGO AHEAD


LIVING IN UNITY IN SOLIDARITY SOLIDARITY 
SOLIDARITY SOLIDARITY  INTERNATIONALLY

YEAH WE NEED ANOTHER HERO & ANOTHER & ANOTHER & ANOTHER 
YEAH WE NEED MANY HEROES

LIVING iN SOLIDARITY

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring...Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Harmonica solo. Acoustic Piano Rhythm. Baritone Electric Guitar Rhythm. Horn Section, Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Trumpet. Fender Electric Bass Flanging, Fender Electric Bass Regular. Trap Drum set Rock Shuffle. Percussion Tambourine, Cowbell.

Blues City

Clay County Blues

Jim made an excellent backing for me to yodel along to and get a little hoarse. I shouldn't be doing this at my age, but couldn't resist!

Jim: all instruments
Nick: all vocals

This is just for fun, so no monetisation or downloads

Hope you're all looking forward to a better year
All Jim's music here @telefan
@one-other The Phaige helped with a rework of the beginning - thanks Gary

Be good
Nick

Image: pinterest

Misty Mountain Hop (Led Zep Cover)- Telefan And Nick

In 2020 we all needed a trapdoor from the world. Here's to 2021!
Lyrics:
I'm not holding out much hope
Just wait down here 
Until you hear the footsteps just slowly disappear
Looking for your own little hideaway from the world?
Make yourself a trapdoor
And drop out of the universe
(Trapdoor)
A side door, that's what you need to do
A side door to pop in and out through the world
Wait down here with me
Just wait until you hear the footsteps disappear
(Trapdoor)
You've got make a trapdoor
Got to see where it goes
It down a long alleyway
It takes you Into a big city with lots of cars and cabs
(there's no cabs no more, what are you talking about?)
You never seem to go
You're drinking toxins in a cup
Hey Baby, don't you know about the divinity of throwing up?
I've seen so many good intentions gone bad 
Like you'll never know!
Yeah (come on) make you're best intention known
I know I'm an acquired taste
That's what you got to do
Set yourself a trapdoor from the world
Trapdoor from the world
Set yourself a trapdoor
Trapdoor (that's what you're looking for!)
That's what you've been looking for your entire life
It's come to fruition!

Trapdoor (from the world)

Nasha, The Girl who Touched the Sky - Nasha's and the Rain 
January 2021
Duration: 2:25
Music for Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) who with be performing Nasha, The Girl Who Touched the Sky September 2021
Painting by Marie-Jose Payannet

Rain drops fell on Nasha's nose.  Soon rain drummed the thirsty land.  For three days, rain soaked the plains.

A note from Marie-Jose Payannet, Director of Danse Etoile Ballet:
In those hard times when live performances cannot happen, Danse Etoile Ballet is producing a movie based on the original story written and illustrated by director Marie-Jose Payannet.  The story will unfold with dances mixed with narration and dialog, choreographed to diverse musics. Danse Etoile has been fortunate to work with Colorado's own composer Bruce Klepper who composed this beautiful piece for Nahsa and the Rain. 

For Native American Flute, Strings,  Marimba, Xylophone, String Bass, virtual instruments and percussion

Nasha, The Girl Who Touched The Sky - Nasha and the Rain

Back To The Moon

Underwater

Crow's Call

Lyrics & vocals : Stina Crow 
Music : Mahan Mahan

Crow's Call ~ Stina Crow | Mahan Mahan

YouTube: https://youtu.be/ExT372wLyoE. This is a poem set to music. For relief from the "pandemic," I hiked in Eldorado Canyon, Colorado, hoping to see a Bald Eagle. Instead, perched up on a mountain peak was a crow. See the hiking path: https://youtu.be/9XYtnA9uAwo
POEM
VERSE1
Went to the mountains
To break the status quo.
For the reasons people go, to grow.
The eagles, the elk, the clean air.
Myself - to get to know.

VERSE2
Climbing up the ridge,
From the meadow below,
Arriving at the peak, rocky trail plateaus.
Stones loomed above me,
Fighting rain and snow.
Million years of winds that blow.

CHORUS1
Why do we go? Why do you ask?
To see such beauty that may not last.
Just like you, let me be free.
Let us have peace. Let me be me.
Agree?... See?.. This is key!

BRIDGE1

VERSE3
Something moved, casting shadows below.
What lives there?
What wildlife will show?
Expecting an eagle to spread its wings,
Then I hear a sound I know.

VERSE4
The call of an old black crow.
Not dressed for the occasion.
Not moved much by persuasion.
Wrong equation. Odd sensation.

CHORUS2
Crow looked down,
At the people on the ground,
In a way, as if to say, “Hey”
Just like you, let me be free.
Let me have peace. Let me be me.
Agree?... See?.. This is key!

BRIDGE2

VERSE5
Independent bird,
Follows his own tempo.
Doesn’t take orders well.
Like to keep it simple.

VERSE6
Clever bird. Often met with abrasion.
Perhaps you are a better symbol,
Of this nation.

VERSE7
If we want to make it for the full duration,
We better show more toleration.
No tomorrows. Too many sorrows.
Time, you just can’t borrow.

BRIDGE3

VERSE8
Climbing down the mountain,
That day I had to go,
To find out who I was,
And met the old crow.
Old black crow, what do ‘ya know?
Helped me today. A favor I owe.

CHORUS3
I’ll see you next time. When I climb.
When I go, on top of the rocks.
You’ll watch me below.
I know.

The Crow (in Eldorado Canyon) A Poem

sublime collaboration with my great friend @ladyofire, in his bewitching vocal, I did the instrumental in lo-fi downtempo, drum & bass style.
Fluctuation energy!

Peace, Love and Nature

Switch ft. Lady of Fire Poetry

Consularis

Ain't No Sunshine 

Originally written & recorded by Bill Withers in 1975

Janine Levinson @janinelevinson : vocals 
Mahan Mahan : instrumental track, production & final mix
Recorded at Pahlavi Sound Studios, Mama Shadi's basement, next to the Washer & Dryer, Los Angeles, CA, USA 01/2021
Mastered by SoundCloud Mastering Wizardry or a close facsimile. 

Ain't No Sunshine ~ Janine Levinson | Mahan²

@ApproachToSilence2 (9.1.21)

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/0yP7NuQl4J6l0HFqFEJwk1?si=aMxjzD09RnaM8hgnjVOY-w
Deezer:
https://deezer.page.link/6dtontcPB4GJJ7fP7

ApproachToSilence_2021

Scherzo in A-Major

I am very  happy to announce my new collaboration with Vocalatti and Paploviante.
Hope you’ll enjoy!!
COVER:  Grace Jones
Vocal: Vocalatti
https://soundcloud.com/vocalatti
Mastering and Bass: Paploviante
https://soundcloud.com/paul-racle
Backing Track: Lilithe

Slave To The Rhythm feat. Vocalatti /Paploviante - Bass

Track shows a very delicate theme and a quite hard-riffed part, both alternating and finally flowing up to an endless symphonic dream (words are half a poem I wrote previously (not these, but lyrics below)).

Letra  /  Translated lyrics:

No despiertes (Sólo un sueño)  /  Don’t you wake up (Only a dream)

No... despierta... no... no despiertes  /  No ... wake up ... no ... don’t you wake up
no, cuidado... no despiertes, na na na na na...  /  no, take care ... don’t you wake up, na na na na na…
... despierta al fin y date cuenta  /  ... wake up at last and realize
de que todo ha sido un sueño, na na na na na...  /  everything has been a dream, na na na na na...

Una vez más, nervios y resentimiento,  /  Once again, nerves and resentment,
todo en mi vida es sueño, sólo ha sido eso.  /  everything in my life is a dream, it has only been so.

Y de nuevo, con el tiempo,  /  And again, with time,
incubando un nuevo sueño,  /  incubating a new dream,
me voy hundiendo en mis propios brazos,  /  I am sinking in my own arms,
me acuno, me canto y me voy acostumbrando...  /  cradle myself, sing to myself and get used...

Otro escenario, otros personajes,  /  Another stage, other characters,
la misma historia, na na na na na...  /  the same story, na na na na na...
que durará un día, un milenio,  /  which will last one day, a millenium,
toda mi vida, na na na na na...  /  all my life, na na na na na...

Pero sin duda vendrán a despertarme  /  But undoubtedly the laughs of people
las risas de la gente, alguna tarde.  /  will come to wake me up, any evening.

Y entonces, con miedo...  /  And then, fearfully...

No... despierta… no… no despiertes (…)  /  No ... wake up ... no ... don’t you wake up (…)

No despiertes (Sólo un sueño)

Colorado Songwriter, Electronic Musician, Producer. ASCAP member. Ballads, Dance, Rock, Electronica, Jazz, Hip Hop, with a mix of everything else. All original compositions with live artists on most tracks. Piano study began at 5 years old, continued through university study and incorporated with electronic music since the introduction of MIDI. Have taught, consulted and composed electronic music. Primary platform is Pro Tools, with which I also do training and consulting. Open to collaboration. More information at my website.