Okay, let's take a break from the protest songs and get some dancing in!
A Blues shuffle with your favourite partner.

Swing Me

Original song performed live by Matthew Alan Stoddard AKA Social Deception, all lyrics, music, and vocals by Matthew Alan Stoddard AKA Oldboy. This is meant to be a demo to gain interest in starting a live band with me, it doesn't have to be Social deception related but I am interested in playing live again possibly with a new band and shared creative control.
Lyrics:
The curse has been broken,
Dead spells have been spoken,
We stand on hallowed ground,
Many secrets to be found,
Spirits whisper of our cost,
Danger of what we lost,
Our enemies will confess,
There is hope in the darkness.

I see a castle, I see a tower,
A structure to overpower,
In the distance beyond sight,
Lies a darkness beyond light,

The nights vulgar shadowplay,
The sweet smell of decay,
In touch with the darkside,
The moon is our only guide,
Perfect mothers choose to lie,
Strongest heroes have to die,

Rotten fruit of family tree,
Must separate to be free,
All beauty must decay,
All locks turn to gray,
Shining metal turns to rust,
As we return to dust,

 I’m living on a dare,
Awake and so aware,
Considerate and sincere,
As the demons are drawing near,
Not afraid of dying don’t you hear,
We are the light consuming fear.

Melody's Lament

Lightning on Galatea - a little something on the wild side! High octane prog/fusion instrumental with sizzling horns, keys/piano pyrotechnics, rip roaring sax leads, a positive blast of fine power drumming (and more!). Embracing something of the sound world of classic outfits such as Yes, Focus, Sky, Steely Dan and the like but at the same time distinctively original. Dave on keys, an assemblage of other fine international musicians in the mix and some dynamic mastering down at Abbey Road Studios (Simon Gibson). Surefire muso therapy for all who have a taste for old school instrumental high jinks.

Music Vid Link: https://youtu.be/QcITewloLSM

Lightning on Galatea

Decadente Revolución

Dulce Tentación

Back to high energy with this one 😁

Two teenagers are on the run from the police in a stolen car, after being told they are too young to be together.

This one is for Jeff 💛🎵

Vocals: various royalty free sources

Free download if you like it 😊

Thank you for listening 💛

On The Run

De nos jours, chacun d'entre nous accomplit des choses bien plus spectaculaires et plus complexes que par le passé. Savoir  imaginer, motiver, coordonner, sont pour beaucoup d'entre nous des objectifs.
Mais au présent, il faut reconnaître, que chacun « travaille » pour soi, et que hélas, les États se substituent aux volontés collectives et, l’individualisme est devenu roi. Chacun paie sa redevance dans tous les domaines et considère ainsi, avoir sa part de bonheur, sa part de liberté ....
Nous déléguons de ce fait, toutes les taches de la vie collective, et même trop souvent de la vie domestique, perdant ainsi la capacité d'avoir un semblant d'autonomie, et devenant dépendant de l'argent …. nous empilons les chèques, avec l'espoir d'une certaine tranquillité de vivre. Est-ce vraiment une bonne chose ? 
Je vous laisse méditer sur ces quelques lignes ....

Maintenant pour parler, de ce qui nous intéresse musicalement ici, vous pouvez écouter de cette nouvelle collaboration, avec notre ami David, qui donne avec sa guitare, tout son sens à cette logique harmonique conçue en égard à cette voix si belle et particulière de Clara Sorace.

Merci David d'avoir usé de ton temps pour cette excellente collaboration ….

Vous pouvez découvrir, ou le redécouvrir ici: @david-dunhamuser589535203
Participation virtuelle, au chant Clara Sorace: https://clarasorace.com/

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These days, each and every one of us achieves far more spectacular and complex things than in the past. Knowing how to imagine, motivate and coordinate is a goal for many of us.
But in the present, we have to recognize that everyone is "working" for himself, and that, alas, states are replacing collective wills, and individualism has become king. Everyone pays his or her dues in all areas, and thus considers that they have their share of happiness, their semblance of freedom ....
As a result, we delegate all the tasks of collective life, and all too often even domestic life, thus losing the ability to have any semblance of autonomy, and becoming dependent on money .... we pile up cheques, in the hope of a certain peace of living. Is this really a good thing? 
I'll leave you to meditate after reading these few lines ....

Now to talk about what interests us musically here, you can listen to this new collaboration, with our friend David, who gives with his guitar, all its meaning to this harmonic logic conceived in consideration of Clara Sorace's so beautiful and particular voice.

Thank you David for responding positively to my request, and for giving up your time for this excellent collaboration ....

You can discover or rediscover it here: @david-dunhamuser589535203
Virtual participation, singing Clara Sorace: https://clarasorace.com/

Shadow Or Light .... With David Dunham & Clara Sorace

Malsprita

Music : Janne Hennie & PJ Project
Vocals & lyrics : Janne Hennie

Lyrics:

If you feel tired and can't find any pleasures
Unable to see how things really should be

You need a long break
To heal your heartache
And for Gods sake don't blame yourself
Take a deep breath
A good rest
To regain strength to get through the day

If you don't know how to love
And don't know how to live
If you feel split in two
And have nothing to give

You need a long break
To heal your heartache
And for gods sake don't blame yourself
Take a deep breath
A good rest
To regain strength to get through the day

If family and friends see you as only strong
They may not be aware of
That you struggle all day long

And need a long break
To heal your heartache
And for Gods sake don't blame yourself
Take a deep breath
A good rest
To regain strength, to get through the day..

To be able to help others
You have to help yourself
Don't be ashamed
To stop up and say

That you need a long break
To heal your heartache
And for gods sake don't blame yourself
Take a deep breath
A good rest
To regain strength, to get through the day..

So take a long break
To heal your heartache
And for Gods sake don't blame yourself
Take a deep breath
A good rest
To regain strength to get through the day...

Take A Long Break W/ Janne Hennie

War Pigs (cover)

Last track for this account, archive 2 coming soon. Ending with a drunken freestyle song I found from a few years back

Destruction (raw-drunken-freestyle)

Pety In Ireland-Mix2

Sometimes introspective; always driven by a wider social conscience and a sense of human fragility. Touching on topics that tear at the heart of the human condition (loneliness, love and loss, homelessness/poverty, social exclusion).  And, there again, what’s a songsmith if not a conjurer of dreams? Dreams to lift us, if but for a moment, above the dull vicissitudes of life. Dreams of a world reimagined, that brave souls will always aspire to whatever the cost (Martin Luther King Jr...). A glimmer of unfeigned empathy. A glimpse of sunshine after rain. Music offered as a little healing for troubled times; a solace for the soul; a little heartfelt scattering of dreams - tread softly! 'Our life is no dream; but it ought to become one, and perhaps will' (Novalis)

Lightning on Galatea

Dave Mohan