Best of 2023

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July 2023 - Healing Tunes

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Monday Playlist week of 7/10/2023

The order of the tracks has no deeper meaning. The list grows as I find the best tracks of the entire SoundCloud space and is purely subjective.

Best of SoundCloud 2023 Part 2

Monday Playlist week of 9/25/2023

Baila Mi Salsa

Ese Amor No Te Conviene

Zlatni Dvori

Nijanse Crvene

One of my very first recording projects ever posted on SoundCloud in 2008. ReMixed and tweaked. Hope it's enjoyed? As always...Thanks for Listening! :D)))
Memory in the Wind  ©
Riff Beach - RiffWerx, circa 2008
(Original AcoustaTronic Music)
Lyrics, Music, Vocals, Guitars, Production - Riff Beach
Pour a cup and wash me up
Take me to that place
Cleanse my soul and make me whole
Lord, Bathe me in your Grace
Dry your eyes and don’t despise
All the pain you hold inside
Life’s too short to break a Heart
Can’t believe it’s real
Say a prayer 
Let me know you care
And show me how you feel
Turn away from The Longing
That you feel within
Oooh, It’s just My Memory
Floating in the Wind
No time to feel alone
We’re all where we belong 
So let’s be strong and carry on
Soon we’ll be headed home
Turn away from The Longing
That you feel within
It’s just my Memory
Floating in the Wind
It’s just My Memory
Floating in the Wind
It’s just My Memory 
Floating in the Wind

Sunny Beaches

Memory in the Wind ©

Memory In The Wind  ©

This original pop ballad relates two people who have been separated and unable to be together for too long. When they are finally reunited it seems too good to be true. There is a tension, trepidation in how to reengage and to open up the deep affection they have for one another. The ukulele drives this one from the start as it brings some old school crooning with the two voices that celebrate this uplifting love song.

Copyright 2022 Daniels & Durgy * Gentle Rain Records 
Written, Performed and Produced by: Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy
Partial Loops - Big Fish Audio - Fully Licensed, 
except for Piano, Bass & Glockenspiel - Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy 

Lyrics:
Please, tell me what to do
I just cannot believe 
I’m standing here with you
You're really here with me

And oh, we held off for so long
So fine, the line between right and wrong
And now you fill the air I breathe
Your eyes seem too much to conceive
And I’m just standing here in awe
Tell me should I close the door

And hold you in my arms
Just Like I used to dream
Tear those bridges down
So you might never leave

Now, the face I know so well
The cloud is lifted I can tell
Your smile can finally be revealed
Now we know our love is real
As I close the door behind
Your lips come close to mine

Oh just kiss me till I go
With love I need to know
This time is ours alone
Tomorrow is long gone

Please, tell me what to do
As I’m standing here with you
I just cannot believe 
You're really here with me

Tell me what to do
Please, tell me what to do
I’m so in love with you
Please, tell me what to do

Tell Me What To Do

Written by: Hoyt Axton, Kenneth Elvin JR. Higginbotham
Produced by: Josh McAlexander

Evangelina

Written and Produced by: Josh McAlexander

Nowhere To Run {Original}

Wild Irish Rose

This song is about several wonderful experiences spent in Irish pubs in the US and Europe, time spent with friends, embracing the energy of a night out in the city, seeing, feeling, and experiencing new and exciting things.  The outro originally used the lyrics from a great Irish song by the Clancy Brothers but being that I don’t have permission to use their lyrics In the song, I’ve written my own to replace them.
Italic/Underline = Harmonies

Verse 1:
I feel like dancing, and I want to dance with you
These city streets come alive at night with you
And if you’ll be my girl
I’ll show you my whole world
I’ll let you in
Inside my head
We’ll dance until you understand
And I’ll hold you the whole night through
Verse 2:  
It starts raining 
Neon signs reflect on the street
Drenched completely, yeah, we hit the pub for a drink
The jukebox plays our song.
The whole bar sings along
We all join hands to sing and dance
We fell in love in an Irish pub
It may sound strange but it felt just right 
Come on and sing along…..
Bridge/Outro
Oh, whiskey
Fallen Angels
A smile on your face
The entire room is spinning 
while time stand in its place
Sweet kisses on my lips
Your nectar in my brain
My Wild Irish Rose, you’re my lover

Wild Irish Rose

Ruši Se Klub

A special thank you to Bas Kooman for making this project possible. All I did was some guitar and the vocals. The rest is his magic! Please check out his work on: https://soundcloud.com/bastiaan-kooman. I assure you, you will return for more!

Vocals & Acoustic: Pravinand Maharaj
Acoustic, Acoustic Lead, Bass, Percussion and Backing Vocals: Bas Kooman
Cover Pic : Angu Walters

Third World Town – Words & Music by Pravinand Maharaj
Gone to his Father
Up in a cloud
Come back dear brother
And walk with this crowd
Show us your kingdom
Where soldiers don’t fight
Where children of freedom
Are children of the light

Chorus:
Did he walk in a third world town
Did he stop and spit on the ground 
Did he touch the blind and make them see

The rich man he wastes his time
Tonight he’ll be gone 
The poor will drink his wine
And feast past the dawn
The earth is the Keeper’s choice
The prince makes his ploy
The sheep hear the shepherd’s voice
They won’t be destroyed

Chorus:
Did he walk in a third world town
Didn’t they know that all things are found
By the hands that blessed the bread and fish

Bade by the rulers
Who conquer and steal
Judged by the wicked
Your wounds will not heal
 The abuse of power
Keep peasants in chains
But God knows the hour
When you’ll come back again

Chorus:
Did he walk in a third world town
Didn’t the wise man he confound
Did he give the simple life to drink
Did he walk in a third world town
Did he stop and spit on the ground
Did he touch the blind and make them see



Third World Town by Johnny Minstrel and Bastiaan Kooman

Written and recorded close to the Avon in Stratford upon Avon, Nov 2022
Rick's drums added via the internet from just north of Finham Sewer in Dec 2022 ;-))

Guitars upon Avon

I funky groovy tribute to the old Woodstock vibe, the artists and their groovy music. 
Real artists that played an instrument and made history... a long time ago...

"That day of mud and tents
Strings played a groove intense
No pads, samples, no fortune won
The kiss, the dream, the love
The funky way, a long time gone"

Sexy Retro Funk - (Messing around with a 70's vibe)

"Touch 'Em All Kirby" (Piano Improv)

Here's an acoustic guitar solo I threw together; I didn't record to a click so I'm probably way off time in some parts.

The Spaniard

Feel This

I ran across this old Merle Haggard tune that was written in the 70's
Boy did it hit home and sure fits with things today.  This is another song
that Mike (Lefty Mike) did a little magic and added bass, harp and his
vocals.  He really made the song.  Thanks again Mike and thanks SC
members for the listen.

Jesus Take A Hold ( cover- Lefty Mike and Chuck Aaron)

It's a one shot dearly precious thing
To be alive.


So glad to be here
Whole and sound
So glad I can be
Still around

I don't need your church or creed
To get me by
I don't need no alcohol or pills
To get me high

I don't need to fight with you
I don't need a gun
I'm doing what I was born to do
I'm having fun

I'm high on life

I don't need negativity
Don't drag me down
I'm the king of my own life
Don't steal my crown

Eyes wide open,high on life
That's when I thrive
It's a one shot dearly precious thing
To be alive

So glad to be here
Whole and sound
So glad I can be
Still around

I'm high on life

High On Life

The Takeover / IPG1 Open Collaboration Offer
IPG1: Vocals and Lyrics
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/the-takeover-vox-remix-88-bpm
Paploviante: Bass, Music Composition, Picture, Mix and Mastering

The Takeover - IPG1 & Paploviante

This is a song that we co-wrote, a simple love ballad that includes a brief piano/electric guitar duet between verses. The subject is self-explanatory. A belated Happy Valentines wish before February melts into the Saint Patrick’s season!

Copyright 2023 Daniels & Durgy / Gentle Rain Records
Written, Produced and Performed by Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy
Lyrics:

Of all the things I ever held
Of all that's wrong and right
Nothing makes me smile like you
Or hold onto so tight
Of all the time that filled my eyes
The days I’ve sifted through
What could make me more alive
Than time I spent with you
And nothing hurts as much as missing you

If heaven was a place to find
It’s always been in you
Like a secret key you turned
I opened up to you 
And like an angel bathed me in your light, you made me whole..
Of all the places I have been 
I’ve never felt more home 
I miss your laughter and your hand in mine, 
And I will love you far beyond our time

Nothing Like You

Honeyfuzz

https://dominiquelebars1.bandcamp.com/track/dinosaure-analogique

Le dinosaure analogique 
Aime le cuir, les chromes et les vins de Syrah 
Il peste contre les politiques 
Il est méfiant comme un vieux rat..

Aujourd' hui vieux rockeur pépère
Ecoute les Stones, le Flamand rose
Un taiseux dont les silences posent
D'autorité, quelques kilomètres d' expérience au compteur..

Le Dinosaure Analogique

To my  SoundCloud friends and visitors who have checked in on me
over the past months
...   Thank You very much.
and for and having received no replies from me
... I sincerely apologize.

I have some serious catching up to do.

Photo:
Ephemeral Sunset by Abenteuer Albanien
https://unsplash.com/@abenteueralbanien

SO...It has been almost a year since I have thought about playing any music,
and have barely even visited SoundCloud in the interim.

Indeed, it has been that long since entertaining any diversions at all,
as I have been engaged with serious health issues concerning my son.
After a lengthy hospital stay with an aggressive infection,
resulting in pneumonia and requiring surgery,
he is finally to the point to where he is strong enough to stand
and take a few brief steps.

So, I have only recently allowed myself enough space to contemplate music
...at least for a brief spell, or so long as it can last.


Here are simply a random collection of instruments
and the suggestions they evoked for me upon hearing them.

Evening Meditation

GOOD DAY

GOOD DAY BY SURJON & K-SIE (PROD. BY SURJON/JAZPIZZAZ PROD.)

Sazanka is a name of winter flower often seen anywhere in Japan. I love to see the flowers falling on the ground like snow flakes. It makes me think of our life time and all the beautiful gifts from the nature.
Spotify   https://open.spotify.com/track/4RkZzZX7YVXGNk5iWYUwil

Lyrics

Flowers, blowing wind
Flowing over my head
Slip inside ,Break me down
I see you, how once we, lately again

But I hope you remember me 
There are leaves falling on
Still my eyes keep on (the ) flow
Couldn’t take my eyes off, All…

When we’re outside into the shadows
Fall on ground
She left behind away
 I missing you all alone
 In the world
                    
When we’re outside into the shadows
 Fall on ground
 She never find your way
 I missing you all alone
 
  I missing , dreaming, over over again

Sazanka

Composed, arranged, performed and produced by:
Leon Pajer

orlando51music © 2023

Away From Crowds

It always amazes me how the simple sharing of a guitar idea can become a full-fledged song in the hands of master-producer Seagull @farout-music-studio.  He enlisted the help of Madame Snowflake for the vocal and lyric theme of the song "Don't Be Afraid" adding his own special touches to the mix.  But it first started out as a love song from Godin, a guitar with a unique and beautiful nylon-string voice.
"Don't Be Afraid" (for Lauren)
by Snowflake
2014 - Licensed under
Creative Commons
Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

Standing close to your bedside
Hoping, watching your breath rise
Stay here hold to your
Faith dear
Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid
Your room flooded with white light
You’ve one foot in and one taking flight
Stay here hold to your
Faith dear
Don’t be afraid dear
Don’t be afraid
Don’t be afraid
Strong yet fragile
Like an angel
Waiting gracefully
For her wings
Now, ah
Holding your hand, praying to understand
A higher plan
Stay here hold to your
Faith dear
Don’t be afraid dear
Don’t be afraid
Don’t be afraid

Love From Godin, Don't Be Afraid (Seagull, David, and featuring Snowflake)

Ai Shite Iru (instrumental)

Big thanks to Paul (https://soundcloud.com/paul-racle) for this awesome open collab 🙏 
Couldn't help but get my sticky little fingers on this one! 😁
It's a little faster than the original track....

Original Track: https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/let-me-know-offer-open-collaboration-80-bpm

Free download if you like it.

Thank you for listening ♥

Unstoppable

Unstoppable (Paploviante Open Collab)

Majestic new work that we at MTM have done with the sensational Richard Gonfrier , called "Comme Si On Savait". We are very proud to have made a new song with this magnificent singer songwriter and especially for a great new intervention by Delphine with her fantastic voice.
From MTM we thank them again for their enormous professionalism, in addition to their friendship.

Musical production: MTM
Lyrics and melody: Richard Gonfrier
Singer: Richard Gonfrier/Delphine Portier
Mixing and mastering: MTM Studios
Single cover: Richard Gonfrier & Delphine Portier.
Richard Gonfrier - Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/richardgonfrier/tracks

Lyrics of the song "Comme Si On Savait "

Je voulais juste partir tranquille
Et vivre une autre histoire
Au départ
T'avais l'air si fragile
Que j'voulais pas te laisser
Dans le noir

T'emmener dans mon exil
Et risquer de te donner
D'faux espoirs
C'est un milieu hostile 
Où tout pourrait nous blesser
On f'rait comme si on savait....

On f'rait comme si on savait
Comme si nos vies recommençaient

Toutes ces scènes qui défilent
Nous rappellent nos passés
En miroir
Mais un changement subtil 
Pourrait nous faire oublier
Qu'c'est trop tard

J'sais bien qu'c'est difficile
De tout reconfigurer
Sans savoir
Si tout ça c'était utile
Juste pour ne pas regretter...
On f'rait comme si on savait....

J'voulais juste partir tranquille
Et vivre une autre histoire...
Au départ

Song: Comme Si On Savait
All copyright MTM & Richard Gonfrier

* Mastering True Music * copyright ©. 2023

Comme Si On Savait - MTM Feat.Richard Gonfrier/Delphine Portier

Composer:    Karl Heimgartner Dat : 16.07. 2023    ©       
Genre:           Folk 
Title:                 Beautiful Clean Lake
Track             06
Extern Mix and Mastering : MTM - Mastering True Music Production
Mixed and mastered by Christine Sampson of MTM


Thanks for the collaboration, Freddie and Team MTM Mastering True Music Production
Mixed and mastered by Christine Sampson of MTM

Beautiful Clean Lake

Father's Lullaby(Always here) lyrics

Life’s been
spinning so fast
There's a promise that I’ll make
that will always last
If I'm long 
gone before 
you find your way..
Know my love
will always stay 
With every mountain
every test

Remember, my son
you’ll always be blessed
in my absence
you'll never be alone
These words of mine
forever 
etched in stone. 

(La, la, la …)
You find yourself
(La, la, la …)
I’ll always be there …
(La, la, la …)

If I’m gone
before you 
find yourself, 
I promise, 
I'll always be in here
in spirit, yeah
I’ll be watching 
Watching you when you need it most 
Forever cheering till the race is won. 
I’ll be watching 
In spirit.

When you
can't find a way, 
Just Look within
there's strength in there
that'll never fade, 
the light I've planted, 
shining deep inside, 

Will guide you through 
darkness
I'll be 
your guide. 
Through every mountain, 
Know that my love will always 
Always keep you warm.. .

“Father's Lullaby” (Always here) - Stephan Manu [Prod. StoneSoWavy & LickOwens]

Sometimes a song needs a special touch to bring it to its full potential and Finn  once again has transformed this very average little ugly Duckling song into a beautiful elegant White Swan  and lifted it to a height that only he can with his amazing vocal & production talents. Listen to more of Finns Songs https://soundcloud.com/finn_eces?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
The song is about an ordinary Guy, could be you and I, He has no wings, he's good and he's bad, he's human not an Angel but when you need someone he is the one who is there for you in your hour of need and always will be , because he's  Solid. He's your friend . 
Thank you Finn. 

Written by : Johnny Mc Farlane 
Performed & arranged by : Finn eces

Ordinary Guy : Featuring Finn Eces

Ash Mazanec is a San Diego-based singer and songwriter, featured on tracks by Bassnectar, Blockhead, Champagne Drip, 9Theory, Eligh & Amp Live, Inspired Flight and other artists. Her live set is a fusion of Pop, sound and jazz, and her original pop song Possible is heard in various chains stored across the USA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-WdoTrL9Q4

Follow Me

Ashley Mazanec - Shelter - Remix

Redheaded Blonde

This painting depicts the Yoshiwara district, a licensed red-light district in the Edo period of Japan. It's a unique cultural aspect of Japan, and explaining it fully here is challenging. Interestingly, some men genuinely proposed marriage to courtesans. To some, the courtesans working here might have seemed like starlight in the night sky.

Composition and Sampling collage by Synline
Featured on the my new album 'Unstable"https://on.soundcloud.com/P2ewh

Lost Starlight

In Time

The Lunatics are proud to present this track with the wonderful Vocalatti / vocals & lyrics - https://soundcloud.com/vocalatti !!!
... as always with Lunatics tracks: https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz has woven the magic, composition, drums, bass, keys -
 I added a bit saxophon; so: huge thanks to Vocalatti and Hendrik ! ... <3 photo: Alexandru Acea, unsplash

Lunatics 94 / In Your Eyes / Vocalatti - Cosmic Ratzzz & joerxworx

Featured as the second track on Suburban Bicycle Gang's sophomore album 'In The Cosmos'.

In The Cosmos

Suburban Bicycle Gang - Lake Scugog

Lyrics by Tony Harris & Glen Granthem
Vocals, Music & Mix by Glen Granthem

In times of old the men would travel west
Searching for silver and gold with little sleep or rest
The lack of housing, It was back breaking work
Living underground digging in the dirt

(Chorus)
Searching for silver and gold
Few got rich in those days of old
Searching for silver and gold
To end up dead and buried in a hole

The lack of law and order The mini camps took lots of lives
From the East and the South They gambled with their life
In all the wrong places they searched for silver and gold
Covered wagons on horse back clipper ships strong and bold.

(Repeat Chorus)

(Guitar Solo)

(Repeat Chorus)

2023 (c) BMI Lyrics by Tony Harris & Glen Granthem

Silver and Gold - Collab by Tony and Glenny G's One Man Band - Original

Wicked Women

I did a finger picking instrumental of this classic on my taylor  guitar.  Added some background with my keyboard and  a lead track

Sound Of Silence

May You Never - The Very Best Of John Martyn

Sunshine's Better (Talvin Singh remix)

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

I am a finger-style guitarist living on the Texas high plains.  At the core of my music is melody that is inspired and informed by my Christian faith, family, friends, and countless influences through the years from the great composers, to jazz, folk, rock, Latin, Celtic, and the many fine musicians I have come to love on the Cloud, some I have been privileged to collaborate with.  Thanks for stopping by to have a listen. Comments are always welcome. Feel free to click on the picture of any track to learn more about it.

Love From Godin, Don't Be Afraid (Seagull, David, and featuring Snowflake)

David Dunham