a feast for the ears - hats off to you David. wonderful!

had to follow Steven's lead and post to FB. too good to keep to myself!

Wow!! Awesome great track!!! LOVING it !!! great guitar man! Great vocals too :) got to fav it! 

Coolest guitar playing Ive heard for ages. Great stuff David!!!

really inspiring guitar sound :) lovely to listen to this track :)

@djeep-2: Thanks I'll tell her you said so :)  I named her Belle!

@gedhodge: Always good to see you here on the thin blue line my brother in strings.  Thanks so much for your support!

 add your rock  songs to New http://soundcloud.com/groups/rockbadges ! : )

This track is inspired by the ventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1837-1876). His legend sprung from a shootout in July 1861 in what came to be known as the McCanles Massacre in Rock Creek, Nebraska and the stories continued from there - killing a bear with his bare hands, other-worldly marksmanship with a six-shooter and being romantically involved with Calamity Jane. Wild Bill became a law man after his service in the Civil War, but ultimately his fame caught up to him when he returned to the frontier as a gambler. He was shot dead during a poker game - left holding two black eights and two black aces, known as the "dead man's hand".

Original Song: Kev Sumner
Lyrics: Daniel King
Acoustic Guitar and Harmonica: Kev Sumner
Bass, Slide Guitar and Drum Programming: Dave Friend

Boundless

When you have a target as yuge as the Donald, how can you not write a funk song about him?
Shael Wrinch - lead vocals and production
Paul Harder - epic Sax Stacks
Dave Friend - guitar, bass drums and production

Promises - Shael Wrinch/Paul Harder/Dave Friend

Here is an piece written (for the first time) on request for Terry Fesler, who loves the dulcimer and mandolin together and had asked I do something on this lines. He also has encouraged me to record all my doodles,  so I plugged in the mic, recorded my dulcimer improvisation and built this emerging song around that. I deliberately didn't let myself think about all of it too much, which is unusual for me. It is pretty rough round the edges, as I didn't spend too long on it: maybe 3 hours start to finish. Forgive its many imperfections therefore. 

I Was Not Here (For Terry Fesler)

The Full Acoustic Version of the Title Track from David Allen Slater's  New Perspective Limited Edition EP.  This track includes a Video Link to the Music Video on YouTube.
Hear more at http://www.davidallenslater.com

David Allen Slater - New Perspective (Acoustic Version)

A Child's Sleep (poem by Carol Ann Duffy) 
----------------------------------- 
I stood at the edge of my child’s sleep 
hearing her breathe; 
although I could not enter there, 
I could not leave. 
Her sleep was a small wood, 
perfumed with flowers; 
dark, peaceful, sacred, 
acred in hours.

And she was the spirit that lives 
in the heart of such woods; 
without time, without history, 
wordlessly good.

I spoke her name, a pebble dropped 
in the still night, 
and saw her stir, both open palms 
cupping their soft light;

Then went to the window. The greater dark 
outside the room 
gazed back, maternal, wise, 
with its face of moon.


Peter (http://soundcloud.com/cis-minor) has long been one of my absolute favourite people on Soundcloud: he has such a sensitive heart, enthusiasm for beauty, generosity in his listening and writes such incredibly moving pieces. I felt really delighted when he invited me to collaborate and sing this beautiful composition that sets this wonderful, tender poem. The subject matter is so close to my heart and with Peter's talent as a Composer, I knew it could be so special. Thank you Peter!

This is dedicated by us both to our wonderful sleeping beauties: Aya and Eleanor.

A Child's Sleep (cis minor & HanJan)

This cute little love song is track #7 from our eponymous debut album "Spilled Soup".
Buy: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/spilled-soup/id611193954 
Stream: http://open.spotify.com/album/5vLDbcBChWuQsBJZcd5TLe
Our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/spilledsoup 
Our Youtube playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL17FB7E54E5DF5BAD

The whole album was recorded and mixed from 30th September to 6th October 2012 @ http://www.crystalstudio.no/ by Spilled Soup and engineer Håvard Træthaug.

Lyrics:
Everyday Stalker Blues

1.
Every day I see you on the street
Every day I see you on the street
Just the kind of girl I´d like to meet

Every time I see you walking past
Every time I see you walking past
I just want to make that moment last

When Im not near you, I feel so blue
Soon I will show you, that my love is true 

2.
Every day I follow you around
Every day I follow you around
Tracing your movements, making no sound

Every day I call you at your work
Every day I call you at your work
then i hang up, pretending Im a jerk

But 
Each time I see you, my heart skips a beat
And every time don´t, I hope for us to meet

3.
Every night Im circling your house
Every night Im circling your house
Dreaming of the day I am your spouse

Every time catch a glimpse of you
Every time i catch a glimpse of you
I get more certain that my love is true

Cause
Through your window, you look so sweet
And our relationship, is so discreet

4.
Every night I break in to your pad
Every night I break into your pad
Probably the best times I ever had

Every night I sit beside your bed
Every night I sit beside your bed
This love of ours cant just be in my head

I´ll be by your side, every night and day
And I don´t care what you, court or judge will say! 
 

Spilled Soup 07 Everyday Stalker Blues

The Allman Brothers band Tribute. Recorded Live @ Hard Place Zagreb, Croatia, October 27th 2012. The Dreams: Zoran Zlatič - vocals, Jure Lopatič - bass, Mitja Kavčič - hammond, synth, Gašper Peršl - drums, Luka Ovsec - percussions, Luka Vehar - guitar, Boštjan Zorc - guitar, Vili Grdadolnik - guitar.

You Don't Love Me - The Dreams Live @ Hard Place Zagreb

Here is My latest Single Release, "My Sweet Belle (Instrumental)"  in all of it's fully mastered goodness!  This is the final mix version that has greatly improved sound and ambiance.  

To hear and see more about me, please visit http://www.davidallenslater.com

David Allen Slater - My Sweet Belle

I'm making an eleven track studio album of original songs at the moment. Today I wanted to do a few bits of recording that I'm able to do in my home studio, that get added into the "proper" studio mix, but I spent the entire day doing admin for the album; emailing and phoning the musicians, producer, engineer etc to arrange recordings, payments, rehearsals, etc - a totally music-less day. I can see why musicians have managers! So feeling pretty frustrated tonight I picked up my guitar and just wanted to play and sing something, anything, that wasn't one of those eleven songs. I love this song - it's a real handful in every way, took me weeks to learn and it has totally gotten under my skin. I never tire of listening to the incredible original. I perform it live a bit but have never played it straight through without making a pretty major stuff-up - this time included! So I play it differently every time. A curly customer of a song but such a good 'un. I thought I'd press record, finally, for the first time today. It's just one take and as usual the song got the better of me but it's not the kind of song you want to perfect and fix, so I hope you enjoy it anyway. Thanks heaps for stopping by to listen. Steph :)

Chuck E's in Love - Rickie Lee Jones

On the Line by Steph Casey.

Um… I'm not sure what happened. I suddenly had an electric guitar and a large guitar amp in my little home studio, lent to me by a friend. I plugged them in, picked up the Stratocaster, and played a descending chord riff. I soon had a thrashy, angsty pop song on my hands. 

It's just a bit of fun really. Apologies to those who might have been expecting one of my gentler folky songs! Hope you like it anyway and thanks for the listen! 

It's New Year's Eve here in New Zealand, so wishing all my lovely SoundCloud friends a very happy new year and good things aplenty in 2013. Thanks so much for your support of my music in 2012 and I'm looking forward to hearing more of your wonderful tunes in the new year.


Thanks also to my friend Nick Butcher for his star performance as the "asshole" on the other end of the phone :)



On the Line

I'm a Singer/Songwriter, Composer, Graphic Artist, Photographer and Independent Filmmaker
For more info and media, please visit my <a href="http://www.davidallenslater.com">Official Website</a>

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