Some great songs from some Fantastic Artist's/Bands and a few of my own.

AB Playlist 079 Part 1

Best of the Cloud 11 28 2020

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021
A collection of Favorite & Latest tracks from the fantastic Artists & Bands of Soundcloud to get you through New Years eve, enjoy the music and thanks to everyone for your fantastic support, cheers Andrew

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021 Part One

The Latest songs from some fantastic Artist's/Bands and a few of my own,

Playlist 068

Break The Cycle

WHEN I CRADLE MYSELF

Guitar instrumental track inspired by the song 'Don't Want To Know' by John Martyn.

Don't Want To Know :: GUITAR TRACK :: (COVER - Original by John Martyn)

Viewing His Subjects (Interlude)

JOYFUL

Introducing Song # 5 in my 'Lockdown Demos' series.
I first wrote the music for this song back in 1997 for my then band. It was been mouldering away in a cupboard for the past 20 years. Only a chance mention of it got me to thinking about it. I unearthed it, wrote a new set of lyrics last Friday, recorded it today and here it is! Back from the dead & just in time for Summer...
Photo by Patricia Scarlett/Elisabeth Heroine

Sometimes...(Lockdown Demos #5)

I used Adam4le's (https://soundcloud.com/adam4le) piano track 'Memories' which can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/adam4le/memories-original-instrumental-open-collaboration

8/9/20 Pre-order EP 'Blissful and Beyond' at BandCamp, includes new release 'Waves of my Heart' and six more...https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/album/blissful-and-beyond-2
New YouTube 8/3 piano performance: https://youtu.be/_XzAgtLhsgI

Four part string-rich melodies and flute.. Working on new YouTube performance work based on 'Winter Sun', hope to finish this weekend..

In my heart the memory of what would never be
will remain forever free.. 
A fragment of a dream
in an achingly bright reality never seen..

♾SEC

Blissful and Beyond

In Your Heart I Stay

This is the story of my first “eclipse”, experienced alone in the wilderness of Oregon in August, 2017. It’s a long story, but the story behind this song.

I drove to Oregon alone to see the great American total solar eclipse of 2017. In Oregon, there is a famous national park called Crater Lake.  This is the deepest lake in America.   In the middle of Crater Lake is Wizard Island. This lake was formed when a huge volcano blew its top a long time ago.  My plan was to see Wizard Island, get a hotel room, and see the eclipse the next day.

There have been numerous stories of strange occurrences around this area from multiple people over the course of centuries.

The time was around 7 pm when driving up Crater Lake Mountain to see Wizard Island… I wasn’t sure where I was going, or how to get down from the mountain. Finally, I saw Wizard Island just as the sun started to set. I remember there was this misty haze in front of the Island. I could barely see it. I got the chills and a weird feeling... It was very eerie.

I tried to find my way down from the mountain in my car, but it was too late, I was lost, and it was too dangerous. There are areas where you can drive off a ledge and fall a long way. No fun. I had to pull over in the wilderness and spend the night in my car…

Hours passed, and I fell asleep.

What happened next is the strangest thing I’ve experienced in my life. I woke up, it was still night. My phone wasn’t working, my car wouldn’t start or turn on any lights. I didn’t know what time it was. It was disturbing to me they were both "dead", and I was panicked. Then I noticed the area around my car was alternating in brightness, like truck lights... But that wasn't it. I got out of my car to check it out.

But the sky was weird. The moon was weird. It was all weird. The moon was alternating between being clearly visible… And being pitch black. Like it was “blinking”. It would take 5 seconds to get black, then about 5 seconds to get bright again. The stars were barely visible. I stared in disbelief for maybe 30 seconds, it kept happening.  The air around me had a feeling of electric charge to it.   I started hearing a lot more animals, and they seemed to surround me. They were in the bushes and trees, everywhere. It got more troubling quickly when I could discern soft human voices. I couldn't see animals or people. 
I wasn't on any drugs, I was saving my drugs for the following day and the journey home.

Time seemed too slow. I backed up to my car, got in, and locked the doors. I remember a feeling of utter disbelief in my senses. Without any idea what to do, I climbed in the backseat and lied down. I thought any second I could die.

The next thing I remembered, I woke up. It was about 6:30 am. My car worked. My phone worked. And this was the morning of August 21st, 2017… The first day of the total solar eclipse which many of us would see later that day.  

But what I saw was something else.

Something very weird happened to me up there on that mountain that night, and it’s haunted me. I know several people will think "Manufactured lies!" Several others will think "Cool story bro...", well think what you want...

Later that morning when getting breakfast, still shook-up, I asked 2 waitresses if they heard of anything strange last night around Crater Lake. One said "no", the other said, "There's always something strange happening".

I remember one time a girl asked me why my music is so dark...
I’ve seen some sights.

Try to check out Crater Lake, Oregon, if you've never seen it.
Don't get lost.

- John

Crater Lake Eclipse

Written by ThreePhotons October 2020
Mix 1: Nov 2, 2020
Thanks so much to Andrew and Rene for comments on the draft mix.
Hope you like the sound!

Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio
Guitars
Rhythm1: Les Paul Standard
Lead1: Les Paul Standard
Bass: Fender Squire

Mics: Neumann TLM 67
Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Master Tape. 

Lyrics  (more sparse than usual -- both verses have 7 words each)
 
Verse 1
Tuesday night
we were a train wreck

Refrain
All this time
we were taking the same path
through time
just trying to make it last

Verse 2
Twenty-one
you were hiding in makeup

Refrain
All this time
we were taking the same path
through time
just trying to make it last

Just trying to make it last

All this time
we were taking the same path
through time
just trying to make it last

One more time...

Tuesday night

I CAN FLY
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Copyright 2020
See Link for Video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3MDfQ95BVQ

YOU TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME
THE SHORT WAY IT TAKES TO LONG
SOMETIMES YOU TRY TO FLY TO HIGH AWAY
MAY'BE YOU'LL FALL AGAIN SOMEDAY

YOU FIND THE WAY TO GO
THEN FALLING BACK TO EARTH
WHAT IF YOU FLY TO HIGH AND LOSE YOUR WAY
I PRAY ANOTHER DAY WILL COME
(chorus)
I CAN FLY
IT'S JUST A HEARTBEAT FROM THE GROUND
I CAN FLY HIGH HIGH  ONLY TAKES A LITTLE

WHERE HAS THE DAYLIGHT GONE
THE NIGHT LIFE IT'S IN YOUR BLOOD
AND WHEN THE SUN IT COMES YOU FALL AWAY
AND WHEN IT FALLS AGAIN YOU'LL SAY
(chorus)
I CAN FLY
IT'S JUST A HEARTBEAT FROM THE GROUND
I CAN FLY HIGH HIGH  ONLY TAKES A LITTLE
MAY'BE JUST A LITTLE
(break)
(chorus)
I CAN FLY
IT'S JUST A HEARTBEAT FROM THE GROUND
I CAN FLY HIGH HIGH  ONLY TAKES A LITTLE
MAY'BE JUST A LITTLE

ANOTHER WORLD

I CAN FLY

I CAN FLY (see info for video link)

Please check my video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox8Vc3Z_39U

To all the conspiracy theorists out there:
Just because you deny reality, it won´t disappear !

Written, performed, mixed & mastered by
André "pixelorb" Brandes © 2020

Image: pixabay.com (CC0 Creative Commons)

Instruments:
- Lennar Digital "Sylenth 1"
- TAL U-NO-LX
- FL Studio FLEX
- AAS Strum GS-2
- DS Audio "Thorn"
- u-he Diva
- fbm Tricent mkIII
- Synapse "The Legend"

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Denial Of Reality (link to video inside!)

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Unrequited Love

Colours in the Dark

Part 11 of 266
Installments released every Saturday.

I use a complete hybrid of organic & electronic sounds within the scope of the Taffeta project. Nothing is out of the question and no limits are set on how things may evolve one way or another.

Part 1: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part1
Part 2: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part2
Part 3: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-3
Part 4: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-4
Part 5: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-5
Part 6: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-6
Part 7: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-7
Part 8: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-8
Part 9: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-9
Part 10: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-10

The TAFFETA Playlist: soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/sets/taffeta-a-266-part-musical

TAFFETA | Part 11

THE DAYS THE WEEKS AND THE YEARS
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Copyright 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWJtWEi-2zM

THE DAYS THE WEEKS AND THE YEARS

THE DAYS THE WEEKS AND THE YEARS (see info for video link)

Wall Of Voodoo re mixed

Inner

I found direction in my bible, I find strength in God, this song is about chasing God and His Word in order to find a new way to look at life. 

Beat by King 80 Industries. 

I hope you enjoy.

Please welcome to join Syntaleta community on www.patreon.com/syntaleta
Remastered by Houman (https://soundcloud.com/houmans)

Winter Came Suddenly

Happy to present my new collaboration with Ian Greaves
Vocals and Verses: 
IPG1 - Ian Greaves
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/taking-it-back-vocals-95-bpm
Lillithe:
Music, Arrangement, Mix and Mastering
VERSES:
Been to Venus and Saturn --------now I've returned 
to set the beats on fire ----------so let the fire burn 
this is IPG1 -----------Spark a fire ------first phase-------was the
Beat and the lyrics-----------now here— comes the blaze
When hip-hop went sideways ----------I brought it all back
The styles --------I displayed --------as I put it --------back on track
Don't be afraid ----------------- IPG1 is back
Taking it back...
Verse
Kicking ass with rhythm patterns------- until now-unknown
I'm light years ahead---- like another-time zone 
More than you can handle-----in another-rhyme zone
Thought I was done ----- not till--your minds blown
This is how I do it---------------not being conceited
A cosmic contingency------------mission completed
I rock reality---------------------phonies defeated
Hungry for HipHop--------------automatically repeated
Chorus
Ain't no sense------- in being ----------so damn formal 
I'm incognito--------- so --------------let's rock normal 
this is IPG1------on the inside track
traveling through time ------------taking --hip-hop back
Verse
Check the rhymes---- the style --------and------- the literature 
as the Rhythm evolves ---------you'll see the spirit is pure
I'm going to rock the beats -----------like never before 
And when I'm done -----------you'll be waiting for more
traveling through time ---------could be a blast from the past
present or future-------but built to last
now as the beat hits ----------it knock you out your daze
remember the beat------------- was just first phase 
Riding The beats ---------with a hip-hop groove 
now I'm rocking normal -------------I just can't lose
taking it back...
I Stay alert --------and always at the ready----
don't mean I'm dangerous -----just means I'm deadly------
There'll be casualties---as a matter of fact
Person---ally ----------I can guarantee that
Cause I rock reality---------- phonies-----------defeated
Total calamity---------------------My patience depleted
Empowered by the beat -----------raining down defeat 
so cry me a River ---------------cause I'm here to deliver 
another verse -----------------to make you shiver
Taking it back...
Verse
Ain't no sense------- in being ----------so damn formal 
I'm incognito--------- so --------------let's rock normal 
this is IPG1------on the inside track
traveling through time ------------taking --hip-hop back
thought it was over ------------hell----no ------------------I'm back
Run it through your headphones ----------and add it to that stack
of tracks --------you have --------that hit like crack
then eliminate ---------------------------------all that other crap ------
they had the nerves------------ to calling rap
replay it again -------------Because this jam----- is packed
Verse
Ain't no sense------- in being ----------so damn formal 
I'm incognito--------- so --------------let's rock normal 
this is IPG1------on the inside track
traveling through time ------------taking --hip-hop back
thought it was over ------------hell----no ------------------I'm back
Run it through your headphones ----------and add it to that stack
of tracks --------you have --------that hit like crack
then eliminate ---------------------------------all that other crap ------
they had the nerves------------ to calling rap
replay it again -------------cause this jam----- is packed

Copyright © 2014

IPG1LouLevel One UpVocals

Taking It Back feat. IPG1

Taking It Back (IPG1)
New Collab with the great IPG1 !
Thanks much Ian for the open collab !
Vocals and Verses: 
IPG1 - Ian Greaves
Ipg1 – https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/taking-it-back-vocals-95-bpm
Music, Bass, Mixing and Mastering Paploviante
Verses:
IPG1 Let's Rock NormaL......"Taking It Back"
Verse
Been to Venus and Saturn --------now I've returned 
to set the beats on fire ----------so let the fire burn 
this is IPG1 -----------Spark a fire ------first phase-------was the
Beat and the lyrics-----------now here— comes the blaze
When hip-hop went sideways ----------I brought it all back
The styles --------I displayed --------as I put it --------back on track
Don't be afraid ----------------- IPG1 is back
Taking it back...
Verse
Kicking ass with rhythm patterns------- until now-unknown
I'm light years ahead---- like another-time zone 
More than you can handle-----in another-rhyme zone
Thought I was done ----- not till--your minds blown
This is how I do it---------------not being conceited
A cosmic contingency------------mission completed
I rock reality---------------------phonies defeated
Hungry for HipHop--------------automatically repeated
Chorus
Ain't no sense------- in being ----------so damn formal 
I'm incognito--------- so --------------let's rock normal 
this is IPG1------on the inside track
traveling through time ------------taking --hip-hop back
Verse
Check the rhymes---- the style --------and------- the literature 
as the Rhythm evolves ---------you'll see the spirit is pure
I'm going to rock the beats -----------like never before 
And when I'm done -----------you'll be waiting for more
traveling through time ---------could be a blast from the past
present or future-------but built to last
now as the beat hits ----------it knock you out your daze
remember the beat------------- was just first phase 
Riding The beats ---------with a hip-hop groove 
now I'm rocking normal -------------I just can't lose
taking it back...
I Stay alert --------and always at the ready----
don't mean I'm dangerous -----just means I'm deadly------
There'll be casualties---as a matter of fact
Person---ally ----------I can guarantee that
Cause I rock reality---------- phonies-----------defeated
Total calamity---------------------My patience depleted
Empowered by the beat -----------raining down defeat 
so cry me a River ---------------cause I'm here to deliver 
another verse -----------------to make you shiver
Taking it back...
Verse
Ain't no sense------- in being ----------so damn formal 
I'm incognito--------- so --------------let's rock normal 
this is IPG1------on the inside track
traveling through time ------------taking --hip-hop back
thought it was over ------------hell----no ------------------I'm back
Run it through your headphones ----------and add it to that stack
of tracks --------you have --------that hit like crack
then eliminate ---------------------------------all that other crap ------
they had the nerves------------ to calling rap
replay it again -------------Because this jam----- is packed
Verse
Ain't no sense------- in being ----------so damn formal 
I'm incognito--------- so --------------let's rock normal 
this is IPG1------on the inside track
traveling through time ------------taking --hip-hop back
thought it was over ------------hell----no ------------------I'm back
Run it through your headphones ----------and add it to that stack
of tracks --------you have --------that hit like crack
then eliminate ---------------------------------all that other crap ------
they had the nerves------------ to calling rap
replay it again -------------cause this jam----- is packed
Copyright © 2014

Walk forever
written by TJG December 17, 2020
mix 1: December 20, 2020
mix 2: Jan 9, 2021 output transformer engaged on tape machine
cover art: TJG somewhere in china

Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio

Guitars
Rhythm: Guild DV52
Lead: Fender Stratocaster
Bass: Fender Squire

Mics: Neumann TLM 67 and AKG C414 XLS
Drums: single hand drum played by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Master Tape. 



Lyrics

Verse 1
wanna walk forever
in a day
walk right next to you
wanna take it down
to the rivers edge
see what we can do

refrain
you must be strong
to carry on
doing what you do
oh yeah
doing what you do

verse 2
crazy days and crazy nights
it's who we are
you know we'll make it through
nothing lasts forever
we'll carry on
doing what we do

refrain
you must be strong
to carry on
doing what you do
oh yeah
doing what you do

Verse 3
wanna walk forever
in a day
walk right next to you
wanna take it down
to the rivers edge
see what we can do

refrain
you must be strong
to carry on
doing what you do
oh yeah
doing what you do

Outro
you must be strong
you must be strong....

Walk forever

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)

I have been passionately creating music for a considerable amount of time. My vibe is mainly Rap, Rock and Pop. My purpose in writing music goes beyond mere entertainment. I am driven to compose songs that serve as a source of encouragement, inspiration, and upliftment, carrying a message of hope deeply rooted in the truth that Jesus died for the sins of man. Through my music, I strive to share my personal journey and experiences, revealing how Jesus is an integral part of my life and the creative process.

Break The Cycle

The Voice of Truth