The Upload

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded and mixed using Logic. Mastered in Soundcloud
Guitars played: Taylor 714CE (DADGAD tuning - all tuned down a half step).
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.

LYRICS:
Sometimes things get broken
Sometimes they can mend
Sometimes words are spoken
And forgiven ………in the end

Could be a good thing
Could be a bad thing
Who can tell …..how these things go 
Could be a good thing
Could be a bad thing
Don’t ask me……… I don't know

Old man at the table in the bar-room
Takes a breath and gives a little smile
Drinks his beer …..and thinks about a whiskey 
Just a little comfort…….. for a while

Could be a good thing
Could be a bad thing
Who can tell …..how these things go 
Could be a good thing
Could be a bad thing
Don’t ask me……… I don't know

Young man reaches the crossroads
Wondering if somebody switched the signs
His heart says … take the high road
His head says … that’ll be just fine

Could be a good thing
Could be a bad thing
Who can tell …..how these things go 
Could be a good thing
Could be a bad thing
Don’t ask me……… I don't know

Could Be A Good Thing

Always a pleasure to work with the very talented Ren Faye.  I strongly recommend you take a listen to her independent work here: https://soundcloud.com/renfaye-1

Across the Miles (Ren Faye and Classical Glass)

Better Days

ALFONSO LLORENTE: VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITARS, BASS, STRINGS & DRUMS

My personal approach to this great 1978 classic

WEREWOLVES OF LONDON (Warren Zevon)

Light

Snowfield Poetry

My first song of 2021. Lots of piano, synths, clarinets and bouncy bass. 🎶🎤🎵🎧💕

Heavy

Gabillard Laurent - Badman (Killer Mix) [Explicit]
Date de sortie: 01/12/2020
Nombre de disques: VOLUME 1 
Label: iM Electronica
Copyright: ℗© Gabillard Laurent
Durée totale: 4:01
Genres: Electro House

BADMAN

Gabillard Laurent - Badman (Killer Mix) [Explicit]

Paint Me A Birmingham

Let's start the year in a slow mood.
Is slow life the solution...?
happy new year my dear friends :) enjoy 2021 with peace, happiness, love and be healthy <3
Thank You all for the support, listens and shares, also for all the wonderful messages/comments You gave me <3
P.L.U.R

Take me higher

Take Me Higher

I made a sound-driven animation (audio visualization) for this track, watch it here:
https://youtu.be/kliAnrLMwuo
 and follow me on youtube if you like it!

This track is inspired by the blade runner universe, a deep and dark atmosphere with a touch of something ethnic going on. I used several layers of synths to convey a truly cinematic mood. Thanks for listening!

Cyberpunk Desert

Cyberpunk Desert (Audio Visualizer Video in description)

Original music by : FPMORINSTUDIO/Francois Pierre Morin composer Cover hart by : Suzanne Morin  artist painter

THE MAGIC FOX

Spread Your Love

noxpox - marbles

Background

This is my take on an old traditional song. The earliest reference I've discovered is around 1847.  It supposedly had other titles 'The Grinders' and 'The Saddle on the Right Horse'  

It is a vivid description of the lot of Sheffield Grinders, working and often dying early in life due to their trade. The 'Grinding Hull's' mentioned in the lyrics were grim places, full of particles of metal and dust from the grinding wheels. Historical evidence suggests boys were often apprenticed from nine to twelve years of age.

Through my working career I was employed in the Steel Industry engaged in scientistic work and environmental research, quite a bit of it related to occupational health problems, So it is no surprise to me and very fitting that I wanted to get this song recorded. As a Sheffield lad born and bred it connects for me I guess. 

Apparently a version of this traditional song was recorded by 'The Ian Campbell Group' in 1972 and the band 'Afterhours' from their eponymous cassette only album from 1988. After hearing the 'Afterhours' 1988 version, I decided to work up a DADGAD guitar arrangement of my own.  Here is the result.
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Instrumentation and Arrangement

I wanted a simple arrangement for this song as really it's all about the lyrics and overall message. I used a DADGAD guitar tuning and aimed for a strum pattern that hopefully reflects the cyclical rhythmic quality of the grindstones in use.

After the main vocals was recorded I decided a bit of backing vocals would add a bit of extra spice to the overall song. Sometimes voice and guitar is all you really need. :-)
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The Sheffield Grinder (Lyrics around 1847)
**( with small revisions for this version)
(Photograph taken from the Illustrated London News 1866)

The Sheffield grinder's a terrible blade.
Tally ho, the grinder!
'Fore he sets his little 'uns down to trade.
Tally ho, the grinder!
He sets ‘em all down to grind in the hull,
Till their bodies are stunted and their eyes are dull,
And their brains are all dizzy and dazed in their skulls.
Tally ho, the grinder!

He shortens his life and he hastens his death.
Tally ho, the grinder!
And he’ll drink steel dust with every breath.
Tally ho, the grinder!
And he won't wash his hands ‘ere he eats a meal
And he won’t wear a mask as he grinds at his wheel
And he’ll die as he’s lived, as hard as cold steel.
Tally ho, the grinder!

(Instrumental)

The Sheffield grinders of whom we do speak.
Tally ho, the grinder!
Well they’re men who’ll earn just one pound a week.
Tally ho, the grinder!
But of Sheffield grinders another sort
Methinks ought to be called to court,
Aye, and that’s the grinding Government Board.
Tally ho, the grinder!

At whose door lies the blacker blame?
Tally ho, the grinder!
Oh where lies the heavier weight of shame?
Tally ho, the grinder!
Is it the famine-price contractor's head,
Or on the workman who’s under-fed,
And who grinds his own bones and his children’s for bread?
Tally ho, the grinder!

The Sheffield Grinder

Full-on psychedelic trance! High-energy music for peak moments.

Fly House.mc

Old Times

First tune in 2021 !
Please leave a comment below.
Happy new year and best wishes from Germany.
Music © UNJAY RADY 2020
Voice is sampled by some of my old  tracks with Kaybee.
Mixed and Mastered by Unjay Rady in January 2021.
Thanks for listening.

All we need

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.

The Upload

The Voice of Truth