Original song
Vocals: Vocaloid Avanna and YOHIOloid
Backing tracks: Band in a Box
First trumpet solo: WIVI/EWI + BiaB

The Gates Of Babylon (Vocaloid)

A song about listening to rhythm and harmony in the wild.
The tremolo of the electric piano is for mystery, and the organ is for piety.  The Eb6 is for the ever-present whiskey-tango-foxtrot influence –and to comply with the melody.  Dave Bell is to make the song better.

Vid:  https://youtu.be/6VpWF8jHa10
Featuring Dave Bell of Blue Attitude (www.blue-attitude.net/) on guitar.

Sitting On A Rock

In Eternity (2024-2025)

If there's all the time in eternity
I'll smooth my jaggedness and learn
from my past while I yearn
to be ready when you return.
If I am cursed, I repeat my mistakes
and you haven't changed, still causing me ache
we promise each other a brighter start
and keep on dreaming when we drift apart.

In eternity, is there longing for love,
diary dreams, elusive fantasies
questions who's meant for me, eternally?

What if there's no time in eternity
would I live in infinite regret
chances missed, can't forget
heartbreaks woven into a net.
if I am blessed, we will hover in love 
and you'll always be my peaceloving dove
in eternal embraces and endless fun
would they be just for the chosen ones?

In eternity, is there longing for love,
diary dreams, elusive fantasies
questions who's meant for me, eternally?

The beauty of chance encounters
and the falling for casual gestures
are they solace I crave
or wounds abyss can't erase?
in eternity, in eternity.

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Music & Lyrics & Arrangement: Janne S
Vocals: Synthesizer V Natalie & Noa HEX

In Eternity

A best friend, a co-composer, an excellent guitarist BobH has passed and now is playing in God's heaven. I tried to emulate the sorrow and at times frustration this sad event has caused for friends and family. 

Ode to Bob

© 2025 Noel Adams, words and music, all rights reserved.
APRA/AMCOS (Australia): GW78281298

[A1]
Give me happy
Give me hope
Then I can keep walking on life’s lumpy road
With a smile on my face
And a heart full of grace
I can shoulder the burden of life’s heavy load

[A2]
Give me happy
Give me hope
They’re the power that strengthens me day after day
Whatever arises 
Whatever surprises 
With happiness and hope, I can live, love and play

[B]
And if tomorrow gets dreary
If ever it’s dismal or bleak
Then I sing songs that are cheery
And I pick up my feet and stride on

[A3]
So give me happy
Give me hope
And I can conquer any chaos that gets in my way
Good times come and go
And luck’s a friend and a foe
But if I’m happy and hopeful
Every day is much better than okay

[Instrumental]

Repeat [B] & [A3]

[Tag]
Mmmm mmm, give me happy

(Free-to-use image from https://stockcake.com)

Give Me Happy

Janice Merritt: vocals, percussion and arrangement
Peter Fulham: guitar rhythm, fills and solos
Bud Merritt: lyrics, arrangement, mix/mastering & photo
AI: None

NO TURNAROUND 
Intro 

Verse 1

I always wanted to be your safe full of treasures 

But you never tried to learn my combination

The numbers on that dial were oh so simple 

Why didn’t  you find trying it a sweet temptation?

	Chorus

	So I’m gonna travel a single lane for a while

	Leaving’s all that matters not where I’m bound

	Don’t wanna roundabout just need a straight line 

	No side roads and damn sure no turnaround

Verse 2

The credits are rolling ‘n there’s no backing up

My Mama told me hearts are made to be broken

They’re  all going to leave you sooner or later

Maybe that’s why you left so many words unspoken 

	Repeat Chorus

Solo

Bridge 

You used to tell me what you wanted to be

But wanting to be and being ain’t the same for me

	Repeat Chorus

Outro

No Turnaround

Produced in Band in a Box, Mixed and Mastered in Studio One 7

Cold Front

We walked tonight to the Guggenheim Museum
Her hair was blowing like it found its freedom
The city shimmered a restless backdrop
We talked of dreams we had and dreams we’d lost

She touched the glass where the paintings hung
Said, “Look how they capture the light, so young”
I saw a reflection that I couldn’t hold
A moment gone as the wind turned cold

Caught in the glow of a fleeting view
City lights blurred like dreams we outgrew
We’re drifting through moments we can’t reclaim
Like strangers with stories no need for names

Through the spiral halls we drifted slow
Each step we took felt like letting go
She whispered stories I’d never known
Of places she'd seen and the nights alone

Outside the doors the world was wide
Yellow cabs and the Hudson tide
She laughed like a child at the rush of it all
I watched her dance through the city's sprawl

She talked of staying of leaving too
The streets below us were painted blue
With echoes of footsteps and songs unsung
In that fleeting light we were both still young

Caught in the glow of a fleeting view
City lights blurred like dreams we outgrew
We’re drifting through moments we can’t reclaim
Like strangers with stories no need for names

1071 5th Avenue

There’s a payphone on the corner 
That rings from time to time 
I’m watching taxis scatter 
Through the neon and the grime 
Chelsea with her phantoms 
And the ghosts that linger there 
New York City is my air 

I’ve seen lovers in the doorways 
I’ve heard prophets on the wire 
I've watched the lamplights stutter 
Like a broken gospel choir 
The Hudson keeps on rolling
But it’s not going anywhere 
New York City is my air 

Now the winter’s on my shoulder 
I hear sirens in my sleep 
There’s a girl who looks like Joni 
In a bar on Houston Street 
She sang about forgiveness 
And it caught me unaware 
She said New York City is my air 

There’s a pawnshop on Canal Street 
An old Martin under glass 
I thought about the future 
And I thought about the past 
Every thought I tried to follow 
Left a song in the square 
New York City is my air 
New York City is my air

New York City Is My Air (with Joliz)

Lyrics: R.W. Davis
Music: Me
Graphic: Freepik.com

Wreck the Walls

I am way out of my comfort zone while trying something new like this. This is my most ambitious song attempt to date so I hope you let me know what you think, good or bad. 

Via my breath and keyboard controllers I am playing the following Swam instruments:
double bass, oboe, bassoon, French horns 1+2, trumpets 1+2 as well as a Kontakt bass track, the glissando harp and the Sforzando strings. Band-in-a-Box is supplying the balance of the tracks using my sound sources. 



The Gates Of Babylon (Vocaloid)

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