12.08.2025 must again

HUNDIDA EN EL AGUA

De tanto estar en el agua                         E-G#
Quizás no te ahogues en mi                    E-G#
Un corazón es un arma                             E-G#
Vacía hundida en el agua                         F#
Oxidada en el agua                                    F#
Y si dispara otra vez 
En que lugar morire
Dejar que sangre tu alma 
Vacía hundida en el agua 
Oxidada en el agua 
Desde ahí para mí...                            A-E-F#
Me vi escondido en las rocas 
Mientras buscabas el fin 
Tenías la boca roja 
Vacía hundida en el agua 
Oxidada en el agua 
Y nuestra sombra en la estrella 
Forma los rayos que vi 
Aunque algunos te dejan 
Vacía hundida en el agua 
Oxidada en el agua 
Desde ahí para mí...

HUNDIDA EN EL AGUA

Utnyttjar du mig. 631 ( 1983 ) Margareta Theorin ( Margareta )

Looks Like Rain (Instrumental)

I love Django Reinhardt’s mischievous version and Artie Shaw’s fiery take on this perfect classic. So, I grabbed my clarinet, my guitars, and tried to borrow a few licks from these two swing legends. Hope you enjoy it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUvCyxCF67o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVpqAKipaaU

J'adore la version espiègle de Django Reinhardt et celle flamboyante d'Artie Shaw sur ce classique de circonstance. J'ai donc pris ma clainette, mes guitares et tenté de reprendre certaines phrases ces deux géants du swing

September Song

Chiara:  Vocals, Girl on the Photography
Nino Chikviladze:  Violin
Ben Juul:  Drums, Mix & Master at Tone Hill, NY
Dirk Taubenheim:  Guitars, Bass, Synths, Vocals

This song is based on a poem by Tim Cannon who passed away three years ago. 
Thanks so much, Chiara & Nino!

Bright Eyes  ft. CHIARA

Mirrors With Eyes

"Lento" is a musical term that means slow with expression.  Thank you for listening!

Lento

Thank you to Will Sanders for playing the Guitar and Drums 

The King's Voice

This is a another song written during the pandemic in 2022. It's about the joy of reading! I know we don't read hardly anymore that's why we are pretty ignorant about science and math, look it up, don't take my word for it!! I still enjoy reading, it sparks my creativity, and opens up my imagination! It's really fabulous the trips we can make with our imagination by just reading. I whipped up seveal tales and weaved them all together into a Rock song. It is also about what happens to unread books that just turn to dust on our shelves. (Read H.G. Wells "The Time Machine" or at least watch the 1960 film!). I guess we will soon have no need for libraries!  Just I-phones! This is an adventure song, my Indiana Jones song!  

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/2R-hnrBwiDQ

      The video is brand new with loads of eye-candy for everybody. I thnk I finished it a few months ago. It'll take you on several exciting adventures!! I hope people enjoy it, we must continue to read books because when we stop reading books, then we will stop having independent thought and we become nothing more than brain dead sheep!  I'm sure that's what some evil people actually want! (Look what they did to Jimmy Kimmel!!). Read a book before they censor them and take them away! Take a look, crack a book, I guarenteed that you'll get hooked! Take care!🙏😎✌🏼

“UNREAD BOOK”

READ ME WHILE YOU CAN,     
I MIGHT JUST TURN TO DUST AND CRUMBLE IN YOUR HANDS,   
BUT I'LL NEVER WASTE YOUR TIME,               
LET ME PROVE TO YOU,    
I'M MORE THAN BORING WORDS DOWN POINTLESS AVENUES,      
I'M ALWAYS WORTH A SECOND LOOK, 
               
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,         
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,
  
READ ME, IF YOU CARE,    
WE'LL GO TO PLACES WHERE YOUR HEART WOULD NEVER DARE,      
IN A JOURNEY OF THE MIND,    
LEAVE IT UP TO ME,   
ALL YOU NEED IS THE YEARNING AND THE COURAGE TO BELIEVE,
JUST ONE LOOK WILL GET YOU HOOKED,
                       
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,           
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,     
     
A TRIP TO THE MOON OR AN ADVENTURE AT SEA,              
LET MY WORDS SET YOUR MIND FREE,                
A ROMANTIC RENDEZVOUS OR BUBBLE BATH BY CANDLELIGHT,
A CHRISTMAS DAY OR AN ARABIAN NIGHT,
            
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,             
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK, 

IF YOU'RE LONELY, COUNT ON ME,  
THERE'S NO END OF THE ROAD ONLY POSSIBILITIES,   
IMAGINATION'S ALL IT TOOK,
             
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,             
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK. 

BY JIM VALDES
 © 2022

"UNREAD BOOK" (Video - https://youtu.be/2R-hnrBwiDQ)

OK, since you guys are enjoying the guitar (or rather, the guitars) in "Do What You Like" 🎸(https://soundcloud.com/beatingedge/do-what-you-like) so much, and since you were also curious to actually see the mess that created this sound, here you go! This is basically the “making of” the song, mainly based on a part that was later discarded, complete with a rather comical little sketch and Mary at some point asking Tom to switch to another effects chain (switch, switch! Well, that’s how she puts it!), plus a bunch of other nonsense we’re deeply ashamed of and really shouldn’t be releasing to the whole world ! Oh well… goodbye decency, and goodbye ears for you all (it’s all in English and the laughs are interplanetary… the only word in Italian is Tom’s “basta!” at the end, which means “enough!”)!😂
Oh, by the way, some of you asked about the effects chain we used. Well, maybe we’ll update this description later (time permitting, with our day jobs and three other songs in the making!), and reveal a bit more! Cheers!🫶

At the moment, this track is exclusively available on SoundCloud.
Released on September 24, 2025.
©2025 Beating Edge

🔊Edit
Here's the mess behind the magic🙋🏻‍♀️ (ah… by the way, most of the gear listed here was borrowed/rented… we’re not billionaires! 😝): 

*Central Track (panned 0/±63):
🎸 Jackson Soloist (bridge pickup)
🔧 Dynamics / EQ: Intersound IVP Preamp pedal, API 550A EQ
🎚️ Amp / Cabinet / Modulation: Vox AC15 tube combo, Vox 2x12 Celestion Alnico Blue, Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress Flanger
📡 Reverb: FabFilter Pro-R2 preset “Bright Falls” – bright, spacious
*Left Channel (panned -48/±63)
🎸 Jackson Soloist (neck pickup)
🔧 Dynamics / EQ: Universal Audio 1176LN – fast attack compression
🎚️ Effects / Modulation: Boss TR-2 Tremolo, Strymon BigSky modulated grain delay
📡 Reverb: FabFilter Pro-R2 preset “Beautiful Plate” – airy, shimmering
*Right Channel (panned +48/±63)
🎸 Gibson Les Paul Standard (bridge pickup)
🔧 Dynamics / EQ: Klon Centaur overdrive/boost, MXR 10-Band EQ
🎚️ Cabinet / Delay: Marshall 1960 4x12, Strymon Timeline, Eventide H9 modulated delay
📡 Reverb: FabFilter Pro-R2 preset “Darkest Hour” – dark, spacious
*Center-Left Channel (panned -32/±63)
🎸 Jackson Soloist (bridge pickup)
🔧 Dynamics / EQ: Boss NS-2 Noise Gate, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer, Marshall JCM800 2203 Head, Boss GE-7 EQ
🎚️ Cabinet: Marshall 1960 4x12
📡 Reverb: FabFilter Pro-R2 preset “Lively Medium Room” – bright, lively
*Center-Right Channel (panned +32/±63)
🎸 Gibson Les Paul Standard (bridge pickup)
🔧 Dynamics / EQ: Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer, Klon Centaur, MXR 10-Band EQ
🎚️ Cabinet / Delay: Marshall 1960 4x12, Strymon Timeline + Eventide H9
📡 Reverb: FabFilter Pro-R2 preset “Late Tail” – spacious, lingering

Do What a Mess You Like (Instrumental)

Involved in different local music associations with my clarinet  (in classic and jazzy mode) ,  I also  love to play the guitar, I love to try to create and produce music with Cubase and different other instruments at home. I love all forms of music. 
Thank you reading these lines, for your kind words , listens and all forms of appreciation and support, I'm always happy to explore,  discover new sounds  and collaborate on this unique platform with wonderful musicians  !!

2022 Collabs, Jams and Chansons :
https://on.soundcloud.com/pkz71
Proud to be inducted  in 2022 as an Official Lunatics after this:
https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz/lunatics71-skyline-cosmic-ratzzz-ddjohn?si=aa7c346eca754497a8e4168605590197&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Still so happy to listen to this one with my french SC buddies in the memory of Georges Brassens on this one :
https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/les-copains-dabord-george-brassens-with-le-hot-club-de-soundcloud-quebec-usa-fra?si=ec03fb2f0b8b42b1b57522bf07221d14&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
...and loving to play with friends in the marvelous style of Django Reinhardt
https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/sets/collabs-with-lami-bjp

Album/EP featurings @ the clarinet :

https://soundcloud.com/mountain-songs/take-cripple-club-collab-with-ddjohn-download?in=ddjohn/sets/2015-1/

https://open.spotify.com/album/2XfVKVx3ZE1qUBwoUojmfW
.... and @ the guitar :
https://chrispendergraft.bandcamp.com/track/aint-seen-the-worst-of-it-yet-tribute-to-jimmy-page

September Song

DDJohn