Name: Learning Curve by Declan Bailie
Duration: 3 min 42 s
Description: Recorded with the old band Mind your Head..

good sound reminds me of hooty & the blowfish,very cool.

love the intro.  very west coast feel. great guitar work.

Good song. Voice is solid and great guitars.

Thought it was fantastic. Loved the chorus. Getting a Seattle vibe

cool sound very understated, super cool indie rock

A song about a douchebag. A few days after finishing this one, we realised we'd also accidentally written a Bond theme..

LYRICS:

Your gun
Loaded with ambition and it’s catching the light of the sun
Warm metal at the end of your arm
Trigger happy and intent to alarm for fun
Your gun

Cool dude flexing there
Over-ambitious hair
Rude, grey shrivelled face
Expects me to know my place
Dirty glance, I’m just her inconvenience

Push the suffering from your personal view
It ain’t real if it can’t happen to you
It ain’t real if you can’t pull out your gun

Easy lives breed sleeping minds
Never met a person you can’t despise
Too incurious to empathise
Easy lives breed sleeping minds

Hope

Istanbul

A song about the joy of live music (plus a music triva quiz- how many references can you get?!)

EDIT 01/05/21: complete rework of this track for a more raw upbeat, pop-ier feel to match the theme of live music

LYRICS:

I’ve paraded with the wolves amid the stink of sweat and booze
Joined the kids with the fringes sharp as blades
In rebellions in burnt arcades
I missed out on paradise but the drummer’s karma rocked me twice
I’ve sampled new pornography and walked with spiders nationally
Jacked up my red blood cells
Kicking televisions in Yankee hotels

There’s nowhere else I’d want to go
This is the place, this is the moment now
This is the song, this is the show

We’ve sung along to the greatest song and we’ve seen the devil cry
Saw a beautiful world inside a cave, exploded in the sky
The world has turned while empires fake and in our dreams the levee breaks
I was adored and resurrected by common people that we selected
The pink moon showed us what to feel
And we promised the android the plastic tree was real

This is the Moment Now

Lyrics:

I saw my reflection through the window
And said "Damn," I'm getting old
I've got a long ways to go
But it don't comfort me no more
Cause ticking hands don't slow
And time moves faster than it did before

Slow down, I missed the signal
Gunshot startled, my legs were crippled
I've no direction, go where the wind blows
Hope it takes me home

Looking through my phone again
Found some old pictures
This one's my dog it makes me scared,
He will be gone in a couple of years

Slow down, I missed the signal
Gunshot startled, my legs were crippled
I've no direction, go where the wind blows
Hope it takes me home

Slow Down

This is a song about parents, teachers, work mangers and leaders all messing with your head and making you feel inferior when they have got no more of a clue than you'll ever have; so feck it and go with your gut, so long as it isn't hurting anyone :) That's what I say anyway. I've had a lot of practice and experience; but still, what the hell do I know eh? :)

Left of Hardin

Rip up the Rulebooks

Recorded with the old band Mind your Head..

Learning Curve

He lives
In Chinatown
Women have
no chance.
He kills them 
in the night 
cause he is 
the king of pain
 
The king of pain
Is in the town   
He kills the women
Without mercy

the police have no idea 
who the killer is, 
they are completely in the dark 
cause they have no suspect
he feels secure 
and has no fear, 
he follows his instincts
cause he is 
the king of pain

The king of pain
Is in the town   
He kills the women
Without mercy

one day 
he makes a mistake.
Witnesses recognized him 
and immediately 
reported him 
to the police.
they tried to arrest him, 
but he got away
to his next victim
cause he is 
the king of pain

The king of pain
Is in the town   
He kills the women
Without mercy



The king of pain
Is in the town   
The king of pain
Is in the town   
The king of pain
Is in the town   
The king of pain
Is in the town   

He shows no mercy
The king of pain
He shows no mercy
The king of pain

The King of Pain

The King Of Pain

Duration: 13'
Instrumentation: for trumpet, violin, cello, piano, marimba (six-mallets), percussion, harp and banjo
For more information: https://robertpaterson.com/journey-into-courage-film-score/suite

PROGRAM NOTES
Journey into Courage is a documentary directed by Bess O'Brien about domestic violence in rural Vermont. It was originally a touring stage production with a cast of women from rural Vermont who were victims of domestic violence. The documentary is largely made up of footage shot during the tour as well as interviews of the women in the stage production.

Journey into Courage Suite is derived from the soundtrack for the documentary and is intended to be performed on stage as a suite for eight musicians. The performing ensemble can choose which versions (if there are multiple ones) of each piece it will perform. The short version, e.g. without repeats, may be performed if a shorter suite is desired.

Journey into Courage - 3. Jenny's Dance

protosss

Symial

Growing up in the age of grunge i was originally heavily influenced by the whole grunge movement of Nirvana and Pearl Jam and soundgarden etc. But from these i grew to love the older sounds of the 60's and 70's. From Janis Joplin to the Doors, Led Zeppelin to Jethro Tull. Please leave any comments on my music and all comments are greatly appreciated.

Learning Curve

Declan Bailie

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