Great track, hope you are getting better soon

Certainly a different contrast from just listening to your more older stuff . Your songwriter shows the versatility which is always a good thing. Catchy tune sounding nice with a ukulele i assume. Enjoyed this 👍

I'm sorry for your loss. Stories like this make me ponder about what is important in life. Emotion reverberates through this sketch. I don't mind that it's not perfect cause the message is on point. Get well soon.

A fine song, great melody and lyrics and a warm, moving and down to earth tribute.

Finally the version with the vocals !!!! This is an old song that I wanted to remake to capture the vibe and ambiance from the demo version that started it all.

Tirade

An old DADGAD tuning track I'd forgotten I'd done :)

DADGAD Nocturne

Lyrics - Old Shoes (I'll Just Make Do)

I guess ill make do with the phone that ive got
I’ll make it through, guess I’ve had most of my shots
I might look slowed down but got my own sense of pace
I don’t really mind please trust the look on my face

You see all I’ve got, 
Isn't limited to these teeth I should floss (we all get nagged about this - we nagged him about a lot more)
It seems you believe I’ve got all I need
Inside this boxful of frogs (I used to think he possibly had ADHD)
It’s not all I’ve got, in this willing mind
For holes in my socks
You see I’ve got what I’ve got
And I can just about make anything rock!

There’s so much I’d like but ain’t that life - 
Missing something that I really could use?
But I guess I don’t have too much to loose!
Sure there’ll be a time I’d come to know
You’ve got something new I just can’t own
But it would loose
Something with use
Not like these old shoes
Don’t need something new
I’ll just make do

Sometimes it’s for money, sometimes cause I’m alone
But I’ve got good reason hell this work ain’t a joke
I may get a pittance, but hey that’s what you get
When you care about something else far more than your bed (more than your own comfort is what I'm driving at)

Might seem like all I’ve got, 
Is quite limited, but it’s not
There’s so much more I’ve come to believe in
That’s a whole lot more important to me and
See all I’ve got
Is a willing mind, might be more than you’ve got
Might be something you’re not able to see
But there’s so much less here bothering me

There’s so much I’d like but ain’t that life - 
Missing something that I really could use?
But I guess I don’t have too much to loose!
Sure there’ll be a time I’d come to know
You’ve got something new I just can’t own
But it would loose
Something with use
Not like these old shoes
Don’t need something new
I’ll just make do


For Jay, https://soundcloud.com/jay-hughes-30 , a friend of mine who died over the weekend, at 47 yrs.

I appear to have caught covid at the get-together with friends in the pub that day, this was after we heard Jay had passed away, so naturally all the covid barriers were forgotten about.  

In any case, while feeling utterly miserable with Covid symptoms, have tested positive, I thought I'd try and write something to distract myself, and I guess because I've been thinking a lot about Jay, this is what came of it. 

It's written with him in mind, as he seemed in life, imagining some things from his perspective - he didn't earn a lot, worked really hard, and did really well making the best out of what he had - not up to date with trends, couldn't afford to be.  In so far as making the best of what he had was concerned, he really did, which more often than not concerned time spent with particular people, and really embracing simple pleasures!    

None of it was easy for him though, he was down about areas of life, and some of those simple pleasures were driven towards altered states of perception, mostly with a drink, in addition to other persuits, and... urh... things!  🤣 I wonder what other worlds he went to in some of those moments!

In any case, there's a focus on "old shoes" because something's really do improve with wear! Most of Jay's stuff was really well worn, and loved too! (Not on about his clothing - this was a guy really happy with a Wii, an age old Xbox, etc, while every other bugger was keeping up to date with all sorts of trends left and right, and Jay had limitations, money induced, but boy did he love what he could use).

Old Shoes (I'll just make do) For Jay (2022)

Little Girl In A Red Hat

A story in time of a cold night's meeting ...between two broken hearted lovers. Boarded up castle and Autumn Rain to hide from inside
JUST A ROUGH FIRST TAKE with ambient mics to share here to start. 23 May 2022

Autumn rain… coming down
Cold wind in September… edge of town 
Sudden storm… two broken hearts
Tears fall on umbrella then love starts
Rain kept falling … night was coming fast
It was cold outside … we were cold inside … like Autumn rain

Rain drenched blouse … shivering shoulders   
Hearts weren’t ready … but love was running fast
Shared umbrella … warm hands to guide us 
Touched each other… as we moved through that door
Into our castle …I could see your eyes glow
I could feel your heartbeat … your skin next to mine, beating autumn rain

Autumn Rain, so cold blows right through ya
Like all the ghosts that knew ya
Memories from your past 
Autumn Rain, strangers in this shelter, wet with all these tear drops, drops of autumn rain

White wine from the pantry …still chilled from the cold  
Wrapped so tight we drank a cheer … as our story would unfold 
Two loves in each other’s arms … till consciousness let go 
Loved so deep and so complete … today still burns in my soul 
Autumn rain, like Autumn Rain 

Autumn Rain, so cold blows right through ya
Like all the ghosts that knew ya
Memories from your past
Autumn Rain, strangers in this shelter, wet with all these tear drops, drops of autumn 
rain

We dreamt so deep …that autumn rain
…still burns in my soul
Autumn Rain Autumn Rain Autumn Rain Autumn Rain
Song by Doug Roossien Douglas Roossien

AUTUMN RAIN (rough demo) take 1

｢実現 ~ CRESCENDO COSTANTE」

Concept music for a scene of a graphic novel. Part 3 of 4.

Music written, produced, performed, mixed and mastered by Thomas O'Higgins Horna.

Cover art: "La tour rouge" (1913) by Giorgio de Chihiro. Edited by me.

REALIZATION

ＲＥＡＬＩＺＡＴＩＯＮ

Matthew’s Song
Music and Lyrics Matt Krath
Additional music Mike Krath
Vocals: Matt Krath
Remixed by Mike Krath

I’m a real vampire,
You are just a dreamer,
You can never, never, never, never, ever,
Be a real vampire,
Cause you’re just a dreamer,
You can never, never, never, never, ever,
Be like me.

Do you want to be like me?
Do you want to be like me?
You need to sleep all day,
And then we dance all night.
I’m saying…
Do you want to be like me?
Do you want to be like me?
You need to sleep all day,
Then we dance all night.
I’m saying…
Do you want to be like me?
Do you want to be like me?
You need to sleep all day,
Then we dance all night.
I’m saying…

Matthew's Song

Stravati 2. Late night Session at the center.

Material recorded over several months in numerous locations. All radio wave and/or glitches and malfunctions of recievers and software. Part one of 5 composed today.

Radio Polytope 1

"Vätterns kalla vatten glömde aldrig oss
Tända ljusen såg oss va tillsammans
Tystnaden som skingras av vårt skratt
I trots mot tidens likgiltighet

Och Åskan samlas innan smällen hörs
Från höjderna i norr
Blixtar kalla trädens blickar mot skyn
Medan regnet faller ner

Vätterns kalla vatten glömde aldrig oss "

Vätterns Kalla Vatten

All words and music by Patrick Lythgow

Lyrics:

She said "Hey, I like the look of your vibe. I think I'm gonna make you mine"
And what else could you say but "Hey, would you lead the way?"
It's somewhere close to midnight, and it seems to be so right.
Flawed architecture on the walk, not the usual sorta talk, hey

I know you've heard of love, but have you heard enough?
I got you all over my mind
Got you all over my mind

Grab a daffodill on the roundabout, got a little time before we head out.
I mean, who doesn't like flowers? And they don't grow without her.
It's not just another morning, it's the first day of spring. 
And I think she's to blame, I mean, it's hard to complain

I know you've heard of love, but have you heard enough?
I got you all over my mind
Got you all over my mind

Keep on walking to the beat on the sunny side of the street
Well he's up in a good mood, whistling a love tune.
Trying to find the way back home using every little thing he knows
Seems to be proccupied, with the future she implied

I know you've heard of love, but have you heard enough?
I got you all over my mind
Got you all over my mind

It's a tendancy to sing "shalala, babe we're gonna go far"
He's got some electric optimism, it's the death of cynicism
And yeah you're gonna hear about it, if in any proximity to him you sit.
Well Romeo has found his Juliet, oh "Romeo", would you give it a rest?

I know you've heard of love, but have you heard enough?
I got you all over my mind
Got you all over my mind

Oh, ooh, shalala

I know you've heard of love, but have you heard enough?
I got you all over my mind
Got you all over my mind

And so he started to write a song, it's not too short and not too long
It's kinda hard to emphasise, the feelings in her eyes.
Nothing that he'd known before, it's all he wanted forevermore
It was dark as the stars agreed, as with her there is no need.

I know you've heard of love, but have you heard enough?
I got you all over my mind
Got you all over my mind

Got You All Over My Mind

I've been writing songs for ages and ages, because it's something I enjoy doing, and that's about it. 

I've added dates to titles, however, these aren't always dates recorded, mostly just dates written because the original offerings, back then, had little to be desired with consideration to production values and all that stuff!  For the older tracks some tracks have the old backing with a modern vocal (often with a lyric rewrite), the original vocal with a new backing (when I could work with the original vocal, but not the original backing), the original song newly recorded in all areas, and less often the original vocal and backing, but with a few additions, "No" is one such example.  Otherwise, most of it is newer stuff, post 2018, and is as is, when written and recorded.    

I've had to re-record some things on account of my abilities to record demos and all that being very limited once upon a time.  

In the early days I only had a Farfisa F1 workstation thing (it's amazing what I managed to do on that), later an Atari ST, with Cubase 2 probably, a Proteus 2000, and Fostek 8 track recorder thing, and now I've got Native Instruments 14, and Cubase 12, in what amounts to an astonishingly good set up compared to my earlier resources, for about the same money as that older rubbish was back then. 

I still use the microphone I've had since I was 18, though did just recently upgrade that as well, however still pick up and use the old one, as it's still good - a Sure SM58 with a dent in it! My upgraded mic is a Sure SM7B, which is great, and I see it all the time on TV and podcasts, so must have made a good choice! 

My musical chops are focused on the piano, my main instrument, and the ukulele, which I play a lot as well.  Not doing a lot of piano-orientated songs at the moment, but I do sometimes, and mostly try to get the best out of my Native Instruments stuff.  I'm barely scratching the surface with all of the NI stuff I've got.

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