Nice.  Your style & voice on this, sort of crooner/pop mix, reminds me of another Diamond songwriter from a few years back.

I like this one too. You sing it well. The vocals are quite dry,a little touch of reverb would work wonders. Also keep an eye on your levels,the track is loud,but again there's the distortion payback.

Don't worry about your vocals. It doesn't sound too strained, just a different register. Maybe a bit less pressure but it's perfectly fine

Cool energetic performance! It is a fine song.

Every year, on 17 May, we celebrate our national day in Norway.  "Gratulerer med dagen" means Happy Birthday!  We celebrate Norway's freedom and independence.

Our constitution was signed on 17 May 1814.

Everything I feel about living in a free and independent country is described in the march.  I don't need to use words.

Gratulere med dagen!

Another old experimental track of mine using synthesizers and drum sounds. 
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Rising Runner

Written, Arranged, Performed, and Produced by Kyle Bolan
Art by Kyle Bolan

Painted Shock (Album Version)

Recorded this today, 5th Jan 2022, wrote it 6th Sept 1999 - as a 19 year old sprite.   Another lyric I found while trawling through piles of old paperwork.  I didn't record it previously, but I was able to quite easily remember the melody and chords.  Seemed weird to remember it like that, but then again I must have played it a lot to myself at the time.

I started singing it lower than it was originally, thinking my voice couldn't handle the higher register, but then I just threw myself into it, and I think managed to pull it off.  Starts in a lower register, but then changed gear, which paid off better than I thought it would.

She'll Be Coming Round Again (1999)

Mahan Mahan provided me with a dynamique rock track and let me do my thing.

The OnlyOne (with Mahan Mahan)

The OnlyOne (collab M2)

Oups....un très vieux titre enregistré vers 2001..C'est mon KB arrangeur qui fait la batterie/basse le tout sur un 4 pistes K7.
Je sais pas ce qui m'a pris mais je le publie..aie...Désolé..ah ah ah !!!
Oops....a very old title recorded around 2001.. It's my KB arranger who does the drums/bass all on a 4-track K7.
I don't know what came over me but I'm posting it.. ouch... Sorry..ah ah ah!!!

Larry

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 23rd March 2022

# Lyrics

We’re all united, we’re all facing the same way
From the brightness, burning flashes in the sky

We work together, we’ve agreed tasks to complete
They’re all abandoned, rendered pointless in the heat

Its not like it matters   
We’re all together
Its not like it matters   
We’re all together

For one another, sharing widely what reap
Fulfilling quotas, rotting slowly in a heap

Sharing a purpose, finding focus in our wants
Push others under, putting selfishness in front

Its not like it matters   
We’re all together
Its not like it matters   
We’re all together

Holding hands
Holding hands in the dirt

Its not like it matters   
Its not like it matters   
Now we’re, all together
Holding hands, in the dirt

Holding Hands

Video:
https://youtu.be/qBUE1dnT358?si=SIHE6H22UeCSW5LK

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1. The unreal on the horizon.

2. Seas soon to be acidic in their mother-of-pearl.

3. Families in worship of work.

4. Elementals always crucified.

5. Sewn-lipped savages.

6. Homeless month to those who sleep on straw.

7. The midwife become obsolete compost.

8. Resources almost dried up despite the witches' sobs.

9. In the egg, drowned faith. Nothing to hope for because the Gods are to be saved.

We Are All Gods

When Jussi sent me this track I was elated and I couldn't wait to start working on it.

03/June/2022

Shelter Me w/Jussi Welin

Morning Bell (Radiohead cover)

Ha Ha Ha

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.

She'll Be Coming Round Again (1999)

Dirk Diamond

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