@user-138663860: awww thank you my very sweet friend Sunnidayz

Absolutely beautiful song Doug! Bravo my friend 👏💖💖

What if one day ... there was no more music ...notes of melody,... Only lines of silence, ... in 0/0 time? So sing 🎼 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyGvYtW3JAg

collaborations with and by other artists for my lyrics....
most of these songs were recorded originally by me.
and can also be found on my soundcloud
please let me know iy you are interested in doing
collaborations.. on many of my material...

DOUG ROOSSIEN COLLABORATIONS

This was played recorded and mixed by Nick Olman
I wrote the song and it sounded great here's my link...
http://soundcloud.com/doug-roossien/what-destiny
here's Nina's link to her music...http://soundcloud.com/padruna


this was an aborted attemt several months ago, to prepare for a duet that was going to be the first of many collaborations with Nina...Do to time costraints it was never perfected...Well I'm sitting here trrying to share songs witha mini=voice recorder. So Nina...surprise its time to share this puppy...and when someone want to put the prodution forth on a duwt as we planned will do it up right then


What Destiny?  (The duet)…Words and music by Doug Roossien

Wind and the /waves...blow your /dreams far a/way…(Doug)
as the /last leaf of /Autumn’s…/hits the /ground 
It’s a /wild wicked /wind...  your / course it will /sway 
your /tears freeze to …/snow falling down   

You must /stand/to your ground…/hold to your shore (Doug)
As those /jagged rocks… /pound on your /soul  (*Nina add anything) 
Your /music’s gets lost…in its /own melody…(*anywhere you think)
as it /cries ...(forevermore)…(Nina) *on this verse)
What destiny? (Nina &  Doug)

(chorus) slower spread out)
What destiny…is in these clouds… tonight. (Nina & Doug)
As I /search… that //horizon…for…/light /
Will I find love?...true true love?   
Is this just a dream…not my destiny 

The stars… in this /sky…are follow/ing…you and /I (Nina)
And the /moon’s playing /strings…on our /hearts 
The /tides rising /up from this /storm full of /love 
Been so long…I not sure …where to start 

Should I s/tand to my /ground…hold /on to my /shore  (Nina)
Let those jagged rocks…/pound on our /soul…
As the /music gets lost…in its /own melody…
as love /cries ...forever/more {stretch your beautiful voice out here}
What /destiny?…(Nina & Doug)




What destiny…is in these clouds… to/night.  (Nina & Doug)
As I/search on that //horizon…for…/light //
/Will this be /love?...t/rue true /love?   
Is this /just a /dream…not my /destiny 


The /wind and the /waves...blow your /dreams far a/way…(Doug)/
And the /last leaf of /Autumn’s…/on the /ground 
It’s a /wild wicked /wind... and your / course it will /sway (Nina)
And your /tears freeze …/to snow… falling /down  

You must /stand/to your ground…/hold to your shore (Doug)
as those /jagged rocks… /pound on your /soul 
let Your /music’s gets /lost…in its /own melo/dy…\(Nina)
as it /cries .../forever/more {stretch your beautiful voice out here}
What /destiny?…(Doug)


What /destiny…/ is in your /arms… to/night…(Nina & Doug)
as I .wish upon the .starlight in your .eyes…
will /you /still.be /here…in the /morning when I /rise…
or are you /just a  /dream/ 
not my /destiny/
my destiny 
be my destiny


the end phrasing is just Nina..
(.just like you did the first time…awesomeness)


What Destiny ...orig by Doug Roossien ...featuring... Padruna

This is one of my favorite original song of mine that I never got fully recorded with Nick Olman....
Ailsa a Scottish singer was so sweet to record it ( i have an earlier simpler recording )
SOMEDAY ... it will be on my next album hopefully
“ Tender Is the Torture”…by Doug Roossien 2012 

/Music is the /great hope…pieces of /tears…on strands of /time 
/Every note a /memory…or un/conscious state of /mind… 
Sometimes /pleasure feeds the /vacuum…in a /world that cannot /change 
/Why are we …so /“quick”…to /“hesitate”?

If /love is not a /reason…than /why should we go /on? 
/Tender is the /torture…so /how can this be /wrong? 
To/morrow…there’s no /guarantee…that /you won’t walk a/lone 
But /we only borrow /life before it’s /gone

You /say you have no /soul…but there’s /something you should /know 
The /mirror can be mi/staken…I know /how that story /goes 
Yes, /tender is the /torture…and I’ve /lived with many /pains 
And /paid the price so /many times and /never saw the gains

So /all in all…that’s /how it is…and /as we start a/gain 
The /circle just gets /tighter…but you /still can’t see the /end 
I can’t /promise that I’ll /save you or be /everything you /need 
So /much of me needs /changing…and there’s /just no guarantee

I /think you know I /care so much. That /sometimes I can’t /sleep 
If I /say that I’ll be /kind…just be/lieve… 
Yes /tender is the /torture…but true /love is hard to /find 
So /if you need a /heart…I give you /mine

TENDER IS THE TORTURE by Doug Roossien f.Ailsa Villegas

Late Night Friend - original by Ailsa Villegas

Five And Twenty

A stroll in outer space, in love with the universe

Take Me To Jupiter feat. Suzanne Cook

Written, performed, and produced by
Brian Kenneth Swain
June 18, 2023

Who I Am

Sometimes we all get stuck between a rock and a Hard Place.

Written & Performed by Johnny Mc Farlane

Stuck between a rock and a Hard Place

From the time i was little child all i ever wanted to do was to play music. Morning , noon and night. When i get a song in my head i cant stop until i get it down somewhere and i know a lot of people just like me so i wrote this song for all of us Bards. Musical magicians, guardians of musical songs and old traditions. I hope you enjoy this one , it has taken me a long time to get it out and record it. 

We are musicians. 
We are The guardians of songs and old tradition 
We are the Bards , the musical magicians 
We are Musician. 
We are musicians. 

We are Musicians. 
We are not lawyers or Soldiers or politicians 
We are the sorcerers the musical magicians. 
We are Musicians.  

Chorus 
Music is all we want to play 
Form the dawning of the morning sun until the closing of the day 
Music is everything we are it’s our life our love our everything. 
We just want to dance and sing 
Music …. we just want to play Music. 
Music ……We just want to play music. 

We are musicians. 
We’re not Soldiers we’re not lawyers we’re not politicians. 
 We are the Bards we are the Musical Magicians 
We not Physicians, we’re just musicians. 

Music is all we want to play. 
Form the rising of the morning sun until the evening of the day. 
Music is everything we are it’s our life our love our everything. 
We just want to dance and sing. 
Music is everything we are. 
Its our life our soul our everything 
We just want to dance and sing. 


Written & Performed by : Johnny Mc Farlane

We Are Musicians

Spread the " Love " Its a beautiful day and the sun is shining. 
Johnny

Written, performed and mastered by Johnny Mc Farlane

Love

Let the Sad In
Lyrics by Jenn Katusha and Jeff Oxford 
Music by Jeff Oxford

©2024

Raindrops snaking down my foggy window pane
I guess the sun decided to stay away
I don’t blame it, I’d do the same 
Curled up in a ball in the spot where you used to lay
Hoping some small piece of you remains
If it’s alright with you I’m gonna stay here all damn day

Chorus
Some days you just have to let sad in
To make room for all the good that has been
Tears don’t mean that you’re weak
They just mean what you felt was deep
So do what you have to make it through
Nobody here is ever gonna judge you
To make room for all the good that has been
Some days you just have to let the sad in

Maybe tomorrow I’ll make a dent
Burn all the letters that you ever sent
Or maybe I’ll read them all and try to figure out exactly what you meant
When you said you loved me then off you went
To go and find yourself all at my expense
Or maybe I’ll cry all day long until I have no tears left 

Chorus
Some days you just have to let sad in
To make room for all the good that has been
Tears don’t mean that you’re weak
They just mean what you felt was deep
So do what you have to make it through
Nobody here is ever gonna judge you
To make room for all the good that has been
Some days you just have to let the sad in
Bridge
If all the brokenhearted in the world held hands 
We would span millions of miles
Sometimes we need rainy days and bumps along the road 
To appreciate the sunshine and smiles 

Chorus
Some days you just have to let sad in
To make room for all the good that has been
Tears don’t mean that you’re weak
They just mean what you felt was deep
So do what you have to make it through
Nobody here is ever gonna judge you
To make room for all the good that has been
Some days you just have to let the sad in

Let The Sad In Bella 3:28:24 Copy

I went into the church the other day and i knelt down at the back of Church and began to pray to God to help me with a few problems that were out of my control, i prayed for the strength to except the things i cannot change, to change the things i can and for the wisdom to known the difference. I prayed for my Children for happiness for them and their children and for forgiveness for all those who need it. I also prayed for the Lord to shine his light on all the dark places in the world that are at War, for peace and help for all the starving people in  the world. I hope he was listening. 
As i prayed this song came to me, its not a very serious song but i think it has a great soul. :-) 

Written & Performed by: John Mc Farlane

Hi Lord, It's me Again

Written, performed, and produced by
Brian Kenneth Swain
April 26, 2024

The Swain Collection

Childhood Dream

This is the first full production recording mix ...
of this song written by Doug Roossien. 
All production and instruments by Nick Olman production.  May 8, 2012


When your troubles leave you weary...Lay your mind on flowers blue...
One’s that take you someplace...Where your dreams...they wait for you...
When you're just… too tired to bother…With the noise and all life's… toil...
Lay your head on those blue flowers…In those fields of quiet soil.

You can walk… yes, you can wander…But you can’t outrun … the truth…
You can’t live with all your troubles…But when you die…they’ll go with you…
Take just one moment…from your lifetime…Smell the roses…see the blooms
Lay your head …on those blue flowers…In the fields of quiet soil

Beneath that aging oak tree…  Where my grandpa’s laid to rest…                 
Grandma’s there beside him… Hear those robins in their nest
And the sun is shining down… Upon…waves of amber gold
Next to…flowers blue… In fields of quiet soil

Oh mother, how I miss you…Beneath these flowers… on your grave
I need to know…you’re waiting…For me…to come… someday…
When I’m  just too damn tired…to bother…With all this noise and all life’s… toil…
Then I’ll lie beneath blue flowers…In your fields of quiet soil

"FIELDS OF QUIET SOIL"...DOUG ROOSSIEN/ NICK OLMAN

Guitar, production& mix by Nick Olman
sung by the fabulous Aramelian Angel
http://soundcloud.com/aramelian_angel

I just want to hold your hand
Look into your eyes again
I want to see...the soul in you
I want to show... you...my soul too

You know I want to ...lay...you down
We could make love...tonight ...on this cloud
I want you to know...we can take this slow
When you’re ready...just let me know

Till then...I ’ll just......hold your hand...
Let our ...eyes...make love again
Play the music slow...soft and low
Two lonely hearts...come in from the cold

TILL THEN by DOUG ROOSSIEN (duet with LAMARA)

Doug Roossien words and music. vocals 
how romantic ...can you be? ...never ask a poet that

Whisper your name…over and over 
Until Sierra…the word becomes a song 
I kiss your lips…and promised to be tender 
Is it the wind…or my love…you’re breathing in
I love you
Sierra…it would be romantic 
We would walk…at night along the shore 
Lie on the beach…right down near the water 
We’d spend hours…and the  only song we’d played
…was I love you
Sierra…my oa sis…I drank…from your  love 
Now Sierra. ..You’re the dessert…and it’s a long way to walk
Sierra…Sierra…hear this  song…I wrote  for you 
I  love you…
Looked in your eyes…I just saw heaven 
Picked wild flowers for your auburn hair 
Up in your room…we could see the moonlight 
Paint a silhouette…love shadow on your wall 
As I loved you…I loved you…Sierra..I loved you 
But…Sierra…my oasis…I drank… all your love 
Now Sierra.. You’re the dessert…and it’s a long   way to walk
Sierra…Sierra…hear this song…I wrote for you 
I love you…I Love you…Sierra…I Love you

SIERRA (My Oasis) DOUG ROOSSIEN, NICK OLMAN //w, Emma Shanley, Sam Kenny, Nick Olman

Thanks to the wonderful Bethany Sky Whitman for agreeing to record my song "Tulips in April"
She provided all the playing singing and wonderful lead guitar and background
We may someday try this as a duet ... hope you enjoy

she is relatively new...but not new to playing writing and singing...but she has some original tracks of her own at ...http://soundcloud.com/bethany-sky-whitman

lyrics...

Tulips in April was an early love of mine 
we lived the seasons till the winter killed the vine 
when the snow lay on the ground all the world was chilled 
wishing there were tulips on the hill

We raced the sunshine...followed raindrops... 
to the sea... 
Loved every minute...we could steal... 
while they were free 
That was then..and if I knew...back then... 
that you would leave.... 
I'd anchor your love...deep...within the sea.

There was silver... in the stars... 
we wished upon...those summer nights,,, 
and gold dust settled softly... 
from that moon's eternal light... 
and the prettiest pink...a rose would know... 
laid petals...on your face... 
but the colors of our love...would fade away...

Tulips in April was an early love of mine 
we lived the seasons till the winter killed the vine 
then the snow lay on the ground all the world was chilled 
wishing there were tulips on the hill

Thanks for listening


Tulips in April ...(by DOUG ROOSSIEN) ...sung and played by Bethany Sky Whitman

YOUTUBE VIDEO......"FIELDS OF QUIET SOIL"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyYHjxPPBgc 
YOUTUBE VIDEO(NEW) ... "POCKETFUL OF LIES "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay9vAZQgmN4

SOMEDAY THE WEIGHT OF THIS YEAR ON MY LIFE WILL BE AN ALBUM FULL OF PAIN,... BUT, RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE I'M CENTRALLY LOCATED IN HELL

1987 WENT TO Nashville for a “short week” Music row to make the big time … wow … nobody listens in lawsuit land in those days. 1988 WENT TO NASHVILLE for 3 days (surely, I would crack this puzzle and become famous …) so many on benches in front of churches. Frustrated, didn’t sing publicly again basically for 25 years. (after all, where would a singer/song writer, make a name for himself in Karaoke land).
2010 discovered open mics (new world begins). WRITING SINCE …a lot! Had someone to produce me in limited acoustic style for a couple years…I think a few were damn good “Fields of Quiet Soil”. Had a lot of offers to write lyrics and/or sing for a lot of other artists here. (but no recording capability …let alone a decent computer for my own. TODAY, THINGS CHANGE …I’m here to make an impact (got 4 new ones under my belt recently) …plus some old ones you will not be disappointed listening to. Welcome old music fans and artists., potential serious collabs.
I’m locked and loaded this time!
FB Doug Roossien

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