Night, fire, fairy tales, dance...

https://open.spotify.com/album/6tnFVlu1YtJiuDAp8Rqxu8?si=9NR9F3vvTbSOMHrrXH2GTA

Thousand And One Nights

Tears Of Lilith - Thousand And One Nights

When Tom approached me with this piano melody, the initial arrangement and the title to which he hoped I’d add lyrics and vocals, I thought it was almost unnecessary as the piece already said everything required. Shortly afterwards, Jussi had added sublime guitar which offered a hopeful balance in the mood. Knowing what Tom was referring to without discussing it openly I wrote these words from a similar position of experience. I contrasted the first verse of a woman at her peak with the second verse of a woman in decline to heighten the emotion. I found that the spoken word approach allowed more emotion to flow from both the music and the words. Tom had the great idea to ask Hidefumi to complete the song with a phenomenal solo. Thank you to everyone who helped make this come together, and a very special thanks to all of you for listening.

Music composition, piano and other instrumentation - https://soundcloud.com/tom-r-gnier
First guitar and guitar arrangement - https://soundcloud.com/juswel
Lyrics and vocals - https://soundcloud.com/markjbennett
Final guitar and guitar arrangement - https://soundcloud.com/boon-suzuki

Image of a painted door in Funchal, Madeira - Douglas Corrance (https://www.facebook.com/DouglasCorrancePhotographer)

She knows just what it feels like now.
I think she’s losing it, I think she’s losing it. 
When she is almost ready, 
She will lose her reserve 
And her inhibition too.
Then she’ll lose herself in herself and then she’ll be free,
To be what she wants, what she wants to be.

She knows not who she feels like now.
I know she’s losing it, I know she’s losing it. 
As if she's gone already, 
She has lost her reserve 
And her inhibition too.
Already lost herself in herself and now she’s elsewhere,
Knows not what she wants, nor who she used to be.

She's Losing It - Tom Régnier/Jussi Welin/Mark J Bennett/Boon-Suzuki

lyrics: John Eagle and edro
Production and arrangement: edro
Performed by the Drunken Munch Kins

If you're not into this
I guess I'd understand it
You don't have to say another thing
I know all about it

You'll be gone and I will stay
Or we could do it the other way

I'll be on my way
I won't steal another second of your day
Maybe it's time
Maybe, maybe there's something else for both of us to find

Baby there's got to be
Another way that we could see
We didn't blaze a path
For us to walk apart
Maybe we'll just say

I'll be on my way
Just like any other day
Maybe it's time
Maybe, there's something else for both of us to find

I'll be on my way
I won't steal another second of your day
Maybe it's time
Maybe there's something else for both of us to find

I'll be gone and you will stay
We could do it the other way

I'll be on my way
I won't steal another second from your day

You'll be gone and I will stay
Or maybe we could do it the other way

I'll be on my way
I won't steal another second of your day
Maybe, maybe it's time
Maybe there's something else for both of us to find

Decision Time

A key song off of Ziggy Stardust, and the Spiders from Mars ￼

STARMAN, David Bowie Cover

Copyright-James Eoppolo 2024

No big story. My usual lay it down and move on recording process.

Thanks all!

That Night

Music and lyrics by Scott Walker. From the 1978 album The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights
Additional drums by Felix Brüske
We also made a video to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mto_vOvb98U

Nite Flights (The Walker Brothers)

Sérénité No. 06
Artwork: AI Image Generator (free, no sign-up, unlimited) ― Perchance License: Public Domain.

Sérénité No. 06

Timing 6/8
Tempo 170 BPM
Tuning 432Hz A & Drop D
Roots F / D

Note: Wrote this song after working out this song https://soundcloud.com/neowakan/lullaby-etude-rec?si=561558aeeb38406db91ecba2062ea37a&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
It's a cracker and defo a song worth holding onto. That's what had me in drop D...

Eileen, My Nana and Aileen whom I've started working with musically are inspiring this song...
Slated for 2025 Album

My Nana gave me my first ever piano lesson. I remember it like a video. in this song I used the speed finger thumb cross over technique she showed me early on. I think of her "Everytime" I do it 😊

-try add slide guitar for a change on final take

Lyrics

So she answers,
All the time,
Gone from here,
But still shining down.
It's her presence,
Everyday.
A photograph,
Eternal memory
With you Eyes so Lean
You see my clean... 

The perfect human form
Words can't describe that
Warm, Beautiful, Kind ,Brave, In tune, In time,
Such care
My favourite line 

Call your clean
Prove and grieve
Presence is forever when you remember 

Remember her
Remember him
Remember them
Feel their good clense

Remember her
Remember him
Remember them
Remember everyone

Eyes so Lean (Demo)

When my son Justin tried to order pizza for our Thanksgiving family gathering, Google gave him the phone number for a Monical's Pizza 100 miles away instead of our local shop. By the time we figured it out, there were two pizzas waiting in Urbana, Illinois that we'd never see! This folk song tells the true story of that hilarious mishap and reminds us that the best part of the holidays is being together—even when nothing goes according to plan.
Original lyrics celebrating family, laughter, and the unexpected moments that become our favorite memories.

Google Failed Me

When Old Friends Come To Town
(c) Errol Spitzer/Jackie Wayne White, Bob White Music, Inc., ASCAP 
Chorus
When old friends come to town
Lock your woman up
And the liquor cab’nit down
When Old Friends Come to Town

The way they were back then
Is the way they are right now 
We’re seventeen again
When old friends come to town
Vs 1
Larry, Dick, and Bun
We’ve been friends for years

Played high school baseball 
downed a thousand  Miller beers

They’re all quite successful 
In their chosen fields

But when we get together 
That’s another deal

Chorus
When old friends come to town
Lock your woman up
And the liquor cab’nit down
When Old Friends Come to Town

The way they were back then
Is the way they are right now 
We’re seventeen again
When old friends come to town

Vs 2
We hit the all night bars
Chase the waitresses
Tell each other lies 
‘Bout the girls we loved and left

We go back to my house
eat all the groceries 
Any place they fall
Is where they’re gonna sleep

Chorus
When old friends come to town
Lock your woman up
And the liquor cab’nit down
When Old Friends Come to Town

The way they were back then
Is the way they are right now 
We’re seventeen again
When old friends come to town

Bridge
With friends like these
Who needs enemies

Instrumental 

Chorus 

When old friends come to town
Lock your woman up
And the liquor cab’nit down
When Old Friends Come to Town

The way they were back then
Is the way they are right now 

We go back in time 
When old friends come to town

When Old Friends Come To Town by Errol Spitzer

Welcome To Freddy's

Hi. I'm Ed. First off, thanks for listening. 

You might notice a link below to a blog site John Eagle and I started to add a new dimension to the stories we tell. 

Once I played in a band that had two Elvises (Elvi) and adopted the pseudonym edro as a cover.  

Mostly it is me playing guitar, keyboards, mandolin, and whatever else makes sense for a song. Most of the songs are original with a few live. The originals are written and performed by edro. I have been fortunate lately to be involved with some collaborations with some real fine folks.

The intro was written when I first joined SoundCloud. While I collaborate with many fine folks, John Eagle and I have written hundreds of songs together. We are working pretty hard writing good songs these days.