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An Indie Music Cure

Cold morning sun

Unexpectedly Fully Open!

See the Playlist 'Unresisting' for those it has so far managed to abduct :)

https://soundcloud.com/ollora/sets/unresisting

Unresisted

Unresisted (open collab)

Ride

Lyrics largely written while descending Helvellyn in the English Lake District amidst the buzz of ascending it via the challenging 'Striding Edge'. The music followed as soon as I got back to my guitar. Flanging out the chords on the piano felt a bit 'Lennon' and the arrangement came from there.

Left of Hardin

The Mountain Song

Been feeling emotional lately due to my grandmother's  health. Although she feels like a broken flower, I will always see her as the most beautiful flower 🌷. Because whenever she smiles she blossoms and fills the room with sunshine. ☀️

This song has been produced and dedicated to my incredible grandmother (Nana), who I love dearly with all my heart. 💖

Broken Flowers

From the audio visual EP "Shock Therapy".
Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C4W9eOwdec

Music and lyrics by She's Excited!
www.shes-excited.com/
Visuals by Ix shells
https://www.instagram.com/ix.shells/

Water running down my skin
Gentle, soft, a fuzzy joy within
Neon lights in synch with the beat of my feet
Smiling at my face in a puddle beneath me

The world looks so bright
I feel safe and whole tonight
No reason to fight So glad you’re alright

Walking down the windy streets
Say good-bye to all my defeats
What a crazy life this has been so far
Threw away the safety-pins but kept the jar

The world feels so brght, yeah
I am safe and whole tonight
No reason to fight
I won’t expedite this life, yeah

I can see it
I can see it in your eyes
Love, love, love
I can feel it
I can feel it in your smile
Feel it in your smile
The love, the love, the

The love

So glad
I feel safe and whole tonight
No reason to fight
I won’t expedite this life, yeah 

The world feels so bright
I am safe and whole tonight
No reason to fight So glad you’re alright
No reason to fight So glad you’re alright

Shock Therapy

Whole (Watch Video On YouTube!)

THANK FUNK IT'S FRIDAY

Sometimes life is like a roleplay game
But whatever path you take the ends the same
I rolled a pair of dice
I turned to the next page
I'm not cut out to be a mage

I started turning left then turned a right
I faced a dragon and a python bite
To roll a pair of dice
And turn another page
I should be past this by my age

CHORUS
Is there really magic that will bind us?
Is there really magic at all?
Is there something reachable inside of us?
Is there really something at all?

I'm afraid to say that I cheat at games
But however hard I try the ends the same
I rolled a pair of dice
And turned another page
But I'm still stuck at this same stage

CHORUS

Magic

https://polymerictechno.bandcamp.com/album/my-sound

https://www.beatport.com/release/my-sound/3395106

My new release on Polymeric Records. Currently in the Hard Techno charts on Beatport and Bandcamp.

Polymeric XD5

MAXX ROSSI - My Sound [Polymeric Xd5] Out now!

Reworked mix for the Overland album (https://ffm.to/overland)
and here's a lyric video: https://youtu.be/Bq5LZAaUcb8

This is a 2012 recording of a 1993 track - very early composition which proved pivotal the musical direction I would take. This track is a frequent revisit and I have recorded a later version, but the 2012 version is the rockiest of them all.

Retreated, remixed, remastered it almost sounds as new. Refurbished, if you will. All in 2021 for the release of the Overland album.
The earlier version of this track was already on my profile, but this one has now taken it's place.

lyrics:

fall ye through a wall of brick, could ye be such a heretic
yeah I know in your head you're sick but must ye be such a lunatic
so you say yes I am a freak as I kiss on your skin so bleak
let me dance upon your fire, let me feel your black and dire
and you say you are turning cold - let me see all your cards unfold
show me paths and then I could, don't lose grip now if I would be...

screaming in the haze... feeling little daze...
trapped in a maze... thrown away my face...

jump in front of the three eyed shadow of the night
maybe sing standing in the midst of the wailing tracks of never missed
there you were upon my fire over waves of desire
he told me so - a won't you try her - and I thought he was a liar!
I rather sing instead of talk,
I rather dance instead of walk
gimme gimme till I overflow
rather be high instead of low

screaming in the haze... feeling little daze...
trapped in a maze... thrown away my face...

you think I don't know you... don't I know you?

Thrown Away My Face

❤️ @Bandcamp

Thrown Away My Face (2021 remix)

Neopn Lies Loop

Neon Lies Loop (1)

Very honored to collab with the very talented and briliant lyricist STEVEN VELLOU'S GOTHIC FUNK @https://soundcloud.com/gothic-funk

Check out our album "Mentally Superior Yet Highly Deranged". 
Free download.
https://archive.org/details/skd-1387


THE COPING MECHANISM OF HATE

SO YOU THINK IT DOESN’T WORK
AN UNUSUAL QUIRK
THAT HATE INSTEAD OF HOPE
IS SUCH A STRANGE WAY TO COPE
SOLELY THE D0MAIN OF BIGOTS AND JERKS

I’VE FOUND THE ONLY WAY I CAN COPE
IS TO COMPLETELY TURN MY BACK ON HOPE
IT’S THE ONLY WAY I CAN SURVIVE
IT’S THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS ME ALIVE

THE COPING MECHANISM OF HATE
IT’S THE ONLY WAY I CAN COPE

HOLDING ON TO HOPE DOESN’T HELP ME TO COPE
NURTURING HATE GIVING SOME CONTROL OF FATE
BUT VENGEANCE IN THE BLOOD IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE
IT BECOMES YOUR WHOLE IDENTITY, A PERMANENT STATE

KEEPING SOME OF US SANE WHILE OTHERS INSANE
NEGATIVE EMOTIONS DICTATING EVERY NOTION  
BECOMES A GIANT OCEAN DROWNING YOUR MIIND
THOUGHTS BECOMING WARPED, IN A SPIRAL YOU ARE CAUGHT
VIOLENCE IN REAL TIME HAS BECOME YOUR LAST RESORT 

TAKE A LOOK AROUND
ABOVE ALL OTHERS THIS EMOTION ABOUNDS
ALONG SIDE THE GUN AND KNIFE
IT’S BECOMING A WAY OF LIFE

THE COPING MECHANISM OF HATE
IT’S THE ONLY WAY I CAN COPE

The Coping Mechanism Of Hate - Steven Vellou's Gothic Funk and Audiobake

___🎹_____A_N_O_T_H_E_R___M_U_S_I_C_____🎹___
_____BE CURIOUS, CREATIVE, INVENTIVE, DARE!_____

As there is Science Fiction, there is also Music Fiction and I wanted to pay homage to the excellent Science Fiction cartoonists and especially to the one who inspired me the most: Philippe Druillet
Superb science-fiction comic book with Philippe Druillet who has a fantastic, delirious, violent drawing, but which shows us the permanent violence since the night of times!
Men have always been "ugly" but the difference is that the Earth before was undeniably more beautiful. Thank you for listening!

Cover image: Philippe Druillet
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🛠 - Made with MOOG & Modular / Multi-tracks
🎹 - Composed, arranged, performed, produced by Pier WILL & Studio 4H09
🔲 - Artwork - Pier WILL
🙏 - Acknowledgements - Ableton, Arturia, Audacity, Cantabile, MSI, Focusrite, Korg, M-Audio, Sony, SoundCloud, Teac, Techniks, Yamaha.
⚙️ - #Ambient #Movies #Electro #Experimental #Minimal #Space
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❤️Love, 🕊️Peace, 🙏Respect

Music Fiction_2

Music Fiction 2

THEY ALL STOP CARING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pk3R91o8Hw

Have you ever found yourself in that place where you are convinced NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU, it's one of the worst emotions imaginable, it occupies your thoughts day and night!
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THEY ALL STOP CARING https://soundcloud.com/audiobake/they-all-stopped-caring-by-steven-vellou?si=a9da8203840e415b8d7d35ce6d2119af
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INTRO
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EVENTUALLY THEY ALL….STOP CARING
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ARE ALTRUISTIC ACTS AS ALTRUISTIC AS THEY SEEM.   
DOES A PERSONAL AGENDA EVENTUALLY INTERVENE
WITH EVERYONE PRETENDING THEY ARE SOMETHING THEY ARE NOT
EVERY HAPPY ENDING HAS A TWIST IN THE PLOT
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THEY ALL STOPPED CARING
THAT’S WHY EVERYONE DIED
DESPITE ALL THE SWEARING
TURNS OUT THEY ALL LIED
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Break
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THEY ALL STOPPED CARING
THAT’S WHY EVERYONE DIED
DESPITE ALL THE SWEARING
TURNS OUT THEY ALL LIED
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COMPASSION IS FLEETING
BECOMES SELF-DEFEATING
PROMISING HOPE
REPLACED BY A BEATING
DESTROYING YOUR WORLD
DESTROYING YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS
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FIRST THEY OFFER YOU THEIR COAT
TRY TO FIX WHAT THEY BROKE
BUT THE ALMS ARE A CLOAK
THE EMPATHY, MIRRORS AND SMOKE
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THEY ALL STOP CARING
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COMPASSION IS FLEETING
BECOMES SELF-DEFEATING
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THEY ALL STOP CARING
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PROMISING HOPE
REPLACED BY A BEATING
DESTROYING YOUR WORLD
DESTROYING YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS
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ARE ALTRUISTIC ACTS AS ALTRUISTIC AS THEY SEEM.   
DOES A PERSONAL AGENDA EVENTUALLY INTERVENE
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ARE ALL PHILANTHROPISTS JUST DOING GOOD THINGS TO PLEASE A SELFISH GENE
CONCEALING THEIR DEEP SEATED PREJUDICE
JUST ANGELS LOOKING FOR A WAY TO PASS THROUGH THE GATES OF HEAVEN
BELIEVING THEY CAN FOOL THE ONE WHO CAST THEM DOWN TO EARTH
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THEY ALL STOPPED CARING
THAT’S WHY EVERYONE DIED
THE LOVE WAS SUPERFICIAL
DEVIOUS HEARTS TAKING YOU FOR ANOTHER RIDE
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ARE ALTRUISTIC ACTS AS ALTRUISTIC AS THEY SEEM.   
DOES A PERSONAL AGENDA EVENTUALLY INTERVENE
WITH EVERYONE PRETENDING THEY ARE SOMETHING THEY ARE NOT
EVERY HAPPY ENDING HAS A TWIST IN THE PLOT

THEY ALL STOP CARING by AudioBake featuring Steven Vellou 1st edit

THE PARTY TO END ALL PARTIES

WAVE AFTER WAVE, HEADING FOR THE LAST RAVE
THE PARTY TO END ALL PARTIES
WAREHOUSE NUMBER 1, OUR CHOSEN GRAVE
WE'RE THROWN BACK IN TIME TO THE 1960'S

BUILDINGS CRASHING
CITIES FRYING
ALL AROUND
THE PEOPLE DYING

MUSHROOM SMOKIN’
FEED YOUR CRAVIN'
THE WORLD IS ENDING....
BUT WE KEEP ON RAVIN'

BUT WE KEEP ON RAVIN'

BUT WE KEEP ON RAVIN'
BUT WE KEEP ON RAVIN'

YET ANOTHER SHOCKWAVE
THE FINAL CLOSE SHAVE
CUBA JUST THE SHADOW OF A FUTURE TO BE

NOW THERE' NOTHING LEFT TO SAVE
THIS EARTH; A MAKESHIFT EARLY GRAVE
BURIES THE REMAINS OF EVERY COUNTRY

OPPENHEIMER MET THE MIND OF ALBERT EINSTEIN
THIS FUSION LED TO FISSION
SPELLED THE END FOR MANKIND

THE EARTH IS DRIFTING
TECTONIC PLATES; SHIFTING
THE OCEANS ARE RISING
HORIZON SINKING

HIROSHIMA WAS MONDAY
NAGASAKI A THURSDAY
FAT MAN IMPLODED WHILE THE LITTLE BOY WHINED
SO THIN MAN OUT OF SORTS WITH P239
SOUGHT A RE-INVENTED PROJECT OF THE MANHATTAN KIND

BUT WE KEEP ON RAVIN'
BUT WE KEEP ON RAVIN'

ONE LAST DANCE
ONE LAST DANCE

THE PUSH BECOMES SHOVE
WITH THE DEATH OF EACH DOVE
THEN SOMEONE MAKES A JOKE ABOUT DOOMSDAY

THERE'S A TIME NOT TO LAUGH
AND A TIME YOU SHOULDN'T CRY
BUT THIS DESPAIR READS LIKE....A SEL-FULFILLING PROPHECY

HIROSHIMA WAS MONDAY
NAGASAKI A THURSDAY
FAT MAN IMPLODED WHILE THE LITTLE BOY WHINED
SO THIN MAN OUT OF SORTS WITH P239
SOUGHT A RE-INVENTED PROJECT OF THE MANHATTAN KIND

BUT WE KEEP ON RAVIN'
BUT WE KEEP ON RAVIN'

ONE LAST DANCE....FAT MAN AT THE GO-GO
ONE LAST DANCE....FAT MAN AT THE GO-GO

BUT WE KEEP ON RAVIN'
BUT WE KEEP ON RAVIN'

ONE LAST DANCE....FAT MAN AT THE GO-GO
ONE LAST DANCE....FAT MAN AT THE GO-GO

PARTY TO END ALL PARTIES

Nuance Free Modern Day Fromage

Thrilled to work with Steven again

 https://soundcloud.com/gothic-funk

Check out our album "Mentally Superior Yet Highly Deranged". 
Free download.
https://archive.org/details/skd-1387

WE WASTE SO MUCH PRECIOUS TIME LIVING IN THE PAST
AND THE PRESENT IS LITTLE MORE THAN A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
BY TOMORROW ALL THE SORROW WILL DISAPPEAR TOO
I GUESS THE NIGHT BEFORE WAS NOT MEANT TO CONTINUE

WITH RECOLLECTIONS GROWING FEINT
WE FINALLY REACH THE POINT
WHERE THE ONLY PICTURE YOU CAN PAINT
RECALLS THE ONLY TIME YOU SMOKED A JOINT

NON-EXISTENCE IS THE VERY NEXT PLACE
WHERE EVERYTHING WILL BE ERASED
UNAWARE OF TIME AND SPACE
UPON ARRIVAL YOU CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE YOUR OWN FACE

EVERYTHING FADES
JUST A MATTER OF TIME
EVERYTHING FADES
THE LOVE WE USED TO KNOW
EVERYTHING FADES
RECOLLECTIONS THAT SEEM TO GROW
EVERYTHING FADES
ALTHOUGH WE'RE HAUNTED BY PSYCHIC DREAMS
EVERYTHING FADES
NO RECOLLECTION OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN

NO MEMORIES EBB AND FLOW
NO MEMORIES EBB

EVERYTHING FADES AWAY
EVERYTHING FADES WITH TIME

MENTAL HEALTH IN DECLINE
MAGNIFIED BY OUR CLOSING YEARS
PHOTOGRAPHS IN OUR MY MINDS
ONE BY ONE WILL DISAPPEAR

EVERYTHING FADES
EVERYTHING FADES AWAY

ALTHOUGH WE'RE LOST TODAY WE WILL FIND OUR OWN WAY
WE WATCHED THE WORLD DECAY AND WROTE IT’S DESTINY IN STONE
IF IT'S TOO LATE TO PRAY, CAN’T AVOID WHATEVER COMES OUR WAY
AND NOTHING WE CAN DO OR SAY WILL REALIGN OUR DESTINY

PERHAPS WE NEED TO FACE REALITY
EXCEPT OUR FATE WITH DIGNITY
ALTHOUGH WE'RE LOST TODAY WE WILL FIND OUR OWN WAY
WE WATCHED THE WORLD DECAY AND WROTE IT’S DESTINY IN STONE

Everything Fades Away By Steven Vellou And AudioBake

This is my remake of this classic.  The music has no resemblance to the music written by Burt Bachrach.  The lyrics are based on thise by Hal David.  I have made a few modest changes to fit my new music.

REACH OUT FOR ME  (Lyrics by Hal David)
(Original music by Burt Bacharach / Hal David)

When you go through a day
And the things that people say
They make you feel so small
They make you feel that 
Your heart will just never stop aching
And when you just can't accept the abuse you are taking
Darlin' reach out for me

Don't you worry I'll see you through
You just have to reach out for me
I'll be there and I'll confort you
Oh yes I will
Comfort you and love you
How I'm gonna love you

When good friends prove untrue
And the things they do to you
They make you feel so bad
They make you feel that
You haven't a reason for living
So when you feel you
Could throw in the towel and just given in
Darlin' reach out for me


Dionne Warwick - 1964
Michael Henderson - 1980
Also recorded by: Roy Hamilton; Jerrry Butler; Nancy Wilson; Universal Mind; Burt Bacharach Orch.

Reach Out For Me

Music is love.
Cover painting: Study in Rhythm: Red and Gold (ca.1934) by Joseph Schillinger. Original from The Smithsonian Institution.

Omnitidings and Rifts

Disconnected Solo

Navigate

FREUDIAN LIPS

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CALLED UPON THE MEN IN WHITE JUST THE OTHER DAY BUT FEAR OF EARS 'A' LISTENING
PREVENTED ME FROM HAVING MY SAY
SO I TALKED WITH MY EYES
TO THE DOCTOR IN DISGUISE

FROM THE SCREAMING TO THE DREAMING WE TOUCHED ON EVERYTHING
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW LIFE BEGAN
THE WEATHER AND THE DAWN OF MAN AND EVEN WHEN HIS REIGN WOULD END WE TALKED ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD
AND HOW MY PARENTS NEVER UNDERSTOOD

BUT ALL HIS SMOOTH AND REHEARSED LINE OF PATTER ONLY SERVES TO MAKE HIS WALLET EVER FATTER
IT DOESN'T STOP THE CHIT-CHAT CHATTER CHATTER LIKE WATER TORTURE IN MY HEAD

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BUT ALL HIS SMOOTH AND REHEARSED LINE OF PATTER ONLY SERVES TO MAKE HIS WALLET EVER FATTER
IT DOESN'T STOP THE CHIT-CHAT CHATTER CHATTER LIKE WATER TORTURE IN MY HEAD

ALL THE GRIEVING WITHOUT MEANING
AND THE HEARTACHE EACH DAY BRINGS
MAKE THEMSELVES....FELT THROUGH THE VOICES FOREVERMORE REVERBERATING WITHOUT END, A SINGLE VOICE BECOMES A FLOOD (ARE YOU INSANE? THIS IS THE GAME OF EVIL V GOOD)

BUT ALL HIS SMOOTH AND REHEARSED LINE OF PATTER ONLY SERVES TO MAKE HIS WALLET EVER FATTER
IT DOESN'T STOP THE CHIT-CHAT CHATTER CHATTER LIKE WATER TORTURE IN MY HEAD

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MY TRAIN OF THOUGHTS
HIS TRAIN OF WORDS
COLLIDE INSIDE....MY ONE-TRACK-MIND MY WORLD COLLAPSES AROUND MY EARS MY MIND RETREATS TO THE EARLY YEARS
FREUDIAN LIPS (REPEATED)
TO THE EARLY YEARS (REPEATED)

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FREUDIAN LIPS vocal

Break My Reality

Wait

Single éponyme du nouvel album : "FEAR"
Disponible le 24 mai 2018 / Distribution Believe
Enregistré au Studio Jazzophone (Kehl DE) par Baptiste Bruzi.
Mixé avec Philippe André (Nancy)
Masterisé au studio Climax par Rémi Salvador (Paris)
Composé, écrit par Manuel Etienne
Arrangé par Toxic Kiss

Contact : contactoxickiss[at]gmail.com

FEAR 

Fear mustn’t stop our rights
Even when they arrive in uniform in the streets
We are told: « In other countries it’s much worse. »
Since when do we have to refer to what’s wrong in the world?

Inside your factory
I sweep all the floors
I ask for real changes but
You just show me the door
Outside your business sphere
You don’t care and much more
I beg you for real changes
Cause’ I can’t take anymore

Never forget…
Fear doesn’t fall from heaven.
It has been injected since youth into our blood. 
Speeches lie to us, they float in the air
Love’s the only thing we ever meet without cares
…
Cause’ I still have the right to enjoy the sun

What I want is to go away
To change life, get rid of the grey
With you at my side
Against the tide
What I want is to stop your tears
Cause’ we’re living in the age of fear
I wanted to spend the time with mine
Instead I committed a crime
A terrifying crime

I had enough
In the woods was too much
You had to pay for your disregard
I chose the right day
The firework display drowned out your life when you screamed in the dark 

You thought I was a loser 
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
You thought I was a loser 
Now you caress the floor too
You classed me as a low life
But I had the same rights as you

Babe, I’m going home
But I have to tell you
I’m on fire

Fear

Written, performed, and produced by Clayton Waller.
Engineered and mixed by Dylan Alldredge.
Mastered by John Baldwin.
Artwork design by Mark Slawson.

People In My Head

For those who like to journey back through eras in time before them.
(Dedicated in fond memory of my mom's dad.)

Eye O'Mystify

The Ride

With clattering piano, Nile Rodgers-esque guitar chunks and a stomping horn section, the new Fort Frances single is a wake-up call for the information age. Atwood Magazine describes the song as "a lyrical journey of endless news cycles and social media feeds; of theoretically 'massive' stories that surrender to the next day’s trend overnight; of a deluge of push notifications, emails and texts."

For more information on the band's touring plans and a new full-length record, visit www.fortfrancesmusic.com.

Double Take

DOUBLE TAKE

'A mysterious song, like the source it took its inspiration from, 'Song of Songs' in the Old Testament. Lina Louise sings beautifully on this one, to complete what was always written to be a male/female duet...' - Herald K

Official video can be found here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um5W1imk5fM

Song - (c) Herald K, 2019
Lyrics, composition, vocal and guitar - Herald K
Second vocal - Lina Louise
Mandolin and electric mandola - Anton Schula
Photo - (c) Christina Milassin

Strange Delights

Light Of Your Eyes

YouTube

Light Of Your Eyes (ft. Lina Louise)- full version

ORSON'S PLAY (The World Will End On Tuesday)

DIE LIKE A VICTIM

My approach to making music is to go wherever it takes me!

Last place I wish to go is where lust for fame & fortune might take me!

THROWN INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE

ONE DAY WE WILL ALL FORGET (The Name Of Every Country)

Don't let the doubts creep in when your world is closing in. It's the demons preying, seeking to eat you alive. Face the reckoning and gather the strength to save what once mattered before it is too late and you lose everything.

Reckoning

VOYAGE OF THE SATELLITE

Don't let the MUSIC INDUSTRY FOOL YOU, the best tunes around today are #UNSIGNED, #INDEPENDENT & #UNDERGROUND!
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UNDERGROUND MUSIC IS ABOUT DOING IT YOUR WAY
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Don't let anyone tell you what music to make or how to make it...JUST MAKE IT!

THE LINCOLN PROJECT

Short instrumental. Psychedelic song, drifting back from the Astral plane back to earth

Astral return

I am a singer-songwriter originally from Liverpool (yes, that one; home to Cilla, Everton FC and a few other cultural icons) and now living in Kent, near London, UK. I play in a ‘punk n’roll' covers band called the The Oddball 3 and my own songs solo at open mics. I’m a music nerd/geek obsessed with The Beatles and Bowie and like lots more: Costello (btw my ‘Elvis’ moniker is a nickname I picked playing rugby football – I think I started one season with a decent set of sideburns!), Squeeze, R.E.M., Smiths, Roxy, Bolan, Springsteen, Neil Finn etc. Partial to a bit of synth / electronica/ country/ SKA/ reggae/ Motown/Stax soul too – a very eclectic mix of inspirations and influences. I’m a vinyl and CD junkie and overall,  listening to, playing and writing music is my life's passion...... However, I try ,nonetheless, not to take myself too seriously and I do this 100% for fun and while I dream of writing a classic song(s) from which the publishing could allow me to quit the day job (I'm a school teacher) realistically, I have no ambition other than for friends and strangers to give me the privilege of their valuable time to listen to my songs; and, as a bonus, if they like it; maybe click and comment. I record all my stuff on my iPad using Garageband for iOS. Yeah; for sure I could get a better sound if I used X,Y and Z or mixed this up and that down etc. but I'm honestly not really bothered. Generally, I’m lo-fi, vintage, retro, 20th century kind of guy and everything I present here is purely a demo. It is all about the songs and the sound ‘idea’ for me and not the performance. Although I believe that I’m a very competent/experienced, (albeit technically ‘unadventurous’) guitar player; I’ll hold my hands up to a limited singing range and looping and pre-sets save my life given my keyboard skills extend barely beyond being able to flange out chords with one or two not accompanying bass notes. If you want to talk about my (or your) songs that's cool; as is anything geeky/nerdy about any of the artists above or similar. However, please don't get in touch with production tips and suggestions, because in the nicest possible way, I’m not that interested in such things - But I won't be rude if you don't read this first :) More than anything, think it’s really important that artists respect each other’s’ work even if they don’t like or rate it highly. Anyway, Love and Peace, ElvisOddball AKA Michael Murray