The Upload 16. July 2018

This is a windlass shanty (Text from "Songs of the American Sailormen" (1924) by Joanna C. Colcord).

The tune is attributed to Liam Milner in the collection "A Bonnie Bunch Of Roses" (1983)
by Dan Milner and Paul Kaplan.

It's a fine example of a work song exposing a bit of social history.

William Tapscott and his brother James were brokers for at least two packet ship companies
and would arrange passage across the Atlantic Ocean from Liverpool to New York.
 
Regrettably, their advertising was often fraudulent and overstated the quality and size of the ships. The poor emigrants were well and truly ripped off. On board the ships, 
the food and accommodation were inferior.

"Clarence Dock" in Liverpool opened in 1830. It received many ferry passengers from Ireland 
during the Potato Famine, when Liverpool Atlantic packet ship sailings were more frequent 
than those from Ireland.

"Waterloo Dock" opened in 1834. It was the major exit point from England for the NY-bound. 

"Castle Garden", in the last verse, refers to Castle Clinton in lower Manhattan (The Battery),
which was the forerunner (until 1892) of Ellis Island for receiving new immigrants to the
United States.

Tapscott

Composition and Sampling collage by Synline.
Photo by Eyeem Mobile GmbH

Ride or Die

Thank you for listening.
Instrumental Arrangement, Mastering / sdmk
(original shiradow song)
“A letter in sound— To My Dearest.” 🎧💫

To My Dearest  sdmk Version  (original shiradow song)

Pulling us under

The Snow Queen – The Prince and Princess Waltz
October 2025
Duration: 2:00
Listen to more music from the Snow Queen ballet at: soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/the-snow-queen-music-for-danse
Music for Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) who will be performing The Snow Queen Ballet January 2026 in Colorado.
For strings, flute, clarinet, oboe, harp, double bass, bells and percussion

The Snow Queen - The Prince and Princess Waltz

perditions of quiet saintship

First of all..a big thank you to Hubert Stytz for all those years we struggled together going thru  the ups and downs of the crazy Musicbizz.. remembering both big time and disappointments ..
...Here is a highlight I' d like to share with the Community.
Better use Headphones!
https://youtu.be/VX3YcSspQU8?si=PRnoM3XpMYON0gbh
https://youtu.be/9Qp9gJsElNk?si=LTv5nqo0XoYFY38w
Hubert Stytz (g/voc)/Frank Fischer (b)/ Günther Reger(perc)

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IF ONLY I COULD
Music, all instruments, vocals ;  Hubert Stytz
Lyrics : Pee Gee
This  rough-demotrack is a very personal one... raw, heartfelt, direct... simply structured .. deeply emotional....better use Headphones !!  ...the last of my works  I can put up on the cloud featuring songwriter Hubert Stytz , my friend and collab partner for a long long time...thank you Hubert and all the fabulous musicians who supported us for many years !


If Only I Could

I wake up completely paralyzed
Wasted from an endless night
Dream pictures fading on my mind
I try to bury them deep inside

All my plans are build on sand
Almost leading me to a dead end
Sometimes you treat me like I´m not there
It hurts so much but you don´t care

If only I could...stop the cold inside of you..if only I could..stop the cold...
If I could fill your heart with love

IF ONLY I COULD....IF ONLY i COULD....
FILL YOUR HEART WITH LOVE !

.....Ohhh  hypnotized..
By a hot flirt with your eyes
Then you turn your back on me
Playing and teasing with your beauty

I want to walk you out in the morning dew
Lay down my loving thoughts for you
I cannot quit you...though I need a break
You put a spell on me  that I can´t escape

IF ONLY I COULD...IF ONLY i COULD...
FILL YOUR HEART WITH LOVE !

If only I could...stop the cold inside of you...if only I could..stop the cold........

IF ONLY i COULD...IF ONLY I COULD...IF ONLY i COULD...
FILL YOUR HEART WITH LOVE....la la la laaa..la la la laa la laa

la la la laaa ..IF ONLY I COULD..la la la laa la laa...

iF ONLY I COULD...la la la laaa...

If Only I Could  / Hubert Stytz / Pee Gee

Never - Eleyan Di Palma

I've been hearing so much AI music on SoundCloud lately that instead of jumping on the AI bandwagon, it's pushing me in the other direction where I want to do more songs with just me and my guitar.  
This is a live version that I played straight through from start to finish which I am using as an audition song for the Tucson Folk Festival.
And if you're curious, here's a link to a YouTube video of me singing a different version  the song live (iPhone recording). https://youtu.be/qMe4Uh39uhY?si=jBvf8uvDZQyDgiVg

Elvis in the 1970’s in his jumpsuit and his cape.
Some say he didn’t really die he just decided to escape.
Over the year’s there’ve been sightings like Bigfoot and UFO’s.
Of Elvis shopping at Walmart dressed in ordinary clothes.
They say it’s good to be king – but sometimes maybe it’s not.
When you’re coasting on your past glory and now, you’re lukewarm instead of hot.
If Elvis was still alive, he’d be approaching the century mark.
He’d be a tired old hound dog - would he still be able to bark.
If he put on a pair of blue suede shoes and he tried to shake his hips.
And he strummed his guitar on a street corner would people give him any tips.
They say it’s good to be king – but sometimes maybe it’s not
When you’re coasting on your past glory and now, you’re lukewarm instead of hot
There’s day’s when you feel like you’re trapped in a routine 
And you’re going through the motions, and you want to start fresh and clean.
Somewhere between 1968 and 1977 Elvis took a detour and he ended up in Heaven.
It’s nice to imagine that maybe he was sick of sick and tired of all that fame.
And one day he just decided to retire from playing the game.
If he sang that song love me tender, would it till make the young women swoon.
Or would they stare at him with curiosity like at the zoo when you see a baboon.
If he put on the black leather costume that he wore in 1968 
And he played the same set list would people still think he was so great?
Elvis in Black leather in 1968 strumming his guitar he looked so good
And his voice was really great.
At the top of his game in perfect form he could have stopped right then
He could have walked away - still would have still been a rock and roll legend
They say it’s good to be king – but sometimes maybe it’s not
When you’re coasting on your past glory and now, you’re lukewarm instead of hot.
They say it’s good to be king – but sometimes maybe it’s not
When you’re coasting on your past glory and now, you’re lukewarm instead of hot

Lukewarm King (Acoustic Live Version)

Venus In Furs

NIGHTFALL

Fortunately, there are still permission places in this world where people can just be the way they are in their deepest interior. I am glad that I can offer such a permission place to people with my work.
And using the example of a female and a male client, I sing in this song the process of how people often, as soon as they enter my permission place, take off their everyday weapons and protective vests and give me insights into their beautiful, delicate and vulnerable being.  

English Translation of  the lyrics:

So tender * So fine

I hear her coming
the heels aloud
in jerk-step rhythm
greying on the hair

Still outside my rooms 
like a razor sharp
hardly anyone recognizes 
her love needs, 
her love needs

Now she stacks 
pomps-wobbly to me in
Still dripping 
from the "I'm needed"-appearance

She sits opposite me
Her perfume is blowing at me
Stroke her with my voice
Look at her lovingly

The Prada-inaccessibility is melting away
The sharp-pointed chin rounds gently
The just a moment ago hard becomes shining-beautifully soft
falls softly into her own kingdom of heaven

So tender, so fine, so fine, so tender, so fine, so fine
So lovably fine 

I'm a little scared 
when I see him coming.
races like a pimped-up, tuned BMW

The smartphone at the ear
Head set laced
of tie and suit
ornamented with meaning,
ornamented with meaning

The last few stairs
now he comes in
an aura blows over him 
be deeply lonely

Sits across from me
my handshake warm
now freed from the headset
with a dawning shame

He slowly reveals his innermost thoughts
a beautiful secret of which he still knows nothing
a playful and dreamy boy in the forest
united with the trees, a happiness child figure

So tender, so fine, so fine, so tender, so fine, so fine
So lovably fine

So tender, So fine, So fine, So tender, So fine, So fine….

Deutscher Originaltext:

So tender * So zart

Höre Sie kommen
die Absätze laut
im Stechschritt-Rhythmus
das Haar angegraut

noch draußen wirkt Sie 
wie ein Rasiermesser scharf
kaum jemand erkennt 
Ihren Liebes-Bedarf,
Ihren Liebesbedarf

Jetzt stakelt Sie 
pömps-wacklig zu mir herein
Immer noch triefend 
vom „Man braucht mich doch“- Schein

Setzt sich mir gegenüber
Ihr Parfüm weht mich an
streichel` Sie mit meiner Stimme
Schau` Sie liebevoll an

Die Prada-Unnahbarkeit schmilzt vor sich hin
Sanft rundet sich das grad` noch scharf-spitze Kinn
Das eben noch harte wird leuchtend-schön weich
fällt sanft in ihr eigenes Himmelreich

So tender, so zart, so zart, so tender, so zart, so zart
So liebenswert zart    

Hab` etwas Angst 
als ich ihn kommen seh`
rast an wie ein aufgemotzter, getunter BMW

das Smartphone am Ohr
Head-Set-zugeschnürt
von Krawatte und Anzug
mit Bedeutung verziert

die letzten Treppen
jetzt kommt er herein
ihn umweht eine Aura 
von zutiefst einsam sein

setzt sich mir gegenüber
mein Händedruck warm
jetzt vom Headset befreit
mit morgenrötender Scham

gibt er ganz langsam sein innerstes preis
ein schönes Geheimnis, von dem er noch nichts weiß
ein verspielter und träumender Junge im Wald
mit den Bäumen vereint, eine Glücks-Kind-Gestalt

So tender, so zart, so zart, so tender, so zart, so zart
So liebenswert zart 

So tender, so zart, so zart, So tender, so zart, so zart…

So Tender * So Zart

Here is a track I almost posted as an instrumental, but changed my mind after writing a text that seemed to fit well with the energy of the track.
Kind of a 'happy' chaos... Many layers going on
My music being a means for me to escape and be happy, having my life in shambles right now emotionally. Music is and always was a savior for me.
Photo artwork by Jerry Lochman. https://soundcloud.com/time2cclear
Mix-down and final mastering by Jerry Lochman. https://soundcloud.com/time2cclear
All instruments but the drums by me so as the vocals of course :-)
Here is the text in it's original form;

Murky Waters.
Universe crossroads, no traffic light.
Thin ice turning point.
Trust misgiving.
Life lottery.
Pitfall of transience.
Shift the weight convolution.
Tangle in the web.
Stay there, bewildered.
Sudden confusion.
Instant mistrust.
Unpredictable vagueness.
Irresolution, ambiguity.
Brain puzzlement.
Word guesswork.
Think, wonder, store and delete.
Odds creeping out.

Track written, performed and produced by Joé Johnston.
Copyright 2018.

Murky Waters

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Intruder
Man is an intruder on this planet, but some are more intrusive again !
(D..... T.... )!

InTruDer

http://francoispierremorin.com  Home of storytelling , 
 I do play Music for the love of it, playing guitar,  percussionist  ,composing  on a computer and Guitar, Piano, creator of mood and sound design

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