Hey.

Sometimes ya just *gotta* take a wave to the face.

 
 
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Brute-force-cheeseballing the chill vibe of the old beach music of days long gone -- the fun, lighthearted stuff that my parents and in-laws still can't get enough of from their own hey-day when beach-bumming was not just a once-in-a-blue-moon-weekend grind-getaway, but a lifestyle.

I am extremely fortunate in that, for 7 times now in my adulting-in-progress life, I have been able to escape south to Siesta Key, FL with Meaghan's family for a week or two (just like I am right now), and if there is one thing that they have taught me, it's how to beach-bum just right:
 
Step 1. Wake up, pack a lunch and go to beach. 
Step 2: Take a wave to the face. 
Step 3: Go to sleep, and dream about following the very same steps the next day.

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LYRICS
Take a wave, take a wave, take a wave
To the Face
(etc.)

Let it slap some sense in ya


Don't matter if you're rich or poor
Wave to the face 
and your sense of entitlement's out the door

Can crest real high or sink down low
Jump Over Dive through, what do you do, 
here comes another wave slappin' straight for you

Won't matter the pigment that you sport
Wave to the face 
is an impartial, sea-slap-giving sort

No difference, your culture or your creed
Wave to the face 
has got the common-sense slapping 
that we humans need

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[still using the same crappy lappy mic and getting away with it so far. I mean, no Music Engineer Cops have been banging on my door yet to charge me for Vocal Crimes Against Humanity...]

Take a Wave to the Face

Check out my Album: "All This Useless Beauty". Americana songs reflecting on bad times and good. Thanks for listening!

I try to write with rich lyrical details and self-deprecating humor about the human condition. Plus, that unique Shade Structure sound!  It sounds best with headphones. Thanks for any comments, reposts or likes.

Discography: Available under Album tag on my Soundcloud main page. Free Downloads/ Always Free
* The Curse Of A Good Looking Ghost (2024)
* Low Profile (2024)
* Smilers (EP 2023)
•Short Songs For Tall Minds"  (2022)
•Friends, They're Gonna Get Your Story Wrong (2021)
•A Suburban Dadaist With Some Store Bought Beats (2021)
•All Feel and No Technique (2020)
•This Is How I Spend My Nights (2019)
•California Songs (2018-2019)
All sounds contained within are home-made/DIY recordings. Most songs are short stories, as I am influenced by Musicians & Writers like Raymond Carver, Warren Zevon, Mountain Goats, Tom Waits, Mark Eitzel,  Randy Newman, Destroyer, Steely Dan, Captain Beefheart, Loudon Wainwright III, Leonard Cohen & The National. Most songs have the lyrics on the song page. Thank you for listening!

They're only little " rock 'n roll " songs. Hope you like them 🙏

^-^

Be Yourself - Funk Everything Else!

Music is Magic.

Sing, Create, Connect, Share from the Heart.

Welcome to my Soundcloud-Love-Circle,

Lets call it the Lovecloud! :D

These are the Sketches, penciled quite meekly.
You paint the picture, with Your life's graffiti.

I'd like to make You smile.
I'd like to warm Your heart and make it dance.
I'd like to make You feel something.
If You see fit to give me the chance.

With so many songs to write, so many feelings to express, so much love to give...

I am Stevie, the man, the band, the singer, the composer, the player, the pseudonyms, the collaborator, the creator, the amateur, the goof, the writer, the poet, the lover, the friend, the heart and soul of Los Sketches,

And these Sketches are for You.

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Love and Gratitude to dear friends, fans, and supporters <3

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Collaborators:

Adele
Anais - @anais-avilez
Ange
Aniya - @hazysofia
Ann & Eric
Ale - @kireina_michan
Ash
 Ashley  - @schlay
Ayje - @azra-ayje
Barti - @itsyourmovie
Bataa
Beth LeBlonc
Brenda & Glenn
Brice
Cameron A M
Cassie
Cole
Darlene
Darrien - @bassickbeats
Doug
Egemen
Eireen - @eireenmusic
Elijah - @elijahsangs
Erin - @erinboltonmusic
Ewan - @ewanmacintyre
Francois  - @francois-john-cormier
Graeme - @cat-came-back
Ian
Jackson  - @jackson-petroni
Jacob - @user-jacobdeboer
Jay
Jess & Rose
Jim & Laura & Lisa
Joanne - @joanneaika
 Kaelem  - @peurpayne
Kate B. - @thebeanieful
Kate W. - @disco_cowboy
Karli  - @ikarli03
Kristoph
Lil - @l-o-t-m
Lottie - @lottiefmusic
Makana
 Marcus  - @andersandedgar
Mark - @liquiduniverse
Mark A
Martina  - @martinadinardo
Mary
Matt - @unupe
Maxwell  - @max-808814741
Mia  - @missymiaa
Natt - @nattsounds
Nikola
Paula  - @themetaphorsenthusiast20
Pete - @petevagabond
Rachel G M
Ryan - @goodboycheerleader
Sam  - @zeyabreeze
Seaton
Silva  - @silva-westera
Siska
Sophie  - @sophiestewartmusic
Spencer
Taryn - @taryn-e-1
Terran   - @terranjreinsel
Tina - @tina-nesa
Tony
Tove
Veselina
Vietta - @hmmvietta
Winnie & Willie & Jo
Will - @officialwillelliott
Yohna - @yohna-lln

Worst poet wanna-being worster singsong-person. 

Lost to learning. Living the attempt.

Random Space-Ape Synth-Nerd somewhere out there!

Take a Wave to the Face

Francois Cormier