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A View from the Garden

Transactional analysis of a celebrity book signing scenario.
Just who do those long piano fingers in the graphic belong to? It's like a You're so Vain mystery. I'm not telling. But can you workout their identity from the clues in the lyrics?

I watch and wonder as I wait in line
Trying to get this first edition memoir signed
Don't meet your heroes
That's some good advice
When the admission fee's your dignity
And your self regard's included in the price
Look at that guy there with all of those LPs
Says 'Would you mind signing all these records for me?'
All to your credit you just smile and sign away
I bet he puts the whole lot up for sale on e-Bay
I've listened to all your witty 
Unassuming heartfelt gritty anecdotes
Now sign your name or make your mark
On the flyleaf of the pages
Of this book that you claim you wrote
Waterstones woman giving it large
Making it clear that she's the one who is in charge
If you're past this point, yeah you're in the zone
The rest of you  just might as well pack up and go home
Cos he's my baby and you don't get
The supplication etiquette
He's my baby, don't you want to see
Me bounce him on my knee
He's my baby, I buy him clothes
I got him ready and I'll take him home
He's my baby, don't you forget
Your supplication etiquette

Songs from the Recovery Room

Supplication Etiquette

Buy on Bandcamp

Seasons In Exile

You Are My Wilderness

Produced by Leg Puppy + Luis Cole with additional production LVA including vox
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb7ZIfnSREs

Artists getting away with bullshit (Radio edit)

HATE FOR ANOTHER DAY

A catchy pop-punk commentary on the misgivings of a Gen Z relationship, filled with wit, irony and sarcasm.

Hate Yourself

Nadia Garofalo - vocals, juno, wurlitzer
Ben Shillabeer – bass, bass vi, guitars, programming, synths
Ben Turner – drums, percussion

Recorded at home, Bristol and Axe & Trap Studios, Somerset.
Nadia’s vocals recorded by Brian Fox at Altered States, Chicago.
Mixed by Ben Turner at Axe & Trap Studios - axeandtrapstudios.com
Mastered by Shawn Joseph at Optimum Mastering, Bristol.

Background loop on 'Bootlickers' courtesy of Charlie Andrew & Cyrus Bayandor. Cover art by Amelia Teixeira.

catalogue number HFBTS006

releases March 1, 2024

Noctalgia

week 153 ..I write and record a song every week. 
LYRICS
how come I'm  the one putting my foot in it again
wearing my heart on my sleeve
telling the world how I feel
hoping it will  heal us  

How come I have constant knot in my refrain
expecting you to work it all out
thinking my feelings they shout
the bleeding obvious 
no one ever x2 , gave us the tools
only taught  us how to stick to, or break all the rules
 no one ever x2  showed us the way
how to ring our personal fire brigade
 no one ever told us how to stand up and fight
for the things we loved for things that were right 
  'how do you feel?'  no-one asked when we were young
oh oh oh oh oh    
when will we,  when will we ever learn
to stop going around
in circles, red hot circles  in circles again
three hundred and sixty degrees of pain
still going around
in circles,  red hot circles in  circles  again
Sing it for  me two more times
sing it  for me one more time

This 

week 153. Circles

Simply questions "What do you Believe? And Why do you Believe it?

TOTAL LOVE

Never Be The Same

Pre-order the album on Bandcamp and recieve exlcusive bonus track 'Lumen' - https://adamweikert.bandcamp.com/album/with-my-love

Pre-save the album on other Steaming services here - https://adamweikert.ffm.to/withmylove

"With My Love" - are the first words, on the first Carte de Visite, written beneath a basket of flowers, in an incomplete sandalwood bound family photo album from the late 19th century. With colour photography a distant development, these petals and stems would likely have been coloured and augmented by hand. 

Carte de Visites were a small format of photograph patented by André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri. These small (often albumen) prints would be collected, generated, and exchanged in an equivalent manner to visiting cards. They would form a sort of proto 'social media', finding their home amidst the curios of Victorian Parlours. As well as famous figures, images of one's own relatives were often procured, with studios popping up across the country, affording the well to do a glimpse at their own visage, and an opportunity to share it with others. 

"With My Love" is an attempt to complete the history of a long-orphaned photo album bought in the Baltic Triangle in Liverpool, through 40 hand drawn ink sketches placed alongside the photographs in the missing frames. The accompanying music explores themes of lost histories, key Women in the beginnings of Photography, as well as selected Piano Works written within the project's duration. 

The Album will be a digital only release, with a bonus track available only via Bandcamp. Ten unique A5 Giclée prints of hand drawn pieces from the photo album on Bamboo paper will accompany the release. These are limited to one per order.

With My Love

Polonez

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3. Skyva Sky - Space

Prepare for an adrenaline-pumping experience as these two hip-hop heavyweights bring the heat.

From the gritty streets to the studio, witness the journey as Kidd Kidd and B.G. lay down their unapologetic verses against a backdrop of street life and undeniable authenticity. 

Kidd Kidd, known for his razor-sharp flow and gritty storytelling, teams up with the legendary B.G., whose influence on the rap game is undeniable.

Yellow Tape ft. B.G.

Face, Flesh, Flash

scratchy beats, cut ups and some noisy guitars.

Four Corners Of Hell

Bite is out now. 

https://linktr.ee/alexandraleaving_

Written by Alexandra Leaving
Produced by Michael Smith
Mastered by Andrew Baldwin at Metropolis Studios

www.alexandraleaving.com

Lyrics:

I’m not sticking around just for the hell of it.
Figure it out, I’m in the thick of it.
You’re hanging around just to see me bite.

Coming up for air, now I can finally breathe.
I like the way you move, I like the way you leave.
We were doing pretty well. Under a certain kind of spell.

But I’m not sticking around just for the hell of it.
Figure it out, I’m in the thick of it.
You’re hanging around just to see me bite.

It’s true - maybe you’re my weakness,
It’s a heavy road when you’re praying for forgiveness.
Now you’re watching in the stands, did the show not go to plan?

Cos I’m not sticking around just for the hell of it
Figure it out, I’m in the thick of it.
You’re hanging around just to see me bite.
Cos I’m not sticking around just for the hell of it
Figure it out, I’m in the thick of it.
You’re hanging around just to see me bite.

You will never ever see me bite, no you will never see me bite.
You will never ever see me bite, no you will never see me bite.

Bite

This is the first of eight tracks from a new project.

"There's a potential that's been building up.
Your toes are up against the line.
One more step and it's Go time.
One more step and change is inevitable.
The outcome may be unknown but change is certain.
Maybe it's an awkward conversation that needs to be had.
Or finally putting pen to paper to start materialising a Fringe Show.
Telling your friends you're giving up smoking.
Or playing the first note at a new busking pitch.
That one more action that takes us over the threshold. Into action and into the unknown.
It's both exhilarating and a touch scary.
You're the only one that can do it.
But now you have, change is inevitable.
The Threshold has been crossed."
That's the sentiment I wanted to capture in this track.

Threshold

Performed and Produced by Leroy Horns
Mixing and additional production Jack Stevens
Mastered by Sam Brown at Kinema Audio

Threshold

Ramblin’ along with the help of ukulele and simple percussion, the optimistic, summertime vibe of ‘Happy Place’ summons a longing for simplicity and the comforting familiarity of a favourite holiday spot or childhood memory. Influenced by the light, bouncy sounds of artists such as Ed Sheeran or George Ezra, this song captures the contentment of standing still for a moment in this mad world and the beauty of simple pleasures.

Liverpool based duo APRIL MOON met Brighton born Kirzy on the Canary Island while playing music at local bars several years ago and knew that their music styles would be an interesting combination although this is the first time they’ve attempted songwriting together.

Happy Place

MEYI WAYE (I live to Worship God) is a Classical Gospel Worship song, with Trio leading vocalist and harmonized backing vocal performances in the Ghanaian language (Twi), which is briefly translated into English as follows: “ I live to Worship and thank You. O dear father, You’re the reason why I live and in You I live”.

Unknown Album (2/9/2012 1:13:40 PM)

Meyi Waye

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