I started with an image of my grand daughter on her roller skates and thought about the feeling of freedom on those skates.  Then I drew on some memories from childhood, a class mate who went AWOL with a rock n roll band, which at the time I though was really exciting.  I've mixed reality and fantasy and created a song about looking back at life, the things we did and didn't do.  I've layered up the sound using Audacity and a Roland Duo-Capture Ex interface, my Yamaha P - 121 digital piano and SM 58 mic.  Sorry about the gap at the start, this is the first time I've used a metronome to try and keep to time and the first track had a couple of intro notes, but I deleted it as I didn't like the sound.  Unfortunately I don't know how to edit the first few seconds out.  The painting is an old one of mine,  I think it reflects the song to an extent.  Thank you for listening and I welcome your feedback as always.  I've tried to use techniques that came from this lovely SC community and I'm very grateful.

I Wish That Girl Was Me

I DON'T WANT ANY MORE OF YOUR COFFEE
when i ask you
you want to run away

You talk a lot and then
you can't meet

Do not tell me anything
I already know about you

And I don't want any more coffee
Of you…
And I don't want any more coffee
Of you…


There will be no more ruin
I want my life
of your sticks
I passed it
Away from you


days of bitterness
Of forbidden laughter
Only when
I think of you

I don't want any more of your coffee
I don't want any more of your coffee

when i ask you
you want to run away

You talk a lot and then
you can't meet

And I don't want any more coffee
Of you…
And I don't want any more coffee
Of you…

There will be no more ruin
I want my life
of your sticks
I passed it
Away from you


days of bitterness
Of forbidden laughter
Only when
I think of you

I don't want any more of your coffee
I don't want any more of your coffee
Coffee…

Café

A trip down memory lane (available on Bandcamp)

Blight

using language as a caress
your parodic Irish heart
(has my spirit emblazoned within it)?
blankness throughout
a dearth of creativity
belies the lies
easy to compliment 
sleaze tease such a disappointment
when all that we are 
becoming
is so much more…..

BLIGHT

Thanks for listening!

Lyrics:
I made a deal with her.
she is the universe.
give me just this one thing.
I'll crawl out of my hole.
And let you in my soul. 
Forget I am nothing. 
So please.
Let me see.
well beyond me.
into thy naked eye.
Please
let me feel.
something unreal.
before I up and die. 

You are song and light.
You are an endless night.
It all seems so magic. 
But everything you touch.
returns to you in dust.
It all seems so tragic. 

Thanks to Jonathan Beckenstein for the excellent advice. 





Artwork https://www.pinterest.com/sierraval01/

thy naked eye

Maze In A Dream

After a longer break I needed some inspiration from Cecilia again and I remixed one of her great songs. This time I worked with some finished funky guitar loops, but I also recorded a few tracks myself. You can hardly hear it. Maybe that's better 😄. It's not a masterpiece, but I really wanted to get back into SC. It's good therapy in these crazy times.

Open collab by @specialececilia 
Original Version: https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/keep-good-vibes-alive-acapellas-special-cecilia
Lyrics & Vocals: Special Cecilia  
Music & Arrangement: OMCB

Cover Picture: Pixabay.com

Lyrics:

Keep Good Vibes Alive & Let them Multiply...
World Wide, World Wide for Better New Times

Thinking Positive than Singing Positive 
Singing Positive Than Thinking positive
Thinking Positive than Singing Positive 
Singing Positive Than Thinking positive

Keep Good Vibes Alive & Let them Multiply...
World Wide, for Better New Times, for Better New Times, for Better New Times

Yeh oh Yeh oh Yeh
Universal Kindness
Universal Mind Set 2X

Happiness no stress.... 3X

Wherever World over
No matter the wheather, no matter the struggle 
with experience we learn , we can get stronger, we can get wiser 
& than we can go further

Good Music is Delicious Food for the Soul 
it give us inspiration uplift & linked us all

Yeh oh Yeh oh Yeh
Universal Kindness
Universal Mind Set 2X

Happiness no stress 3X

let's Be our best without cess
Let's do our best feel life is a bless
let's be our best live in the fullness

Yeh oh Yeh oh Yeh

Universal Kindness
Universal Mind Set 2X
Happiness no stress

Free Download

Keep Good Vibes Alive - Special Cecila & OMCB

Many thanks to Ingvar Tautra for the evocative oceanic original.
https://soundcloud.com/agnosturaelwar/the-ocean-remembers-my-name?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
The additional flute tracks hopefully take us to the beautiful Bass Rock in The Firth of Forth, Scotland (pictured)where the colony of Northern Gannets are battling against the ravages of avian influenza. We can but pray for their survival.

Photo c/o Pinterest.

The Ocean Remembers My Name [Auk mix] - Ingvar Tautra | WBE

Original by Steely Dan 1972
Acoustic guitar, lead guitar & vocal : Docvet

Dirty Work W/ Docvet

© Joe Liberty 2022. All right reserved.

DayByDay

This world we live in 
With all the good and the bad
The sane and the crazies
The happy and sad

What we all have in common
Like the nose on our face
Is we live day by day, day by day 
And watch the world go by

So be who you are
And not who you’re not
Cause if you are who you’re not
Well then you’re missing a lot
And try to be 
Each and every day
The best you can in every way

Well it’s not always easy
No it’s not always fair
As we live day by day, day by day 
And watch the world go by

Solo

Revelations explode into colourful fireworks
As our atoms mingle with the stars and the universe

The past is remembered 
The future untold
As we live day by day, day by day 
And watch the world go by

So be who you are
And not who you’re not
Cause if you are who you’re not
Well then you’re missing a lot
And try to be 
Each and every day
The best you can in every way

Well this world that we live in 
With all the good and the bad
The sane and the crazies
The happy and sad

What we all have in common
Like the nose on our face
Is we live day by day, day by day 
And watch the world go by
Yes we live day by day, day by day 
And watch the world go by

DayByDay

The Wizard of Oz – We're Off To See The Wizard – Three Variations
October 2022
Duration: 2:00
Part of the Playlist, The Wizard of Oz: soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/the-wizard-of-oz-music-for
Loosely based on Harold Arlen's music for the Wizard of Oz 
Three short variations that will be used throughout the ballet
Painting by Marie-Jose Payannet
Music for Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) who will be performing The Wizard of Oz January 2023 in Colorado.
For strings, clarinets, marimba, xylophone, piano, celeste, hand bells and percussion

Maze In A Dream

FuWatt