Baths

Photo...Greek chorus from a tragedy...


A quick sketch... had my head buried in some pompous prog all day ( Mermaid stuff ) and decided to take a break. 

Mabel left home when she hit 14
found a position on her hands and knees...
She scrubbed floors, she buffed doors
polished up the silver till it was gleaming

Mabel loved the movies, that Hollywood thing
spent all her money learning how to sing and dance, 
she'd get her chance

chorus 

Mabel was able
to light up the room with her smile
Mabel sent a cable
'Dear Ma and Pa, I'm fine'

Mabel got a break on her 16th birthday
waiting on the  table of a Hollywood Big Wig
Mabel was pretty, he was a 
shitty Walter Mitty,
he sold her to the city
on the dream she had...

Mabel makes it into the chorus...

Dedicated to us all who suffer from addiction, in one form or another.

May all living things be free...

Addict in the Attic

This song is based on an original idea by Jeff Buckley and Liz Fraser. Sadly it was never finished or properly recorded in his lifetime. Bethany and I thought that the song deserved to be completed and so we set out to do just that.

The full band version of this song can be found on Bethany's SC profile:

https://soundcloud.com/bethanygraceuk/all-flowers-in-time-bend-towards-the-sun

This version is the Acoustic Mix.

There were so many great performances from the musicians involved that we really thought it would be great to really hear the quieter instruments in their own setting. Not only does it give yet another take on the song but it also allows you to really hear the beautiful vocals once again.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it.

All Flowers In Time (Acoustic Mix) Collab with Bethany Grace

Memories of Flight

NEGATIVE SILENCE

Pic - Yosuke Yamashita, Burning Piano 2008 (https://youtu.be/YpKT_eeCVNI?t=67)

Health & safety? Risk assessment??

Just think what Malcolm Arnold could have done with the sound of fire alarms & extinguishers going off.

Published on SC 17 September 2020

Concerto for piano and nervous breakdown (remaster)

Simple Division

Primary Gates

This Cinematic-style Celtic Fantasy is loosely based around an ancient Celtic gathering on Lindisfarne and had me researching the Common Brittonic language to get some interesting 'Foley' sounds.  It was spoken in Britain and Brittany and eventually developed into Old Welsh, Cumbric, Cornish, and Breton.  It also features my long suffering wife who over time has become a quasi- Foley artist and harmony part singer for me. 

The Metheglin of the title is the oil that makes the celebration happen and is a type of spiced mead, so basically fermented honey with spices added. It also obliquely connects to Lindisfarne mead and also the bees featured in 'By Castle Walls'.  

I wanted to get a sort of cinematic feel to be dropped into a Celtic Festival or feast day and I hoped the language and children's laughter would aid in the immersion. Finally in this project I get to do a fair bit of bouzouki playing which was a plus. 

So hopefully you will enjoy the feast .... "búwa slanos ac swos"

This track is now part of "The Pilgrims Way Project" exploring the history and natural world of Lindisfarne.

Project Playlist

soundcloud.com/mrbouzouki/sets/the-pilgrims-way-project

Project Website 

https://www.pilgrims-way.co.uk

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Instrumentation

A Taste of Metheglin features low and high whistles, harp, strings, violin, alto-flute, a choir backing and bouzouki. Percussion consists of bodhrán, clapping, various taps and knocks, shaker and even tapping on my acoustic guitar. 

Vocal FX is a combination of Brittonic vocalisations and a  backing line from the Soundiron 'Voices of Gaia' collection featuring the vocal talents of Linda Strawberry.

Some of the percussion sounds come from the excellent playable VST instrument set "Flying Hands Percussion" by HandHeld Sound

A sea waves sound FX and children laughing FX that are classed as Public Domain are used to add colour to the track from www.freesound.org

creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

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Background

This track is a combination of VST-based instrumentation and real-playing of instruments  with additional clapping, tapping and knocking, all overlaid with original Foley sounds.

I wanted to try and get a well developed rhythmic feel and maybe the feel of circular dancing that hopefully comes out from the track.

A Taste Of Metheglin

Written By Addison Brady and Mark Certo
Chalk Mountain Music Publishing, BMI
Copyright 2020
All Rights Reserved

Byron Burke-Drums
Jeff Roberts-Bass

Lay Down Your Arms

This is now a basic 'Free' account.  A number of old songs are no longer available. 


Huge 'Thank You'  to the following people for their  help on some of these songs and their inspiration on others. 


http://soundcloud.com/the-secret-red-orchestra

https://soundcloud.com/vangabriel

http://soundcloud.com/the-acoustic-grill

https://soundcloud.com/bluecherrykiss

https://soundcloud.com/faerytale

https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter

https://soundcloud.com/little-lone-waltz

A few ( printable ) quotes.

 "  Masterpieces "-----Dolll
 "Shit, you got me crying"----RosesAreBlue
  " A Legend".....RosesAreBlue
 "I brought my kazooo"------  Faerytale
 " Unaffected Eccentricity"-----Gil Gillespie
" Uniquely Mad "----- Phil McWalter
" F*ckin' space chords man" ------Phil McWalter
 "Unhinged seriousness"----Wheelwright
 " Slightly Deranged".......Superhowl
"F***ing Hell "  ----Man on a Grill
"Chaos and Beauty"-----Steph Casey
" Nutter" -----  Kim Guy
" F**K's Sake ! LOL "------Bekah B
" You are definitely Cool " .......lola-demo
" A bloody good racket"   ,,,,,,Steph Casey 
" Intelligent, uniquely beautiful music " .  Kerijohnson.
" Devastatingly cute"  Aerogene 070. 
" Cool husky crooner at play "   Soundboard tinkerers.
"Keep your knees together"      RosesAreBlue.

Mabel makes it into the chorus...

The Irate Pirates