another story and impressive songwriting,Goff,congrats!

What old people like me used to call a concept album! :-) 

See the individual track captions for some hints of the evolving story of AI space craft, Stardust, from her creation to an end, of sorts, and perhaps a new beginning..

I'm planning to build out a more complete back story, in the future, so DM me if you'd like to hear more, when I do ..:-) 

cheers
Goff Johnson

Stories of Stardust

An AI supported rework of my Stardust track, and the opening track of the Stories of Stardust album.  Hope you enjoy the space opera ! :-)

..JaSON a new-gen interface and communication AI, jaded by a world stifled in sameness, encounters something new and incredible - inspiration ! ...

Stardust - The Story Begins

Strong Female Lead EDM track, continuing the journey through the Stories of Stardust album.

"..You're a machine!  How could you begin to know how I feel?..."  Arla meets an unexpected companion on her journey to the stars....

Lady Liberty

Part of the scene setting for the Stories of Stardust album.  A thoughtful alternative rock track with a strong female vocal lead...

..Arla is a refugee. Harassed and displaced from one "safe" location to another, in an ever more crowded, depleted and polluted world, there is finally only one place left to venture....

New Horizons - Arla’s Song

Continuing the Stardust series, with a reflective EDM/ alternative rock track.  

...Arla and the refugees arrive at their beautiful new home, with hopes for a bright new future - but is it all that it appears?...

A Place Called Home

Continuing the Stories of Stardust space opera album, with a power female alt-rock ballad:

...The mysterious threat has gone, at least for now, but Stardust is lost.  The refugees must now plan for the future of their world.

After The Fire - Arla's Pledge

A narrative bridge in the Stories of Stardust playlist:

...an unknown threat emerges, which could shatter everything the refuguees have strived for ..Stardust must act..

Part II - Fractured Frontier

Mark Kurtis Adams (1956-2022) is the greatest songwriter you've never heard of. We were friends for forty years. Since his passing, I have been combing through his massive catalog of original songs; many co-written with friends, many written solo. It would be a crime for the world to never hear the music I grew up on. Mark gave me permission/freedom to use his music in any way I choose before he died. Here is VOLUME 2 of Mark's music as I have interpreted it.

Carry My Heart

This is inspired from a trip to beautiful Sweeden and its Lagom lifestyle. All is in the measure. Hope this gently swings for you.
Ok, Ok, you may be right
Ok, Ok , You may be wrong
Ok, Ok, The sun is bright
Ok, Ok, Everything'll be alright

Ok, Ok, you may be be rich
Ok, Ok you may be poor
Ok, Ok, Take it easy
Don't let the sun drive you crazy 

Ok, Ok, you may be black
Ok, Ok, you may be white
Ok, Ok, Don't get angry 
Ok, Ok, let's be happy (together)

Ok, Ok, you may feel down
Ok, Ok, you may feel high
Ok, Ok, don't you worry
Ok, Ok, let it be, the lagum way !

OK,  OK (you may be right !)

HUNDIDA EN EL AGUA

De tanto estar en el agua                         E-G#
Quizás no te ahogues en mi                    E-G#
Un corazón es un arma                             E-G#
Vacía hundida en el agua                         F#
Oxidada en el agua                                    F#
Y si dispara otra vez 
En que lugar morire
Dejar que sangre tu alma 
Vacía hundida en el agua 
Oxidada en el agua 
Desde ahí para mí...                            A-E-F#
Me vi escondido en las rocas 
Mientras buscabas el fin 
Tenías la boca roja 
Vacía hundida en el agua 
Oxidada en el agua 
Y nuestra sombra en la estrella 
Forma los rayos que vi 
Aunque algunos te dejan 
Vacía hundida en el agua 
Oxidada en el agua 
Desde ahí para mí...

HUNDIDA EN EL AGUA

Recording sessions from 14-08-2025 - 18-08-2025.
presets, mixing, processing and editing: Pier WILL.

"Waiting for your sunshine"
Lyrics and singing: Special Cecilia 
Music: Pier WILL

Everything here is clear, simple and limpid... a voice, a synth, an old piano... enjoy listening. 
Pier WILL◄┤❤️🕊️🙏├►

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🛠 - Made with MOOG & Modular / Multi-tracks / No I.A. / No samples.
🎹 - Composed, arranged, performed, produced by Pier WILL & 4H09
🔲 - Cover art - Pier WILL
🙏 - Acknowledgements - Ableton, AKG, Arturia, Audacity, Cantabile,
Focusrite, Hewlett Packard, Korg, Logitech, Marantz, M-Audio, MSI, Sony, 
SoundCloud, Teac, Techniks, Yamaha.
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Waiting for your sunshine

(Music: Hans-Michael Albers, Lyrics: Terry Reeves)
Terry Reeves:  Vocals
Hans-Michael Albers: All instruments, Arrangement & Production

Today, 22nd. August 2025, marks 13 years since our dear brother Bri succumbed to the deadly combination of leukaemia and Guillain-Barré syndrome.  Watching him through 2012, unable to do anything for himself and increasingly confined to a hospital bed is something none who loved him will ever forget.  
He has never been (and never will be) forgotten, not only for the music he created but for the force of nature he most certainly was.  In 1964, our Mum & Dad bought him an entry level acoustic guitar as a Christmas present and his progress on the instrument was something to behold.  By the time he was 18, he’d bought himself a Gibson Les Paul on HP (24 payments of five pounds and thirteen shillings per month) from Selmers in Charing Cross Road, London.  He joined a band, somehow co-opting me in as lead singer at the tender age of 15 (still a schoolboy, no less) and over the ensuing ten years, formed bands of whose line-up I was always a part, graduating from singing to percussion and eventually drums.
There being guitars laying around the family home, Tel took to playing and encouraged by Bri, never stopped.  Fast forward another five years and he too started writing songs so that by ’82, the 3 of us decided to form a band (Root Division) to play them.  It’s a truly special thing to be in the same band as your brothers and recording those songs became something Tel and me still remember with an abiding nostalgia.  No wonder we still talk about those days…
This song started life as an instrumental, written by Hans and of course, it’s brilliant as is but Tel liked it so much, he asked if he could write some lyrics and a vocal melody.  Being a generous fellow, our dear friend from Hamburg said he’d love to hear what Tel had in mind.
His basic idea was to incorporate as many references as he could to Cripple Club tracks, in celebration of the firm friendship we have formed in together recording what amounts to over 50 songs.  There may be a few of you who can spot one or two…
So this is for you, Bri.  We love and miss you, sweet brother.
(Gary Reeves)

Last Summer day reasons
Hamburg always shines
Shadows of Superheroes
Another surprise will come in time
Click toward a pension
From birth but never knew
Surprised to find a blackbird
In the flames as the music grew

Touch wood for satisfaction
CC music every day
Root of strong existence 
Step off the world to feed the phrase
Another Titan message
Titanic stories past
Image of a fraying edge
Never thought hang of time would last

It’s the time, it’s the place
It’s the only performance I can show my face

Last chance for singing
Avoid resistant tide
Pleasing distant garage
Remember 4 to 3 to 5
Stars in space that linger
Soaking up the blue
Palette of sunshine yellow
Mix to green for go - but for who?

T,G & H, Two and you!

LAST SUMMER'S DAY BLUES - CRIPPLE CLUB

Utnyttjar du mig. 631 ( 1983 ) Margareta Theorin ( Margareta )

CITY  LIGHTS - {original}

monetisation

Original hand written songs 700+

for 466,000 plays I got paid €225
minus subcription cost of €156 as I paid monthly


Total banked €69

this is largely down to them not paying based on the "bot network" and plays from regions with no advertising streaming revenue model of which a large percentage of TBD plays come from

I'm not complaining here just laying it bare so people can see what they get from an artist pro sub and so you can be realistic about it from as many angles as you can 🫡🔆

This regional reality annoys me. It incentivises artists to connect with people from larger economies effectively creating a caste system of sorts within the SoundCloud community. I don't do this, I connect based on the human being not where they are from or not based on the amount of followers they have.

That's probably the most disappointing thing to learn from this year, how they have a wedge between different levels of affluence in the way artists are rewarded making it harder for artists from regions either sanctioned or regions without an advertising revenue model to get heard. In my view we as artists should make an extra effort to connect with and lift those people up human to human and fuck the money❤️‍🔥 Bring the love instead. A good chunk of my top 10 artists musically here come from regions that fall into this apparent category SoundCloud align themselves with! So if good music is your priority like mine is, look further then the larger economic zones and your ears will thank you 🧬🎶🌍

Artist Pro Feedback Year 1

Chiara:  Vocals, Girl on the Photography
Nino Chikviladze:  Violin
Ben Juul:  Drums, Mix & Master at Tone Hill, NY
Dirk Taubenheim:  Guitars, Bass, Synths, Vocals

This song is based on a poem by Tim Cannon who passed away three years ago. 
Thanks so much, Chiara & Nino!

Bright Eyes  ft. CHIARA

I don't know what is to be saved but I know my road is sometimes paved with good intentions did I fail to mention.. we came from the great big sea he and she  you and me we crawled we walk we live we breathe we die nobody knows how we got here. nobody knows where were going, nobody knows anything and the world keeps turning round and we haven't heard a thing from the man in the sky Every body has an answer but nobody really has a clue the sun comes up the sun goes down you better hope your still around this old earth has had enough its gonna throw us in the fire like a paper cup and the winds going to blow like a hurricane like New Orleans on that terrible day Nobody knows anything nobody knows what tomorrow will bring nobody knows anything  and the wheels keep spinning round and round and we haven't heard a thing from the man in the sky....Man in the sky.... keeps us wondering why...Nobody knows Anything! Nobody knows when the angels will sing , Nobody knows anything, and the band keeps playing on and on...and we  never seem to hear  from the man in the sky, no we never seem to hear from the man up high

Man In The Sky

*** WATCH OUT FOR NEW SOUNDTRACK RELEASE, SELENE, OUT 31st  OCTOBER!!***

What a great place Soundcloud is !  I can honestly say I never imagined there were so many talented and generous artists, composers and producers,  to be found in one place!  It's been my very great pleasure to meet and collaborate with some of you, already, out there in the WWW,  and I hope many more in the future! 

I've written and recorded music since I was a teenager  (... that's a long time ago!!) and about half the tracks posted here are purely my own work. I also experimented, for a while,  with A.I. supported music, which I used to help build up a Sci Fi "concept album" (for those that remember them!) titled "Stories of Stardust", released 26th Feb 2025.  

A.I music can be a divisive topic, but I've no wish to use it as a replacement for human musical talent, and going forward I'm back to  working  with real people again. That's where the magic is to be found!  Which brings me to....

Collab is ALWAYS welcome!!  In fact it's my favourite way to work - check out my Collabs playlist for some recent examples!  Really enjoyed working with these talented artists!!   

For me the collab journey is only just starting so please (please)  gimme a shout if you think we could work together in the future! 

cheers, and keep the music playing !! 

Goff

After The Fire - Arla's Pledge

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