They say that hindsight is 20/20 vision.  Looking back at this past year is like looking through a pair of broken glasses.  

I said I was finished with “Haunted,” … so here is another song :)

Listening to the album, the last song felt like it did not bring things to a proper conclusion.  Unlike the nearly 10-minute Overture, this is an under 3-minute Conclusion.

This really is the last piece of the album and on this subject.  Really.  Well, definitely on the album, probably on the subject.  Yes, most definitely probably…

Image Copyright: nomadsoul1

Hindsight - "Haunted" Conclusion

Click here to see the music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQU5p_13paI
Word and Music by Roger Whittlesey. All sounds by Roger Whittlesey, except additional background vocals in the outro by Christy Bluhm and Sharon Egan.

Believe In Me

solo in one go played on the Akai EWI USB, odd groove: 11/8 in 280 BPM :-) ... synth used for this Solo is "Respiro", awesome software optimized for Breath controller. Other synths used is "Wiggle" and "Go2" by Rob Papen ... free percussion loops by Bill Mead aka organicdrumloops. ----------- photo by Marat Gilyadzinov, unsplash // Imagine a broadcast from Sirius ;-)

Alien Jazz

Bury Me

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Thank you!

Descendant

Whatever We Do

This compo is in Db, 4/4.  Somehow the creative process resulted in a bit of a Merengue vibe.  Merengue is a dance music (not food) that originated in Dominican Republic.  Harmonies are voiced primarily in Diatonic 4ths with 3rds and a few 10ths.  Piano line spins melodies from the Sax Harmonies.  Instruments are Saxes, Trombones, Trumpets, Tuba, Piano, Synth.  Bass line, added to later sections, is more of a Samba rhythm since that keeps the momentum.  As always please feel free to send me your thoughts!

Merengue Pie

Space Games

Searchin' For An Aurora

Same Time, Same Place : Bluebottles : December 2016

Hylda from Balham, our No. 1 fan, has set up a "Facebook page" devoted to the band. We'll be contributing new songs, archive photos and, of course, road-tales/philosophical musings from my autobiography.
https://www.facebook.com/Bluebottlesnewwave/

There's always a tendency at this time of year for people to focus on the things they think they need rather than being thankful for what they've already got. 

Swept along by the consumerist tide, it's so easy to lose perspective.
It reminds me of an opportunity which came our way in the late seventies when we'd relocated to the States and were gathering rave reviews from the style, culture and origami magazines. 
In fact, there's a chapter in my autobiography dealing specifically with our ahead-of-its-time TV series

{The book is available for a limited time in a collector's edition complete with genuine gas station receipts and an unused ticket for our 1980 "Tea with the Shah" concert. A must for all true fans}

"The network guy was confident the new serial could make us the next Charlie's Angels. 
A mystery-solving undercover rock band comprising an attorney from Brooklyn, a former Belgian racing driver turned playboy and a hard-bitten ex-cop from Boston, solving crimes in between sell-out stadium gigs. 

As he was fond of saying  : They're gonna love you, baby.

He wanted to get production underway before a rival network launched their new series about a crack commando unit, sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit, still wanted by the government and surviving as soldiers as fortune. Judging by that synopsis their plan would never come together.

We cancelled the lucrative Jimmy Carter-Second-Term gig on the advice of the focus groups, all of whom were confident that Gold, Franconchamps & Murphy would be a ratings smash."

A sobering reminder that things don't always turn out how as planned....
Which is why the new Bluebottles personal organiser app makes an ideal present for 2017.
And why not make next year's brand new Bluebottles album your first event-reminder ?
{ Only compatible with MS-DOS ver 3.3 & later}

Guitars & Bass : ELT
Drums : Gary Reeves
Vocals : Gordon M
*****
Same Time, Same Place

Every TV show and every song I hear speaks to me
Every advert knows my name, every jingle rings a bell
A Christmas movie, two hours that I won't see again
Here's to Capra, Dickens, Crosby, to imaginary 
Friends, friends, friends. 
This silent night

Pass the parcel, rip the wrap, party spirit 1-2-3
Hear the music, when it stops, take a seat they're always free
Drain another glass, smile, a joke I've heard before
Lines are fumbled, not my key, wake me up when wassailing's
Done, done, done
Down, down, down
Have I ever been.... solo

All washed up, the tide rolls in
A kind of Crusoe for today
Empty bottle SOS
Have I missed the postage date?
Guess I've missed the postage date
Yes, I've missed the postage date

Was it one wise king who sang the Lonely Christmas thing?
Or just some other man trapped inside a tribute band

Same time, same place, next year

Same Time, Same Place - {ELT--Gary Reeves--gordon m}

contains a sample from Velvet Underground's "Lady Godiva's Operation" and a vocal sample by an artist I don't know. thanks. 

cover photo by Bru-nO

please also check out this fantastic rework by Garddwr Porffor:
https://soundcloud.com/garddwrporffor/velvet-collage

Déjà-VU

Yet another old, short and unrefined recording.
Photo by George Xistris on Unsplash