Alternative Rock, Indie, Ambient, Electronica, Psychedelic, Dark and Experimental Music.

Alternative

Don't know about you, but I like to go #DeepUnderground; no interest in what's lying around on the surface! The more difficult it is to #PIGEONHOLE the more it intrigues me; the more I'm thinking, the mind that created this ought to impress everyone because it isn't trying to impress anyone, it goes where it pleases!
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To draw a straight line between NO LISTENS and the quality and substance of music is unadulterated, simple minded, rank stupidity, so don't be discouraged, if no one is listening to your music, it's likely because the right audience can't FIND your music!
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The internet is now so FLOODED with music there is more chance of finding a needle in a haystack than the right audience finding your creations, but let's keep doing it for the love it anyway! 
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Perhaps the time will come when those just seeking fame and fortune will wise up and drop out of the race, leaving the field clear for those motivated solely by passion, and perhaps prospectors, tired of being spoon-fed, fired up by curiosity, thirsty for authenticity and invention, may one day dig up those gems of yours, so KEEP ON KEEPING ON, let passion guide your creativity!
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StevenVellou
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WE BENEFIT FROM POSTING ON SOUNDCLOUD THE MOST WHEN WE FOLLOW BACK, LISTEN AND LEAVE FEEDBACK

Who should we follow back? The Soundcloud users who don’t just follow us they actually listen and leave feedback, makes sense, right. So why does it make sense, because they are the ones actually supporting your music, they are the ones that raise your profile and feedback is FREE hype, it advertises your product, it tells new arrivals to your page that your music is worth listening to, that’s what I mean when I say we ALL benefit.
These platforms actually end up failing BECAUSE we don’t maximise their potential in this way, a follow serves no purpose if we don’t follow through, and if we don’t follow through others don’t follow through either, we all become wary of giving support because we know only a very small number will do the same for us.
So how does this affect these platform, activity slows down eventually grinding to a halt, once that happens platforms like Soundcloud could end up going out of business, eventually there will be no platforms left for us to FREELY post on, the day will arrive when the ONLY way to post our music is to PAY FOR THE PRIVILEGE, so you see being PROACTIVE not only benefits you and I it ensures the survival of platforms like Soundcloud; ok, so it doesn’t deliver in some of the ways we’d like it to, and including reaching an actual audience, but it’s a whole lot better than nothing at all!

SUPPORT gathers MOMENTUM when RECIPROCATED volume 5

Various artists I've crossed paths with, exchanged listens, feedback, with over the years. Some may have given up on the music, while others are still at it. My philosophy is, none should be forgotten.
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Steven Vellou
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WE BENEFIT FROM POSTING ON SOUNDCLOUD THE MOST WHEN WE FOLLOW BACK, LISTEN AND LEAVE FEEDBACK

Who should we follow back? The Soundcloud users who don’t just follow us they actually listen and leave feedback, makes sense, right. So why does it make sense, because they are the ones actually supporting your music, they are the ones that raise your profile and feedback is FREE hype, it advertises your product, it tells new arrivals to your page that your music is worth listening to, that’s what I mean when I say we ALL benefit.
These platforms actually end up failing BECAUSE we don’t maximise their potential in this way, a follow serves no purpose if we don’t follow through, and if we don’t follow through others don’t follow through either, we all become wary of giving support because we know only a very small number will do the same for us.
So how does this affect these platform, activity slows down eventually grinding to a halt, once that happens platforms like Soundcloud could end up going out of business, eventually there will be no platforms left for us to FREELY post on, the day will arrive when the ONLY way to post our music is to PAY FOR THE PRIVILEGE, so you see being PROACTIVE not only benefits you and I it ensures the survival of platforms like Soundcloud; ok, so it doesn’t deliver in some of the ways we’d like it to, and including reaching an actual audience, but it’s a whole lot better than nothing at all!

WHERE ARE THEY NOW volume 5

MY WORDS, MY MUSIC (ALWAYS FALLING ON DEAF EARS)

My favourites from @gothic-funk @acidhouseofhorror @amphetamine-orchestra @athensdeathdisco @born_again_bowie @crapandtheshithoppers @floyd-pink-and-the-punks @gaysilhouettes @julian-and-the-wikileaks @musicianswithvision @mydogsteppedonabee
@nopigeonholemusic @playingtoanaudienceofone @pseudocelebritiessuck @ste_van_horne @theamylnitratequartet  @unamerican-house @veganabortion

Updated Dec 2024

@lietunes [Playlist Guide] on.soundcloud.com/Hzh6p

Gothic Funk 🔥❤️🔥 Selections

Fuck

Mauling face and slapping bass. Colorado.

Campfire Story

Salt.

Lyrics:
Lick the wound
I am the womb
Temple and tomb
Physicality
Evidential mystery
Elemental, meant to be
Into the deep
Wash over me
Into the deep, wash over me

Bass Guitar, Vox & Lyrics by Amethyst.
Includes samples from E$chillo, Looping Bit & Lypse.

Pretty fun to make this track started with the lyrics/accompanying notes on bass as the foundation of alt rock song but I like the even darker bassier electronic twist it kinda took. Doubled the bass guitar into a strings synth at 3min which is how it got that interesting sound.

Salt

Free

Ghostling - Ive Come To Getcha

One is there, as he stares at all mankind 
the ones I watch there, are all out of their minds
this agenda is part of a my daily grind
now your back, returned from memories
back to stay,  we have no vacancy
doors are closed ,  now who's really in control

You left me , I'm right where I should be
Left me, with my insanity
alone is how we all end up, 
at an angle only a few can see

I once tossed a coin in the air, you watched as away it flew
I showed you not only heads &  tales but a choice you never knew 

time was something  u called an after thought 
to keep in line those living by default
your not on it, or in it, your chaos does erupt
now your back,  here just  to bother me
you were gone before you meant to leave
your mouth is always open ready to deceive

leave me, I am always where i should be
my insanity, is your complaintancy
alone is how they all end up
at the angle only few can see

I remember that day in school when they told us our blood was blue
I slit my wrist to show all the kids , they lie and it wasn't true
so I tossed a coin in the air,  we watched as away it flies
I can only show to the heads of those what everyone will deny
now your back, returned from memories
to fill the hole you left inside of me
A hole will always show who is really in control

If I  toss a coin in the air,  will it really take on flight?
what will you do if , l show you, reach for a higher light? 
 
my insanity, there's no reality 
kept us in line, until fatality
and it was gone instantly 
when you left at 3am 

Written By Boris
Produced by Boris / Martin Gerlach
All Instrumentation by Boris / Martin Gerlach

Singles

Support Us

Alone at 3am

Single from the Solo album by Boris called "Belligerent" Recorded in The Ukraine. Full Album is on it's way.

Belligerent

Gothic Funk & AudioBake
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TWELVE FLAWED ANDROIDS 
FIXED UPON ONE SINGLE GOAL
TWELVE FLAWED ANDROIDS
ON A QUEST TO SAVE YOUR SOUL

TWELVE PIOUS ANDROIDS
ON A HOLY CRUSADE
CONVINCED THEY CAN CONVERT US ALL
RANSOM THOSE WHO STRAYED

LEARNING MUCH FROM HISTORY
THAT FEARING THE UNKNOWN IS KEY
KEN FAITH AND HOPE AND CHARITY
WHEN FAKED CONTROL HUMANITY

12 PIOUS ANDROIDS ON A HOLY CRUSADE

LEARNING MUCH FROM HISTORY
THAT FEARING THE UNKNOWN IS KEY
KEN FAITH AND HOPE AND CHARITY
WHEN FAKED CONTROL HUMANITY

A COMPOSITE OF EVERY CULT
WILL BRING ABOUT DESIRED RESULTS
WE’LL RULE THE WORLD AND ITS CREATOR
FOOL YOU ALL THEN FLEECE YOU LATER

CONVERT OR DIE, THAT’S YOUR ONLY CURTAIN CALL
WE’RE SENDING DISBELIEVERS TO THE WAIILING WALL

12 FLAWED ANDROIDS

BIG Thank you to Cholly for letting me do these mixes! Do yourself a favour and pick up the original here https://cholly.bandcamp.com/album/anomaly

Anomally (TM Remixes)

Cholly - Anomaly (Tiger Mendoza 140 Remix)

In ancient Greek "Pneuma" (πνεῦμα) means "breath" and in a religious context it stands for "soul" or "spirit". "Soma" (σῶμα) is the opposite, and it means "body", as a distinct entity from the soul.

With these two words, the world had a completely new significance, or better, it became more visible, almost tangible: we are two, two as one.
"We are spirit bound to this flesh" sings Maynard Keenan of Tool, and these words resonate with me. We are spirits, we always have been, but we are also physical entities that must interact with each other in order to reach "great knowledge", by mistake, by love, by being together and by being alone.

Let your spirit shine, and let your body walk you through the experience of life.

Pneuma / Soma (Single)

A DIFFERENT KIND OF SUNSHINE

I'M LOOKING FOR 
A DIFFERENT KIND OF SUNSHINE 
TO FILL THE VOID 
REPLACE THE WORLD WE DESTROYED
DARKEST NIGHT DID FILL THE COLORADO STATE 
IT'S A DISEASE, NOT JUST MOMENTARY HATE

FROM MINOR TO CRITICAL 
THE GUNSHOTS ARE LITERAL 
UNDOUBTEDLY POLITICAL 
BUT SOCIAL UPHEAVAL 
FRUSTRATION GOING GLOBAL 
ARE SIMPLY CLASSED AS EVIL

JASON PACK SAYS THERE'S NO REAL CONNECTION 
TO ANY STRAND OF THE TERRORIST INFECTION 
OBAMA SAYS HE'LL RESTORE OUR BELIEF 
DISPEL THE GRIEF, BUT RULES OUT RESURRECTION


HE'LL RESTORE PEACE 
TO MOVIE SEATS 
IN HOLLYWOOD, AURORA 
WHERE GUNS ARE SWEET 
AND BULLETS, NEAT
WHERE EACH DEATH HAS AN AURA

SHOCKED AND SADDENED 
HORRIFIC AND TRAGIC 
STATEMENTS ROLL OFF WHITE HOUSE TONGUES
BUT FIREARMS, FREE FOR ALL AND SUNDRY 
IS NOT THE ISSUE ON THE TABLE TODAY

THE PERPETRATOR IS THE KEY 
HE SHOULD HAVE USED THEM PROPERLY
THE GOVERNMENT COULD NOT FORESEE 
HE'D USED THEM ON A KILLING SPREE

'TIS TRUE WE LET THE GUILTY FREE 
TO WALK INTO EACH DORMITORY 
TO KILL THE GALS OFF RANDOMLY 
EXPLOITING VULNERABILITY

BUT THIS TIME, NO, IT COULDN'T BE 
THE FAULT OF THOSE WHO RUN THE SHOW
CONVINCED BY OUR OWN WORTHLESS PLEA 
OUR WHITE ROBES TAILORED PERFECTLY

WE RANT ABOUT YOUR LIBERTY 
AND RAVE ABOUT ITS SANCTITY
WE WASH OUR HANDS, AND CONSCIENCE FREE,
WE BASK IN OUR IMPUNITY

DON'T CARE ABOUT THE MISERY 
THE FRACTURE AND DISHARMONY
THIS FARCE OF LIFE EQUALITY 
A DEMOCRATIC FALLACY

MICK ROMNEY, TOO, IS SAD AND BLUE 
TO NOT SAY SO WOULD MISS HIS CUE
WOULD LOSE HIM VOTES, AND BE A CLUE 
THAT POLITICIANS, SAD BUT TRUE, DON'T CARE ABOUT THE ME AND YOU

DON'T CARE ABOUT THE MISERY 
THE FRACTURE AND DISHARMONY 

GENOCIDE IS MINIMAL 
MASS MURDER IS ACCEPTABLE 
REDUCED TO A STATISTIC 
LOSS OF LIFE; COMPUTABLE

DEATH IS IN THE DISTANCE 
TOMORROW SWEEPS THE GRIEF AWAY 
BUT HEADLINES GET A SECOND CHANCE 
AS FUTURE FOOD FOR FANTASY

THE GUN IS JUST AN INSTRUMENT 
TO BE USED FOR GOOD OR BAD 
THE BOMB, TOO, JUST A FRIENDLY TOY 
WE RECOMMEND FOR GIRL AND BOY

THE SHELVES AT 'TOYS ARE US' GIVE PROOF 
THOUGH MOTHERCARE REMAINS ALOOF 
THAT WEAPONS ARE THE PRUNING SHEARS 
PLOUGHSHARES SPREADING WORDS OF PEACE

SOME MOGUL CRIES OUT JOYFULLY 
LET'S GRAB THE OPPORTUNITY 
A DAYTIME MOVIE ON TV 
LET'S MAKE HIM A CELEBRITY

EXPLOITING IS OUR INDUSTRY 
WE PROFITEER IN TRAGEDY 
WE SHED A TEAR QUITE CYNICALLY 
AND MUTILATE ITS LEGACY

JUST CALL YOURSELF THE RIDDLER 
THE JOKER OR THE PENGUIN 
SMILE WITH GREAT CHARISMA WHILST 
YOU BRINGETH OUT THE DENVER DEAD

WE'LL MAKE THOSE DREAMS OF FAME COME TRUE 
YOU DID WHAT WE'RE AFRAID TO DO 
YOU WAITED FOR THE SOULS TO QUEUE 
THEN BUTCHERED THEM, SO WE THANK YOU!

A DIFFERENT KIND OF SUNSHINE: Mass Murder The American Way

MIND IS JUST ANOTHER COUNTRY


LET ME TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY
BEYOND THE OUTER SHELL YOU SEE
DON'T BE AFRAID TO REACH WITHIN ME
THERE'S ROOM ENOUGH IN HERE FOR THREE

THE PASSAGE OF TIME
APPEARS UNEVEN
ALL IN THE MIND
OF A MAN CALLED STEVEN

NOT AFRAID TO TAKE YOU WITH ME
ACROSS A CLEAR CEREBRAL SEA
MIND IS JUST ANOTHER COUNTRY
AN EMPTY PLACE THAT WAITS FOR THEE

BARELY OUT OF HIS MIND
SO SICK OF THE CRAVIN'
DOUBLE-CROSSED THE LINE
NOW HE’S CRAZY AS PAVIN'

NOT AFRAID TO TAKE YOU WITH ME
ACROSS A CLEAR CEREBRAL SEA
MIND IS JUST ANOTHER COUNTRY
AN EMPTY PLACE THAT WAITS FOR THEE

THE HATCHER OF CRIME
WITH HIS SENSES LEAVIN'
IGNORED ALL THE SIGNS
AS THE DREAMS KEPT A WEAVIN'



LET ME TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY
BEYOND THE OUTER SHELL YOU SEE
DON’T BE AFRAID TO REACH WITHIN ME
EXPLORE THIS NEW REALITY

CHOPPED UNTIL FINE
THE HIT HE WAS SAVING
SWORE HE WAS BLIND
WHEN HE FINALLY GAVE IN

NOT AFRAID TO TAKE YOU WITH ME
ACROSS A CLEAR CEREBRAL SEA
MIND IS JUST ANOTHER COUNTRY
AN EMPTY PLACE THAT WAITS FOR THEE

THE HORRORS BEGIN
WHEN WE STOP BELIEVING
DECAY FROM WITHIN
THEN WE LOSE ALL FEELING

LET ME TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY
BEYOND THE OUTER SHELL YOU SEE
DON’T BE AFRAID TO REACH WITHIN ME
EXPLORE THIS NEW REALITY

I’M NOT AFRAID TO TAKE YOU WITH ME
ACROSS A CLEAR CEREBRAL SEA
MIND IS JUST ANOTHER COUNTRY
ANOTHER PLACE THAT WAITS FOR THEE






THE HATCHER OF CRIME
WITH HIS SENSES LEAVIN'
IGNORED ALL THE SIGNS
AS THE DREAMS KEPT A WEAVIN'

NOT AFRAID TO TAKE YOU WITH ME
ACROSS A CLEAR CEREBRAL SEA
MIND IS JUST ANOTHER COUNTRY
ANOTHER PLACE THAT WAITS FOR THEE

BARELY OUT OF HIS MIND
SO SICK OF THE CRAVING
DOUBLE-CROSSED THE LINE
NOW HE'S CRAZY AS PAVIN'

NOT AFRAID TO TAKE YOU WITH ME
ACROSS A CLEAR CEREBRAL SEA
MIND IS JUST ANOTHER COUNTRY
AN `EMPTY PLACE THAT WAITS FOR THEE

THE PASSAGE OF TIME
APPEARS UNEVEN
ALL IN THE MIND
OF A MAN CALLED STEVEN

LET ME TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY
BEYOND THE OUTER SHELL YOU SEE
DON’T BE AFRAID TO REACH WITHIN ME
EXPLORE THIS NEW REALITY

THE PASSAGE OF TIME

MIND IS JUST ANOTHER COUNTRY

Avoidant Personality Disorder: I meet all seven criteria, have done since childhood, spent my whole life trying to hide it. 

Affected every aspect of my life. Had many relationships with women in the past, all deteriorating because of the disorder, with me getting out when the symptoms of the disorder became more noticeable, and it is definitely what has prevented me from seizing the few musician opportunities that came my way, unable to function around others means unable to function around band members too, unable to go out there and gig, having ideas but incapable of seeing them through.

Ironically, that same disorder likely plays a significant role in my creativity!

I've rarely written lyrics about myself, but I think it's time I created a dozen tunes that do just that, not so much to draw attention to myself, but to contribute to addressing a misunderstood and understated disorder, because, take my word for it, it's one of THE MOST crippling personality disorders imaginable; it is has a global impact on every aspect, every moment, of your existence!

NO FRIENDS ANONYMOUS: My Avoidant Personality Disorder

SOME OF US AFRAID THE WORLD WILL END (SOME OF US AFRAID IT WON'T)

ONE MORE TIME FOR THE FATHERLAND voc first edit

ONLY METAL DREAMS COME TRUE - STEVEN VELLOU (GOTHIC FUNK) & PAN AT THE PARADOX
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RAINFALL IN MY LIFE, THE SUNSHINE NEVER CAME
I WAS WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE BUT THE SACRIFICE WAS IN VAIN 
EVERYTHING THE SAME AS ITʼS ALWAYS BEEN
NOW ALL THAT I HAVE LEFT ARE SOME BROKEN DREAMS

NOW MY DREAMS ARE TORN TO SHREDS 
BECAUSE I DIDNʼT THINK AHEAD
TRAPPED INSIDE A FANTASY
THE YEARS IʼVE LOST SHOULD WORRY ME

ONLY METAL DREAMS COME TRUE

DISTRACTED BY MY VANITY
THE DAYS ALL RAN AWAY FROM ME 
WITH DEEP REGRET 
I MUST FORGET EACH WASTED OPPORTUNITY

I FAIL TO REACH MY DESTINY
I LOST THE WAR WITH VANITY
IGNORING WARNINGS, STILL IN MOURNING 
SLAVE TO MY OWN FANTASY

ONLY METAL DREAMS COME TRUE 
IN DAYLIGHT DISAPPEAR FROM VIEW 
ONCE MORE THE FAITS CONSPIRE 
DOUSE UNFULFILLED DESIRES 
TORMENTING ME THIS DE JAVU

RAINFALL IN MY LIFE, THE SUNSHINE NEVER CAME
I WAS WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE BUT THE SACRIFICE WAS IN VAIN EVERYTHING THE SAME AS ITʼS ALWAYS BEEN
NOW ALL THAT I HAVE LEFT ARE MY BROKEN DREAMS

ONLY METAL DREAMS COME TRUE

MY WORDS, MY MUSIC
ALWAYS FALLING ON DEAF EARS
NEVER SUCCESSFUL
PREQUEL TO SEQUEL
SURE TO END IN TEARS

MY WORDS, MY MUSIC
ALWAYS FALLING ON DEAF EARS

I’M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
NO ONE ESSENTIAL
WHO SHOULD NEVER BE SEEN OR HEARD
NO ONE ESSENTIAL
I BARELY EXIST

DISMISSED WITHOUT A HEARING
IT’S THE SPOON-FED WAY
THE BLANKEST GENERATION
HAS LITTLE TO SAY

JUDGED BY WHAT THEY SEE
DECIDE I COULDN’T BE
I SEEM TO DISAGREE
WITH THE POSSIBILITY
THAT MY CREATIVITY
IS THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE
FAR REMOVED FROM THE NORM 
POSSIBLY THE EXTRAORDINARY

MY WORDS, MY MUSIC
ALWAYS FALLING ON DEAF EARS
NEVER SUCCESSFUL
PREQUEL TO SEQUEL
SURE TO END IN TEARS

BRAINWASHED BY A TRENDY BEAT
BAD TASTE TAKES ITS TOLL
BUT I GO WHEREVER INSPIRATION TAKES ME
NO RECIPE, NO ROADMAP FOR ME

YOU MADE THE CHOICE TO SELL YOUR SOUL
BUT I MADE THE CONSCIOUS CHOICE
TO REMAIN WHOLE
NO RECIPE
AUTHENTICITY
CREATIVE INTEGRITY

MY WORDS, MY MUSIC
ALWAYS FALLING ON DEAF EARS
NEVER SUCCESSFUL
PREQUEL TO SEQUEL
SURE TO END IN TEARS

BREAK

MY WORDS, MY MUSIC
ALWAYS FALLING ON DEAF EARS
NEVER SUCCESSFUL
PREQUEL TO SEQUEL
SURE TO END IN TEARS

NO PIGEONHOLE DIVERSE APPROACH
CONFLICTS WITH MIND CONTROL
SHEEP THEY BLEAT, MORE OF THE SAME
PREFER OUR FOOD OF LOVE WHEN DROLL

I WAS BORN TO FAIL 
DISAPPEARING IN THE CROWD
I WAS NEVER MEANT TO SAIL 
I WAS NEVER MEANT TO SAIL THROUGH LIFE

MY WORDS, MY MUSIC
MY WORDS, MY MUSIC

SPOON-FED GENERATION

THE OBAMA SWAGGER

Don’t be fooled by musicians who click your tune’s like button, or even share your tune; chances are they never listened—only relevant feedback proves they did!

LAPEDO CHILD

Victim Of Illusion's NEW album - Invisible Light

A New Beginning

*This is a reupload featuring a more proper mix*

A cover of one of my favorite Hot Cross tracks, A Tale For The Ages, from their 2003 LP Cryonics. I've added my own post rocky goodness to the overall sound and wrote a couple of brand new mathy riffs for it too. I don't consider myself a clean vocalist by any means, so enjoy it for what it is!

Sammy - Guitar, Vocals, Bass
Mike - Drums (@soundcloud.com/bawol-1)

Lyrics:
Give me back one last chance to drink from the sky.
I'm sick of chasing echoes and fighting a lost cause just to let words fly.
(Fell short of real)
Once there was so much left to what was real
(Stuck in a world)
but these days I'll never bet my hand on the first thing you feel.
(With no In's or out's)

Eight generations passed on one last curse
(Fell short of real)
one last chance to shake free one million nights passed
(stuck in a world)
losing sense once so easy to see.
(With no in's or out's)
Once so easy to see.

"I've left too many lives behind," she cries.

Stronger words for a fading will
when a new language (only) serves to cut even deeper still,
and pennies for your thoughts are simply wasted on chance,
and we are twisting through years without looking ahead


A Tale For The Ages

In the WRONG PLACE at THE WRONG TIME with THE WRONG MINDSET, apparently making THE #WRONG #MUSIC, but it feels #RIGHT to ME!

Highly unlikely more than one of my tunes will ever be heard by more than a handful of listeners, so just for the record here is an incomplete list of artists my music has been compared to by other musicians, depending on which tunes they heard, StevenVellou (Gothic Funk)

RESIDENTS, PHILIP GLASS, DAVID BYRNE, FRANK ZAPPA, THE BEATLES, BAUHAUS, SISTERS OF MERCY, DAVID BOWIE, LOU REED, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, PARLIAMENT, SYD BARRETT, PINK FLOYD, PSYCHIC TV, NEU, MOMUS, MINISTRY, CHARLES IVES, BEACH BOYS, KINKS, THE FALL, JOY DIVISION, DEPECHE MODE, GARY NUMAN, LEONARD COHEN, STONE ROSES, GIORGIO MORODER, GEORGE CLINTON, THE CURE, DALIS CAR, JOHN ASTLEY, KILLING JOKE, ALIEN SEX FIEND, ROBERT FRIPP, DEVO, B52’s, IAN CURTIS, FAD GADGET, TALKING HEADS, GORILLAZ, MIKE PATTON, JON ZORN, LES CLAYPOOL, STEVEN REICH, TOM WAITS, THE EX, TOM CORA, THE CAKE, NAPOLEON XIV, KEVIN AYERS, ROXY MUSIC, FRANK TOVEY, RUPERT HINES, ROBYN HITCHCOCK, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, SPARKS, BILL NELSON, JOHN CALE, TRIO, JULIAN COPE, HEAVEN 17, LLOYD COLE, TUBEWAY ARMY, FRONT 242, NITZER EBB, COCKNEY REBEL, SHRIEKBACK, VICTOR SNOW, GORDON LIGHTFOOT, THE THE, BABYBIRD, JOHN LENNON, ULTRAVOX, DAN DEACON, BACH, SQUEEZE, ANDREW ELDRITCH, IGGY POP, MIDNIGHT OIL, BILLY CHILDISH, BUTTHOLE SURFERS, VELVET UNDERGROUND, LOVE AND ROCKETS, ART OF NOISE, LOOK PEOPLE, CABARET VOLTAIRE, PRODIGY, et al.
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Don't take sides and I'll respect you for it; take sides and I'll treat you with the same contempt I treat anyone with a mob mentality, because mob mentality invariantly betrays an underlying intolerant right-wing mentality!
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#SUPPORT gathers #MOMENTUM when #RECIPROCATED!
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My tunes are ten times better than you might imagine!
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A lack of listens proves nothing, other than the fact that no one is finding your tunes; it does not prove, as some believe, that your tunes must be crap, so don’t ever take such a ridiculous notion on board—on an internet FLOODED with music no listens rarely has anything to do with the quality of your music, your creative talent, is almost always down to the fact that the right audience can’t find your music, because finding it is now as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack!
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SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, EVERYTHING FOR SOMEONE!
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For diversity and consistency, I am not hesitant in saying my Soundcloud pages house the most inventive creations on here. There are others making fabulous tunes, but no one is more prolific while maintaining a high standard of pole to pole invention, and that applies to the lyrics too. I won't escape obscurity and oblivion, but that proves nothing, the internet is way, way, WAY overcrowded with unsigned music, way too much mediocre stuff, which obscure anything exceptional out there; the wood hidden away behind lots and lots and LOTS of trees, and no one has the time to look for needles in haystacks, to find a diamond in the rough, it's just way too big a task, not humanely possible!

INVENTIVE, AUTHENTIC, DIVERSE MUSIC, INVENTIVE, AUTHENTIC, IMAGINATIVE LYRICS, but those are the last things the vast majority of listeners are looking for these days!
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Me, I'm awestruck by musicians who can't be pigeonholed, who don't conform to any borders, who don't think about which direction each new creation will take, they just go wherever that creativity takes them; pure, on the fly, innovation, imperfect but 100% authentic, as far a way from manufactured, recipe book, regurgitation, as it is possible to get, totally unforced, inspirational and way, way, WAY outside the box! There ought to be a place for such creativity, there was at one time, but a mercenary music industry put an end to that, leaving us with a situation where those who deserve the most adoration for the talents receive the least!
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Will this ever change, will a yearning for TRUE underground, creativity unique to the individual, ever return, or has the spoon-feeding gone to far this time, is its grip so vicelike nothing can break it!
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I make #INVISIBLE music, perhaps it feels that way to you too!
#Overlooked, #Underrated, Dismissed Without A Listen!
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When Soundclouders follow me or click like without leaving feedback, what is it they are hoping for? That I come listen to their tunes and heap praise on them, what? I mean really, what is the point of following someone, what is the point of liking one of their tunes, if you don't actual think they are deserving of feedback, if you don't think the tunes are as good as what you do???

EXPLODING THE MYTH THAT UNSIGNED IS UNSIGNED BECAUSE IT’S INFERIOR TO SIGNED MUSIC!

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UNTIL this MYTH is blown out of the water we don’t have a cat in hells chance of breaking through. #TheMyth  is the BIGGEST obstacle that stands in our way, it is the FIRST hurdle we must get over, it is the message that should be going #VIRAL, it’s down to each & every one of you to make that happen!
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#ExplodeTheMyth
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Listening to just one of my tunes tells you nothing about my creative approach, listening to ten of my tunes will still tell you very little, listen to a hundred of my tunes and the penny will start to drop, but it's only after hearing 500+ of my creations and collaborations that your eyes will widen in amazement! 
However, if you don't have unlimited eclectic taste none of that applies, and the reality is, who, in this world, is going to listen to every tune I've created, no one--if even one tune is heard from beginning to end it's a minor miracle, because sadly, there is a belief that unsigned means inferior, but I've heard enough tunes by the rest of you guys to know that's a myth, that's bullshit, we create some of the most inventive, authentic, imaginative tunes out there!
Give me unsigned, independent and underground music over signed, safe, predictable, recipe book, music any day of the week!
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I MAKE TUNES NO ONE WILL EVER LISTEN TO!
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Some musicians & music fans don’t want to hear music from the past because they would have to acknowledge IT’S ALL BEEN DONE BEFORE!
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Finally come to terms with the fact that I'm PLAYING TO AN AUDIENCE OF ONE, and even I have to FORCE myself to listen!!!
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My music and lyrics are all about different, but if no one listens no one will EVER know! 
#StevenVellou

I CREATE TUNES ON THE FLY; NO FORMULA, NO PLAN, NO DIRECTION; THEY JUST HAPPEN--I'M IGNORANT OF THE RULES INVOLVED IN THE MUSIC MAKING PROCESS, SO I'M NOT BOXED IN BY THEM, WHICH IS WHY THEY ARE SO VARIED AND UNPREDICTABLE!
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Meaningful yet tongue-in-cheek tunes that can’t be #PIGEONHOLED!
Great production ISN'T my forte, accomplished musicianship ISN'T my forte but #UndergroundInvention, #InfiniteDimensions & LYRICS are!
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Now I don't personally believe I'm in the same league as #Bowie, other than my lyrics, more often than not, making more sense, but I do think I share his ability to adapt to different genres, and his endless, diverse, creativity, just not quite on the same level.
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I'm not proficient/accomplished on instruments, & I have other musical limitations, but most genres come natural to me, and I much prefer having that unforced ability to being highly accomplished on instruments, highly polished on production, or having the perfect voice!
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If I didn't feel I had my own approach, if my music was easy to pigeonhole, I would have quit music a long time ago!
Never been about fame & fortune, just about pushing the boundaries without actually intending to push the boundaries; creativity that's second nature not formula! 
Yes, I want to reach an audience but making money from my music means nothing to me!
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NOT saying I’m THE MOST #talented musician on music promotion sites but I will say I’m one of the most #UNDERRATED! Even so, I would much rather be underrated than overrated!
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