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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

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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

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

LET ME INTRODUCE YOUR MIND


LET ME INTRODUCE YOUR MIND TO A NEW WAY OF THINKING
LET ME INTRODUCE YOUR MIND TO A NEW WAY OF THINKING

WHAT YOU BELIEVED UP TO THIS POINT
FORGET IT ALL, DELETE RECALL
REMOVE THE STAIN, DEFER TO FREEZE FRAME
PRESS REWIND, REDESIGN, 
REWRITE WRONGS, FOR ONCE ACCEPT THE BLAME

LET ME INTRODUCE YOUR MIND TO A NEW WAY OF THINKING
LET ME INTRODUCE YOUR MIND TO A NEW WAY OF THINKING
A NEW WAY OF THINKING

WHAT YOU BELIEVED UP TO THIS POINT
FORGET IT ALL, DELETE RECALL
REMOVE THE STAIN, DEFER TO FREEZE FRAME
PRESS REWIND, REDESIGN, 
REWRITE WRONGS, FOR ONCE ACCEPT THE BLAME

LET ME INTRODUCE YOUR MIND TO A NEW WAY OF THINKING
LET ME INTRODUCE YOUR MIND TO A NEW WAY OF THINKING

WHY, OF COURSE, MISLEADERS OF THE WORLD
DON’T WANT YOU TO THINK FOR YOURSELVES
FOR THAT PRESENTS THE GREATEST THREAT
BY ANY MEANS IT MUST BE MET

LET ME INTRODUCE YOUR MIND TO A NEW WAY OF THINKING
LET ME INTRODUCE YOUR MIND TO A NEW WAY OF THINKING

WHY, OF COURSE, MISLEADERS OF THE WORLD
DON’T WANT YOU TO THINK FOR YOURSELVES
FOR THAT PRESENTS THE GREATEST THREAT
BY ANY MEANS IT MUST BE MET

WHAT YOU BELIEVED UP TO THIS POINT
FORGET IT ALL, DELETE RECALL
REMOVE THE STAIN, DEFER TO FREEZE FRAME
PRESS REWIND, REDESIGN, 
REWRITE WRONGS, FOR ONCE ACCEPT THE BLAME

DRINKING MEDIA KOOL AID
EATING POLITICAL BULLSHIT
INTERFERING WITH TRANSMISSION
ALL DESIGNED TO MAKE THINGS FIT

LET ME INTRODUCE YOUR MIND TO A NEW WAY OF THINKING
LET ME INTRODUCE YOUR MIND TO A NEW WAY OF THINKING

DRINKING MEDIA KOOL AID
EATING POLITICAL BULLSHIT
INTERFERING WITH TRANSMISSION
ALL DESIGNED TO MAKE THINGS FIT

LET ME INTRODUCE YOUR MIND TO A NEW WAY OF THINKING

I'm not political, I'M A POLITICAL ATHEIST, I hold humanitarian views, which can easily be mistaken for political views because humanitarianism covers the same issues as politics.
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I criticise both Democrats and Republicans, LEFT, RIGHT & CENTRE, I'm not fool enough to trust either; nothing I can do about people confusing humanitarianism with politics, but I will never be silenced!
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I don't respond to likes, I only respond to feedback. Likes mean nothing, they achieve nothing, feedback is by far the best to give support, it increases and maintains the visibility of posts, which results in more visitors come to the page, and that, in turn, results in more feedback. To me a LIKE with no accompanying feedback is saying, your tunes isn't good enough for me to leave a comments, your music isn't as good as mine, so don't waste your time clicking like if you don't think my tunes are worthy of feedback because I will ignore it. 
A like without feedback could also mean, you never actually listened at all; either way, I find it insulting so ignore it, but if you do leave feedback I will show you the same respect, listen to your tunes and leave feedback!

WITCH-HUNT (SMELLS LIKE TRUMP'S BULLSHIT) Version 1

I RECOGNISE THE STATE OF PALESTINE, DO YOU?

I don't respond to likes, I only respond to feedback. Likes mean nothing, they achieve nothing, feedback is by far the best to give support, it increases and maintains the visibility of posts, which results in more visitors come to the page, and that, in turn, results in more feedback. To me a LIKE with no accompanying feedback is saying, your tunes isn't good enough for me to leave a comments, your music isn't as good as mine, so don't waste your time clicking like if you don't think my tunes are worthy of feedback because I will ignore it. 
A like without feedback could also mean, you never actually listened at all; either way, I find it insulting so ignore it, but if you do leave feedback I will show you the same respect, listen to your tunes and leave feedback!

DO YOU BELIEVE IN ART (THE DEATH OF DAVID BOWIE)

Listen, leave feedback, and I PROMISE to do the same for you! Swapping support and hype is FREE PROMOTION; paying for promotion is throwing money away on a SCAM! @Steven A Horne @MusiciansWithVision

Likes alone don't do anything; only feedback brings more listeners!

Feedback keeps the post in circulation, and it serves as hype; people respond to hype; on the other hand, viewers see posts without feedback and assume it must be crap so they don't even bother to listen; psychology!

Some of the best music on Soundcloud gets no attention precisely because of this negative psychology! 

And some genres are pushed right out of the picture, even though the artist is making some to finest music on there!

SPEAKING SEMAPHORICALLY

I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE TUNES ON THIS PAGE STAND UP TO ANYTHING DAFT PUNK or equivalent bands HAVE DONE! To prove me wrong you would need to listen; give these tunes several listens and I think you will come to the same conclusion!

Listen, leave feedback, and I PROMISE to do the same for you! Swapping support and hype is FREE PROMOTION; paying for promotion is throwing money away on a SCAM! @Steven A Horne @MusiciansWithVision

Likes alone don't do anything; only feedback brings more listeners!

Feedback keeps the post in circulation, and it serves as hype; people respond to hype; on the other hand, viewers see posts without feedback and assume it must be crap so they don't even bother to listen; psychology!

Some of the best music on Soundcloud gets no attention precisely because of this negative psychology! 

And some genres are pushed right out of the picture, even though the artist is making some to finest music on there!

GROOVE CONTROL

Practice HUMANITARIAN SOCIALISM and prove to the world that we’re not just bog-standard, self-absorbed, one-dimensional, musicians--actively contribute to making this world a better place....DON'T JUST CRUISE, ROCK THE BOAT!

Together we can go further than if we each go it alone! Genuine support, genuine listens, genuine likes, genuine, meaningful, #feedback, encourages you, encourages me, #encourages all of us; motivates us, #inspires us, lifts our spirits--I know it does mine....positive feedback puts me on a high for the rest of the day!

DON'T JUST LIKE, LISTEN; DON'T JUST LISTEN, COMMENT; DON'T JUST COMMENT, SHARE!

TWO STUPID SODS

BRING ME THE HEAD OF THE GOVERNING BODY

BAD TRIP....HOP

RIGOR MORTICIA

This world is split right down the middle....US & THEM....and don't you forget it!

THEY THINK THEY'RE BETTER THAN US re-edit

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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