A wonderful revisiting of the opening riff.  Your playing is dazzling and finely nuanced, and your song writing gives a humorous snapshot into human nature.  The video is fun to watch too:)

Just an overall really enjoyable listen from all aspects

wow, fantastic playing and songwriting! Great lyrics and singing  as well.

I want to see your live performance someday‼️

Marvelous picking technique, Bill! I am amazed. Great song overall and super vocals!

Amazing performance and song Bill. Some really interesting notes you are playing that makes this song so unique. Excellent 💯 entertainment factor 🙏

🎵 My dear musical friend Bill, what a powerful and raw piece of songwriting! Your honesty about scars both visible and hidden adds such depth to these lyrics ✨ Love how that opening riff carries us through this story of bittersweet truth 🎸 Your voice brings such authentic grit to these words about time and friendship 💫 The guitar work perfectly matches the emotional weight 🌟 So proud to call you my friend - you keep creating such real and meaningful music! ❤️ True blues-folk storytelling at its finest! 🎵​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

So very wonderful Bill..love the guitar duet! Swinging!

I’ve been ignored by some really talented people.. it is my claim to fame.

Bill on the Edge

I Never Cease To Be Amazed At The Strange Clouding Of Human Minds

Embark with me on this Cyberpunk inspired journey ♥ 

Credits: 
Enlia: music, beat, production.
https://linktr.ee/enlia
Leee Zimmer (ID3): mix, master
https://soundbetter.com/profiles/87799-leee-zimmer
AI generated artwork.

Oh, it's hard to let it go
Oh, and I want you to know
That I keep dreaming 
And I keep going
Dancing on my fears 
And I keep hoping 
That time will heal me 
Drying all my tears 

I finally wanna live 
And build a world where we'll be safe
I finally wanna give 
The love that no one gave to me 
I finally wanna shine
Allow myself to touch the light
I finally wanna reach 
So many hearts, souls and feelings

Dreaming
Dreaming

Oh, it's hard to let it go
Oh, and I want you to know
That I keep dreaming 
And I keep going
Dancing on my fears 
And I keep hoping 
That time will heal me 
Drying all my tears

Dreaming

Revisiting the classic Marilyn Scott (& Lalah Hathaway) piece. A smile means so much...
Tritone substitution exercise

Smile

Included in the EP "Reaction", available on:
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-it/album/2NVt2kTbt3vqZoVvJLZ5lD
- Apple: https://music.apple.com/it/album/reaction-ep/1746551341
- Bandcamp: https://davideangelini.bandcamp.com/album/reaction-ep-2024

Written, arranged and produced by Davide Angelini
(p)&(c) 2024 Davide Angelini

Lyrics:

REACTION
I don't like what I see all around
Certain projects are beyond the bound
Sometimes I wish I could come back a bit
in the wheel of time.

I try to find a why
The dehumanization involves you and I
An artificial world full of droning idols
makes me no so quiet.

I can't believe the way we live
A desert in the heart without relief
They're going on, the nous is gone
A crowd of automatons with no real bonds
This makes me cry, this makes me try.

Oh...What to do?
What's going on?
Reaction!
Oh...Me and you
Oh...Come on!
Reaction!

Certain people must stay down to earth
They can't decide your life and death
We gotta get strong, holding on
as much as possible.

I can't believe the way we live
A desert in the heart without relief
They're going on, the nous is gone
A crowd of automatons with no real bonds
This makes me cry, this makes me try.

Oh...What to do?
What's going on?
Reaction!
Oh...Me and you
Oh...Come on!
Reaction!

(c) 2024 Davide Angelini

Reaction

Bandcamp

REACTION

Thanks to Mark and Eric for feedback on earlier versions
https://youtu.be/mDz6Y6Z_lbI

Love Scandal

Tried to get in touch with you
but you seem to have gone with the wind
I did my best, what more could I do?
In these troubled times

Following the trail to lead me
to the next split in the road
within a moment I will navigate
and be crawling through

______________

Facing my ghosts, but I
won't leave my post
Better trust my senses
before I roll the dice
______________

Love is scandal
and heartbreaks galore
The life of a spy is always a lie
but still we try

________________
I will confess
my crimes to you
the measure was pleasure
the dice had been rigged
but I made it through

The ethics got hectic
stakes ran too high
did I get too personal?
when you said
"do as you see fit"
______________

Bring me to the window
where the light shines
from the mountaintop.
I can handle the scandal
But I can't handle love

Out of respect, eh,
Slightly aloof
Love was scandal 
Who needs proof
When everything breaks down

Love is scandal
Truth is cruel
If only we could
live again
in saner times

Buy at bandcamp

Love Scandal

Here's another song built around the opening riff.

there is a video demo of it on my greenfleamusic demo channel
here      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3DlAXvUOsQ

I have scars all over my body.. and in places that you can't see with the naked eye. But I am still strong...although I may be becoming fragile like a singing wine glass.

It can't really always be said that I am a nice guy... but if i'm your friend.. I will be the one standing there when it's no longer convenient for anyone else to be lending you a hand.

lyrics

you licked to the hard candy middle
and the sweetness was just a memory
the sour you tasted was all the time you wasted 
it was only a matter of time

hit the road and keep on walking
aint no time left for talking
hit the road and don’t look back 
theres no time left for you
no time left for you

too late for haircut and shave
the old hat will just have to do
yesterdays news wont fill the holes in your shoes
it was only a matter of time


hit the road and keep on walking
aint no time left for talking
hit the road and don’t look back 
theres no time left for you
no time left for you

Hard Candy Middle (demo)

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7vheLqFfKV7SLtHGtIX7C5?si=ZZC9HBe7Q32VJEC7c9Rw_Q

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7qnNM6bRW0Quy1FbvHSkS0?si=OSpsrMeSTPqiccVJaB1BEw&pi=7zy_3z7CTqKsk

Marla's First Night In Heaven

Re recording of an old song. Solo Guitar and vocals with a little something here and there. Recorded this evening. 

Get up early and start your day
give some time back to yourself today
find the good times all around you
Bring the fun back in your life
leave those old work shoes by the door
you made your share of sacrifice
listen friend take my advice

The time for messing around is in the past
the days are moving by so very very fast
it's time for you to have your say
don't you letting things get in your way
forget about what other people do
and don't you worry about waht they say
cause they don't know you anyway

Save me.. save me.. save me
oh won't you please
won't you save me.. from another day
of doing things in the same old way

So settle up those old affairs
all they're going to get you 
is a head full of grey hairs
you know the folks around
they still love you so
they're gonna smile and wave as they watch you go
so won't you wave goodbye to yesterday
before you get too old and slow
it's time to shine and let it go

Save me.. save me.. save me
yes and carry me along with you
on this beautiful day




Save Me

Instrumental versions open to singers/Versions instrumentales pour collab chant.
Original : https://soundcloud.com/luceole/sunny-day-dreamer

Sunny day dreamer 

I’d like to be the man down the street
dancing music in  his  head, so sweet 
Good beat, a fucking  good beat
He's Dancing on this music so sweet

I’d like to be Sunny day dreamer
dreaming the world   coming better
Like a pure man without secret
with no more pain AND no regret

he's got a time
he’s  knows the way
he ‘s come running on a  sunny day

i' d like to know the meaning of the world.
Understanding people and their words
 Good time, spending a good time
Singing life on day on  night time

I’d like to know why the earth warming
wars and famines still existing
wake up with a smile on your face 
the future does not play dice

I've got a time
I ve   knows the way
I ve come running on a  sunny day


smile on your face
A pretty song to singing 
You are  ready for love
 It's life begin


You got a time
You knows the way
Think to Making  each day sunny day



Sunny Day Dreamer (instrumental version)

This is a very old song written when I first picked up my music after a long layoff. It is written about Lena Leonardi, our landlady ( Landlord fit the song better  ) back in 1980. We moved into our new apartment when my joyce was pregnant with our first child. Lena was a sort of Philosopher.. Very hard working and always there to offer advice on whatever. She was very kind to us but she was also tough. I recall times when she would come to the back door when we were late on the rent and pound on the glass , and in her endearing Italian accent she would yell " Liggett!!!  I know you're in there !! PLEASE Liggett! PLease pay the rent !! ".. One time I came to the door and had to explain that we just didn't have the money right at the moment...she took me over to her apartment and sat me down while she prepared a couple of jars of Minestrone soup.. homemade and delicious. She said " Liggett, all you need is a little bread, a little bit of soup and a little bit of wine... that's all you need Liggett "  I never forgot her..Joyce and I talk about her once in a while and quote things she told us.. To this day she is in our hearts and minds.. almost like family. And thats how most of the Italians were to me growing up.. treated me well and looked out for me as I lived in a town called Elmwood Park known as little Italy..  Now, back in november of last year when I made the decision to start uploading all of my songs.. who is there b, among many others of course, but two who have given me the most support and good advice along with wonderful and inspiring music and words? But Michael Ansani and the beautiful folks at The Beating Edge.. From Italy...of course. Oh... and Len Benatti  .. you from Italy too?😊So.. I dedicate this song to them and wish them good fortune and calm seas ahead ! Salute!

Lyrics:

Long ago when I was 21 and I was just out on my own
a pretty new bride and a brand new son
trying hard to make a home
I wasn't ready to settle down and I needed some advice
My old Italian Landlord, she always treated me nice

A simple life and a happy home 
and everything will be just fine
But things don't always go that way 
and you can get a little bit behind
well if you lose direction and you're looking for a clue
my old Italian landlord she always knew what to do

She said:  A little bread and a little soup and a little bit of wine
that's all you need , that's all you need
a little luck and a little love and a little bit of time
that's all you need, that's all you need

I met that old lady, all those years ago
she led a very simple life and she always told you so
she was there when we were hungry 
she was there when we were broke
and even after all these years 
i remember the words she spoke

Now and then I think of her she holds a place in my mind
not too many like her so humble and so kind
I hope there's just a few spread around here and there
looking out for guys like me who need someone to care

She said:  A little bread and a little soup and a little bit of wine
that's all you need , that's all you need
a little luck and a little love and a little bit of time
that's all you need, that's all you need


All you need

New song recorded tonight. Things are what they are.. on the melancholy side.... which i'm prone to wallow in from time to time.

It has come to my attention that I haven't put my pen to paper for a while
I've been burning scented candles that suggested fields of roses for so long
and I've lately come to realize the simple reason for my lack of candor
and the soil of sordid life reveals the blameless grief left floating in the breeze
I opted out of bowing low for fear that I might make a wrenching scene

show me how I have fallen short read to me the judgement of the court
but be careful as you're coming down you're falling from the same high ground
it all comes back around

I thank god sometimes for time alone with cheap guitars and cheaper brands of wine
I avoid my past discrepancies and present time inequities like plague
and it for these very reasons that I held my tongue and stared into the sky
and stole time alone in selfishness for fear without that I might lose my mind
has my silence said enough for you today
you might think you've had it rough sometimes and want to say

show me how I have fallen short read to me the judgement of the court
but be careful as you're coming down you're falling from the same high ground
it all comes back around

Im well aware of failure as Im constantly reminded of it in the mail
and the boat that we were sailing is the one in need of bailing suddenly
have I suddenly become some different soul
and did you become the innocent that fell into the resulting hole
is it such a shocking revelation after all
made to get up off our feet before we lean to crawl

show me how I have fallen short read to me the judgement of the court
but be careful as you're coming down you're falling from the same high ground
it all comes back around


It all comes back around

last wednesday I got lucky and I could hear and record a woodpecker on a tree direct in front of me. I mix this recording in a track, I actually work on, hope the hammering is loud enough

wormholes in the totholz: the woodpecker checks the deadwood on a sunny afternoon

This is an old demo that Ive been sitting on for years and years... Theres so much more to it than what you hear here.. but I may never get to really complete it. Its part of a collection of music.. a project called " HeartBeat " a collection of tunes in either 3/4 or 6/8 ( the human heart beats in these times )

Lyrics:

Youre giving me reasons to play
youre giving me good thing to say
Youre changing my whole life today
and theres a couple thing I want to say
Its the sun on your face
its the wind in your hair
and when Im not a perfect man
its the way you dont care

youre giving me reasons to play
youre giving me good things to say
I think youre my best friend today
and theres a couple of things I want to say
your breath in my ear
and the words that Ill never find
and when im not a perfect man
its the way you dont mind..

Thanks for listening !

Reasons

This is a song dedicated to my old friend Karl heilgeist ( RIP ) A great drummer and an interesting cat.

Breeze comin through the window… I thought it might be you ..But since it’s not gonna sleep till I’m not tired.. aint gonna make my bed..  gonna sleep till I’m not tired.
No one comes to my house..  so I ring the bell myself
There’s no one around to drink to.. so I drink to myself .. here’s to me and my good health
( chorus )
Here’s to sittin all alone.. here’s to a good nights sleep… here’s to luck and borrowed time ..that may be our only wealth.. but most of all here’s to me ….and my  good health

There’s a breeze comin through the window.. and it sends me back to sleep
You cant blame the wind for blowin..  think I’ll just blame you since there’s no one else around.
And no one comes to my house.. gonna ring the bell myself
And there’s no one around to drink to.. so I drink to myself here’s to me and my good health

My Good Health

You Were Right (Built To Spill cover)

morning dew vocal lift
a quiet exhale at dawn. one take, no plan. just the room, my voice, and a bit of light coming in. it’s that moment before you remember who you are again. fragile, but alive.

morning dew vocal lift.mp3

No AI. None at all. Hello!   If I was good enough, something would have happened by now…maybe it  did and I just didn’t pay attention. Maybe I’m in the midst of something.

I’m primarily a Songwriter and play and sing too. 

I used to  perform with various talented artists. Im now returning to writing and recording.  Theres some evidence of this…

Theres always someone new to hear . 


Thanks for listening and providing inspiration via your own beautiful art.

email :   liggettservices@gmail.com

Side Note :  My goal here is to upload my catalog to date... thats something ….right?

I am humbled by your kind and generous spirit and your willingness to share it.

I’ve been ignored by some really talented people.. it is my claim to fame.

Hey there! If you’re reading this, you’re one of the few... thanks for existing! 🤟
👉We are an eclectic band that blends elements of electronic dance, metal, pop, punk, rock, synth wave and more to create a unique and engaging sound We're a bunch of very shy aliens🛸 (4 males 💁🏻‍♂️🙎‍♂️🙋🏼‍♂️🦸🏼‍♂️ and 1 female🙅‍♀️, the guitarist/backup singer). Our earthly names (and nicknames) are Tom ("Lucifer" - lead vocals and occasional keyboards/guitar), Mary ("Vampira" or just "V" - guitarist and backing vocals), Mauro ("Maux" - keyboards, piano, synths and winds), Davide ("Dave", "Quiet D" or just "D" - bass and synth bass), and Valerio ("Brad", drums and percussions). 
Enjoy the music!😉
😓Final note (or rant): this platform (and not just this one) keeps getting more disappointing. Seeing so-called ‘songs’ made with AI and a bunch of prepackaged beats from cheap apps - by people who couldn’t even play an E minor on a guitar or sing even when drunk - is seriously frustrating. In the long run, we might start showing up here less… or even leave altogether! If that ever happens, you’ll find all our other links below.
🔗https://ffm.bio/beatingedge
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