Wow Bill, this is an amazing journey of emotive and complex chords.

Great catchy vocal lyric track..great acoustic guitar..perfectly executed..captivating & passionate execution..excellent mix & recording production!

Another great song! It's an old record or have you redone this?

A real sense of being front seat at a music club with this one - smoke filling the air, beer in the belly and poetry in the ears. Wonderful work. 👍

You literally bring that guitar to life! Damn, what a beautiful song, Bill! Well done.🙌👏🏻

Real, up close, wonderful voice and playing man, and the song concept is so relatable and captivating … and original. 🎩

Thank you for this heartfelt song, Bill, really beautiful...

A slight echo of Nick Drake, while still being very original.  I really like this.

A request from a dear friend whom I have known since I was 17. 
We have shared some wonderful times through the years, on the Isle of Arran, Edinburgh and France. She is a constant light, and I give thanks for her friendship.
Recorded this morning, guitar and vocal together, then added some mouthie

Carey ( Joni Mitchell )

Original Song by Bill Liggett   Rick Ledgerwood ( Bass ) Larry Sell ( Harmonica ) Bill Liggett ( Guitar and vocals )
Please believe me, not because you should, only just because its true
I shot all the bad guys from a thousand miles away
But that was when my aim was oh so true..so true
Catch it on the evening news not because it's true, only just because its information
I jumped in front of danger , back when my legs were strong
But that was when my legs were oh so strong... so strong
Chorus:
Strange things happen and they happen to so many, many strange things happen all the time.. strange things happen and they happen to so many , many strange things happen all the time
And when they do you'll have to wonder are they worth a nickel...or a penny..
A Nickel or a penny
Read it like a romance, not because you should...only just because I might have died and broke your little heart
But a steadfast hero I remained back when my heart was strong
But that was when my heart was oh so strong... so strong

Nickel or a Penny (Song for Adele take 2)

6. Sky Light Grey - this is the second collaboration I’ve done with Mark Spruce (Original Spruce). These are his lyrics about a moving, spiritual encounter with a robin in an English churchyard and how it triggered thoughts of his father in law’s spirit visiting through that bird. I found it really moving. My tune and performance. Mastered by RCD Audio. 

Sky light Grey 

I’m here, I’m still here
And I will always be here 

I stood in the church yard
Cold winters day
My back to the beach tree
Sky light grey

On the branch above me
Cock robin perched 
He sang then stared intently 
I returned his gaze

He repeated his song
And looked again
I smiled and nodded
Like we were friends 

I turned so slowly
As he moved to another branch
Eyeball to eyeball 
Repeat performance 

We both stood still
Locked in our game
He moved on once more
To repeat his refrain

I turned one eighty
When he landed behind me
My smile got wider
My heart got lighter
Watching each other
I'm absorbing this experience 

Then he came closer
We had circled the tree
A mystical moment 
This bird and me

You said your father
Would return
In the spirit of a robin
Watching over us one day

As I stood in that churchyard
Lost in that moment
I felt your father 
Came back to say

I'm here, I'm still here
I will always be here


Mark Spruce copyright Feb 2024

Sky light grey (EP version)

another from the archives.. This one has special meaning to me... Things can get very difficult.
I never played this live.....for good reason....I listen to this and it brings back pain... and anguish... tears.

Lyrics:
Lying on his bed.. his hands hold his head
He prays his house to keep and not his soul instead
for his faith was in a man who ran a good campaign
now his dreams they all are hungry
and standing in the rain he’s asking please..

Show me..   show me that you’re real
Show me … show me please .. please
please.. please… pretty please?

End of the day.. babes tucked away
she prays they wont go hungry  for another day
butn her prayers they are not answered
by the silence in her head
Kneeling by the bedside instead of counting sheep
shes asking please…
Show me… that you’re real
Show me…….

Sometimes at night..alone in my head
I pray my job to keep and not my should instead
for my faith is in the notion that someday I mi9ght see
that theres someone out there listening to the voices
As they’re asking please…..
Show me…. show me that you’re real
Show me please….. please please…
Please?
Please?
Pretty please?

Pretty Please

New start after finishing SC and Spotify Album - Eccentricity so Beautiful.
This title jumped off a page and lately in the live act we've been doing some 80s songs: I think that influenced the approach here.
 
Decarbonizing Aviation
Decarbonizing Aviation
 
It’s a new concsiousness
Vapor trails gone West
Sometimes you got to make a change
To keep love on forever’s path
Your shaking trees are exhausting me
Better a sundown heart to heart
 
Decarbonizing Aviation – night swimming and seeing it spark
Decarbonizing Aviation – going steady yeah not too fast
 
Glaciers and shrinking
Habitats and mourning
Can we glide the plane back home
Gotta give up on bad bad stuff
Seven days of denial nights
I think we know that enough’s enough

Decarbonising Aviation

This is a song that got written.
Listening to my vocals.. seems like a have always had some slight snags in breathing technique. Any ideas of where to get some vocal coaching would be welcome.

This song could really use some bass and lead..

Well i'm staring through a hole of a broken soul
trying to get a sense of what the future hold
am I looking for a world that could never be
while the vision I hold floats away from me

will I be standing in the warming light of your love
will I be standing at the edge of my life waiting for a shove
time may change the way we feel
but honey won't you help me heal 
this broken soul..

Now im lying on the floor looking back in time
living back in the day became a habit of mine
looking at the way things might have been
it might be time instead to find a place to begin

I remember the very first time we made love
I had barely a whisker and you were such a lovely dove
honey some things never change
but it might be time to re-arrange
this broken soul

I won't ever be the one
to say it can't be done
but i'm looking at the way things are today
and the trying times have just begun

Now i'm standing at the fork of an open road
and i'm heading up a hill with a heavy load
while the gage is running low I better take it slow
I might just miss the sign and i'll never know

and there ain't no one around to blame but myself
while im looking through the dusty pages taken from a shelf
although my fate is not yet sealed
im looking for some help to heal
this broken soul

I won't ever be the one
to say it can't be done
but i'm looking at the way things are today
and the trying times have just begun

Broken Soul (Demo / Archives )

Special thanks to Hemanifezt for his acappella.....

NO DEBATING .  🎧 .  feat HEMANIFEZT

Recorded today.. old song. I was having a discussion with some new friends, Beating Edge. about the state of affairs on SC..  What were were working on.. I told them I better get busy recording. Tired or not.. here it is..

Any advice on recording quality will be appreciated. Panning.. mixing.. clipping.. burning ,, itching.. levels.. effects. etc.

Im alone today so I could sing as loud as I want without disturbing anyone.. Im recording vocals on my old stage mic. Shure SM 58

Lyrics: Not sure what brought this song about but I know the music is part of a project called " Heartbeat " compositions in 3/4 and 6/8..  (the rhythm of the beating heart at rest and elevated..)

Flaws and mistakes
confrontations and trivial wake
waving of hands
pointing fingers and kicking up sand
stopping to see
what will they call me when tensions have eased
Im waiting to hear
hit the next volley and wipe the next tear
but ill take time out.. to wake up and shout
my apologies dear

Shame and regret
I wonder just how much worse it can get
dismal and drab.. time for someone to pick up the tab
turn back the clock.. read every line 
re-run the film and lift every rock
look for the reasons but prepare for the shock
ill take time out..
to whisper about
my apologies dear

fighting and hatred are so absurd
can you hear the echo of my last work
its time for someone and why not me 
to say from my heart
as its falling apart
my apologies dear..


My Apologies

I Contain the Signal

Separate Checks

(French cover) Version française de la chanson  ♥ Lava ♥
Vidéo sous-titrée en anglais (Eng subtitle video) :
http://xanylovem.free.fr/vidos/lava-reprise.html

Arrangement guitare et scie: XanyloveM
Voix: XanyloveM et FaDe https://soundcloud.com/fa-d-1

NOTE: I discovered this original song at the cinema on the first part of a PIXAR cartoon movie :-))

LAVA Cover French (original Pixar vidéo link with Eng Subtitle)

Songwriter. 

I did a lot of public performance with various talented artists. Im now returning to writing and recording.  UPDATE:  Ive found so many great artists to follow but im afraid I cant keep up. Theres always someone new to hear and I dont think I can keep up with the listening and returning support without some delay...

I really did not expect this much support.. I had no idea about the generosity and warm welcome from this community. I will do my best  🙏🏼

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 I really want to do before this life is over.. ( Im feeling fine today ). Theres so many people out there like me.. who may not ever get the chance to share the creative spark within themselves ... the small ( or large ) contribution to the culture of humanity . This platform.. as others currently and in the past, brings the entire world together in one harmonious creative voice. And if nothing else, shows us that we can really all get along just fine with each other if left to our individual creative desire to do so..

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

Pretty Please

Bill Liggett

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