Kick ass track boys!  Start to finish, well done :)

LOVELY... ENJOYABLE SOLOS... LOVELY RIFF....

Spilling my pint all over the pub floor. It rocks.

What another Blast than made and that's totally AWESOME guys....

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Hans Michael Albers - lead and rhythm guitar
Kev Sumner - lead and rhythm guitar, vocals
Dave Friend - lead and rhythm guitar, bass and drum programming, production

Deep River Blues

Nnng Kay
Started this one a LONG time ago!!! Was inspired by a friend of mine who told me that I "Keep it Real" I thought it would be a good title..I'm sure its been used before but not by me. I cant stand people who act differently when different people are around. I wont get all passionate and pissed off while describing the song. It hopefully will speak for its self.
I will say this is just  a DEMO...It is finally finished writing and I would say 99.9% finished arranging. I really wanna record it for real..with a real drummer...with a better guitar tone...maybe with at least 2 musicians in the same room at the same time.. and especially with my vocals in shape ind in tune!!!
If you have any comments or suggestions, Id love to hear em.

Lyrics 

V1

Why should I tell you what you want to hear?
Lie to you and pretend I have been sincere
And why should I be who you want me to be?
Im the one who has to live with me

I am who I am is the man who I am and always will be

Chorus

I aint got nothin to hide aint got nothin to reveal
What you see is what you get cause Im keepin it real
You may not like what you see You may not like what you hear
Well Im sorry thats how you feel
Take it or leave it cause Im keepin it real


V2


You want me to do every thing Im told
Well Im sorry I dont fit into your mold
I guess the color of your nose is the norm
Maybe I should just give up now and conform

Let me introduce you to a man who will never kiss your ass

Chorus

Bridge

Ive spent my whole life getting to know who I am
And the trials of life are still determining this man
I know Ive got some things to change but Ill be dammed
If I bear false testimony while Im on this stand

Keep'n It Real!

Greg brought this one to me and said he wasn't too happy with the bass line that he had done, so I jumped at the opportunity and after a couple of iterations, the bass track was done. Some time later Greg came back with much more done including vocals and hinted that there were some parts of the song that could benefit from some lead guitar - an offer I couldn't refuse! Super happy to have been a part of this one and very happy with the result.

Crash N Burn - Greg Hurley / Dave Friend

IF ONLY I HAD WINGS

I'm living day by day
With worries on my mind
I got to find away
To leave them all behind
I'm dreaming I could fly
Like an eagle high
Over land and sea
Wild and free

If only I had wings 
I"d spread them out and fly
And when I reach the sky
My spirit will be high

I could maybe catch a wind
And make my getaway
Just like a refugee
To a better place to stay
If only I had wings
There would be nomore tears
I'd sail on summer winds
Away I fly

CHORUS 

I wanna fly like an eagle
High, so high...

SOLO 

CHORUS
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Instrumentation:
Acoustic guitars
Bouzoukis
Bass
Synth strings
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Words, music and production: Patrik Eriksson

If Only I Had Wings

Lyrics:

Standing here behind the curtain
Teeth are clenched and so uncertain
About the people on the other side
But there's no turning back now
As the house lights go down

Having run through this a hundred times
Thought of everything that could be conceived

I don't want to let you down
No matter what it takes
I don't want to let you down
Don't want to make mistakes
I don't want to let you down

Standing here beneath the spotlight
Hold it together and keep it tight
And keep the fear well out of sight 
There's no turning back now
And the show must go on

Having been through this a thousand times
A little comfort seems so hard to achieve

Copyright 2013 Sun Tower - all rights reserved

Behind the Curtain

I wrote this one and posted awhile back, I changed a few things and cleaned up some messy drum parts. Hope you enjoy the new version. Cheers!
Thanks for your help with the project David.

Distances / Featuring David Friend on lead guitar

This one is clearly inspired by The Beatles during their Rubber Soul/Sgt. Pepper's phase and started with the rhythm guitar parts for the verse and chorus. I forwarded those bits off to Greg and he added drums, bass and a new part that had a Strawberry Fields vibe to it. I went back and redid my rhythm guitar parts as a stereo double and Greg asked me to have a go at the bass in the verse and chorus. With those parts now in good shape, Greg added slide guitar and vocals and fired a rough mix back to me where I added the guitar harmony and solo part starting just past the 2 minute mark. From there Greg did the final tweaks on the instrumentation and did the mix and master. Greg used the Abbey Road plugin for the mastering phase which emulates the old Studer-designed reel-to-reel tape machines which George Martin used in the studio. George would bounce tracks back and forth between these tape machines to create the multi-layered songs that the Beatles were famous for during that time which broke new ground and set the standard for modern multi-tracked recordings. I highly recommend this plugin for application to digital recordings as it seems to remove the brittleness that is inherent with today's digital recording technology without losing the definition of the sound or making it sound dull.

You're You - Greg Hurley / Dave Friend

Edie Brickell is a treasure. For those of you who are familiar with her Soundcloud page, you'll know that she posts at least one new song every day and the amazing thing is - they're all great! So one day Shael and I were talking about collaborations and thought - hey wouldn't it be cool to dress up a few of these little songlets that Edie's posted and then surprise her by doing a private share of the resulting tracks? Well, that's exactly what we did. So thanks to Edie for encouraging us to post these little numbers - there's 4 in all, this being the first of them. 

just to give you an idea of where the track came from, here's the original phone recording that Edie did:

https://soundcloud.com/ediebrickell/sweet-change-of-heart

Many thanks to Edie for being the cool person she is - if you haven't already, I encourage you to check her page out as well as her website at:

http://www.ediebrickell.com/

Credits:
Edie Brickell - original song, 12 string guitar and vocals
Dave Friend - guitars, slide, bass and drum programming
Shael Wrinch - production assistance

Sweet Change Of Heart - Edie Brickell, Shael and Dave

Here's the second installment of the Edie Brickell collab tracks. In this one Edie recorded on her iPhone while sitting out on her front porch in the summer. What's incredible is the sound of the bugs which you can hear through the whole track. 

Here's a link to her original recording:
https://soundcloud.com/ediebrickell/ride-back-home

Again major thanks to Edie for being the coolest and I'm looking forward to next week's post already!

Credits:
Edie Brickell - original song, acoustic guitar and vocals
Dave Friend - tremolo guitar, production assistance
Shael Wrinch - guitars, synths, drum programming and production

Ride Back Home - Edie Brickell, Shael and Dave

Here's the 3rd of 4 Edie Brickell posts.

Edie Brickell - original song, vocals and acoustic guitar
Dave Friend - bass, drum programming and guitars
Shael Wrinch - production

He Loves You - Edie Brickell, Shael and Dave

England, Oh My England Parts I & II 
or 
The New National Anthem (Henry IV The Real Parts I & II) 

YouTube: http://youtu.be/MvICQjYKRfA

Part I

OK man, you hear me, yeh?  
Don't let 'em tell you anything man 
 Anything! 
 All you've gotta do is look for Christ's sake 
 It's madness  
Don't believe a word 
 I'm not paranoid man!
Stick with me!  
Yeah…  Yeah, I'll get you out of this
Do you wanna know what really happened? 
 You know at first you don't notice…  
But it affected everybody
Hey that's mine! Put it back!  
If you want something, ask. 
 That's how this started…

(New National Anthem)

I'm f*cking lost...
All you've gotta do is look for Christ's sake 
 It's madness  
Don't believe a word 
 I'm not paranoid man!

(New National Anthem)

You know at first you don't notice…  
But it affected everybody
If you want something, ask.  
That's how this started…

Part II

You gotta forget all that
All that’s gone man

Floating
High above the cities
Shines a lonely ray of truth

And screaming
High above the cities
Sings a lonely photobooth 
(Gone in a flash)

Face up
It's only you that matters
Or have you lost that with your youth?

(Solo, New National Anthem)

You gotta forget all that
All that’s gone man
I’m f*cking lost!
  It's only you that matters
  That’s how this started
You gotta forget all that
All that’s gone man…


© 2013 Phil McWalter


"And not a man of them brings other news  than they have learn'd of me: from Rumour's tongues  they bring smooth comforts false, worse than  true wrongs."   
Henry IV Part II  William Shakespeare

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_Kingdom_bank_rescue_package

"Some commentators noted that, although under the capitalist model inefficient private commercial enterprises should be allowed to go bust, the banks were "too big to fail". Not a single bank chief or chairman went to prison in the UK or in the US.[7]"

Broadcast in a US prog rock radio programme (now available as a podcast) http://www.progzilla.com/progressive-tracks-show-202-dark-light/

Mains Hum

England, Oh My England (Parts I & II)

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England, Oh My England Parts I & II

Dark bluesy song from our new album
music and lyrics by James Lemay

Woman you're doing right- You and Me (remastered)

Music by Gary Pratt
Guitars, Bass, Keyboards - Gary Pratt.
Lyrics and vocal melodies  - Robyn Youlten.
Arranged by Robyn Youlten and Chris Scheri.
Flutes and saxophone parts written arranged and played by Chris Scheri.
Vocals and wind instruments produced and engineered by Chris Scheri.

The Journey. Gary Pratt, Robyn Youlten, Chris Scheri - uncompressed.

Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita........
Je meurs de soif aupres de la fontaine......

Songwriter. Kitchen guitarist with inclination for orchestration and arrangement. Poet in the past.

I occasionally post solo works of "the other manager", my friend, drummer and self-taught keyboard player Maxim K.

My spotlight :-)
https://soundcloud.com/project-managers-trio/when-i-come-home-to-you

HOG IRON is the blues incarnation of Kevin Sumner and David Friend with special collaborators such as Johnny Minstrel and Hans Michael Albers. 

Deep River Blues

Hog Iron

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