Fantastic work, Ian. Really enjoying your stuff.

Ian, thank you for the beautiful song. Now I finally know why no fish bite when I go fishing. 😉

Love the story and fantastic vocal delivery as always Ian....Such a lovely guitar too.

Just flawless Ian. Great story telling. Really enjoyed.

Daily Drops

Inorganic Beings by Per Bronco Karlsson. The lyrics are a few quotes from Carlos Castaneda´s novel The Active Side of Infinity.

Inorganic Beings

https://youtu.be/Q7HcYfDA1Jo?si=KAJzA9aN-3Z76cdr

outsider

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded, mixed and mastered in Logic.
Guitar played: Taylor 714CE in standard tuning (Capo 6th Fret)
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.
Lyrics:
Sometimes I like to go fishing 
Down on the river side
Being out there in the open air 
Watching those fish go by

With a pole and line in the water 
Sit back and just wait 
Never catch a fish
Never get a bite 
Never use any fish bait

You would not call me a fisherman 
Happy just to let things be 
I don’t bother those fishes 
Those fishes don’t bother me 

You might find me
On a summer’s day 
Down on the river side
Listening to the sound of a running stream 
Watching those fish go by 

With a pole and line in the water 
Sit back and just wait 
Never catch a fish
Never get a bite 
Never use any fish bait

You would not call me a fisherman 
I’m happy just to let things be 
I don’t bother those fishes 
Those fishes don’t bother me

Never Catch A Fish

City ​​Blues

Original by Rolling Stones 1965

Bass, drums, mix & lead vocal : PJ Project

Get Out Of My Cloud W/ PdB Orchestra

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.  Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Alto Saxophone solo. Acoustic Piano solo. Gibson L5 Electric Guitar Rhythm. Godin Nylon Acoustic Guitar Rhythm. Fender Rhodes Electric Piano Rhythm. Hammond B3 Organ background Rhythm. Acoustic Full Drum kit. Percussion Cowbell, 22" Zildjan Ride & Crash Cymbal.

Blues Street

Bluez Projectile Funktion

Bluez Projectile funktion

Infektomorph's mix and master on the same collaboration track. This song is about my least favourite personality trait I wish to abolish.

Impetus & Nemesis

Impetus & Nemesis (Infektomorph mix)

Windfall

Over And Over

NO FUSS // Short Musical Story Why Excitement Is Not Worth It …
@docfritz // Soundscapes, Music, Rhythm Design, Cover, Mix & Production
Composed, Arranged & Performed by DOCFRITZ @ OESJ 
© 2025 // All Rights Reserved

NO FUSS

TURN ME INTO A MESS MACHINE (Mighty Boosh tribute) - Steven Vellou & AudioBake

This is my new single. It’s about accepting life’s challenges, working through them and then using that learning to adapt and survive.  I’ve posted an earlier version here before but it’s remixed and mastered (RCD Audio). 
I hope you enjoy it. Take care. 
James
Lyrics:
My Uncertain Steps 

As a boy, I was scared of the sea
With my family, on a beach in Normandy, 
a French boy told me the ghosts of drowned sailors grab your legs and dragged you down
I wouldn’t go in! 
Too naive and trusting! 

As a teen, I was all over the place! 
Always confused, just didn’t know which way to face
Too many temptations, suggestions and thrills, distracting and wild
Couldn’t think straight 
Couldn’t concentrate! 

It was always their demands and directions 
Had to meet their dreams and expectations 

My uncertain steps
No confidence 
(Trying to find my own way)
My uncertain steps 
At my own pace
(My way) 

My wreckage of a life, with this chaotic love
Constant demands, you can never do enough 
Mix in the bullies, the twisters and those egos too
It pulls you apart
Breaks your heart 

I’m seasoned, I now know this path
One crisis avoided, another starts 

My uncertain steps
More experienced 
(Trying to find my own way)
My uncertain steps
At my own pace 
(My way) 

And now I expect to see the worst
In everyone and everything I know
Just know how it is, but feel I can somehow 
see it through

(outro) 
I’ve got friends (for my uncertain steps)
I’ve lived and learnt (for my uncertain steps)
I’ve got you (for my uncertain steps) 
I’ll get through this (my uncertain steps) 


James Whiteman copyright  18 January 2024

My Uncertain Steps (Single version)

Mother Goose

Here’s a cinematic track with strings, synths, horns, orchestral percussions and electronic drums.
Have a nice trip and thank you for listening :)

Composition: Julien Apelian
Recording studio: Audio Colors

Journey Through Dimensions

Guitar meeting sax tenor

You can find this track on the Album : Noise Experiment
https://gommusic2.bandcamp.com/album/noise-experiment

NO NOISE WALTZZZZ collab Henry Koek & Christophe Meulien / GOM

Heavy Punk Rock 'n' Roll band turns into Synthwave nowadays! Brand NEW album "Ultraviolet Cosmos" available NOW!

Welcome to 2024 and thank you for visiting my Soundcloud page. 
It's great to connect with so many talented musicians here on Soundcloud! On this page you'll find my original songs (including 4 albums) and acoustic guitar instrumentals (including 2 EP's), together with various notes about guitars played, tunings, recording etc.

I am in the process of writing my fifth album which I hope to record at some stage during the year..

Musical influences for me have been many and varied including for example Bert Jansch, John Martyn, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Mark Knopfler, BB King, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Fairport Convention, Paul Simon,  JJ Cale, Eric Clapton, Colin Hay and John Mayer.

Hope you enjoy listening to my music.

Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.

Never Catch A Fish

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