This is also a beautiful song. Your vocals are amazing. 

As always, an Ian Stokes perfect blend of guitar and vocals, carefully blended with emotion and enjoyment

This song is just so special, Ian.  What a lovely sentiment.

fine song Ian, that taylor sounds warm , sits nice in the song

What a lovely song Ian.  Your vocals are really immediate in this and sound great. I also love the chickabum percussion which makes it irresistably danceable! Thank you. 

You have wrung every single beautiful note you could out of this tuning. Gorgeous guitar, vocal and lyric. Excellent vocal production. Feels like you're sitting next to me.

yes indeed Ian. Beautiful song. Great lyrics and guitar. so talented

Kiraz @TheAmbientalist @IanStokesMusic @LEIKAmusic @soulbutton @AmosRiotNight

Adagio From Within A Safe Place #3081

instrumental composed by David Paulet ( Divady )
video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFf5b_t60LI

Find Love Again_( instrumental Ballade )

The Rissingtons

Lyrics:
I was thinking ‘bout you this morning
Can’t explain exactly why
Maybe it’s just this time of year
‘Bout a year ago you said good-bye
Chorus: 
I don’t want to hold you back now
There’s nothing left to say
 
I can still see you at the kitchen table
Yeah, it’s where you started almost every day
I was reading the paper…you were reading your tea leaves
You said they helped you find your way
Chorus: 
I don’t want to hold you back now
There’s nothing left to say

So I’m writing you this letter
That I’ll probably never send
But you can read it in your tea leaves
See just how the story ends
Chorus: 
Oh, I don’t want to hold you back now
Oh, There’s nothing left to say
© David Skellenger May 2015

Reading Tea Leaves

million. Ft Trip

The well-known and very popular television series "Vikings" inspired me to write this song. Hope you like it.
Used and programmed VSTIs:
Addictive Drums2/Broomstick Bass/RealLPC+GuitarRig5/AmpleGuitarMIILight/VSCO2/DSKChoirZ

Release date: 30 January 2020

Homecoming

Impulse

A song for my brother Jim. Redone fuller version with some new lyrics, fuller instrumentation, bridge added etc. , still working on some better mastering but mostly finished. Thank you Morry for doing all the creative instrumentation and bridge! 

I put this smile on every morning
to hide the obvious trace
Of the tears that keep falling nightly
with their bitter and haunting taste

Blame keeps surging up inside me
drowning what was once a spark
If I could have you here beside me
I'd find a way to mend your broken heart

I've been holding on so tightly
I've been pushing down my heart
But it keeps rising up to spite me
Rising up to find its missing part

There are times I feel you present
though my mind knows that you have gone
Just beyond the answers we keep searching for
in a bird, the rising sun, a song

I've been holding on so tightly
I've been pushing down my heart
But it keeps rising up to spite me
Rising up to find its missing part
	 
I see you standing beside me
I can hear your words 
I wonder if you are lonely, lonely as I am without you
Some nights it takes over
Some days I can hold it far away 
But when I'm quiet I hear it inside me
knocking louder the longer I stay

I've been holding on so tightly
I've been pushing down my heart
But it keeps rising up to spite me
Rising up to find its missing part

I put this smile on every morning
To hide the obvious trace
Of the tears that keep falling nightly
With their bitter and haunting taste

Bitter Taste

Simple cover of a classic track for Halloween

Halloween

🎧 Stream or download: ffm.to/a-safe-place
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The Ambientalist - A Safe Place

The Ambientalist - Vision

℗   © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.
Recorded, mixed using Logic. Mastered in Soundcloud
Guitar played: Taylor 714CE (DADGAD tuning - all tuned down a half step).

Writing and recording this song has been a labour of love. After developing lots of different variations, tempos and styles, I hope this final version best reflects everything I was trying to express. 
LYRICS:
This is no ordinary day
This is no ordinary child
And there’s no ordinary way 
For me to say how much I love you

In the blink of an eye
A million memories
You and your brother
Your mother and me

And the world turns
New days dawn
New loves burn
New lives are born

And the next generation 
Will make their own way
And somewhere down the road
I will hear them say

This is no ordinary day……..

People talk of miracles
I’ll show you a smile
Hold the hand of the one you love
For a while

When there’s magic
On the breeze
Everything makes sense 
On days like these

This is no ordinary day
This is no ordinary child
And there’s no ordinary way 
For me to say how much I love you

In the blink of an eye
A million memories
And everything makes sense
On days like these

No Ordinary Day

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded and mixed using Logic. Mastered in Soundcloud
Guitars played: Rhythm - Taylor T5 (Koa Top); Lead - Morris Nylon String 

It's been good fun recording this song, which I started to write some years ago, sitting in a beautiful cafe in a wonderful town square in France.  Hope you like it!
LYRICS:
Behind her cool sunglasses and her long dark hair
No one sees the colour of her eyes
At her table in the corner of the cafe on the square
She watches the world go by

And he just longs to know her
As she comes to the cafe every day
But when he takes her coffee to her table
He can never find the words to say

Behind her cool sunglasses and her long dark hair
As the world goes walking by
From her table in the corner of the cafe on the square
She keeps him in the corner of her eye

And she just longs to know him
As he waits on her table every day
But when he brings her coffee to her table
She can never find the words to say

She raises her sunglasses to the top of her head
Holding back her long dark hair
At her table in the corner of the cafe in the square 
She looks up from her chair

As he brings her coffee to her table 
Just as does every day
His eyes meet hers for the very first time
No need for any words to say

Cafe On The Square

Mashup of Tiesto - Adagio for Strings and Formula None - From Within made by Kiraz

Kiraz - Adagio From Within (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Written Performed And Recorded By DMc Jan 2021.

Heart Of The Sun (Lyrics)

You're A Hurricane
Spinning Me Round And Round
You're A Runaway Train
Shaking Me To The Ground
You're An Ocean Wave
Drifting Me To The Shore
You're A Forest Blaze
Ignited You Keep Me Warm

So Get Up  Come On
Life Has Only Just Begun
So Get Up  Come On
Come Follow Me To The Heart Of The Sun

You Take Me Higher
Than I've Been Before
You Take Me Higher
Don't You Feel My Love
Don't You Feel My Love

You're A Northern Light
That Guides My Way Back Home
You're A Lightning Strike
You Fire My Heart And Soul

So Get Up  Come On
Life Has Only Just Begun
So Get Up  Come On
Come Follow Me To The Heart Of The Sun

You Take Me Higher
Than I've Been Before
You Take Me Higher
Don't You Feel My Love

So Get Up  Come On
Life Has Only Just Begun
So Get Up  Come On
Come Follow Me To The Heart Of The Sun
To The Heart Of The Sun
To The Heart Of The Sun
To The Heart Of The Sun

All Lyrics Written By DMc @Copyright2021

Heart Of The Sun

Trenchcoat

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.

Wow, hadn't realised what a journey SoundCloud would take me on.  After many years of passive listening to music I've dieted on a variety of tastes. My appetite for new sounds is undiminished and SC provides plenty of food. I am not a musician and have only recently started to listen positively to the sounds. My early years began listening to music from ABC, The Beatles, The Carpenters Dire Straits Eagles Fleetwood Mac Genesis Elton John Led Zeppelin Gilbert O'Sullivan Rod Stewart Supertramp Tangerine Dream Vangelis The Who and many more.
If you can't spot a trend in my current likes it may be because it is diverse. I love listening to all my playlists which contain tracks that I like and if you like any of the music you must thank the artists not me.

No Ordinary Day

Ian Stokes

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