I really like this song, your guitar and vocals are really excellent!

Very pleasant to listen to. I like the little instrumental run. so you do xy technique in guitar? sounds brilliant here!

This is definitely a compliment, but this sounds just like my dad playing back in the day. Great song too.

I can easily hear a simple harmonica coming in after the chorus parts (again, remembering playing with dad).  😁

You are a great guitarist Ian , great song and performance !

Lovely Traditional Music. Great Songwriting x

Once again great work here, looking forward to hearing more!

beautiful crisp guitar and melody...like the image of people distant/different looking at the same river the same moon the same shooting star is such a wonderful perspective..guitar is so rich and deep in tone and feeling

Music : Dgé breton / Lyrics : Jean FAUQUE    (Sacem Protect)
written, performed, mixed and mastered on Mac Power PC G4. Cubase 5,0, by Dgé breton
All instruments by Dgé: 12 strings guitar, Strat guitar, drum, bass, chant/ Choeurs : Dgé & Joyce.
****I have a clip on youtube  Cool if you checked  out my page
 https://youtu.be/zEz-_FtzQo8
Chacun d’ entre nous mérite d’ avoir un jour particulier, un jour où tout va bien, sans problèmes, se laisser aller n’ importe où dans la tête, voyager au gré de ses envies sans aucune frontières, être complètement cool , quoi ! Voilà donc le propos de ma chanson.
que je vous laisse découvrir. 
Nice farniente for summer to everybody.
« J’ VAIS BIEN » (lyrics)
J’ aperçois le soleil dans mon sommeil 
Il n’ a qu’à m’ emmener ou ça lui plaît 
California beach c’ est là 
Je pars en voyage en tapis de plage    
Sous mon plafond’ étoiles, je mets les voiles

Aujourd’hui, j’ vais bien , je fais des bulles dans mon bain 
Aujourd’hui j’ pense à rien, à rien
Je t’ emmène bien loin, les idées c’ est pour demain
Aujourd’hui c’ est trop bien,  trop bien

 Un collier de corail sur ton chandail 
Tu t’ appelles la folle au parasol.                                      
California song, chaise longue 
Dis, tu me suis dans mon envie de ne rien faire 
Tu sais des fois l’ hiver tourne à l’ envers 

Aujourd’hui, j’ vais bien , je fais des bulles dans mon bain 
Aujourd’hui j’ pense à rien, à rien
Je t’ emmène bien loin, les idées c’ est pour demain
Aujourd’hui c’ est trop bien,  trop  bien

"Each of us deserves to have a special day, a day when everything is fine, without problems, to let go anywhere in the head, to travel according to our desires without any borders, to be completely cool, whatever. .! So that's what my song is about
which I let you discover.
Nice idleness for summer to everybody.

(google lyrics  traduction: I'M GOOD
i see the sun in my sleep, He just has to take me where he likes California beach it's there
I'm going on a trip in a beach mat, Under my star ceiling I set sail
refrain: Today, I'm fine, I make bubbles in my bath Today, I think of nothing, of nothing
I'm taking you very far, ideas are for tomorrow Today is too good, too good
A coral necklace on your sweater
You call yourself the madwoman with the parasol.
California song, lounge chair
Say, you follow me in my desire to do nothing, You know sometimes winter turns upside down
Refrain:Today, I'm fine, I make bubbles in my bath Today, I think of nothing, of nothing
I'm taking you very far, ideas are for tomorrow Today is too good, too good

J' Vais Bien

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded, mixed and mastered in Logic. 
Guitar played: Taylor 714CE in standard tuning (Capo 1st Fret)
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.
Song Notes:
For those who have expressed an interest in how I record my acoustic guitar, I use two small diaphragm condenser mics set up in an XY pattern mounted on a stereo bar within a reflexion filter. I record identical versions of the guitar tracks and then select one for the stereo left channel and one for the stereo right channel. 
Soundcloud has proved to be a wonderful place to connect with musicians and with people who love to listen to music all over the world. There is something truly magical and inspirational about receiving feedback from someone who has listened to my music. 
It’s incredible to be able to post a song on Soundcloud and know that someone - maybe on the other side of the planet - or as the song says "...down in the delta..." has somehow connected with my music.
Thank you for listening!!

LYRICS:
Winding its way through the canyon 
Like a snake in the mid-day sun
I could sit here for a lifetime 
And watch that river run
And somewhere down in the delta 
Where the river runs to the sea
Maybe someone is watching that river 
Someone just like me

Running wild, river running deep 
It’s something I can’t explain
But somehow I feel that river
Is running ………….through my veins

It’s a universal story
Under the mid-day sun
Another life in another lifetime
Will watch that river run
And somewhere down in the delta 
Where the river runs to the sea
Someone will watch that river 
Maybe Someone just like me

Running wild, river running deep 
It’s something I can’t explain
But somehow I feel that river
Is running ………….through my veins

Someone Just Like Me

Volume on 11 for this one …. The pulsating rhythms instilling a sublime sensation of both restraint & motion, like driving. Part one is a guitar ensemble and later part 2 introducing bass effects and an addictive synth motif hook

AutoBeat

where would we bee without the honeybee,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,cheers for having a listen

Honeybee

Across This Land (Original)

The eternal quest for inspiration,starring the inevitable setbacks. 

Searching for inspiration
Sweating blood and tears
Sometimes all information
Just disappears

Easy times in days of youth
I knew the way
Time to face the hard truth
I've nothing left to say

It's all gone away

Nothing left to say

Running down a dead end street
Chasing the muse
Finding more chaff than wheat
Nothing to use

Nothing left but tired old tat
Done the same old way
Pick the lyrics from a hat
No one listens,anyway

It's all gone away

Nothing left to say

Chasing The Muse

© Joe Liberty 2023. All rights reserved.

For my darling wife Suzanne

JustForYou


Feeling kind of dark inside
On the edge just scraping by
And hoping for more
Cynical of the past
Waiting for another chance
Then you came through the door

When I looked into your eyes
Couldn’t help loving you, loving you
And I still get kinda high
When you come by

No matter what’s in store
I know one thing that’s for sure
I’ll be saving all my kisses for you
Just for you

I was lost in a black abyss
Needing more than a quick fix
And the spark for the catalyst 
Was the passion of our first kiss

Well things don’t always go as planned
Sometimes you know shit hits the fan
But I don’t get sore
Counting blessings yes indeed
Got what I want and what I need
When you came through the door

Now when I look into your eyes
Can’t help loving you, loving you
And I still get kinda high
When you come by

No matter what’s in store
I know one thing that’s for sure
I’ll be saving all my kisses for you

I’ll be saving all my kisses for you
Just for you

JustForYou

ELLE S’APPELLE ELSPETH C’EST FOU CE QU’ELLE DÉVORE 
ELLE EST DE L’ESPÈCE DES SOURIS PAPIVORES
OTHELLO MACBETH COOPER FENIMORE
BIEN SÛR MONSIEUR TESTE AND SO MANY MORE

AND IN A WORLD OF WORDS SHE LIVES UNDER THE SPELL JUST LIKE A MILLION BIRDS QUI LA FRÔLENT DES AILES

PLEASED TO MEET ELSPETH
MAIS NI REGRETS NI REMORDS SHE’S ALREADY FOUND HER BEST FRIEND AND SO MUCH MORE
YOU LUCKY ANDY

ET DANS SON MONDE DE MOTS SON UNIVERS DE LETTRES 
C’EST DES MILLIONS D’OISEAUX QUI LA FRÔLENT PEUT-ÊTRE

COMMENT ELLE S’APPELLE ELLE S’APPELLE ELSPETH 
COMMENT ÇA S’ÉPELLE DON’T KNOW HOW TO SPELL 
AD LIB
AND IF YOU DON’T THINK PARIS WAS MADE FOR LOVE GIVE LONDON ONE MORE CHANCE

LA SOURIS PAPIVORE (Lyrics) song for Elspeth

LYRICS 

8 billion people stopped praying today
Planes fell from the sky, fell like rain
Cars went crashing off of the roads
Tsunami waves landed on the coast

When I think how it ended tween you and me 
I begged the whole world to get back on their knees 
Please

Golden Gate Bridge is in the sea
The angels refused to intervene
The nations armies have gone to war
Those petty thoughts went out the door 

When I think how it ended tween you and me 
I begged the whole world to get back on their knees 
Please

Please forgive me for my selfish ways 
I know the whole world is falling away
My baby got caught up in this mess 
I didn’t try - didn’t do my best

When I think how it ended tween you and me 
I begged the whole world to get back on their knees 
Please

Begged the Whole World

I started out, I had no plan
I took a job and soon was working for the man
And now it seems through modern dreams
And all I've done is learn to live beyond my means
Yes we have the house, And we have the car
And paid for it all, on some credit card, now that ain't right!
Oh no, no

My second home, your student loan
And every year I got myself a brand new phone
Can't do without, don't have the nerve
I tell myself that these are things that I deserve
Yes, I can't make do,  With just half my chеque
I need all those things, so I live in debt
Now that ain't right
Everything that I thought I knew
Everything I was told, was true
I was living a lie and I never ask why
And now I don't know what to do
I guess I can't keep up, I guess I can't keep up with the Jones

I can't slow down, I've lost control
I've  double down and tell myself I'm on a roll
It's not my fault, it's not like me
I never saw myself as someone who ain't free
Now I'm wondering, has it gone too far?
Should I pick up the cheque, At this hotel bar? Now that ain't right!
No, no, no
Everything that I thought I knew
Everything I was told was true
I was living a lie and I never ask why
Now I don't know what to do
I guess I can't keep up, I guess I can't keep up with the Jones

I was living like the money was king
I let it have the power on me
Now I recognize the funniest things
Is I'm broke and now I'm finally free hee hee hee-hee!

We all know life don't go as planned
So now I'm buying all my records second hand
It's brought me these, I've come to see
That all my greatest joys in life are always free
I still have my house, But I've sold my car
It felt so damn good, To cut up those credit cards, yeah that felt right!
Yeah, yeah, oo!
Everything that I thought I knew
Everything I was told was true
I was living a lie and I never ask why
Now I don't know what to do
I guess I can't keep up, I guess I can't keep up with the Jones

v5.05

Up With The Jones

In this fictional story, Madlyn, "the little girl dressed in blue" from the track, Climb Up the Ladder is missed by her dad. We've gotten a number of condolence messages. I guess we did a good job on this track!

Ruby LaRue

MADLYN

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 over these winter months.

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.

Someone Just Like Me

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