Your playing always a pleasure to the ears. You took me out on the sea with this sailing vibe. Wonderful shanty feel 👍

Sweet playing man. Loving that melody. First time listener, and definitely not the last!

I love this :) This is a very nice tune. I like the rhytm and the melody. It is very chill/relaxing somethow. Well done Ian :)

What a wonderful, hypnotic track. Beautifully played and soft vocal.

Just love your style of playing man. Really swinging Jazzy feel, and expertly performed. Looking forward to hearing more!

All Alone

What a picture I have drawn  
I wonder where it all has gone  
There was a time when parties  
Drew the dummies and smarties  
 
Time travelled and with it I went  
Not knowing where I was sent  
But the children have all grown  
And I find myself all alone  
 
Bridge
 
Sometimes I feel so sad
But I know it’s not so bad
Sometimes I feel so forlorn
And wishing that I’d never been born
 
They abound and friends were near  
Now there’s only me alone here  
I didn’t see what was coming  
It was like a leak in the plumbing  
 
I raised a family and did my job  
I never tried to take and rob  
But I’m not down or depressed  
I realize I’ve done my best

All Alone (Featuring Dave Cooper)

(Written by Terry Reeves)

Terry Reeves: Vocals
Gary Reeves: Drums
Hans-Michael Albers: All other instruments, arrangement & production

Illustration: 'Floating Man' by Enrique Mendez

I don’t believe in luck but I do feel very privileged to have two angels looking after me. My wife Jo and my daughter Charlotte have saved my life on three occasions keeping me alive until the ambulance arrived. I have been told that without their interventions I would not have survived.

Both have chosen not to believe in any God or indeed any outside power that can change our lives.  There may be many of you who disagree but these are the choices we make - each of us believes what we feel is best for us.  If a belief in a higher being helps give anyone’s life more meaning and guides them through each day, we have no argument with that at all.   

I think of Jo and Charlotte as my Atheist Angels.  The care they have given me during these close-to-death experiences shows what beautiful souls they are, always there for me at the time of greatest need.   

On every occasion, there were times when I truly thought that I was drawing my last breath, my existence disappearing as they fought to save me and all I could think of at the time was that, barring my brother Gal, all of my closest male antecedents died when they were just 63.  I was the same age during these episodes and I really didn’t want my name added to the sequence.  My Atheist Angels made sure that it wasn't.

Now I am 67, a proud grandfather, still around to enjoy the experience of watching my family thrive and grow.  There is another grandchild on the way later on this year and the more time I can spend with the love of my life Jo, the better and although my illness is not exactly how I planned things, I still try to enjoy every extra moment.

The continuation of ‘Cripple Club’ with Gal and Hans has been another unexpected bonus and we plan to keep going as long as we can. Here’s to the next song - I do hope you enjoy this one.   (Terry Reeves)

The whisper of a distance voice
Two angels arriving single choice
Keep breathing slow not too much
Your not leaving just stay in touch 

I’m floating yes I’m floating yes I’m floating floating away

A feeling of desperate final breath
Lonely moment no time to caress 
Fighting every 63rd dying thought
Surviving each gulp of air caught 

I’m floating yes I’m floating yes I’m floating floating away

Has time arrived to lay down still
Not accepted by two who really feel
More than one chance to live again
The Angels alongside helping pain

I’m floating yes I’m floating yes l’m floating floating away

Fight to avoid final thought of death
A fading light continues to suggest
Only time decides what, when and how
My Atheist Angels this time will not allow

I’m floating, yes I’m floating, yes I’m floating, I’m floating
I’m floating, yes I’m floating, yes I’m floating, I’m floating 
I’m floating, yes I’m floating, yes I’m floating,
Floating to stay……………………..cont

MY ATHEIST ANGELS - CRIPPLE CLUB

This guitar based ambient track is another track from my "Endless Oceans"https://soundcloud.com/abloamberelli/sets/pablo-camberelli-sea-sounds project I have slowly been working on. These tracks are inspired from my long sea passages as a sailor on deep sea vessels in my earlier life. 
Thank you for all the great support you have shown me after my long absence I really do appreciate it ... love and peace ..Pablo
Music,composition,orchestration,arrangement, production Pablo https://soundcloud.com/abloamberelli/tracks
Mix & master Retrotone https://soundcloud.com/pablocambo
©Retro-tone Audio

Becalmed//Picking up the wind

Becalmed//Picking Up The Wind

Voix/vocals : Dominique Briand
Mix :  Peter Stevens (soundcloud.com/pwstevens)

Paroles / Lyrics
Ma fille, mon enfant 
Je vois venir le temps 
Où tu vas me quitter 
Pour changer de saison 
Pour changer de maison 
Pour changer d'habitudes 
J'y pense chaque soir 
En guettant du regard 
Ton enfance qui joue 
A rompre les amarres 
Et me laisse le goût 
D'un accord de guitare 

Tu as tant voyagé 
Et moi de mon côté 
J'étais souvent parti 
Des Indes à l'Angleterre 
On a couru la Terre 
Et pas toujours ensemble 
Mais à chaque retour 
Nos mains se rejoignaient 
Sur le dos de velours 
D'un chien qui nous aimait 
C'était notre façon 
D'être bons compagnons 

Mon enfant, mon petit 
Bonne route... Bonne route 
Tu prends le train pour la vie 
Et ton cœur va changer de pays 

Ma fille, tu as vingt ans 
Et j'attends le moment 
Du premier rendez-vous
Que tu me donneras 
Chez toi ou bien chez moi 
Ou sur une terrasse 
Où nous évoquerons 
Un rire au coin des yeux 
Le chat ou le poisson 
Qui partageaient nos jeux 
Où nous épellerons 
Les années de ton nom 

A vivre sous mon toit 
Il me semble parfois 
Que je t'avais perdue 
Je vais te retrouver 
Je vais me retrouver 
Dans chacun de tes gestes 
On s'est quittés parents 
On se retrouve amis
Ce sera mieux qu'avant 
Je n'aurai pas vieilli 
Je viendrai simplement 
Partager tes vingt ans 

Mon enfant, mon petit 
Bonne route... Bonne route 
Sur le chemin de la vie 
Nos deux cœurs vont changer de pays

Ma Fille - Serge Reggiani (cover by Dominique Briand)

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded, mixed and mastered in Logic. 
Guitar played: Taylor 714CE in standard tuning (Capo 2nd Fret)
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.
Lyrics:
Maybe one day I’ll go sailing
Out on the big blue sea
Where the fishes swim around, going up and down 
Like a fish …….was meant to be

What a lovely way to spend the day 
Just being out there afloat 
And oh what joy to shout ahoy
From the deck of a sailing boat 

Sailing along in the sunshine
Just me and the ocean breeze
Then across the bay I’d make my way
Back home in time for tea

Steady as you go
Steady as you go   

Maybe one day I’ll go sailing 
Out on the big blue sea 
Along the coast I could make the most
Of the nautical scenery

What a lovely way to spend a day 
Just being out there afloat 
See a smugglers cove or a treasure trove
From the deck of a sailing boat 

Sailing along in the sunshine
Just me and the ocean breeze
Then across the bay I’d make my way
Back home in time for tea

Steady as you go
Steady as you go

Steady As You Go

© Joe Liberty 2023. All rights reserved.

KnowingTheknownUnknowns

Led by the nose to your ordained goal
Trained to heal and fit the mould 
Deterred to look beyond the fold
Where the known unknowns truths be told

Oh to burn the flame of life forever bright
To bring the nameless dark into the light

Well blow me down
 
Yeah
Uh-huh 
Knowing the known unknowns

Break

Ah to gaze on what we yet dare to know
To ponder the secrets of the dark unknown unknowns

What we see is what we know
What we know is all we see
Behind the veil of society
Lie the unknown knowns, naturally

Oh to burn the flame of life forever bright
To bring the nameless dark into the light

Well blow me down

Yeah
Uh-huh 
Knowing the known unknowns
Knowing the known unknowns

KnowingTheKnownUnknowns

Mill Lane is our temporary rehearsal space this year - located in the nth suburbs of Hobart its a huge warehouse that is in the process of being emptied of museum equipment. Each week the space gets bigger and more cathedral like as the crates go out the roller door. Heres a little taste from the other night.. you will need to excuse me on 2 fronts - My zoom seems to be reaching the end of its life so the recordings is pretty scratchy and 2 I reckon i am a bit out of tune... anyway the energy is good and the ears locked in to what the other musician is doing which I guess is the main thing. Happy Riffing

Kirby/Ward riffing at Mill Lane

Hot Sand II Without Vocals for more Space / Open Collaboration Offer
Paploviante: Bass, Composing, Arrangement, Mix, Picture and Mastering
BPM 72/144
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On my own loony style for that great Neil Young standard! First cover here on Soundcloud with few friends participation:


- Jerome Jasmin plays the acoustic guitar
- Jean-Bernard Lepape is on drums
- I wrote the arrangement, and I sing the three vocal parts, plays fretless bass and electric guitar

Knowing that Nataly NGM great talent allows her to draw or paint almost everything required…. she accomplished that magnificent Neil portrait !

Better use headphones ! 

Hope you enjoy 🎈

The needle & the damage done                    Neil Young

India

Scotty: bass, guitars, lyrics, vocals

Should I go to bed and get a good sleep
or pop a few caps and freak some funk over beats?
We do it for ourselves to satiate needs.
After all, it's in our blood. With our cuts, hear us bleed.
Close your eyes, feel the groove, hear the words that we speak.
We must, to survive, just as some have to breathe.
Here we are. This is us. You are you. We are we.
So, why must we hide in 'reality'?

What is your 'reality'?
Is it some facade for others to see?
And has this become your identity?
And, if so, with yourself, how the fuck can you sleep?
I have no respect for the words that you speak
or how you could hide behind church or belief.
I know in your mind you're doing 'His' deeds.
But OUR God is NOT a white man full of greed.

So, come check my Reality.
I live with a wife of exquisite beauty
who stimulates my mind with each word that she speaks
and has carried and birthed us lovely children. Three.
We are both professionals and have our degrees
and understand value and living by means.
Yet somehow we struggle to pay mortgage and eat
while those who exploit keep on livin' with ease.

reality.

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 and acoustic guitar instrumentals, together with various notes about guitars played, tunings, recording etc.

I have just finished writing and recording my fourth solo album "How The Wind Knows".

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.

Steady As You Go

Ian Stokes

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