'Maybe'

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded and mixed using Logic. Mastered in Soundcloud
Guitars played: Morris Nylon String in standard tuning.
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.

I wrote this instrumental as a tribute to all buskers who bring a little joyful music and light to our streets.

The Busker

also available on YouTube and more streaming platforms
https://youtu.be/uHLnBHH-jME

Study Session

Suspense Lullaby Box

When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.
I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.
                            - Christina Rossetti, 1848

Grand Plans

Dearest

JTS rendition of Cure for Pain. Song from the second studio album by alternative east coast rock band Morphine, released through Rykodisc in September 1993. Morphine and frontman Mark Sandman were made famous when their music was included in the movie Spanking the Monkey, a 1994 American sick comedy film written and directed by David O. Russell. It was filmed in Pawling, New York, worth finding and how I first heard them. Tracks from Cure for Pain are used throughout the film, including "In Spite of Me" which plays over the end credits

Morphine was one of the best live bands to see in the 90s, especially at the Showbox in Seattle, saw them twice a few years apart, last in 1997, show live audio recording￼: https://youtu.be/tyAeM5qEXPo

Mark Sandman (b. September 24, 1952 – d. July 3, 1999) was an American singer, songwriter, musical instrument inventor, multi-instrumentalist and comic writer. Sandman possessed a distinctively smooth baritone voice and a mysterious demeanour. He was an indie rock icon in the Boston/Cambridge music scene and best known for Morphine. Sandman was also a member of the blues-rock band Treat Her Right and founder of Hi-n-Dry

On July 3, 1999, he suffered a heart attack on-stage during a concert in Italy and died instantly

He was highly regarded by legendary bass players for his unique "slow and murky" style, with Les Claypool, Mike Watt, and Josh Homme all citing Sandman as an influence. Bass was my first instrument and his playing style changed how I think of what a bassline is. Sanman was also responsible for he 2-string bass of Chris Ballew of the Seattle Supersonic super band TPOTU$A

Sandman was born to a Jewish American family in Newton, MA. He graduated from the University of MA and then worked a variety of blue-collar jobs, including construction, taxi driving, and commercial fishing. Sandman once noted he would often earn considerable overtime pay, which allowed him to take leave of work and travel outside of New England to places such as rural Colorado—the setting for a number of Treat Her Right and Morphine songs penned by Sandman, including "Thursday," "The Jury," and "I Think She Likes Me”

Two tragic events affected Sandman's life and would later influence his music: he was robbed and stabbed in the chest during a robbery in his cab, and his two brothers died. These events would later be recounted in the Treat Her Right song "No Reason." His mother, Guitelle Sandman, later self-published Four Minus Three: A Mother's Story, a book about the loss of her three sons

Fans have speculated that many of Sandman's songs were autobiographical, which to this day remains unconfirmed. Sandman was secretive and served as spokesman for Morphine, he avoided answering questions about his personal life or his professional experiences outside of the music business. Sandman was particularly secretive about his age, becoming angry with any reporter who expressed an interest in revealing it publicly, perhaps because he was 10 to 20 years older than most of his indie-rock contemporaries

Along with Morphine (formed in 1989) Sandman was a member of the legendary band Treat Her Right,  he also formed the bands Sandman, Candy Bar, and the Hypnosonics, and The Treat Her Orange Supergroup with The Presidents of the U$A frontman Chris Ballew and the Pale Brothers. He also performed with the Boston jazz band Either/Orchestra

His instruments were altered and built himself. In Morphine, he played a 2-string slide bass electric guitar tuned to a fifth, and sometimes a unitar (named after the one-stringed instrument in American blues tradition), and a three-string slide bass with one bass and two unison strings tuned an octave higher (usually to A). He sometimes paired bass strings with one or two guitar strings, creating the "basitar" "tri-tar" and "guitbass." His alternative stringing and tuning innovations continue to inspire the next generation of rock, jazz, and blues

For Mark: https://youtu.be/Fgh-mF6xM64

JTS

Cure for Pain

Cure For Pain

Above The Storm

tertiary vector calibration before descent

bouncing down backwards

wrote by Ricky Davis guitars vocals Jim Smith bass vocals Lisa Smith keys vocals

Comin Home

Piano composition by Anibal Seminara 
Image by Many Souffan
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guitar op.1 nº3

WE LIVE INSIDE A SIMULATION
LYRICS:

___________INTRO______________
SPACE IS ETERNAL
SPACE IS ETERNAL

_________VERSE 1______________
I WONDER IF WE EXIST

HAS ANYBODY BEEN TO THE MOON
ARE WE LIVING INSIDE A SIMULATION

HAS ANYBODY BEEN TO THE MOON
ARE WE LIVING INSIDE A SIMULATION

HAS ANYBODY BEEN TO THE MOON
ARE WE LIVING INSIDE A SIMULATION

_________PRE CHORUS_____________

SAFE LANDING ON MARS
COME TO MARS, IT IS TIME NOW

________CHORUS___________________
LIVING IN A SIMULATION
ESCAPE REALITY
ESCAPE REALITY

LIVING IN A SIMULATION
ESCAPE REALITY
ESCAPE REALITY

WE LIVE INSIDE A SIMULATION

______POST CHORUS_________
COME TO MARS, IT IS TIME NOW

______AD LIB_____________
PHOBOS AND DEIMOS
PHOBOS AND DEIMOS

PHOBOS AND DEIMOS

_____BRIDGE________________
I WONDER IF WE EXIST
I WONDER IF WE EXIST

SAFE LANDING ON MARS
SAFE LANDING ON MARS

________OUTRO_________________
COME TO MARS, IT IS TIME NOW
WE LIVE INSIDE A SIMULATION
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PRODUCED/VOCALS/COMPOSING/LYRICS 
BY JUHA M SODERQVIST (2021)

WE LIVE INSIDE A SIMULATION

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.

The Busker

Ian Stokes

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