Maniacs

Far Subconscious One

Written and released already almost two years ago (or longer? 🤔), re-recorded, edited and re-mastered 

BUT with the same instruments 😁

Concerto per pianoforte e numero d'orchestra 1 g minore | op. 2 (revisited)

African funk Latin Jazz dub: Entheogenic Psychonaught, guitars & keyboards. Mikey McFaffington, saxophone

Under the Baobab Tree. (Funk mix). with. Entheogenic Psychonaught & Mikey McFaffington

From the '17 CD "Autumn's Soul". Played on a Tony Vines Artisan guitar in dropped D tuning, capo #2.
In composing this tune, I definitely had the feeling of someone waiting for a loved one, not knowing if that person would arrive. Wondering, hoping......never sure. An image of a lonely train station as the setting for this uncertain and fragile moment. 
Thanks for listening!

WHILE I WAIT FOR YOU

dearest deer

i haven't seen you in some days

seems so long since you're away

come back

come back

my deer


you lent some magic to my eyes

were you an angel in disguise

come back 

come back

my deer


in the centre of your field

one look at you and i was healed

no predator could catch your grace

or cloud the sunlight on your face


at the dusk and at the dawn

i search for you and find you gone

come back

oh just once 

my deer


i never touched your golden hide

i watched you stepping from inside

come back

appear

my deer

beneath the skies the summer set

you are the one I won't regret 

unto the spinney soft you ran

oh what becomes of deer or man


into the night you drift like dream

I see you drinking from a stream

my deer

my deer

my dearest deer

my deer

oh, my deer

my dearest deer (rpt and fade)


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TASCAM DR-05

dearest deer

Hey hey!! Presenting the long overdue joint.
Featuring the man himself Frawstakwa.
82 Bpm. We are the way it is. Plus IPG.
And until recently our brother Jason H.
RIP. Appreciate u listening, feedback.
Your time, support. Much love to u all!
This is track 6 from my new album.
All in process of dropping v soon.
Uploaded on 26/08/2023.
Dedicated to Jason Hines.
Sadly missed as always.
https://youtu.be/Cb2V1-FeMaI?si=NxDRIaeP1F67Lxph

Special Days The Way It Is

Have you ever wondered what came out if The Doors, 2 Unlimited and Tom Waits would meet at the recording studio? Probably not... Anyway, this is how it could have sounded like.
Lisa: lead vocals
Kai  : Fender Rhodes
Christoph: Hammond, synth, programming, voice
session drums by Vlad Ivanov
Produced by Christoph Langer, mastered by Felix Brüske at MOR-Tonstudio

Lyrics:
"Where are we now and what happened while we slept our time away?
Woke up each day with the feel inside that god was never here.
It's come to this, the war back in our hearts
Back in those days, the future bright and clear

When will we dance? When the tyrant's head will roll between our feet.
Accept the guilt, we will live in shame so we will live at all.
It's come to this, the rivers have run dry
Back in those days, when it all began

It has to be done!
All dreams are dead..."

Dystopic Disco

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one's hidden troubles

I love you big sister,be strong as you always have been.

Sister Sue

This is the first tune that I have co-written with my husband of 40 years, David McCrory. He has written lyrics and threatened to sing them too but he doesn't know that he can't sing well and I'll make do with this instrumental for now. It's a very pretty, heart-felt  ballad

Wedding Song

This is take 1 of the song "Lone Wolf". It's a mellow acoustic guitar centered track.

Lone Wolf (Take 1)

From the "folk group" The Sandy Hill Exchange in the late 60's to the current day, playing acoustic guitar has been one of the driving forces in Fred's life.

While there were times early on when family and work necessarily took a front seat, a guitar was never far away and at the ready when the time of day, or a day in the week seemed best for practice and composing.

Now retired and with family on their own, Fred's guitar work draws from nature, personal experiences and inspiration from other great musicians; his music emerging as original fingerstyle instrumental tunes. Described by some as "little poems" of song.... often with unique titles, which add to the musical prose of each piece. Feel free to click on the picture for each track and there may be more details on the origins of the song title, guitar used, tuning, etc. 

Casting a wide exposure through Soundcloud, Fred now has over 21 thousand "plays" on his site as folks from countries world wide are introduced to his music and guitar style. Music also on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2iz6y5ESPg0Gga3btSh2nH

Thanks for listening, joining in the journey, and I hope you enjoy these tracks!
Guitars: 
'67 Martin D12-20
'93 Bourgeois JOM
'14 Custom FSC made by luthier Jeff Bamburg
'14 Custom hand made guitar built by master 
luthier, Tom Doerr
'07 Custom hand made guitar built by master luthier Tony Vines
'02 David Flammang 000 12 fret
'00 McCollum Grand Auditorium

WHILE I WAIT FOR YOU

island guitar