This track is a virtuouso showcase on each of the instruments!

super son & supers  guitaristes.j’ aime beaucoup. c’ est une belle découverte.

Superb collab work and such a nice track, guys. All participation is top notch, the structure works fine and yes: I'm feeling the change in this one as well! Congrat. More of this :-)

Fantastic groove..great guitar & keyboard work..perfectly executed..magnificent mix & recording! AWESOME Jamie!

This song was written by one of Australia's greatest songwriters, Archie Roach, in 1990 and was included in his first album “Charcoal Lane”.   I have seen Archie live many times – he gives such great performances that I was a bit dubious about posting my own version of his song.   I justify the posting on two grounds: one, this is not one of Archie's best known songs, and, two, I have done this song many times in small venues.
	 If you wish to hear what this song really should sound like, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wy9sxcxOFU for Archie Roach's original version.

	The cover image is by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay.

Lyrics:
	Sitting here in a lonely old guest house
	I'm sure that my life is all through
	Scratching fleas and watching a grey mouse
	and making love to the memory of you

	For without you I'm weak and uncertain
	And I feel so naked and cold
	Like a window without any curtains
	My innermost feelings unfold

	The drink I just had
	It wasn't as bad as the first
	But drinking won't do
	When it's only for you I thirst

	For your kiss it quenches all burning
	It's sweeter than the sweetest of wine
	Now you're gone I find myself yearning
	For the love that I left behind

	Nobody can heal the pain that I feel inside
	And if I said I'm strong and I'm never wrong
	I lied

	Nobody can heal the pain that I feel inside
	And if I said I'm strong and I'm never wrong
	I lied. I lied.

I've Lied

I've Lied (Archie Roach cover)

This is for my beautiful granddaughter Aliyah, who has just learned to crawl. 
 

Acoustic and Electric guitars: Jonathan Beckenstein @jonathan_beckenstein
Song, keys, bass and everything else, 2020 Janine Levinson

Birdwatching 

Point your eyes up to the trees and keep your ears wide open
Stand right next to me and keep your mouth closed
Stay light on your feet and hear the whip a whip a whistle
Stand right next to me and keep your mouth closed!

I promise you it’s worth your time  and now the part that matters
Is the language of the flying things, the words you can’t imagine
Telling stories from the tops of trees 
Of feathers web and worms and swarming bees!      
When we go birdwatching
            
Your binoculars are key keep them aimed up at the trees
listen carefully and keep your mouth closed!
It’s difficult at first It could be bells or wood or metal
As you open up your ears I know you heart will follow

Oh, little one, it’s worth your time and now it’s all that matters
Is the language of the flying things, the words you can’t imagine
Telling stories from the tops of trees 
And riding currents on the breeze
When we go birdwatching

Cackle caw whip and chatter           
Chip and chirrup crow and clatter
Chitter clack rush and titter             
Pip and thrill hoot and twitter
Tweet and clang flutter flap                
Chirp and hum, flicker, quack 
Whoop whoop whoop,    
Trum trum trum trum trumpet!!!

And from far off chickadee I hear a chirp and then a sizzle
I’ll stand right next to you and keep my mouth closed
We’ll listen and resist the urge to join in with a whistle
Looking up into the trees, we’ll feel the wind blow

I promise when you grow up you’ll remember understanding
The language of the flying things, you won’t have to imagine   
The stories from the tops of trees 
The questions answered only by the breeze
When we went birdwatching 

They sang Aliyah
They sang Aliyah

Birdwatching -  with Jonathan Beckenstein

BEAUTY OF CHILL - Shin Semia with AMA ❤ 👋 ☺

Honoured to work with the Beautiful Soul, Fantastic Music Creator and Producer friend, Shin Semia -  from Osaka -Japan! ☺

Shin Semia's Soundcoud profile : https://soundcloud.com/shinsemia

Through Shin's Mesmerizing,  Beautiful, Soulful, Emotional melodies.. I was concentrating in that remixing work for the ancient Japanese traditional meanings,  simbolism and philosophy of Beauty.  

Thnx soo much, my friend for the great collaboration, for the Beautiful Music and Supports! ❤ 🙏

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AMA - Alex Music Art - Alex Magic Art Productions 
with Shin Semia 2020 All rights reserved.

CHILL OF BEAUTY - SHIN SEMIA With AMA

BBC Radio Essex DJ Juggy Sohal played "Don't Ask Me" and interviewed me afterwards, I was speaking from a pitch black river bank as we were packing up after a day's salmon fishing...  a slightly surreal experience!

Original music track is here: https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter/dont-ask-me-baby-with-janine-levinson-rick-medlock

BBC Radio Essex Interview with Phil McWalter + 'Don't Ask Me'

Im very happy to share a collab with my friend Lea-Mona. She is a talented multi aspects artist (painting, sculptures, poetry and much more) and her mother tongue is german so here is a poetry she wrote and says on my music and some vocal ambient, for our first collab :

Tiefe:

In Steintreppen geschrieben
Geschichten aus alter Zeit
Geschichten von Beton und Stein, Gips
die ineinander verlaufen
Man kann immer wieder Phantasien entwickeln
die dem Stein entspiringen
In ihm und auf ihm stehend, heruntersehend - ein Abgrund - ein Stein.
Fuss auf dem Boden - pieds sur le sol
Treppen steigen, Treppen gehen, 
so wie im Leben, nach oben, nach unten
Mich immer wieder zusammenreissen um die Anstrengung
 zu überwinden - ständige Motivation - 
anstrengend wenn man nicht nach oben kommt 
und sich sagen kann
Ja, Ich hab's geschafft! oben auzukommen
Ausser Puste, aber doch.
Jeden Tag versuche ich mich auf Neues zu motivieren 
um endlich etwas zusammenzustellen
das mein Leben bedeutet
Im Leben zu stehen, mit beiden Füssen
im Gleichgewicht auf dem Boden
in ihm - auf ihm - hinein 
Vereint mit meinem Körper

Collabs 2020

Tiefe

Tiefe Feat. Lea-Mona

pluperfect

What's Driving You?

Artwork: The Secret Agent by Edward Weston

Where Did It Go?

The Change is here.  It's continues to be such a long road ahead, but we've now seen remarkable progress in upcoming vaccines for COVID and a new president has been elected in the US.  We're feeling a change.
Joining us on this original are the superb guitarists Stephan Lipinski and Daniele Turani, with whom I have created a whole lot of music.  Beautiful players who inspire me and others around the world.  But the key addition on our track is Los Angeles composer, producer and piano and keyboard player extraordinare, Brian McDonald.  He's such an incredible musician, who makes a living creating music for advertising and movies, and reworked the entire original, changing the structure, adding his wonderful piano and synth work, and turning this into something really special.  Follow these exceptional musicians and recording artists:
Brian McDonald:  https://soundcloud.com/brian-mcdonald
http://brianmcdonald.com
Stephan Lipinski:  https://soundcloud.com/pinner
Daniele Turani:  https://soundcloud.com/danieleturani
http://www.danieleturani.com

Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

Feeling A Change - Stephan Lipinski / Brian McDonald / Daniele Turani / Jamie Rhind

Some searing new blues with guitar master Tom Adams.  Check out Tom's simply awesome sound here on our original, What You Say?

Check out Tom's fabulous gallery of blues inspired tracks:  https://soundcloud.com/user-342548892
And for the extensive playlist of the almost 60 tunes we have recorded together:  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/tearing-it-up-with-tom-adams-1

Happy Holidays to all - be safe, be well and here's to a better 2021.  We have a long road to go.

Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

What You Say?     -     Tom Adams / Jamie Rhind

LYRICS BELOW
Here's another preview of the upcoming Penelope's Thrill album--something a little different--a rock song with a tuba solo! When I was recording this song with my Starfire XII electric 12 string, I just felt it was crying out for a tuba solo (which would be about the biggest possible contrast for the chime of a 12 string). Luckily, Ben Jaeger--the amazing guitarist for the Madison, Wisconsin, band Sunspot--is also a tuba virtuoso, and he agreed to take this on.
"L&C Eternally" is about Lonnie and Chloe, who grow up on adjacent farms in southern Wisconsin. (In fact, the whole new album is about them.)
The main guitar I play on this is my 1966 Guild Starfire XII, my choice for the best electric 12 ever built. With some fast-picking and palm-muting, it can make some unique sounds! The Starfire is helped by my Gretsch 2420 and my '78 Guild S-60.
(And, yes, that is me doing the really high backing vocals!)

“L & C Eternally”
Words & Music by Timothy Walsh

She wakes on a Sunday and she don’t know
if she wants to be a person dreaming.
She don’t want it and she don’t go
down to where all the folks are meeting.

She goes down to Lonnie’s farm,
wakes him with a soft punch on his arm
She smiles at him—is she in love?

He puts on the coffee and rubs his eyes,
tells her she’s a pain while he cooks the bacon.
She says cut the crap while she serves the eggs—
says they could be already out there fishing.

	He smothers her toast with strawberry jam,
	feeds her a morsel quick as he can.
	He smiles at her—is he in love?

They don’t take it all the way.
They don’t think about it anyway.
When they’re walking in the woods,
they know they’re living like they should.

Lonnie and Chloe are sitting in a tree—
K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
That’s the jump-rope song they sang
playing in the schoolyard before the bell rang.
	“L & C Eternally”—
	that’s what Lonnie carved upon a tree,
	and Chloe said, “Now we’re in Love!”

Words & music by Timothy Walsh
Vocals, guitars, bass: Timothy Walsh
Tuba: Ben Jaeger
Recorded and mixed by Timothy Walsh at Yew Tree Studios (that is, a tiny upstairs room in my house nestled amid century-old yew trees)

L&C Eternally

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L & C Eternally (with Ben Jaeger, Tuba)[early demo mix]

Jazz/Fusion keyboard player, composer and producer.  Marketing, advertising, publishing and sales career.  Originally from Chicago, where I developed a strong appreciation for the blues and classical, and moved to New York, where jazz and the fine arts are so deep.  Key musical influences include Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Zawinul and Weather Report, Chick Corea and Return to Forever, John McLaughlin and the Mahivishnu Orchestra, Stanley Clarke, Scott Henderson and Tribal Tech, Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Emily Remler, McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Jimmy Smith, Joey DeFrancesco, Larry Young, Buddy Guy, Santana and Earth Wind & Fire.   Former classical clarinet and piano player.  Unless noted, my music on SoundCloud was composed, recorded and performed using only keyboards.  An avid photographer.  Many covers here are my shots.  To see my photography look for Herbiejazz on Instagram or search for Herbiejazz on Google.  And a big thumbs up to SoundCloud and the SoundCloud community, and so many friends who have joined me to create.  Thank you all.

Feeling A Change - Stephan Lipinski / Brian McDonald / Daniele Turani / Jamie Rhind

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