Screws Lullaby

Here's some reggae I just created that is a tribute to our great SoundCloud friend and artist Alpha Roots.  Alphio isn't well at all, but is doing everything he can to keep it positive and his spirits high.  I wanted Alphio to join me here but he just wasn't able to get the energy up but loved the tune.  Here's to you Alphio, a little sand between your toes and a gentle island breeze behind your back.  Please stop by Alphio's SC page, listen to some of his gentle and inspiring music, and send him some love.  Big love Alphio!  One Love.  https://soundcloud.com/alpha-roots

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

Sand Between My Toes  - for Alphio ( Alpha Roots )

Instrumental version of “I shot the sheriff”, the song written by Bob Marley (The Wailers).

Some days ago, Alphio (@alpha-roots) sent me the rhythm track of this song, and kindly asked me if I would jam with it. I said Yes... It's one of my all time favorite songs again.

His initial version sounded great to my ears as I instantly loved it, but when I started jamming along, I personally felt that it was a bit too slow for me to add the lead melody so on... and bass sounded a bit too low (despite that original key is Gm, it had -1 octave + 1 tone= Am) and worried that bass would sound less prominent and not audible through the speakers as compared with the other parts I’d first planned to add.
I also wanted to have a little more up-down accent patterns and accessory notes so on for the bass line (especially for the verse A) in this regard and chordal variations as well on the rhythm guitar as the original has more and a little more for own arrangement.  

So, I revised almost all parts on his initial track except the hand percussion by him [>> Details below ].

The initial track can be heard here, please check it out：
https://soundcloud.com/alpha-roots/i-drummed-the-sheriff

I apologize for I've destroyed Alphio’s minimalism...but I had much fun working with it and I would like to thank him again for his kind offer and for allowing me to arrange it freely. 

My arrangement basically followed Hiram Bullock’s cover version (Jazz Rock version with ‘Guitar vocals’) except the rhythm guitars and the ending solo sections adding some improvised phrases of mine.
Well, I could play other versions as well - original studio version, Clapton’s cover version etc -  but, since I’m not a good singer, I decided to do like this anyway. 
Hope you enjoy. Any feedback would be appreciated.

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The original music was written by Bob Marley (The Wailers) for their album “Burnin” (1973)
Hiram Bullock’s version can be heard in their album “Manny's Car Wash” (1995) and in some albums of Jaco Pastorius. 
Cover picture source : http://www.pageresource.com/wallpapers/78319/bob-marley-free-music-reggae-hd-wallpaper.html
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Cover :

[Initial rhythm track by Alpha-roots]
- Drums-1 / Bass Guitar-1 / Percussion / Rhythm Guitar-1

[Revision of Initial rhythm track]
- Changed the tempo (about 11% faster than the initial one).
- Shifted up the key of whole track an octave(keeping Am) and mixed it with the initial track to have a bit more treble tone of bass (it was not able to do re EQ-ing of the bass separably as I received the single mp3 mix)
- Extended each section of main theme (intro and interludes) and altered the rhythm parts of them
- Changed some rhythm patterns (altered Hi-hat patterns, etc.) especially on verse B sections.

[Addition by me]
- Drums-2 (All fills, Addition of other Cymbals, Toms, Kicks and of Snares; the later two are mainly only for the theme and for 3rd & 4th verses solo sections)
- Bass Guitar-2(Additional phrases and high notes incl. some slaps & ghost notes overdubbed onto Bass-1)
- Lead Guitar-1 (Distortion guitar with or without pedal-wah for “guitar vocals” & solos )
- Lead Guitars-2&3( Two Clean ones for the fills and for the ending solo)
- Rhythm Guitars-2&3(Chordal brushing & wah fills overdubbed onto Rhythm Guitar-1, and some phased unison phrases onto Bass Guitars)
- Piano

All of my parts were played and recorded in the studio (live, open-mic rec) except Piano.
- Guitars:  Distortion Lead >> Fender Japan Strat (w/Dimargio DP182 ), Boss CS-2, CE-1 & Jen Crybaby Wah, Marshall-JVM (Tube Distortion, Channel Delay & Reverb) ; Clean Lead, Fills & Rhythms >> Fender USA Strat ‘58 & CS Telecaster, Maxon RTC600, MXR Phase90, AD-9 & Crybaby Wah, '65 Deluxe Reverb Amp.
- Basses:  Fender USA '66 Precision-Bass , Boss CS-2, Bassman Amps .
- Drums:  Tama Acoustic Drum Kit w/Zildjian Cymbals (6-mics rec).
- Piano & Mixing: DAW

I Shot The Sheriff  (Guitar-Vocal Version) - aerogene070 w/ Alpha-roots

I know who you are
I know who you are
I know what you want
I know what you want
I can’t feel you
I can’t hear you
I can’t see you
You know who I am
You know who I am
You know what I want
You know what I want
You can’t feel me
You can’t hear me
You can’t see me

Clintmusic 9

You Can't See Me

The Valentine
Melted in the snow
On the way home
I should know

Fresh yet faded 
Washed with mud
Hand writing 
Smeared like blood

Witnessing a fool’s confession
Blinded by love’s obsession
On the pavement there it lay
Too late to look away

Dismal day in February 
Heart caged like a canary
Suffocating in a mine
Tears well in my eyes

I knelt
And tucked it in my coat
The end of love
The death of hope

The world around me
Slowed to a stop
My heart ticking
Like a clock

Oh St. Valentine
Are you just one of the guys
True love, just throw it away
February’s darkest day

If I could travel back in time
I’d go back, wouldn’t I?
Or fast forward with no replay
In-depth analysis, it’s so passé

But love’s madness marches on
Do they see me on the lawn?
A lighted box where love is framed
I watch them thru the window pane
Oh St. Valentine
Are you just one of the guys
True love, just throw it away
February’s darkest day

Light a candle 
Say a prayer
He’s in love
And I’m nowhere 

Life’s a mystery
The cause unknown
Open up your heart 
Your cover’s blown

But my darkness 
Seeks revenge
A fast date 
With his best friend

Red sky, the lover’s couch
Haunting drama when he finds out
Venus smiled on his friend last night
When he sees us, he’ll see the light

Oh St. Valentine
You’re just one of those guys
True love, just throw it away
February’s darkest day

Oh St. Valentine
You’re just one of those guys
True love, just throw it away
February’s darkest day

February

music . The Fudge Nutz @helenswambo
Instrumental "Extinct rhythm-----Twice Zero Zero"
https://soundcloud.com/helenswambo/extinct-rhythm-twice-zero-zero

partial lyrics, vocals, sample mix, cover design . Mariam Zohra D : Myrh

Features vocal samples from this documentary "Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics" https://www.nfb.ca/film/whos_counting/

Cover Photo is of author Fauzia Rafique  @uddari
meditating outside the shrine of Bulleh Shah in Karachi, Pakistan
https://gandholi.wordpress.com

A COST
“The system was developed by John Maynard Canes and Richard Stone, based on a pamphlet they wrote called, literally, The British National Income & How to Pay for the War, and this became the basis of national income accounting.

...the more that you smoke cigarettes or the more that you have automobile accidents the more growth increases.

... National Income Accounting.

… we’ve just contributed to the national income of the country…

… Stone was then recruited by the new United Nation’s organization.

…. I would kind of consider that a debit in my account - a cost not a benefit. National Income accounting doesn’t have a debit side, as long as the activity passes through the market, its good for growth!

…. by 1953, that set of rules was imposed on every country. Its called the United Nation’s System of National Accounts… all nations must conform to these rules of economic measurements or they cannot belong to the United Nations.

Important decisions are made with these figures, decisions which will determines who’s needs are met first, decisions on killing the planet, decisions on who will live, or die. These measurements do not include everything, they are highly selective.

So what is included and excluded in this system? The system includes everything that goes through the market place. 

… You know, I would kind of consider that a debit in my account, a cost, not a benefit!”

> its a game, all twisted, it’s all illusion, and you twist me, all illusion<

“… this means that there is no value to peace … this means that there is no value to the preservation of natural resources for future generations… this means there is no value to unpaid work, including the unpaid work of reproducing human life itself, including the unpaid work of women who feed and nurture their own families.”

> we’re gonna take it down, we’re gonna take it down, this is a construct, we’re gonna take it down. this construct, we gonna take it down. we’re gonna take it down. border, border, this construct we gonna take it down<

“this an economic system that can eventually kill us all”

> we’re gonna take it down, i live and breathe, this construct, we’re gonna take it down, what’s a borders, take a hold on me, border border, take it down, i am the construct, take it down, border, we gonna take it down, i am the construct borders<

>history, history, show me your time, breath of soul, oh all that they build for us is lies, body of clay, history, breathe of soul, time, breathe of soul, ill be singing from a cage, tell you of rage, breathe of soul, work it in your favour, breath of soul, we’re gonna take it down, your desperation, hopelessness, your desperation, helplessness, we’re gonna take it down.<

A clever bird: builds a nest to protect all of us!*

>take it down, this economic system! this economic system<

“...that death, homelessness, injury, poverty and starvation caused by the use of these weapons is not even registered as a deficit!”

>It’s going down!!!! we’re gonna take it down, we gonna take it down.
Yay dekhay gay to! (they shall see then! / when they will see.)<

“A Cost!”

>Yay dekhay gay to! Yay dekhay gay to.<

“Not a benefit!”

>Yay, this economic system, yay, is going down, dekhay gay to!<

“Not a benefit!”

>Yay dekhay gay to! Down! Going Down! Down!<

>Body of clay, breath of soul<

>we're gonna take it down, we're gonna take it down<

*this line is based on a Zimbabwean proverb in Shona

The Fudge Nutz & Myrh

A Cost - The Fudge Nutz | Myrh

This song came to me all at once The Lyrics / Music everything. I had to get out of bed to capture the idea for a morning session.
LIFE OUTSIDE A WINDOW BOX " Ask Yourself " by Glen Granthem
LYRICS
Would you leave behind everything you own
Start a new life create a home
Fall back naked wearing flesh and bone
Walk forward blindly to face the unknown
Live outside a window box, Electric moments unwound clocks
Could you travel the world  one day at a time
Never look back and still have peace of mind
Ride the sea in a ship with a sail
With no regret to live out this tale
Live outside a window box, Electric moments  endless talk
Ask yourself is it to late Just ask yourself if it's to late
Was there a time in life with your greatest love
You took a chance embraced god above
Running free through an open field
Then stopped to pick a daffodil 
And lived outside your window box  Electric moments endless talk
Ask Yourself is to late Just ask yourself if its to late

Life Outside A Window Box  ( Original With lyrics )

So happy to share the first collab with the talended  Motion X 
A song about staying true to resist in our tough world

Music, mastering: https://soundcloud.com/tripping_motion
Lyrics and vocal: kaerian

Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash



Tu m'entends? Non, tu m'entends pas...
j'ai beau crier, tu n'entends pas ma voix...

you cannot hear me, you cannot hear my voice
my call remains answered
(you cannot hear my voice)

je ne sais plus où planter le glaive, pour faire couler ma sève
j'ai peur d'avoir perdu mes rêves....

I'm calling any loving soul
to resist in this prisoned world
to break the heavy invisible bound
to break the locks of our hearts

any side of you they may see
any face of you they may see
whatever
to resist is to be true
to yourself

If my call was heard
I wish you could hear
a little wisdom
in this falsified world
to resist is to be true

to break, to break the invisible bounds
to break, to break the locks of our heart

Entends mon appel

Resistance

Resistance - kaerian & Motion X

G&L Tribute ASAT > Ocean Machine DIY chorus pedal > Twin amp > tape echo style effect.

Ocean Machine

The Fairytale of The White Rose

Give me a minute, if you will
Let me sing you a fairytale
It is nothing but maudlin applesauce
And I will use the minor scale

Look, that old man is dying
He clasps a key in his hand
Look, that old man is crying
As he leaves us for The silent land

That key, it opens a garden
His secret garden of love
He kept an immaculate garden
For the girl he was dreaming of

He saw her once, from a distance,
When he was only a child
Dark hair touzled by summer's wind
And a smile so bewitching and wild

Now the years have passed, the garden is gone
It is now a construction site
But at its farthest edge, forlorn but fresh
Grows a bush with roses white

Last years, it is told, a young girl was seen
She had dark unruly hair
In her little hand a secateur of gold
And she excised a rose from there

With inconcievable familiarity
She found his neglected grave
Lacrimose, she bestowed on him
The prettiest rose that garden gave

The Fairytale of The White Rose  [An original song]

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.

Sand Between My Toes - for Alphio ( Alpha Roots )

Jamie Rhind