Super sweet little number love the vocals:)

Great live atmosphere! This series is so great!!!

wow.  Good voice blend.  Get yourself a 'middle' and this will be even more magical.

love the bouncy melody.  Very catchy.  Great job, all!

Refreshing to listen to Janine and Steve....

This one had a natural flow and exuberance

A refreshing song, it made me feel so good!

As soon as I got serious about putting this playlist together I was afraid of missing something or someone from among the many wonderfully talented and supportive people here. And it can't be helped. So this is best described as a sampler of some tunes I really liked a lot, but it certainly isn't an exhaustive list. If I were David Geffen I'd be working on getting people the listening public they deserve. But in the meantime here's a list of great songs by you for you.

2023 Sampler  (not ranked)

This piece is based on a traditional Scottish-Gaelic waulking song - a highly rhythmic song that would accompany the waulking (beating and finishing, or fulling) of woolen cloth. Though traditionally, waulking songs and other Gaelic puirt-a-beul (mouth music) songs would have been sung unaccompanied and in unison, we put together a little arrangement for SATB.
We hope you'll enjoy it.

soprano - Diane Roberts
alto - Abby Bryden
tenor - Angus Bryden
baritone - Rob Llewellyn 

words:

Hé mandu 
'S truagh nach tigeadh
siud gam' iarraidh
gille 's litir
each is diollaid
Hé mandu hì ri oró hó ro hù o
'S mise dh'fhalbhadh 
null thar sàile 
le mo leannan
's cha bhiodh dàil ann
Nam biodh agam
sgiath a'ghlaisein 
iteag an eòin 
spòg na lachainn 
Shnàmhainn na caoil
air an tarsainn 
An cuan Ileach 
's an caol Arcach 
Rachainn a-steach 
chun a' chaisteil 
's bheirinn a-mach 
as mo leannan 

translation:

It's a pity that what I want isn't on its way - a lad and a letter, a horse and a saddle.
I would go across the sea with my lover, without delay.
If I had the wing of a finch, the flight of a bird, the webbed foot of a duck,
I would swim the narrows, right across the Sound of Islay and the Orkney Sound.
I would go out into the castle and bring out my lover.

Hé Mandu (Scottish Waulking Song - SATB)

Original Fouglas.


Lyrics:

She’s living in a tomb
amongst the insects and ghouls
Fallen from earth
in a land beyond sleep and waking
Whenever she closes her eyes
she’s lost to the spirals
Spinning in a hex,
in an echo of truth,
in a dream that can’t die

Yet you carry her like an ache in your head
And as you walk through your days
just thinking and seething, 
though you know she never was
and never will be 
Gone, gone
Gone

She’s broken into fragments
of ugly scenes you must forget
You still feel her
and, of course, she still haunts you
Is she still buried out there 
in Satan’s junkyard 
‘neath the iron and rust 
and red rotting branches?

Yet you’re driving her like a nail in your coffin 
And as you swallow more pills
all wasted, sedated,
‘cause you know she never was
and never will be 
Gone, gone
Gone

Nail In Your Coffin

Sometimes the only way to get frustration out for me is to make a song about it. 
Maybe you will, maybe you won't understand my lyrics and gel with them, but ya gotta consider that nobody else does what I do LOL

Happening Again

Passion

When my songwriting friend Colin Macduff (find his beautiful debut album 'The Past and the Sky" here: https://www.birnamcdshop.com/product/colin-macduff/) shared his poem 'The Rope', I asked if he'd mind if I tried to put a melody to it.

I did. This is the demo version which I'm hoping to record in a studio soon. There's an accompanying video created with footage from my phone: https://studio.youtube.com/video/yhxZxWGo0wY/edit


The Rope

Coiled, crossed, entangled in a corner
Old and wise and silent, silent as a snake
Left aside beside the new, unwanted
You dream of hands, the touch, their grip, their shape

Once you ran the span and moored our vessels
Safe between the capstan, the capstan and the quay
Once you were the rope that held us steady
Once you were the rope that cast us free

The push the pull, the swing, lasso and ladder
The tug of war when we were in our teens
The give, the take, that bound us all together
The start, the end, the knot, the way and means

Life line, last line, frayed and poorly
In my hand your strands so soft, soft and slack
In my dreams you’re running on beside me
With me all the long way – the long way out and back
With me all the long way – the long way out and back

© C Macduff & S Barr 2023

The Rope - Demo

Admire the Chaos 
A song for a strong independent woman who doesn’t suffer fools gladly and makes you admire her chaos.



V1 
I love the way you don’t suffer fools, gladly, and you tell them what you think
It must be your superpower and tonight you look so  pretty in ink 
And I love the shock on their faces 
It’s like you tied together their laces 


Chorus 
I will Sit back admire the chaos 
And watch it unfold 
I Sit back admire the chaos
And watch the room explode 

V2 
I love the way you are and stand your ground at the bar
And reduce grown men to become smaller than they are 
There’s always something scary about a woman’s scorn
But your not scary just chaos i adore


Chorus 
I will Sit back admire the chaos 
And watch it unfold 
I Sit back admire the chaos
And watch the room explode

Admire The Chaos ~ Conscience Of Kings

Part of the album project: 8-Bit Enigmas

Buy it here:
https://themysteriousdecibel.bandcamp.com/track/sticky-buttons-2

Music video: 
https://www.instagram.com/p/CvxSzG6sZxk/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DhYJXSIhio

vocals, Lyrics and synth melodies written and performed by: The Mysterious Decibel

Vocals, Drums, Bass, synth sounds mixed and mastered by: Mark McClellan

Lyrics:

Vibrational
Sensational
With a slimy slip of Dorito finger
Buttons are nothing underneath where the crust curdles and lingers
I guess that's why Lara fell in a hole and died
I guess that's why Sackboy lost the step in his stride

My controls they are withering
and the snakes, they are slithering
If I don't get outta this pit, the repetitive urge won't benefit
Everything I've done to get to every, get to every drop of it
Comes crashing through the TV with the birth of a self honorary misfit

Don't you push my buttons
Cuz they may stick like Syrup
Don't you push
Don't you push
Because you may never see your part of me again

We think we figured out this game
and changed it's whole fucking name
Time will brittle some parts of the chain
and the function distorts away from the brain

Sticky Buttons

I bought a used accordion in 1993 at a thrift store, greatly upsetting my college roommate when I brought it back to our shared dorm room.  

More recently, I'd been wanting to dust it off and use it in a song, and I tried playing it rhythmically along with a funk guitar riff I had. I had also been wanting to write a song in Spanish, so I decided to incorporate some rhymes en espanol I wrote. Thirdly, I had been looking for some new types of rhythm loops to use in my music, and I randomly tried a cha-cha loop. These three elements together gave this song a latin feel that wasn't intended when I began this song. I hope you enjoy it.

Dime lo que quieres
Que sea un poco de mi
Y esos placeres
Si estoy loco por ti

Dime lo que tienes
Dentro del corazon 
Dime que sueñes
Con mi acordeon 

Dime, dime, dime
Dime otra vez

Capto el sentido
De tus palabras
Esta bien entendido
De que tu hablas

Quieres que yo sea
Participante 
No me parece fea
Ser tu amante

Dime, dime, dime
Dime otra vez

Music and lyrics by David Wagoner

Dime Otra Vez

I   Sonnerie lointaine. 0:00 - 0:50
II  Rêverie improvisée sur l'herbe humide. 0:50 - 2:43
III La Rivière se perd dans la sphaigne. 2:43 - 3:40
IV La sonnerie s'en va au loin : 3.40 - 4:16

Piano Fantaisie - La Vallée Où Dorment Les Nuages

I am grateful that Steve entrusted me with the wonderful guitar track that became this song. It was a real pleasure to write and sing over his fine playing.  I was apprehensive when he suggested we publish my first rough vocal, no fx and all, but then Steve did some mastering and blessed the tune with his lovely deep voice on the chorus parts. and I must say, I love how it came out!  Thank you for listening.

You Might Know Better

Music, Backing Vocals - Steve Vercelloni @Steve-vercelloni

I’ve got secret apprehensions
Things I think that I don’t mention
But I say you know best for me

I’ve heard lies that I won’t swallow
Rules that I don’t want to follow
But I say they’re okay with me

‘Cause you might know better
You might know better

I’ve been told that I’m a handful
But you don’t seem to notice so
I know that you’re the man for me

Must be times I’m unappealing
Times I’m bouncing off the ceiling
But you’re right there for all of me

And you make me better
You make me better

I’ve got secret apprehensions
Things I think that I don’t mention
But I say you know best for me

I’ve heard lies that I won’t swallow
Rules that I don’t want to follow
But I say they’re okay with me

‘Cause you might know better
You might know better
You might know best

You Might Know Better - with Steve Vercelloni  (first of three)

Paddy Whack feat. Shamoozey
Shamoozey Vocals and Lyrics:
https://www.looperman.com/acapellas/detail/10070/paddy-whack-by-shamoozey-140bpm-weird-acapella
https://soundcloud.com/shamis-1
Paploviante: Bass, Music Composing, Arrangement, Mix, Picture and Mastering

Paddy Whack feat Shamoozey - Paploviante Music

Ist part -classical arrangement and electronic instruments=zdcom
2nd part Hip Hop arrangement and electronic instruments=zdcom
This is a series of Five famous Classical compositions that I have selected to  rearrange and have a Hip Hop beat and effects, with a selection of electronic instruments, whilst maintaining the integrity of the original composition.
  The motive behind this series is to encourage  our current generations to experience the great compositions and the work of the original masters /composers,through the modern musical technology available to us in these times.

Habenera (from Carmen)  ( composer Georges Bizet)

Even evil Masters of the Abyss get their groove on now and then – and what better time than Halloween! Poor Raewyn doesn’t really feel like joining in, but she doesn’t have much choice!

No particular storyline (and not really part of the Elvenland saga), just a bit of Halloween techno fun from John and myself 😊  

#halloween 🎃

John Buckle: Synths, Mood Sound Layering (@john-buckle-166792889)
Electrometis: Original composition, mix/master

Free download if you like it.

Thank you for listening ♥

Elvenland - Halloween Spoof

Elvenland - Halloween 🎃 (feat. John Buckle)

Music : Janne Hennie & PJ Project
Vocal & lyrics : Janne Hennie

Lyrics:

Blood in the streets, sound of war
A woman pray for her life
People are killed, young and old
The war is merciless and cold

This woman who has nowhere to sleep
Whisper a prayer in tears
Please God make this war end now
Please God let there be peace..

She said: Iam so tired of living like this
So tired og so little sleep
The sound of the bombs keep me up all night
and the anxiety is deep

I lost my husband, I lost my son
I´ve lost everything
Please listen to my prayers ,God
And take me under your wings..

Bombs explodes over her head
She run and try to hide
Is about to give up everything
But she wouldn't loose her pride

The war is destroying so many lives
With suffering, sorrow and pain
But it couldn't take away her pride
That was hidden in her tears..

La la la la la.....

The war is destroying so many lives
With suffering, sorrow an fear
But it can not take away our pride
Hidden in our tears...

Suffering In war W/ Janne Hennie

From the Album: "The Curse Of A Good Looking Ghost" (2023)
Lyrics:
It's a nitroglycerin bomb sniffing skirt
That's a lollipop night stick
She only hits you where you need to hurt
A Marie Laveau shotgun shack
Don't ya know there's gambling in the back?
In a shotgun shack
I'm reading the tea leaves  by the smoke stack
We've all been bitten by the maharishi's baby teeth
It's hotter than a Sacramento summer
(And I don't mean that as a bad thing)

I'm gonna have to lay real low for a while
My trouble follows me
I'm waist deep in the marsh
That's been thickened up with
Gumbo voodoo mule skin starch
I hear the Hellhounds on my tail
And I don't know what their motivation is
Maybe it's the Mississippi hog maw fizz?
If you think you know me
It's because I'm the guy that shows up
And all the trouble begins
Hotter than a Sacramento summer
(I don't mean that as a bad thing)

I'm down at the racetrack
I'm sleeping on a mattress made of blister packs
It's hotter than a Sacramento summer
(I don't mean that as a bad thing)

Oh, I'm up on the rack
The executioner is sharpening his ax
He says: the world is ruled by fools
"And I'm sorry, man, but I don't make the rules."
It's hotter than a Sacramento summer
Wherever I'm going
I'm looking forward to what the cool weather brings...

Hotter Than A Sacramento Summer

Jennie and Julie

I'm glad you're here visiting. Thank you for stopping by.:)

These are my Soundcloud collaborations : https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson/sets/janine-levinson-collaborations

There is so much talent and variety here, and most of the people are pretty cool too. I love being part of this community. Listening to your music and being heard in return is enough.

Still reading? OK I'm gonna muse a bit. It's hard to fully convey how much this forum has meant to me. There are people I've never met that feel very much like old friends -- and in a very real way they are.
If I follow someone I make every effort to listen to and support their efforts. It's certainly not a transactional relationship but I do tend to limit my follows to people who engage in mutual listening and engagement.

You Might Know Better - with Steve Vercelloni (first of three)

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