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Platinum Mind’s Eclectic Picks

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Salty Cream

Ain_t Gonna Stop  South Costello  Mid Mo Edit 2 - 2_4_23, 10.58 PM.m4a

I hope you find this track as soothing and healing as that last cigarette.

One Last Smoke

Farewell

WinterBallad

Surrenderland

Shoes

This song describes a timeless love that never fades.  Fine wine is filled with silky vocals and smooth harmonies.

Fine Wine

FINE WINE

Wrote  and recorded as part of the weekly Iheartsongwritingclub "Latitude' week. Lukas Drinkwater came and added and mixed ..Love this track so much.
LYRICS
I  often dream of  an Estuary
 river connects to the open sea
River rain dilutes the salty tide
I walk gently along the icy  riverside
 
recurring dream..same estuary...and it is real   ...  on my degree 
CHORUS 
52nd parallel north has always been my home
but if I  chose to sail along it's  latitude
find the  estuary  with all its magnitude 
52nd parallel north could still be my resting place 
In New-found Land ...I always dream of  


I often drowin in saltwater tears 
(I can't find home
 never really had one)
It doesn't  get  easy crossing off the  years?
(I can't find home)
 I dream one day I  will feel the ground
(I can't find home
 never really had one)
Know its  the place that's  homeward bound

52nd Parallel North

CatchMeAgain (Clique Remix)

The Insta Crowd

Here they come
Walking down
Into town
Real live wires
On a dead-end street
To the Circolo 
Or the place to go
Or the face to meet
An Influencer
A dream dispenser
The way you make them feel
But behind the screens
Of the Insta queens
The reel is so unreal

They’re always somewhere Instagrammable
Somewhere so hot that it’s inflammable
And where the lingo’s understandable
And not one person’s incompatible  

You know it really doesn’t matter where they go
As long as it’s an Instaworthy show
There’s only loud and proud allowed
When you’re in with the Insta crowd

Imperfection
Cool deception 
Self worth nothing at all
From your miracle balms
To your Miss Self Harms
It isn’t far to fall
Young lives curated
Like babes incubated
But it’s hard to face
When your happiness
Has been uninstalled 

They’re always somewhere Instagrammable
Somewhere so hot that it’s inflammable
And where the lingo’s understandable
And not one person’s incompatible

You know it really doesn’t matter where they go
As long as it’s an Instaworthy show
There’s only loud and proud allowed
When you’re in with the Insta crowd

Big Ben
London Eye
Awesome garden in the sky
Sunset
Harry’s bed
Finally on my private jet
Booty camp
I need coffee
Aliens please come get me, me, me, me

They’re always somewhere Instagrammable
Somewhere so hot that it’s inflammable
And where the lingo’s understandable
And not one person’s incompatible

You know it really doesn’t matter where they go
As long as it’s an Instaworthy show
There’s only loud and proud allowed
When you’re in with them

They’re always somewhere Instagrammable
Somewhere so hot that it’s inflammable
And where the lingo’s understandable
And not one person’s incompatible

You know it doesn’t
matter where they go
As long as it’s Instaworthy
There’s only loud and proud allowed
When you’re in with the Insta crowd

It doesn’t matter where they go
As long as it’s Instaworthy
There’s only loud and proud allowed
When you’re in with the Insta crowd

The Insta Crowd

‘Yes’ is a timeless and unapologetic love song bursting with soul, excitement of committing to another forever!

It is influenced by classics such as Etta James ‘Rather Go Blind’ and Aretha's ‘Ain’t No Way’
A song to celebrate love and the joys of tying the knot! A perfect first dance for many happy couples.

Not Just A Hashtag

Take You Back (Clean)

Hey!! Here's my release "Just A Memory"! Releases on Friday 19th May 2023.

You can stream it on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/track/5XaIqYO7tkNpZduKeo1XEG?si=078ea6268a524817

Just A Memory - Tara Flanagan

On the 9th of June Codewalkers are back with a new single. 'Nothing 4 Free' is about dysfunctional relationships, in this case a guy who is threatened by the partner of a female friend. He’s not interested in her, and he’s not interested in getting beaten up because of her. Based around a syncopated guitar hook and combining live drums and bass with electronic elements, the rapped verses explode into huge choruses, the band joined by the soulful vocals of Becky Winfield for the first time on record.

The track follows on from the success of their last releases ‘Preternatural’ and 'Santa is a Pimp', which as well as receiving airplay on BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio Wales, the former was made Tom Robinson’s BBC6 Music Mixtape Pick of the Week. ‘Nothing 4 Free’ is accompanied by a live video performance of the track, filmed at Theatr Soar, Merthyr.

Live Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MA6rSahqX0

Nothing 4 Free

‘Reverberator’ is a celebration of all the flair, fun, flamboyance, and the many excesses of the best decade in music history: the 1980s!

Written, performed, and produced by Hollywood Brown in his Ocean Drive Studios base, great care has been taken to really capture the essence of what made 80s music so great: catchy melodies, infectious grooves, sparkling synthesizers, and rip-roaring guitars - all played by hand and sung without the aid of autotune.

Original 80s instruments and studio gear have been used where possible, with appropriate alternatives used when needed.

Reverberator is the culmination of years worth of research by Hollywood, who has made it his mission to return to a simpler, better time.

Heartbreaker

The Snake

New track releasing on all plats may 20th

much love to the homie @vito for hopping on the track go check him out!

jreaper x vito -new day(same bullshit)

Let Them Know

My kids say 'pop, you'll never get far'. I say 'kids, I'm going to be a pop star'.

Yup, I'm an unlikely pop star, and at the time in life when I should be heading towards retirement, rather than global superstardom.

My singing career began at a world-renowned Cambridge choir school. But it didn’t take too many 6am choir practises to persuade me that my passion was less for St Matthew, and more for pop. I'll always remember standing on desks, belting out Elton John numbers acapella at bemused classmates.

I also learned to play drums at school, and spent 1985 as drummer with The Cambridge Footlights on their ‘Topical Heatwave’ UK tour.

In 1997, I helped form six-piece covers band, Coverstar. Over the next twenty-four years, we would become each other’s second family.

Then in March 2021, I finally released my début EP, ‘Where the Elephants Go’ – a collaboration with my Coverstar bandmates Rob Carter and Paul Solman. It's fair to say that without them, the elephants wouldn't have gone anywhere.

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The Insta Crowd

Jeremy Mathias