Voz: Leo Andina @leonardo-andina
Bajo : Rodolfo Planes @rplanes
Guitarras, Coro y Producción : Pichy Sotomayor

Ciudad Prohibida

Ya no hay mas nada que ver,
no tengo nada que hacer,
voy flotando con  la brisa.
Yo necesito saber
como me vas a   encender.

Angel del amanecer,
ven a buscarme otra vez
para sanar las heridas.
Para ponerme de pie
y atravesar la ciudad 
prohibida.

Veo tantas cruces de madera,
veo tantas almas con la misma sed.
Los bemoles en sus madrigueras,
tejen sus mentiras por la red.

No vivo para temer 
yo sirvo para crecer
lejos de tanta codicia.
lo que yo llevo en mi haber
son mis sueños en papel.

Musa del amanecer,
ven a ayudarme otra vez
para colmarnos de vida.
Para ponerme de pie     
y atravesar la ciudad 
prohibida.

Veo tantas cruces de madera,
veo tantas almas con la misma sed.
Los bemoles en sus madrigueras
traman sus mentiras por la red.

Letra y Música: Pichy Sotomayor

Ciudad Prohibida (Andina/Planes/Sotomayor)

I sketched out a woodwind melody 2018 and put it away not knowing what to do with it. Almost 2 years later when reading Mary Shelley’s 1826 “The Last Man” I had the idea to write a “end of the world” piece and remembered the melancholy melody from 2018. Shelley’s book describes how in the late 21st Century the whole world is ravaged by a pandemic that sweeps across the globe (imagine that). Shelley states that in 1818 she discovered, in the Cumaean Sibyl’s cave near Naples, a collection of prophetic writings painted on leaves. Shelley's The Last Man is considered the first piece of dystopian fiction.

Sibyl's Cave

For two guitars, expressive and melodic with interplay of harmony and resolution and moments of dissonance.

So Sweetly Do You Call

It's all in the question ...
Does the present exist?

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🛠 - Made with MOOG & Modular / Multi-tracks
🎹 - Composed, arranged, performed, produced by Pier WILL & Studio 4H09
🙏 - Acknowledgements - Ableton, Arturia, Audacity, Cantabile, MSI, Focusrite, Korg, M-Audio, Sony, SoundCloud, Teac, Techniks, Yamaha.
⚙️ - #Ambient #Movies #Electro #Experimental #Minimal #Space

Does the Present Exist ?

Does The Present Exist

The loss. The lack . And the way dreams help facing the pain.

Tu n'auras pas (song theme in description)

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Fiddle solo. Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Acoustic Bass. Roland Synthesizer Bass. Fender Rhodes Electric Piano. Gibson L5 Electric Guitar Rhythm. Horn Section Alto & Tenor Saxophones, trumpet. Baritone Saxophone Background.  Trumpet Background. Trap Drum set. Percussion, Cow Bell, Quito, Tambourine.

Getting Back

Fiddleling

This is the story of Seagrave Tiller Hook and ladder 5211 who served with the Glencove Volunteers fire fighters  in Glencove, Long Island, new York from 1987 until 2011. when she finished service she was  bought by an Irish man called Liam Moore who has a passion for Fire Brigade and has quite a collection. He transported her from America to Ireland and this song tells the true story, or maybe a part of the tale of her travels from Glencove and her arrival here in Dublin. she is 56 foot long, 30tonne and has a 100f foot ladder, driven by a V8 engine and it was my pleasure to ride in her for a few hours with Liam.  Liam brings her to charity events and exhibitions to show her off and spend most of his time underneath or on top working on her. here is a youtube link to her arriving in Ireland, we will be putting a  youtube video for the song together in due course . 

Written, sung and produced by: Johnny Mc Farlane 

https://youtu.be/nnL5kTOqckI
Verse 1 
The story starts in  Glen Cove, long Island USA 
Ladder  5211 starts up  for her last day 
All the boys from the volunteers 
Could have filled up the water tanks with tears,  
They didn’t want to see her go away 
But they knew she had done her stint and that she couldn’t stay 
So they gave her a big send off and sent her on here way 
flashing lights and sirens blazing 
they all said their good bye that night
from the Station to the docks there wasn’t one dry eye in sight 

Chorus 
Oh Liam Moore’s fire Brigade is the best you’ve ever seen 
She’s 50 foot from front to back and he keeps her very clean 
She came all the way from Glen Cove City in the USA 
Now she’s parked in Liam Mores driveway and she’s here to stay 
 
                                Verse 2                                     
She was loaded up on a ship bound for Dublin IreLand 
Where Liam moore agus Laim Beag had everything in hand 
They couldn’t  hold in the  excitement 
when the ship docked at Dublin Keys 
And when the dockers took her off the ship they  both got weak at the knees

They drove her home via  pears street past Tara street fire station 
Where all the boys from the fire brigade  gave her a standing ovation 
They drive up O Connell street 
and past the GPO  
With the sirens on and flashing Lights it’s the only way to go . 

Chorus 
                             Verse 3 
All the neighbour on the road  were excited to see her arrive 
Liam knocked down half the house trying to get her in the drive 
And Annies from number 10  
Said Liam lock hard try that again 
He’s never going to get her in the drive 

Liam Moore ahus Liam beag  Took turns on the steering wheel 
And between the shouts and curing the grinding of the steel 
They eventually inched that big yoke in 
To a very small  tight space 
And when they turned the engine off see  the grin on Liam moors face

Chorus and change 
Well Liam loves this engine with all his heart 
and love nor money wouldn’t pull the 2 of them to part 
His heart his soul his everything has gone into this truck
Its cost him quite a lot of Do but he doesn’t give a Fiddlers

Liam Moore's fire brigade ( Full version )

Seventeen

made it to Sunday, conscience black and blue
sit down and have a cup of coffee of two
already feeling pretty low no need to watch no news
when i can put my own head down and sing the blues

I'll be wailing through the morning
come calling and you're on your own

my time Sunday morning
for my Sunday morning confession

sometime last Tuesday around four o'clock
i kicked the neighbor's dog for pissing on my truck
could see him through the window
so come out and kicked him in the head
forgot i had on my steel toed boots and kicked the fucker dead

I'll be wailing through the morning
come calling and you're on your own

my time Sunday morning
for my Sunday morning confession

I'm not trying to buy my way into heaven
i'm no god-fearing man
momma begged me to stop by the church and talk to the reverend
ain't no time with these guitar pickin hands

this past Friday i put a possum in my buddies car
needless to say he didn't make it real far
after they sifted through the wreckage and blew off the soot
there was a barbequed possum attached to my dead buddy's foot

I'll be wailing through the morning
come calling and you're on your own

my time Sunday morning
for my Sunday morning confession

I'm not trying to buy my way into heaven
I'm no god-fearing man
momma begged me to stop by the church and talk to the reverend
ain't no time with these guitar pickin hands

Just yesterday at the grocery store
an old lady got in my face because i called her a whore
reached in her purse but before you could know
i knocked her flat on her back and gave her the People's Elbow

I'll be wailing through the morning
come calling and you're on your own

my time Sunday morning
for my Sunday morning confession

I'm not trying to buy my way into heaven
i'm no god-fearing man
momma begged me to stop by the church and talk to the reverend
ain't no time with these guitar pickin hands

Stephen Malson's Album

Sunday Confession

Getting creative during lockdown, this is very basic software so hoping to explore it further with live instruments or better software. Inspired by film, celtic and ethereal music for this one- hope you enjoy!!

Image courtesy of buzuki's on pixabay.com

Lockdown Lullaby

Xiufang

Xiufang and the 桃樹

“There is nothing permanent except change.” – Heraclitus.

The music industry (like many things) has changed greatly since I bought my first 45 record (Green Eyed Lady) at my hometown record shop in 1970. It would be very easy to lament over these changes (and I have.) However, with change comes new opportunities, and thanks to websites/apps like Soundcloud we musicians and composers have the opportunity to to be heard as never before. So thank you Soundcloud and thank you for visiting my page. - Jim Combs

Bio
* Born 1959
* From Southern New Jersey, USA
* Instruments: Guitar (jazz & classical), Bass, Piano, Voice 
* Influential LPs/music (not all and in no specific order): Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire, Miles Davis - Nefertiti & Sketches of Spain, Larry Coryell – Spaces, Weather Report - Heavy Weather, Pat Martino – Consciousness, Return to Forever  - Romantic Warrior,  Chick Corea - The Leprechaun, Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow,  Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures, Santana & McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender, ELP – Trilogy, Genesis - Wind and Wuthering, Yes - Close to the Edge, David Sancious - The Bridge, Be Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish, Ambrosia - Somewhere I've Never Traveled, Journey – Journey,  Rite of Spring & Petrushka – Stravinsky, Don Quixote - Richard Strauss, La Mer - Claude Debussy, Pavane pour une infante défunte & Daphnis et Chloé – Ravel, Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta - Bartok ,  Andrew Lloyd Webber - Jesus Christ Superstar, Jerry Goldsmith - MacArthur, The Omen, Planet Of The Apes (1968), Isao Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing & The Bermuda Triangle.

Sibyl's Cave

Jim Combs - Composer, Keyboardist and Guitarist