This is a live jam from a Halloween Party in 1987. 

Greg Michalski - SLIDE GUITAR
Ron Snyder - BASS
Jim Doyle - DRUMS
Rob Rodriguez - DRUMS

This tape was digitally restored from a different anolog speed. It is still strangely entertaining now.

Zombie Party Blues (Halloween 1987) FREE DOWNLOAD

Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Jo Ellis at Blue Room Studios.

Assistant Engineer: Christian Burgess

Orchestrata - Through The Wire

When every war is lost
And every hatred spent
Some folks will throw a ball
And some will boo
With nothing left to feel & do

Hep hep-hep!

Don't start assumin'
What makes us human

Huh huh-huh
Chet-chet
Hey-ey-ye pom

When I was a child
I did believe, I did believe
In Socrates
And all the Greeks who said that
We could all be good

I sat and smiled
As teachers taught we were the greatest
Fought the hardest
Just to win back
A tiny fraction of what used to be ours

It's understood
The meek & mild must toughen up
When something greater is at stake
A martyr acts
when lemmings leave

No wreaths for cowards!
It took the dying of a world to make it clear
A Holy War rings 
The gold in someone's purse

We did some bad things
But soandso did so much worse...

When every tribe is lost
And all the money spent
Some folks will drown in song
And some will jeer
With no-one left to kill in fear

Hep hep-hep!

Got caught presumin'
What makes us human

Huh huh-huh hek
Chet-chet
Hey-ey-ye pom

I'm still that child
But many reasons and excuses later
I just try to keep afloat without
Kicking my neighbor down

And failing bad
Do I blame the strings that have us tangled
When the strings were made by
Drowners like myself?

What if it's something we can't help?

What Makes Us Human?

I know I should’ve seen the signs. They kept on saying, “It’ll turn out fine.
That’s the price you pay, when your resume
Doesn’t really say what’s in your heart.
Nobody else had a clue, none of them told me, or acted like they knew.
It was full-steam ahead, make a living, earn that bread.
Walking through the motions, play the part.
That, my friends, is the legend of Scott

I thought I was right on track. Full-steam ahead, there’s no going back.
There were ups and downs, but I always found
A place on holy ground that hit the spot.
Just play your role, be a friend, don’t take a chance, and dear God, don’t offend.
There were baby steps, but most the time, they slept,
Never get specific, never hot.
That, my friends, is the legend of Scott

Guess you can say I survived. I went into battle, and I came out alive.
And this song I sing doesn’t change a thing.
I’ll be clinging tight to what I’ve got.
Maybe my time’s not yet up. Maybe I still have a drink from that cup.
Gotta keep on tryin’, it’ll turn out fine.
Maybe I have figured out what’s what.
That, my friends, is the legend of Scott

Legend of Scott

I kept pushing you away 
But I didn't wanna lose you 
Now I’m uncertain why I'd choose to? 

My mind ain’t working okay

I could feel the fire in you fade
We couldn’t burn like we used to
I hope you don’t think that I confused you

Whoa I got tired of fighting
Couldn’t keep on righting the wrong
You'll never find me
All broken apart now you’re gone

Don’t get the feeling you fine dear 
You’re like the fool you been grinding
Sometimes the truth it can be blinding
Til you look and learn that you got it all wrong

Not every battle you fightin’
Will turn your wrongs into rightings
In case you still need reminding
I ain’t messed up now you’re gone

Oh no you can’t find me
Too bad you can’t find me
I ain’t messed up now 

You’re gone

Whoa I got tired of fighting
Couldn’t keep on righting the wrong
You'll never find me
All broken apart now you’re gone

Whoa now you can’t find me
Too bad you can't find me
You can no longer like me
Don't care you don’t like me
Don’t need you behind me
I don’t need you behind me

Too bad you can't find me
Whoa now you can’t find me
Don't care you don’t like me
Whoa you don’t like me
Don’t need you behind me
I ain't messed up now you're gone

Music and Lyrics by Tom Hall @2020

Ain't Messed Up

Carried Away

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Only Dreams

Something a bit different! These are some tracks from a TV series called 'Myths Magic & Monsters' about the mysteries of Indonesia, for Sky TV some time ago... I've got a lot more of this and I'd like to turn it into a full album at some point! Thanks for listening and sharing! NB

Myths 1

Performed by Chris Morgan (vox), Ljubomir Gorscak (guitars,pads,horns) and Christopher Morrison (drums). Music by Ljubomir Gorscak and Chris Morgan. Lyrics by Chris Morgan. Engineering and production by Ljubomir Gorscak. Mastered at Fishbowl Studios.

Sun goes down,
All the stars come out now.
Wheel turns 'round,
Somewhere high above the clouds...

In the backseat,
On a free ride to Babylon.
In the backseat...

Sitting shotgun,
Headed downtown thru Babylon.
Sitting shotgun...

Money saves, money saved, money saves...

Sun goes down,
All the stars come out now.
Wheel turns 'round,
Somewhere high above the clouds,
The thunder sounds!

Wanting...she's a whore!
Needing...more and more!
Searching...for a sign!
Dying...all the time!

Money saves, money saved, money saves...

Sun goes down,
All the stars come out now.
Wheel turns 'round,
Somewhere high above the clouds...

Babylon

Record producer, mix engineer, musician and songwriter.

AWARDS:

BALLAD OF RAMBRO (Game Audio) (https://youtu.be/Q_-J3Jv8kfE):
Golden Trailer Awards 2016 - Most Innovative Advertising for a Video Game

AURORA (Soundtrack) (https://youtu.be/jPVKyFx1q94):
The New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards 2016 - Best Student Film - Silver World Medal
Cape Town International Animation Festival 2016 - Best Sound in Team Production Category

Runner Up - Pensado's Place Mix Competition 2016
(https://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/pensados-place-mixing-competition-regret-the-hour-distance/submissions/e681b8e6-1780-11e6-b958-0e61d8def927)

Orchestrata - Through The Wire

Jo Ellis

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