Fabulous, from production and performance. A beautiful song

Great storytelling as usual, Johnny! Love the lyrics, man!

I was clearly on sabbatical when you posted this fine collaboration, Pravinand.

“Stand Up Radio” – serving your right of information in a musical way

This is  second later part of the group playlist 2051 - 2016 - tracks 501 - 771. 
The first part is https://soundcloud.com/sketches-from-holland/sets/stand-up-radio-original

The first track is the earliest track that was posted and never got un-posted or re-posted. Both list holds a compilation of 771 tracks with a message. It may spotlight news facts via informative lyrics, considerations, reflections on social or environmental themes, ancient knowledge and modern protest songs.

About Stand Up Radio group / original text:

Hear and share your insights about what is really going on in the world, instead of what the main stream media are trying to make you believe as the (whole) truth.

Content is more important than musical quality.

Start your own discussion in the forum or leave your comment to the tracks. If you want to contribute, please do so. Please note that your track is musically/thematic/lyrically relevant to Stand Up Radio.

ABOUT MODERATING THE GROUP
Please only post tracks that go with the concept of this theme group. For a appropriate approval it helps if:
- lyrics are posted with the track 
- instrumentals include a description about the intension of the produced piece
- the posted track is not over 7 minutes long
- the title gives a clue of the content
A track may get disapproved if it is not clear what the track comprehends.
If a member posts multiple tracks that have no connection with the theme of this channel he/she risks a bann for this group only. This is only to keep the group clean and to remain able moderating this group regularly and efficiently.

Languages other than English, Dutch or German are not too easy for me to understand. If your contribution has been turned down and you think this is not right please send me a message :)

Mike Spring (moderator)

PERSONAL ADD
My initiative to Stand Up Radio comes: 
a) from my own wish to express myself musically with lyrics that put people to think further about the happenings in the world, in stead off only reading the regular news and believing this is the only thing needed to be known. 
b) from my wish to join musicians with a similar want and to form a musical alternative news channel together for everybody to listen to.

TAGS:
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Stand Up Radio - full GROUP tracklist - part 2 (2015 --> 2016)

A big thank you to Gabriel Vanore (http://soundcloud.com/van-gabriel) for his magnificent work in mixing and producing this song. He took my humble offering and made it really grand! And a big thank you as well to Michael Charney for his wonderful work on the synths. I really appreciate it Michael!

Guitars and vocals: Johnny Minstrel
Synths: Michael Charney
Mixing, creativity and production: Gabriel Vanore
Cover art: Gabriel Vanore

 Is This You
Words & Music: Pravinand Maharaj (Johnny Minstrel)

You made the waters flow from the mountain to the sea
You made the flowers grow from tiny wind blown seeds
Yet hungry mouths are kept unfed for centuries
You made the stars appear, you made the fiery sun
You made the orbits clear how smoothly all things run
Yet people clash in pain with swords and bombs and guns

*And is it true...is it true
Is this you?
Sometimes when I hear thunder I hear a mournful sound
Sometimes when I feel rain I see a crying God
I wonder when it all began
I wonder when it all began

You made the birds that fly you made the fish that swim
From every tribe and clime you made her me and him
Yet we can’t live together we have no common kin
*
You set the day from night on the wings of dawn and dusk
You gave the breath of life you made us out of dust
Yet still the Wicked thrive to triumph over the Just


Is This You - feat Michael Charney (A VanGabriel Production)

Original Song by J.J. Terrell
Artwork is by friend's wife Margaryta Yermolayeva
Please check out her paintings at margaryta-yermolayeva.pixels.com

Original lyrics:

A lake, an ocean, to be crossed
The light shining through the surface, sometimes lost
Around the bottom of the sea we almost cried
I was never colder than that artic night

Going straight ahead is all that I can do
Up and down, all around; life's whirlpool
Lay my tail upon a rock
And dream

The schools of fish seemed lost in all the noise
A passing whale who lost his voice
A nice warm pool of a fleeting duel
A cloudy red trial, a happy ruse

The light shining through the surface is sometimes bright
The deeper you are, the harder it is, to tell day or night
Travel far and wide

The Lost Merman 🧜‍♂️

The Smaller Deaths
Words / Harry Newman
Music and Performance / Jason Paul
Video: https://vimeo.com/102549269

soon the generals will have their way 
and the killing will begin again 
the modern kind 
distant and televised 

how strange it is 
to think of movies 
how strange it is 
instead of slaughter 
when the images come 

soon politicians will have their say 
and the speeches will begin again 
the words we've heard 
so many times now 

bombs falling flashes 
missiles skimming suburbs 
so much like our own 
we don't even notice 
we have grown so fat with violence 
we need our murder supersized 
before we can feel it 

how strange it is 
to think of movies 
how strange it is 
instead of slaughter 
when the images come 

when the smaller deaths 
the ones on the ground 
the cameras won't see 
will never be counted 

when the smaller deaths 
the ones on the ground 
the cameras won't see 
will never be counted 

when the smaller deaths 
the ones on the ground 
the cameras won't see...

The Smaller Deaths

'The Concept of Alan Watts' reworked to 432HZ. 



(432HZ) Last Bee On Earth - The Concept Of Alan Watts

A medley of iconic English songs that defined an era. This piece brings together four timeless classics: Life on Mars by David Bowie, Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney, Nobody Home by Pink Floyd, and Perfect Day by Lou Reed. Although Lou Reed is American, Perfect Day was produced by Bowie, giving it a strong English connection. The heartfelt piano arrangements breathe new life into these unforgettable tracks.

#EnglishMedley #LifeOnMars #LiveAndLetDie #PerfectDay #PinkFloydCover #DavidBowieTribute #PianoMedley #ClassicRockMedley

My English Years - english medley

Shoemansky - Under The Skin

What if you had a Down's Syndrome Child
This was my last song in 1998 until 2012
When the great actor Michael Sheen directed me to write again

Imagine No Love

Written by Shoemansky
Lyrics by Shoemansky 
Copy editing by Jaime J. Ross
Add. Vocals by Jaime J. Ross

Thank you Jaime for your support and your wonderful work!
Visit Jaime's site: https://soundcloud.com/jaime0223

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America

You know you are flying high
But who knows the reason why?
You're the good thing in many lies
You're the bad thing in secret files
Got the finger right
on your trigger

America
Your pace is high
America
Your shadows are dark
but then your lights start to shine

Wherever you are, wherever you are

You're the right friend guiding our fights
You're the bad guy leading our rights
Point the finger now
Your way

America
Your pace is high
America
Your shadows are long
But then your lights start to shine

You're the saint in saving our lives
You're the devil in crossing our lines

We are all the same
Until we take the blame

Wherever we are, wherever we are
 

Shoemansky - America (feat. Jaime J. Ross)

https://30gradx.bandcamp.com/track/planet-x
https://soundcloud.com/30gradx/planet-xtra
w/ IPG1:
https://soundcloud.com/30gradx/planet-x-with-ipg1

planet x

Rage All Night Baby

Cast of Characters:
Mistermark – @user-432503709 – Mark – drums, VST upright bass, electric vibraphone, horns, high organ in the last section, percussion (shaker, hand claps), production, editing, mix, and composition
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– Fender Custom Shop Tele Thinline electric guitar and mastering
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ, electric piano, synthesizer
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – PRS semi hollow body electric guitar

This song began its life some 20 years ago recorded on Mark's old skool keyboard workstation as a bass line and drum beat, accentuated by a synth melody playing over some electric piano. It sat as that basic version until just recently, when Mark had gotten into horn arrangements, and wanted to try some out, thus creating the impetus for reviving this old tune. Plus, he wanted to get the Eclectic Collective to play the guitar and keys parts on it for a little extra jazzy pizzazz.

He turned it over to the rest of the EC gang with a pretty clear vision of what he wanted structurally. Stephen was first up, adding his driving guitar to the fist part of every verse. Josh deftly chimed in with the response line in every verse. JJ then came into the mix last and sprinkled his magic electric piano and other keys throughout. After all of our parts were in the can, Mark went to work dutifully editing and mixing what you hear as the final product. Stephen then did his pro mastering work on it to add a little bit more shine.

This was a lot of fun to put together. It doesn't feature all of the EC, but the other guys will be on many upcoming creations. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.
======================================================

***Just for fun, here is link to just the horns isolated (something I'm going to be occasionally doing on certain songs):
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/clydes_horns-isolated

Clyde's Glide (with The Eclectic Collective)

this song is the first one i composed in my recording studio after a long period in countries like romania, croatia and germany and my return to argentina where i have my big recording studio! today is a special saturday night and the typical summer moon, that is to say, it's getting hotter in our country since we're living in a summer climate! returning to argentina was quite sad because i found a country full of political corruption and a lot of poverty! to tell the truth, this is not the argentina that we all know! political corruption is the order of the day and even more so with my mental health problems, it's something that affects me a lot and i don't wish bad on anyone, quite the opposite! i hope the argentine people can be happy since there is a lot of unemployment and mainly the poverty rate has grown notably!

Full Moon Night

WALKING IN CIRCLES by STEVEN VELLOU HORNE & COSMIC KEANU

good day to friends and good day to the whole world...😃🙇🏾‍♂️🙏🏻😃⭐🌼⭐

Dancing With Souls.mp3

Embrace With Suffer

Welcome to Mike Spring’s corner of in-your-face songwriting

This page is inspired by the charm of pure songwriting. It is about the creating of a song, improvised music and raw demo’s. Naked not afraid ;)

‘Sketches from Holland’ is created by MIKE SPRING. This page holds raw recordings of original songs played live solely or invented in the heat of the moment. Tracks may be mono and not mixed. 
Once my inspiration is lit into a song idea a musical train starts rolling off hill. Often I finish a piece. Sometimes it stays a sketch and is forgotten about many years.

Thank you for listening!
Mike
The Netherlands (Holland)
2015/02/07

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I'm a singer-songwriter from Durban, South Africa. Having being raised in the church I was advantaged with a ready-made audience. Their kindness, patience and ecouragement gave me the confidence to improve my songwriting and to take it quite seriously. At times when the lyrics had a touch of controversy, they never thought it scandalous, which further encouraged me to write on social issues, love songs, and songs with just a story. 
By my mid-teens I was heavily influenced by the hippy gospel songwriter Larry Norman, which may explain why into my 50's I still have long hair! Through his music I learned that songs do have a greater purpose. 
As a young upstart I was blessed with a kind and forgiving congregation. Today I'm blessed with a very tolerant family and a bunch of great friends. I love what I do!



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