Great story, great song, all in all great Johnny 👍 

Perfect delivery of this enjoyable Irish story-telling song. Liking that countrified guitar slapping along the way.

Cool song ! Great Melody ! I love the voice !

This track is another one from the "vault" that has never been developed.....until now. Always Keep It Movin' and don't let nothing stand in your way.

Keep It Movin'

For solo violin, strings, french horns, Wagner tubes, oboes, vibraphone, timpani and cymbal.

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Photo by Marco Chilese on Unsplash

Ritorno

For this collaboration, Liam and I alternated writing eight measures each back and forth for the duration of the piece. Hope you enjoy it!

Our other collaborations: https://soundcloud.com/liamhynestawawalkingears

Liam's profile: https://soundcloud.com/liam-hynes-tawa

The Dreamer Reawakening (Collaboration with Liam Hynes-Tawa)

This is a collaboration between myself and awesome singer songwriter Annie Ray @annie-ray-music . I originally developed this as an instrumental and approached Annie pretty late in the day to develop lyrics and a vocal track, Annie rose to the challenge and delivered this beautifully ethereal vocal performance. Thankyou Annie for finding the words!

Annie:- Lyrics and Vocals
Andy:-  Piano, Orchestration and Production 

Lyrics:

Stars reach for the moon
Never too soon
Dreams woven into one
Looking to the sun
Effortlessly suspended
In space and time
Elegantly surrender
To cosmic sublime

Dreams woven into one
Looking to the sun

Elegantly surrender
To cosmic sublime
All connected in silence
Invisible luminance
Dreams woven into one
Looking to the sun

Stars reach for the moon
Never too soon

The Orrery (ft. Annie Ray)

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 )

Anciennement Rideau elle a été re mixée et re masterisée.

Au travers du rideau

Au Travers Du Rideau

A big thank you to my brother JayKay for playing solo guitar

Please take a closer listen to  https://soundcloud.com/jokelstein1?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Hmm, wildlife markets… maybe?

1.
I looked up to the sky this afternoon, 
The clouds were so ragged 
And there was even a half moon 
Peeking out between the two lime trees, 
I remember, I thought I would write a song about it 
But actually 

ref
I wanted to write about 
Something really different
Something that was on my mind
Something that made me think

2.
I wanted to write about something completely different, 
Hmm, wildlife markets… maybe?
But I had to postpone that because of the view 
It was so homely and beautiful and it was just not at all 
Time to have indignant and stirred up feelings and thoughts

ref
I wanted to write about 
Something really different
Something that was on my mind
Something that made me think

How the heck could i just loose the fathom, and 
How did it come that far ?
Does it really need to be  so random and
Isn’t that a little bizarre ?

3.
In the meantime a bird crossed my view of sight
Passing from the right over to the left side
And snapshot-like 
i spotted it in front of the moon
Oh, as i looked up at the sky this afternoon…

ref
I wanted to write about 
Something really different
Something that was on my mind
Something that made me think

How the heck could i just loose the fathom, and 
How did it come that far ?
Does it really need to be  so random and
Isn’t that a little bizarre ?…        (da capo al fine)

Hmm, wildlife markets... maybe? (ft Jay Kay)

The Swamp
Part of the Playlist Mystic Places https://soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/mystic-places
January 2022
Duration 3:00
Photo of a swamp in Madagascar at sunset
For bamboo flute, duduk, clarinets, marimba, digeridoo, field recordings from swamps and marshes in Africa and percussion

The Swamp

The devils weather is a raw acoustic version of a song I wrote May 2020 recorded March 2022. A plug in and play with added harmonies. Thanks for listening. Gaz

The Devils Weather (Acoustic)

A dark and seductive blues-rock journey where temptation takes center stage. A moody, slow-burn single from Ellis Rodes, blending gritty guitar, haunting melodies, and poetic story telling.

Dancing with the Devil

The whole world spun away
The sound incessant
Perhaps I'm dying now
Not a thought I find unpleasant

I've hurt some people 
and I loved some too
Life is a steep hill
But we made it through

I knew I had done it wrong
When the earth became the sky
It seemed to last forever
I don't need wings to fly

I took my chances
Didn't hedge my bets
I played the game
I have no regrets

No regrets

No Regrets

No Regrets(Motorcycle musings....)

Hi, My name is Johnny Mc Farlane, I am an Indie songwriter from Ireland. I write, play, produce and distribute my own music. I try to write songs that will mean something to whoever may be listening. I try to express feeling and emotions through my music, I try to hit the heart and soul of whoever may be listening and to pass on my feelings through my lyrics and my music. A lot of the songs I write come from Personal experiences, some are pure imagination, but all try to carry a message of Hope, Fait, understanding and a spiritual message of love. I am just one voice in the wilderness but together we are stronger. Thank you so much for listening to my music. It’s a real honour.

Liam Moore's fire brigade ( Full version )

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