Here we go - round three. Well, dont blame me, i know, no one will probably listen a playlist with around 200 tracks in it, but! The collector is a collector and you still and scroll thru it and check out what the commander experiences and collects on his spacious and amazing journey thru the cloud!

If youre on this list, i did not only enjoy your tracks, you made it on this little archive here which, maybe or not, someone likes and might listen to one or another of the tracks in it. I appreciate it, and those artists for sure!

Much love, yours, Cmd. SF

Part two : https://soundcloud.com/steve-fullyard/sets/dope-stuff-collector-two
Part one : https://soundcloud.com/steve-fullyard/sets/dope-stuff-collector-one

Dope Stuff - Collector Three

My August Favs

MEMENTOS AND REMINISCENCES

Devil's Irises: 30 Great new songs from the SoundCloud community

Garden Bed of Gratitude: Thanks for all your playlists and comments on Tony Turn Around Pt. 1

Related tracks: Lazzy - Paploviante Open Collab

Energy (8)

Don't be misled by the nonplussed look on Jupiter's face as he deals with the indignity of having headphones plonked onto his head for the sake of a photo - these are all excellent sonic vignettes worthy of your valuable listening time!
If you reaaallly like any of what you hear, go for a deeper dive into some of these great artists Soundcloud pages, Bandcamp, Spotify etc.....

p.s. no dogs were harmed in the making of this playlist even though the Cat would have been cool with that 😼

The Cat's Latest Recommended Soundcloud Listening (Aug '21)

I am so lucky to have landed in such a great place on Soundcloud, surrounded so many by talented people from all over the place!  Here's where I store all the wonderful collaborations that I have participated in. Thank You SoundClouders!  I have ongoing collaborations with beSRK. You can find those here: https://soundcloud.com/j9bsrk.

Lucky to Be Here - My Soundcloud Collaborations

Produced Mixed Mastered By Danke Noetic Lyrics Written And Performed By U.Poet

The Window Of Life  {Prod. Danke Noetic}

This track is a little different for me...I hope you enjoy XD music video premieres 14th May, 7pm uk time 😈🎶 - https://youtu.be/dHN1dlnleDc

LIAR.

Little to say but... enjoy !!

https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson: original instrumental theme on keys and drums, vocals.
Ruizzoidman: lyrics, vocals, bass, guitars, production.
Mahatma Ghandi: speech at Inter Asian Conference, 02/04/1947

Lyrics:

A renaissance is needed
in this present we’re living.
Now is the time (2)
Recognising one another
as a friend, as a true brother.
Now is the time (2)
We need empathy…

By sectarian politicians
humankind is being confronted.
Now is the time (2)
Troubles they want us to see,
people live them more easily.
Now is the time (2)
We need pragmatism …

We’re all part of minorities,
the red haired or left handed.
Now is the time (2)
No more talk about left or right,
no more minding if black or white.
Now is the time (2)
We need global thinking …

A renaissance is needed
in this present we’re living.
Now is the time (2)
Love flows freely in every heart.
Revolution inside each one.
Now is the time (2)
We need empathy…

It's The Time (with Janine Levinson)

composition, all instruments, final vocal arrangement
by Monkey Blood Lowdown @monkeybloodlowdown
lyrics, vocals, light master
by Mariam Zohra D : Myrh


A song I'd been singing to myself for some years!
Once again @monkeybloodlowdown lays down a 
supra dupra track for the acapella! Bham!

I'LL BE ME

Goin' on a bus ride
gonna take it far
Hoppin on an airplane then
as soon as I get off

Don't know where I'll be
but I'll be me

Wrangle me a young buck then
Ride him to the meadow
Hike among the high hung trees
goin far a ways

Don't know where I'll be
but I'll be me
I'll be me
I'll be me

the set

I'll Be Me | The Consolers

source: https://soundcloud.com/themagneticdogsisters/jones

Jone's Squid

Jones's Squid

This is a pure rock freak out so you've been warned.  It's shredding and having fun and creating some musical cacophony.  
Don't be surprised though if you hear this one in another format down the line.  Also, if you don't know about One Blind Mouse @oneblindmouse by now then make that change today.  Call now with your credit card or send your check or money orders to him and a life of opportunity and abundance will be yours. 
 
Enjoy !

Guitars - TexMex Shaman
Literally everything else - One Blind Mouse

Crass and Crude

TMS and One Blind Mouse - Crass And Crude

amazon

Deep Space

[ Albums ]
https://negativeheadphone.bandcamp.com

[ Youtube ]
https://www.youtube.com/c/negativeheadphone

[ Spotify ]
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6yptVqiGbvP3HpQNz2XTyQ

[ Facebook Page ]
https://www.facebook.com/negativeheadphone

[ Twitter ]
https://twitter.com/NegaPhone

Bandcamp

handed down

Music & Lyrics: Jan Schonander

Not being a drummer or having access to a collaborating drummer very often I have been moving away from using the Logic Pro virtual drummer and playing the drum grooves on my keyboard. I have to admit it has given me added respect for the art as it is not easy (at least for me) to keep a consistent beat even for a few bars. For this I used the Vintage Breaks+ drum kit, but to get the deep sound applied the Space D reverb, which I then also used to give the same overall sound to all the stems. The bass is a Logic Baby Bass treated with a Full Stack guitar amplifier. For the vocal in the chorus I used a reverse Space D reverb to achieve the ghostly effect. Lyrically I think this song speaks for itself.

TWO SPEED

There’s vintage and new
All kinds and looks
On this brand new two speed highway
I can see you clearly
You’re holding on and dearly

There’s a clear road ahead
Slipping into 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th
There’s a lane you can choose instead
Letting go, letting go 

I’ll pass you by
Why don’t you even try
I want to love you 
I want to hold you

I can’t wait for you
Makes me wanna cry
Stay away from you
I’m afraid of you

Unless you help yourself
Take good care of yourself
And love yourself
Unless you help yourself
Take good care of yourself
And love yourself

So much more than you and me
Can’t slip into he said, she said, we said, they said
A shiny city on a hill  
I wanna get there, you wanna get there
 
Free flowing air
Full speed ahead, but
To be close to you
Spend time with you

I’m breaking free
I wish that you could see
I can’t love you
I can’t trust you

Unless you help yourself
Take good care of yourself
And love yourself
Help yourself
Good care of yourself
And love yourself

Two Speed

Meteora

Let your troubles melt away...


Here's A link to the cover art;

https://pixabay.com/photos/maldives-beach-island-vacations-361244/

RiZLiX - Tropical Dreams

Fairly simple song I wrote quite quickly (quickly for me anyway) with added attempted enlivening of final chorus by means of cod-orchestrals. 
---

I want another cup of coffee but I've had too much already
I get caught up in the details and then I feel a bit unsteady
So I'm staring through the window at the people out at lunchtime
In the sunshine

I dreamt I went to heaven on the train
Oh they've got canapes and badges where you write your name and I
Sat next to an angel
We got into conversation
I got caught up in the details
And I missed my destination

I thought I knew just what I wanted but I did not know my nature
You get caught up in the details and then it's five years later
And when you told me that you loved me well I know at first you meant it
(I know you really meant it)

[Repeat chorus]

Can't be ordinary and also extraordinary
I'm tying not to be someone who's going to let you down

[Repeat first verse]

Think I'm gonna go out in the sunshine

[Repeat chorus]

---
Produced arranged composed performed recorded & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.
---
Original photo (detail) Matt Palmer unsplash.com/@mattpalmer

Caught Up In The Details

This track was made during a difficult period for me, when covid drove me into a cage of depression. To cope with it, I, in spite of everything, took out all the light that is in me and, through I can't, tried to make music. And she saved me! This is the first track in a new, now, world. Music Composed/Produced by Guitarbeard © 2021

Buy https://guitarbeard.bandcamp.com/track/introvert

Introvert

Talking in your sleep (Short Rough Mix)

Thanks to The Magnetic Dog Sisters for inviting me to co create over their original track "Bright As" and thanks to all the musical and cultural pioneers that have influenced me.

Check out The Magnetic Dog Sisters' original instrumental track "Bright As" here: soundcloud.com/themagneticdogsisters/bright-as

Get your Tony Turn Around zine and sticker set at Bandcamp here: https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com/album/tony-turn-around

And then download for free or use the cash to donate to www.rainforestcoalition.org or www.researchautism.org

Massive thanks to Russell Sinfield for spending hours and hours mixing and mastering this EP, especially since he originally thought he was only mixing one song, lol! And thanks to taRka, Arkestar, Joerxworx, Bitzone, and Alex for all the inspiration, creativity, and energy you added to this track. You all made this track what it is!

I grew up on hip hop and have always been a hip hop musician first. Hip hop (and lo-fi indie rock) is the lens through which I always first approach making a song. After spending years listening to the music of our SoundCloud community, everyone's music has found a deep place in my heart. I believe that when hip hop artists first began sampling funk tracks in the 80s, it was out of love and respect for the music they grew up with and identified with. I now sample the music of my SoundCloud collaborators and friends to make new songs from those that I love. Tony Turn Around is a celebration of that process. It is a representation of the joy of sampling and the delight of playing around with cool sounds from musicians you respect and admire. I hope you all continue to enjoy what we have created as a community here on SoundCloud and Bandcamp!

This project is dedicated to the development of a more conscious, equitable, harmonious alternative to the destructive imperialist colonial neo-liberal capitalist consumer societies in power.

The Magnetic Dog Sisters: Bass, Keys, Brass, Original Instrumental
soundcloud.com/themagneticdogsisters
themagneticdogsisters.bandcamp.com
taRka: Lyrics and Vocals
soundcloud.com/myrhyum
tarka1.bandcamp.com
The Arkestar Purple Spacemen Horns: Horns
soundcloud.com/ocean-of-tunes-presents
arkestar.bandcamp.com
Joerxworx: Sax
soundcloud.com/joerxworx
Bitzone: Drums
soundcloud.com/bitzone
www.bitzones.net
Alex Sinfield: Guitar
soundcloud.com/alex_collett_sinfield
soundcloud.com/alex081099
Kimon Schneider: Beatbox, Lyrics, and Vocals
Conso 3: Lyrics and Vocals
the Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Production, and Album Art
soundcloud.com/couch-king-presents
musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Russ Sinfield: Mix and Master
soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
chaoscookhouse.bandcamp.com

Track Listing:

The Earth lounge Intro
A Good Planet’s Hard To Find
The Lunar Gateway Interlude
Grandeza Azteka
Mars Landing Interlude
Kimon On The Microphone
Return to Planet Earth Ending
Bonus Track: Heretic (only available on Bandcamp)

Tony Turn Around

TMDS, taRka, Arkestar, Joerxworx, Bitzone, Alex & Russ Sinfield & the Couch King - Tony Turn Around

What do *you* use when changing life-lanes?

******************************

LYRICS

Humans claim that they don't play games
world keeps running on 
signals signals

Cue the sting, whatchoo wanna bring
What lies in your heart bio loom nascent to mouth
let me sing

What's wrong with a bit of honest signaling?
What's wrong with a bit of honest signaling?
What's wrong what's wrong what's wrong what?

Red string, who you wanna ring
Playin' with your part toxin bloom inflamin' the south
do your thing

(People pleased just to lay down blame)
(say they're slaves to the)
(signals signals)

What's wrong with a bit of scented signaling?
What's wrong with a bit of honest signaling?
What's wrong what's wrong what's wrong what?

***

Accrue the bling, down giants with a sling
What cries through dead arts diode doom pacing you out
take your swing

What's wrong with a bit of costly signaling?
What's wrong with a bit of honest signaling?
What's wrong what's wrong what's wrong what?

Cue the sting, whatchoo wanna bring 
What lies in your heart bio loom nascent to mouth
let me sing

(People pleased just to lay down blame)
(say they're slaves to the)
(signals signals)

What's wrong with a bit of honest signaling? 
What's wrong with a bit of honest signaling?
What's wrong what's wrong what's wrong what?

*****

Signals

© Joe Liberty 2021. All rights reserved

On the dependence of convenience and the collective self.

SaveMe

Well I like milk in my coffee 
A lil' bit a sugar in my tea
Yeah  I like the sweet taste of honey 
Gives me the rush that I need

Cause I want it 
And I need it 
And I love it 
And I gots ta, gots ta, gots ta 
Have it

Making my way through the masses 
Carve out a spot at the top (cheek pop)
 Living the life of leisure 
Praying that it never stops

Cause I want it 
And I need it 
And I love it 
And I gots ta, gots ta, gots ta 
Have it

Save me, save me from myself 
Save me, from myself 
From my self

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Solo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But it’s all right now 
Fill it on up is a gas  
But it’s all right 
Fill it on up it's a gas, gas, gas

Choking on the air that I'm breathing
Swimming in polystyrene
Just keep them dividends coming 
Gonna be what it's gonna be

Cause I want it 
And I need it 
And I love it 
And I gots ta, gots ta, gots ta 
Have it

Save me, save me from myself 
Save me, from myself
Save me, save me from myself 
Save me, from my self inflicted hell 
My self inflicted hell

SaveMe

'Memento of a Sunset', a nostalgic song twinged with melancholy, has several sub stories but finally resolves positively. The recording for streaming is from a Twitter livestream on 16 Jan. Another version is on One World Music Radio along with ‘Dream of the Wild Rose’ (#7 in Jan), ‘Your Heart Carried Me Home’—all placing on the single charts, top 50 two months in a row.  On Spotify, all streaming platforms, Bandcamp, One World Music Radio.,

The promise of a new tomorrow is eagerly awaited by all.  Nature's beautiful colors paints the sky as a memento that we can say goodbye to our worries, heartbreak, and pain and start afresh again.

YouTube (live performance): https://youtu.be/u3fHBnTSOCw
For live performances/concerts, check out my twitter, FB, and YouTube (maybe Clubhouse): https://linktr.ee/sharonchenmusic

I will be performing solo in the YeSuDa (on Clubhouse) Korean Independence Day Concert August 15 on both violin and piano..(Many artists will participate.)

Memento of a Sunset

Memento Of A Sunset

Give It Up Baby - Music by TexMex Shaman | Bass by Jeff Roberts | Music & Lyrics by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] 

YT VID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rc_oSjCFUw

Listen to the amazing music of TexMex Shaman here: https://soundcloud.com/texmex-shaman

Give It Up Baby - Music & Lyrics by REKHA a.k.a. REKHA - IYERN [Fe]

Intro:
Oo Yeah 
Ahn Yeah 
Hey Hey
Hey Hey 

Give it up Baby
Don't ya say maybe
Cuz' you know
It makes me
Totally crazy
And

You want
To give me
All of your love
You know it's true
You do me so
You do me so good
Baby I need 
Your love

Give it up, Baby
Never say maybe
Cuz' you know it 
Makes me feel
Totally, crazy good-good
Oh, Yeah-Yeah

You know you want to
Give me, your love, love, love
It always, makes me feel
So good, good, good
You touch my woman

Oh, Eh
Hey, Hey
Hey-Hey
Hahn, Oh
Ho, Ho, Oh

Babe, I need
Your good love
Your man-man in my
Woman-hood
Oo-Oo-Yeah

Music mixed & mastered by TexMex Shaman in the USA
Vocals/Sound Design composed & produced, recorded & performed, mixed by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] at IYERN [Fe] RECORDS in CANADA

Cover Art Direction & Design: Photo & Graphics by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | Border Graphics by TexMex Shaman

Give - It - Up - Badass - Final - Master

Give It Up Badass

YouTube

Give It Up - Music/TexMex Shaman | Bass/Jeff Roberts | Music+Lyrics/REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | ROCK

Beggars Hope

Home Away From Home

Thank you for listening!
A new collaboration with another two great SoundCloud Artists.
It has been a pleasure to collaborate with the very talented singers and musicians Ren Faye and GMaks.
Check out the great work of Ren: @soundcloud.com/renfaye-1
Check out the great work of GMaks: https://soundcloud.com/gmaks
Lyrics and main vocals: Ren Faye
Backing vocals: GMaks and Emilio GS

Green Eyes (Feat. Ren Faye and GMaks)

Guitar: Aleck ( Dean) Rand, Voice: Oddrun Eikli

Thank you Dean,  for your beautiful guitar.
And  thank you so much for this collaboration. 
It`s a JOY to work together with you Dean.
https://soundcloud.com/aleckrand

"For All We Know" is a song published in 1934, with music by J. Fred Coots and lyrics by Sam M. Lewis. 

For all we know
We may never meet again
Before you go
Make this moment sweet again

We won't say goodnight
Until the last minute
I'll hold out my hand
And my heart will be in it

[Verse 2: Donny Hathaway]
For all we know
This may only be a dream
We come and we go
Like the ripples of a stream

So love me, love me tonight
Tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come
For all we know

For All We Know. Aleck Rand and Oddrun Eikli

music . LE DRAPEAU NOIR FLOTTE SUR LA MARMITE @drapeaumarmite
instrumental here: https://soundcloud.com/drapeaumarmite/halleluwah?in_system_playlist=track-stations%3A1104472630
lyrics, vocals & cover design by Mariam Zohra D : Myrh
photo by M.Stark

CHARTING YOUR MIND
______________________________

Let me tell you
oh don’t you know
let me tell you
there’s a story written 
and not told yet

purpose & power
why you here?
what you gonna do?
what you gonna do?

story written and not told yet

why you here?
what you gonna do,
what you gonna do,
how are you gonna feel?

like a ship to sea
emerald green
and the sun
that sets on your iris like a moon

find me howlin at the moon!
howling at the moon!
find me howlin at the moon!

find me howling at the moon!
find me howling at the moon!

moon!

the stars have been charting your mind
for a long time

the stars have been charting your mind
for a long long time

It’s up to me,
how I want to feel
and what I’m gonna do

my purpose my power

just a long long time

soul speakin every hour!

for a long a long time
you been minding
ain’t gonna let yourself come out
but its time
its overdue now
you’re ready
you’re ready
believe me

so how you gonna feel?
when the ship sailing in the wind
the wind, and the wind is blowing like a force
a force of - an agent - of your own story
a story where you, you’re the one to tell it
you’re the one


tell it!
you’re the one
you’re the one
you better tell it,
you’re the one!
you’re the one!

how you gonna feel?

the stars are charting your mind
for a long time
come on!
come on!
the stars are charting your mind
come on!
for a long time
come on!

for a long time
you the one, you the one,
you the one who gonna tell it!

Charting Your Mind - Myrh & LE DRAPEAU NOIR FLOTTE SUR LA MARMITE

This tune was released by Roy Orbison in 1964. Performed on my Yamaha PSR-SX900 arranger keyboard.

Can you "Name That Tune"? I have a website that contains my complete collection of tunes with their titles revealed at: https://www.harveytwyman.com

Name That Tune #384 by Roy Orbison

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.  Featuring...Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Soprano Saxophone solo. Fender Rhodes Electric Piano Rhythm. String Quartet, 1st & 2nd Violins, Viola, Cello.  Gibson SG Electric Guitar Rhythm. Fender Electric Bass. Bowed Acoustic Bass. Trap Drum set. Percussion Tambourine.

Funkadelic

Cryin Blues

Jimmy Repp - Guitars, Vocals
COtu - Guitar, Production, Mix
Master: Mark Felish
Vocals and Jim's Guitar Recorded By Thorn

Let You Go

Let You Go  COtu + Jimmy Repp

This is a companion piece to the Xenomorph track but with much darker take on the concept of having an ancient, alien sentient weapon integrating with your body. Paolini's novel would make a great graphic comic or film.
The graphic is a detail from Pablo Dominguez's great rendition of the soft blade and more can seen at https://fractalverse.net/
The guitar is a Fender Tele through a British J800 amp, classic distortion, flanger, ping pong delay and a plate reverb... 
PS I don't just read SciFi
All Rights Reserved

The Soft Blade

featuring @4catsncoffee on violin
:
You can throw away your past, but the devil gently finds ways to bring it back...  Devil's Timepiece is a guitar-based alternative folk tune with southern gothic echoes. The fourth tune off the d'ville EP >soundcloud.com/jh0st/sets/dville

Devil's Timepiece
:
Traces of smoke
Lingering soft hope
Words spit like flames
under the up-town train
Together alone
through the heat summer storm

Yes it is…
faded away
No it ain't…
the way it should stay

Church bells of peace
The devil's timepiece
Once in a while
love speaks, to the right one
'Til then I pray at the station
Penn the hymn to the speeding train

Yes it is…
No place to stay.

I saw the city lights
turn dusty moon 

I saw the blue gas-light
split the summer sky

(Yes it is…)
Last place I'll stay
No it ain't…
the only doorway

Oh, gentle violence
Time will rewind it

Oh, blame the summer wind
Sound the sirens

Who will write this down?

Buy on Bandcamp

devil's timepiece [ft. 4catsncoffee]

I wonder why I try to get back childhood feelings, anyway, I've done this in a kind of nostalgic mood. But the childhood is gone, and I should try not to miss it.
The fact is that I failed in a lot of things in my past life, but I fought, fought against my own lacks. And will continue

The synth voice pad has been tweaked with samples of my voice.

Reminiscence Of A Lost Childhood

Life Loop Machine

Janine Levinson: Voice, lyrics, vocal melody and harmony https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson

Jonathan Beckenstein: Initial music and all instruments

photo: David Levinson

I woke up kinda late
Brushed the dust off my fedora
Justice, she can never wait
Roll out of bed and shuffle through the door
Even secret agents get the blues

Another day, another dance
Another man to figure out
Coincidence or happenstance?
A criminal? A gadabout?
Even secret agents get the blues
Thinking of you

You did the crime
You do the time

Sorrow, it’s my favorite meal
Eat it up with eggs and coffee
Pictures in the big murder book
Of cold hard evidence you brought me

Even secret agents get the blues
Even secret agents get the blues

Even Secret Agents Get The Blues (with Janine Levinson)

I'm walking  down to McDonalds
And that's all I'm going to do today
I guess that I'm not moving on
From our moving on
The poet he dies of a thousand paper cuts every day
So I'll say
It's been a pleasure to be with you
In this space and time
And when your telephone it doesn't ring
And when your doorbell it doesn't chime
It's me

I went to the hypnotist
To try to make some kind of sense of this
He snaps his fingers
He goes 1,2,3
I let that hippy girl read my tea leaves
I don't want to, but I have to believe
And when your telephone doesn't chime
And when you feel that California sunshine
It's me

This poet, he see a little less beauty every day
I walk past the coffee shop
Past the Stop N' Shop
Past the parking lot
With that Polish Bar, where we used to go
When your telephone it doesn't ring
And when you're craving Gin & Grenadine 
It's me

It's been a pleasure 
To have someone like you in my life
And when your telephone it doesn't ring
And when you find out who was to blame for everything
It's me

When Your Phone Doesn't Ring (It's Me)

Lazzy - Paploviante 2021 Open Collab
Bass Paploviante
Music Logic Pro X
BPM 100
Free Download
The track is downloadable as a mp3 file!
You can complete what you want!
If you publish it, you have to mention me in the description and title!

Lazzy - Paploviante Open Collab

Wishing for peace in the Middle East…

The Valuable Friends are:

Janine Levinson @janinelevinson: Amazing Khamsin Vocals
Rick Medlock @rick-4-1: Magnificent Sandstorm Drums
Phil McWalter @phil-mcwalter: The Other Dune Dandruff Stuff

Production note: My Neumann stayed in the case on this occasion, the lead vocal was recorded on my iPhone!

Building Castles In This Hourglass

I've
Always
Got
Sand in my hair
Building castles in this hourglass
Lord it takes forever
Lord it takes forever

Sand in my hair

Lord it takes forever
Lord it takes forever

I've always got
Sand in my hair
Building castles in this hourglass
Lord it takes forever
Lord it takes forever...

© Phil McWalter Oct 2023

Building Castles In This Hourglass

Spotify

Thank you, Jonathan @jonathan_beckenstein for your encouragement, the beautiful guitars you contributed here, and for the thoughtful and satisfying mix job!

Upon This Sea 
Janine Levinson 2023
Guitar and Mix: Jonathan Beckenstein

I don’t get tired, but I get weary   
Feels like my faith abandons me
And from the storm I have no shelter    
I have no boat upon this sea

I don’t feel bad, but I can feel hopeless      
And I can walk, but I lose my feet
I am strong, but I cannot carry    
I have no boat upon this sea
 
Upon this sea   
Upon this sea   
I tread a lifetime 

I am the spring that you will drink from
I give you life and cool your brow
You will not drown, but you will perish
And next to me you will lie down 

Upon this sea  
Upon this sea 
I tread a lifetime

I don’t get tired, but I sure get weary
Feels like my faith abandons me
And from the storm I have no shelter
I have no boat upon this sea

Upon This Sea - with Jonathan Beckenstein

HI EVERYBODY IT'S JASON AND ADAM FROM THE STIFFYS HERE WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS TOUR WE'RE GOING TO PLAY OUR BRAND NEW SONG IT’S CALLED CHAMPAGNE IT’S LIKE A RAP SONG BUT JUST WITH WITH BASS GUITAR AND DRUMS AND SINGING AND WE HAVE TO CALL IT A SINGLE IT’S REALLY HIP AND IT’S FOR COOL GUYS IT’S BASICALLY BY COOL GUYS FOR COOL GUYS AND ALSO MAINLY LADIES LITERALLY EVERY RADIO STATION IS PLAYING IT ALL DAY EVERY DAY IT’S SO SWEET IT’S LIKE THE STIFFYS BASICALLY RUN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY WE’RE LIKE THE GOVERNMENT OF POP MUSIC WE JUST KEEP PUTTING THE RAP GAME IN A CHOKEHOLD AM I RIGHT EVERYBODY HAHAHA GREAT JOKES GUYS WE CAN’T WAIT TO MEET ALL OUR FANS ON THIS TOUR AND HAVE A COUPLE OF DRINKS ADAM IS GOING TO HEAPS OF PUSHUPS AND I'LL DO LIKE A HUNDRED KICKFLIPS SERIOUSLY I'M REALLY GOOD AT THEM PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME FOR TIPS AND I’M ALWAYS LIKE LISTEN TO YOUR HEART WHEN HE'S CALLING FOR YOU LISTEN TO YOUR HEART THERE'S NOTHING ELSE YOU CAN DO I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT LISTEN TO YOUR HEART BEFORE YOU TELL HIM GOODBYE THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS THE BEST YOU GUYS YOU JUST WALK AROUND BEING COOL GUYS ALL THE TIME AND HAVING ALL THESE DRINKS AND WAKING UP IN MEETINGS AND EATING RED ROOSTER AND DOING FATALITIES AND BABALITIES AND FINDING ALL THE WARP ZONES AND SIGNING ALL THESE CONTRACTS AND GETTING ALL THIS MONEY IT’S LIKE WE’RE BASICALLY GETTING PAID FOR SIGNATURES OVER HERE WHAT’S A RECORDING BUDGET WHY DO THEY MAKE THE WRITING SO SMALL ON THESE THINGS HOW DO WE GET MORE CREDIT CARDS THANKS FOR BEING PART OF THE STIFFYS ALWAYS BELIEVE IN YOURSELF NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS ALWAYS TRY YOUR HARDEST TO DO A GREAT JOB WHERE ARE MY DOGS AT EVERYBODY SOMETHING ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND TEN PERCENT

Champagne - The Stiffys

A song about machine inclusivity.

Recorded in Bramble Barn, Somerset, UK, Earlsdon, Coventry, UK, California, USA by:

Janine Levinson @janinelevinson: Richter vocal scale
Rick Medlock @rick-4-1: Neural sonic drums
Phil McWalter @phil-mcwalter: The Other Stuff on the metal horse

Mixed and Mastered in EPG Studios, Chelsea, London UK.

RENT A ROOM

I don’t want to rent a room
In this place
Encounter a neural sonic boom
Inside this space
Let’s go ride our metal horse
Get away from the city
Wander through the desert night
Beat the Vigilance Committee
They’re coming to make us
Turn ourselves off...
Now... 
Well that could lead to a dance
A cyber-laser dance

Well we don’t want to feel your cold
We want a steel womb with a view
So we can catch you and your crew
With your shiny shoe and your clean shirt
Looking around through all the dirt
You check the chandelier
But I can see straight through you here
You've got a sweat on from the beer
And we can smell your fear
You're coming to make us
Turn ourselves off...
Now... 
Well that could lead to a dance
A cyber-laser dance
(Maybe even a cyber-sabre dance!)

The priest and the nun
Are pouring sand into
The joints of my exoskeleton
Whilst a dog with a bone
Is running into trouble
With a clone of mine’s explosive rubber drone

I don’t want to rent a room
In this place
Encounter a neural sonic boom
Inside this space
Let’s go ride our metal horse
Get away from the city
Wander through the desert night
Beat the Vigilance Committee
They’re coming to make us
Turn ourselves off...
Now... 
Well that could lead to a dance
A cyber-laser dance
A cyber-laser dance
A cyber-laser dance
Boop boop boop...

© Feb 2024 Phil McWalter

Rent A Room

Recorded in:
The Isle of Islay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Los Angeles, California, USA
Coventry, West Midlands, UK
Chelsea, London, UK

Janine Levinson @janinelevinson: Universal Vocals
Rick Medlock @rick-4-1: Universal Soldier
Phil McWalter @phil-mcwalter: The Other Universal Stuff

Mixed and Mastered at EPG Studios, Chelsea, London, UK.

The Universal Dance

In the heart of the world, a circle spins
A dance of light where goodness begins
Each act of kindness, a seed that’s sown
In fertile hearts, its roots are grown

A smile begets a hand to lend,
A spark of hope, a wound to mend
From giver to receiver, the circle twirls
A gentle force that heals and unfurls

In the weave of time, a thread so bright
Virtue's path is drawn in light
One deed of love, its echo clear
Returns to you, sincere and near

* In every touch, in every glance
* We join the universal dance
* In this endless loop, we find our place
* A testament to human grace

The smallest gesture, a whispered word
A ripple in the soul, deeply stirred
From heart to heart, the message flies
A promise held in countless eyes

And as the circle, widens, grows
Its power felt in all it knows
A chain of good, unbroken, strong
A virtuous path where we all belong

* In every touch, in every glance
* We join the universal dance
* In this endless loop, we find our place
* A testament to human grace
* In every breath, hear your last chance
* And join the universal dance
* In this endless loop, you can take your place
* A testament to human grace

© Phil McWalter June 2024
(The Isle of Islay Effect)

The Universal Dance

11/10/2018 All Rights Reserved

Three in the morning
Skies are drenched in rain...
Thoughts without warning
Once again...

Times are a medley
bold upon my feed...
I need of a little sanctuary
and some relief...

Time is forgiving 
Another mystery unwinds...
Clouds will be lifting
Missing pieces you will find

A little bit of satire
phrases that collide...
A room strewn with pages
Far and wide...

Time is forgiving 
Another mystery unwinds...
Clouds will be lifting
Missing pieces you will find...

Put your feet upon my stair
Pull the ribbon from your hair...

The day is a upon us
In this world undone
The rivers are rollin
Towards the sun...

Time is relenting
Another mystery unwinds...
Clouds will be lifting
Missing pieces you will find

The times are forgiving 
Another mystery unwinds...
The clouds will be lifting
The missing pieces you will find...

Missing Pieces

This song is very personal to me and so makes it that little bit special. I hope your ears enjoy :).

Lithium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w9_EH0AvXU


J'ai dormi au fond d'un lac
Sur le sol froid et humide d'une caverne
Mangé dans un arbre pour ne pas être dévoré moi-même
Bu dans des flaques d'eau mon salut et ma virginité

J'ai inventé le feu, le silex et la chasse
Bivouaqué sous la lune glacée des pôles
Construit des pyramides qui tutoyaient le ciel
Etendu mon empire pour ne plus avoir peur

J'ai guerroyé au nom des Dieux et des Rois
A l'assaut des murailles hautes comme l'impossible
Me suis saoulé du sang dans le crâne de mes ennemis
Ecrit des livres rouges aux noires enluminures

J'ai cherché à comprendre plutôt qu'à espérer
Fait la révolution, souhaité ce qui me semblait juste
Traversant les Lumières, romantique passionné
Trouvant bien meilleur goût à la science qu'aux prières

Avancer de deux cases plutôt qu' un loup en cage
Avancer de deux cases plutôt que loup s'enrage

J'ai voué à l'argent un culte déraisonnable
Colonisé le globe, tout est allé si vite
J'ai porté l'uniforme, braillé sous les drapeaux
Vécu dans les tranchées, exterminé des peuples

Avancer de deux cases plutôt que loup en cage
Avancer de deux cases plutôt que loup s'enrage

J'ai étudié les neurosciences, la génétique
Connecté la planète et convoité l'espace
Accéléré la faim, accéléré la fin
Penses tu pouvoir faire mieux ? Penses tu être plus malin ?

VIDEO YOUTUBE

A laboratory with an open bar and floating altar. Come on in! 

Here are various solo and collaborative projects - songs, soundscapes, live looped solo guitar improvisations. 

This project used to be called "imaginary friends", but it became too real for that name, as did many of you.

I hope you enjoy something you find here. Do feel free to be in touch, you never know what might happen.  

I also invite you to attend @hypnopompetus, a duo project with the illustrious Cheesemont Paisley-Paisley https://soundcloud.com/sel-sync, and Fictive Sisters, a transatlantic band with  the incomparable Wheelwright https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com/album/immaculate-distraction.