A STREET OF LIFE
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Coptright AB Music 2021
https://youtu.be/NMqa5s3WLUo

WE'VE ALL MESSED ABOUT
MAY'BE BEEN THE FOOL
SOMETIMES TAKE A CHANCE
AND BREAK ALL THE RULES

TIMES  CHANGED SO FAST
JUST LIKE LIFE IT SELF
IN A BLINK OF AN EYE
THEN I SAW YOU

REMEMBER THE WAYS OF THOSE DAYS

I DON'T BELIVE IN MUCH
AND WHAT'S ABOVE
UNTILL THAT STAR
FELL UPON YOU
(chorus)
LIVING IN A STREET OF LIFE
LIVING IN THIS WORLD
GROWING IN A STREET OF LIFE
(break)
SOMEDAY WE'LL BE GREY
ROCKING IN THE SHADE
LOVING EVERYDAY
I HOPE IT'S WITH YOU

LIFE IS FULL OF LUCK
THEN YOUR NUMBERS UP
DON'T WISH FOR MUCH
IF YOU HAVE LOVE
(chorus)
LIVING IN A STREET OF LIFE
LIVING IN THIS WORLD
GROWING IN A STREET OF LIFE
I'M TAKEN TO THIS WORLD
LIVING IN A STREET OF LIFE
LIVING IN THIS WORLD
GROWING IN A STREET OF LIFE
TAKE ME

A STREET OF LIFE

Something You Said

Wheelwright: voice, lyrics, vocal melody, synthesizer, theremin sample @wheelwright

Beckenstein: initial music, guitars, bass, drum programming, mix

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We stayed up very late then took the flight from Kyoto 
The blossom on the wind the artificial sky reminded us of something

Oh did you hear that a storm is coming 
Oh did you hear that we were making plans

That girl said she was you when you were in that noise art band
 But it was hard to tell if she was really real or just another ghost

The shadows on the wall 
The clinical blue light 
The trouble's hidden in my heart

I'm watching from above it's like we're in a TV show
 We're standing on a bridge the mountain in the distance like a Hokusai

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image: Marlon Josué https://unsplash.com/@paladin_04 further processed by Wheelwright

Thanks to Fady for inspiration various.

We Were Making Plans (with Wheelwright) (Fictive Sisters)

Strutting Doom Symphony

Recorded at Chillhouse Recording Studio with Will Holland.
Art mine.

(In)Sane

Anxiety Building Until Stillness And A Sigh of Relief

It's all about constant change, both in life and in music. As for the music, the original goal was to make use of panning to illustrate the "walking on by" at the beginning and end of the song. The second phase was creating a fuller sound without having various parts drowned out, or in some way, channel my inner Phil Spector.

The finale is the sound of footsteps walking by and then the shutting of the door as the song ends. End of a relationship. End of the song.

Maybe the best relationship advise I can give is: if you love someone, set them free ... don't quote me, quote Sting. :-) This is sort of my "resigned to my fate" version. I've been on both sides of that fence. I've walked away knowing it wasn't going to work out (long term). Sadly, I've been on the other side knowing the pain of love lost. But in the end, I didn't really lose anything that was mine to lose. I could go on and talk about how a true love is neither possessive nor jealous but hopefully, the song makes that point clear.

Original Mix using Reaper v4.x
Remix using Reaper v7.x
VSTs:
- Voxengo OldSchoolReverb
- Blue Cat Chorus
- FocusRite Red 3 Compressor
Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Footstep Sound FX courtesy of freesfx.co.uk
Drum sound bytes courtesy of Free Studio Drum Sounds and 9th Wonder Kit

Just Walk On By
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Just walk -- walk on by
No need to tell me another lie
Keep it to yourself (I tell you)
Just walk on by ...

That's what I said -- keep on walking
You don't need to do any more talking
What you say just don't matter
Just walk on by ...

[Solo]

You say that you love me, ain't that right?
So where were you all last night?
He he! That really don't matter
Just walk on by ...

So many years, I've been holding on
Now you don't want to say: "So long."
Well, you know I hate long good byes, so
Just walk on by ...

[final solo]

[footsteps as she leaves and shuts the door
thus closure to the song and the relationship]

... you know I hate long good byes.

:: Words and music copyright Rick Engler

Reflections

Just Walk On By

Just Walk On By (Original)

fiberglass

Defrost Me

Sax - Altered Scale

Je n'arrive à rien en ce moment, à ne finaliser aucun de mes derniers morceaux. J'ai juste réussi à remixer une de mes chansons de 2023 
PAROLES FRANCAISES
Au bout de ton âge
Qu’auras-tu appris ?
Tenter le voyage
 Ou rester ici ?

Au bout du voyage
Au bout de la vie
Quel autre rivage
 Vers quel paradis ?

Au bout de ton âge
 Qu’auras-tu appris ? 
A tous ces visages
 Auxquels tu souris

Sais-tu quel message
Tu leur confies ?
Amis de passage
 Amours de ma vie

Chien de bas-étage
Faussant compagnie
 Sur ton porte-bagages
T’emportes ta vie
En haut du branchage
 L’oiseau fait son nid

Moitié chat sauvage
 Moitié queue de souris
Ça tourne à l’orage
Chantons sous la pluie

Le livre d’images
 Est bientôt fini
L’ whisky est hors d’âge
 Et mon cœur aussi
Au bout de mon âge
Qu’aurai-je donc appris ?

A Greenwich Village
Au cœur de Paris

S’il faut un message
Je te le confie
Ouvre toutes les cages
 Pour vivre ta vie
Laisse passer l’orage
Attends l’éclaircie

Moitié chat sauvage
 Moitié queue de souris
 Au bout de mon âge
Qu’aurai-je donc appris ?

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At the end of my age
What will you have learned?
Try the trip
 Or stay here?

At the end of the journey
At the end of the night
What other shore
 To which paradise?

At the end of your age
 What will you have learned? 
To all these faces
 At which you smile

Do you know what message
Do you entrust them with them?
Friends passing through
 Loves of my life

Low-floor dog
Fausting company
 Half wildcat
 Half mousetail

On your luggage rack
You take your life
At the top of the branch
 The bird makes its nest

It's turning into a storm
Singing in the Rain
The picture book
 Is soon over

Whisky is out of age
 And my heart too
At the end of my age
 So what would I have learned?  

In Greenwich Village
In the heart of Paris
Open all cages
 To live your life

Au Bout De Mon Ãge

ur not a lover

You can't sleep, it's hot as hell, the window's open but makes no difference, then a saxophone riff starts looping inside your tired mind. It might not even exist in the real world, but it's in there, gnawing at your neurons. Time to light one up my friend...

Hot Night

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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.  

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We Were Making Plans (with Wheelwright) (Fictive Sisters)

Jonathan Beckenstein