Unexpected and great Spice Girls vibes in this part! This tune is great --- you both really know how to use your ammo!

Wow, super vocal phrasing.  The backing track is complex with tonal colors and intricate playing, a lovely canvas for Janine's vocals.

@vivaosax: Molte grazie da entrambi, Daniel!

You both nail it so soulful and funky! Fantastic vocal performance!

Very nice collab.  I am smiling on this.  Yes on being yourself!  Amen!

Your Super Mix  10 Nov. 2023

This song tells the story of love hidden beneath the surface that aches to be realized and brought to life. Nat penned this beautiful ballad that marks the first new recording for Daniels & Durgy in 2023, five years of D&D music together!

Copyright Daniels & Durgy 2023 
Gentle Rain records
Written, performed and produced by Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy

Lyrics:

Drop-off Departures, 
We say our goodbyes…
Your smile says you’re happy .. 
But your eyes shows the lie…
Love’s like the wind, I can’t see it
But with you I've always felt it..

So when will we go, and leave the charade of our existence? 
And run like the wind, and be who we are, to hell with the consequences!
And shatter the glass of your endless suspension…. 
And live in the Realm of our Inspiration.

It’s you that completes me, like no other can..
I promise to love you with all that I am..
We can go on just dreaming,
Or do more than just believing..

So when will we go, and leave the charade of of our existence? 
And run like the wind, and be who we are, to hell with the consequences!
And shatter the glass of our endless suspension…. 
And live in the Realm of our Inspiration.

Instrumental Solo 

But when will we go, and leave the charade of of our existence? 
And run like the wind, and be who we are, to hell with the consequences!
And shatter the glass of our endless suspension…. 
And live in the Realm of our Inspiration

Realm of Inspiration

Realm Of Inspiration

Ages ago, while trawling Spotify, I stumbled on this song by Luke Doucet, a Canadian singer - songwriter(and great guitarist!). 
I immediately loved the guitar part and the lyrics.
It seemed like it would be fun (and a challenge) to learn the song - just guitar and voice, and upload it between bigger projects. Hoping I've done it justice :)

Wallow (Cover)

Wheelwright: voice https://soundcloud.com/wheelwright
Beckenstein: music, lyrics, vocal melody, instruments

Fictive Sisters is a Trans-Atlantic online collaboration between Wheelwright and Jonathan Beckenstein.
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hibernating
the days grow dark
suffocating
so pull your boots on
walk out the door

frozen ridge line
and silver moon
distant tree line
the sleeping forest
is under snow

crystal flakes will crunch underfoot
icicles agleam
father winter will tread by your side
to the frosted stream

calculating
the solstice tide
enervating
procrastinating
walk out the door

frigid meadow
in moonlight glaze
dormant willow
is waiting naked
for your embrace

crystal flakes will crunch underfoot
icicles agleam
father winter will tread by your side
to the frosted stream
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Michael and I will be introducing two new songs in roughly a month, and at that time the Fictive Sisters album "Immaculate Distraction" will be available on Bandcamp. We will let you know when and provide a link. Thanks always for your listening!

image from Wikipedia

Father Winter (with Wheelwright)(Fictive Sisters)

Eden

Summer Day of Bliss

THE BOY - THE FRONTIER

Everything by THE BOY

FREE DOWNLOAD!
I hope you enjoy & spread the word!

From NEW EP "RELEASE" OUT ON MAJOR PLATFORMS NOW!
CLICK LINK ( Spotify ) ↓ & ENJOY!
 : https://open.spotify.com/album/1tGJflys7e7pObkE8MesaF?si=V_aj3LWmQEuTU8w4uBQ9YQ

THE FRONTIER

Ballad For Two Guitars

HINDSIGHT - (JunkHeap (c) Refixed Apr 2023 / (c) Aug 02, 2003)

Things could have been so different, 
if they could have been done again. 
Countless times we see the chance, 
and let them go, they wont come again 

He remembered the glory and strength of his youth, 
wasted his older years yearning for its return. 
Never realized that wisdom is more than a fair trade; 
Beauty in ones' own introspection.

Things could have been so different, 
if they could have been done again. 
Countless times we see the chance, 
and let them go, they wont come again 

They never will...

Hindsight

Also known as lost in the woods...

Some more images are here https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq5PEUEIZPN/

Wild Winds of Change

Janine: voice, vocal melody, lyrics https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson
Jonathan: initial music, instruments, mix

image: Janine Levinson

Let me be your remedy
I promise not to fail you
Let me be the remedy
For everything that ails you
 
I promise I will be as good
As any other remedy would
With the added benefit of being me
 
Let me be the antidote
To all your poison apples
Take a bite it don’t taste right  
I promise I’ll be able 
To save you from yourself
Spit out the seeds!
 
And if you say that you wanna
I can give you something other
I can be your lover
Open up and tip it over
 
If you come with me  
We can be carefree
Open up and tip it over
Open up and tip over
 
If you say that you wanna
I can give you something other
I can be your lover
Open up and tip it over
 
If you come with me  
We can be carefree
Open up and tip it over
Open up and tip over
 
Let me be your remedy
I promise not to fail you
Let me be the remedy
For everything that ails you
 
I promise I will be as good
As any other remedy would
With the added benefit of being 
 
I promise I will be as good
As any other remedy would 
With the benefit of being 
 
I promise I will be as good
I promise I will be good
I will

With the Benefit of Being Me (with Janine Levinson)

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually, as part of a future solo album)

Since it’s Springtime (at least, in my neck of the woods), I thought it would be fun to share a few gardening tips… for your brain!! :)

Consider for a moment the evolving brain of our mammalian ancestors. Recent neuroscience studies suggest we are dramatically more wired for absorbing and reliving negativity than we are positivity. It’s all part of the survival plan. If you think a lot about a bad situation (like that time you were jumped by a tiger in the jungle, and barely escaped with your life), you’re able to imagine similar scenarios better, and are less likely to fall victim to the same situation. 

The issue is, the average human is not as physically threatened as mammals were during those early developmental stages. But we are more psychologically threatened; and those scenarios still get stored, replayed and reimagined in the same way. 

Admittedly, we still need those survival skills to some degree. But perhaps it’s ok if we dial them down a bit. So how do we do that? With the help of the next cool book I want to share, ‘Hardwiring Happiness’ by Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

One of the most profound ideas I pulled from this book was the idea of just sitting and dwelling in a positive moment. Sounds weird, right?

Intriguingly… quite the opposite of how we store negative experiences for survival purposes, positive experiences don’t often benefit our survival, and are typically discarded with the passing of short term memory. 

But if you dwell in a happy moment… if you feel the excitement in your body (chemical), if you replay the scenario (neurological)… and don’t just shrug it off, but literally allow yourself to spend even 5-10 minutes in that space… you do the same storage upload process to your brain that the negative stuff is doing (and if you’re like me, you can easily spend 5-10 minutes dwelling on that negative crap, so you know you have it in you to focus that long). 

So with practice and patience, you begin to rewire your mind to more easily tap into those positive memories, and that positive energy. And if you keep doing that on a frequent basis, you discover your mind grows much more adept at naturally jumping to happy thoughts rather than fearful thoughts. 

I joyfully admit I put this to the test about 15 years ago, when I started my ‘finding my truth’ journey (it sounded better than a midlife crisis. Those are so passé these days. Sheesh). But I painfully admit… I also had a dragon-sized ego at the time. I hid my fears and self-doubts behind a wall of arrogant rage. And I was strangely untouchable (but also snippy and abrasive) with that kind of armor and weaponry. 

Ultimately, it wasn’t who I wanted to be. Thus the desire for change. I went into this new daily practice expecting no immediate results. All I had was hope that it would impact my neural wiring eventually. And about 5 years into that practice, I realized I was recognizably more positive inside. 

Granted, it took me that long because I was (foolishly) at war with my ego, thinking it was ‘the enemy’… rather than just a co-pilot with delusions of piloty grandeur (so there you go, you can bypass that step if you want to). 

15 years into my practice, I am so much healthier mentally than I was back then, it’s like I’ve lived two different lives. Now, with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, I can absolutely see the journey was well worth it. So if you’re looking for another insightful tool for changing your thinking, I highly recommend ‘Hardwiring Happiness’. It’s a great ‘starting point’ book. And it’s based on neuroscience; so, very high on logic, but low on esoteric (making it a little more approachable to the masses). 

I hope you also enjoyed my latest musical creation, ‘Planting In The Hidden Garden’. :)

WTF! The Musical

Planting In The Hidden Garden

The eternal quest for inspiration,starring the inevitable setbacks. 

Searching for inspiration
Sweating blood and tears
Sometimes all information
Just disappears

Easy times in days of youth
I knew the way
Time to face the hard truth
I've nothing left to say

It's all gone away

Nothing left to say

Running down a dead end street
Chasing the muse
Finding more chaff than wheat
Nothing to use

Nothing left but tired old tat
Done the same old way
Pick the lyrics from a hat
No one listens,anyway

It's all gone away

Nothing left to say

Chasing The Muse

the way back to you

Keeping with the Latin themes a more relaxing ambiance with this song!

Thank you all again for your very kind plays and shares very much appreciated.
Music written by Annette (c) 2023
Piano by Annette

Satin In Latin

Mixed by Silver Bella's good friend, Paul Claxton, who added some funky synths, organ, piano and even some cello and violin into the stewpot.

Lyrics:
I had a glance at a chance relation
But romance like that never blew my mind
Blew my mind

I couldn't dance in a trance elation
The circumstance don't enhance
What I defined
I defined

‘Cause I won't accept less than 10 on 10
And when I met you, it was the perfect blend
And I won't let go until the bitter end
Cause it's you
It's you!

Now we've borne some stormy weather
But I won't leave you alone in the rain
If you're to blame

Cause I've sworn to the Lord forever
To stand by my man through fun and pain
Yeah, every day

And I won't accept less than 10 on 10
And when I met you, it was the perfect blend
And I won't let go until the bitter end
Cause it's you
It's you!

Yeah, baby, it’s always been
Yeah baby, it’s always been
It’s you!

silverbellasings@gmail.com

It's You!

Silver Bella - It's You! (Paul B. Claxton Mix)

Track 2 from the evolving EP with https://soundcloud.com/turtle-project
This is the transition track before the story really unfolds.
Lyrics:-
"With his torch and a mere compass to guide him,
No map, Just faith,
He takes the first step"

Into the forest
With the leaves
And the trees
And the moonlight above him
Into the forest
The damp ground
And the moss
And darkness surrounds him

Gotta find a clearing


The Turtle Project / winkandwoo 2023

The Forest

The Forest - The Turtle Project & winkandwoo

A Fenske and Sons Song about Satan wanting Fenske and Sons. 

Production of Musical Composition and Vocals by SUNO Ai. 

Cover Art credit to Google Generative Ai. 

Snapseed for all the changes to the original Cover Art. 

Final Cover Art by Nick Fenske

Don't Come Around Here Anymore

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.

With the Benefit of Being Me (with Janine Levinson)

Jonathan Beckenstein

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