The Breaks

Wicked game (Jessie Villa Cover)

For the 5th year running, the Roundhouse 3030 project gives young emerging artists the opportunity to record their music with some of the best producers in the UK. Participants get real studio experience as well as practical advice on managing their professional development.

3030 is part of the creative programme for 11-25s at the Paul Hamlyn Roundhouse Studios - a dedicated creative centre which helps young people from all backgrounds realise their creative potential in music, media and performing arts. 


Cold Town Bound - Tarq Bowen (Producer: Nick Mason)

Written, performed and produced by Daniel Natter and Eric Liebing

Dealers Choice

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In Human Resources

Our Old Mountain Home

The untold want by life and land ne’er granted,
Now voyager sail thou forth to seek and find. - Walt Whitman

© Joe Liberty 2023. All rights reserved.

ComeNowVoyager

All onboard to Andromeda
Take a trip across the nebula
Into the vortex 
Spin and spiral
Across the light years we will travel
 
Look at the parallax
See all the stars reset
The closer that we get
Come now voyager
Voyager

As passengers we ride
On this galactic journey
The Earth’s epic odyssey
Now voyager soar
Through space and through time
To seek and to find
  
Surfing the wake caused by the sun
Will take some aeons before we’re all done
Into the darkness, brave and bold
The great attractor waits you know

Hey
Look at the parallax
See all  the stars reset
The closer that we get
Come now voyager
Voyager
Voyager

ComeNowVoyager

with the congregation on acoustic bass
Recorded at fredrick street studios and bowling alley

Them’s the breaks 

Without a doubt I understand 
I figured out what life intends
Would hope seem sweeter 
Would fate feel fair
To rob Peter
With no Paul to care

Without a doubt I understand 
I figured out what life demands 
It ain’t money 
And class is lame
What it is
You get to name

Them’s the breaks
The horse you saddle
Like a snake without a rattle
Dropping down from the sky
Like an anvil
You’re up yer life
Without a paddle 

Take what we want 
Not what we need
Steal a glacier for just a drink
Sell them rope when they sink
Screw the others
We’re taught to think

them's the breaks w/ the congregation

Politics seems all fucked up in the world today...but isn't this just the normal situation?

Pic: photo from weather balloon c/o Pinterest.

Track details:
Chinese bamboo flutes
English clarinet 
American tenor sax
Japanese flute (boehm system)
(Synth and percussion c/o Apple)

WORLD SNAFU

The best thing I ever did was marry a woman with a sense of humor.

I love the funny things you do
And all the funny things you say to me
You gotta funny point of view 
You take me all the way from A to Z

All the things you are
Everything you do
You’re like a work of art
I wouldn’t change a thing about you
Baby, I would’t change a thing

Like that crooked little smile
When you try to tell a lie to me
I’d cross a thousand crooked miles
Just to have you give your smile to me

All the things you are
Everything you do
You’re like a work of art
I wouldn’t change a thing about you
Baby, I would’t change a thing
 
I love your silver hairs
The way you just don’t care
The way you haunt my dreams
The way you sing off key

I love how hungry you can get
When you haven’t had enough to eat
The way you throw a little fit
When all you want is something sweet to eat

All the things you are
Everything you do
You’re like a work of art
I wouldn’t change a thing about you
Baby, I would’t change a thing

I love how easy you can be
The way that nothing is a mystery
I’m like the wind and you’re the ground
I love the way you wanna fool around

All the things you are
Every thing you do
You’re like a work of art
I wouldn’t change a thing about you
My funny funny baby
Sweet sweet baby
I would’t change a thing
I would’t change a thing 
I would’t change a thing

I Wouldn't Change A Thing

Song recipe: Borrow chords from the CCR Songbook that my Dad gave me for my 12th birthday, play some distorted Elmore James guitar licks, shout some vocals, become a human beatbox, add black magic, press record.
Adding to the guitar player meets the devil mythology. 

Lyrics:
When John met the Devil
The Devil was in a hole
And the Devil said to John:
Give me your hand, and I will give you riches like you've never known
Just give me your hand, John
I'll give you riches like you've never known
I'll give you a brand new (to you)
Gently used mobile home

Oh, John, don't worry about the bad
Cause the bad sleep well
Every single night
I'll leave you lots of whisky and bones
With meat...
Meat on them bones!

You can have all the love that you want
From these bathing beauties
in this Devil factory
It's like a bad restaurant
That's not very good
But you can have all you want
Understood?

One man's good luck charm
Is another man's burden
One man's suicide tree
Is just another man's shade

John, I can give you guile
Vanquish demons
I can keep you in style
Indulge your Id ego
I'll help you keep it under control
Hey John, Let me out of this hole
Get me out of this hole
Give me your hand, John!
Your hand John
Lift me up and out of the hole

John Meets The Devil (Act 1)

I have always wanted to make a rap metal track with Heartscore so I was super excited when he reached out with this banging hip-hop metal fusion production. The lyrics are inspired behind the Hawaiian legend of Nanaue the Shark Man. I have some Hawaiian blood in me, so I figured I would rock it, lol! I am super blessed to still be working on music with my friend Heartscore. 

Massive thanks to Bitzone for coming through in the clutch with the dope vocal mix and final master. And huge thanks to Wou-Wou for the incredible song art making us look real stylish and professional! 

Heartscore: Music and Mix
https://soundcloud.com/heartscore
https://heartscore.bandcamp.com
the Couch King: Lyrics and Vocals
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Bitzone: Vocal Mix and Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling

For song and album art visit Wou-Wou & the Wormling at:
https://wouwouandthewormling.com
https://www.instagram.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://www.redbubble.com/people/thewormling/shop?asc=u
https://www.patreon.com/wouwouandthewormling

Lyrics
Holy crap what is that growing on his back 
13 racks of teeth and I’m talking plaque 
Gaping wide open ready to snack 
Fish mouth on the prowl hidden under a wrap 
Musta known we were talkin’ smack 
We were all staring at him when he turned and glared back 
With those black mirror eyes 
Caught by surprise after many moons of lies
Horrors and cries rise to despise
It’s the demise of the shark man 

It’s the shark man

Say what he was cut from the cloth of a god
I swear there must have been lust in the brine and guts 
All up in that shapeshifters mind 
Yup, we all thought it was odd how he kept swimming back
As blood washed ashore he walked away from the gore
On that sea wrack 
Still thirsty for more flesh, meat, and albacore
Once he walked through that door he couldn’t forbore
The horror arise
It’s the demise of the shark man  

It’s the shark man

God damn, like spam, he devoured a man
Tore apart flesh like peeling back the lid of can
Never satiated since his first feast of ham, rack of lamb, and that stan favorite prickly pin clam
Ever since then his appetite grew he knew 
He couldn’t hold back desire when in that salty stew
True to his shapeshifting form 
He was born to find ecstasy when warm flesh eating transformed    
So we swarmed up on him on that afternoon
Harpoons flew through the skies 
Clubs fell till he died 
His body was tied 
Divided in pieces ’n 
Hung till it dried
Fired and fried 
It’s the demise of the shark man 

It’s the shark man

I Just wanted a get taste 
Na, I just wanted to be in the chase
Na, I just got the feel of the race
No stoppin’ until I get shit face
No stoppin’ until I’m laying in my waste
No stoppin’ until everyone’s disgraced  

It’s the shark man

First we gave you life, despite divine insight 
Again invite past blight, our name, the Gods will smite

It’s the shark man

And for that you still kill, we’re cursed until 
We split your gills and your blood is spilled

It’s the shark man

I’ve seen the depths 
I’ve swam the deep and sunk forever 
Each time I swim back to shallow shores I’m gonna drown
And when I see the light 
I seek shadows and sense the hunger
After seizing my fill I sink back up 
High in the depths 

From the frenzy comes
The shark man
Yea
When you smell blood
Here comes the shark man

How many times 
Been made to hide my teeth for your love 
How much can man be measured by his will to stand on ground
I’ve made my enemy my desire for the flesh 
Turned my back on my shiver I sink back up
High in the depths

From the frenzy of the kill
It’s the shark man
Yea
When you smell blood
It’s the shark man

The Sharkman

Heartscore, Bitzone & the Couch King - The Sharkman

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Dobro Guitar solo. Harmonica solo. Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Fender Electric Bass. Roland Synthesizer Bass. Baritone Electric Guitar Rhythm. Gibson L5 Electric Guitar Rhythm. Jaw Harp. Trap drum kit. Percussion Timbales, Cowbell, Go Go-bells, Zildjian Crash Cymbal.

Lighthouse

Down Home

DO IT AGAIN by Steely Dan

In the mornin' you go gunnin' for the man who stole your water
And you fire 'til he is done in but they catch you at the border
And the mourners are all singin' as they drag you by your feet
But the hangman isn't hangin' and they put you on the street
You go back, Jack, do it again, wheel turnin' 'round and 'round
You go back, Jack, do it again
When you know she's no high climber then you find your only friend
In a room with your two-timer, and you're sure you're near the end
Then you love a little wild one and she brings you only sorrow
All the time you know she's smilin' you'll be on your knees tomorrow, yeah
You go back, Jack, do it again, wheel turnin' 'round and 'round
You go back, Jack, do it again
Now you swear and kick and beg us that you're not a gamblin' man
Then you find you're back in Vegas with a handle in your hand
Your black cards can make you money so you hide them when you're able
In the land of milk and honey, you must put them on the table
You go back, Jack, do it again, wheels turnin' 'round and 'round
You go back, Jack, do it again
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Donald Fagen / Donald Jay Fagen / Walter Carl Becker
Do It Again lyrics © Royalty Network, Songtrust Ave, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc

SHCOVERS

DO IT AGAIN-SteelyDan cover lyric here

This song started as an idea David and I came up with to do an afrobeat song together.  So David came up with this banger of a bass line and drums track and sent it to me. I added some guitars, electric piano, and organ. I then excitedly sent it to Mikey to add the sax, which I consider to be a key element of afrobeat music, and which he always does so well. David's version is much more drum and bass heavy. Please have a listen to both so you can hear how they both sound. I really had a good time making this song. David produced and mixed both versions, and what a fun thing it is to hear my instruments integrated into an elrctronica song by such able hands.

Under the Baobab Tree (with David K. A. Spencer and Mikey McFaffington)

Wolf like me (TV on the Radio cover) -YOUTHLESS

I am not a musician but music plays a very important role in my creative life! I am an artist/designer and music is my companion and my muse in the long hours I spend working in my studio! 
I am immensely impressed and grateful for all the talented and inspiring musicians whose work graces this Cloud, and I will always re-post sounds that I love (and will listen to again) - knowing that others will enjoy them!
I feel slightly embarrassed and quite humbled when I receive such graceful messages of thanks from artists whose work I have re-posted - after-all, I am the one who is so inspired by the discovery of your brilliant music!!!
So thank YOU!!!
Jools :)
P.S. If you want to see where the music takes me there is a link to my Portfolio site on Behance below!!! 
NEW!! - Thanks for all the great feed-back on my work! I shall be re-launching with a website (shop & archive) ‘KULT-JE’ in the not too distant future! Meanwhile, examples of past and current work are featured on my Instagram (@joolselphick)
Since my heart op in Jan2021, I have had to deal with taking quite a lot of meds which have interrupted my design work - that and moving to Germany in 2020 - and back in 2021 (due to Covid my business plans stalled!) - SO, slowly getting it together…. hang tight!😊

I have an archive of my work to date on Instagram - @joolselphick

The Breaks

Julie Elphick