Beyond The Shadows

Defraggled

The aim is to be Original, that is my theme throughout of all my Compositions, that I Create what is coming from me and writing it down has I hear it, I have pursued this with Perseverance in my Music for a long time, and have learned a lot from generating ideas and listening to how Chords work in relation to one another over the years ,I love the Classics and a Lot of Musicians play the pieces of Music that someone else wrote and Created, I don't It's my Work and glad that I Composed it. Originality is the Key.

Perseverance

I've been in love with making slow synth covers of songs, here's another late night version of a classic: Mr. Blue by the Fleetwoods, released in 1983

Lyrics: 

Our guardian star lost all his glow
The day that I lost you
He lost all his glitter the day you said no
Now his silver turned to blue

Like him, I am doubtful that your love is true
But if you decide to call on me
Ask for Mr. Blue

I'm Mr. Blue 
When you say you love me 
Then prove it by goin' out on the sly
Proving your love isn't true
Call me Mr. Blue

I'm Mr. Blue 
When you say you're sorry 
Then turn around, head for the lights of town
Hurting me through and through
Call me Mr. Blue

I stay at home at night
Right by the phone at night 
But you won't call
And I won't hurt my pride 

I won't tell you 
Why you paint the town 
A bright red to turn it upside down
I'm painting it too
But I'm painting it blue
Call me Mr. Blue 
Call me Mr. Blue 
Call me Mr. Blue

Mr. Blue

“Dreamland Sam”

Supermarket’s full
Food rots in the fridge
Diseases on the cure
Addicts on the binge
Internet world tour
Virtual celebrity bore
Freedom’s harried cheer
Who’s watching the kids?

Dreamland Sam
Carry the weight like a gun in your hand

Give and give to poor
Take and ask for more
Richer than a king
To the rich we cling

O say can’t you see
An American dream like a pell-mell spree

Freedom—Duty—Threesome—Booty
Living in a dream, don’t know what it means
Virtue—Family—Voodoo—Envy
Tethered by a string to all the little things

Police on every beat
Criminals walking free
Voice extends its reach
Vigilantes screech

Dreamland Sam

Information glut
Knowledge undercut
Computers in our hands
Homeless roam the land

All that we use
Doesn’t equal to what we stand to lose

Freedom—Duty—Eagle—Booby
Living in a dream, don’t know what it means
Virtue—Family—Kung-fu—Fantasy
Tethered by a string to all the little things

Dreamland Sam
O what does it mean?
What do we do in the land of the free?
Dream dream dream

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Music by Corey Ball
Lyrics by August Lysy

Mastered by Spencer Martin

Dreamland Sam

[Verse 1]
I still recall when you were just a young girl
Now time has swept you clean out of my world
Is this ending truly better, or does the anguish still remain?
Did the years make things simpler for you, now there’s no one left to claim?

[Chorus]
We spoke of one true love, one precious life
Though it’s one lonely yearning in this fading light
That love we truly got to share it
It takes its leave, darling, if you forget to treasure it.

[Verse 2]
I confess, I don't know why I loved you so
This old road, I don’t know where I'm meant to go
I often wonder where you wander, deep within your mind
Perhaps you're lost within the fading sands of time.
Did I somehow fail you, or leave a bitter sorrow in your soul?
I guess I thought we’d always shared a love, and now I'm left to truly live without.

[Chorus]
We spoke of one true love, one precious life
Though it’s one lonely yearning in this fading light
That love we truly got to share it
It takes its leave, darling, if you forget to treasure it.

[Bridge]
I once thought love was a refuge, love was my only plea
Love was my whole refuge, love was my guiding sea
But time keeps moving, and I've watched it just enthrall
And I can't keep holding onto what we had
When all that's left now is the hurt.
Oh, this passage of time, it feels too much for me.

[Chorus]
Oh, it’s far too late right now, to pull those old memories back into the day.
We were one, but now our paths aren't the same
We once did carry each other, carry each other,
Always together, my one.

[Outro]
Just one true love, one beating heart
Just one short life, we played a destined part
One life intertwined with another
My dearest darling, my cherished lover.
One life's gone, but memories still remain
We used to carry each other, carry each other,
Forever as one...
My one...
My slip of a girl...

One True Love

Wayfaring Stranger: Traditional
Arranged and performed by Josh McAlexander

Wayfaring Stranger...Re-Mix

Burnin' Burner - Riff Beach and Rock Flexible
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Heard the other day Riff's original version:
https://soundcloud.com/riffbeach/burnin-burner-o9am1020
and we were chatting about it. He invited me to play my own soli on the base track and so I did :)
Here comes the alternative Flexi-Version with Rock Flexible :D
Hope U enjoy!
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Production Info:
Riff Beach:
Revisited a recent backing track arrangement that I had created and played along with Fender Squier JazzMaster. Weekend Contemporaneous Instrumental Fun. Guitars that I used were my Fender Squier 60's Vibe JazzMaster electric for Lead, and my Fender Tele 60's Vintera for part of backing track mix, along with BIAB Backing Track Drums arrangement that I had pieced together and edited that included a Bass track, as well.
Rock Flex:
Clean Swedish Hagstrom Viking in the verses and Charvel in the Choruses. All played over an Eleven Rack model. No further efx, all in hands!
Production, Mix and Master in Logic Pro.
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2020/12 - CC

Burnin' Burner - Riff Beach and Rock Flexible

IV U

Sunshine

An instrumental Jazz Fusion (Cinematic Jazz) album featuring compositions by Gregor Theelen - newly arranged with added instrumentation by Peter Heckmann. 

The album mix is intentionally crafted with a distinct "live recording" vibe and not overly polished -  a sonic homage to the contemporary Jazz Fusion style of the late 1970's & 1980's (Weather Report, Stanley Clarke, Pat Metheny, Branford Marsalis etc.)

Spotify Playlists: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4dDkR4KY1DZl3kCNF0dijp
https://open.spotify.com/album/4iv3ctlCpgEYSesLAgu7tT?si=m6Kn218nRCuUQ6Mk_D9CbA

Saxophone performances by the fabulous Dutch soloist Leo Janssen (@leo-janssen)

Added instrumentation, arrangement and production by Peter Heckmann for Rose Records and Publishing (2021)

Mix / master by Peter Heckmann - all tracks licensed through Anthology Records

Album cover artwork by Yucca Rose

Dancing Leaves

Space & Time

Buy at Bandcamp

Dancing Leaves - 7. Space & Time

This track is a very groove - driven one with guitars and guitarish lines, riffs and chops played and triggered completely by keys...
That's why it's titled "Keypoint".

Well, the socalled keypoint here is, that guitars triggered and played via the keys of a keyboard usually sound crappy or simply not authentic. At least I tried to execute the "axe" ...
But there are more points to get hooked by this track - it was a real pleasure to jam and build it up for me, filling it with a bunch of ideas and a whole lot of groove!

And that's for sure one of the major keypoints for me:
being pleased, satified and driven by positive energy...
in times when these aren't self-evident.

Hope you'll get hooked by optimism while listening as well!

Keypoint

K G G - It's Coming Remix

Thanks for visiting my page. All original and traditional tracks are downloadable. God Bless