Needless (2008) – Dealing with self-pity and doubts
Driven by an electric piano, Needless is an indie pop ballad that explores a silent heartbreak. Self-doubt can destroy the best relationship, especially when you feel inferior to your partner. Dreamy synthesizers meet picked acoustic guitars, an anthem for anyone who ever felt too small to be loved and chose to disappear.

Nadine de Macedo: composition, arrangement, lyrics, piano, synthesizer, production
Robot Recordings: vocals, guitars

You can find this song on all streaming portals and Bandcamp:
https://too.fm/ndm-needless
https://nadinedemacedo.bandcamp.com/album/needless

This song is part of my b-side album "Electro Static"
https://too.fm/ndm-electro-static
https://nadinedemacedo.bandcamp.com/album/electro-static

Where to find us:
https://www.youtube.com/@nadinedemacedo
https://nadinedemacedo.bandcamp.com

Needless

Needless (feat. Robot Recordings)

Bolera

BOLERA

Highest Self" is a cinematic, introspective anthem about rising through pain, betrayal, and isolation to become your most evolved version. Blending raw storytelling with melodic rap, the track explores mental health, childhood trauma, political awareness, and the cost of personal growth. Over moody keys and hard-hitting drums, the artist reflects on cutting ties, surviving jealousy, and leveling up despite the odds. It's not just a song—it’s a spiritual reckoning, a therapy session, and a warning shot all in one. For anyone who's been doubted, dismissed, or broken but still came back stronger—this one's for you.



HIGHEST - SELF

Tried not to think about this one too much.

The Sad Path

Para escuchar la versión con Dazz Deva  https://soundcloud.com/juan-fco-bueno/estas-en-tu-sitio
Para escuchar la versión original  https://soundcloud.com/juan-fco-bueno/estas-en-tu-sitio-version-original-ver-texto
Para escuchar la versión instrumental  https://soundcloud.com/juan-fco-bueno/estas-en-tu-sitio-version-instrumental
Dedicada al maestro Jesús Flores, estupendo guitarrista mejicano.  https://soundcloud.com/jesus-flores-guitarrista

ESTÁS EN TU SITIO

No suenas como yo quiero
y tú sabes bien por qué
no me hablas como yo espero
cuando hundido en mi dolor
voy buscando tu consuelo,
tu presencia, tu calor.

No dejas que yo te abrace
como siempre te abracé
no quieres que me emborrache
con tus notas, tu canción
pues no bebo como antes
de tu fuente mi licor.

Quiero que sepas guitarra
que estás en tu sitio:
tu sitio es mi sitio
y en mi sitio tú estás.

Quiero que quieras al piano
como a un buen amigo
pues no es tu enemigo:
sólo viene a ayudar.

Y a ser posible a unirnos
si cabe todavía más:
necesito vuestra ayuda
para mantener mi postura
de honestidad musical.

Me miras con amargura
cada vez que ves volar
sonidos a más altura
que tú los puedes lanzar: 
sientes celos cuando escuchas
elogiar a tu rival.

Quiero que sepas guitarra
que, si él es bravura,
tú eres la ternura 
y los dos sois mi paz.

Quiero que quieras al piano
como a un buen amigo
pues no es tu enemigo:
sólo viene a ayudar.

Y a ser posible a unirnos
si cabe todavía más:
necesito vuestra ayuda
para mantener mi postura
de honestidad musical.

YOU'RE IN YOUR PLACE

You don't sound the way I want you to
and you know very well why
you don't speak to me the way I expect
when, sunk in my pain,
I go looking for your comfort,
your presence, your warmth.

You don't let me hold you
as I always held you
you don't want me to get drunk
on your notes, your song
because I don't drink my liquor from your fountain as before.

I want you to know, guitar,
that you're in your place:
your place is my place
and you are in my place.

I want you to love the piano
like a good friend
because it's not your enemy:
it only comes to help.

And if possible, to unite us
if possible even more:
I need your help
to maintain my stance
of musical honesty.

You look at me with bitterness
every time you see sounds soaring
higher than you can throw them:
you feel jealous when you hear
your rival praised.

I want you to know, guitar,
that if he is bravery,
you are tenderness
and the two of you are my peace.

I want you to love the piano
like a good friend
because it's not your enemy:
it only comes to help.

And if possible, to unite us
if possible even more:
I need your help
to maintain my stance
of musical honesty.

Estás en tu sitio

Back on the pop scene, fam 🔥❤️‍🔥🔥

Hi Lo



Slept enough
You get up
Smiling pictures on the way
Kids are crying 
For your time
But iced coffee take their place
But oh it’s fine
They’re alright
Least that’s what friends always say

It’s ok

In your echo chamber
Full of fun house mirrors
Makes you deaf, dumb, blind
To what’s right outside
Yeah, all your friends
Are looking just like you
Because beauty filters 
Can ignore the truth

In an echo chamber
Do do do do 
Echo chamber
Someone Hear Me?

Dinner time
Tow the line 
Take a picture of your plate
Pour the wine
By the pint
Numb your painful wedding ring
But you smile
All the while
Cause there’s no room for the tears

Or the fear

In your echo chamber
Full of fun house mirrors
Makes you deaf, dumb, blind
To what’s right outside
Yeah, all your friends
Are looking just like you
Because beauty filters 
Can ignore the truth

In an echo chamber (Echo)
Hey!
Do do do do 
Echo chamber (Oh no)
Hey! 
Someone Hear Me?

With all that makeup you've joined the circus
Hiding all the trouble that’s below the surface
Hoping the whole world won’t think you’re worthless
So you buy some leggings and another purse

But it just gets worse 

In your echo chamber
Full of fun house mirrors
Makes you deaf, dumb, blind
To what’s right outside
Yeah, all your friends
Are looking just like you
Because beauty filters 
Can ignore the truth

In an echo chamber (Echo)
Hey!
Do do do do 
Echo chamber (Oh no)
Hey! 
Someone Hear Me?

In an echo chamber (Echo)
Hey!
Do do do do 
Echo chamber (Oh No)
Hey! 
Someone Hear Me?



Echo Chamber

Para escuchar la versión con MV https://soundcloud.com/juan-fco-bueno/b23848eb-fa1b-436d-8205-eae79673576b
Para escuchar la versión original  https://soundcloud.com/juan-fco-bueno/y-me-parece-mentira-version-original-ver-texto
Para escuchar la versión instrumental  https://soundcloud.com/juan-fco-bueno/y-me-parece-mentira-version-instrumental
Para escuchar la versión con Dazz Deva  https://soundcloud.com/juan-fco-bueno/y-me-parece-mentira

Y ME PARECE MENTIRA

Te veo y no lo puedo creer:

detengo mis ojos en tu cara

intentando encontrar la mirada

que ayer tanto me hizo padecer

y descubro al instante el presente

que penetra con fuerza en mi mente

destrozando tu imagen de ayer.


Te observo y no consigo entender:

creía reciente aquel verano

salpicado de amores tempranos

teniendo la luna como juez

y la llama de mis ilusiones

que forjó mis primeras canciones

en los más profundo de mi ser.


Comparo, y me parece mentira, 

la frescura que en estos recuerdos

aún perdura y la inadvertida

pero brutal distancia que el tiempo,
 
con su vuelo, ha puesto en nuestras vidas:

todavía conservo el perfume

de aquellas mañanas de estío

y el sabor amargo del desprecio

socavando el alma de un crío.


Recuerdo y soy tu esclavo otra vez:

navego en los mares de tus ojos

inundando la noche de gozo

sembrando esperanza por mi piel

pero arribo a tu puerto y zozobro

y mi gozo se torna en sollozos 

al oír que no hay nada que hacer.


Comparo, y me parece mentira,
 
la frescura que en estos recuerdos

aún perdura y la inadvertida

pero brutal distancia que el tiempo,
 
con su vuelo, ha puesto en nuestras vidas:

¿quién no guarda la risa o el llanto

de aquel primer beso de ensueño?

risa para el que apuró buen vino

llanto el que brindó con veneno.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE A LIE

I see you and I can't believe it:

I fix my eyes on your face

trying to find the gaze

that made me suffer so much yesterday

and I instantly discover the present

which penetrates my mind with force

shattering your image of yesterday.

I watch you and I can't understand:

I thought that summer was recent

spattered with early loves

having the moon as my judge

and the flame of my dreams

that forged my first songs

in the depths of my being.

I compare, and it seems like a lie,

the freshness that still lingers in these memories

and the unnoticed

but brutal distance that time,

with its flight, has placed in our lives:

I still retain the scent

of those summer mornings

and the bitter taste of contempt

undermining the soul of a child.

I remember and I am your slave again:

I sail the seas of your eyes

flooding the night with joy

sowing hope through my skin

but I arrive at your port and capsize

and my joy turns to sobs

when I hear there's nothing to be done.

I compare, and it seems untrue,

the freshness that still lingers in these memories

and the unnoticed

but brutal distance that time,

with its flight, has placed in our lives:

Who doesn't remember the laughter or the tears

of that first dreamy kiss?

Laughter for the one who drank good wine

Crying for the one who toasted with poison.

Y me parece mentira AC

Guitars, Bass And Keys By Robert Grigg.
Drums By Yamaha Keyboard.
https://youtu.be/YSVuA7X4n0k?si=rMhc8MzPxUzu7QN4

The Ghost Walk

This song came from a place of emotional conflict, where love and ambition kind of collide. I was in this space where everything around me felt blurry... all these people, all this noise, all this movement, but then there's that one person who still has this quiet hold on you. And yet, even in that connection, we keep spinning in circles, never really landing anywhere.

I wanted to capture what it feels like to choose your passion, your stage, your voice, your art, over a relationship that’s lost its clarity. That line, ‘I’d rather work a microphone than work on us,’ is really personal. Because when I’m on that stage, or in the studio, I feel seen. I feel loved in a way I don’t always get in real life. There’s a kind of euphoria in being heard by strangers that sometimes feels more real than intimacy with someone who’s grown distant.

The second verse dives deeper, waking up to noise, to expectations, to people calling your name, but the one name you want to hold onto is already slipping. And you’re left asking yourself: why are we still running if we’ve both already let go?

It's bittersweet, it’s raw, and it’s real. This isn’t a breakup song in the traditional sense, it’s more like... a confession. Of choosing yourself, even if it hurts.

Tasha- Microphone [ Demo]

Updated, remastered, better version (IMO)of an earlier work of mine.

Seasoned Irony

Me llamo Juan Francisco Bueno Olóriz, soy músico, compositor, letrista y toco la guitarra y el piano. Desde niño me ha gustado componer la letra y la música de mis canciones, primero de forma autodidacta y poco a poco de forma profesional, después de mucho esfuerzo y estudio. 

Mi titulación en el Conservatorio Superior de Música de Zaragoza (España) es de profesor superior de Pedagogía Musical. Tengo estudios de armonía, contrapunto, fuga, composición, arreglos musicales y además he sido profesor de Estética, Historia de la Música, de la Cultura y del Arte en los conservatorios de Tudela y Tarazona (España)

Mis canciones las han cantado artistas de la talla de Luana Ruff, Sebastian, Jesús Lainez,  Manuel Palomino, Joelblesseddd,  Paco Cuenca, Mara Oldfield, Dazz Deva, Ana López Lorente o Carmen París y trabajo con grandes profesionales como el pianista José María Berdejo, el saxo Maiker Rivero, el guitarrista Nacho Abril, el chelista Pablo Baleta y el ingeniero de sonido Juan Miguel Sánchez en el estudio de grabación SIN/CON/PASIONES.

También he compuesto música para videos y documentales, fugas, invenciones, imitaciones canónicas, música modal etc. 

2014: semifinalista en el International Songwriting Competition (ISC)
2023: Special Prize en el 2nd ISAC International Popular Music Composition Competition
 2023: Gold Prize en el Franz Schubert International Music Competition en la categoría de Composición Original.
2023: Second Prize en el Vivaldi International Music Competition en la categoría de Composición Original.
2023: Absolute First Prize in The Bach International Music Competition en la categoría de Composición Original.
2024: Third Prize at the Dubai ProMusic Competition en la categoría de Música Clásica Original.

My name is Juan Francisco Bueno Olóriz, I am a musician, composer, lyricist and I play the guitar and piano. Since I was a child I have liked to compose the lyrics and music of my songs, first as a self-taught person and little by little as a professional, after a lot of effort and study.

My degree from the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Zaragoza (Spain) is as a higher professor of Musical Pedagogy. I have studied harmony, counterpoint, fugue, composition, musical arrangements and I have also been a professor of Aesthetics, History of Music, Culture and Art at the conservatories of Tudela and Tarazona (Spain)

My songs have been sung by artists such as Luana Ruff, Sebastian, Jesús Lainez, Manuel Palomino, Joelblesseddd, Paco Cuenca, Mara Oldfield, Dazz Deva, Ana López Lorente or Carmen París and I work with great professionals such as the pianist José María Berdejo, the saxophonist Maiker Rivero, the guitarist Nacho Abril, the cellist Pablo Baleta and the sound engineer Juan Miguel Sánchez in the recording studio SIN/CON/PASIONES.

I have also composed music for videos and documentaries, fugues, inventions, canonical imitations, modal music, etc.

2014: Semi-finalist at the International Songwriting Competition (ISC)
2023: Special Prize at the 2nd ISAC International Popular Music Composition Competition
2023: Gold Prize at the Franz Schubert International Music Competition in the Original Composition category.
2023: Second Prize at the Vivaldi International Music Competition in the Original Composition category.
2023: Absolute First Prize in The Bach International Music Competition in the Original Composition category.
2024: Third Prize at the Dubai ProMusic Competition in the Original Classical Music category.

Estás en tu sitio

Juan Fco. Bueno