Headphones ON as instructed. And CRANKED. Sounds great. Really good mix.

Rockin' tune. Love the retro intro. Great transitions.  Awesome track guys.

Lovely keys in this bit. Great vocals too.

was jamming to this in my exercise routine this morn. love it! the unusual chorus with the climbing chords is something else! :)

Awesome song with great chord changes, love the groove and vibe

Michael Stuff II

Toad the Wet Sprocket Rare Bird

Start me up (cover)

Conover plays and sings this version

History from the Beatles Bible:
Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 1, 4, 5 August 1969
Producer: George Martin
Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald

Released: 26 September 1969 (UK), 1 October 1969 (US)

John Lennon: vocals, lead guitar
Paul McCartney: vocals, bass
George Harrison: vocals, Moog synthesiser
George Martin: electric spinet Baldwin harpsichord

The final song to be recorded for Abbey Road was John Lennon's Because. The song was inspired by Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and featured The Beatles' distinctive three-part vocal harmonies.

Yoko Ono was a classically trained pianist whose interests had moved towards the avant garde. One day in 1969, however, she played Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 - the Moonlight Sonata.


Lying on their sofa listening, John Lennon asked her to play the chords backwards, and wrote Because around the result. While not an exact reversal of Beethoven's piece, it contains a number of musical similarities.
The lyrics speak for themselves; they're clear. No bullshit. No imagery, no obscure references.
John Lennon
All We Are Saying, David Sheff
The vocal harmonies are one of the most distinctive aspects of the much-admired Because. Lennon, McCartney and Harrison sang together, and overdubbed their voices twice more, giving the effect of nine voices.

John wrote this tune. The backing is a bit like Beethoven. And three-part harmony right throughout. Paul usually writes the sweeter tunes, and John writes the, sort of, more the rave-up things, or the freakier things. But John's getting to where he doesn't want to. He just wants to write twelve-bars. But you can't deny it, I think this is possibly my favourite one on the album. The lyrics are so simple. The harmony was pretty difficult to sing. We had to really learn it. But I think that's one of the tunes that will impress most people. It's really good.
George Harrison, 1969
The vocal harmonies, isolated from their instrumental backing, can be heard on both Anthology 3 and Love. The Love album, however, features the sound of birds twittering in the background.

I wouldn't mind betting Yoko was in on the writing of that, it's rather her kind of writing: wind, sky and earth are recurring, it's straight out of Grapefruit and John was heavily influenced by her at the time.
Paul McCartney
Many Years From Now, Barry Miles
The instrumentation on Because was simple, with arpeggio accompaniment on harpsichord, guitar and Moog. Paul McCartney later bought the electric harpsichord, played here by George Martin, when EMI were reducing their instrument collection; it remains in his recording studio.

In the studio

On Friday 1 August 1969 Lennon, McCartney and Martin taped 23 takes of the basic track, with Lennon on electric guitar and McCartney on bass. Ringo Starr added a basic hi-hat rhythm, but this was for guide purposes only and wasn't recorded.

Take 16 was the best of the 23 attempts. With the backing track in place, Lennon, McCartney and Harrison recorded the first of their harmony vocal tracks. Two more were added on 4 August.

A final overdub was recorded on 5 August, when George Harrison taped a Moog part - the first time the synthesiser was used on the Abbey Road recordings. Harrison recorded it twice, filling up the last two available tracks on the tape.


Ah, because the world is round
it turns me on
Because the world is round
Ah, because the wind is high
it blows my mind
Because the wind is high
Ah, love is old, love is new
Love is all, love is you
Because the sky is blue
it makes me cry
Because the sky is blue
Ah, ah, ah, ah

because: conover

Our first fully recorded song. Mixed and mastered by GrevusAnjl. Find his incredible music here: https://soundcloud.com/grevusanjl

A huge thank you to GrevusAnjl, not only for mixing and mastering this track, and the endless help and advice he's given us throughout this process, but also for giving us permission to actually tell people he did so. :D

The Single

Somethin' Creepin' (Single)

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IMAGINATION GIRL (c) Jan 2019 / Remixed Sep 2023

Another day, it's all she's known, up in her room.
Looking out the window, no friends around,  
she wishes she could just fly.
Ohhh her parents screaming; 
Ohhh downstairs in the evening.

The yellow tattered bathroom mat,
It felt good between her toes; seemed to matter badly.
She sat on the floor near the tub, 
coolness against her head. 
Sounds seem louder;
vision a bit clearer, yeah. 

Woah, oh oh - that's how it goes.
Woah, oh oh - they might split.
She ran to her bed, got under the covers,
put on her phones, and left this place... 

I'm finally free. I've gotta believe.
I'm finally free.

She wished she could leave,
nowhere to go, outside so cold.
all she has is her vivid imagination,
to take her away, keep her sane...

keep her sane...

I'm finally free. I've gotta believe.

Imagination Girl

When I heard Jimmy’s outstanding vocal additions to Phil's open collaboration, I thought I might add some guitar.
It’s been a real blast working with Phil, Jimmy and Rick on this one.  Cheers guys.
A special thanks to Phil for his work on mixing and production.

Credits:-

Phil McWalter;- Guitars, Bass, Piano, Keyboards, Musical Composition, Mix, Production @phil-mcwalter
Jimmy Rivas:- Vocals, Lyrics, Vocal Composition @j-rivas
Rick Medlock:- Drums, Percussion @rick-4-1
Dairv Dubbleyew:- Guitars, Guitar solo.

Lyrics:-

I was born the son of a pharaoh
I lived in the valley of the sun
But I was pierced with a poison arrow
Pain came swift but I was a fortunate one
'Cos I was blessed by a cultured woman
Who gave me children to spare
They outnumbered my hands' fingers
They were clothed in linens and the finest of care
All the sea-life in the oceans
All the animals in our care 
We're all bound to the same conclusion
Show your love everywhere
Love is everywhere
Everywhere...

Lyrics: © J Rivas April 2019
Music: © McWalter & Rivas April 2019

Show Your Love Everywhere (Phil McWalter - Jimmy Rivas - Rick Medlock - Dairv Dubbleyew)

"I Can Love You" written by Kay Williams Mott and Paul deMarco
Performed, recorded and produced by Paul deMarco

I Can Love You

My Cover version of Gary Clark Jr's Next Door Neighbor Blues

Next Door Neighbor Blues

I present to you my cover of the truly AWESOME track MADNESS by the very brilliant MUSE. Given many of the influences of MUSE has been some of the music of the 80s by band like Depeche Mode i have given this cover a more 80s feel.  ENJOY XXXX

Released in 2012 on the album The 2nd Law.
Written by Matt Bellamy 
Produced , arranged and performed by Me :)
Buy the album here - https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-2nd-law/551989940

MADNESS (cover)

Transformation II

Spooky Forest

I purchased this factory made om-body guitar few weeks ago. It suits fine my bare fingertips picking style.
As you can see it`s equipped with GK-3 hexaphonic pickup and sound is produced by Boss GP-10 guitar processor.
The track is almost full improvised and recorded in one take.

The First Recording With Cheap Beauty

Wenn wir jetzt versagen, dann nicht aus Mangel an Gelegenheit, sondern weil wir es versäumen, die Gelegenheit beim Schopf zu packen.
Der Brunnen wurde gereinigt.

The Fountain

Composed, arranged, Performed & Produced by Liam Boyle

Down At The Farm

Take a special time to listen to this track / listen loud enough ! / please enJoy !

Shadow dancers

Named for the groove of the piece and the way it feels to play it

Slinky

Find alternatives to Soundcloud for your music.  If you don't get much response to your music, don't give up.  Soundcloud doesn't have respect for musicians, it's all about profit.  Saddens me.  It used to be different.  

The name JunkHeap came from creating song ideas and leaving them for later, and then picking through the junk heap of ideas to enhance a new song idea.  Explore my discography, find something you like.  

All of my albums on Soundcloud have been reduced to a sampling of a few songs.  The complete albums are available on all streaming sites.

JunkHeap is a solo, alternative rock music project.  Unapologetic, thought-provoking, emotionally raw music for the masses...

It's about you, the listeners.  I hope you get something out of my songs.  The lyrics are in the song name link.

Imagination Girl

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