Kelvin & Friends Selection

experimentronic

Ready 2 Roll

EYES

Just me again… guitars, ipad, headphones.

Fun excursion into some new territory for me, hope you like it. Thanks for having a listen. Hope you’re finding love in your life. Xxxx K

The Holy Grail

Racket Restart

One of my favourites. This was played on BBC radio (introducing)... One of my musical highlights

Ascent

Hi there, this one isn’t one of our usual first-take/one-take recordings during a jam session; we did actually spend a bit of time on this one! It is a live take though, no overdubs, except for the synths that I added after.

Jim Sanders is on the drums, Charlie Villiers and Dave Toolan are on the guitars, I’m on the bass and singing (and I wrote it).

Look out for Charlie’s sublime solo 🤩 one of my personal favourites of his!
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Lyrics

I already know
what you’re gonna say
what you’re gonna say

Maybe I’m afraid
I’m incapable
I’m incapable

Would we still be here
if the rain had stopped
if the rain had stopped

And of course this may not fly
but we’ll give it a shot
yes we’ll give it a shot

Everything in life,
if you add it up
if you add it up

It’s my faithful wife
and we are in love
yes we are in love
.      (🤩🎸)
Oh and how we dance
you don’t stand a chance
no you don’t stand a chance

Taken by surprise
you’ll get used to it
you’ll get used to it

And the longer that you leave it
the longer it will be to grow
And the harder that you push it
The harder it will be to know
And I told you not to hurry
Don’t make up you’re mind just yet
Cos how can you be certain
promises can be kept?
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Everything In Life

Bit of an odd patchwork this one… 

Some lyrics...

My love the times we had
looking back
in a flash
it's over
Blink, and you'll miss it

Remember when they were little kids
on our hips reminisce
and it's gone now
and you miss it

it's just another modest moment passing

There it goes
it's gone already
it's all given and taken

Here it comes
are you ready?
take it come what may

Wouldn't even change a single day
I wouldn't have it any other way

Where Did The Time Go? (Synth Noodlings!)

Jim Sanders with the subtle expressive drums, Charlie Villiers and Dave Toolan working their magic on the guitars, and I'm on the bass... There was a song I was singing on this, but this bit of jamming when I shut up (!) captured the sentiment so much better 😊! 
A few of the lyrics did make it into the synth noodlings around the idea!

Where Did The Time Go? (Instr. Jam)

The muse doesn't always have to be someone or something you admire. The muse can be someone or something vile, destructive, greedy and horrible. A true definition of muse will show this as truth.

Tragedy Of The Muse

Two jams on two consecutive nights spliced together here;
A Friday evening in Justin’s garage up the road, with Spenser on guitar, Justin on drums and me on the bass, then the following night at mine with Dave and Leon on guitar, Jonny on harmonica and me on the bass again, and David and Jim taking turns on the drums.
So yes this mishmash features 8 of us, including 3 drummers!
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Lyrics:

Starting tomorrow
A new regime
I’m gonna get
Myself clean

Clean up my act
Clean up my head
Feed myself properly
Get early to bed

And I won’t even crave
And I won’t even ache
And I won’t even sweat
And I won’t even shake

Argh but here we go again
I’m clucking like a hen
I’m pacing round the room
No nothing else will do

I’ve done it again
No no no no
What have I done?
Just keep on repeating
The process
Again and again
Round and round it just goes
Round and round and round and round
Round and round

Starting tomorrow
A new regime
I’m gonna get 
Myself clean

Sort out my life
Stop the self harm
Etch it on the mirror
And scratch it on my arm

And I won’t even crack
And I won’t even flinch
I won’t even lapse
And I won’t even binge

I was once a junky - here we go again
Always a junky - I’m clucking like a hen
I was once a junky - I’m pacing round the room
But not anymore - argh nothing else will do … 
…starting tomorrow

So, eat wholefood
Hydrate right
Stretches every morning
Sleep right through the night

Breathe deep, get outside
Standup straight
Cut the caffeine and the sugar
And the late night clickbait 


Practise gratitude
Journal my thoughts
Do just what I ought to
Take mindful country walks

Limit the screen time
Quiet the noise
Declutter the gutter
Oh the joys!

Express my emotions
Set clear boundaries
Do what a good man does
Every day it’s for free

Forgive myself my past
Embrace myself a new
Take cold showers and
Learn Kung Fu!

Starting Tomorrow

Bit of a mixed bag of styles and genres…
consistently amateur and homemade though… and just for the fun of it!

Half the songs here are just me noodling away on my own… (using garageband on my ipad, headphones, and a couple of cheap old guitars).

…the other half are recorded during very occasional jam sessions with some lovely talented old friends, who bring my song ideas to life, spontaneously, usually one-take, having never heard them before.

hope you enjoy a song or two,

Kelvin

(by the way, I know I'm really not any good at mixing, mastering, production etc... I don't have any equipment or knowhow! ... so I think all these tunes will sound better on headphones 👍 cheers)

Some stuff spilling over into https://soundcloud.com/kelvin-and-friends-2

Where Did The Time Go? (Instr. Jam)

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