My mind was a blank trying to think of a track title, so Whitespace it is...

UPDATE: The very talented Liroj Anakarkis has added some wonderful words & vocals to this track! Take a listen at https://soundcloud.com/kelvynt/crevecoeur

There's a video of an 'extended' version of this on YouTube at http://youtu.be/S2HINxoTBh8 (I got carried away improvising at the end..)

Understanding

Whitespace

Whitespace (demo)

Hope you enjoy this - struggled a bit with the EQ, as I'm still trying to get to grips with the sound of my Aria after I made a new saddle for it. 

Video of me playing this (too fast, as always)  is online at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151866610576935&l=5866343645441712660

Don't Look Down

Don't Look Down (demo)

"Grandad, why has Tia got a song and not me?" Sorted, Ollie!

Unusually for me, this is the first take, so it's a little ragged, but hope you enjoy it anyway! I guess it was inevitable that It shares quite a bit of musical DNA with Tia's tune https://soundcloud.com/kelvynt/tias-rag-demo :-)

Ollie's Rag (demo)

I heard Wizz Jones playing this on a TV documentary about Bert Jansch and fell in love with it. So I tried to do it. Eek.

The track is from his last album, Black Swan, released in 2006. Bert died in 2011 aged just 67.

Image courtesy of Joe Mabel.

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I'm sorry if I failed you, for that I take the blame
And I'm sorry if I snubbed you, I hang my head in shame
But those people you call friends did you much more harm than good
I should've tried much harder to reach out when i could

When the children come to visit you, you break into a smile
They fill your heart with sunshine, just for a little while
You made a model airplane to teach them how to fly
But when it crashed on the runway, you didn't ask the pilot why

I got the lady from Baltimore stuck on my mind
Bringing back those high days, when we would hang around
You played your guitar, but you never ever finished the song
Didn't matter then, I guess it doesn't matter now

I got the lady from Baltimore stuck on my mind
Bringing back those high days, when we would hang around
You played your guitar, but you never ever finished the song
Didn't matter then, and I guess it doesn't matter now

And I guess it doesn't matter now

I guess it doesn't matter now

High Days - Bert Jansch (cover)

This tune dates from 1981, during my seismic exploration days in the Australian desert. The Wreckair trailer on the right in the pic was my office, and a few of us used to drink & jam in there until dawn because the tents were too hot. The rest of the crew would be drunk and/or fighting around the fire outside.

An awful lot (mostly good!) has happened since then. 


Wreckair Wrag

Wreckair Wrag (demo)

The unplugged track from my new 2-track album Big Sky. Pre-order or buy the whole lot from Bandcamp, or stream on all digital services!

Big Sky

Aultbea (Unplugged version)

Aultbea (Unplugged Version)

Inspired by the beautiful scenery of NW Scotland, where we regularly go to unwind. This is the full-band version of the track. there's also an unplugged version on the album.

Aultbea

My late parents' favourite flower. Now available to stream/buy on Bandcamp. It will appear on Spotify and other services on November 12, 2023.

Chrystanthemum

Chrysanthemum

UPDATE 2/6/15: Replace the track with a multitracked version, sounds a bit fuller :-)
Rough demo of the full version of my track 'Understanding' (https://soundcloud.com/kelvynt/understanding). Played on my shiny new Gretsch 5420LH, using the acoustic simulator & a couple of other effects on  on my shiny new Zoom G3 multi-effects pedal (do you detect a thread here?). It's a bit tinny-sounding, as it's the direct unprocessed recording.

Understanding (Reprise)

Understanding (Full version - demo)

It's been a while since I tried to make a ragtime tune, so here's a little one to stomp along to :-)

Don't Leave Me Rag

Got entranced by PP's deceptively hypnotic 'Drone' track that he put up for open collab, and this popped out. My guitar sounds a bit different as I used the magnetic pickup (laziness, basically) and my Zoom G3 effects thingamabob, Thanks to PP for this inspiration!

Original track is here https://soundcloud.com/perpetually-pessimistic/poppas-drone

Unendingly Optimistic (feat. Perpetually Pessimistic)

Unendingly Optimistic (collab with Perpetually Pessimistic)

I wrote the words & melody 10 months ago, but I still haven't got round to recording the vocals, and the guitar tracks are full of mistakes, people stomping around, clocks ticking and me sniffling, but I really don't care. I've been playing it live as an instrumental anyway. One day I will finish it, I promise.

Dedicated to the person I have loved for over 30 years, and will continue to love forever.

Stronger

Stronger (rough / instrumental)

This is an unfinished project from a couple of years ago - huge thanks to Cassie https://soundcloud.com/cassielectric for letting me work on her song in the first place, and also for letting me post this in its raw state. It's a really lovely song and I hope I've done it justice. 

This arrangement was really just a proof of concept, using her original demo recording https://soundcloud.com/cassielectric/fly-where-you-are-with-me. I had to hack it to pieces to get it into tempo, and then try to bring out the vocals better, so there are a lot of odd glitches.

Kathleen is a very talented singer & songwriter, and although she's not that active on SoundCloud these days, you should still check out her work :-)

Song composed, performed and sung by Kathleen Wilson.
Additional instruments - Kelvyn Taylor

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Take me up
Take me higher then I’ve ever been
Hold my hand
Lets go run beyond the ocean’s end

Some days it feels like forever
But it’s alright if we have each other

Fly with me,
to Chicago, Cali, New York City
'cause home you see is where you are with me
where you are with me

The list gets longer everyday
from where we’ll go to where we’ll play
from things we’ll do to things we’ll say
grow old with me, I'm here to stay

Let's take a plunge
jump off the edge
we’ll make it to the very end
don’t look down
just hold my hand - and fly, fly, fly

Fly (Where You Are With Me) - Cassie (unfinished project)

Revisited this old recording to try and improve the sound quality - mainly with the aid of some vicious EQ. Happy to hear your feedback! :-)
(The original is at https://soundcloud.com/kelvynt/dont-look-down-demo)

There's a recent video of me playing this at https://youtu.be/C9yNLY7gBPE

Dont Look Down (2016 remix)

A bit of epic fun made with Music Studio 2. Watch the video to see this in action at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9BzJgQ6PB0

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Hero

Messing around with a Dm chord, and this happened. Also the only track I've managed to do so far with completely manual percussion in Music Studio.

Hollow Days

Asmara

Simple Pleasures

Listen on all streaming platforms:
https://t.co/iL7RzgcD5N?amp=1

Free download for Bandcamp users:
http://kelvyntaylor.bandcamp.com/track/tir-na-nog

Tir Na Nog

Apple Drops

Many, many thanks to Cyra Morgan (https://soundcloud.com/cyramorgan) for this stunning song. 
Original vocal stems are available for download at https://soundcloud.com/cyramorgan/sets/angst

This is my first attempt at arranging a song, so all comments gratefully accepted!

(And by the way, just to clarify, the guitars aren't real - they're robo-guitars from Garageband for iPad).

The track is an unmastered mix. Ipad apps used were Xewton Music Studio, Garageband and Magellan.

Vocals, lyrics & music: Cyra Morgan
Arrangement & production: Kelvyn Taylor

Angst - Cyra Morgan (arr. Kelvyn Taylor)

Re-recording of an old track. Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8muJj-GTvGM

Cloudless

Here's my attempt at arranging yet another gorgeous song from @Zefora (the vocal stems are downloadable from https://soundcloud.com/zefora/sets/stems-for-remix). 

It also features a rare appearance from my old Hofner acoustic guitar (the one in my profile pic). Only took me 3,127 takes to get it right, which is a major improvement.

Hope you enjoy the track!

Song & vocals @zefora
Arrangement & production @kelvynt

Picture is my own, it's a late night sky in Scotland, from the days when we had holidays...

This track was featured by @WeeklyPodcast (Edition no. 35), and was also reviewed by them at http://www.weeklypodcast.net/kelvyn-taylor-zefora-live-the-night/  Many thanks to them for cheering me up :-)

Live the Night - Zefora (arr. Kelvyn Taylor)

Original tune, the name is taken from a canal boat I lived on briefly when I was born.

Tulip

Tulip 🌷

My remix of the excellent track by @Eric-Rigo, with a stunning vocal performance from @CaraLeighMusic. Apart from being a load of fun to do, it's an entry for a remix contest (details, stems & original mix are at https://soundcloud.com/morphosisrecords/eric-rigo-feat-cara-leigh-long). Even if you don't like this odd attempt, Eric's original is well worth a listen - it's great.

Update: It didn't win, but I don't care at all - I had such a hoot making it!

Photo? Loch Assynt near Inchnadamph in Scotland.

Eric Rigo feat. Cara Leigh - Long Drive (Kelvyn Taylor Remix)

I'm a guitarist & songwriter. All tracks here are originals apart from a handful of covers, arrangements and collabs. All recorded & produced by myself in my front room. Hope you enjoy listening!

Kelvyn Taylor

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