My favourite tunes to unwind to after a long day.  Thank you to the artists and writers who provide such wonderful melodies and soundscapes. 

All the best,
Max

Chill Music

The Very Best of 2022

@NathiaKate Russian Dolls @robinvanemusic @MarianBallejos @GOttaviani Saint Sinners @kerijohnson72 @sonni_quick @pelegrim Sleep Surgeon We Dream Of Eden Jamie Walker @AmosRiotNight @johnnyldj @kelly97603004

Always a Hero #3879

Keri’s September playlist

With reverence to @Burn-it-Smith for a strong dose of inspiration. The Barrelhouse Bard from Brighton is SoundCloud's leading purveyor of upright wit and wisdom. Check him out.

You’re so beautiful when you are drunk
Your left eye goes lazy and you act like a punk
You laugh as you trip on the heels of your pumps
You’re so beautiful when you are drunk

I get lost in your glassy eyed stare
You’re the center of attention but you don’t even care
I mumble, “I love you,” like it’s some kind of prayer
You just give me your glassy eyed stare

We stumble through the streets and I fall down at your feet
It’s the same old thing we did last week
Another beer cave for us to spelunk 
Just another drink with just another drunk

You have grace, glamour, and style
As you fumble with the phone that you can’t even dial
We sleep in the taxi that only takes us a mile
So much for grace glamour and style

I love the smell of merlot on your breath
As you yell at the door as if it were deaf
On the couch like a corpse the only thing that is left
Is the smell of merlot on your breath

Pink elephants on parade, will we ever have it made?
The money’s always gone before I get paid
And all I can think of after all I have thunk
Is you’re so beautiful when you are drunk
You’re so beautiful when you are drunk

You're So Beautiful When You Are Drunk

Please feel free to check out my lyric video of “Alone” on my YouTube channel.   

Lyric Video:  https://youtu.be/Bj63weum9js

Peace and love,
Max



Lyrics

I heard the words you sang to me
Sadly so serene
The melody hangs over me
Sacred and obscene
With wounds never meant to heal
Open and laid bare
And words I don't wanna hear
Hanging in the air

And I don't...want to say
I couldn't find a way
To make you want to stay
And now...I have to go
Go on alone

Love it can burn into the soul
And fade with the wind
The words left unspoken now
Will linger in the end
Your love's like a reverie
Of a long forgotten road
Broken down and weathered
Nowhere left to go

And I don't...want to say
I couldn't find a way
To make you want to stay
And now...I dont want to go
Go on alone

Alone

2021 | VOODOOVIBE - GRANDPA'S DINNER (A MIDTEMPO GLITCH FUNK EP) 
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Artwork & Video by VoodooVibe
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01 - VoodooVibe - Grandpa's Dinner

'For Now' is a dedication to "Mother Earth and is in part, the sorrow that I feel for the desecration of Planet Earth. The piece is in the form of a soundscape, for the want of a better genre description. However that aside, I still have a positive attitude towards over coming the forces of darkness, that are intent upon destroying this beautiful place that we all call home. So Happy New Year to all and health and happiness for 2022.

For Now

Sevenes 55,000

Love Is Better In The Morning

Hero

Hero (Extended Mix)

Here's a guitar jam/solo I wrote that takes inspiration from the guitar solo section of Poison's Bodytalk, as I am a huge Richie Kotzen fan, he's one of my favorite guitar players. I made this long jam and just free-styled over it. I added a lot of layers with the use of organs/electric pianos and some trumpets. 
All guitars, bass guitar and organs/pianos were recorded by me, as well as the programming for the drums, trumpets and sax.
My go to guitar for the entire song was my schecter custom

Dirty Talk

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Eugenia

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Always (Mariano Ballejos Remix)

Avalon by Keri Johnson

Avalon in the sky tonight
are we alone in the glowing light?

Avalon where heros died
in my mind, hear their battle cry

Ghosts of another lifetime- or is it us?
the answers are in the search 
cause hero's never die

Ghosts of another lifetime- or is it us?
the meaning is in the search
hero's are brought to life

Avalon, gate to the other side
hear their call to unlock your mind

Avalon- and you wonder why
the unknowns of a time gone by

Ghosts of another lifetime- or is it us?
the meaning is in the search
hero's are brought to life

Ghosts of another lifetime- or is it us?
the meaning is in the search
hero's are brought to life

Keri Johnson's Album

Avalon

This is Mia. She tragically died Monday night when a truck with 4 men out partying intentionally ran her down, circled around and ran her over again as my son and his girlfriend watched. They were out of town and stopped to get gas and Mia jumped out of the truck after being cooped up for two days. My son was heartbroken. It was painful to hear his grief. 

Mia was 11. When she was a tiny pup he found her by the side of the road in NM. Far away from a town someone must have dumped her there. She was almost dead from lack of food and water. My son immediately took her to a vet and hadn't planned on keeping her but the vet convinced him, after he saved her, to take her home. His children were ecstatic and his daughter Moya named her Mia. So I did what I usually do and poured my emotions into music. 

Pets are often like family members and losing them can be very difficult. I told my son she had 11 years she would not have had, just like myself. I first saw her about 15 months after my liver transplant. I am grateful for these years and I am sure, so was Mia. Think of the years she had, not the years she lost. Rest in Peace, Mia.

Rest in Peace

Night Verses

You are listening to an original song by Emily Kate Boyd. The lyrics were directly inspired by a conversation between Krista Tippett and John O'Donohue.  

"O Sweet River"
by Emily Kate Boyd

O Sweet River,
Carry the memory of her pain
To the wind-tormented sands
Of the sea

These days so restless,
Rich and unsatisfied,
Like the sorrow of a king
Ruled by his endless, lonely nights

When every idea comes to mind
On the back porch seems to die,
O Sweet River, stay alive
Stay alive

O Sweet River,
Will you remind me of the night,
I was humbled and took the shape
Of the mist, the well, the lake?

When my tears fell upon her face,
I was humble
Formless
In her grace

Teach me to trust this and keep faith
As I surrender to this place
Dissolve the hard and entangled shape
Of my fear

I’ll be grateful, I’ll be kind
And I’ll keep good love on my mind
I’ll be grateful
Kind

All my love, all my friends
All I need in good hands

All my love, all my friends
All I need in good hands

In the Woods

O Sweet River

Taken from the debut FM-84 album, 'Atlas'. Available NOW.
Purchase the album here: http://fm84.com

Written by Col Bennett and https://soundcloud.com/olliewride
Vocals and lyrics by Ollie Wride.
Artwork by Signalnoise.

I used to be the one 
I used to be your getaway dreamer 
I couldn’t get enough 
Thinking that we would last forever 
Don’t know what you’re thinking of 
Slipping further out of reach 
To the edge of town we could go 
Away from all the world to see 

You were wild trying to set yourself free 
I didn’t see the signs right in front of me 

Oh, I’m running in the night so soon 
I’ve got nothing left to lose 
I’m leaving it all behind, running in the night with you 
I won’t let you get away again 
We can see it through to the end 
But whatever we do 
I'm running in the night with you 

I used to be the one 
I used to be your place to land 
Under the shadows 
Into the palm of my hand 
You’re always changing the situation 
Just when we found paradise 
You’re always shutting down my conversation 
I can never read your mind 

Oh, I’m running in the night so soon 
I’ve got nothing left to lose 
I’m leaving it all behind, running in the night with you 
I won’t let you get away again 
We can see it through to the end 
But whatever we do 
I'm running in the night with you 

Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh 
Running with the night 
Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh 
I’m Running with the night 

I used to be the one 
I used to be your getaway dreamer 
I couldn’t get enough 
Thinking that we would last forever 

Chorus repeat x 2

Atlas

Running In The Night (feat. Ollie Wride)

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02 - Running In The Night (feat. Ollie Wride) **Album OUT NOW**

The 1975 - Somebody Else

Stream / Download '4 Track' EP: hyperurl.co/4TrackEP

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Mixed by James Gordon
Mastered by Kevin Tuffy @ EAB Studios


Lyrics:

I want to call you
What's your number?
Do you want to meet the day after?
I saw you look over your shoulder
I need to know now are you going to come round?

If you wanna come to my place then
We can talk about the weather
If you wanna come to my house then
You can meet my parents
If you wanna come to bedroom

I thought I saw you on the Leeds train
But you werent there when I looked back again
I heard you working in an office too
Maybe we could meet 
Just tell me what you wanna do?

I know you've been feeling quite low lately
But I saw your car on the driveway
And I to ask

4 Track EP

Bedroom

Hear EP On Spotify

Much love to Jack Antonoff x @Bleachers for selecting my remix of 'Don't Take The Money' with Slvmber as the Numero Uno Grand Prize Winner, FaReal, I'm honored 🙌🏽.

I've been listening to his 'Gone Now' album and his epic production on Lorde's 'Melodrama' album a lot lately.

Indaba link: http://bit.ly/2gua71X & https://soundcloud.com/h2the 
** It will also be on Bleachers Soundcloud in the next few.

🎥 Watch the motion graphic video art by @all.in.a.gif {at} http://bit.ly/2tNxnda or 

* I really love Jack's vocals on this and wanted to flip it with some reverse h2the synths and hip hop drums and thought Slvmber would be perfect to collaborate with on this one, so we did a bit of back and forth to bring something both retro and fresh to not taking money. 

WATCH OUR MOTION GRAPHIC VIDEO -> http://bit.ly/2tNxnda 
* video art by UA

Check out more and get the h2the 'Beat Tape' on cassette only @ http://h2the.com | @h2the

Bancs: info@bancsmedia.com

Bleachers - Don't Take The Money (h2the x Slvmber Remix)

not a single day

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded and mixed using Logic. Mastered in Soundcloud
Guitars played: Taylor 714CE in standard tuning 
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.
LYRICS: 
Some would say I’ve got no sense of direction
Some would say I’ve got no sense at all
Some would say I’m going round in circles
Like a clock ticking on the the wall

Maybe I do 
Maybe I don’t
Maybe I will 
Maybe I won’t

Some people say I move too fast
Some people say I move too slow
Some people say there’s no need to move at all
If you don’t know where to go

Maybe I do 
Maybe I don’t
Maybe I will 
Maybe I won’t

I might go looking for the sun in the morning
Or maybe in the afternoon
Sit back with a cold beer in the evening
And just look up at the moon 

Some would say head for the highlands 
Some say the lowlands are for me 
Some would say just follow your heart
Wherever that may be

Maybe I do 
Maybe I don’t
Maybe I will 
Maybe I won’t

I might go looking for the sun in the morning
Or maybe in the afternoon
Sit back with a cold beer in the evening
And just look up at the moon 

Maybe I do 
Maybe I don’t
Maybe I will 
Maybe I won’t

Maybe I Do

Singer/Songwriter/Music Creator
https://keriljohnson.com/


"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence." ~Leopold Stokowski

*All of my songs on SC are first introduced/unmastered versions
Never auto-tune, I play piano/synths by ear.

Check out my piano improv/playing by ear short videos here:
#musicismath#musicismediation#flow#pianoimprov#playingbyear#
https://youtube.com/shorts/rccvNIzhynU?feature=share


It's my pleasure to share a few recent collaborations:

With Guiville: "This Moment"
https://soundcloud.com/guiville/this_moment_ft_keri_johnson

"Waiting" by Nuvo, featuring Keri Johnson
https://soundcloud.com/officialnuvo/nuvo-feat-keri-johnson-waiting

"Falling" collab with Guiville & Keri Johnson
https://soundcloud.com/guiville/falling-v3

"Awaken Me" collaboration Guiville & Keri Johnson on MIxcloud: www.mixcloud.com/radiocoolio/radi…gote-electromix/

"You're the Light" collab by Guiville & Keri Johnson
https://soundcloud.com/guiville/your-the-light-ft-keri-johnson

Most recent albums/videos:

"Falling Stars"
https://youtu.be/pOhDT5yhjAA 

"This Space"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDeMPl72wxI

"Without You Here"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERGrJ2ld68E

Video for "Something More" released 10.31.18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgfBhGZiSUU

ALBUM RELEASE & video, "Ghost Town"  6.13.18! 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEzS1u_dlv8&t=1s

"Johnson is a talented songwriter with the ability to convey powerful sensations through her music. She is all about channeling the spirit of great R&B songwriters, combining classic influences with a refreshing modern twist."
by Stacey Zering January 23, 2019 
-No Depression, The Journal of Roots Music
http://nodepression.com/album-review/keri-johnsons-ghost-town-ep-gorgeously-crafted