One of my favourite songs with one of my favourite vocalists and friend Danny Zambelis.I wrote this after thinking how we all have our own "Private Sideshow" or life which is different for all of us,the ups,downs,and the journey we all have to "walk".
May you all be blessed in this troubled world, and please leave some thoughts on the song,its for you all! Peace :-)

Private Sideshow - ft John Castellain & Danny Zambelis

LYRICS BELOW (click "Show more")
When I wrote this duet, I had Amanda Sanderson's distinctively beautiful voice in mind. The song itself is an outgrowth or continuation of a poetry collection I published a few years ago, "The Book of Arabella."
Both the song and the poems are about a mysterious, otherworldly woman, Arabella, who feels trapped in a marriage, trapped in fact in her human body.
Here's a link to that poetry collection for the curious:
https://www.library.wisc.edu/parallelpress/pp-catalog/poetry-series/2014-2/the-book-of-arabella/
(...and yes, that is actually our cat in the photo on the big clock above the piano)
Instruments used:
All three guitar tracks played on my Gretsch 5622T
plus Fender (Squier) Jaguar SS bass
Angel chorus sung by angels...well, actually Alchemy synth
Amanda's SoundCloud page: https://soundcloud.com/phoebeelena
Recorded in Logic Pro using hardware tube preamps and compressors.

***Cat on a Clock***
(Words & music by Timothy Walsh)
Verse 1 (Him)
You come softly down the stairs into my waiting arms.
Hand you coffee, touch your hair…it seems that you’re not there.
I don’t say it but I know, on this special day,
your body’s here with me, but you’re a million miles away.
I don’t say it—I don’t want to tell no one—
You’re going nowhere but you’re always on the run.

Verse 2 (Arabella)
Morning comes, I stretch in bed, see the sun come through the blinds.
Hear you in the kitchen there, smell the coffee so divine.
I rub my eyes, decide if I can slide into this day,
or maybe spread my wings and softly fly away.
I don’t know why I’m so restless in this world.
It’s like I’m from some country where I can’t return.

CHORUS:
You’re like a cat upon a clock sleeping in the sun,
whiling away your time on earth until our day is done.
Just like a cat upon a clock dreaming through the day
while the world outside goes on and softly spins away.

Verse 3 (Him)
Twilight comes and I see you in the garden where
the cedars and the pines are your sisters in the sky.
You walk out among the herbs, barefoot on the bricks,
smell the chervil and the thyme that never ask you why.
You’re so lost to me I don’t know what I’ll do.
I’m so in love with every single thing you do.

Verse 4 (Arabella)
Some days I wish that I could go flying through the sky—
spread my wings just like a crow and take off with a sigh.
Somewhere beyond the moon, I think I’ll find my home,
far away from this earth and this house of flesh and bone.
I’m not angry, I just don’t know how to say
I’m a creature not like you in any way.

CHORUS (sung twice)

Cat on a Clock

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Cat On A Clock (early demo mix)

Flying with the wind

This track is an original instrumental song. I remixed the song uploaded to YouTube. An ambient song composed mainly of strings and piano. I remixed it with some mid-low range suppressed. I hope you can relax and listen with YouTube.


https://youtube.com/channel/UCUYRIEC77uN5JoGpK4ztCPg

花びら散れども… （remix）The flowers are scattered…

Raconte Moi Une Histoire
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Raconte-moi une histoire,
Qu’elle soit belle ou qu’elle soit triste
Dis-moi vite pour qu’elle existe
Qu’il est une fois et ça commence

Rappelle moi toute notre histoire
Dès les regards qui nous emportent
Toute une nuit à nous parler
Et ne s’arrête la musique….. 

Nuit d’été au soir d’hiver
Tous les soleils tous nos orages
Je veux avoir tout ton savoir
Les dessous dessus de l’histoire

Redis-moi ta venue ton départ
Tu voulais tu ne pouvais
Commencer puis tout arrêter et…. 

Bientôt la fin de ton histoire
Tu me promets tout ira bien
Je dois t’écouter en confiance
Me guider vers ton chemin

Puis m’apprêter à rêver haut
Tout ce que tu laisses en suspend
Je pourrais tout réinventer
Je pourrais tout désirer et…… 

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aDom: chant, guitares, basse, clavier
Ad: batterie

Paroles/Musique: aDom
Mixage: Fabrice

Raconte Moi Une Histoire

Baby drum, sound places full with primitive pulses of our infant soul

BABY DRUM

Baby Drum - LA.BOTICH & Gonzalo Serrano

The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
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Isaiah‬ ‭40

on wings like eagles

Unbekanntes Album

An XMas Blues

... basis of this track is a flute improvisation of mine, heavily mangled through PaulXstretch, and bounced to a four minute drone pad ...... The Danmoi is a real time jam. Percussion is Ghosthack samples. Bass is Chromaphone3 VSTi. Image: asoggetti/unsplash - EnJoy !

Xmatazz / flute drone

Announcing Venus Abalero as a Permanent member of Grooveclowd----Happy Days In The Sun

Whipped up a variation of a previously created backing track that I had arranged using BIAB, and then added a contemporaneous lead while listening and playing along on my Fender Mustang. Mixed it all up and named it 'Light It Up'. Hope it's enjoyed. We all can use a little Light about now.

Sunny Beaches

Light It Up ©

Grooveclowd is a Band from Australia. Kimberley Galpin Keys/Synths Mixing, Nathan Good Keys/Bass and Vocals and Eleyan Di Palma Vocals Keys/Synths / Venus Abalero Guitars/ Bass Mixing-- Grooveclowd wanders in and out of Genres.Trax avaiable for
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