Been There Done That

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Manna LII

ThreePhotonsFeb2019

Part 62 of 266
Chapters released every weekend. All TAFFETA tracks are created within seven days.

I use a complete hybrid of organic & electronic sounds within the scope of the Taffeta project. Nothing is out of the question and no limits are set on how things may evolve one way or another.

If you want to hear everything that has come before:
The TAFFETA Albums are available for free on Bandcamp.
Released in 15 part/chapter increments:

TAFFETA Volume 1:
belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-1

TAFFETA Volume 2:
belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-2

TAFFETA Volume 3:
belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-3

The TAFFETA Playlist is always kept up to date:
soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/sets/taffeta-a-266-part-musical

TAFFETA | Part 62

High recommendation of headphones, to fully enjoy sound adds and effects.

Letra / translated lyrics:

África... África...   /   Africa... Africa...
la vieja madre...   /   the old mother...
África... África...   /   Africa... Africa...
la tierra extraña...   /   the strange land...
África... África...   /   Africa... Africa...


Son tus raíces   /   Your roots are
más profundas que el tiempo.   /   deeper than time.
Olvida tu vida   /   Forget your life
que ahora es desierto.   /   which is now a desert.

Tus raíces de sangre se han perdido,   /   Your blood roots are lost
y tu exótico mundo ha envejecido.   /   and your exotic world has got old.
La llamada de la selva ha convertido:   /   The call of the jungle has turned:

tus batallas en guerras,   /   your battles to wars,
y tus bosques en hambre,   /   and your forests to hunger,
y tus hombres en tierra.   /   and your men to soil.

África... África...   /   Africa... Africa...
tus cantos lejanos...   /   your distant singings...
África... África...   /   Africa... Africa...
ahora están muertos...   /   are dead now...
ahora están muertos.   /   are dead now.
África... África...   /   Africa... Africa...


... 1995 E-RUIZZO - 2014 FRANCÉS RECORDS

Google Play

África (Hombres de tierra)

Made this while playing GTA V, V's music is fun.

Miami Hustler

Before The Devil Knows Your Name! (basic demo)

I sat down to work on some of the tracks I should be working on and this is what happened. I don't do too many covers and this must be the shortest track I've ever recorded.

From the Boys Don't Cry album (well it was on my vinyl version -  it disappeared from the CD)

World War (Cure Cover)

Thanks to and inspiration from John Lennon's 1968 BBC interview at the National Theatre and the incredibly nostalgic poem 'I Remember, I Remember' by Thomas Hood.

If You Got Soul

If you got soul
You gotta roll

When I was a boy
It would be easy for me to try
To believe all the words that were written in the books
By the seers and the gods on high
Sky high
There's a lie in the lie
That they want you to buy
It's a lie that you can't ask why
But now I am older
Got that weight off my shoulder
Lift my finger up and point to sky

No soul destroyer's gonna
rock and roll her baby
No state infraction's gonna
Suppress the action now
Insanity attack
Distortion of the fact
Maniacal quack
Dehumanising
An automatic fact
The stick is in the back
Establishments react
Do they see their own writing
On the wall?
Do they see their own writhing
At all?

If you got soul
You gotta roll
And we the people
We gotta get to go

When I was that boy
It would be easier for me to fly
But now I am older
Got that weight off my shoulder
Lift my finger up and point to sky
Sky high
It was a child's sweet ignorance
But oh so little joy
To know I'm further off from heaven
Than when I was a boy

If you got soul
You gotta roll
And we the people
We gotta get to go

The 1969 plays; vocals, backing vocals, 12 string electric guitar, electric guitar, bass, piano, organ, mellotron, drum loop sequencing.

Produced and mixed by The 1969, mastered by The 1969, additional mastering by John Marc Bimonte @ Sharp Guy Productions.

Recorded October 2017

If You Got Soul

thanks and blessings to the people of Malapoa, Port Vila & the beautiful islands of Vanuatu <3

In the water - In the air

leaving Vila

you look away / you step outside
i watch you / wondering are you lost or trying to hide

slow dissolve

lost

Very happy to have had the chance to collaborate with The Ghostfather, on his incredible instrumental tour de force - 'exhaustfumes'. It got into my head and wouldn't get out. Save our planet.

Listen to The Ghostfather's excellent sounds here: https://soundcloud.com/user-805491886

Lyrics and vocals -- learningtoplay

slow disolve

exhaustfumes -- The Ghostfather (+ ltp)

2. MORE WIVES MORE WITCHCRAFT

Serotonin Smiles

Taken from the  Endless Blue EP available here - https://blacksand1.bandcamp.com/album/endless-blue

Endless Blue

All Guitars By Martin Reed,
Bass By Tophonicus,
Drums By Breaks Watts.

Composition Is Copyright, Frank Zappa. https://www.zappa.com/

Black Napkins - A Zappa Cover

I had a lot of fun working with this amazing beat from EllE -- Cycle of Hands. Awesome, inspiring music which just lifts you and sets you afloat : ) 

Check her excellent songs here: https://soundcloud.com/cycleofhands

Lyrics and vocals -- learningtoplay

azure - Cycle of Hands (+ltp)

Hello Folks!
Another new song and another nice collaboration too!

I asked Renè Methner from "Para Lia" https://soundcloud.com/para-lia if he wanted to play guitar on one of my songs and he said yes. What a stroke of luck, because he conjured up a fantastic singing lead guitar! You can hear it on the right side in the stereo panorama. Thank you Renè for that!

A big thank you also to Lawrence Farr for correcting my lyrics. That's priceless! I'm aware that I sing with accent, but when I'm sure the lyrics are correct, it's easier for me to sing in English!
A firm embrace over 11.000 km to Australia!

Lead Guitar by Renè Methner form Para Lia  >>Join him!! https://soundcloud.com/para-lia

Rhythm Guitar and some Fills, Bass, Vocals: Stefan van Walsum
Drums created by Stefan van Walsum with Toontrack´s EZ-Drummer-2.
Mix and Master by SvW-Musik

Words an Music by Stefan van Walsum

THANKS FOR STOPPING, LISTENING, LIKES AND REPOSTS!

The Lyrics
LIGHTHEARTED GIRL (Nina)

1 Verse 
I saw her standing there.
A beautiful girl, on the side of the road.
She wanted to leave, because she held up a sign with Hamburg. 

2 Verse
I pulled over and she got in.
(She asked)
Can we ride together for a while?
I looked at her and gladly agreed.
She had something about her that I can't describe.

Bridge
Resistance was pointless. I gave myself up to her!
Surreal like a Road Movie. A situation like in a dream. 

Vers 3
We just drove for hours.
Completely relaxed towards the north.
Meanwhile we didn't care about the destination.

Bridge
The main thing was that we were together.
And we felt that the journey should never find a end.

Pre-Chorus
(And she said)
Why don't you come with me.
Have a little fun with me.
Tonight we will be so free.

Chorus
Lighthearted Girl
Lighthearted Girl

4 Verse
We spent the night together.
I thought she made me speechless forever.
I couldn't believe it, she was so beautiful. 

Bridge
She was so beautiful. I hoped it wasn't a dream.
So unbelievably beautiful. She left me speechless.

Pre-Chorus
(And she said)
Why don't you come with me.
Have a little fun with me.
Tonight we will be so free.
(And she said)
Why don't you come with me.
Have a little fun with me.
Tonight we will be so free.


Chorus
Lighthearted Girl (Lovely Nina)
Lighthearted Girl (Lovely Nina)
Lighthearted Girl (Lovely Nina)
Lighthearted Girl (Lovely Nina)

Interlude
We spent the night together.
Suddenly everything didn't matter.
We didn't think about it.
Was it just for today or forever.

Pre-Chorus
(And she said)
Why don't you come with me.
Have a little fun with me.
Tonight we will be so free.

(And she said)
Why don't you come with me.
Have a little fun with me.
Tonight we will be so free.

Chorus
Lighthearted Girl (Nina)
Lighthearted Girl (Nina)
( Lighthearted Girl )

Lighthearted Girl (Nina)

"Lighthearted Girl (Nina)" Stefan van Walsum feat. Para Lia

Ruiner

This lyric came to me recently, pretty much direct. I was amazed to later discover how well it matched Sander's beautiful track, Sleepless. I was very happy when he kindly agreed for us to release it as a collaboration.
Original composition: https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer/sleepless-1
Sander's excellent music: https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer/tracks

it comes in waves, like the light
the dawn that sweeps us into night
the tears that well up from my heart
roll down my face, I fall apart
it comes in waves, it comes in waves
the love that heals, the love that saves
it comes in waves, it comes in waves
it comes in waves, it comes in waves

you were here, now you're gone
the life that keeps us sweeps us on
the love we need, the love that leaves
it comes in waves, in waves, in waves
it comes in waves, in waves

clear as water, free as breath
life will carry us to death
the love that lifts us to the skies
leaves us falling, no surprise

it comes in waves, it comes in waves
it comes in waves, it comes in waves
in waves, in waves, in waves

it comes in waves - Wane of Summer (+ ltp)

https://soundcloud.com/temple-of-the-haunted-man/sets/from-here-to-everywhere

Fluxion

Download in High-Res

Look Out! (They're Coming)

Just you and me (Three Photons, December 2018)

Thanks so much to Rene (Para Lia) and Andrew Borderick for listening to an early versions of this tune....

Hope you like some part of it - Cheers, TJG.

If I could see you
just one more time
I'd be good to you
all the time

It was just you and me
we were drifting through the night
it was just you and me
we were running through the night
we were drifting through the night
it was just you and me
we were running through the night

I think I saw you 
at Lions Bay
sipping coffee
at my favorite cafe

It was just you and me
we were drifting through the night
it was just you and me
we were running through the night
we were drifting through the night
it was just you and me
we were running through the night

If I could see you
just one more time
I'd be good to you
all of my life

But I can't find you
and I'm out of time
I'm out of time...

it was just you and me
we were drifting through the night
it was just you and me
we were stealing against time
it was just you and me
we racing against the time
it was just you and me
we were drifting through the night

we were drifting through the night
we were drifting through the night

December 16, 2018

Just you and me

Para Lia - 'Who Gets Fooled Again'
from the  album 'Soap Bubble Dreams'
https://paralia.bandcamp.com/

words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2018
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin

the crowd is asking questions
time to feed the brains of fools
we're on the speedway of the global news
we have a serious network
we run the big machines
we keep you quiet with bread and games
it will quench the flame
isn't the weather nice today?

who gets fooled again

in the age of populism
sweeping around the globe
we are dealing with an overdose
of phrases, bubbles, airholes
advertisement and empty shells
we guarantee your comfort zone
trust us you are not alone
so better stay at home

who gets fooled again

Soap Bubble Dreams

Who Gets Fooled Again

A SONG FOR LOVE - Re-Mastered Sept 2020
Written, Performed & Produced by Andrew Borderick
Copyright 2019/2020 All rights reserved.
Mastered by Soundcloud Sept 2020

I HAD THIS DREAM, IT WAS LONG AGO
A MEMORY, OF A LOVER SONG
I REMEMBER WHEN WE FELL INTO THE GRASS
AND AFTER SCHOOL IT WENT SO LONG

BUT IN THAT DREAM, THE WORLD WAS ONE
NO MEMORY, MAY'BE TIME STOOD STILL
I REMEMBER ROCK'N AND DANCING TO THE SHOW
AND EVERY WEEKEND WENT SO FAST

DON'T WAKE ME NOW I'M HEARING YOU
IF ONLY NOW, THE WORLD STOOD STILL
(break)
I FELT PEACE, IN MY HEART AND SOUL
A MEMORY, IN A SONG FOR LOVE
I ONLY HEAR YOU IN THE PHOTOGRAPH
AND TIME STOOD STILL THERE FOR SO LONG

DON'T WAKE ME NOW I'M HEARING YOU
IF ONLY NOW, THE WORLD STOOD

2019 PRO TOOLS

A SONG FOR LOVE

Big thanks to LOU for the custom logo! Check him out @level-one-up1

Easy Money

for you, bro : )

Invitation to an OPEN COLLAB:

out there . . somewhere
are you? 'f you feel like adding a bit of anything you like to this
please, be my guest : )
or put it in yr 
blender
: 0    Playlist of originals and subsequent collaborative interpretations is here:
https://soundcloud.com/learningtoplay/sets/out-there-somewhere-writ-in

out there . . somewhere

I Wanna Feel We're Just Like One

I wish that I could meet the crowd 
and feel that feeling once again 
I wish one day the business man
could join us to be as one
I want to spend a lot of time
in the land where there's no pain

I wanna feel we're just like one
I wanna feel we're just like one
I wanna feel we're just like one
I wanna feel we're just like one
I wanna feel we're just like one
I wanna feel we're just like one

I wish that I could meet the crowd 
and feel that feeling once again 
I wish one day I would not need
to exchange my time just for cash
I'm just feeling I'm part of a being
who exploded into infinite grains

I wanna feel we're just like one
I wanna feel we're just like one
I wanna feel we're just like one
I wanna feel we're just like one
I wanna feel we're just like one
I wanna feel we're just like one

I Wanna Feel We're Just Like One

From the moment I heard the first notes of Dean Massicotte's stunning guitar composition 'Into the sun', I was blown away. I was so pleased that Dean graciously allowed me to add some vocals. For me, his music inspires a sense of optimism and positivity. Have a listen to his amazing work -
Original instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/deanmassicotte/into-the-sun
Dean's beautiful music: https://soundcloud.com/deanmassicotte
                                                  For Jack Moore / Dad. 1934 -- 2020    ❤️

into the sun - Dean Massicotte (+ ltp)

First song Annie ever wrote, and its about yours truly...... (no really I am as great as mt Bendigo!)

The Great Mt Bendigo

Moment One

I didn’t care whose voice it was
I’m captive and a slave
Bright and pure shines her star
Upon that glorified guitar
Until we came to Spenlow’s grave

No pausing on the brink
I was gone
No time to even think
Fallen headlong
From moment one

Enough wrung out of me to drown
A fellow moonstruck clerk
Steeped in a sea of soup and sound
Bite the key to my carpet bag
Distinguish in the dark

Weak infatuation, maudlin mind 
Celestial blue
Saturated through and through
Turn into a room close at hand
The empress of my heart

Many thanks to Steve Pumphrey for playing the guitar solo on this recording.

Moment One

Dayflower（露草）

Psycho

A couple of months ago, Rodolfo Planes from Tierra del Fuego sent me a wonderful piece of music (in a different key and without lead guitar) that he hoped I’d write lyrics for… 
I was so excited that the first verse popped into my head almost straightaway, and with great patience and honesty, Rodolfo lead me through the learning curve that would be the gestation of this song.
The passionate music somehow stirred in me a sense of longing and belonging, combined with the enforced isolation from loved ones during lockdown. I think Rodolfo’s music helped me express this powerfully.
His solo still continues to move me even after countless listens. I am very grateful to him for this opportunity and I sincerely hope we can work on other projects. 
Thanks for listening and please check out Rodolfo’s cloud if you can.

Composition, instrumentation, arrangement and production: https://soundcloud.com/rplanes
Lyrics and vocals: https://soundcloud.com/markjbennett
Image of Loch Maree, Scotland used with kind permission of Douglas Corrance.

https://continentalcollision.bandcamp.com/track/set-me-down-that-road

I know where I’m going,
Though I don’t know where I am.
My drive ain’t slowing,
If it’s Birmingham, Alabam.
Gotta get me on the road,
Back to where I’m coming from,
Might not have the zip code,
But I know where I belong. 
I know, I know, I know that I belong.
It might take me some time,
But I’m on my way already.
Set me down that road.

I know what I’m missing,
And where I might find it.
Without even reminiscing,
I’m right back there, I admit.
Close my eyes, and I’m there,
Though in reality,
I’m still stuck in elsewhere,
And I’m the absentee.   
I know, I know, I know that I’ve done wrong.
It might take me some time,
But I’m on my way already.
Set me down that road.

I’ve been uninvited,
Yet I felt compelled to come
A need to be reunited,
Whatever the outcome.
This prodigal believes,
In the error of his ways.
He vows that he’ll never leave,
Where his hat now he lays
I know, I know, I know that I’m back home.
It has taken some time,
But I feel at home already.
I’ve been down that road.

Set Me Down That Road - Continental Collision - Now Available on Bandcamp

Production Note
https://furicomusicteam.blogspot.com/p/neither-west-east-north-nor-south.html

Included Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1x2Jppspwg

Neither West, East, North, Nor South

Much of my music is FREE TO DOWNLOAD.
Love this space, wherever it is, and the amazing sounds of humanity. Happy to mix my music with yours, if you have an idea or no idea : ) -- if you would like to remix, remake, redeem any part of anything here, let me know.   ~ 

These are the wonderful musicians I've been lucky enough to work with so far on SC:

MOON DUST - https://soundcloud.com/petri-kiviniemi
Oorlab - https://soundcloud.com/oorlab
Kamikami - https://soundcloud.com/kamikami-sc
Spökpappa (The Ghostfather)- @user-805491886
Cycle of Hands - https://soundcloud.com/cycleofhands
Wane of Summer - https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer/tracks
Ami Dreamer - https://soundcloud.com/ami_dreamer
Bonetender - https://soundcloud.com/bonetender
Shrowd ($ad)- https://soundcloud.com/avercoffee
Terry Wigmore - https://soundcloud.com/user-536194718
JBeAt {to my own drum} - https://soundcloud.com/jbeattomyowndrumindiepop
joerxworx - https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
Koma Gaeshi - https://soundcloud.com/koma-gaeshi
letterfounder - https://letterfounder.bandcamp.com
Dean Massicotte - https://soundcloud.com/deanmassicotte
..dusboblaze.. - https://soundcloud.com/user-430072946
Don't kill butterflies - https://soundcloud.com/dontkillbutterflies
Arma Ignifera - https://soundcloud.com/herronsound
Nicholas Ridiculous - https://soundcloud.com/nickrdavies
Rhiannon's Liquid Soul - https://soundcloud.com/bre-cabin
MingMonk - https://soundcloud.com/mingmonk
ŞöļäçėŠțřëęț - @solacestreet
arse-myth - https://soundcloud.com/learningtoplay