Wednesday Collection #51

Your 2020 Playback

Having received a wonderful selection of inspired takes on two simple guitar pieces which I posted for open collaboration, I figured I should collect them like a little bouquet of musical flowers. Here they are for you to enjoy : ) The original pieces -- out there . . somewhere & writ in air -- are free to download and to tinker with and re-interpret, should you feel so inclined. 
(Please let me know if you do : )

out there . . somewhere ~ writ in air :

August 2021

Follow Simon ++++ Link for collab https://soundcloud.com/learningtoplay
Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/learningtoplay/writ-in-air

This track has been publicly released under a Creative Commons License.

Perfectly Good J BeAt Remix Collab Simon Learning To Play Instrumental

The Valuable Friends:

@janinelevinson Electric blanket vocals and additional lyrics
@rick-4-1 7/4 Drums
@phil-mcwalter The other butter lad stuff

I COULD HELP IF YOU WANTED

I could help if you wanted

Don't let me fall into your eyes
Don't let me call your name
Don't let me fall
I don't want to go there
You do it if you want to
I don't feel like going out
I could help if you wanted
[Wash your face]
I guess it's over now...

I could glow if you lit me
And you could melt into my eyes
I'd cup my hands when you were close to me
And I would let you fall
Steady like Sundays and pigeons
And we'll fill the bottles with wishes

Electric Blanket Lucy and The Butter Lad
Electric Blanket Lucy and The Butter Lad

Don't let me fall into your eyes
[Putting wishes in bottles that's all we do]
Don't let me call your name
[Listen really hard]
Don't let me fall
I don't want to go there
[Putting wishes in bottles that's all we do]
You do it if you want to
[Listen really hard]
I don't feel like going out
[Putting wishes in bottles that's all we do]
I could help if you wanted
[Wash your face]
I guess it's over now...

I could help if you wanted
I could help if you wanted

© Phil McWalter & Janine Levinson August 2021

I Could Help If You Wanted

Please welcome to join Syntaleta community on www.patreon.com/syntaleta
Remastered by Houman (https://soundcloud.com/houmans)

Alive Again

Available to buy or download here:
https://atlascedar.bandcamp.com/track/in-hollywood

Also on Vinyl (RIP Records): https://riprecords.bigcartel.com/product/rip-introduces-volume-one-12-vinyl-compilation

I wrote this shortly before I went to live in California for a while in 2015, and I recorded it when I returned to the UK, complete with new lyrics inspired by my experiences there. Partly based on fact and partly on fantasy, it's mostly inspired by someone I met in California many years ago.

I fell in love
In Hollywood
In some motel
Somewhere on Sunset

My broken heart
A room for rent
In my defence
I was defenceless

In Hollywood

In lost motels
Where angels fall
The night was young
And she was restless

I fell in love
In Hollywood
In 234
She left me breathless

In Hollywood

Miss Miracle
Girl of my dreams
We ran before
We were arrested

I fell for you
In Hollywood
In my defence
It made sense - in Hollywood.

Written and performed by Chris Syme (c)
Recorded on 17th and 18th July 2016

Heartbreak of Love

In Hollywood

Trippy track - the title referring more to the recording and mixing process rather than to the lyric content. The saga continues...


LYRICS: 

Talk to me, look at me, tell me what the feeling means.
Dead end streets, weary beats - hypnotic eyes stare into my mind.
Where are you? And what am I?
Bridges crossed, bones to grind,
Meaningful or senseless life. Forever lie awake at night!
Cannot cease to twist and turn. Cannot quench the inner burn!
Wounds don't heal, it's hell on earth. Expanding thoughts while the road is turning...

The Revenant

Smoke and Mirrors

Inspired by my recent trip to Japan, the Gion district of Kyoto is one of the most amazing places I've ever had the chance to visit.

Photography by Sorasak at Unsplash.com
https://unsplash.com/@boontohhgraphy
Used under Creative Commons license

Lyrics:

sunlight failing
my heart is sailing

on the streets of gion
i met you

dream on
dreamer

my life's
clearer

on the streets of gion
i need someone  like you
in my life

Gion

The working title of this song was 'Libya' and I wrote it shortly after watching a harrowing documentary on the plight of migrants trapped there. The whole song only took about 8 hours to write, record and mix - compared to most of my other tracks these days, that's incredibly short - however it is always much, much easier to finish a song if I have a pre-conceived and clear idea of what the lyric and music is about, and in this case it was straightforward. Thanks for listening and please share if you like it!

Photography by Kylo
https://unsplash.com/@kylo8
Used under Creative Commons license

Lyric:

land
light
crossing
so that i might live
somewhere

drifting
blind
leaving
so that i might live
somewhere
clinging
so that we might live
anywhere

believe in
somewhere i might live
out there

dying
so that we might live
somewhere

Night Crossing

Download Free or Buy

Written by Echo and the Bunnymen
All instruments, mix, master by D3

"Jimmy Brown
Made of stone
Charlie Clown
No way home
Bring on the dancing horses
Headless and all alone

Shiver and say the words
Of every lie you've heard

First I'm gonna make it
Then I'm gonna break it
Till it falls apart
Hating all the faking
And shaking while I'm breaking
Your brittle heart

Billy stands
All alone
Sinking sand
Skin and bone
Bring on the dancing horses
Wherever they may roam

Shiver and say the words
Of every lie you've heard

First I'm gonna make it
Then I'm gonna break it
Till it falls apart
Hating all the faking
And shaking while I'm breaking
Your brittle heart

Brittle heart
Brittle heart
And my little heart
Goes

Jimmy Brown
Made of stone
Charlie Clown
No way home
Bring on the headless horses
Wherever they may roam

Shiver and say the words
Of every lie you've heard

First I'm gonna make it
Then I'm gonna break it
Till it falls apart
Hating all the faking
And shaking while you're breaking
My brittle heart

Brittle heart
Brittle heart
And our little heart
Goes

Bring on the new messiah
Wherever he may roam
Bring on the new messiah
Wherever he may roam
Bring on the new messiah
Wherever he may roam"

Bring On The Dancing Horses  - Piano Version

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

slow disolve

out there . . somewhere

Thankfully its finally Friday and here's its Song. This is the penultimate song in the series of Songs of the Week. This is a relatively mellow and relaxing piece which I hope you enjoy. Thank you as always for listening and your comments are always appreciated.

Friday's Song

I'm very happy that Terry was inspired to lay down some improvised, free-style, clear-eyed observations on where the ? we're going : )to the tune of 'out there . . somewhere'. https://soundcloud.com/learningtoplay/out-there-somewhere

If you haven't discovered Terry's wonderful music, writing, performance yet, do yourself a favour and go directly to: https://soundcloud.com/user-536194718

guitar by learningtoplay // beats, bass, free-style poetry & vocals by Terry Wigmore (improv transcript below)

I have half a mind to write something profound: something that would not easily be forgotten.
And then my thoughts run away with my logic 
Running to the extremes of existence, thoughts of the cosmological meaning of
a grain of sand, on a polluted beach, soon to be underwater, from global warming.
Temperatures rise, people's feeling's rise, dough rises, yeast...
Flat bread, Flat earth... how can we connect all these tings?
Line ups on the top of Mount Everest! Who would have thought that this would be a thing that you could see in a movie clip on the evening news? Breaking News! Mountaineers fall to their deaths waiting in line, through lack of oxygen. Maybe we should give a few politicians some lack of oxygen and see how they fall?! Too much air on the airwaves, not enough content. A million channels, high -speed delivery system...no one listening...no one cares.
Shoe-box size satellites, 60 of them released. Supposed to be putting the internet to every space available on the surface of the earth. Internet? How about food? How about clean water? How about a place to feel safe? How about a place of refuge for a refugee? A place of comfort for those who traveled and struggled all their lives, escaping one form of persecution only to fall to a legal entanglement that keeps them dying in cages. So much to ponder, so little time.
Life is full of these enigmas. Or is it that life is full of mystery wrapped in an enema?
A whole lot of house cleaning to be done.
What does it take? What would it take for us to to work together for once, just once? Solve the problem of , “I don't like you, but I'm willing to work with you?” “ I don't like your...thoughts, your clothes, the colour of your skin, the books you read, the celebrations you have,...but I'm willing to work with you...”
Because I don't need to be right, I just need to be free...free from HATE.

We all came from somewhere. We're all migrants from a place that we called home. Whatever that place looks like now, home is where the heart IS...where you feel connected! You might have been unplugged, perhaps forcefully unplugged, but you're here NOW. THIS is home! This is where we have to work together, to love, to live, and to build together, to Be Free...

(T Wigmore, in the flow with learningtoplay's 'Out There . . Somewhere')

out there . . somewhere (ltp + Terry Wigmore)

breathe easy and sleep well. sweet dreams : )

lullabye.

life you have    you never asked for
at times so sad     it's hard to bear
or all alone        in so much beauty
who's to understand or care?
who is there       to share?

when they offer explanation
if they try to tell you why
save your soul     don't waste your time
just drift off    like clouds in sky
just drift off like        clouds in sky

tales they tell to little children
word of God      thou shalt not care
everything that ever matters
is carved in water      writ in air
       carved in water       writ in air

lullabye (writ in air)

I stumbled upon this track yesterday, an open collab: https://soundcloud.com/learningtoplay/out-there-somewhere and produced this remix - flute addition in a very spontanously first go. Thanks a lot to https://soundcloud.com/learningtoplay/ ... hope he will like my idea, and of course all inclined listeners too ! enJoy !

out there ... somewhere // by learning to play - remix = flute added

I was really stoked to hear from letterfounder that he'd finished his song 'back at the cave', based around my instrumental 'writ in air'. 
I love his fascinating, exploratory music, great lyrics and vocals. For more of his excellent work visit: https://letterfounder.bandcamp.com
letterfounder - lyrics and vocals
learningtoplay - guitar melody

in progress 2019/20

back at the cave -- letterfounder (ft. learningtoplay)

Original Composition / Performance : BoneTender 
https://soundcloud.com/bonetender
Lyrics / Vox / Production by : E.O.S.
2020

Ocean Bells

On a Hill
Sits a House
an Ancient House

On a Cliff
Ancient Cliff
a Stone Walled House

Coastal Drift
Time will Sift
Our Grains of Sand

Ripples Break
Thunder Quake
Give up Yer' Dead

Hear the Toll of the Ocean Bells
Ringing Rising
Start to Swell
Oh no!
I'm Awash in their Bones

Desolate
Frozen State
Re - Animate

Alive!

Rage On
Din of the Ocean Bells
Risen Archaic 
in the Deep Doth Dwell

Oh No!
I See the Unknown

Spirit Drive
Quench and Thrive
We Live Again!

Alive!

Alive!

Ring out Resurrection of the Ocean Bell
Keeper on the Rocks
and Our Home as Well

Ahhhh!

Bells upon the Tower 
Fill the Ocean – Swell!
Flesh upon Our Bones 
Feed Our Bellies as Well 

Ahhhh!

Alive We Resonate 
for the Ocean Bell
Dragons of the Deep
Crack the Egg 
and Split the Shell

Ahhhh!

Blister Beast
Savage Feast
Hours at Hand
an Illusion on the Sands...

Ah – Ahhhh!

Shadowed Frames
Seen Again
by the Eyes
of Men

Temple Sweep
Creature's Keep
Floods Alive

Ocean Bells

Ocean Bells *ft. Bonetender

Thanks Janelle! What a pleasure! :)

Lyrics, Vocals: @the-real-janelle from @juniperoband
Music, Mix & Mastering, Guitars (ES, JM), Bass (P), Drums (AD2) and Keys: @bonetender

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3r6bD5UUgfCc5tFVh0PqZe

========== Lyrics ==========

Out in the field, at night
I find myself twirling out of space
It’s like a dream, it seems...

There comes times where I don’t really care
About what goes on around 

All I hear is my boom box going hard
Out over here, nobody seems to notice us
At times I may have my own reasons
But never will I turn you my back 

We’re alright, we go our ways
We stumble down just to build up 
Taking hold of us again

Out in the field, we dance endlessly 
Out over here where you can see the city
We don’t dwell into tomorrow’s worries
We live for now and glorious memories 

We don’t mind, we don’t mind nothing 

We are at our rhythm 
We don’t care about your competition 
Nothing sane in soulless repetition 

We’re alright, we go our ways
We stumble down just to build up 
Taking hold of us again

©Janelle & Bonetender 2020 All Rights Reserved

Our Ways

Our Ways (ft. Janelle)

Giver

Neli CoKo - Romantic Nightmare

Thanks Lizzie & Annette!

Lyrics, Vocals: @taylor-pentland
Hammond, Piano: @vocalatti
Music, Guitars (Martin, ?), Bass (P), Drums (AD2), Mellotron, Mix & Mastering (DAW): @bonetender

Artwork: @taylor-pentland / Lizzie Pentland / www.talenthouse.com/lizzie-pentland

========== Lyrics ==========

Never knew the pain that was in you
Never knew just how you stung
But never felt that the time here was wasted
On our magic rides in the Sun, Oh Yeah

Sending you sweet flowers
That were grown from your seeds

Oh let the love flow freely
As the light increases with the days

Ahhhhhh........Oooooooh

Now I know the things you wanted
And the things you just accept
Even when the love was sinking
You could always count them less, Oh yeah

Sending you sweet flowers
That were grown from your seeds

Never knew the pain that was in you baby, yeah
Never knew just how you stung
But never felt the time here was wasted
On our magic rides in the Sun

Never knew the pain that was in you, baby
Never knew just how you stung
Let the love, let the love, let the love
Flow freely through your door
As the light increases with the days

©Lizzie, Vocalatti & Bonetender 2020 All Rights Reserved

Never Knew

Never Knew (with Lizzie Taypen & Vocalatti)

these gestures 
of attraction
in blissful interaction
constant original 
of all that i adore
whose gestures 
are inexhaustible
i'm gonna run
till the power comes
around my love
gestures
a gesture so divine

ॐ

in c sharp major (a=440)
written, performed, and recorded by viola moonshape in january 2020
mixed and mastered by brahma
copyright © 2020 viola moonshape

ॐ

lowden f–25 > neumann u87ai > apollo twin > logic (track 01)
gibson es–335 > vox ac15c1 > neumann u87ai > apollo twin > logic (tracks 02–09)
gibson es–335 > line 6 dl4 > apollo twin > logic (tracks 10–12)
bowed gibson es–335 > vox ac15c1 > neumann u87ai > apollo twin > logic (track 13)
rain in sweden > sm57 > boss rc–505 > eh pitch fork > apollo twin > logic (track 14)
korg minilogue xd > apollo twin > logic (tracks 15, 16)
vox bass > neumann u87ai > apollo twin > logic (tracks 17, 18)
ice skates > sm57 > boss rc–505 > eh pitch fork > apollo twin > logic (track 19)
sound of a frozen lake > sm57 > boss rc–505 > eh pitch fork > apollo twin > logic (tracks 20, 21)
drums programmed in logic (tracks 22, 23)
"proco rat" guitar vocals > neumann u87ai > uad raw > apollo twin > logic (tracks 24–27)
lead vocals > neumann u87ai > apollo twin > logic (tracks 28–36)

ॐ

cover by brahma
photography by puski
copyright © 2020 viola moonshape

ॐ

Gestures of Attraction

About this song

Experimental piece
Photo by Jack B on Unsplash

Waves

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/arse-myth
mannu - https://soundcloud.com/the-mannu