Spring of 2020

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 :

LTP iNC.

Spring Into Indie

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

Thumper

Superzoom 2

iwish-iwish-iwish-iwish-iwish

synths and inspiration from https://soundcloud.com/kamikami-sc
we <3 u

Zombie Lullaby

Ride Of Your Lives

Time Alone -- Acoustic

'THE SUN IN ME'
Written, Performed & Produced
by Andrew Borderick  Copyright 2017/2020
Mastered by Andrew Borderick 24/08/2020

MAY THE SUN SHINE ON YOU, FOREVER
AND THE LIFE THAT WE KNEW,  TOGETHER
IT'S JUST TAKEN IT'S TOLL
MAY'BE WE'LL FALL IN LOVE, AGAIN

NOW THE TIME IT HAS PASSED,  SO SLOWLY
I'M LOST FOR WORDS AND IN LIFE,  SO SADLY
IT'S JUST MAKING THE CALL
FORGETTING THE PAST IN LIFE, AND LIVE

I MIGHT BE THE SUN IN YOU
AND YOU ARE THE SEA IN ME
I NEVER DID LET YOU KNOW
YOU'RE ALWAYS THE SUN IN ME

IT'S JUST A THOUGHT IT PASS'S BYE,  IT'S OVER
AND THE TIMES LEFT BEHIND,  FOREVER
IT'S JUST TAKEN IT'S TOLL
MAY'BE WE'LL FALL IN LOVE, AGAIN

I MIGHT BE THE SUN IN YOU
AND YOU ARE THE SEA IN ME
I NEVER DID LET YOU KNOW
YOU'RE ALWAYS THE SUN IN ME
(BREAK)
I MIGHT BE THE SUN IN YOU
AND YOU ARE THE SEA IN ME
I NEVER DID LET YOU KNOW
YOU'RE ALWAYS THE SUN IN ME
I NEVER DID LET YOU KNOW
YOU'RE ALWAYS THE SUN IN ME
(BREAK 2)
END

Timeline

THE SUN IN ME

Are You In Love? by Amy Fear. My Fault Music 2018.

Are You In Love?

slow disolve

writ in air

Alexia sunday morning chillout
Minocerose = Miro + Rinocerose

Corruption Minocerose

Bubba Loaf-vocals, instrumentation
Brad McCarthy-engineering

Captain

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

The minute before we are crashed in time
And we start to feel the pure real life.
Searching for answers sometimes are wrong
But it was just a part of a tiny, tiny machine.

Don't run! It's my world inside alive.
Don't run! It's my world inside so fucking alive.

Before they steal our souls from us
Before our eyes are taken to darker, darker days.
Before they steal our souls from us
Before our eyes are taken to darker, darker days.

Don't run! It's my world inside alive.
Don't run! It's my world inside so fucking alive.

Before they steal our souls from us
Before our eyes are taken to darker days.

Are those the eyes, you want, I feel.

Before they steal our souls from us
Before our eyes are taken to darker,darker days.

Oh yeah, our eyes, are right, in love!

Don't run! It's my world inside alive.
Don't run! It's my world inside so fucking alive.

My life, just here, is great.
My eyes don't need to take, but give,
forgive, embrace and be real.

Don't run! Don't run! The world is a lie.
Don't run! Don't run! The world is alive.
Don't run! Don't run! The world is a lie.
Don't run! Don't run! The world is alive.

Don't run! Don't run! The world is a lie.
They are fucking your life.

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Lyrics, Vocals & Drums by @melakki
Bass Guitar, Synthesizers & Artwork by @boolapp-goro
Mix & Master by Björn (BLRStudios)
Recorded & published by 2:45

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11 to 12 [EXPLICIT]

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)

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)

(Written by Terry Reeves)

Hans Albers: All instruments, production and final mix.
Terry Reeves: Vocals
Jo Reeves: Starting announcement


My Mother-in-law told me that as a young teenager during the late 30’s & early 40’s, any form of entertainment was welcomed as these were, for many reasons, the hardest of times. 
There was a locally run club which had many types of performers, most of them music related, and she remembers every occasion being full of fun and laughter. There was a small entry fee and all profits went towards supporting the disabled.
Now here’s the best bit.  My Mum-in-law (who, by the way, was the seventh sister of seven sisters - not relevant but true), told me that the club did have an official name but was always known by everyone who went there as 'The Cripple Club'. Not exactly sensitive by today's standards but, personally, I loved the name for it's honest innocence.  As for our Cripple Club, there is only one rule that applies - if you are perfect, you won't get in.  So welcome, one and all.

Yet again, we have to thank Hans for his brilliant work on the track.  As you’ll hear, it grabs your attention from the very start and doesn’t ever let go...   (Terry Reeves)


There's no rhyme or reason
There's no time or space
There's no charge for leaving
There's no need for grace

Have you been down to the Cripple Club
Dancing and singing without a care
Have you been down to the Cripple Club
Screenshots and downloads everywhere 

No one will be wiser 
There will be no strings attached
You'll get no prizes given
The doors left on the latch

Have you been down to the Cripple Club
Dancing and singing without a care
Have you been down to the Cripple Club
Screenshots and downloads everywhere 

No needle in a haystack 
It's neither here nor there
No horse of a different colour
The life of Riley here

Have you been down to the Cripple Club
Dancing and singing without a care
Have you been down to the Cripple Club
Screenshots and downloads everywhere 

The milk of human kindness 
As good as a highland fling
A little bird has told me
Elvis has left the building 

Have you been down to the Cripple Club
Dancing and singing without a care
Have you been down to the Cripple Club
Screenshots and downloads everywhere 

Have you been down to the Cripple Club
Dancing and singing without a care
Have you been down to the Cripple Club
Screenshots and downloads everywhere

CRIPPLE CLUB - Cripple Club & Hans Albers

Once settled in Artica Point, almost frozen, I watch the world happening fast, and I tell you about by singing five verses with different vocal styles, a main instrumental theme in progress all along, and some bits of the other songs in the album to keep it conceptual ;)

Letra  /  Translated Lyrics:

DESDE AQUÍ (HISTORIA CONTEMPORÁNEA)  /  FROM HERE (CONTEMPORARY HISTORY)

Ahora que estoy aquí congelado,  /  Now I’m frozen here,
observo el mundo por internet y radio.  /  I watch the world on internet and radio.
Todo sucede ahí abajo tan rápido,  /  Everything happens so fast down there,
que se aprecian claramente los cambios,  /  that changes are clearly appreciated,
desde aquí como un documental de historia contemporánea.  /  from here like a contemporary history documentary.

Con mis constantes vitales al mínimo,  /  With my vital signs down to a minimum,
como viviendo una película,  /  like living in a movie,
soy capaz de comprender el mecanismo  /  I am able to understand the mechanism
de la evolución de nuestra civilización,  /  of the evolution of our civilization,
desde aquí como un documental de historia contemporánea.  /  from here like a contemporary history documentary.

El frío que congela mi cuerpo  /  The cold that freezes my body
… … no me permite llorar,  /  … … doesn’t allow me to cry,
pero mi corazón sigue caliente muy adentro, en algún lugar,  /  but my heart is still warm deep inside, somewhere,
y puedo al menos entristecerme por lo que veo al mirar  /  and I can at least feel sad about what I see when I look
desde aquí como un documental de historia contemporánea.  /  from here like a contemporary history documentary.

Ahora que lo comprendo todo  /  Now when I understand everything,
entiendo que todos somos iguales,  /  I realize we’re all the same,
que sentimos lo mismo aunque ninguno lo sabe.  /  and we feel the same although no one knows it.
Desde aquí me identifico con cada hombre,  /  From here I feel identified with every man,
desde aquí como un documental de historia contemporánea.  /  from here like a contemporary history documentary.

Desde aquí me alegro de no estar ahí abajo.  /  From here I’m glad not being down there.
Esperaré a ver qué pasa dentro de cien años.  /  I’ll wait and see what happens a hundred years from now.
Mi cuerpo apenas será un poco más viejo,  /  My body will hardly be a little older,
pero sí cumpliré siglo y medio de sabiduría y tristeza,  /  but I will get a century and a half of wisdom and sadness,
desde aquí como un documental de historia contemporánea.  /  from here like a contemporary history documentary.

ER36 PA03 RUIZZO ©1996 ®2020

Desde aquí (Historia Contemporánea)

I also have up solo version:https://soundcloud.com/fuwatt/bwf-file5

Night rose

sun animals
_________________
sweet sunshine,
don't turn your light on me
come with us animals 
in the skies we play
we prey on the cold night
we play in the jungle light
and if you’re one of us
we wouldn’t have to fight

we live by the burning lake
been drinking in the rays
I wish I could save the world
or make it my new fireplace

I’m a sun king, 
an animal in heat
breeding by a fiery light
burning up the street

hey sweet sunshine,
turn your light on me
an animal you wanted and,
an animal I’ll be

come out sunlight
make them bleed
you wanted fire and
burning in the streets

hey sunshine
you remember me
I’m still your animal and
the fire in your sheets

yes you’re my sun queen
and when it finally rains
you’ll see fireballs and
burning in the streets

Sun Animals

The Meaning Of What

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