Some of my favorite Collabs over all these years on SC ... and I am sure I did much more :)
A deep thank you to all persons involved!!!

Collabs, Challenges and Remixes - Rock Flexible

Monday Playlist 10/5/20

TEST METAL

What is your own best and/or special song or track this year? 

Let's do group AUTO-PORTRAIT, musical SELFIE, so to speak :)

Please share in my post on the Facebook or send me your track in PM. Thanks for the great support from friends, we lucky and happy to get a like or a comment. Same time, it's very interesting to find out what YOU guys think of YOUR OWN music? So friends can say "yes, I love it too!", or go "wow, how come did I miss it?" :)  I will recollect the SoundCloud tracks into the playlist below. It will be interesting group selfie, I think! :D


Auto-portreit '15 (Your Favorite Music of YOU in Your Own Opinion)

Lee Lucas! <3

Ethnic inspiration by Romare work with my friends Dounia on vocals, my little sister Sarah and Alexia
Sarah on bass and pop.
Alexia mix and synth.


Sacopo hight - (Erica, Alexia, Sarah, Dounia)

"Shoot Out The Lights" is the result of an open collaboration my good friend Stefan (Rock Flexible) put out around near enough three weeks back now. It's the first in a short series of NoNameYet songs of Playback tracks inviting singers to have a bash and write some lyrics and a title for and sing it.

Well having heard Stefan's great track and great work it instantly appealed to myself and totally rocked that much I decided to have a go at it myself. I had some free time to get to work on it this week and squeeze it in between some of the other collabs I am currently working on. 

For my interpretation for this one I decided to go dark and evil and do a bit of Satan Rock regarding the lyrics I wrote. There was a section I did not want sing on or write a couple more verses, so I decided to throw in my own little lead break on the guitar. Though that is perhaps a bit boxed standard as the lead guitar is not my forte one bit.

If you would like to have bash yourself, you can obtain a copy of Stefan's original music here: https://soundcloud.com/rock-flexible/nonameyet-playback-1-rock-flexible  along with many of his other great songs on his fine cloud.

Shoot Out All The Lights (Music By Rock Flexible/Words By Lee Lucas)

Lee Lucas - Vocals - Lead Guitar (On Long Break) - Artwork.

Rock Flexible - Toontrack EZDrummer2. NI Guitar Rig. NI FM8, Massive, Absynth  Meinl Percussion.
Peavey Bass - Joemeek VC1 - Logic Bass Amp Pro. Fender Strat (JBHum) - Joemeek VC1 - Guitar Rig
Channel Strip - RODE NT5MP - SPL GM - RME FF400 - Logic Recorded in Logic Pro X. Mastering Chain - Gain, Lin_EQ, Waves J37, Compressor, Multipr, MatchEQ, Waves L2, Level, bx_meter. Neither Bass nor guitar have been tuned before the recording.

My evil lyrics are as follows:

(Take away the hand of kindness)

Evil finds its way through the darkness
upon these blood drenched streets of shame
maybe there's a method to their madness
maybe it's all part of their game

Rats scurry round like savage wolfs
as they tear through the limbs of the dead
you can hear the sound of creaking bones
and smell the fear where those once tread

Shoot out all the lights
let the darkness have its wicked way
cast out the wretched hand of kindness
let the darkness enter into your soul
let the darkness enter into your soul

Mindless nights of endless torture
you never see the cold light of day
victims led like lambs to their slaughter
left to rot in death and decay

Maybe they could put an end to all their madness
and let the light shine through into their day
but these people are never satisfied
till the devils had his own wicked way

Shoot out all the lights
let the darkness in and be your goal
take away the hand of kindness 
let the dark lord into your soul
let the dark lord into your soul

(Break)

(Darkness, darkness, darkness, darkness)

Shoot out all the lights
let the darkness have its wicked way
cast out the wretched hand of kindness
let the darkness take your spirit away
let the darkness take your spirit away

Shoot out all the lights
let the darkness in and be your goal
take away the wretched hand of kindness 
let the dark lord into your soul
let the dark lord into your soul

Please find time to leave comments to which are always very well appreciated and many thanks for listening.

Lee Lucas & Rock Flexible - Shoot Out All The Lights

Lyrics : 

The sacred story
Taken from the oracles
Olympians gather!
Titans gather!
The stage is set
A larger than life experience
A monumental happening
Now muster this!

The Kraken has awoken
The Chimera have ascended
Cerberus will ride with Medusa
And cyclopses have gathered an army
Is the world ready for this?
Are you prepared?
Evil has united
Will the Gods abandon us?

Apollo has spoken
Poseidon has risen
The collision of entities is bound to happen
But one will intervene
Can he defend
And stand his ground
Retain hope
And fulfill his destiny

[Cytus] VILA - The Sacred Story

Latest single from Burgerkill "Undefeated", official demo. Taken from upcoming 2015 album. 

Enjoy! \m/

Burgerkill - Undefeated Official Demo

I'm especially in love with this set, an extra- trippy one : make yourself comfortable, enjoy the beautiful little piece of my friend George - https://soundcloud.com/giorgos-tagtelenidis - introducing the journey, and then, let yourself go!!! At some point, Earth Connector - https://soundcloud.com/earth-connector - shares with us his gorgeous interpretation of India : a special thank to him for letting me use this new tune! And, at the end of the trip, just before the amazing Ahmed Gado closing it, meet, for those who could ignore this French personage.. Amélie Poulain!! I love this movie, I love this girl!! &lt;3 

Shalom! Peace! Peace on you, on me, on the world! 

... with LOVE!  Anne-Aude  :^) &lt;3 


SHALOM  (31.10.15)  


George T. - Melody's bar (George T Edit)   
Maneesh De Moor - Pure Essence   
Bjarno - Factor 30  
Master Minded - Elements -  Air - One dreaming owl 
Desert Dwellers - Shiva Nataraj (Banco De Gaia Remix)  
Third Ear Audio - Up in Smoke 
Lauge &amp; Baba Gnohm – Rejsen 
AmBeam - Faith Healer  
Don Peyote -Phoenix rising 
Quantic - Time Is The Enemy
El Remolon – Shalom 
Dengue Dengue Dengue! – Simiolo  
 &gt;&gt;Callas - Casta Diva (Lazzarini &amp; Viti de Angelis remix)  
Kurup – surf na mata  
Earth Connector – Dancin’ with Shiva (Playing with strings)  
Nina Simone - The Ballad of Hollis Brown (Super Flu ReDings)  
Bahramji &amp; Mashti – Celebration  
Aes Dana – Digitalys  
Lucefora - Dusk_Till_Dawn_Hraach_Remix  
Lawstraw - Out_Of_The_Dark_Matt_Hardinge_Dub_Remix  
L'Amitité - Amelie_Original_Mix  
Ahmed Gado - Little secrets  
 
&lt;3&lt;3

<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/8b5fbe'>Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

Download

SHALOM  (31.10.15)

My second collaboration with Dirk and once again another piece of Horror Rock done especially for this Halloween night. Once again Dirk as done the business on the music and done it in great Prog Rock style, and once again I would like to thank him for giving me the opportunity to work with him.

I have been out of action for awhile now, but am on the mend and was able to write a new horror story this week just in time for Halloween and get to do the vocals for the latest piece of music my good friend Dirk sent me around a month or so back now. I am hoping to be back in full of action from mid November to December as I am into the 4th week of my treatment next week to which is coming along well so far.

Happy Halloween Soundclouders...

"The Tales Of Johnny The Reaper" as been made available as a digital free download @ Bandcamp and can be had here: https://leelucas.bandcamp.com/track/the-tales-of-johnny-the-reaper

You can find more of Dirks great music here: https://soundcloud.com/heartscore

The Tales Of Johnny The Reaper (Music by Dirk Radloff/Words by Lee Lucas) 

Lee Lucas - Vocals & Artwork.
HeartScore - Guitars - Bass - Choir Vocal Harmonies - Synth - Drum Programming & Production.

The lyrics are as follows:

Johnny was born on October thirty one
when the moon was full and shone like a light
his face was deformed and his mind was deranged
his mother cast him off out of her site

She put him in a bag and left him for dead
in a woodland for the past 18 years he lied
his bones had grown as he rose to seek his revenge
found his mother and plucked out her eyes

You can't see me now Johnny cries out
raises his sickle and cuts off her head
(and leaves her for dead)

Johnny the reaper was soon to be known
a collector of skulls hung in his woodland home
he would hang them on trees on a halloween night
a keeper a reaper this man made of bone 

His scythe will cut through you
if he ever sees you
so don't give him a chance
deaths just a glance

Johnny often prowled the streets late at night
knocking on doors playing trick or treat
the people who answered got such a terrible fright
and always felt the end of his scythe

He terrorised the streets in his local town
to the law it became a major concern
especially as the stories that came in were so far out 
decapitated bodies were lying everywhere

Chief Inspector Perkins was soon to head the case
with a forty strong able bodied crew
he had posters put up all over the place
though with Johnny's description they never really had a clue
(No they never)

Johnny the reaper may never reap what he sewn
an ultimate killer this man made of bone
he showed no remorse for his victims he left dead 
adding to his collection, a large number of heads

(break)

Now as the search went on lead by Perkins and his men
they could not even find a head or a clue
but as they widened their search into cumberstone woods
 they soon came across quite a few

They sealed off the site and waited till night
to catch him red handed at his game
hoping to catch Johnny and put an end to his plight
was perkins and his men's real aim

Johnny showed up and his blade was lit up
from the reflection shining from the full moon
he soon put an end to the forty strong men
and with perkins he made forty two

There are many tales of Johnny that have never been told
some were left better unsaid
(better left alone to keep your head)

Johnny the reaper will always be known
all those who came across him never came home
he kept his blade razor sharp to take off their heads
left them decapitated left them for dead 


His scythe will cut through you
if he ever sees you
so don't give him a chance
deaths just a glance
He sleeps in the daytime 
and comes out at night
he will even take off your head
to make your halloween a deadly fright

Please find time to leave comments to which are all very well appreciated and many thanks for listening.

Free Download

Lee Lucas & HeartScore - The Tales Of Johnny The Reaper

"Before The Battle" is a superb Prog Metal Rocking piece of music Stefan posted a few months ago on his cloud. It was very much one of those pieces that instantly appealed to me to do something with. Now this week at last I have finally been able to get around to working on it and this is the end result, to which I am well pleased with.

For best results I suggest you play LOUD and follow the lyrics as the chorus sections do contain me speaking in a dark evil voice which may be hard to catch all the lyrics without reading them as you go along. 

I would like to thank my good friend Stefan for giving me the opportunity to work on his truly Fantastic music, and this one purely ROCKS and I hope you enjoy....

The song as been made available as a free digital download @ Bandcamp and can be had from the link here: https://leelucas.bandcamp.com/track/before-the-battle

You can find more of Stefan's great music here on his cloud: https://soundcloud.com/rock-flexible

Before The Battle (Music by S. Kruger/Words by L.C. Lucas)

Lee Lucas - Vocals - Artwork
Rock Flexible - Guitars - Bass - Drum Programming.

The lyrics are as follows:

The hours upon us
we must prepare for the battle ahead
they'll know were coming 
so best make hast and be prepared
with Faith among us
we must be strong and stand up tall
show no fear for the enemy 
take courage and we'll win the war

With our life's in our hands
we will make a stand
and fight to the death
and shed blood and fear across their land

Before the battle
we must be prepared for war
Before the battle
we must sharpen all our swords
Before the battle
Before the Battle 

In the battle we will show our rage
let them feel the wrath of our swords
we must not be afraid
not when it comes to war

Don't ask for mercy none will be give
fight for your life it's yours to live
have the courage and the might
to take yourself
through this fight
and you will win my friend...

We must make a stand
with our life's in our hands
we must be prepared
for the battle ahead
we must stand up tall
and take them all
fight to the death
and shed blood and fear across their land
their land

Please find time to leave comments to which are always very well appreciated and many thanks for listening.

Lee Lucas & Rock Flexible - Before The Battle

How does it sound when a Thrash Metal band covers the mighty STATUS QUO? Check out for yourselves and get "Whatever we want" at www.godslave.de/shop!! :)

Caroline - Status Quo cover Thrash Metal

ANGKARA MURKA NERAKA JAHANAM

Train Of Thoughts - PACMAN* & SouL Muzick On Vocals (Prod. TCM Underground & Christian Smith)

Produced @mrinal-desai & @christiansmith-7
Vocals & Lyrics @pacman-mic-mastery
Vocals & Lyrics @soulmuzick13

Thanks for taking the time to listen we greatly appreciate all your support!!!

Train Of Thoughts - PACMAN* & SouL Muzick On Vocals (Prod. TCM Underground & Christian Smith)

Marginalia

I love impressionists (that's why Claude Monet is on the cover) and wanted to explore the same Impressionism in music. There is no single apring, all shorter strokes and drops. Rather hues and hints. The Shadows if you will :) 

Other challenge, I indulged myself was to make this SYNTH-phony, using only MOOG sounds. It was so tempting to play guitar or strings or flute. I wanted to stay focus played my favorite Arturia MiniMoog, Moog Modular, and AniMoog. Otherwise one piano, percussion made in Korg Gadget, produced in Ableton Live 9 with IK Multimedia mastering tools.

 I extracted this quote from Robert Moog, greatly respected engineer and artist of sound, from his interview available on YouTube:

"It is something between discovering and witnessing" - Robert Moog

Some parts, like the wobbly/slides/something sounds you can distinctly hear in the into, I played by hand and ear on AniMoog. This is the iPad app invented by Moog Foundation. You slide over iPad surface to design and create unique vibes and sound colors. I know, if there is someone thinking to "throw a tomato" at the iPad musicians, please prepare one for maestro Jean-Michael Jarre, he-he :D  I'm not placing myself anywhere close, of course, but was so excited, after played this AniMoog part here, to see the one JMJ video, where he is playing the same app for his number one album of the year! In one of Electronica 1 video you can see the iPad on the right, green-ish look of AniMoog. 

The cover art is a fragment of Claude Monet "Water Lilies", 1920s. I took the photo earlier this year, in Museum of Modern Art, New York. I noticed and specifically took a shot of "THE EYES" I saw (see them in right lower corner?). Nice, can spend hours when get a chance. Thank you ALL for the support!

Musically Yours.
Sam

Colored Shadows

Well it's been almost a year since our last release and "Stone Blind" is our 6th song both me and Daion have put together, and I certainly feel it continues on with the same familiar style of great rock music that was put into our 5 previous releases.

Once again I would like to thank my good friend Daion for giving me the opportunity to work with him again, and once again he has done a superb job on the music here.

You can find more of Daion's great music on his cloud here: https://soundcloud.com/daion-1

The song as been made as a free digital download @ Bandcamp and can be had here: https://leelucas.bandcamp.com/track/stone-blind

Stone Blind. (Music by Daion/Words by Lee Lucas)

Lee Lucas - Vocals & Backing Vocals - Artwork.
Daion - Guitars - Bass - Drum programming & Production.

The words are as follows:

I was born in a world of darkness
were everything was hard to find
had to feel my way around
as I was completely blind

Ain't no doctor who can help me out
is about the only thing that's plain to see
was left alone to fend for myself
without any company

I was given a long white stick
around the age of five
was so people could notice who I was
they told me it would be my guide

My parents never helped me out
they never had any sympathy
they disowned me as a child
and never took any pity on me

(Chorus)
Stone Blind
darkness surrounding me
Stone Blind
is the label they've given me
Stone Blind
in a world of misery
Stone Blind
with only blackness for company

I soon learned to make use of my other senses
in order to survive
sound and touch became my vision 
by the time I was twenty five

There's not many people in this world
that ever had any time for me
they never noticed I was here
they never said anything to me

(Chorus)
Stone Blind
living in a world that's hard to see
Stone Blind
in a world of misery
Stone Blind
there is no sympathy
Stone Blind
with only blackness for company

Ooh it's this pitch black darkness
that's got its hold on me
Oh and this world of madness
that's really killing me

Cause in this world of darkness 
that's got it's claws in me...
no light can break through and shine
enough for me to see...

(Break)

(Chorus)
Stone Blind
darkness surrounding me
Stone Blind
living in a world of misery
Stone Blind
is the label they've given me
Stone Blind
with only blackness for company

Please find time to leave comments, to which are always very well appreciated. And many thanks for listening. 

Lee Lucas & Daion - Stone Blind

Having listened to Stefan's beautiful acoustic version (On My Knees) only twice before it became a very special song for me, I have him to thank for the inspiration in waking me from my creativity slump once again!  Working with Stefan is always a pleasure.  Hope you enjoy our little musical creation :)

On Your Knees
Music by @rock-flexible
Lyrics & Vocal Melody  by Helen Suzanne (@Sleepingenius) 

I am here waiting
So reach out and find me...

There was a time
When I was afraid
Of living this life all on my own 
No one to love
And nothing to care for

All that I knew was to be alone

I feel you
Though I can't see you
Lost in the dark
When you're on your knees

You know that
I can be with you
Reach for my hand
Now you're on your knees

Now there's a time
When you feel afraid
You're living this life all on your own 
All those you lost
With nothing to care for

All that you know is to be alone
You feel me
Though you can't see me 
Lost in the dark
When you're on your knees

I know that
You can be with me
Reach for my hand
Now you're on your knees

Before time has run out
Reach up and find me
Then you'll be no longer on your knees...

3-10-16

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(c) 2016 - All rights reserved

Sleepingenius and Rock Flexible

'On Your Knees' - Rock Flexible & Sleepingenius

Oh how we love Willie and  Merle. This was one of their last songs that they recorded together and I believe they had fun doing it.  That was the Django and Jimmie CD.   Merle is gone now(RIP) and Willie  (keep on picking).  Thanks so much to my dear friend Michael.   What a great job you did.  Too much fun on this. Thanks for the listen

It's All Going To Pot

It's All Going To Pot(Cover by Michael Duffy and Chuck Aaron)

SPUTNIK ALIVE - OESJ ft. Katja E.

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Sixty years ago, mankind's space adventure began.
Happy birthday, SPUTNIK!

When this song came to my ears as a first playback I knew that I only could add acoustic guitar to it. First, to keep it's sensitive feel, second to add a kind of acoustic contrast to the electronic set on it ... So what you hear now has developed over several transitions. I have already worked earlier with Katja, a classical and pop singer, so we asked her if she could imagine to write lyrics and sing on the song. The demo originally was titled 'sputnik'. Quite often Katja keeps the first impulse, studies the background and then she unfolds a story around the topic very well. It was a honor to work with her in this song. 
The composition and complete processing of this song was done by Ralf Wadephul, years back playing keyboards in the famous electronic group 'Tangerine Dream', so this song got it's fantastic sound from his production skills.
The Drums and Grooves were contributed by Peter Pasch, a well known studio drummer in the Berlin music scene. Ralf and Peter, both form the group OESJ.
I hope you enjoy this little tune as much as I do!
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Lyrics and Vocals - Katja Ebert
Composition, Keyboards, Production, Mix and Master - Ralf Wadephul
Drums, Percussion & Electric Grooves - Peter Pasch
Guitars - Rock Flexible

https://spacejazz.bandcamp.com/track/sputnik-alive
https://soundcloud.com/oesj/
https://www.facebook.com/oesj.eu/

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Sputnik Alive (Lyrics by Katja Ebert)

You were the first
To make the way
From the dust
To the stars

Ten brothers
Followed the same trail
Made us dream
Of moon and mars

You defied gravity
Followed by so many

Long gone, but never quite forgotten
Your dream lives on beyond the clouds
Are you still alive? Are you still alive?
Companion?

A tile of life
And of death
Of sacrifice
And of hope.

Everything else
Was meaningless
But reaching for
the stars above

You defied gravity
Followed by so many

Long gone, but never quite forgotten
Your dream lives on beyond the clouds
Are you still alive? Are you still alive?
Companion?
Companion?

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(c) 2017 - OESJ - All rights reserved! - https://oesj.eu

OESJ

SPUTNIK ALIVE - OESJ ft. Katja E.

Wings - Mirjam Keijnemans & Rock_Flexible
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Lyrics by https://soundcloud.com/mirjam-keijnemans:

Give me wings let me fly like an eagle
Oohoo give me wings
Give me wings let me dive in a freefall
Oohoo give me wings

You will lift me up
You will hear my cry
You will fill my cup
You will make me fly

Give me wings let me fly like an eagle
Oohoo give me wings
Give me wings let me dive in a freefall
Oohoo give me wings

You will raise me up
You will take me home
You will bring me back
To the place where I belong

Give me wings let me fly like an eagle
Oohoo give me wings
Give me wings let me dive in a freefall
Oohoo give me wings

You raised me up and now I'm high in the sky
I spread my wings you heard my cry
I watched the clouds beneath my wings and flied
You made me fly!

You gave me wings I can fly like an eagle
Oohoo you gave me wings
You gave me wings I can dive in a freefall 
Oohoo you gave me wings
You gave me wings I can see on the people
Who tried to capture me!

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Production Info:
Mirjam: 
Lyrics, Lead+Background Vocals, Keyboard, Rhythm-Guitar, Drumloop

Rock: 
Triangle, 2x Tambourine, Drum-Programming (EZDrummer), JawHarp, Bass Guitar, Cister, Acoustic Solo Guitar and E-Guitar (both Ibanez), Ukulele, Clarke Tin Whistle in C, Production, Master

Produced in Logic Pro X with Plugins from Waves, Apple, Fabfilter, PSP Audio, Plugin Alliance, NI, Lexicon, Output   

Artwork: pixabay.com/nl/photos/eagle-vog…rd-of-prey-1753002/
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(c) 2019 - All rights reserved - Mirjam Keijnemans & Rock_Flexible

Wings - Mirjam Keijnemans & Rock_Flexible

Ballad In Rock - InSilmaril feat. Rock Flexible 
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Video Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU3QWzuT8oQ

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The other day Uwe asked me for a collaboration and if I could 'help' him to finalize a very old song of him. Sure I was interested and so I got his Logic tracks, made my own mix of the song and added some guitars, minor efx and tons of plugins to the tracks. After sending my first proposal, Uwe asked me to change and tweak some elements he found important to his original composition. E.g. I changed the rough synth in the beginning dramatically but he wanted to have it simple and rough. Also with the blend of the sax after the chorus he insisted in his original levels which I switched back or tried to level like in his original draft. 
When the song was finished in March 2020 it took three additional months till Uwe finished the Blender video he had in mind for the song. I sent him two brief video snippets of me playing the two soli - which he cut into the video as well ... 
All in all it was a very satisfying collab work with really cool results for the song and the video! I have to thank Uwe much for asking me!

If you want to give the song a second spin, please do that on his SC page: 
https://soundcloud.com/insilmaril/ballad-in-rock
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Credits
Songwriting, Music 
and Lyrics:                 Uwe Drechsel
Guitars:                      Rock Flexible
Mix & Mastering:       Rock Flexible
Juggling of stones 
and 
Blender objects:       Uwe Drechsel
Camera:                     Laurin Drechsel

Recorded and filmed 2020 during Corona isolation in Berlin and near Nürnberg

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(c) 2020 - all rights reserved - InSilmaril/Uwe Drechsel

Ballad In Rock - InSilmaril feat. Rock Flexible (See Description and Video Link)

After watching the movie ( You Should Have Left ) with Kevin Bacon I was inspired to write these lyrics and put them to music.

SHOULD HAVE LEFT by Glen Granthem
Knocking on a locked door that only opens in
Left standing in a hallway wrapped in all my sin
Running from the moment these dreams always win
Like a shadow from the moonlight that knows where I've been
I should have left somehow , It's far to late to run away now
The dark and the evil resist with all your might
If only for a minute the soul begins to fight
Like knowing what you can not see is somewhere in sight
The only thing I care about is lost in the night
I should have left by somehow , it's far to late to run away now
 Song Break ..
Where a single moment from your past will collide
(running down the road in the rain)
Then your judged and condemned to pay the price 
 Guitar Solo ..
This empty house holds the secret inside of me
Running fast there's no escape your never to be free
I should have left somehow 
Its way to late ( running down the road )
I should have left somehow ,  It's far to late now...................

Should Have Left ( Original with Lyrics )

What If I Said (Lyrics by Tony - Vocal and Music arrangement/production by Shoemansky) Original 2013

New AcoustaTronic Tune. All Original Song Lyrics, Instruments, Vocals, Production, etc. by Riff Beach via RiffWerx Records & Production. 
A Taste of Wonder ©
Riff Beach - RiffWerx - 2020
When you Wander in The Wonder
You push beyond the plain
You can hold onto all you love
And still embrace the change 
(Chorus)
Don’t you lose your Sense of Wonder
Don’t be afraid to feel the pain
And don’t fear the distant thunder
Turn your face and taste the rain
(Bridge)
When you choose to find happy
You begin to lose the sad
Sometimes grabbin’ all the good
Means blasting past the bad
Inspire me with your smile
Make me love the journey’s end
Let me wipe a tear of joy away
Because we’re together here again

Sunny Beaches Prevail

Written by Lead belly
Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Bass- Josh McAlexander

Cotton Fields

I very much started out playing instruments very late in life, and spent much of my earlier days listening to it, rather than playing it. I am very much a self taught musician and regard my instruments very much like implements, tools or devices to write with, rather than being anything remotely near a good playing musician of any great technique. 

I guess I really got into instruments more back in 1994 when I got into my first band (though I did learn to play the Harmonica when I was 8 years old) it was around this time I wrote a song on the Guitar entitled Oldtime Street. The song is very much even today one that contains some of the finest lyrics I have ever written, and very much perhaps inspired me to carry on.

Though the band back in 1994 was a very short affair, it was not long after I got into a R&B band performing Rock & Blues in various pubs around my own town Birmingham. I was very much the lead singer in this outfit which lasted some 6 years. Though during these years the band had gone through several line up and name changes and came to a stop in 2001. I suppose it was a bit of relief in a sense, because it's quite easy to put a band together, but murder to keep everyone happy, and keep it going.

Even though I only really did Vocals and played my Harmonica in the band, I still found time now and then, for my guitar, and my keyboards at home, and I also contributed in a big way to our own compositions in the band.

My tools are as follows:

Studiologic VMK-188 Plus 88 Key Midi Controller Keyboard.

Yamaha PSR E303 61 Key Keyboard (Used Via Midi)

Yamaha F310 Acoustic Guitar.

Yamaha ERG121 Electric Guitar.

Encore E4 Bass Guitar.

Various Harmonicas in many Keys.

Alesis Performance Pad Pro Drum Machine & Pads. 

Audio Technica AT2020 USB Microphone.

Vic Firth Drum Sticks.

Various VST Software for Keyboards, Guitars & Mixing.

Cubase 5.

Ableton Live 8.

Steinberg Wavelab.

Influences are from mainly 70's Prog/Rock/Blues/Traditional Folk/Electronic Music.                    

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