A playlist full of tracks created by the writers, musicians and producers of our music community, "The MusiCollective" - this is the April 2022 edition!

A huge congratulations to everyone involved in this. We have a mix of complete recording newbies, seasoned pros and everything in between. All as incredible as each other. 

The MusiCollective is a community of people that get behind each others' projects, for example by helping with songwriting, arrangements, recording and production. It is a continuation of TGS Records (@tgs-records) which started as a lockdown project and has been snowballing new members in ever since. If you'd like to join us, get in touch by emailing themusicollective21@gmail.com or filling in this short form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgUPAkshXrqaB3yjG3Npa5lZVMs2uqxgzYX77DeZb8HHCYpA/viewform?usp=sf_link

TMC Records - April 2022 playlist

too much class

All tracks from Lucoline solo and collaboration projects

All tracks written or co-written by Lucoline and include her vocals; some tracks include her guitar and/or midi instruments

All Lucoline solo & collaboration tracks to date

A playlist full of tracks created by the writers, musicians and producers of our music community, "The MusiCollective" - this is the April 2024 edition, featuring both new songs and a couple of oldies from the last few years.

A huge congratulations to everyone involved in this. We have a mix of complete recording newbies, seasoned pros and everything in between. All as incredible as each other.

The MusiCollective is a community of people that get behind each others' projects, for example by helping with songwriting, arrangements, recording and production. It is a continuation of TGS Records (@tgs-records) which started as a lockdown project and has been snowballing new members in ever since. If you'd like to join us, get in touch by emailing themusicollective21@gmail.com or filling in this short form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQL…wform?usp=sf_link

TMC Records - April 2024 playlist

i liked the title to this one so i thought id try and write a song around it

Penny

Let Me In

SHEABOU - Close the door and shut the blinds

Song by https://soundcloud.com/sheabou, recorded in 2015

New demos

SHEABOU - This Is The Start

This was one of the first songs I made, deep in the sunny days of lockdown in 2020. I had a lot of time to enjoy nature and also to play around with ideas on guitar, so this is my attempt at recreating those summery vibes!

Summer

This one wrote itself late one night........my fav time to write a tune

Just Like The Night

Afterglow

Faces that he can’t forget
Staring eyes
Dignified acceptance
As they took their final breath
The price that no-one mentioned
He had to pay
That memories survive
That they outlive their source

Did they like to read?
Go walking in the park
Did their children wake up in the dark?
With aching hearts
Hoping they might still come home
Could it be
They could have been a friend
Could it all have met a different end?
Did it just depend
On an arbitrary place of birth

Now the ghosts are all he has
The ghosts are all he has
The ghosts are all he has

Gnarled hands caress the photograph
Black and white
Creases in the corners
X’s on the back
That smile he had to leave behind
Was not alone
Because he left his
With her too

Did she still believe?
The chances seem so slim
That she ever even thinks of him
Is it like a dream?
Then she woke to find a better man
Could she see?
She was the only one
Was there any way she could have done
They had just begun
When it all began to fade away

Now the ghosts are all he has
The ghosts are all he has
The ghosts are all he has

No-one’s coming
No-one’s coming
No-one’s coming
No-one’s coming

Ghosts

Asking For My Time

Lyrics:

There are some clean incisions that it pays dividends to make
Cos sometimes indecision does everything but play it safe
And I know that you're running out of ways to console yourself - and that's a place you know too well

Don't let the bastards get you down, just paper on a smile
Cos with every inch you give you know they'll take a mile
And it's true that you've fucked it up this time but it's too late to rewind - and I know that you'll be fine

So don't give up now - every cloud passes by
And if you can just hold on, ride the storm, you will find
Life goes on, life goes on, life goes on

There are some indiscretions that you should let yourself forget
Life's not a thought experiment - this is everything we get
And you know I love you more than you can see
And I know that you can be all the things you want to be

So don't give up now - every cloud passes by
And if you can just hold on, ride the storm, you will find
Life goes on, life goes on, life goes on, life goes on

So don't give up now - every cloud passes by
And if you can just hold on, ride the storm, you will find
Life goes on

Life Goes On

This is another oldie, I wrote this one about 15 years ago, and eventually recorded it about 5 years ago, on a 4 track at first, then I think I'd upgraded to the 8 track that I use now,  to polish it up a bit. This track still holds some charm for me, I have nice memories of the time that I wrote it, and also from when I recorded it, so I thought why not share it with SoundCloud. 

Appleby Fair

there's fun to be had at the country
they're polluting the thick city air
I met a girl who was gypsy by name
but green was the colour of her

her footsteps followed through the parlour
down by the fountain lay washing her hair
she whispered good luck
when I hooked her a duck
then blue was the colour of her

I asked her do you have a master
but she ran fast and scurried away
she yelled and looked cross
but I drew first and shot
then red was the colour of her

oh Gene would you come to my rescue
I'm loaded on junk and I'm scared
I did the hopscotch 
on a bridge we once crossed
so long to Appleby Fair

News spread round town like a wildfire
bitter bare knuckles raging with steam
I whipped a horse
the wind blew me off course

yellow was the colour
yellow was the colour
yellow was the colour of me

thanks for listening, much appreciated as always.





Appleby Fair

This is not a song about Marilyn Monroe.
It’s about a fiery relationship they came to an end between two people in which she screams in a melt down  and quotes a famous line from Marilyn Monroe.

If you can’t handle me at my worst then you don’t deserve me at my best !

Marilyn’s Quote ~ Conscience of Kings with Jeff Roberts

This is a simple one mic recording, just me and guitar. I've been wanting to put a recording out like this for a while now, just nothing felt right.

My amazing, autistic 9 year old son Harrison inspired this one. He's a great poet, so maybe one day he'll knock me off my perch. So it's me imagining I was him, and writing how I think I would feel, and thinking about my 9 year old self, how I did feel ( too long ago) He often needs to walk around stimming or just needs time alone to himself, just to process the day, the world, I suppose. I can really relate to that myself, and knowing how content I can be in my own company, I suppose I just think that's a cool thing. Autism is a real learning curve though, the spectrum is vast and complex, probably quite misunderstood too. But it's been quite therapeutic, now he's at an age where he can talk about it, and we can all talk and learn about it together as a family.

The Conundrum Kid 

So leave me on my own, it's where I wanna be

no I don't want no fuss, maybe I just want some peace

and I don't want no friend  come and walk me down the road

and I don't want no pity, I just want to be alone

I am the mystery boy

I am the Conundrum Kid

sometimes I need a plan, to get my mind from A to B

my feet they can be slow, but strong enough to carry me

and I don't want to talk, and I don't care how you are

and if you're always near, why do I seem so far

when everybody's loose, why do I feel so tight

and if I'm always wrong, then why do I feel so right

I am the mystery boy
I am the Conundrum Kid

so leave my on my own, it's where I wanna be


thanks for listening, reading and inspiring always greatly appreciated

Michael 

The Conundrum Kid (Acoustic)

A song about death and relationships

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I see reflections of you in the crowd
No use keeping up with you now
Too many miles left to go
To waste my time chasing a ghost
I know that you're no longer there
Yet I keep on turning around
I still see your face in the crowd
Too many miles left to go

Left this behind, it's all in my mind
(Please just)
You should be dead to me, why won't you go?
(Let me go)
Left this behind, nothing to find
(Can't keep)
You should be dead to me, why wont you go?
(Chasing ghosts)
Why won't you go?

I want to leave all these shadows behind
To pack up my car and just drive
Nothing left here for me now
Except some ghosts in the crowd
Yet I keep on turning my head
I can't get a hold of the thread
Too many miles left to go
To waste my time chasing a ghost

Left this behind, it's all in my mind
(Please just)
You should be dead to me, why won't you go?
(Let me go)
Left this behind, nothing to find
(Can't keep)
You should be dead to me, why wont you go?
(Chasing ghosts)

Chasing Ghosts (Feat. Lucoline, Andy Wilson, Michael Schiesari)

Demo 9 of songs from my songwriting group. The prompt was "new bookshelf energy", a song about the new year. Enjoy! 

photo by Jenn Seguinot (Thru Jenn’s Frames Photography)

New Bookshelf Energy 

I want that new bookshelf energy
A new version of me 
Where the top’s been dusted off 

I want that new year energy
Where I feel suddenly 
Like I am not lost 

In the blink of an eye
The click of a hand
I will feel firm 
Where I stand

Just after midnight
Its time for goodbye 
To things I did not like and
Hello to who I am 

I want that new bookshelf energy
Some more space to breathe
And rearrange as I please 

I want that new year energy 
Where I feel happy 
And I know what I need 

In the blink of an eye
The click of a hand
I will feel firm 
Where I stand

Just after midnight
Its time for goodbye 
To things I did not like and
Hello to who I am

So hello to who I am

New Bookshelf Energy (demo)

Some reflections on how life changes

If you try to find me I might not be the same
It might seem like a stranger's stolen my old name
And if I try to see the young man I once was
Well he is just a memory now, that memory's lost
Everything changes bye and bye
Everything Changes, and so do I

If you have a lover, someone you hold tight
They might be forever, it might just be one night
And if they choose to leave you, as one day they might
Time rolls over them, you'll be alright
Everything changes, you know its true
Everything changes and so do you

Times winged chariot oftentimes I hear
He is changing everything, that much is clear
Tides rise and fall as the moon pulls the sea
The earth is spinning everything, including me
Everything changes, can't you see
Everything changes and so do we

If you try to find me I might not be the same
It might seem like a stranger's stolen my old name
And if I try to see the young man I once was
Well he is just a memory now, that memory's lost
Everything changes bye and bye
Everything Changes, and so do I

Everything Changes

Honey (in A Poison Cup)

An old song I wrote ages ago basically about the mixed feelings that can come with unexpectedly running into someone from your past. It's a rough one take demo which I meant to redo but several years on I still haven't so might as well share as is even though the accidental "maywe be" bit always does my head in :)

Lyrics:
Verse 1 & 2
So now you’re looking at me across the room, and I can tell your Heart skipped a beat as well, was it 
Part of your plan to walk all over the ending again
That I had settled for?

And now you open your arms all of a sudden, next thing I
Know you pouring all of your charms over me
Again and talk to me like we’re old friends, 
Don’t you agree this is a little bizarre?

Chorus 1
Why don’t you fly back up to your cloud in the sky 
where you’ve been hiding out 
from all the horrors of your mind when you’re high as a kite
Sooner or later you’re bound to come down.

Verse 3 & 4
I haven’t seen you for ages, and to be honest, 
I’ve been through all of the stages, this is the oddest
By a mile, what’s up with that funny smile on your face, 
I thought I’m dead to you?

Somehow I can’t help but feel it’s all just in my head now, 
Oh this is rather surreal I thought it’s all been said and done,
Now you’re here, do you expect me to cheer
Suddenly I’m really mad at you.

Chorus 2
Why don’t you crawl back down into your hole in the ground 
Until the coast is clear
And drown your sorrows and fear when you’re down and out
Sooner or later I’ll see you up here

Bridge
… So now you’re looking at me… (I thought I’m dead to you)
… And my heart skips a beat… (I’m really mad at you)
… Cos here you are… (do you expect me to cheer?)
… With your open arms… (is the coast really clear?)
… And that funny smile… (maybe we could sit…)
… And talk for a while…

Chorus 1 & 2
Before crawl back down into your hole in the ground 
Until the coast is clear
And drown your sorrows and fear when you’re down and out
Sooner or later, I’ll see you up here

Before you fly back up to your cloud in the sky 
where you are always hiding out 
From all the horrors of your mind when you’re high as a kite
Sooner or later you’re bound to come down
Sooner or later I’ll see you around…

Sooner Or Later - demo

Acoustic guitar track from Lucoline, Lucy Butler's new project (the singer from Sheabou)