I thought I could dive in and breathe
Get you branded for a week
Fill up at the feast
And be released 
From the need
To ever eat again

I thought our fire would keep me warm
A memory with all the heat of sun
The way we rub two sticks
And hope a spark sticks
And hope a spark sticks

Over and over and over and over and over 
And over and over and over and over and over
And over and over

Over and over and over and over and over
And over and over and over and over and over
And over and over

But I’m bigger than the devil
Which sings my song
Bigger than the devil
Which won’t let me run
And I’m bigger than the devil
Which beats my drum
And I’m bigger than the devil

I thought I could dive in and breathe
Get you branded for a week
Fill up at the feast
And be released 
From the need
To ever feed again

I thought our fire would keep me warm
A memory with all the heat of sun
The way we rub two sticks
And hope a spark sticks
And hope a spark sticks

Over and over and over and over and over 
And over and over and over and over and over
And over and over

Over and over and over and over and over
And over and over and over and over and over
And over and over

But I’m bigger than the devil
Which sings my song
Bigger than the devil
Which won’t let me run
And I’m bigger than the devil
Which beats my drum
And I’m bigger than the devil

Bigger Than The Devil

"You don't sound like anyone else," said Danny Thompson - renowned bass player for Nick Drake and Joe Strummer - about English musician Conil.

The GRAMMY-winning engineer for Tom Waits and Elvis Costello, Tchad Blake said: "Strange Part of the Country is an awesome album! I still listen to it."

Fleetwood Mac legend Peter Green liked Conil's music so much he stopped by Conil’s house to record with him. They recorded a version of Conil's homage to the jazz greats "Round Midnight". 

Strange Part of the Country never conformed to any current trends and has remained timeless. Now, people are discovering this album and it is becoming an all-time favourite. 

When the album was released in the UK, it received some amazing press. Britain's biggest selling music monthly Q magazine gave it: "Four stars - Q Recommends". Blues Matters magazine wrote: "One of the most original artists out there". In the next issue, Blues Matters put him on the front cover.

Conil left London after Strange Part of the Country was released and has spent the last ten years living in the United States and Europe - including New Orleans, New York City, and Berlin.

Bath, UK based singer-songwriter

https://linktr.ee/lukedesciscio

Thank you for visiting my Soundcloud page. 
It's great to connect with so many talented musicians here on Soundcloud! On this page you'll find my original songs (including 4 albums) and acoustic guitar instrumentals (including 2 EP's), together with various notes about guitars played, tunings, recording etc.

I am in the process of writing my fifth album which I hope to record at some stage during the autumn and winter months of this year.

Musical influences for me have been many and varied including for example Bert Jansch, John Martyn, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Mark Knopfler, BB King, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Fairport Convention, Paul Simon,  JJ Cale, Eric Clapton, Colin Hay and John Mayer.

Hope you enjoy listening to my music.

Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.

Independent Singer / Songwriter from Japan.

[1st album] "いつから 僕らは / Itsu Kara Bokura Wa" now available at:
Spotify（Download）
https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/album/2qy82Om825NfpV1Zj2DPy4?si=-TlSJjx2QoGlUFahlgYB3A
AppleMusic（Download） 
https://itun.es/jp/ahH10
Amazon (Download):
http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B00KTPN5JO
BigUp! Shop（CD+8p Booklet） 
http://shop.mu-mo.net/a/item1/?jsiteid=BGUP&merc_no=AMMZ-00537
246 records （CD+8p Booklet） 
https://246records.wixsite.com/home/yoroley

Trying to make this mid-life crisis make sense.

The universality of music and its importance in the life of man is in many ways analogous to water. It may exist in countless forms and several states. It nourishes and sustains many kinds of internal life. 
It nourishes religions, philosophies, and – sciences, without being identical with any of them. Like beauty it is forever ministering, enriching, and expanding the potentials of human consciousness. This is harmony as controlled dynamic force. Music is disciplined sound. 
It is important that all students of philosophy and comparative religion should appreciate the spiritualizing force of great music. 
It is equally valuable to consider the development of music consciousness and music appreciation through the ages and among the different civilizations which have been enriched by its gentle and gracious persuasion. Music has a meaning for man; it fits into his moods without any compromise of its own integrity. Like water it adapts itself instantly to the shape of its container. In a square vessel, it is square; in a circular vessel it is circular. This is true because of the nature of the element itself, and not because it is catering to the shape of the jug, the vase, or the bowl. We must learn to appreciate the difference between music and noise, but overcome the tendency to consider unfamiliar musical forms as merely untutored sounds. While musical impulses are common to all mankind, musical forms divide into familiar and unfamiliar. As we have difficulty in understanding persons whose ways of life are different from our own, so we have difficulty in recognizing and responding to the arts of peoples psychologically remote. The final measure is sincerity, not proximity, but until we have experienced some kind of social communion with a larger world of human aspirations this communion is comparatively impossible. As psychological sympathy develops we gain the possibility of measuring arts and art values in terms of basic integrity rather than by the false standards of personal taste. We have forgotten completely that great music must originate in a great concept of life. 
It is just as important, in fact more important, to release music from within the self than merely to listen. We need the growth resulting from personal performance as well as the civilizing force of appreciation. To the old philosopher, the human body itself was a musical instrument. It is the musician within the body who must control and direct the impulses which flow outward through the personality. We talk much of the science of living but we should think more about the art of living. By surrounding himself with the art which is meritorious, true and beautiful, the music of integrity which wiII restore his ideals, Products of small minds are no to be compared with those of great minds and cultures. This is all we need to understand, even in a jittery world, to sharpen the edge of discrimination for the choice of surroundings and the environment that will spiritually achieve for us that desirable thing known as the balanced life. - Manly P. Hall

Bigger Than The Devil

Luke De-Sciscio