The way your vocal rings out through the speakers is magical. You show that songs can touch the heart even when we don't understand the lyrics.  So much emotion in the guitar and vocal, and I love the somewhere-in-the labyrinth vocal effect. JX

Great delivery, Marcus...super lyric too!

I miss the good times working with. Your voice and music has the certain something. This endless melancholia.....

As always, your rasping vocal stirs such emotion. The voice-down-the-corridor mixing is so effective.

So glad I came back for another listen. So mournful, but the warm tones of the guitar somehow soothe. JX

Although I cannot understand the words, I do find this to be an affecting performance... intimate and direct.

Written in March 2021, this song is about recognizing that sometimes the best of times are unplanned. The good and the bad hits you any time, so when times are good, appreciate it.

This song was written on piano but with more emphasis on guitar that other songs of mine. Recorded on a Fender Jaguar, Fender Jazz Bass, Yamaha Motif6, and Baldwin grand piano.

Partially live version available on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/qgUg6LYoJKk

The Best Of Times (Original by Ben Buttrick)

Bass - me
Guitar - me
Drums - Toontrack Sequenzer

Alles was Dir Bleibt -

Der Reisende

Der Reisende (Instrumental)

song for all the dreamers, hope you enjoy :-)

Close Your Eyes

These are songs that I developed in a very lo-fi fashion to show what they sound like in my head. They could still go in many different directions - more acoustic, more produced - I'm open to ideas. But what you're hearing here are my unabashed concepts for these little tunes. 
ENJOY- and thanks for connecting with me & my music!
Mark

Build You A Box Mark Demo

another meandering improv
about her eyes.

10/23pm into 10/24/20am

Nocturne For  Her

Kitchen recording. Finished Version.

Lyrics/Poem: Dan Andersson
Vocals/Guitar: Marcus JB

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Tonsättning av Dan Anderssons dikt Milrök II.

Milrök II

En gång i ändlösa skogar där urbergen stupande stå,
bortom svindlande, vida myrar, där timmarna dödstysta gå,
där välvde i smältvit hetta ett bål under stybbade bryn,
där tumlade väldig och vitgrå den fräna röken mot skyn
Där kring gick en sotig mänska med ögon som matt porslin
och svettas hett under sotet i de vassaste vindarnas vin.
Hans själ kunde brinna som andras, hans bröst hade hat och tro
och hans längtan steg med röken ur skogarnas eviga ro.
Han sjöng och hans sång blev röken från ett bål som helt brann ner,
det är vitt och svart och försvinner, det är milrök och ingenting
mer.

Foto: Ebehard Grossgasteiger

Milrök II (D. Andersson)

TIME TRAVELLER

the time traveller
i want to
go home

i don’t want to go
far away

i just want to go
back to where
I know the way

places familiar
people i love

why aren’t they
here today

did i run too far away?

can’t I trace my steps
to yesterday?
tell them not to look away?

i could run
but I’d still be here

cities rise and cities fall
i could walk them all

but what i want is a home
all these places i go
i can’t stop
i don’t know
how they live as they do

i want a home
to come home to.

i want a bed I can sleep in
and dream
a life of my own.

a home to come to.

a dream i can dream
on my own
i want a home
dream a life of my own.

a home to come home to
why aren’t they
here today
(standing beside me,
holding me back
from the waves i go into
over my head
what have I come to
where will i run to?

Lyrics: Lemonade
Music: Jude
Voice: Lemonade
Keyboards, bass, guitars: Jude
Drums and sampled percussion
Graphics: Piera Persia
Production: Castagna Carlo, Nicolò Spezialetti

Galaxies

Time Traveller

11 - Time Traveller

A song about the Wonder of Life
Recorded/Produced by
Josh Ross from J Ro Production Studio
Troy, Mi.

The Wonder

Piano solo of the Domenico Scarlatti K466 music piece (first part).
Hope you like it..... it's available with a license for commercial use now here: https://audiojungle.net/item/scarlatti-k466/30331726

Scarlatti K466

"Solid Ground" 

Music, vocals, and lyrics by me:
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One day maybe you’ll understand
What it really means to be a stranger
A stranger in a land you were born in
And have the strength to stand for everyone 

To stand up for yourself 
To never be afraid
To face this bitter crowd 
To be on solid ground

One day maybe you’ll realize
That everytime you lie you’ll be a stranger
A stranger to the one who really needs you
A stranger to the ones on solid ground 

Stand up for yourself 
Don't be afraid of everyone
Only thing that matters is what you really are 
And if you have the strength to stay on solid ground… 

Doesn't matter what they say 
Only thing that matters is what you are 
Doesn't matter what they do 
Only thing that matters is who you are

Solid Ground

Stupor

You. Cut Short.

Reviews:

"..melancholic and dark singer-songwriter music. Fits perfectly when hanging out at home drinking tea. His debut album "Silver Lining" will be released 2018".  www.eclat-mag.de

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"You never fail to touch me with your dusty guitar and husky, lamenting vocals. Such control in your vocal delivery, such tenderness as always. Love this to death!" Jake Dasilva on 'No More Flowers'

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