Name: Passed Over by Mark Reitenga
Duration: 4 min 17 s
Description: A Song about not becoming paralyzed by rejection or loss

Strong, clear vocals, right to the point lyrics.....I liked this.

Very nice folk-pop tune with enjoyable acoustic guitar.

Great tone in your voice and the acoustic guitar sounds sweet and love the uke unlining 

Another world class  performance love your vocals so much great track ⭐️

There’s a name I whisper when no one’s around
A face I carry in the quiet sound
Of footsteps, laughter, and old perfume
Of lessons learned in a classroom gloom
Mama’s hands were cracked and kind
Daddy’s silence spoke his mind
My brother fought, my sister prayed
And I tried to earn the love they gave
The school bell rang, I stood up straight
For a teacher who believed in fate
She said, “You’ve got a voice, don’t waste it, son”
So I wrote my truth and tried to run
Just for you, I showed up clean
I played the part, I chased the dream
I held my tongue, I bit my pride
I stayed up late, I let things slide
Just for you, I gave my best
Even when my soul needed rest
You may not know ...what I’ve been through
But I did it all… just for you...
There was a crew that held me tight
Through smoky rooms and Friday nights
We laughed too loud, we cried too hard
We stitched our names into each other’s hearts
A coach who saw me past the game
Said, “Win or lose, you’re more than fame”
I ran that field like it was grace
Just to see the pride light up his face
Just for you, I took the hit
I wore the blame, I didn’t quit
I broke my heart, I fixed the tune
I danced alone beneath the moon
Just for you, I made it through
Even when I barely knew
Why I kept on doing what I do
I did it all… just for you...
Devotion ain’t a vow you speak
It’s the quiet things you do each week
It’s the call you make, the fight you lose
The shoes you shine, the truth you choose
It’s not for glory, not for show
It’s what you give ...and never owe...
It’s the part of you that stays behind
In every soul you helped along the line]
Sweet wife of mine.... still hums that lullaby
To grand-kids who don’t ask why
They just know love when it’s near
And I see my past in how they hear
There’s someone else I won’t name yet
A shadow I’ve not quite met
But when I go, I’ll leave a light
For them to follow through the night
Just for you, I held the line
I gave my years, I gave my time
I wrote these songs, I told these tales
I bore the weight when others failed
Just for you, I stayed the course
Even when I knew you lost
You may not know what I’ve been through
But I did it all… just for you
So if you hear a voice that’s true
Know it’s mine…
Just for you... just for you


All rights held by the songwriter Edwin H. Balder

Link to more of our Singer/songwriter style hits you can cover into fame because of your take!

https://soundcloud.com/edwin-balder/sets/best-new-folk-americana?si=04e0155163644977b37cf8c0a04f3c53&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Just For You

Song written by a wonderful lifelong friend and collaborator. Leland Scott.

Hey Clyde

This song is based on an original idea by Jeff Buckley and Liz Fraser. Sadly it was never finished or properly recorded in his lifetime. Bethany and I thought that the song deserved to be completed and so we set out to do just that.

The full band version of this song can be found on Bethany's SC profile:

https://soundcloud.com/bethanygraceuk/all-flowers-in-time-bend-towards-the-sun

This version is the Acoustic Mix.

There were so many great performances from the musicians involved that we really thought it would be great to really hear the quieter instruments in their own setting. Not only does it give yet another take on the song but it also allows you to really hear the beautiful vocals once again.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it.

All Flowers In Time (Acoustic Mix) Collab with Bethany Grace

I saw kings and queens and horses and fools
on a black & white board in a game with no rules
high heeled ladies dripping with jewels
and beggars a begging with an eye that drools
I saw scenes oh man i can hardly tell
some obscene and bizarre mixing heaven and hell
a cold silent spring a white masquerade
in the middle of June a Halloween parade
not one pink elephant in sight
In the dream i had last night
In the dream i had last night
I saw a pale frozen sun as from the outer space
saw jailers on the run not wearing a face
blazes a burnin’ the old mountain range
hurricanes blowing like a mind that’s deranged
I saw things oh man you wouldn’t believe
it’s crazy what a brain in sleep can conceive
anger and thunder black turning to fade
the future a swinging on the edge of a blade
in the yellowish sky no unicorns in flight
In the dream i had last night
In the dream i had last night
I saw Jesus bad tripping alongside Broadway
some tarot cards reader having nothing to say
but also i found as i passed my way
an orphan baby sparrow and that made my day
I saw a film oh man i just lack the words
and the screen was as large as the entire world
watchers a walking in a state of stupor
wondering what’s my acting and who’s the director
but no bonze in the air gliding on a kite
In the dream i had last night
In the dream i had last night
I saw thousands of planes dead stuck on the ground
such a blast in an harbor it exploded the town
broken wings broken hearts in the port of shadows
a rastaman playing Piaf singing la vie en rose
I saw a woman oh man who gave me an eye
saying we’ll meet again in the sweet bye and bye
i got lost on my way and forced to the ground
i got caught in a loop like in 4th time around
down the pit did i see any flickering light?
In the dream i had last night
In the dream i had last night
I saw lovers and friends who could not embrace
armies of zombies looking for solace
i heard echoes in time from the sweet golden age
of parsley and thyme rosemary and sage
I saw you oh man and you didn’t look great
petrified like you saw a demon at your gate
and while deciphering as a riddle your frown
i wondered could it mean the whole world’s upside down
and still no pink elephant in sight
In the dream i had last night
In the dream i had last night
With some hopes and illusions tight clenched in my fist
i wandered along the old route 66
but trying to express all that i missed
it’s trying to grab a ghost in the mist
And i ain’t superstitious but i sure did see
a black cat in the night with eyes glaring at me
what i saw my friend was beyond belief
and i hoped that the morning would bring some relief
but alas alas what is life but a dream
In the dream i had last night
In the dream i had last night
In the dream i had last night
And for sure not pink elephant in flight
In the dream i had last night
And the ones that i love i held them so tight
In the dream i had last night
And i enjoyed the past as a Turkish delight
In the dream i had last night
In the dream i had last night

TURKISH DELIGHT (Lyrics)

A Song about not becoming paralyzed by rejection or loss

Passed Over

Check out a music video of Waves here!: https://youtu.be/NHIK5dOaW0U

Waves is about difficult life moments.  How can we ease the pain? There is a refrain during the course of the song where I repeat this in an almost silent plea.  The song captures the feeling of time moving at a different speed in these moments of sorrow and tenderness when the mind freezes.  A numbness infused with a fierce stillness and a fierce love.

Lyrics
Waves
by David Husted

My mind freezes
Despite this burning wind
Are you my temple?
Or am I grasping  at threads

Time's still ticking 
I feel it crawling on my skin
Stop pretending
You don’t feel this burning fire within

Over, Over
All those things you said
Feel Love's Horizon
Sweet Waves Crashing In

the dell

Waves

This is an old track I've made 2 years ago. 👴

I really like this track because it reminds me to have fun while composing 😋. You know sometime when I'm stressed I need to try some bold and crazy things in my music. This is one of those strange tracks.

This track has no real history and no real agenda. But I wanted to write something to bring together all the instruments I love : duduk, oud, guitar, synth and percussions.
I started the track by combining several guitar pulses. I added the percussions and improvised all other tracks on my midi keyboard.
I had to do a lot of midi programming to make this track work!
I hope it's not that bad. And I hope all duduk and oud players will forgive me if it's not perfect. It's all midi and virtual instruments and it won't match the beauty of a real player performance.

I've made some changes in this version : 
- The opera voice is different and I have been able to do what I couldn't do 2 years ago. The last note of the opera performance was not is the first version.
- The mixing is less agressive and I tried different panning settings.

I used many virtual instruments in this track : 
- Abbey Road : 80s Drummer
- Embertone : Whistler Ensemble
- Heavyocity : Vocalise 1, Vocalise 2 and  Scoring Guitars
- Ilya Efimov : Duduk and Fretless Bass
- Impact Soundworks : Oud, Shreddage 2, Vocalisa and Juggernaut
- Indiginus : Renaxxance
- KV331 Audio : Synthmaster
- Organic Voice : Solo Opera (replacing Storm choir soloist)
- Soundiron : Apocalypse Micro and Mars choir

I made a video with the Cubase performance https://youtu.be/jmM6RMNDKVA

The image is a photo I took several years ago. It's not related to the theme of the song but the name of the flower is Nigella damascena.

I wish you'll like this track. Thanks for listening (and reading this huge bunch of words😂)
I really hope all of you are safe. Be brave and stay safe💖💖💖💖

Fly From West To East (R2)

Round and round the endless road, repetition overload, 
The circus of life
Why don’t they see, why do they refuse to see?

Blinkered and bound
More lost than found
Why don’t they see, why do they refuse to see?
Perpetual game, conceptual shame
Why don’t they see, why do they refuse to see?

Collective mass amnesia, wilful anaesthesia
Fire and furious reaction
Why don’t they see, why do they refuse to see?
The actors and the faces change, storylines remain the same
Blame it on the scapegoat faction
Why don’t they see, why do they refuse to see?

Blinkered and bound
More lost than found
Why don’t they see, why do they refuse to see?
Perpetual game, conceptual shame
Why don’t they see, why do they refuse to see?

None So Blind

Aquarius.

Year 2013.

Remaster year 2020.

Music studio 2 native instruments

Digital D1

During my first years composing (?) Music, I made 80 or 90 compositions per year. I was trying to improve my technique with the program that in those years was not as powerful as in later versions.

This is special for many reasons.

It is the first time that I have used a chorus synthesizer that I use in almost all my songs since then and another one with strings that is also very common in my compositions. I downloaded both from the old Xewton forum that was the owner then of Music Studio (now it's Steinberg), software that I always use to edit tracks and effects.

I composed it on an ipad 1 that I won in a commercial challenge and that they recorded with my name. I still have it.

I finished doing it on the only occasion that I have been admitted to a hospital for several days due to my recurring problems with kidney stones. I remember wandering the corridors to walk around with a needle on my wrist and my headphones and my ipad ... listening to what I was composing .... I had nothing else to do !!!

Finally, it is special, why not tell it, because it is my zodiac sign.

This version is totally remastered. 10 Digital D1 tracks have been added and it has been fully equalized again in my new "music studio".

I hope you like it.

Next and last stop: 2012.

Aquarius (2020)

Wishing you all a very happy 2021, full of love, music and freedom!

Point Nemo

Quel vent nous pousse dans le dos
A partir pour partir
Hisser la grand-voile en solo
Filer en douce sur les flots
Je vais au point Nemo
On se reverra mais pas de sitôt...

Quel vent nous souffle au ciboulot
De partir pour revenir
Passer les caps et les fuseaux
Les pieds mouillés sur un bateau
Je suis au point Nemo
On se reverra mais pas de sitôt...

Quel vent nous pousse dans le dos
Quel vent nous souffle dans le dos
Je suis au point Nemo
On se reverra mais pas de sitôt...

Alexis Roche's Album

Point Nemo

Copyright Daniels & Durgy 2021
Gentle Rain Records  
Available to Buy: https://danielsdurgy.bandcamp.com/track/the-hardest-part
Written Performed & Produced by Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy
Vocals, Mandolin, Harmonica: Craig Durgy
Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Bass: Nat Daniels

Lyrics:

The Hardest Part of Loving you is letting go

The Hardest part of loving you, is letting go
Because i’m deeper in the storm
You Hint at words of love for me,
But nothing solid and concrete
it’s always some damn mystery
That's paved by so much history 

The hardest part of knowing you is loving you
For I couldn’t help it if I tried
But I got no place left to speak
Beneath a silent you and me
But without words the bones grow cold
Like some forgotten graveyard stone

Chorus:
I always say I’ll walk away,  but never do
Because you’re part of me and who I am
And if the earth came to a stand
No more oceans… no more land
The words I’m not allowed to say 
Would still endure through any age.

Instrumental

The Hardest part is bearing love I cannot show..
To burn so bright it cannot die
I wish that you could feel the same
I’d love you in a thousand ways
And though I know you never will
I hope you know I love you still...

The hardest part of loving you.. is letting you go.

Chances

The Hardest Part

Mark Reitenga creates intimate songs that elicit a "Welcome to My Living Room" charm.

https://www.instagram.com/markreitenga/?igshid=MjEwN2IyYWYwYw%3D%3D

Passed Over

Mark Reitenga

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