much enjoyed intertwining of melody & lyrics.

Wonderful voice! Very peaceful and atmospheric track!

Very relaxing with sweet voice & lyrics!!

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Downtown

I'm excited to upload my first SoundCloud collaboration with guitarist and blues-meister Alan Wood. It was one of those moments where hearing a tune leads to a melody and then words.  I contacted Alan who was gracious in letting me embellish his acoustic playing with my lyrics and  vocals over the top. This is the end result.

Be sure to check out Alan's SoundCloud page @a-wood for more of Al's own music and collaborations.

Cheers Bro, I literally couldn't have done it without you :-)

The original guitar only track that inspired me is here 

https://soundcloud.com/a-wood/did-you-always-know-you-were-the-one

Lyrics 

Did you always know you were the one
making me happy when you're near
You brighten the dark days with a smile
Did you always know you were the one

Did you always know you were the one
A girl and a boy born of love
Lover, wife, mother and friend
Did you always know you were the one

Did you always know you were the one
lifting me up, making dreams fly
Giving peace to a restless mind
Did you always know you were the one

Did you always know you were the one
When you first saw me way back when
Just a shy smile, that's how it began
Did you always know you were the one

Did you always know you were the one
Even though the years have passed us by
Counting our blessings every day
Did you always know you were the one

Did You Always Know You Were The One (collaboration A Wood)

Just organizing repetitive minimal patterns and playing with polymetric / polyrhythmic options...of course `playing´ could be written also in capital letters.
With images on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CskTslznz20

Salinas, Waves and Ripples

Lizzie kindly agreed to work on a piano idea and transformed it into this graceful song (re-introducing me to my O grade French again).  Please listen to her other great music at @taylor-pentland.

Ne sois pas bleu
Coeur eclaire par la lune

We flutter by, like the night

Chanson d'oiseau
Reste longtemps

All feathers and light we rise
All feathers and light we rise

Maybe one day
We'll be side by side
No fluttering by
We rest in the light

Ne pas regarder en arriere (don't look back)

Flutter by (Lizzie & Paul)

See You In The Funny Papers

Hay muchas canciones y poesías que empiezan con "Me gusta "
Esta es mi Humilde versión.

Voz , Coros y Ukelele; Nico Isasmendi
Flauta Traversa; Juan Pablo Blanco (https://soundcloud.com/juan-pablo-blanco) 
Guitarra y bajo: Pichy Sotomayor
Tecnico de Grabacion,  Santi Sotomayor /Pablo.
Tambores:
Repique, Lorena Sanchez 
Piano, Esteban Seglin 
Chico, Franco Di Mauro
Letra y música; Pichy Sotomayor
English version Bellow

Me gusta

Me gusta dejarme llevar,
del brazo de la soledad,
los pies en la arena mirando la estela
de barcos que llegan con frutos del mar.

Me gusta sentarme a tomar,
un mate mientras vos llegás y
perfuma el ambiente mientras se cocina
un pez sin espinas arroz y azafrán
y vino para adobar.

me gustan las flores de azar,
me gusta cuando me escuchas
cantar un candombe, y dejar nuestros nombres
pintados en la pared.
----------------------

Me gusta lo que ha de venir,
cuando te quedas a dormir,
tu cara en mi almohada, tus piernas bronceadas,
tu ropa tirada por la habitación.

me gusta cuando al despertar,
regala un concierto unl zorzal,
busco mi guitarra y escribo en tu espalda
dos versos que tallan en una canción,
Nacida pa la ocasión.

me gustan las flores de azar, 
me gusta cuando me escuchás
cantar un candombe, y dejar nuestros nombres
pintados en la pared.

I like

I like being taken
by the arm of loneliness,
feet on the sand looking at the seaway
of ships that arrive with seafood. 
I like sitting to have,
a mate 1while “Soledad”
who perfumes the room while she cooks
thornless fish to be flavored
with spices and salt and wine. 
I like flowers
I like when you listen to me
singing candombe , and leaving our names
painted on the wall.
---------------------- 
I like what is going to come,
when you stay over,
your face on my pillow, your tanned legs,
your clothes all over the room. 
I like when I get up,
And the thrush is giving a concert,
I look for my guitar and write on your back
two verses that will become a song,
made for the occasion. 
I like flowers
I like when you listen to me
singing candombe, and leaving our names
painted on the wall.

Original version 2011 ® Pichy Sotomayor
reversion 2017, Gracias Nico !! Gracias Juan !!i

Me Gusta

Me gusta //  Ft.  Nico Isasmendi / Juan Pablo Blanco

Written and Performed by Josh McAlexander

Early Morning Sunday

Early Sunday Morning(Original)

Remember Who You Are

Heaven Has No Comparison

Ready for the next banger? "Worry Them" by Gambino Akuboy ft. Yun Kilz and Uncle Bimz. Be assured you will press replay.

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Worry Them

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Gambino Akuboy - Worry Them (ft. Uncle Bimz & Yun Kilz)

Written and performed by Melanie Crew
Recorded and mixed by Ross Palmer

Out Of Sight

Apparition

Jazz Trio, first release by The London Jazz Players

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Melanie Crew is a London based singer songwriter writing gentle acoustic music with soulful melodies. Melanie is currently performing as a duo with Ross Palmer - their second album Some Other Stories was released in 2025, and described by Americana UK as "a dozen quiet questioning songs full of gorgeous melodies and harmonies". 

Out Of Sight

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