Vocal performance is great, guitars too of course, awesome speed playing!

Superb vocals & speed ,love the guitars, epic

This is really nice!  It’s rock but smooth at the same time!

Incredible power 🔥 Love the vocal 🖤

‘Will we be fools again’ 
Written in September 2023 after standing in a queue in Starbucks, looking out at a wet, dirty and declining High Street.  I had been been watching the people in town, including one particular couple locked into an intense conversation under an umbrella. They prompted the story in the song. 

I wanted the backing to be sparser and more guitar led to give it an edge. I also wanted the instrumental in the middle to have a woozy, emotional feel to it. 

It’s a song about everyday people ‘stuff’ against a backdrop of a slowly deteriorating townscape. It couldn’t be slick (and I couldn’t be no matter how hard I try!) I hope you enjoy the song. Best with headphones! 

Take care

James (lyrics below) 

Will we be fools again? 

The chewing gum looks like leopard spots on the pavements in the rain
And litter blocks the drains again

Recklessly, we agreed to meet, after these silent years
Now there’s excitement and fear!

Behind the wall, by the social club, an old sanctuary for lovers 

We’ll talk, we’ll laugh 
and then I’ll start to think 
will we be fools again?
Will we be fools again? 

Graffiti on the empty shops, can our town survive?
And meanwhile we destabilise our lives! 

What fools we’d be, to lift the lid and let those lies escape 
Just think of all the hearts we’d break 

But we’re in your car, the radio’s on, as we unwrap the past! 

That smile! Those eyes!
Make me start to think
Will we be fools again?
Will we be fools again?

I’m aware, yeah I’m aware, 
I know where my fault lines are
And you’re spread right across them!  
Right across them.. yeah!

Instrumental 

Yes, we’ll talk, we’ll laugh
You know I’ll start to think
Let us be fools again
Please let us be fools again

Yes, we’ll touch, we’ll kiss
And then the path is clear
For us fools again
Let us be fools again….please, please..

James Whiteman September 2023

Will we be fools again?

Ok(Not Ok)✝️🖤🎶

Im not ok!!
Im not ok!!

Look deep inside your heart
You know this to be true 
Things will never be the same
They were always meant to change
But not for me!!
I never felt that way!!
My arms are tied
Ive been left behind
And now Im not Ok!!
Im sorry I feel this way
No its not Ok!!

Im not Ok!!
Im not Ok!!

So take my life!!
Watch me die!!
I don't care no more!!
So take my life!!
Watch me die!!
I am not Ok!!
So take my life!!
Watch me die!!
I don't care no more!!
I waited my whole life for this!!
Just to watch it end?
So change my life!!
Watch me die!! Watch me die again!!
I waited my whole life for this!!
Just to watch it end?🖤

Ok(Not Ok)

This is a song for anyone who has ever lost someone they were taking care of. 

Hospital

I saw the knife
And I pulled it out
The side
Her blood was cold
But I fixed what 
I could find
When I laid down
Someone else was
Next in line

This on and on
Has me falling
Every time

Fall into the places
You forgot before
Dare to lose
Everything you’ve
Held on for
You will fear
What isn't really
Here anymore
Isn't here anymore
Isn't here anymore 

She was a mom
Who worked many
Jobs and times
She only saw 
Her little ones
Asleep at night
She was too kind
That's why they
Die every time

This on and on
Has me falling
Every time

Fall into the places
You forgot before
Dare to lose
Everything you’ve
Held on for
You will fear
What isn't really
Here anymore
Isn't here anymore
Isn't here anymore

Bless this truth
in every shade
That’s mine alone
To make the braid
That twists around
This tired nape
And to the dark that
Knows my face
Into the dark
That knows
I’m game
To take a leap
Against the grain
To fall unseen
For lives in pain
To stand between
Your life in vain

So I sit
Listening to every word
As we have shared
Every burden 
Once returned
I fall into places
I forgot before
See you there
When we meet
Beyond the door


Hospital

Mix of Classical and Thrash Metal music so called Symphonic Metal.

Stradivarius

Bother

With wonderful lyrics by Andrea Brennan , superb music by Axel Menningen and guitar/vocals by myself this should tug at your heart strings , we love it , we hope you do ! If you watch the video , don't have auto on , it makes words up  https://youtu.be/q0EfYJIEEdA?si=NytAS8CT3O2qi2we
Next up on the 11th is a proper rocker by Dave Cooper and myself closely followed by Charlotte and me with a belter of a song , then me and Tony Harris with a super track ! Lots in the pipeline , stay tuned , thank you so much !
V1
When you saw her face
You couldn't look away
And knew right then and there
(That) One day you would meet

From living room to Kathmandu
Trekking ever closer
Day to day and week by week
Now you're standing at her feet

Chorus
Mount Everest Divine
Goddess of the sky
Cloaked in ice diamonds and white gold
She's magnificent but stone cold
Don't drop your guard, don't be fooled
She's magnificent but stone cold

V2
Nothing with her comes easy
She gives no guarantees
She is the roof of the world
And the ice falls at Khumbu

You give her all you've got
Because nothing less will do
In the end you still may lose
Or watch your dreams come true
Chorus
Mount Everest Divine
Goddess of the sky
Cloaked in ice diamonds and white gold
She's magnificent but stone cold
Don't drop your guard, don't be fooled
She's magnificent but stone cold

Mount Everest Divine

Mount Everest Divine ( with video link )

takechee

Wish

Another from Siops Studio. Live one take. I think Ledge ( Bass ) and Larry ( Harmonica ) did serve the song well.

 I thank my new soundcloud friends for the kind attention and encouragement. I look forward to maybe getting to work with some of you in my own humble way. 

I hope you can enjoy this song written about a family wedding... ( Married into money  LOL ) I do enjoy playing this one live as it gives me a chance to rip my own fingernails off for the good cause of art.

A wedding in june with silk and candle light
The have on one side all proper and polite
The have nots across, not having the time of their lives
Insults were passed, but mostly ignored
By the lady from france, all starched in elegance
Away from the Villa to properly swill
With a two inch diameter stone, a regular wrecking ball
See settled for so much more , she probably took it all

But truth is a funny thing
Whats truth for you is not truth for me
Is your truth funny, honey?
Show me yours and i'll show you mine

A local girl, ashamed of her dress
have your manhattan honey, leave that laundry take a rest
A simple silver band says unconditional love
She settled for so much less but she wound up far above
At a wedding in june with local jazz
Black pants and ties and filthy old street shoes
A heart was blowing through the trumpet
and one was spilled upon the keys

Oh but love is a funny thing
What's love for you is not love for me
Is your love funny honey?
Show me yours i'll show you mine

Wedding in June

Homeward Bound

Composition and Sampling collage by Synline.
Photo by Fabien

The Past Is Gone

Fingerpicking vocals on a journey. 
Acoustic guitar Vocals. 

So many people on the road like you.

I wanna Rock'n'Roll all night and part of everyday!!💀

Ok(Not Ok)

HOBOCOP

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