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Just Because (both versions)

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Best of Classical Music   Baroque, Classical Era, Romantic, Impressionist, Modern, Opera

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Buy High-Quality Digital Track:
https://edoardogastaldi-music.bandcamp.com/track/grandfathers

Download free Sheet Music:
https://www.edoardogastaldimusic.it/#page5

Listen on other Platforms:
https://bfan.link/grandfathers

Artist: Edoardo Gastaldi
Record Label: PaKo Music Records
Distribution: Believe Digital
Genre(s): Piano, Neo-Classical, Instrumental
Original Picture: Emma Gastaldi
Cover Art: Federico Paronetto, Edoardo Gastaldi
Mastering: Andrea Cottone, The Room Music Lab
Release Date: 29/04/2022

© 2022 Visory Records
℗ 2022 PaKo Music Records

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Grandfathers

Just Because

Modern Fencing

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https://fanlink.tv/iamhereandyouaremine

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Artist: Edoardo Gastaldi
Genres: Piano, Modern Classical
Original Picture: Edoardo Gastaldi
Cover Art: Federico Paronetto, Edoardo Gastaldi
Official Video: Davide Fasiello
Mastering: Jann Grimm

© 2023 Visory Records
℗ 2023 PaKo Music Records

I Am Here and You Are Mine

Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor

Fearless

Pluto

The M.E Scandal
I’m about to tell a story, a true story
I was Living life, music in my bloodstream
Then I got flu & it  vanished like steam 
Who knew flu could evaporate a dream
I never knew what it was all gonna mean?  
But I’m still Shackled to illness like I’m its b#tch 
Still scratching this 30+ year frickin itch
Kicked by exhaustion & lack of belief
All these stolen lives by the invisible thief
I need to escape to somewhere the wind blows
I don’t wanna  become yet another blue rose
On the social media posts of some
Let’s light a candle there goes another one
It’s become normalised an acceptable fate
The lingering death that we live and await
And I absolutely hate this, did I create this
Stressed til I burnt out, I struggle to face this
Denied point and purpose, rhyme or reason
Every day, week &  month every year, every season
Cancelled appointments, damn disappointments
And a default sorry well that’s the only ointment that we have to offer
With guilt & frustration
And with limited ways out of this situation.
It’s a lingering death that we live and await
And WE ABSOLUTELY HATE THIS.

Chorus
Doctor
(You’ve been playing a god so long you believe it yourself)
It’s the M.E Scandal
Doctor
(You’ve been playing a god so long you believe it yourself)

They never believed us, they all deceived us
Government, medical, media teased us
Decades of promises, words without action
The crumbs of their biscuits, huh, just a distraction
Allergic reaction all taken its toll
And the shrinks try to shrink us to the size of a pinhole
Oh no you don’t, we’re building the ark, 
Stronger together sailing out of the dark
Barking this is physical, co-operation critical 
But typically politically I have to spit it lyrical
They’re criminally sick but it’s of their own choosing
To neglect and abuse us, refuse the improving
I’m loosing my sh#t, get a grip, there’s still a way to go
I swear it’s gonna happen just not in my lifetime though
A  test, treatment maybe a  cure 
& future generations won’t suffer anymore
Get down off ya  cross and lay down ya crown 
Give back the award, there’s a real god in town.
Called truth, been here since the beginning
Standing in the shadows waiting for that winning moment
Our voices heard and apologies given
Watch this space for the next lyrical edition
Coz we ain’t going nowhere. It’s time. 

Chorus
Doctor
(You’ve been playing a god so long you believe it yourself)
It’s the M.E Scandal
(You’ve been playing a god so long you believe it yourself) 
Let’s get down to facts

It’s the M.E scandal, It’s the M.E scandal
It’s the M.E scandal, it’s the M.E scandal

Yeah it’s time the world knew, what people like me and you
Have been going through. It’s The M.E Scandal

You’ve been playing a god so long, you believe it yourself.

The ME Scandal Radio Edit

after eight

Just Because (Orchestral Version)

An orchestral version of Just Because, a song about Mental Health released during Mental Health Awareness Week

"Just Because It Looks Like We're All OK, Doesn't Mean We Know What To Do."
It's a song about my own experiences with poor mental health, just because things look OK on the outside doesn't mean that everything's OK on the inside. I work for Leicester Based Mental Health Charity Brightsparks, and Mental Health is something that we should all talk about.

Written By Michael Vickers, from 'A Life In A Day', 2023

Arranged and Produced By Andy Jenkinson (An Extraordinarily talented and intelligent fella) He composed the entire strings part, it didn't even take him that long, what a guy!
2024

Michael Vickers - Just Because (Orchestral Version)

Palo Alto - Holding On

J.S. Bach French Suite # 5 in G major, Allemande

Federico Mompou Cancion y Danza # 6

Frédéric Chopin Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1

Frédéric Chopin Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1

Named one of BBC Introducing in the East Midlands’ most played artists of 2019 and 2020, Michael Vickers is a British singer-songwriter from Leicester. His combination of indie-rock, folk, and heartfelt, anecdotal lyrics delivered with a raw, rap inspired vocal has had audiences describing his music as “clever, captivating, beautiful, vivacious, unique and spellbinding."

"A bit of a legend on this programme. His lyrics are clever and he’s sensational live.” - Dean Jackson, BBC Introducing.

 

Michael has performed at countless venues and festivals, including Glastonbury and 2000 Trees. As well as performing at De Montfort Hall Gardens in the summer of 2019 with his band, he has featured in promotional videos for Roland showcasing some of their latest musical equipment, signed publishing deals to BMG and has had his tracks placed in TV and Film. As part of BBC Radio Leicester’s Under The Covers show, Michael performed 'Fire' with Kasabian front man Tom Meighan.

 

Michael's latest release - Poetic Nonsense - received an impressive amount of airplay, with 2 singles (Dead & Buried and When You Said That We Were Through) being selected as BBC Introducing in The East Midlands' Track of the Week.