What a treat -- you have your special style and vocals that I love-- this is another great song Mike -- hope all is well with you my friend !!!

Great song Michael! Like everything about it!

Ticks all the boxes for me, there’s nothing I don’t like about this.

I composed this song many years ago but I updated in 2023. 

"Everybody needs someone to be close to
Everybody needs someone to confide with
Cause being lonely never helped nobody
Ans all I can do is just think of you"
Music and Lyrics by Len Fm Folk Copyright 2023

"Everybody Needs Someone"- Len FM Folk

Keeping this up in the interests of national security...

 in honor of the toxic human being who would sacrifice everything for the sake of his own brittle ego  (if you disagree please don't bother telling me--we inhabit different cognitive universes, and I wish you the best in yours)

This Jeremiad just gets truer by the day 

hazy yeah I have a memory
bought with a ticket by the back gate it's coming to me now

if no one can name the deed there's no way to come back to me
there's no room in my house for back stabbers

I could be the one you need with the greatest of ease
you're gonna see a plan work out
you might be the one to bleed but don't you love me
you're gonna be free so have no doubt

I keep a list of all the things they've done to me
and a payback posse with a violent creed
you oughta know better than to fuck with me

I need a girl that keep her legs open and her mouth shut
don't say you didn't sign right there on the line
you'll be kicking and screaming but your ass is mine

who's that waiting there over by the dim light
I can feel the stare but I'm not scared
somebody's gonna bleed but don't you love me
you're gonna be free so have no doubt

I'm gonna burn this house down tonight
it's always been about me

Burn This House Down (explicit)

Fruits of my Labor day weekend 9/4/2023
Original written by: Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, William Barry of REM off the Murmur Album 1983 IRS Label, now 2012 Universal Music Enterprises, a UMG subsidiary

09042023

Perfect Circle (instrumental cover) REM

all instruments by me, real guitar & sax, brass via breath controller !
... I always find titles for pieces like this very arbitrary. Each image creates a different context - here I was inspired by "Ices" for the title :-) ... and if you look at it carefully, you can walk into it :-D
photo: Library of Congress on unsplash

Frozen moments

https://nowyyorg9.wixsite.com/seasional-optimist/angryman 

Album : Too many words have been said 
nowyyorg 2023

Angry man in a hostile world

Bach To The Future 01

Featuring the maestro that is Jamie Rhind! Originally written in Jan 1999 and re-recorded to mark the turn of 2024, showcasing Jamie's sublime laid back keywork.
Jamie Rhind - Piano solo
Andy McLean - Soprano saxophone, EWI, Keyboards, Bass, Drum programming, Composition

New Beginning (feat. Jamie Rhind)

LOOSENESS // stay as loose as possible ...
@docfritz // Composition, Arrangement, Soundscapes, Rhythmic Design, Artwork, Mix & Production
@joerxworx // fantastically relaxed sax playing 
© 2024 | OESJ @docfritz  | All Rights Reserved | www.oesj.eu

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16 - 2-2024

If Not For You
Written by Michael Duffy

If Not For You - lyrics

Every time you leave town
I feel so down
I'm in the danger zone
Anytime Im left alone

I don't trust myself
Cant you see
Your not the problem
I known thats its me

I'm nothing
Nothing
I'm nothing
Without you here by my side

If not for you
Not for you
Then there would be
No me

Your my anchor
Keep my feet on the ground
My shoulder to lean on
When i'm feeling down

Through the highs and the lows
Together we stand
You by my side
I've got nothing to hide

I'm nothing
Nothing
I'm nothing
Without you here by my side

If not for you
Not for you
Then there would be
No me

In my shadows of doubt
When i'm feeling low
You be my shelter
The place where I go

Your the stars in my night
The moon in my sea
The purpose of
Who I'm meant to be

Nothing
Nothing
I say nothing
Without you here by my side

If not for you
Not for you
Then there would be
No me

Credits
Released February 23, 2024
Written by: Michael Duffy
Vocals and Guitar: Michael Duffy
Produced, Recorded, and Mastered at Valley Music Studio with Terry McGinty.
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If Not For You - Original Song

A light hearted bluesy song about a guy going to a party and not remembering a thing afterwards.

Don’t remember but must have been...   some kind of party 

Invited to a party, last Saturday night
Got me all dressed up, I just-had to look right
Lot’s of pretty women walking about
Thought I did my best to not freak out

Don’t remember but must have been...   some kind of party 

Must‘ve had a drink or two, or maybe many more
My memory’s kind of fuzzy after walkin thru the door
Hope I wasn’t rude and craz to anybody there
Just hoping for a good time, but I guess I didn’t care
 
Don’t remember but must have been...   some kind of party 

Did I do the macarena, or strut the chicken dance
With the O Jays and Kool and the Gang, I just didn’t stand a chance
Could have been the beer, or maybe whisky shots
But I tell you one thing my friend, my head sure hurt lots

Don’t remember but must have been...   some kind of party 

Found a tattoo on my left butt cheek
Really kinda hurts but it sure looks sweet
Not asking any questions about that night
Cause people there all told me it wasn’t a pretty sight

Don’t remember but must have been...   some kind of party

If Not For You - Original Song

Michael Duffy

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