Great work Mike. Wonderful music sountrack. And Emily really delivers.

Great groove in this, beauty vox.  Super good guit backs.

Definitely a great combination duo..
the layers tickle my fancy.,
Bravo
👏👏👏👏👏

Oh yeah! One helluva of a great production, well done guys!!!

awesome jazz/rock guitar..wonderful vocal

SuZanne’s astonishing talent on this recording will make you smile.  Listen to SuZanne at www.korima.net.

Broken Bridges

Too clever to seize fame
You’ll never believe shame
Forever you freeze frame
Broken bridges

Don’t try to stake claim
Wise guy, you take aim
Goodbye forsake blame
Broken bridges

You may point to fractured beams
Disjointed manufactured schemes
Those that belong declare their plans
Can anyone repair the spans of broken bridges?

Just don’t police friends
They’ll break the peace when
You won’t release them 
Broken bridges

Guest musician: Steve Pumphrey - slide guitar solo

Broken Bridges

Shout out to Emily Coy for this amazing vocal track. I just love the way she stacks her harmonies, and delivers her vocals so rhythmically and soulfully. I cut up the drum samples and recorded the rest...including  playing the B3 parts. I'm no Jamie Rhind, but it was fun to add some 70s texture to it ;). Playing lead guitar that weaves through Emily's vocals was truly a joy. Thanks again, Emily!

Do You Need a Doctor? (Ft. Emily Coy Vocals)

New track from my epic soundtracks album Equilibrium.


credits

Kelvetia, Kelen Helvetia
license
© all rights reserved

Inevitable

Remember those awkward days of our youth? A sort of wasteland of not-quite-adult but not a kid? Testing out style, language, gestures, attitude, hair styles, likes and dislikes, romances, tongue-tied moments of embarrassment. All of these years eventually sorted itself out and we headed out into adulthood, with  more or less determination to be successful. Or was that a fear of being unsuccessful that guided us? Tumultuous times. Awkward.
Track 5 from the collection called Spittle and Spite (2024) found here: https://www.terrywigmore.com/wigmore-allen-gibbons

Lyrics:
The Awkward Squad

    Why don’t you mind your business? Like I mind mine
    Why dontcha get ya finger out? And tap it in time
    Why do you throw a tantrum? And huff and puff away
    And when you’re outa your depth…you simply sail away!

    Who-hoo-hoo…The awkward squad (x2)

    I don’t like to look at you…You make me feel quite queer
    You make me feel uncomfortable… When you sat “Hello       dear”
    I don’t like your haircut…Don’t like your clothes
    Don’t like the way, a dew-drop hangs off your… nose!
    Awk, Awk...The awkward squad

    Awk, Awk…You’re in the awkward squad (x2)

    I dance just like a donkey…A donkey with three legs
    I never look you in the eye…Because it makes me …blush
    I st/st/st/stumble over all my words…Forever full of              shame
    And now I come to look at you…I know you’re just the          same!
    Awkward…The awkward squad

    Awkward…I’m in the awkward squad (x2)

Wigmore: Music, Production
Allen: Lyrics, Guitars, Vocals

Spittle and Spite

Awkward Squad

Once Upon


Image source:
https://e360.yale.edu/features/forgotten-landscapes-bringing-back-the-rich-grasslands-of-the-southeast

Once Upon

The Cataraqui was a British immigrant ship that wrecked off the coast of King Island Tasmania, on August 4, 1845, in one of Australia's worst maritime disasters. Out of 409 passengers, only 9 survived, resulting in the deaths of 399 people. The ship, on route from Liverpool to Melbourne, struck a reef in the Bass Strait during a severe storm. The combination of stormy weather, limited navigational tools, and poor visibility caused the ship to run aground, rapidly breaking apart due to strong waves.

 With such immense suffering and loss, it felt wrong that the story of the Cataraqui had not been immortalized in music. I decided to write a song, one that could capture the sorrow of that night and honour the lives lost. This tune, when performed, will serve as a tribute—a way to ensure that the memory of the Cataraqui and those who perished will never be forgotten.

Cataraqui
Verse 1 
We're humbled in this moment
Backs to the wind, it's cold
As the storm rages by
Forgotten souls
Winter winds wail
To the symphony of misery
Immigrants call
Immigrants call

Chorus
What have you done to me?
Why did you let me go?
We never feel the cold
We’re Cataraqui’s 
Lost souls
Lost souls
Lost souls

Verse 2
White face silhouettes floating shadows sink below
Stretched out hands as lightning glows
Waves crashing sounds of broken bow
Three months of misery 
Ends immigrant’s call
Ends immigrant’s call

Chorus
What have you done to me?
Why did you let me go?
We’ll never feel the cold
We’re Cataraqui’s 
Lost Souls
Lost Souls
Lost Souls

Instrumental down x2

Verse 3
Grave yards of Bass Strait 
King Island the resting place
Sealers have buried here
Of what remains
Moonlight flickers
A solitary path
Immigrants call
Immigrants call

Chorus
What have you done to me?
Why did you let me go?
We’ll never feel the cold
We’re Cataraqui’s 
Lost souls
Lost souls
Lost Souls 

Verse 4
There's only one light that flickers now
As we’re dancing to the moonlight song
Make way for the morning 
Silhouettes
From the unmarked grave 
Of the immigrants' call
Of the immigrants' call

Outro
What have you done to me?
Why did you let me go?
We never feel the cold
We’re Cataraqui’s 
Lost souls
Lost souls
Lost  souls

Instrumental out down x2 
Lost Souls 
Lost souls
Lost souls
Lost souls

Cataraqui

This is a preview of my single 'Here And Now’, released on Nov 1st, 2024.
The song goes back to the year 1986 - when I had just started with my first home recording. Recently thought it might be worth trying to do some rework on it and finally produced the song - 38 years after its initial composition! 
An excerpt from the original demo version is available on my Bandcamp profile. 

Composed, produced & performed by Benny Braun
Lyrics by Deliah Rill
Mastered by Mike Marsh at The Exchange Mike Marsh Mastering, UK

Photo by TJ Gehling, USA

Full track available on all major platforms:
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/bennybraun/here-and-now-2

Here And Now

Here And Now (Single)

Here And Now - single-teaser

Damn Shit Piss Fuck Hell v2

its them

Love, Life, And Peril

{Verse 1} 
I don’t know what to do right now 
I’m running backwards, it might be fate 
My blood is burning than before 
If this is my reality than great 
I never cared to want to know 
Why everything has to involve hate 
But I choose who I want to bow
To the creator that holds the gate 





{Chorus} 
Who has access to my innocence 
They will try to tear us down
Who has access to my innocence 
They will try to tear us down




4 count break {1. 2. 3. 4.} 



{Chorus x1}
Who has access to my innocence 
They will try to tear us down

{Verse 2}

Surveillance has always been there 
It never ceased to stop watching us
The only way is to be here 
Do not look back or forward just trust 
Who has access to my innocence 
They will try to tear us down
Who has access to my innocence 
They will try to tear us down

Innocence ( prod by omar duro II)

I love how SC brings folks together from all around the world. I've had the opportunity to collab with new friends everywhere from TX (wazzup Tom?) to Germany (proud to officially be called a "Lunatic" with Hendrik and Jorg) to Holland (cheers, Marco!)to Spain (the incomparable Ms King)...to Japan (trading blues licks with Keit)...and hopefully more in the near future.

Do You Need a Doctor? (Ft. Emily Coy Vocals)

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