Hello!  Just another free vocal for you to use under a Creative Commons license (see conditions).  If you use them, I'd love for you to share what you did with me.  Thanks!  Have a great week everyone:)

Free Freestyle Vocal #5 for SC community (see description)

A tribute to Trayvon.  This is a collaboration between http://www.soundcloud.com/universoulove (Christopher D. Sims and I).  Song Lyric/Music/Prod. by me and Spoken Word verse by him.  We both had some things we felt compelled to say and share.  There is a video to go with it, featuring my young son, you can see that here: http://youtu.be/2w1tsXthXz4

Vacant Spaces (Trayvon Tribute feat.UniverSouLove click for video link)

I'm soooo excited to share the 1st official single/video off my first album (to be released Oct.15th).  I thought I'd start off with a tribute to my beautiful Cali:).  Hope you enjoy it!  Please watch the video too, I promise you'll leave there with a hunger to come visit me in Cali!   In addition to the link for the video, there is a link below it that you can click and help me rank in the Guitar Center contest (ends Nov.9th).  Each view helps me get that much closer to the finals, so it is much appreciated!  Also, if you like the video, please share it out to your friend :).  Thanks everyone.  Can't WAIT to share the rest of the album with you soon! 

Youtube link: http://youtu.be/T6FTBMsWQKA
Contest page link:  http://songwriter.revimage.com/channels/Monica+Dockery (the link plays best on desktops/laptops btw)

Peace everyone!

CaliLife (1st single of the album :)!!!)  Youtube video link, see desc.

21 songs plus one bonus track (interlude ) that is not included in this preview.  

This is my sound of my soul.  I hope you find something in there to connect to.  Peace and love to you all!  The name of each track is included in the comments as it plays. note: the last song is out of order.

The album is available for free download and streaming.  All you have to do is type in 0 dollars as your price after clicking the "Buy Now" button.   It is up at http://monicadockery.com.  I hope you enjoy!



Preview of my album - SoulMade (FREE and out NOW :))))!! link in desc.

I released my album "SoulMade" on Oct.15th of this year (2013 - available for free at http://monicadockery.com). Now, I'm inviting my SC family to remix the vocals of two songs from that album that were most requested by followers/FB fans. This is the LEAD VOCAL 1 for "CALILIFE". The original track was set at 4/4 at 90 bpm. You can mix and chop these vocals up as much as you like and in any way you like as long as you follow the conditions of the Creative Commons license. Here is how the contest will go:

1. Remix my vocals with any sounds you'd like to add to it.
2. Send me a private link w/your remix w/download enabled BY DEC. 1st.
3. I will download it and then, later upload it to the SoulMade Remix Contest 
playlist on my page.
4. Invite fellow SC folks to listen to your remix on my playlist and "love" your 
remix.
5. On December 8th, I the remix that won the most "love" will be named the 
winner.
6. The winner will receive some SC gear (give by ME, not Soundcloud - they aren't hosting this at all, a one-of-a-kind SoulMade T-Shirt designed by me, and FIRST right to a REAL collaboration on a project that the winner and I come up with together.

Hope you guys have fun with this! I'm always amazed to see what people can create, so many inventive people out there with great ideas. Cheers!

SoulMade REMIX CONTEST - CaliLife lead 1 (Please read desc. for details)

This is the title track of the collaborative album From the Heart w/Derek Cornett.  Available now at http://www.monicadockery.com.   

Support on Bandcamp

From The Heart w/Derek Cornett (title track from the album read desc.)

This is the last track of the collaborative album From the Heart w/Derek Cornett.  Available now at http://www.monicadockery.com.   

Your Home (final track on album w/Derek Cornett)

This is another track off the collaborative album From the Heart w/Derek Cornett.  Available now at http://www.monicadockery.com.   

Who Needs Coffee (from the album w/Derek Cornett

An experimental piece based off of the track from Pirok (https://soundcloud.com/pirok) called "Leave Ya".  His track, my words and vocals.  Enjoy. Share. Love and peace. 

3Cheers - collaboration w/Pirok

Just wanted to play around with some vocal layers and such.  Messing around.  Here are the lyrics in case:

The lions wearing sheep coats
the sheep holding the guns
the pigs wallow in mud made 
of pride and delusion
it's easy to pretend folks
and so much fun
but can we call it what it is
cause I'm so gettin' done

We got beast in the streets
beast in the streets//

No, I can't for give the bulldog
who likes to eat his own
or the bats who hide their faces
away from the sun
scared that I might see them for
the beasts that they are
can I forgive if they evolve?
can I evolve that far?

We got beasts in the streets
beasts in the streets//

Unfinished Layers (for fun on a Saturday)

I'm really excited about this opportunity.  Looking forward to meeting you and please feel free to contact me for collaborations,  meetup ideas, or to just say hi!

Monica Dockery..SoundCloud Hero for Anaheim, Ca (Intro.)

This was one of five submissions entered into a contest I hosted on here and on my facebook page ((http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monica-Dockery/376943485684998).  I provided a stem vocal track called "Scorcher" and invited people to turn it into something.  Each of the submissions were unique and demonstrated great creativity and skill.  In the end, this submission by the Electric Department won the most votes.  Please visit them and congratulate! www.soundcloud.com/electricdep   Listen to all the submissions and my original stem vocal track on my set labeled "Scorcher Contest"

 THanks!

Electric Department "Scorcher Contest" Winner (read description)

These are my responses to some questions posed by the head of the new Sound School, one of the 2012 Soundcloud Community Fellows projects.  Find out what Sound School is all about, contribute your own advice/helpful tips, or listen to some great advice (technical and otherwise) from other SoundCloud users. Here is the link:  http://soundcloud.com/sound-school

Monica Dockery's Advice - SC Hero, Anaheim, CA

The show must go on!  My second collaboration with Rick O'Shea - www.soundcloud.com/rick-oshea-1, a guy focused on a mission to get Irish rap out there.  Hope it puts a fire in you to keep doing what you're doing, fight back, fight harder!  This is an Anno Domini beat (http://www.facebook.com/annodominibeats).

Show Must Go On ( clean ) RickO'Shea, Monica Dockery (Anno Domini beat)

This is a first for me:).  I have always written poetry, but NEVER have performed it.  Neither has Bao.  But, we had this idea two do a three-part poem collaboration and tell a story in three stages, so we got brave and gave it a try.  Hope you enjoy the drama as it unfolds:)! Check out his stuff at www.soundcloud.com/bao7891

Hers and His-tory (spoken word/poetry collab. Bao7891 and Monica Dockery)

I don't usually do covers, but I felt like doing one tonight.  This is for all you who grew up in the 90s:)!!  It is a bit different from the original, so beware.  Have a good night all!  Got a few new original songs coming out in the near future too.


PM Dawn's I'd Die Without You (cover)

DeeWone's message on why she joined Day4Women and how we need to stop the oppression and mistreatment of women - read aloud by Monica Dockery. Learn more about the Day4Women online conference at www.day4women.org and hear more from DeeWone at http://soundcloud.com/thirty42late. The soundtrack is going to be available for FREE at the Day4Women site on December 8, 2012. Download it & pass it on to help raise awareness about challenges women are facing and to encourage someone you know who might be going through the same.

Meet DeeWone aka Ann-katrin: Why She Joined the Day4Women Soundcloud Collaboration Album

Here is my contribution to the Day4Women Album.  You can download this song and the ENTIRE album, 12 songs from 12 of your fellow female Soundclouders!  And the SC community montage is also available as the last track.  It is a free download for all at www.day4women.org.  Please come by and listen to some awesome music from some awesome ladies!

Dreamin' A Way - Day4Women Album (please read description)

This if my first, and hopefully not last, collaboration with Jaze Baqti.  Hear his music here: https://soundcloud.com/jaze-baqti.  We both share a love for jazz and hip-hop and so it was a good match-up I think:).  Thanks Jaze for this awesoooome track and for putting the pieces together!  Here are the lyrics:

Chorus: 
I see that new day comin' 
it's comin' just around the corner now 
I see that new day comin' 
can you feel it now now

See, we've been walkin' down this same ol' dusty road 
for years, just draggin' our feet in the dirt 
turning deaf ear, blind eye to the flowers 
don't care if one or all gets hurt

but what about your brother? 
or what about your little baby sister now? 
if we could love one another 
we could usher in that new day

(Chorus)

You are him, I am her 
oooooh 
come alive to the infinite line 
that's drawn between you and me 
I said, ooooh 
if we're gonna' survive, we gotta see that line 
cause, see, it connects you and me 
and if you fall, then I'll surely

(Chorus)

What about your brother 
what about your little baby sister now 
if we could love one another 
heeyyyy 
You are him, 
I am her 
You are him 
I am her 
We are us 
We are us 
I love us, I love us, I love us soooo

Let's celebrate a new day 
Let's celebrate a new day 
Let's celebrate that new day 
heeyyyyyy

A New Day (a collab. with Jaze Baqti, read description)

Why do I have this damn cold?!

A second collab. w/ Jaze Baqti who happens to be a fellow SC Hero now:). Listen to his tracks @https://soundcloud.com/jaze-baqti.  Enjoy!

In The Mood w/Jaze Baqti

This is the unabridged version of my autobiographical submission for the large-scale project put out by Soundcloud Heroes.  Details below:


Audiobiography is an opportunity to introduce your profile and sounds. The community is the backbone of SoundCloud. Whether you're a listener or an avid musician, introduce yourself by participating in this collective project: Who are you and what’s important to you?

What's important to me?  the song says it all....justice, peace, progress, soul, love.

It's easy to participate.
Record or creatively share a sound that describes and answers the question: who are you and what's important to you? Perhaps it's a freestyle rap, or a recording that features your latest piano composition as background music. Keep track to ~90 seconds.
Name the track Audiobiography with your name, as such "Audiobiography: Monica Dockery." Add a description.
Tag the track "audiobio" and upload. 
If you have the Spotlight feature, pin the sound to the top of your profile. You can also add the sound to your profile's description under soundcloud.com/settings/advanced.

Audiobiography is going to be massive, and we want everyone to be part of it. In the coming months, your audiobiography will be shared on SoundCloud and on our official blog. Connect with people around the world and hear the people behind the sounds.


Bullet (see description)

This is my submission for the National Poetry Month Collaborations community collaboration project put out by the SC Heroes  (find out more here:  http://soundcloud.tumblr.com/post/46955630575/this-is-a-guest-post-by-soundcloud-hero-monica).  Part of the track was a remix I did of a remix done by Bijou of Ian Melvin's original track.  I added the "oneliners" submitted by Nina B, Sky Milan, and Bidoche Musique to that.  Producing is not really my forte, but I was inspired to experiment:) by everyone else's submission so far! This is what I looooove about SC!  Hope you like the finished product.  Thanks to everyone for their submissions! 

Skye Milan - https://soundcloud.com/skye-milan/national-poetry-month-skye

BIdoche Musique - https://soundcloud.com/bidochemusique/national-poetry-month-bidoche

Nina B - https://soundcloud.com/rememberme-nina-b/whats-eating-you-nina-b-poem

Ian Melvin - https://soundcloud.com/ian-melvin/sets/the-hollow-3

BeJohn - https://soundcloud.com/bijou-john/ian-melvin-in-the-hollow

Here is the link to the first remix I did of Ian's track and BeJohn's remix with my backing vocals (what I added the oneliners to):

https://soundcloud.com/monicadockery/in-the-hollow-remix-of-ian

National Poetry Month: Monica Dockery (w/Skye Milan, Nina B, Ian Melvin, BeJohn, Bidoche Musique)

Here is a VERY rough/raw freestyle recording on my SC phone app that I did yesterday.  I'm posting a new FREE freestyle vocal for anyone who wants to use it, once a week.  This is the second one I've posted.  I just basically press record and go with whatever comes out (I did cut out a few parts where I had interruptions), so parts of this may be a bit scary:)....but, hopefully you'll find something in there you can use!  Make sure to credit my name if you use it and share w/me please:).  Thanks.  

Freestyle #2 Free Vocals for SC Community (see description)

A collaboration on an adaptation of one of my MOST favorite songs of all time with:

@www.soundcloud.com/westfront
@www.soundcloud.com/moodymo


Summertime [feat. Monica Dockery // MoodyMo // Prod. Westfront]

**UPDATE**
Yes, still doing collaborations when I can --- but, focus is on a brand new project right now. Release Date is September 16, 2014. From the Heart - a collaborative album w/ http://www.soundcloud.com/derek-cornett.  Stay tuned in at http://www.monicadockery.com for updates on that project as well as on my Youtube for behind the music footage.

I love good music.  I try to make good music. Love sharing it on here and meeting other talented artists.  I have an eclectic style, I love all genres and like to collaborate with all walks of life:).  My first EVER album was released on October 15, 2013.  I poured my heart and soul into it.  Each song has been written and produced by yours truly (w/ the exception of a few of the drum tracks donated by some of my SC friends and a rap features by my good friends Ben Z, Dash the Baptist, TheNamesMillen). I wanted to produce/mix it myself because I wanted my first album to be a true reflection of me and my current level of skill/ability in all areas (even if it shows my weaknesses).  To me, authenticity is key and so is challenging oneself.  I think you'll find something in there to connect to...at least that is my hope.  Thank you to everyone who has inspired/encouraged me on here, without you, I would have never grown to find my own voice and to go through the work of putting this album together.  So BIG THANK YOU!!!  The album (free streaming) is at http://www.monicadockery.bandcamp.com.

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