awesome track. beautiful. awesome guitar playing and vocals. great track.  @michael-stella-314129023

It was seven years ago today that I last kissed your face and stroked your brow. I hope you heard me say I love you. I will always remember Brian. Being your little sister was a privilege. X

HOWOW

When I was young I used to think I might want to grow up and be a congressman
Used to see them on TV and regard their integrity
I don't think like I did when I was a child

I think I might want to be a poet now
Although I'm sure the work is hard
Most don't get to drive fancy cars
And they don't appear on TV

But they can tell you right a wrong
Expose a demagogue
Take you back to places long gone
Put you in Napoleon's shoes
Or cause a lass to beam her love at you

They can help you win your first true love
They can help you win your first true love

They can make you hear a mandolin play in the pale moonlight
Show a blind man what he can't sight
Paint the stars on a magic night

And when they must call us to a just fight
Make us do what we know is right
Show us err in revenge and spite
Stand up to evil when we lose our way

At times they've made me weep
Helped me ask the Lord my soul to keep
Allowed me to say and feel that I'd never be able to

I think I might want to be a poet 
Although I'm sure the work is hard
Most don't get to drive fancy cars
And they don't appear on TV

But they can tell you right from wrong
Expose a demagogue
Take you back to places long ago
Put you in Napoleon's shoes
Or cause a lass to beam her love to you

They can help a man win back his one true love
They can help a man win back his one true love

They gave me proof through the night
We hadn't lost the fight
And our flag was still there
Those words sometimes still make me cry

They've asked don't let evil win
Don't live your life for sin
Live up to what your god, your dreams, your guiding star
Ask of you
And they've inspired us to make our dreams be who we are

I think I may want to be a poet
Though the work is hard
They can help when you lose someone you love
They can help when you lose someone you love

edro: words & music, guitar, dobro, mandolin

Want To Be A Poet

Last Thing On My Mind

SEA AND SAND
Written by Rocky Mountain, 1978   Demo Recorded 1979

Since first posting this a few months ago, there have been two wonderful covers, both of which are, in my opinion, superb.  Thanks to Flavio Malandra and Damien Riba for paying the ultimate compliment, and in such sublime style.  A popular song.
https://soundcloud.com/mountain-songs/sea-and-sand-cover-by-damien
https://soundcloud.com/flavio-malandra/sea-and-sand-rocky-mountain


Ooh babe I love you
Gonna show you now
Gonna kiss your face
Gonna stroke your brow

Ooh babe I love you
Do you understand?
Gonna be your sea
Gonna be your sand

Ooh babe I love you
See it in my face
See it in my skin
In my embrace

Ooh babe I love you
Lying at your feet
Now we’re one spirit
We’re one meat

Brian Reeves: Vocals / Guitars

Sea And Sand (1979) Rocky Mountain

(apologies for being away from SC for a while, looking forward to catching up with all your latest creations...)

Well, I finally finished the full version cover of one of my all time fave songs, In Your Eyes, by Peter Gabriel (previously uploaded only up to the first verse). This is a straight up cover that's as faithful to the original as I could get. It's definitely the most time and meticulous effort I've spent on a song trying to do it justice. All instruments are played by me on keyboard, as well as the live talking drum and spotty singing, and then some backing synth pads and the vital backing vocals by @remnant60 (https://soundcloud.com/remnant60). Bill was also instrumental in giving feedback and offering suggestions, and providing the mastering duties. I'm very grateful for his help, and since we both agree PG's original song is a masterpiece, we have a bit of a surprise remix version coming up that highlights all the layers of sounds that go into this song. Can't wait to share it with you!

Song written by Peter Gabriel

(image is a mash-up of my face on the album cover, done in Photoshop)


Here’s the ‘cluck’ version by acarboni:

https://on.soundcloud.com/RVCa1PY1HgvriWsE7

In Your Eyes  (cover)

J'ai écrit cette chanson en hommage à l'un de mes meilleurs amis emporté par un cancer l'année dernière. Il n'avait même pas 50 ans. C'était un ami comme vous en rencontrez bien peu dans une vie. Un poto, un grand frère, un confident, un larron en foire, quelqu'un qui ne laissait personne indifférent... et forcément qui laisse une trace indélébile dans le coeur de ceux qui ont la chance de l'avoir connu. Et finalement, je crois que c'est ça "Le Meilleur de Toi" : c'est un hommage à sa grande générosité, à tout ces petits et grands bonheurs qu'il a semés un peu partout et à tous ces merveilleux souvenirs que nous avons de lui. Quel plus beau cadeau pouvait-il nous faire?

I wrote this song in tribute to one of my best friends who was taken by cancer last year. He wasn't even 50 years old. He was a friend like few you meet in a lifetime. A buddy, an elder brother, a confidant, a jester, someone who left no one indifferent... and inevitably leaves an indelible mark on the hearts of those fortunate enough to have known him. And ultimately, I believe that's what 'Le Meilleur de Toi' is about—it's a tribute to his great generosity, to all those little and big joys he scattered everywhere, and to all those wonderful memories we have of him. What greater gift could he have given us?


Le Meilleur De Toi

Je n’ai pas su trouver les mots
Pour te dire que c’était trop tôt 
J’voulais encore rester 
Près de toi

On aurait du défier le temps
Se moquer de nos cheveux blancs
Ça d’vait pas s’terminer 
Pas comme ça 

Ta lumière illumine mon cœur
J’pourrais la contempler des heures
En rêvant que finalement
On a toujours 20 ans
De toi il reste le meilleur 
Cet amour qui vient de l’intérieur 
Ce profond sentiment 
Que tu es toujours présent 

Souvent je regarde nos photos
Dans mes souvenirs il fait toujours chaud 
J’les ai fait défiler 
Tellement d’fois 

Et j’aimerais que tous ces instants
Brillent comme les étoiles au firmament
Beaux comme une nuit d’été 
Juste pour toi

Ta lumière illumine mon cœur
J’pourrais la contempler des heures
En rêvant que finalement
On a toujours 20 ans
De toi il reste le meilleur 
Cet amour qui vient de l’intérieur 
Ce profond sentiment 
Que tu es toujours présent 

Je n’ai pas su trouver les mots…

Paroles et musique et chant : Richard Gonfrier
Guitare acoustique : Nicolas Gouzland
Art Design : Delphine Portier
**Copyright All Rights Reserved SACEM registered**

Le Meilleur De Toi

Hard Nozzle

Video Link: https://youtu.be/-pqcATbB1Ck
Premieres May 17, 2024 at 7 p.m.!

Live Jam 2024

Rooftop Live Jam 2024 (Video Edit Mix)

Rooftop Live Jam 2024 (Video Edit Mix & Video Link)

I was fortunate to attend the International Health Institute conference in London last month and there were sessions run by a woman so passionate and committed to change to improve the delivery of healthcare to the masses and I thought her partner would be so proud . . .

Eccentricity so Beautiful

While life and limb can shatter          
It’s only hearts that matter - In our world - Darlin’ girl
You’re out there proselytizing.
And it’s so mesmerising - that’s your way – an ordinary day   

Something about you rising up      
Is cutting through my filling heart - it’s only love
On your soap box agent change
With so much to de-arrange - with a blast
            
Eccentricity so Beautiful (that’s you girl -it’s your world)

Those rank iconoclasts
Bathe in their master class - impervious - in Ivory towers
Talk as if they’ve got the plan
Line up and shake their hands - feel the grip - the hand of power

You’re raisin’ it from ground up
Changing at the speed of trust – with such feel 
Building leaders everywhere
Co-produce no limit skies – that’s our dream

Eccentricity so Beautiful (that’s you girl -it’s your world)

Exhausted but so energized - Trying to catch you in the eye - Need you close. 
I call you aphrodisiac - Hotel room take care of that – 
On that note

ECCENTRICITY SO BEAUTIFUL

2024/05.21
Title/I wish I could choose
Vocals, song and lyric/Khan
Beat, mix and prod/Tot
〜We are going to make the Free Soul series. This is No,2 piece Enjoy!〜
I’m not alone in experiencing the effects of my thoughts . So I wish I could choose peace heart.💫

Tot url
https://soundcloud.com/tot-beat

Lyric

I wish I could choose 

A lot of things happen in my days
I have come to like myself
Some makes me feel good
Some makes me feel bad
A butterfly is fluttering
A cloud is floating
I wish I could choose 
I wish I could choose
I wish I could choose
I wish I could choose
Peace of mind
Peace of mind
Peace of mind
Peace of mind
How ever hard it
How ever hard it
I wish I could choose
I wish I could choose

たくさんのことが起こる日々
少しずつ好きになる自分
いくつかはいいこと
いくつかは悪いこと
蝶が羽ばたき
雲が浮かんで
私は選びたい
peace of mind
どんなに大変でも
私は選びたい
どんなに大変でも
Peace of mind
選べるように

I wish I could choose (Tot .Prod)

Music : Janne Hennie & PJ Project
Vocals & lyrics : Janne Hennie

Far up in the sky
a falcon flies
With a proud and raised head
It sails away

Chorus:
Looking down at us
With his sharp falcon gaze...
Looking down at us
with his sharp falcon gaze..

He wonder about us
the human race
Consider our mistakes
with his falcon gaze..

chorus..

He cannot understand
in his falcon brain
How the human race
can have any gain..

Chorus..

Why do we destroy
what is around us?
Nature is torn down
No place for a falcon..

Chorus..

The falcon flies on
hope to find
A safe place to land
while the earth breaks...

Looking down at us
With his sharp falcon gaze..

The Falcon W/ Janne Hennie

The English saying "We're all going to Hell in a hand-cart" just about describes my mood when I wrote "Descent". It was one of those weeks in northern hemisphere Spring 2024 when there was absolutely no good news coming in from anywhere on the planet.

I trust that things will get better!

Descent

A dark electronic soundtrack, exploring inner strength. Journey through an array of intricate synth melodies, grainy amplified piano and guitars, heavy synth bass, haunting vocal elements and blended electronic beats to arrive at the strong place within 💎 
Thanks to Ernest Hemingway, who said "The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places." 
Never give up 🤍

To What Extent

Strong At The Broken Places

💿

"1986.
What were your parents like before you were born?
Yuri, the factory worker.
Yelena, a literature graduate.
First met in school, they then moved together to a house on the edge of town.
Gomel was their Eden, perfect place to raise a family.
Until one fateful day.
It was a rumble, a southern gale.
Rumours of a disaster made them leave their home.
A year later, Masha was born".

Gomel 84 - From "MARIA"
Music composed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios.

Poster photo retrieved from Pro Stock Tennis,
Edited for a movie that most definitely exists.

Gomel 86

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGICh82BpFU
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1st album 【 mutability ( resurrection ) 】 M02
　　DL ⇒ https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/howow-40/id396539102
country : japan
genre : electronica / ambient / experimental / neoclassical

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**PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION WITH THIS SONG**
https://on.soundcloud.com/fJitR

Mountain Songs is a project dedicated to my brother Brian Reeves (aka Rocky Mountain, 1948–2012), an accomplished songwriter, guitarist and arranger.  He was the creative force behind so many of the songs on this page.  If you have time, please click for lyrics and track history. 
This is for you Bri, with love and thanks from us all.   We miss you. (Gary Reeves)

My brother Terry's songs can also be heard on https://soundcloud.com/crippleclub  and https://soundcloud.com/rootdivision

Sea And Sand (1979) Rocky Mountain

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